US10800376B2
The invention relates, inter alia, to a belt retractor (10) for a safety belt device, with a belt reel (20) for winding up and unwinding the safety belt, a pretensioner drive (40) and a pyrotechnic tensioner drive (30), wherein the pretensioner drive (40) has a force-flux-control element (100) which, in a deactivation position, interrupts the force flux between pretensioner drive (40) and belt reel (20). It is provided that the pyrotechnic tensioner drive (30) has one or more drive elements (33) which, after activation of the pyrotechnic tensioner drive (30), is or are set into motion, and, after activation of the pyrotechnic tensioner drive (30), the force-flux-control element (100) is adjusted directly or indirectly by the drive element (33) or—in the case of a plurality of drive elements (33)—by at least one of the drive elements (33) of the pyrotechnic tensioner drive (30) into the deactivation position.
US10800374B2
A latch assembly for providing travel of a closure panel of a vehicle away from a latch during a collision event, the latch assembly compromising: a mounting plate of the latch for mounting a set of latch components thereon including a ratchet coupled to a pawl for retaining and releasing a mating latch component with respect to a slot of the latch, the mating latch component mounted to the closure panel, the latch components further including a secondary catch, the mounting plate connected to a body of the vehicle; a support plate coupled to the mounting plate by a support connector, the support connector providing a sliding connection between the support plate and the mounting plate along an axis; a blocking member mounted to one of the support plate and the mounting plate, such that engagement of the blocking member limits relative displacement between the support plate and the mounting plate along the axis; an actuation system mounted on the support plate, the actuation system for moving by the travel the closure panel between a primary latched position and a secondary latched position during actuation of the actuation system; wherein disengagement of the blocking member subsequent to the actuation of the actuation system provides for the relative displacement between the support plate and the mounting plate along the axis opposite to the direction of the travel of the closure panel.
US10800369B2
A rear seat side airbag device includes a case disposed at a vehicle rear side of a cabin-side wall portion of a seat side garnish. The seat side garnish is disposed between a vehicle side portion and a seatback of a rear seat. The case has an opening portion that opens toward the cabin-side wall portion, and houses an airbag module main body. An airbag door covers the opening portion and is surrounded by a tear portion and a hinge portion formed at regions corresponding to the opening portion. A spacer is disposed on the airbag door and projects out into the case.
US10800368B2
A pair of first airbags and a pair of second airbags are stowed in opposing regions of side wall portions of a vehicle seat. The first airbags are positioned at a seat front side relative to a shoulder area of a seat occupant in a seat side view. The second airbags are positioned at the seat front side relative to a waist area of the seat occupant in the seat side view. The pair of first airbags and the pair of second airbags are supplied with gas, inflate and expand towards the seat width direction inner sides thereof, and are structured such that each pair of airbags, in the inflated and expanded states thereof, push against one another at a seat width direction middle side of the vehicle seat.
US10800363B2
A system includes control modules, a low-voltage communications bus, e.g., a CAN bus of a vehicle, a voltage sensor that measures a bus voltage and outputs 2.5-3.5 VDC high-data and 1.5-2.5 VDC low-data, and a host electronic control unit (ECU). The host ECU detects a recoverable fault using a data pattern in the bus voltage data when the data is outside of a calibrated range, and recalibrates the sensor. Recalibration may be by adjustment to a scaling factor and/or a bias value. Non-recoverable “stuck-at-fault”-type or “out-of-range”-type faults may be detected using the pattern, as may be a ground offset fault. A method includes measuring the bus voltage using the sensor, comparing the output data to a range to detect the fault, and isolating a sensor fault as a recoverable fault using the data pattern when the data is outside of the range. The sensor is then be recalibrated.
US10800362B2
A ventilation member that includes an attachment that can be attached to an electric wire insertion tube having a first through hole; and a connection body that is arranged on the attachment and is connected to the first through hole, wherein the connection body has ventilation that allows air to pass therethrough and is unlikely to allow water to pass therethrough, a first connection that can be connected to a second through hole with a first diameter, and a second connection that can be connected to a third through hole with a second diameter that is smaller than the first diameter, and the first connection and the second connection are arranged along a projecting direction of the connection body.
US10800361B2
A circuit body for a vehicle is wired on a vehicle body of the vehicle for performing supply of electric power to an electrical component and communication of various communication signals with the electrical component. The circuit body includes: a plurality of control boxes separately disposed on the circuit body and capable of controlling input and output of at least one of the electric power and the communication signal; a trunk line harness connecting one of the plurality of control boxes and another of the plurality of control boxes; and a branch line harness connecting the control box and the electrical component. The circuit body has a loop structure in which at least part of the plurality of control boxes are annularly connected via the trunk line harness.
US10800357B2
A method for disinfecting a vehicle drinking water tank is designed for dynamic disinfection. By providing a vehicle drinking water tank with a spray diffuser, which is arranged inside the vehicle drinking water tank, the disinfecting liquid can be sprayed over substantially the entire inner surface of the tank. Partial filling of the drinking water tank with a disinfecting liquid starts the disinfection method. The dynamics of the disinfection method are achieved by spraying the disinfecting liquid in such a way that a moved film of disinfecting liquid is formed and wets an inner surface of the drinking water tank. Material transport at the inner wall of the tank is improved and mechanical shear forces act on the biofilm, which is to be removed and/or disinfected, in combination with the biochemical disinfection forces.
US10800355B2
The present invention describes a segmented license plate connection mechanism. The device comprises a conventional display device, which enables a personalized message, image, or video to be displayed adjacent to the entire perimeter of the license plate. A static image may be inserted into the decal enclosure, and is secured by decal stabilization clip. The display device also comprises a USB inlet and source of power that enables users to upload custom media.
US10800351B2
A vehicle includes a roof assembly including a roof having an outer facing surface and a roof ditch that extends below the outer facing surface. The roof ditch extends in a vehicle longitudinal direction between a front windshield and a rear window. A rear roof ditch molding is located at least partially within the roof ditch at a rear portion of the roof ditch. A cured roof ditch sealer extends along a front portion of the roof ditch and rearward in the vehicle longitudinal direction toward the rear roof ditch molding. A roof ditch sealer dam is located between a rear end of the cured roof ditch sealer and a front end of the rear roof ditch molding.
US10800325B1
An illumination system and method include a first wall. A light source is mounted on the first wall. The light source is configured to emit light. A second wall is spaced from the first wall. An aperture is formed through the second wall. The aperture is configured to restrict the light. A third wall is spaced from the second wall. The third wall includes a feature. The light source is configured to emit the light through the aperture onto the feature of the third wall to illuminate the feature.
US10800322B2
A lighting device for a rear-viewing device of a motor vehicle includes at least one housing device, at least one lens, and at least one light guide device arranged at least in certain areas between the housing device and the lens. Light produced from at least one light source can be coupled into the light guide device, and the light guide device on the one hand and the housing device and/or the lens on the other hand are at least in certain areas connected to one another by means of overmolding, at least in certain areas, the light guide device. A method for producing such a lighting device is also described.
US10800321B2
An accessory component having a co-formed light pipe is disclosed. In one embodiment the accessory component is formed by a co-extrusion operation that co-extrudes the accessory component with a connecting portion and a light pipe supporting portion, wherein the light supporting portion has a light pipe integrated into the light pipe supporting portion. The co-forming of the light pipe enables exposed mounting of the light pipe over its full length. The co-formed supporting portion encapsulates the light pipe providing additional protection to the surface of the light pipe while causing little to no impedance of the light emissions from the light pipe itself. The co-formed accessory component itself may be optically clear, diffuse, or tinted to provide color or appearance variations to the light emitted by the light pipe. The surface finish of the co-formed accessory component may also be varied to provide light diffusion or to alter the appearance of the accessory component. The co-formed accessory component may be formed with features that enable it to be readily attached to other vehicle components with or without external fasteners or adhesives.
US10800315B2
A core analysis system having a trailer and an analysis assembly secured to the trailer. The analysis assembly includes an X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) detection subassembly defining a sample analysis area. The analysis assembly further includes a conveyor subassembly configured to selectively deliver one or more core samples to the sample analysis area of the XRF detection subassembly.
US10800313B2
A cargo assist can help a user in loading, unloading, and/or transporting items in a vehicle. The cargo assist can include a cargo assist arm. A cargo carrier can be operatively connected to the cargo assist arm and can be selectively disconnected therefrom. The cargo assist arm can be selectively movable between at least a stowed position and a deployed position. In the stowed position, the cargo assist arm can be located entirely within a cargo space of the vehicle. At least a portion of the cargo assist arm and at least a portion of the cargo carrier can be received within a recess defined within a first lateral side wall of the cargo space. In the deployed position, the cargo carrier and a portion of the cargo assist arm can extend through an access opening to the cargo space and can be located outside of the vehicle.
US10800312B2
The device comprises a folding handling arm, equipped with a handling head and at least two successive arm parts, in which the arm parts are connected to each other by a folding fastening, the device further comprising a suspension structure (HS) to suspend the handling arm for the purpose of supporting it, the device further comprising a rotating structure to turn the handling arm by turning the suspension structure in relation to the support frame located at the upper part of the cargo space in the device. The suspension structure of the handling arm is essentially a rotationally symmetrical, rotation ring structure disc that is rotatable in relation to its support frame with the rotating structure in order to suspend the handling arm for the purpose of supporting it.
US10800308B2
A two-in-one car cigarette lighter includes a first housing, a second housing connected to the first housing and a heater partially received in the second housing. The first and second housings cooperatively form a receiving room for receiving a battery and a PCB therein. The battery is electrically connected to the PCB and the PCB is tightly fixed with the first housing. A first port and a second port are perpendicularly and electrically connected to the PCB and formed parallel to each other. The second housing includes a first mounting recess so that the heater can pass through the first mounting recess to electrically connect to the PCB. The structure can accordingly not only realize the function of a cigarette lighter, but also have at least one charging interface to conveniently and optionally charge mobile phones, tablet computers and other electronic devices through the charging interface.
US10800305B2
A seating assembly is provided herein that includes a console disposed between laterally adjacent first and second seats. A panel is disposed within the console and movable between a stowed position and a deployed position. A first portion of the panel has a greater transparency than a second portion of the panel. A tray is supported by the console and movable between a first position and a second position. The tray is supported by a support member extending from the console.
US10800304B2
A reversible seat for an automotive vehicle having a head restraint which rotates to a fold flat position between a forward-facing position and a rearward-facing position as the seat is moved between opposing forward-facing and rearward-facing positions. The head restraint folds towards the seat back as the reversible seat passes through the peak of its locus to increase clearance with a headliner of the automotive vehicle. The head restraint returns to an upright inclined position as the seat reaches the opposing position.
US10800302B2
A method for forming a vehicle reinforcing member (26, 28, 30). The method includes conforming a planar body of fibre reinforced material (CFRM) (504), such as a sheet or unidirectional tape, to a shape of a shape defining member (506, 900). In effect, the shape defining member (506, 900) is a core that defines an internal volume of a closed cross-section portion of the vehicle reinforcing member (26, 28, 30). The CFRM material (504) comprises continuous fibres in a synthetic matrix. The method further includes bonding a first edge portion (510) of the CFRM body (504) to a second edge portion (512) of the CFRM body (504) thereby to form the closed cross-section portion of the vehicle reinforcing member (26, 28, 30). An apparatus (800) for implementing the method, and components (e.g. vehicle reinforcing members (26, 28, 30), vehicle seats (10) and so forth) formed using the method are also described.
US10800297B2
A child apparatus can include one or more shells/frames upon which a child can sit or lie. All or a portion of each shell/frame can be covered in soft goods. The soft goods component can include one or more channels or tunnels provided along all or a portion of a perimeter of the soft goods component. One or more stiffening members can be inserted into the one or more channels or tunnels. The shell/frame can include one or more cavities for receiving a portion of the stiffening member therein to couple the soft goods component to the shell/frame. Alternatively, the shell/frame can include soft goods retaining tabs along a back or side of the shell/frame, and the elongated stiffening member can be inserted between each soft goods retaining tab and the back or side of the shell/frame.
US10800292B2
In a vehicle seat, a movable frame provided at a front end portion of a stationary frame is configured to be slidable frontward and rearward between a first position and a second position frontward of the first position. An outer covering provided to extend frontward from an upper side of the stationary frame is configured to wrap around a front end portion of the movable frame. First and second straps are provided to extend rearward from a front end of the outer covering and configured to pull the front end of the outer covering rearward. The front end of the outer covering from which the first and second straps extend is arranged under the stationary frame. The first strap and the second strap are in positions spaced out laterally from each other. The first strap and the second strap are being pulled laterally inward.
US10800283B2
A wireless power transfer (WPT) method based on a state of an auxiliary battery and an electric vehicle (EV) for the same includes receiving, by an EV charging apparatus, a wireless jump start request message from a user terminal; transmitting, by the EV charging apparatus, a primary jump start power according to the wireless jump start request message to the EV; driving an auxiliary power supply device provided in the EV by a secondary jump start power induced by the primary jump start power; driving a controller of the EV based on a preset power outputted from the auxiliary power supply device; and charging, by the controller of the EV, an auxiliary battery of the EV.
US10800277B2
A vehicle body front structure provided with a charging port device to which a charging connector is selectively connected is provided. The vehicle body front structure includes: a pair of longitudinal members extending in a fore and aft direction on either side of a vehicle body; a bulkhead including an upper member extending laterally and having lateral ends connected to the respective longitudinal members; a lateral member extending laterally behind the bulkhead, and having lateral ends connected to the respective longitudinal members; and a support member having a front part fixed to the upper member and a rear part fixed to the lateral member to support the charging port device.
US10800254B2
A driveline assembly for an electric vehicle for driving a pair of wheels. The driveline assembly includes an electric motor having an output shaft. A differential is coupled with the output shaft and is configured to receive torque from the output shaft. A pair of primary shafts are each coupled with the differential and configured to receive torque from the differential. A pair of end reducers are each configured to receive torque from one of the primary shafts and provide a gear reduction and torque multiplying effect at a wheel output. A controller is connected to the electric motor and is configured to superimpose a torque fluctuation at the output shaft to counteract vibrations in the driveline assembly.
US10800250B2
A utility vehicle includes a plurality of ground-engaging members, a frame supported by the ground-engaging members, and a powertrain assembly. The powertrain assembly includes an engine, a shiftable transmission, a continuously variable transmission, and a charger. Additionally, the utility vehicle may include a cooling assembly fluidly coupled to at least the engine and the charger.
US10800249B2
A fan shroud of a motor vehicle has a shroud body which comprises a round airflow opening for a fan impeller. The fan shroud additionally includes a motor mount which is arranged above the airflow opening and is attached by means of a strut to a fastening dome. The fastening dome is attached to the shroud body and is oriented perpendicularly to said shroud body. The radially outer end of the fastening dome, with reference to the airflow opening, is at a varying distance from the mid-point of the airflow opening. This disclosure additionally relates to a cooler fan of a motor vehicle.
US10800244B2
The disclosure concerns a motor vehicle with an exhaust silencer arranged at a rear axle. At least one battery receptacle is arranged adjacent to and at least partially at a side and/or rear of the vehicle component on a rear floor, and formed as a tray. At least one battery is arranged at least partially in the battery receptacle. At least one deflector element is arranged between the battery receptacle and the vehicle component. And the deflector element is configured such that the vehicle component, standing in contact with the deflector element due to a sideways and/or forward displacement of the vehicle component, is pressed downward by the exhaust silencer in a floor direction.
US10800233B2
A vehicle with removable hardtop may include vehicle sides having footrest cavities and pin recesses through top rails. The hardtop has sides resting on the top rails, locating pins extending downward from the bottom edges into respective pin recesses, and footrests extending downward from the bottom edges, farther than the locating pins, into respective footrest cavities with greater clearance than the locating pins in the pin recesses.
US10800230B2
A utility task vehicle includes a vehicle body including an opening. A door is positioned adjacent the opening. The door is configured to pivot about a first axis between an open position and a closed position. A window assembly is positioned adjacent and operably coupled to the door. The window assembly is configured to pivot about a second axis between an open position and a closed position. Rotation of the window assembly about the second axis is driven by rotation of said door about the first axis. In combination, the door and the window assembly substantially seal the opening of the vehicle body.
US10800228B2
A leaf screen for an air intake of an HVAC system of a vehicle having a hood covering an engine compartment. The leaf screen includes a leaf screen body defining an air inlet opening covered by an integrally molded screen. A seal is integrally molded on a top surface of the leaf screen body in front of the air inlet opening. Bump-stops are integrally molded on the top surface that are engaged by an inner panel of the hood when closed. A method of making the leaf screen includes injecting a polymeric material into a mold to form a body portion. At least one elastomeric material is injected into the mold on one side of the body portion to form a seal and a plurality of bump-stops.
US10800223B2
An air suspension system includes a tank, a tank-side open/close valve, an air suspension-side open/close valve, a system portion, and the like. The system portion includes a compressor, an air drier, and a first passage and a second passage provided between the tank-side open/close valve and the air suspension-side open/close valve in parallel, a discharge valve, a tank-side control valve, an air suspension-side control valve, and the like. Due to this configuration, the air suspension system regenerates the air drier by opening the discharge valve to thus cause the air in the second passage to flow from an opposite side toward one side of the air drier when no power is supplied to the tank-side control valve and the air suspension-side control valve.
US10800216B2
A tool for seating a tubeless tire on a rim using pressurized gas includes a cylindrical pressure tank with a nozzle affixed to it, and a rapid opening gas valve. The nozzle includes a jet configured to receive pressurized gas from the cylindrical pressure vessel into a chamber of the nozzle. As the stream of gas enters the chamber, the Venturi effect causes air to enter the chamber through air intake ports and the stream of gas and air from the air intake ports is blown out of the outlet of the nozzle. The tire is seated on the rim by positioning the system so that the air from the nozzle rapidly blows into the tire between the bead of the tire and the rim upon the valve being opened.
US10800209B2
Provided is a tire which includes a circular tire frame formed from a resin material that contains a linear low-density polyethylene having a crystallization degree of from 110 J/g to 138 J.
US10800195B2
Provided are a lithographic printing plate precursor including: a hydrophilized aluminum support, and a water-soluble or water-dispersible negative type image recording layer provided on the aluminum support, in which an arithmetic average height Sa of a surface of an outermost layer on a side opposite to a side where the image recording layer is provided is in a range of 0.3 μm to 20 μm; a method of producing the lithographic printing plate precursor; a lithographic printing plate precursor laminate formed of the lithographic printing plate precursor; and a lithographic printing method.
US10800194B2
A single plasma nozzle of a plasma treatment station is used to treat the card surface prior to performing drop-on-demand printing on the card surface. The single plasma nozzle has a plasma discharge width that is less than the width of the card. The card and the plasma nozzle are moved relative to one another using a two direction control scheme during plasma treatment in order to be able to plasma treat a desired area of the card surface. The card and the plasma nozzle may also be moveable toward or away from one another to change the distance therebetween.
US10800178B2
The liquid discharge device starts executing an initial process of discharging the liquid, based on determining that a low level signal is received after receiving a high level signal from an installation sensor and that a low level signal is received after receiving a high level signal from a liquid level sensor.
US10800152B2
A device to fabricate a solid freeform fabrication object includes a flattening device to lay powder to form a powder layer and flatten a surface of the powder layer, a liquid fabrication application device to apply a liquid fabrication to the powder layer to fabricate a layer object, a fabrication controller to control fabrication of the solid freeform fabrication object by repeating laying the powder to form a powder layer, flattening the surface of the powder layer, and applying the liquid fabrication to the powder layer to laminate the layer object to fabricate the solid freeform fabrication object, and a detector to detect humidity. The fabrication controller changes at least one of the moving speed of the flattening device, the number of rotation of the flattening device, the application amount of the liquid fabrication, and the lamination pitch according to the humidity detected by the detector.
US10800151B2
A method for making functionally gradient coatings by 3D printing based on electrostatic spinning and electrostatic spraying is disclosed, which uses a hybrid 3D printing system based on electrostatic spinning and electrostatic spraying including: a first injection pump, a second injection pump, a first nozzle, a second nozzle, a high voltage power supply, a core rod collector, a controller, a motor and a speed-adjusting unit. The first injection pump, the first nozzle, the high voltage power supply, the core rod collector and the controller constitute an electrostatic spinning subsystem. The second injection pump, the second nozzle, the high voltage power supply, the core rod collector and the controller constitute an electrostatic spraying subsystem. The electrostatic spinning subsystem is controlled by the controller to generate a first material coating, and the electrostatic spraying subsystem is controlled by the controller to generate a second material coating. The method can make multiple layers of functional gradient coatings according to individual needs.
US10800150B2
The present invention provides method and apparatus for removing a sealant from a surface. More specifically the present invention provides methods an apparatus for efficiently and consistently removing polysulfide sealant from a surface on an aluminum airplane wing without damaging the wing.
US10800145B2
A multiple layer panel having improved sound insulation is disclosed. The multiple layer panel comprises a first rigid substrate having a first thickness H3, a second rigid substrate having a second thickness H1, wherein H3≤H1, and a multiple layer acoustic interlayer having a thickness H2 between the first and second rigid substrates.
US10800137B2
A laminated glazing unit includes one to ten first glass sheets each of thickness included between 1.5 and 22 mm, if needs be adhesively bonded to one another by one or more first adhesive interlayers, and a second glass sheet forming one of the two faces of the laminated glazing unit, of thickness included between 0.5 and 1.5 mm, and adhesively bonded to the first glass sheet(s) by a second adhesive interlayer, the second glass sheet being made of aluminosilicate or soda-lime glass that is chemically toughened, having a surface stress comprised between 300 and 1000 and between 200 and 500 MPa, respectively, and a depth under compression between 20 and 100 μm.
US10800133B2
A system and method for producing a board product made from paper products that have a pre-scored facing in addition to a medium (sometimes called fluting). Conventional corrugated board may feature a cross-corrugated medium and one or more facing that have no score lines that are impressed (at least prior to assembly with the corrugated medium). Such a conventional board product may be inferior because any score lines that are impressed will damage the underlying corrugated medium in some manner. A breakdown in the strength of the underlying medium leads to poor precision when the eventual board product is scored, cut, and folded. A lack of precision in folding a board product leads to gap variation and fishtailing as any articulated portion of the board product may not maintain a precise plane of articulation when folded.
US10800102B2
A build material container outlet structure comprises: a first connector portion to connect to a build material container; a second connector portion comprising an adaptor to receive a nozzle structure of an external aspiration system; and an aspiration channel to aspire build material from the build material container to the nozzle structure of the external aspiration system; wherein the first connector portion is rotatably connected to the second connector portion to align the adaptor in a predetermined orientation.
US10800100B2
A lamination molding apparatus includes a molding table, a molding table driver, and a chuck. The molding table includes a molding region and a temperature adjusting unit. In the molding region, a desired three-dimensional molded object is formed. The temperature adjusting unit has a heating unit with a heater, and a cooling unit with a cooler. The heating unit and the cooling unit are arranged to be stacked in a vertical direction. The molding table driver moves the molding table in the vertical direction. The chuck detachably fixes the temperature adjusting unit to the molding table driver at one fixing point.
US10800097B2
A 3D printing build material container outlet structure is described. The outlet structure comprises a valve element having an open configuration to enable a tube, when inserted in the outlet structure, to aspirate build material from the container; and a closed configuration to inhibit build material from exiting the container. The valve element changes from the closed configuration to the open configuration by at least one of: the tube being inserted in the outlet structure; and a vacuum force being applied to the outlet structure when the tube has been inserted in the outlet structure.
US10800095B2
The present disclosure provides methods for printing at least a portion of a three-dimensional (3D) object, comprising receiving, in computer memory, a model of the 3D object. Next, at least one filament material from a source of the at least one filament material may be directed towards a substrate that is configured to support the 3D object, thereby depositing a first layer corresponding to a portion of the 3D object adjacent to the substrate. A second layer corresponding to at least a portion of the 3D object may be deposited. The first and second layer may be deposited in accordance with the model of the 3D object. At least a first energy beam from at least one energy source may be used to selectively melt at least a portion of the first layer and/or the second layer, thereby forming at least a portion of the 3D object.
US10800093B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are drawn to additive manufacturing methods. An exemplary method may include generating a tool path for forming a component via additive manufacturing, and assessing the tool path to identify a change in direction. The method may also include determining if the change in direction exceeds a predetermined angle, and adding a tangent arc to the tool path before the change in direction if the change in direction exceeds the predetermined angle.
US10800092B1
Plasma applications are disclosed that operate with argon or helium at atmospheric pressure, and at low temperatures, and with high concentrations of reactive species in the effluent stream. Laminar gas flow is developed prior to forming the plasma and at least one of the electrodes can be heated which enables operation at conditions where the argon or helium plasma would otherwise be unstable and either extinguish, or transition into an arc. The techniques can be employed to clean and activate a metal substrate, including removal of oxidation, thereby enhancing the bonding of at least one other material to the metal.
US10800091B2
A method and apparatus for smoothing a material having wrinkles. The material is positioned on a vacuum table having a group of segments. A smoothing device is moved across a surface of the material to form a substantially smooth section of the material. A vacuum is progressively applied to a portion of the group of segments in the vacuum table corresponding to the substantially smooth section of the material to pull the substantially smooth section of the material against the vacuum table.
US10800086B2
A structure at least one stripe of material having a length, wherein a first stripe has a varying width along the length.
US10800083B2
Provided is a glue injection device, comprising: a glue melting unit (400), the glue melting unit (400) comprising a rotatable turntable (402) and a fixing member (403), wherein a feeding groove is provided on the surface of the turntable (402) facing the fixing member (403) and the turntable (402) melts the raw material in the feeding groove into glue when rotating with respect to the fixing member (403); and a glue injection unit (500) connected with the glue melting unit (400). The glue is injected into the glue injection unit (500) when the turntable (402) is rotated, and the glue injection unit (500) is capable of injecting the glue therein into a mold.
US10800082B2
An injection nozzle for an injection molding device comprising a nozzle head, an actuator, a drive train connected to the actuator, and at least one closure element. The drive train configured for moving the at least one closure element arranged in the nozzle head in a first direction. The drive train comprising a cam mechanism that comprises a cam head. The cam head comprising a cam head block. Per closure element, the cam head block comprising a bracket. The bracket comprising at least one inlay. Per closure element, the at least one inlay comprising a first drive surface configured for engaging and driving a second drive surface arranged at the closure element at least during closing of the closure element. Per closure element, the cam head block comprising a third drive surface configured f engaging and driving a fourth drive surface arranged at the closure element at least during opening of the closure element.
US10800073B2
This disclosure relates to an article (e.g., a vapor-permeable, substantially water-impermeable multilayer article) that includes a nonwoven substrate and a film supported by the nonwoven substrate. The film includes a polyolefin, a nanoclay, and a pore-forming filler.
US10800068B2
A log splitter is provided, wherein the log splitter includes a splitter housing, wherein the splitter housing defines a housing cavity, a splitter head, wherein the splitter head includes a splitter blade, a splitter butt plate and a splitter hydraulic cylinder, wherein the splitter head and splitter butt plate are configured to define a log cavity between the splitter blade and the splitter butt plate and wherein the splitter head is movably associated with the splitter housing and connected to the splitter hydraulic cylinder, such that the splitter head is movable along the length of the splitter housing.
US10800060B2
A wrinkle caused in a separator roll is inhibited. A slitting apparatus (6) changes a conveying direction of a first separator (12a) by a direction changing roller (68) toward a first take-up roller (70U), and conveys the first separator via an assisting roller (69) which is provided between a take-up position of the first separator to be wound and the direction changing roller so as to shorten a conveying distance between the take-up position and a roller immediately before the take-up position.
US10800052B1
A utility knife has a disposable blade cartridge in its handle that has new and used blade compartments. Fresh blades are disposed in the new blade compartment and one end of each is advanced one at a time substantially out of the compartment into operative position by a carrier that is controlled by a push button assembly. When the active blade is to be replaced, it is moved by the carrier into the used blade compartment, and a new blade may then be withdrawn from the new blade compartment into the operative position. The cartridge may be reversed when the one end of all the blades in the new blade compartment are used, placing what was the used blade compartment at the front, and the unused end of each blade may be advanced into the operative position. When all are used, a new cartridge may replace the used cartridge.
US10800051B2
A utility knife includes a housing with multiple interior spaces, each for holding a utility blade slidably therein. A U-shaped spring-clip has two ends rotationally fixed with the housing. A catch section of the spring clip traverses a retention slot formed in the housing. The spring clip may be pushed from an inward position into an outward position to allow the utility blade to pass from the interior space out through a slot to exit an end of the housing. When the spring clip is released with a retaining notch of the utility blade aligned with the retention slot, the retaining clip engages the retaining notch to capture the utility blade in a deployed position. Preferably the housing comprises several thin metal plates stacked together and fastened with a plurality of mechanical fasteners.
US10800047B2
An up/down section 4 of a robot arm mechanism includes: a pair of side frames disposed on a rotating section of a turning rotary joint; a cylindrical body supported in an axially rotatable manner by the side frames; a motor unit including a motor and a gearbox for rotationally driving the cylindrical body; connecting sections for connecting with an arm support body that movably supports an arm section; and a guide structure for guiding second pieces that were separated from first pieces into a columnar support section. The motor unit, connecting sections and guide structure are integrated with the cylindrical body. The motor unit is housed inside the cylindrical body, and an output shaft of the motor unit is connected to one of the side frames. The connecting sections are fixed to the outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical body. The guide structure is an annular body provided on the outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical body.
US10800043B2
Interaction apparatus and method for determining a turn-taking behavior using multimodel information
Disclosed herein are an interaction apparatus and method. The interaction apparatus includes an input unit for receiving multimodal information including an image and a voice of a target to allow the interaction apparatus to interact with the target, a recognition unit for recognizing turn-taking behavior of the target using the multimodal information, and an execution unit for taking an activity for interacting with the target based on results of recognition of the turn-taking behavior.
US10800042B2
A system and method to control execution of a centralized and decentralized controlled plan, has been described. A plan execution engine executing at a cloud node, receives sensor data captured by one or more sensors at a plurality of autonomous robots and a plan execution status of the centralized controlled plan. The plan execution engine executing at the cloud node, determines whether the plurality of autonomous robots satisfy a transition condition. Next a determination is made one or more activated constraints and task allocation for one or more autonomous robots in the next state. Next the plan execution engine executing at the cloud node and autonomous robots collaboratively determine a constraint solution for the activated one or more plan constraints. Finally based on the determined constraint solution, the one or more plan execution engines sends instructions to an actuator for executing the task included in the centralized controlled plan.
US10800038B1
The disclosure relates to a system and/or method to create or otherwise define one or more virtual barriers for confining or controlling an autonomous robotic device substantially within one or more portion of one or more selected working areas, for example, to prohibit entrance of certain areas. The system and/or method may use a set of beacon transmitters that emit time-stamped signals, which are received by one or more robots and used to calculate the robotic device's distance from such beacons.
US10800031B2
Implementations involve a shoulder exoskeleton having a spherical parallel manipulator with a plurality of parallel linear actuators connected to a base coupled to a user's arm. A passive slip mechanism is operatively coupled to the spherical parallel manipulator as well as being coupled to the user's arm. The slip mechanism increases system mobility and prevents joint misalignment caused by the translational motion of the user's glenohumeral joint from introducing mechanical interference.
US10800020B2
A tensioning device for tensioning a workpiece includes a main body having a chamber, a fluid inlet providing fluid communication between a fluid source and the chamber, a puller member supported in the main body and configured to engage the workpiece, and a piston positioned in the chamber and coupled to the puller member. Movement of the piston moves the puller member along a piston axis in at least a first direction. The tensioning device further includes a sensor coupled to the piston and operative to measure a displacement of the piston and/or the puller member in a direction parallel to the piston axis. The sensor generates a signal indicative of the displacement.
US10800018B2
A crimping tool includes a base, a press handle, a slide module, a link and a fixed fix shaft. The base has two first side walls and to sliding space is defined therebetween. One end of the press handle is pivoted at an end of the base. The slide module is slidably accommodated in the sliding space and has a guiding groove. Two ends of the link are pivoted at the press handle and the slide module separately. The fix shaft is disposed across the two first side walls and inserted in the guiding groove. When the press handle drives the slide module sliding in the sliding space through the link, the guiding groove of the slide module will be guided and restricted by the fix shaft. Therefore, the guiding grooves will not be damaged and get dirt.
US10800009B2
A toggle clamp has a base with a support portion and a securement portion. A handle mechanism is connected to the base support portion. A clamping arm is movably supported by a pivot pin on the base support portion. The clamping arm is coupled with the handle mechanism. The clamping arm includes a clamping element that moves transverse to the workpiece. The handle is moved between a first and second position. The clamp arm pivots about the pivot pin on the base until reaching a stop position. The handle continues to a clamping second position as the clamping element moves linearly transverse toward the workpiece into a clamped position.
US10800003B2
A dust shroud having a shroud body with a vacuum port and a tool connection, the shroud body including a top wall and at least one side wall extending downwardly from about a perimeter of the top wall that defines a dust receiving opening, the shroud body having a top wall opening and the tool connection including a flexible fitting with a flexible fitting base joined to the top wall and extending within the top wall opening, the flexible fitting including a plurality of flexible fingers with a base finger portion and an outer finger portion that extends away from top wall and is selectively with a mounting point of the hand held tool and the flexible fingers allowing selective controlled relative movement between the dust shroud and the hand held tool, the fingers having a finger spacing between adjacent flexible fingers and the outwardly extending flexible fingers having a finger length between the top wall and the distal finger end that is greater than 0.75 inches allowing for selective adjustment and relative movement between the dust shroud and the associated hand held grinder.
US10799995B1
A piling guide tool for forming a cutout for seating a brace plate on a post. The piling guide tool has a body with first and second surfaces, first and second side edges, first and second end edges, and a router guide area adjacent to an opening in the body. A pivotally mounting bolt guide mounting plate is used to cover and uncover the opening. A bolt hole guiding assembly supported on the guide mounting plate has two cylindrical hollow guides. Width adjusting assemblies are slidably mounted on the lower surface of the tool and has a movable guide rail and an adjusting screw assembly with a threaded bolt connected to the guide rail for movement thereof toward and away from the opening. Slots receive bolts to allow movement of the guide rail on the lower surface of the tool. Method for using the tool is also disclosed.
US10799990B2
An assembling apparatus assembles a retainer by engaging a pair of cotter pieces with a valve stem. The apparatus includes an assembling head configured to hold, in a separated state, the pair of cotter pieces in the separated state prepared by a preparation unit and engage the pair of cotter pieces with the upper end of the valve stem. The head includes a storage member including a storage chamber, and a holding unit capable of pressing the pair of cotter pieces stored in the storage chamber against the upper end of the valve stem. The storage member includes first and second abutting portions. The second abutting portion positions the valve stem in the axial direction, and the first abutting portion positions the pair of cotter pieces in the axial direction.
US10799989B2
The instant invention relates to a method for changing characteristics of a plastic component, wherein a medium is introduced into the plastic component, which encompasses a porosity and wherein the medium forms a homogenous compound with the plastic component by at least partially dissolving the plastic component.
US10799983B2
A laser welding device includes: a laser scanner body configured to emit a laser beam to a workpiece; a jet nozzle configured to jet gas so as to cause the gas to cross an optical path of the laser beam emitted from the laser scanner body; and a guide plate disposed on the downstream side in the flow direction of the gas, from the optical path of the laser beam emitted from the laser scanner body. The guide plate is configured to change the flow direction of the gas that has crossed the optical path of the laser beam into a direction away from a laser irradiation position on the workpiece toward the downstream side in the flow direction of the gas.
US10799976B2
An expanded laminate and method of forming an expanded laminate are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the method includes selectively applying a relatively high temperature-resistant material to a surface of a first metal sheet to form a covered portion and an uncovered portion and diffusion bonding the first metal sheet to a second metal sheet at the uncovered portion to form a bonded region and an unbonded region. Pressurized gas may be introduced between the first and second metal sheets to expand the first and second metal sheets in the unbonded region. The metal sheets may be aluminum sheets. The sheets may be positioned in a die having a plurality of cavities such that when the pressurized gas is introduced the sheets expand into the cavities. The diffusion bonding may be performed by applying pressure, for example, using rollers.
US10799969B2
A saw chain holder for sharpening a chain with a bar mounted sharpener comprises a base plate and a cover plate removably attachable to the base plate. The base plate has a first base side surface, an opposite second base side surface, a groove extending into the first base side surface, and a base recess extending into the second base side surface. The cover plate has a first cover side surface, an opposite second cover side surface, and a cover recess extending into the second cover side surface. The cover plate is movable into an assembled state in which the first cover side surface abuts the first base side surface. The chain is movable along the groove between the base plate and the cover plate and the bar mounted sharpener is mounted in both the base recess and the cover recess and is positioned over the groove.
US10799965B2
A table saw includes a working surface and a rail system. The rail system includes stationary rails mounted along the working surface, and extension rails. The rails each include matching guide surfaces extending along the longitudinal axis and configured to support and guide a rip fence. The rails have a common connection interface that in each case includes a connecting end and a supporting end, such that the extension rails are mountable with the stationary rails. When mounted, the guide surfaces of the extension rails extend the guide surfaces of the stationary rails. The connecting end in the common connection interface includes a connection mechanism configured to urge the connecting end together with the supporting end to form an internal connection, and to align the guide surfaces of the connected rails to as to be co-planar with each other.
US10799953B2
The present disclosure generally relates to additive manufacturing systems and methods on a large-scale format. One aspect involves a build unit that can be moved around in three dimensions by a positioning system, building separate portions of a large object. The build unit has an energy directing device that directs, e.g., laser or e-beam irradiation onto a powder layer. In the case of laser irradiation, the build volume may have a gasflow device that provides laminar gas flow to a laminar flow zone above the layer of powder. This allows for efficient removal of the smoke, condensates, and other impurities produced by irradiating the powder (the “gas plume”) without excessively disturbing the powder layer. The build unit may also have a recoater that allows it to selectively deposit particular quantities of powder in specific locations over a work surface to build large, high quality, high precision objects.
US10799952B2
Selective laser sintering using functional inclusions dispersed in the matrix material being created
A selective laser sintering system includes a leveling roller having a first orientation. The leveling roller is configured to roll over a first feed bin. The build chamber is configured to receive, from the first feed bin and by the leveling roller, a transfer of a portion of matrix material. The selective laser sintering system is configured to transfer the portion to the build chamber in a number of orientations.
US10799948B2
A method and apparatus cast a material with nano-micro duplex grain structure. The apparatus includes module system, heating system casting mold and gating system, multiaxial compound motion system accompanied by the following technological characteristics; alloy smelting; after heat preservation, alloy melt is poured into the casting mold which is put into the centrifugal barrel of the six-axis motion system; then the casting mold carries out composite motion and the alloy melt starts solidification; as a result, casting Al—Si alloy block with multi-scale nano-structure includes nano-micro duplex grain group is prepared.
US10799941B2
[Problem] To provide a method and device that automatically detects misalignment during flask mating in an automatic flask mating device for molding flasks for casting.[Solution] In an automatic flask mating device, an external force applied to a cope with a cope molding flask M1 during flask mating is detected by means of a physical quantity detection sensor 60, quantified by a computation/storage/determination processing device 61, and then compared with a numerical value at a normal time for determination to thereby determine whether the flask mating has normally completed and detect flask mating misalignment. A force sensor is preferably used as the physical quantity detection sensor.
US10799932B2
The present disclosure provides a roller hemming apparatus including a hemming bed including a frame and a die, wherein the hemming bed is detachably coupled to a workpiece, and a roller head including a plurality of hemming rollers that is configured to hem an edge of the workpiece by stages. A press force that presses the edge of the workpiece is adjusted by moving the plurality of the hemming rollers along a first direction with a first cylinder when each hemming roller of the plurality of hemming rollers hems the edge of the workpiece.
US10799925B2
An edging method including changing an incident angle of a slab with respect to a pair of edging members that are disposed on a conveyance line of the slab and that edge the slab based on information relating to the slab acquired at at least one of prior to edging or after edging.
US10799923B2
A thermal desorption system for remediating contaminated material in a zero oxygen environment by heating a gas and flowing the heated gas through a core heating conduit traversing the interior of a material compartment of a bin filled with contaminated material, redirecting the flow of heated gas from the core heating conduit to a space between the exterior of the bin and the interior of a bin housing insulator encapsulating the bin to provide dual indirect heating to the contaminated material within the bin, directing off gases of contaminated vapors released by desorption from the material to an exhaust header through a plurality of vapor outlets, and condensing the offgas in the exhaust header.
US10799916B2
Disclosed is a system for sorting copper-bearing ore to select portions having a desired target copper content. The system includes a first magnetic resonance analyzer for measuring the copper content of ore input into the system and a controller that controls a diverter to divert portions of the input ore to a collection path when the copper content meets or exceeds a predetermined cut-off value. The system also includes a second magnetic resonance analyzer to measure the copper content of the ore in the collection path. The measurements are then fed back to the controller where the controller can adjust the predetermined cut-off value above, up or down, to optimize the yield of ore with the targeted copper content.
US10799913B2
A battery-powered, modular surgical device comprising an electrically powered surgical instrument that requires a pre-determined minimum amount of electrical energy to complete a surgical procedure, and a power module assembly that has a battery that powers the surgical instrument and has a current state of electrical charge, and a control circuit that is electrically coupled to the battery and the surgical instrument and has a memory and a microprocessor. The microprocessor determines the current state of electrical charge of the battery, compares the current state of electrical charge to the pre-determined minimum amount of electrical energy, permits the battery to discharge if the current state of electrical charge is above the pre-determined minimum amount of electrical energy, and maintains the battery in a non-discharge state if the current state of electrical charge is below the pre-determined minimum amount of electrical energy.
US10799909B2
A balloon coating method is disclosed for forming a coating layer on an outer surface of a balloon of a balloon catheter. The method includes an application step where a vertically extending dispensing tube for supplying a coating solution containing the water-insoluble drug and a solvent is formed at its end portion with an opening portion for discharging the coating solution therethrough and when an opening portion-formed end portion side of the dispensing tube is kept in contact with the outer surface of the balloon in such a manner as to be oriented to a rotating direction of the balloon while the balloon is rotated about an axis of the balloon, the coating solution is discharged through the opening portion and applied to the outer surface of the balloon while the dispensing tube is moved relative to the balloon in an axial direction of the balloon.
US10799907B1
A spreading tool allows width and depth variation of the spreading blade. A plate has first openings and second openings along with a first bottom edge. A blade has slots and is pressed against the plate so that the slots each align with a respective one first opening and a securement bolt is passed therethrough, the blade slid up or down against the plate so that the lower edge of the blade extends a desired distance below the bottom of the plate prior to bolt tightening. An extender has third openings and is pressed against the opposing surface of the plate so that its openings align with the second openings of the plate with securement bolts pass therethrough. A lower edge of the extender aligns with the bottom edge of the plate and extends beyond a side of the plate.
US10799905B2
A method of controlling application of material onto a substrate includes ejecting atomized droplets from an array of micro-applicators while the array of micro-applicators cyclically moves about at least one axis. The atomized droplets from each of the plurality of micro-applicators overlap with atomized droplets from adjacent micro-applicators and a diffuse overlap of deposited atomized droplets from adjacent micro-applicators is provided on a surface of the substrate. The array of micro-applicators cyclically rotates back and forth around the at least one axis and/or moves back and forth parallel to the at least one axis. For example, the at least one axis can be a central axis of the array of micro-applicators, a length axis of the array of micro-applicators, a width axis of the array of micro-applicators, and the like. Also, the array of micro-applicators can be part of an ultrasonic material applicator used to paint vehicles.
US10799901B2
A spray canister holding apparatus that includes a collar for connecting to a spray canister, made of a non-continuous circular gripping structure having at least one opening along a circumference of the circular gripping structure, a lever arm rotation member, a vertical backing member attached to a posterior continuous portion of the circular gripping structure and extending upwards from the circular gripping structure, and a wire support opening connected to the circular gripping structure. The apparatus also includes a lever arm on the collar, a connecting wire attached to the lever arm, a handgrip attached to the connecting wire, and a discharging nodule appended to the lever arm, where the discharging nodule acts on a spray canister dispenser button.
US10799892B2
The present invention is directed to methods of improving accuracy of droplet metering using at least one on-actuator reservoir as the fluid input. In some embodiments, the on-actuator reservoir that is used for metering droplets includes a loading port, a liquid storage zone, a droplet metering zone, and a droplet dispensing zone. The on-actuator reservoirs are designed to prevent liquid flow-back into the loading port and to prevent liquid from flooding into the droplet operations gap in the dispensing zone.
US10799884B2
A fluid processing system and method of processing a fluid includes a tank having an outer wall, a heating element, and an insulating element. The heating element is situated within the tank and includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The insulating element is positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode. As such, powering the heating element directs an electric current through the fluid within the tank for heating the fluid, while the insulating element provides electrical and thermal insulation to the outer wall of the tank.
US10799873B2
A mill includes a generally vertical, rotatable shaft having at least one set of cutter blades driven thereby and a fan assembly mounted on the shaft below the cutter blades in position to receive output therefrom. The fan assembly includes a fan disc secured to the shaft and rotatable therewith. A plurality of fan blades is secured to the fan disc in a generally radial orientation. A terminal portion of the mill includes a gradually, radially expanding outer wall configured in a volute form. The expanded outer wall decreases wear and increases efficiency of discharge and airflow through the mill.
US10799871B1
An aspirator adapter may comprise a cap portion configured to removably mount on a collection container, a pipette interface portion mounted on the cap portion and configured to mount a pipette to the cap portion, and a gun interface portion mounted on the cap portion and configured to interface with a pipette gun. The pipette interface portion may define a pipette interface passage extending through the cap portion and the gun interface portion defining a gun interface passage extending through the cap portion.
US10799868B1
The present disclosure provides a reagent cartridge configured for use in an automated multi-module cell processing environment. The reagent cartridges may include an electroporation device, as well as sample receptacles, reagent receptacles, waste receptacles and the like, and a script for controlling a processor to dispense samples and reagents contained in the receptacles, and to porate cells in the electroporation device. Also described are kits including the cartridges, automated multi-module cell processing instruments including the reagent cartridges and methods of using the reagent cartridges.
US10799860B2
In order to improve the ergonomics of a sampling pipette, the invention provides a control member intended to occupy a nominal central position in which a spring brings a locking member into the locking position thereof of the system for adjustment of the volume to be sampled, the member being able to be axially displaced towards each of the two following positions: a low position for ejecting a cone, in which the control member presses on the cone ejector, the movement from the nominal central position to the low position being carried out against the springs; and a high position for unlocking the braking ring, the movement of the control member from the nominal central position to the high position driving a disengagement element to move the locking member against the spring, until release of the braking ring.
US10799859B2
A control button (12) for a manually actuated sampling pipette, the button including lower and upper parts (24a, 24b), one of which is equipped with a force sensor (31) and the other with an actuating member (30). In the vertical position of the button, in a state not subjected to a force, not only does the member (30) ensure that the upper part is retained axially on the lower part (24a), but these parts also define a circular axially retaining connection (42) therebetween, the circular connection exhibiting an axial clearance (47) configured such that, when a pressure is exerted on an off-centre action zone (102a) by the thumb of an operator, the axial clearance (47) is taken up in this zone (102a), while the connection (42) retains a reaction zone (102b), arranged diametrically opposite the action zone (102a), axially and locally relative to the lower part (24a).
US10799858B2
A process is presented for the treatment of spent catalyst to manage sulfur-containing compounds on the catalyst. The catalyst may be a dehydrogenation catalyst, where sulfur accumulates during a dehydrogenation process. Sulfur compounds are stripped from the spent catalyst and the catalyst may be cooled before a regeneration step. The process includes controlling removal of sulfur compounds from the spent catalyst before regeneration.
US10799856B2
The present specification provides a ferrite catalyst, a method for preparing the same and a method for preparing butadiene using the same.
US10799853B2
A method of synthesizing a zeolite comprising the steps of: a. preparing an admixture containing (i) at least one source of alumina, (ii) at least one source of silica, and (iii) at least one structure directing agent (SDA) in hydroxide form, wherein the admixture is essentially free of alkali metals, wherein the at least one structure directing agent (SDA) in hydroxide form is N,N-diethyl-2,6-dimethylpiperidinium; and b. heating the admixture under autogenous pressure at a temperature and with stirring or mixing for a sufficient time to crystalize hydrogen-form zeolite crystals having an AEI framework.
US10799851B2
The present invention relates to a super absorbent polymer having more improved absorbency under pressure and liquid permeability, and a method for producing the same. The super absorbent polymer comprises a base polymer powder including a cross-linked polymer of a monomer containing a water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated compound or its salt; and a surface cross-linked layer that is formed on the base polymer powder and is further cross-linked from the cross-linked polymer, wherein a glass hollow particle having a micron-scale particle size is included on the surface cross-linked layer.
US10799848B2
Design, fabrication, and usage of a reactor are presented for synthesis of structured materials from a liquid-phase precursor by heating. The structured materials are particles, membranes or films of micro-porous molecular sieve crystals such as zeolite and meso-porous materials. The precursor solution and structured materials in the reactor are uniformly heated by a planar heater with characteristic heat transfer dimension in the range of 3 mm to 10 cm. A planar heater having width and length at least three times of the characteristic heat transfer dimension provides at least one surface of uniform temperature distribution for heating purposes. Heating is conducted over a temperature range of 20 to 300° C. The planar heater can be heated by electrical power of by thermal fluid.
US10799847B2
A polyolefin production system including: a first reactor configured to produce a first discharge slurry having a first polyolefin; a second reactor configured to produce a second discharge slurry having a second polyolefin; and a post-reactor treatment zone having at least a separation vessel configured to receive the second discharge slurry or both the first discharge slurry and the second discharge slurry.
US10799846B2
A honeycomb metal anchoring structure, as described herein, is formed from a plurality of strips assembled in pairs so as to define a plurality of cells. Each strip is divided along its length into a plurality of portions, including at least one series of planar assembly portions juxtaposed and assembled with a series of assembly portions of an adjacent strip by fastening means, each strip having a lower longitudinal edge intended to be applied against a wall to be protected and an upper longitudinal edge opposite the lower longitudinal edge. The anchoring structure additionally comprises a plurality of protective tabs connecting each pair of juxtaposed assembly portions each protective tab being attached to an assembly portion by a longitudinal join line and extending in the direction of the juxtaposed assembly portion, at least up thereto.
US10799844B2
A gas injection element (10) for a system for distributing a gas inside a chamber of a fluid catalytic cracking unit. This injection member comprises a passage (14) extending entirely therethrough, and—an inner ceramic member (20) having an inner surface (22) that entirely delimits the through-passage (14); and—a hollow metal sleeve (30), inside which at least a portion of the inner member (20) is received, the sleeve (30) and the inner member (20) respectively having an inner surface (32) and an outer surface (24) with matching shapes allowing the inner member (20) to move relative to the sleeve (30) in a direction parallel to an axis (X) of the passage (14), the outer (32) and inner surfaces (24) being provided with fastening elements (26, 36) that engage to reversibly fasten the sleeve and the inner member.
US10799839B1
A multifunctional misting system having a housing assembly, a frame assembly, a mist blower assembly, a valve assembly, a recess control panel assembly, a pump-motor assembly, a tank assembly, and a handle assembly. The housing assembly has first and second flat panels, a front panel, a rear panel, a top panel, a bottom panel, and locking corners. The frame assembly has first and second frames, and a battery with a battery retainer. The mist blower assembly has a blower and nozzles. The pump-motor assembly is a motor attached to a pump. The motor has a motor-battery bracket fixed to the motor and a spacer. The handle assembly is positioned onto the top panel of the housing assembly. The multifunctional misting system may operate as a mist blower.
US10799836B2
The Invention discloses a preparation method for a triptyl polymer separation membrane, wherein, it comprises the following steps: take triptycene compound containing active group, dichloride compound and diamino compound containing ether bond as monomers, and conduct polymerization in aprotic organic solvent in the presence of acid-binding agent; pour the obtained polymer solution into deionized water for precipitation after the reaction, filter out precipitates and wash with methanol and dry to get triptyl polymer; dissolve the triptyl polymer in aprotic organic solvent to produce a membrane-casting solution, apply the solution on support and dry to get a triptyl polymer separation membrane. The Invention solves the problem that the reticular polymer material is insoluble, and breaks the restriction for application of such material in separation membrane due to its insoluble and aging features.
US10799830B2
A hydrocarbon burner for an enclosed environment includes a heat exchanger having a first heat exchanger inlet connected to an inlet of the hydrocarbon burner and a first heat exchanger outlet connected to a heater, and a second heat exchanger inlet connected to a reactor outlet and a second heat exchanger outlet connected to an outlet of the hydrocarbon burner. A reactor includes a reactor inlet, the reactor outlet, and a catalyst mixture disposed in a reactor bed between the reactor inlet and the reactor outlet. The heater connects the first heat exchanger outlet to the reactor inlet. The reactor is a low temperature reactor configured to convert at least one hydrocarbon to at least one of H2O and CO2.
US10799823B2
A housing main part of a filter housing has an element receiving space and an adapter chamber. A filter element is inserted into or removed from the element receiving space through a lateral mounting opening. A pre-separator module and the filter element are arranged behind each other along the main flow axis of the fluid to separate an outlet from an inlet of the filter housing. The adapter chamber accommodates the pre-separator module and/or the filter element. The adapter chamber is arranged at an axial end face of the housing main part and is open axially toward the element receiving space and, axially opposed thereto, toward the environment. The mounting opening is surrounded by a cover receiving rim that extends across the adapter chamber. A part of a connecting device within the housing main part is used to attach the pre-separator module to the housing main part.
US10799818B2
A screen assembly for a vibrating shaker is provided. The screen assembly utilizes an elastomeric gasket having a flat profile section and a bulb profile section, wherein said bulb profile section has a hollow interior and is configured so as to form a notched profile section where said bulb profile section connects to said flat profile section.
US10799815B2
A filter cartridge constructed to prevent an enclosed pleated filter from collapsing into the through-bores formed in a rigid core in high differential pressure applications. The core is modified with reduced-dimension bores to reduce the area of filter material not supported by the core. Alternatively, or in addition, a semi-rigid or rigid core wrap is superposed about the core to add further structural support to the pleated filter. The wrap is formed as a webbed structure with the thickness and spacing of the webbing segments adjusted to partially occlude the underlying core though-bores. This reduces the effective cross-sectional diameter of the through-bores to reduce the overall area of the pleated filter unsupported by the core. The through-bores may have modified shapes to maintain the area of the through-bore and reduce the distance of the through-bore center point from portions of the core wall defining the through-bore. The core also may be modified with clustered through-bores regions.
US10799811B2
A cyclone type liquid-vapor separator includes a chamber including: an internal space wherein the treatment liquid introduced into the internal space is depressurized and evaporated; a vapor outlet formed on a top of the chamber and through which vapors generated through the evaporation is discharged; and a concentrated liquid outlet formed on a bottom of the chamber and through which the concentrated treatment liquid is discharged; an inlet part coupled to a side surface of the chamber in a tangent line direction of an inner peripheral surface of the chamber, the treatment liquid introduced into the chamber is turned in the form of vortexes along the inner peripheral surface of the chamber, and at least one partition wall disposed in an area between the inlet part and the vapor outlet of the internal space of the chamber and protruding from the inner peripheral wall of the chamber to prevent mist contained in the vapors from moving upwardly.
US10799802B2
A game system, comprising: a data processing system configured to execute program instructions allowing a user to engage in digital game play; a physical toy; and a detection device configured to detect a presence of the toy within a detection area of the detection device; wherein the toy comprises two or more identification elements each detectable by the detection device when the identification element is positioned within the detection area, wherein the toy is configured to allow a user to selectively position the toy with a user-selected subset of one or more of said identification elements within the detection area; and wherein the data processing system is configured to control said digital game play responsive to the detected subset of identification elements.
US10799792B2
Examples for managing the participation of users in multiple virtual environments are described. An example method includes a processor receiving from a first user device a virtual object that is created by a user and at least one trigger condition for presenting the virtual object, obtaining a physical location of the first user device, and receiving a selection of a first virtual environment for the virtual object from among a plurality of virtual environments associated with the first user device. The method may further include the processor associating the virtual object with the physical location and with the first virtual environment that is selected, and presenting the virtual object to a second user device associated with the first virtual environment when the at least one trigger condition is encountered, where the at least one trigger condition includes a condition that the second user device is proximate to the physical location.
US10799789B2
An example game system includes a main body apparatus and a game controller. The game controller has an analog stick, a memory storing correction parameter information including a first manufacturing process correction parameter value determined in a manufacturing process in connection with the analog stick, a first user correction parameter value determined in accordance with an operation by a user onto the analog stick, and a first model adjustment value corresponding to a model of the game controller, and a first control circuit transmitting the correction parameter information to the main body apparatus. The main body apparatus has a second control circuit which selects any of the first manufacturing process correction parameter value and the first user correction parameter value and performs game processing based on the selected correction parameter value, the first model adjustment value, and input data from the analog stick.
US10799781B1
A golf swing playing aid device for use on a conventional golf club having a handle, an impact head and a shaft. The golf swing playing aid device includes a grip member having an outer portion and an inner portion. The outer portion is adapted to be grasped by the lower hand of the user. The inner portion is configured to slide along the golf club shaft. The grip member is configured such that when gripped by the lower hand of the user during a backswing the grip member slides down the shaft toward the head, whereby the hands of the user, when grasping the handle with the upper hand and the grip member with the lower hand can separate progressively during a backswing and then progressively return back into proximity during a downswing and follow-through of a golf swing to promote a more perfect and repeatable golf swing.
US10799779B2
In one example, a system for fitting golf equipment for an individual can be configured to be used with an electronic device comprising a fitting processor module and a camera. The system can comprise an image analysis module configured to receive image data of at least a portion of the individual and one or more physical indicia proximate to the individual, where the image data can be captured by the camera. The image analysis module can also be configured to recognize one or more reference features of the individual from the image data, and to calculate one or more fitting dimensions between the one or more reference features in the image data. Other examples, devices, and related methods are also disclosed herein.
US10799778B2
The present invention is a unique advanced hybrid iron type golf club having a curved face. The golf club incorporates the discovery of unique relationships among key club head engineering variables such as volume, blade length, heel blade length section, Zcg, front-to-back dimension, and club moment arm.
US10799770B1
Systems and apparatus for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) golf ball testing include, in at least one aspect, an apparatus including: one or more RFID readers having associated read zones; a star wheel unit defining cavities to receive golf balls; golf ball sensors including at least one sensor for each respective path through the read zones; kickers including at least one kicker positioned after each respective path through the read zones and arranged to change a golf ball's direction of travel when the at least one kicker is activated; and a controller coupled with the kickers, the golf ball sensors, and the one or more RFID readers, wherein the controller is configured to activate any of the kickers responsive to the one or more RFID readers inadequately reading an RFID tag in a golf ball detected by the at least one sensor for that kicker's associated path through a read zone.
US10799760B2
A motion tracking system monitors the motions performed by a user based on motion data received from one or more sensors. The motion tracking system may include a motion tracking device with one or more sensors, a smart device with one or more sensors and/or a server. As the user interacts with the motion tracking system or smart device the motion data generated by one or more sensors is processed by a software application. The software application generates interpreted data based on the motion data and contextual data such as the equipment being used by the user. Feedback is then provided to the user during and/or after the user has performed a motion or a set of motions. The feedback provided to the user may be visual, audio or tactile. The application may be used to monitor a routine in a sporting, fitness, industrial or medical environment, for example.
US10799755B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a gymnastic apparatus and method for cycling simulation having a transmission portion driven by pedals, through which a user may perform cycling training. The transmission portion may comprise a flywheel and a braking portion, which may apply a braking force to the flywheel. The apparatus may further comprise a control logic unit, through which training parameters may be set, and a sensor coupled to the control logic unit. The sensor may detect a signal relating to the torque acting on the flywheel and thereby send a signal to the control logic unit; the control logic unit may be configured to adjust the braking force of the braking portion applied to the flywheel, thereby adjusting the resistance to the pedals as a function of parameters set, as appropriate, and communicate information and adjust such changes via a feedback signal from the sensor.
US10799746B2
A trampoline including: a frame including a plurality of frame segments/units connected together, each segment including lower and upper frame members secured together in spaced apart relationship for assembly with other like segments/units; a plurality of spaced apart flexible and resilient plates connected to the lower frame member of each segment/unit and extending upwards therefrom; a jumping mat extending between said plates and being operatively connected at or adjacent its periphery thereto, said plates engaging the upper frame member of each segment/unit respectively above the lower frame member of the respective segment and being arranged for movement inwards and outwards towards the opposite side of said mat and/or up and down in response to a user jumping on said mat, the plates having an upper portion preformed to have a bend in one direction and a lower portion preformed to have a bend in the opposite direction.
US10799741B2
The present invention relates to an immersible, adjustable, surface compliant device and methods of using it an environment with variable, induced current flows for purposes of exercise, rehabilitation, or pure fun. The adjustable, immersible, surface compliant device can be used in pools, water tanks, or any body of water having a location where the device could be attached. The adjustable, immersible, surface compliant device and methods of using it are ideal for rehabilitating an injury, assisting aging bodies in performing exercises, and allowing the permanently injured to achieve movement and some degrees of physical autonomy despite being injured. In some embodiments, I disclose a trampoline-like device, having adjustable surface compliance, to be used in a pool or water tank having a current flow, wherein the angle of the trampoline is horizontally adjustable.
US10799739B2
A bracket assembly includes a sprinkler drop, the sprinkler drop including a flexible conduit and an elbow disposed opposite from the flexible conduit; and a bracket assembly defining a central opening, the sprinkler drop extending at least partially through the central opening, the bracket assembly including at least one clamp member extending upwards from the bracket assembly, the at least one clamp member engaging the sprinkler drop between the flexible conduit and the elbow; a first seating member extending downwards from the bracket assembly; and a support arm extending laterally beneath the sprinkler drop.
US10799733B1
The firefighting helicopter fans comprise a left pivoting cowled fan and a right pivoting cowled fan mounted onto the sides of a helicopter. The fans may be used to create an airstream, which counters the prevailing wind and/or blows flames and embers away from unburned materials. The fans are each protected by a cowl that surrounds the blades to protect the blades and direct the airstream. The left pivoting cowled fan and the right pivoting cowled fan are each coupled to the helicopter by a pivot axis and a pivot motor which allows the fanes to be aim directly forward, directly down, or any angle in between.
US10799732B2
The roping harness comprises a pair of leg loops and a suspension point. The suspension point comprises: distinct first and second rings, a connecting part fixed continuously to the two distinct rings, the connecting part mechanically connecting the two distinct rings with the pair of leg loops, a closed metal connector provided with a rod. The two rings are separated from one another by a first distance in a first direction and define an empty space between a first lateral surface of the first ring and a second lateral surface of the second ring. The two rings are arranged so as to allow fitting of the rod of the connector in the two rings. The rod presents a longitudinal axis coinciding with the first direction. The rod is fitted movable in rotation in the two rings and the connector is mounted movable in rotation around the rod.
US10799720B2
The invention relates to a method of determining a radiotherapy treatment plan for radiotherapy treatment of a treatment body part of a patient's body. The method can include acquiring treatment target position data comprising treatment target position information describing the position of a treatment target to be treated by radiotherapy in the treatment body part. Statistic model target region position data is acquired, which describes the position of a model target region in a model body part corresponding to the treatment body part. Based on the treatment target data and the statistic model target region position data, irradiation region position data is determined that describes the position of an irradiation region to be treated by irradiation with treatment radiation in the treatment body part.
US10799716B2
Systems and methods for implementing an adaptive therapy workflow that minimizes time needed to create a session patient model, select an appropriate plan for the treatment session, and treat the patient.
US10799706B2
Systems, devices and methods to facilitate wireless interaction between an implantable therapy delivery device and an external transmitter device are provided. In an example, the systems, devices, and methods discussed herein include or use a garment for receiving and positioning an external transmitter device proximal to an implanted device, and the external transmitter device includes a midfield device configured to provide one or more signals to manipulate evanescent fields outside of tissue to generate a propagating and focused field in the tissue. In an example, the garment includes a receptacle configured to receive and retain the external transmitter device near a tissue interface, and the garment further includes a dielectric portion provided between the receptacle and the tissue interface. In an example, the dielectric portion has a relative permittivity that is approximately the same as the relative permittivity of air.
US10799702B2
The present disclosure relates to a system for neuromodulation and/or neurostimulation, for the treatment of a subject. The system comprises a stimulation controller, a stimulation pattern storage means including stimulation data connected to the stimulation controller, an electrical stimulation device and electrical interface between the electrical stimulation device and the subject, the electrical interface being connectable with a bio-interface of the nervous system of the subject. The stimulation data are pre-programmed patterns comprising spatial and temporal components, The stimulation controller sends configuration signals on the basis of the stimulation data to the electrical stimulation device such that via the electrical interface electrical stimulation is provided to the bio-interface, wherein the electrical stimulation provided is characterized by stimulation parameters that vary over time in a pre-programmed manner.
US10799696B2
Described herein are polymer formulations for facilitating electrical stimulation of nasal or sinus tissue. The polymer formulations may be hydrogels that are prepared by a UV cross-linking process. The hydrogels may be included as a component of nasal stimulator devices that electrically stimulate the lacrimal gland to improve tear production and treat dry eye. Additionally, devices and methods for manufacturing the nasal stimulators, including shaping of the hydrogel, are described herein.
US10799695B2
Described here are devices, systems, and methods for treating one or more conditions (such as dry eye) or improving ocular health by providing stimulation to nasal or sinus tissue. Generally, the devices may be handheld or implantable. In some variations, the handheld devices may have a stimulator body and a stimulator probe having one or more nasal insertion prongs. When the devices and systems are used to treat dry eye, nasal or sinus tissue may be stimulated to increase tear production, reduce the symptoms of dry eye, and/or improve ocular surface health.
US10799685B2
An expandable delivery sheath includes an elastic outer tubular layer and an inner tubular layer. The inner tubular layer include a thick wall portion integrally connected to a thin wall portion. The thin wall portion can include longitudinal reinforcing members/rods that facilitate unfolding during the passage of the implant, thus decreasing the push force and increasing the consistency of the push force. The inner tubular layer can have a non-expanded or folded condition wherein the thin wall portion folds onto an outer surface of the thick wall portion under urging of the elastic outer tubular layer. When an implant passes therethrough, the outer tubular layer stretches and the inner tubular layer unfolds into an expanded lumen diameter. Once the implant passes, the outer tubular layer again urges the inner tubular layer into the non-expanded condition with the sheath reassuming its smaller profile.
US10799681B2
The present disclosure is directed to an over-the-needle (OTN) catheter assembly having a sleeve configured thereon. The catheter includes a body having an outer diameter. The body also includes a proximal end and a distal end and defines a lumen extending from the proximal end to the distal end. A needle is configured within the lumen of the catheter and extends from the proximal end to the distal end. The sleeve is configured around a portion of the outer diameter of the catheter that passes through an insertion site of the catheter. Further, the sleeve includes a length extending from a first end to a second end and is configured to prevent the catheter from collapsing along the length of the sleeve. In addition, the sleeve is configured to prevent leakage from the insertion site of the catheter.
US10799680B2
A catheter insertion device includes a handle, a needle, a guide wire, and a catheter. The handle may have a proximal region and a distal region. The distal region may include a slot between a top extension and a bottom extension, which extends through a distal end. The needle may have a proximal end positioned in the proximal region and a distal end extending from the distal region. The guide wire may have a proximal end positioned in the proximal region of the handle and a distal end positioned in a lumen of the needle. The catheter may be positioned coaxially over the needle with a proximal end connected to a catheter hub. The catheter hub may be slidably disposed in the slot to enable movement from a first position in the distal region to a second position distal of the distal region.
US10799670B2
The present disclosure is directed to an expandable sleeve for a catheter assembly. The expandable sleeve includes a body configured to fit coaxially around an outer diameter of a catheter of the catheter assembly at a transition location between a hub and the catheter. Further, the body of the sleeve includes a length extending from a first end to a second end. As such, the sleeve is expandable between a compressed position and an expanded position so as to prevent the catheter from collapsing along the length of the sleeve. In addition, when in the expanded position, at least a portion of an interior surface of the sleeve contacts an outer diameter of the catheter.
US10799664B2
Devices disclosed herein relate to humidification systems for making humidified ventilator air. The humidification system provides an elongated air path that increases both the surface area and time for air-water interaction, and thus increases efficiency of humidification. The humidification system also enables even distribution of heat and inhibition of bacterial growth within the system, thus improves comfort and safety for patients receiving respiratory therapy. Device disclosed herein also relates to tubing for delivering humidified ventilator air. The tubing includes an air passage and a heat blanket that envelops and warms up the air passage. The tubing thus prevents or decreases water condensation and loss of humidity of humidified air.
US10799661B2
A cushion assembly for a patient interface includes an elastomeric seal-forming portion that includes a dome-shaped superior region (3180A); a saddle-shaped inferior region (3180G); a first support region (3180E) having a consistent wall thickness, preferably 2 mm, that is greater than the wall thickness of the dome-shaped superior and the saddle-shaped inferior regions, preferably 0.3 mm; a second support region (3180D) having a varied wall thickness and is bounded by the first support region (3180E) on a proximal side and having a distal side opposite the proximal side. In claim 1, the wall thickness in the second support region (3180D) increases from the distal side to the proximal side, preferably 2 to 1.3 mm. Preferably, wall thickness of a third support region (3180F) is 1.3 mm, a compliant region (3180C) is 0.85 mm and a flap (3180H) is 0.5 mm. Preferably flap (3180H) moves independently of a loop connection (3110).
US10799659B2
A tracheostomy tube assembly includes an outer tube (1) and an inner cannula (2) inserted in the outer tube. Two lugs (36) and (37) project outwardly from the inner cannula. The outer tube has a connector (15) that is rotatable and has catch members (28) and (29) that can be rotated into alignment with the lugs (36) and (37) on the inner cannula so as to retain the inner cannula in the outer tube. The inner cannula is removed by twisting the connector (15) through 90° so that the catch members (28) (and 29) move out of alignment with the lugs (36) and (37) to enable the inner cannula to be pulled rearwardly out of the outer tube.
US10799646B2
An injection device for delivering an injection comprises a housing having a longitudinal axis, a proximal end and a distal end, the housing being arranged such that the injection is delivered from its distal end; and a release mechanism comprising an impediment, the release mechanism being moveable between a first position, in which the impediment is in an impeding position so as to impede the delivery of the injection, and a second position, in which the impediment is in a non-impeding position so as to not impede the delivery of the injection, wherein the force required to move the release mechanism from the first position to the second position varies with the distance moved by the release mechanism, the variation in the force required with distance being represented by a force profile, which is non-linear.
US10799644B2
The invention relates to a medical injection device having a polymeric housing or housing parts. The housing comprises a moulded outer housing element and a moulded elongated tubular inner housing element. The elongated tubular inner housing element is formed as one unitary element and carries a pointer and one or more projections in predetermined and correlated positions. The pointer points to indicia on a scale drum and the projections engage the scale drum. The outer housing element is moulded over the elongated tubular inner housing element in a 2K moulding to form one single housing component.
US10799638B2
The present disclosure is directed towards a needleless injection device that includes a body, a gas generator, an injection system that extends axially along an injection axis and includes at least one plunger, an active ingredient reservoir, an injection nozzle that delimits at least one injection channel, a cover that houses the body of the device, a removable cap that protects a lower downstream end of the injection nozzle, a stopper that houses the cap, and a blocking element. The stopper is pivotally mounted about the injection axis between a closed position in which the stopper is locked on the injection device and an open position in which the stopper is unlocked from the injection device. The blocking element is radially interposed between the cap and the stopper, and is configured to block, by friction, the relative pivoting of the cap and of the stopper, about the injection axis.
US10799634B2
A method of manufacturing one of a range of autoinjectors having cartridges (600, 600′, 600″) with different preset fill volumes, the method comprising the steps of: a) providing a front body assembly (100b, 100c, 100c′, 100c″), b) providing a cartridge (600, 600′, 600″) of given fill volume, c) providing a rear body assembly (100a) comprising a spring-driven drive ram assembly (310, 320) configured to drive the piston of a held cartridge (600, 600′, 600″), d) providing a ram spacer member (400, 400′, 400″), the ram spacer member defining a spacing geometry of length dimension (X1′, X1″, X1′″, XS′, XS″, XS′″, XR′, XR″, XR′″) selected according to the fill volume of the cartridge (600, 600′, 600″), and e) assembling a front body assembly (100b, 100c, 100c′, 100c″), the cartridge (600, 600′, 600″), the ram spacer member (400, 400′, 400″) and the rear body assembly (100a) so that the ram spacer member (400, 400′, 400″) is arranged axially between the drive ram assembly (310, 320) of the rear body assembly (100a) and the piston of a held cartridge (600, 600′, 600″).
US10799625B2
Systems and methods for controlling an implantable pump are provided. For example, the exemplary controller for controlling the implantable pump may only rely on the actuator's current measurement. The controller is robust to pressure and flow changes inside the pump head, and allows fast change of pump's operation point. For example, the controller includes, a two stage, nonlinear position observer module based on a reduced order model of the electromagnetic actuator. The controller includes an algorithm that estimates the position of the moving component of the implantable pump based on the actuator's current measurement and adjusts operation of the pump accordingly. Alternatively, the controller may rely on position measurements and/or velocity estimations.
US10799621B2
A medical device such as a cannula, catheter, needle or biosensing probe includes an elongated body for penetrating, inserting and/or positioning in or through the skin of a patient. The elongated body has an outer surface that when positioned in the patient with a coefficient of friction sufficient to inhibit movement between the elongated body on the skin at the insertion site to inhibit irritation at the infusion site. A lubricious coating is provided on the elongated body to assist in penetration and/or insertion of the elongated body into the patient. The lubricious coating can be removed by a shearing action by the insertion of the elongated body into the patient and/or by absorption of the lubricious coating to expose the outer surface of the elongated member.
US10799619B2
Hydrogels and composite material containing hydrogels and liposomes dispersed therein, which exhibit a reduced friction coefficient compared to neat hydrogels or composites containing hydrogels, processes for preparing the same, and methods for using the same are disclosed.
US10799616B2
Disclosed herein is a compositions-of-matter comprising a cross-linked polymer, the cross-linked polymer comprising a plurality of resilin polypeptide moieties, and at least one polymeric moiety covalently cross-linked to a plurality of the resilin polypeptide moieties via at least one cross-linking moiety, the cross-linking moiety being devoid of a biphenyl moiety. Further disclosed herein is a process for preparing the composition-of-matter, a composite material comprising the composition-of-matter and at least one additional polymeric substance bound to the cross-linked polymer, an article-of-manufacturing comprising the composition-of-matter and/or composite material, and a method of treating tissue damage or loss by implanting said article-of-manufacturing in a subject.
US10799613B2
The present invention relates to methods of metathesizing olefins using catalysts previously considered to be practically inactive. The present invention further relates to novel photosensitive compositions, their use as photoresists, and methods related to patterning polymer layers on substrates. Further, modifications to the compositions and method provide for an unprecedented functionalization of the compositions, useful for example in the preparation of sensors, drug delivery systems, and tissue scaffolds. The novel compositions and associated methods also provide for the opportunity to prepare 3-dimensional objects which provide new access to critically dimensioned devices, including for example photonic devices.
US10799609B2
A method of operating a sterilization system having a vacuum chamber for sterilizing instruments, the chamber connected to a reservoir of sterilant by a valve in a closed state, is disclosed. The method may include taking a baseline humidity measurement while the pressure within the chamber is a first pressure, lowering the pressure within the chamber to a conditioning pressure, maintaining the conditioning pressure for a dwell time, increasing the pressure within the chamber, acquiring a second humidity measurement from within the chamber, and comparing the baseline humidity measurement to the second humidity measurement.
US10799602B2
The invention relates to an RNA comprising at least one open reading frame (ORF) and comprising at least one modification, which increases the expression of the encoded peptide or protein. Furthermore, the invention relates to the medical use of such a modified RNA administered to a subject by jet injection. The invention relates further to a pharmaceutical composition and to a kit of parts comprising said modified RNA for administration by jet injection, preferably for use in the field of gene therapy and/or genetic vaccination. Additionally, the invention relates to a method for enhancing the (localized) expression of RNA-encoded peptides or proteins in the dermis or muscle (of a mammal) comprising administering the modified RNA by jet injection. And finally, the invention relates to a method of treatment comprising administering the modified RNA by jet injection to a subject in need thereof.
US10799599B2
An inhalable formulation containing SAE-CD and corticosteroid is provided. The formulation is adapted for administration to a subject by nebulization with any known nebulizer. The formulation can be included in a kit. The formulation is administered as an aqueous solution, however, it can be stored as a dry powder, ready-to-use solution, or concentrated composition. The formulation is employed in an improved nebulization system for administering corticosteroid by inhalation. SAE-CD present in the formulation significantly enhances the chemical stability of budesonide. A method of administering the formulation by inhalation is provided. The formulation can also be administered by conventional nasal delivery apparatus.
US10799594B2
Described herein are platinum-based brush-arm star polymers (Pt-BASPs), or a pharmaceutical composition thereof, for delivery of platinum-based agents, such as cisplatin. Also provided are methods and kits involving the Pt-BASPs, or a pharmaceutical composition thereof, for treating proliferative diseases such as cancers (e.g., lung cancer, head-and-neck cancer, esophagus cancer, stomach cancer, breast cancer, pancreas cancer, liver cancer, kidney cancer, or prostate cancer) in a subject.
US10799590B2
A composition comprising a bitter tastant and at least one sophorolipid and optionally a carrier; wherein the composition is edible and wherein the bitter taste of said bitter tastant is reduced. A method of reducing bitter taste attributed to a bitter tastant in an edible composition, said method comprising adding to said edible composition an effective amount of at least one sophorolipid and optionally a carrier; such that any bitter taste induced by the bitter tastant is reduced.
US10799585B2
The invention provides aqueous pharmaceutical adalimumab compositions suitable for long-term storage of adalimumab, methods of manufacture of these compositions, methods of administration, and kits containing same.
US10799584B2
The present invention provides, inter alia, methods for treating or ameliorating the effects of a disease, such as cancer, in a subject. The methods include: administering to a subject in need thereof (a) a therapeutically effective amount of an alkylating agent; and (b) a therapeutically effective amount of a monoclonal antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof, wherein the monoclonal antibody contains: (i) a heavy chain variable region (VH), which includes an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:5, and SEQ ID NO:7; and (ii) a light chain variable region (VL), which includes an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:6, and SEQ ID NO:8. Compositions, including pharmaceutical compositions, and kits for treating diseases, such as cancer, are also provided herein.
US10799575B2
Described herein are flavivirus virus-like particles (VLPs) that display on their surfaces antigenic flavivirus proteins. Also described are methods of making and using these VLPs.
US10799574B2
A method for treating or reducing the incidence of recurrence of cancer, benign tumors or HPV-associated lesions, including skin cancer, and particularly squamous cell carcinoma (SCC and basal-cell carcinoma, by administering one or more doses of HPV recombinant vaccine to a patient.
US10799561B2
A pharmaceutical composition for treatment of persons afflicted of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFPEF), diastolic heart failure (DHF) or diastolic dysfunction (DF), the composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a compound capable of specific binding to the relaxin receptor (RXFP1) present on fibroblasts, fibromyoblasts, endothelial cells, endocardial cells, and cardiomyocytes in the cardiac muscle to increase the heart's stroke volume at lower end-diastolic pressure.
US10799560B2
Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for treating neuropathy, embodiments, HSV vectors are provided comprising nucleic acid molecules encoding neurotrophins, such as neurotrophin 3 (NT3).
US10799558B2
This invention relates to the use of a CD24 protein for treating leptin-deficient conditions, such as lipodystrophy, by increasing the level of circulating leptin.
US10799551B2
Disclosed is to provide a composition derived from a natural material and which has an excellent effect of enhancing cognitive function and a method for preparing the same. The extract and composition according to one aspect of the present disclosure are derived from a natural material and thus are safe. It can prevent, ameliorate and treat cognitive decline. Therefore, it allows to improve the quality of life of the elderly population without concerns about side effects and promote development of the related industry.
US10799548B2
Tobacco products comprising smokeless tobacco products and active ingredients, including those that antagonize nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, the TRPV1 channel, and/or the TRPA1 channel are disclosed. Nicotine replacement therapies comprising active ingredients, including those that antagonize nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, the TRPV1 channel, and/or the TRPA1 channel. The active ingredient may reduce or eliminate sensory irritation arising due to use of the product. Analgesic compositions comprising active ingredients. Methods of reducing taste and sensory irritation by employing an active ingredient.
US10799541B2
The present invention generally relates to dietary supplement and pharmaceutical formulations comprising layered acid protective oral dosage formulations comprising probiotics and provided as single unified or cohesive dosage form units. Each individual acid protective layer of the cohesive dosage form provides one of a different probiotic payload, a different release profile to target delivery of probiotic to a particular region in the gastrointestinal tract, or both different probiotic payloads and release profiles to target delivery of different probiotics to particular regions in the gastrointestinal tract.
US10799540B2
Provided are Faecalibacterium longum and an application thereof, specifically, use of Faecalibacterium longum in treating and preventing diabetes and related diseases thereof. Also provided are a composition for treating and preventing diabetes and related diseases thereof, comprising compositions of drugs, drinks, food, or animal feed, and a method for reducing weight, fasting plasma glucose and/or blood lipid, and improving glucose tolerance.
US10799538B2
A population of cells possesses enhanced selectin binding based upon a fucosylated selectin ligand present on a surface thereof. Methods of producing the population of cells, along with therapeutic methods of using the cells, are also disclosed.
US10799529B2
The present disclosure relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating spinal cord injury comprising an imidazole-poly(organophosphazene) hydrogel or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a method for preventing or treating spinal cord injury, and a food composition for preventing or ameliorating spinal cord injury.The imidazole-poly(organophosphazene) hydrogel of the present disclosure has the effect of regenerating the extracellular matrix (ECM) by filling cystic cavities and can thus be effectively used for the prevention and treatment of spinal cord injury by a simple injection method.
US10799527B2
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.
US10799524B2
This application relates to potent oligonucleotides useful for reducing HBsAg expression and treating HBV infections.
US10799518B2
The present invention relates to a method for treating dermal inflammation and dermal diseases by local or systemic delivery, in a subject in need of such treatment, which comprises administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of at least one agonist of Formyl peptide receptor 2 (FPR2).
US10799509B2
The present invention is directed to dihydrochloric acid and dibenzenesulfonic acid salts of the c-Met kinase inhibitor 2-fluoro-N-methyl-4-[7-(quinolin-6-ylmethyl)-imidazo[1,2-b][1,2,4]triazin-2-yl]benzamide, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, useful in the treatment of cancer and other diseases related to the dysregulation of kinase pathways. The present invention further relates to processes and intermediates for preparing 2-fluoro-N-methyl-4-[7-(quinolin-6-ylmethyl)imidazo[1,2-b][1,2,4]triazin-2-yl]benzamide, and salts thereof.
US10799500B2
The invention relates to particular substituted heterocycle fused gamma-carbolines, their prodrugs, in free, solid, pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or substantially pure form as described herein, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use in the treatment of diseases involving the 5-HT2A receptor, the serotonin transporter (SERT), pathways involving the dopamine D1 and D2 receptor signaling system, and/or the μ-opioid receptor.
US10799498B2
The present disclosure relates to methods of transitioning patients or obese patients being treated with vortioxetine to treatment with a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI). The methods provided include delaying administration of the MAOI for certain time periods after stopping administration of vortioxetine. The patients or obese patients possess various capabilities of metabolizing vortioxetine. The current disclosure also includes methods of switching patients to a MAOI intended to treat psychiatric disorders while being treated with vortioxetine. The methods disclosed further comprise determining vortioxetine plasma clearance and washout time for patients with different body fat status and/or different CYP2D6 metabolizer status.
US10799496B2
The present invention provides compounds useful for the treatment of opioid dependence, alcohol dependence, alcohol use disorder, or the prevention of relapse to opioid dependence in a subject in need thereof. Related pharmaceutical compositions and methods are also provided herein.
US10799495B2
A benzodiazepine alkaloid compound and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, the structure of the compound being shown in general formula (I). in the formula (I), R1, R2 and R3 independently are hydrogen, C1-4 alkyl or C1-4 alkanoyl; one from among R4 and R5 is a benzene ring or a substituted benzene ring, while the other is hydrogen, a benzene ring or a substituted benzene ring, wherein a substituent group on the substituted benzene ring is hydroxyl, cyano, amino, halogen, C1-4 alkyl, C1-4 alkoxy, C1-4 alkylamine, C1-4 alkanoyl or C1-4 alkoxyacyl. A method for synthesizing the compound and a use in the preparation of anti-tumor drugs. The compound shown in formula (I) may be used for preparing anti-tumor, especially anti-lung cancer, drugs as well as anti-fungal drugs.
US10799482B2
A process for preparing an amorphous form of a compound of formula (I) This amorphous compound I is particularly suitable in treating IPF by pulmonary administration.
US10799479B2
Disclosed herein are self-emulsifying compositions and formulations of Dimdolylmethane (“DIM”) and certain derivatives of DIM, their uses and methods of making. In particular, the disclosed compositions comprise a DIM-related indole as an active agent and a carrier, wherein the carrier comprises a solvent, one or more surfactants with an HLB of greater than 7, and one or more co-surfactants with an HLB equal to or less than 7. In certain aspects of the invention, the compositions disclosed herein show improved bioavailability.
US10799478B2
The present invention provides a method of treating symptoms associated with Androgen Deprivation Therapy comprising administering to a patient in need of such treatment an effective amount of a compound of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US10799475B2
Disclosed are methods and pharmaceutical compositions for modulating one or more steroidal receptor activities. The methods typically utilize and the pharmaceutical compositions typically include one or more substituted phenyl aziridine precursors, their respective aziridines, analogs thereof, derivatives thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof such as CpdA. The methods and compositions may be used for treating diseases, disorders, and conditions associated with glucocorticoid receptor activity, androgen receptor activity, or both, such as cancers, acne vulgaris, and alopecia.
US10799457B2
An exosomal composition is provided that comprises a therapeutic agent encapsulated by an exosome. The therapeutic agent can be a phytochemical agent, a chemotherapeutic agent, or a Stat3 inhibitor. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the exosomal compositions are also provided. Methods for treating an inflammatory disease or a cancer are further provided and include administering an effective amount of an exosomal composition to a subject in need thereof to thereby treat the inflammatory disorder or the cancer.
US10799452B2
Supplement formulations of estrogen blocker, glycogen manager, and muscle recovery solutions and sublingual therapies for increasing absorption rates thereof. The sublingual delivery systems allow the body to absorb up to 94.9% of each dose directly into the bloodstream, completely bypassing the digestion process. Sublingual delivery (under the tongue) results in potencies 4 to 5 times greater than most capsules and powders. An estrogen blocker solution includes purified water, vegetable glycerin, polypropylene glycol, potassium benzoate, citric acid, calcium D glucarate, 7 keto DHEA, IO3, DIM, nettle root extract, agaricus biporus extract, narigin extract, and quercetin dehydrate. Formulas for glycogen manager, and muscle recovery are also disclosed.
US10799451B2
A method of manufacturing a nicotine-containing mucoadhesive film, by preparing an aqueous solution at a pH of from 9.5 to 13, the solution includes (i) a nicotine salt, (ii) an alkaline pH-regulating agent, and (iii) a film-forming agent including an alginate salt of monovalent cation or a mixture of alginate salts of monovalent cations, the film-forming agent having a mean guluronate (G) content of from 50 to 85% by weight, a mean mannuronate (M) content of from 15 to 50% by weight, a mean molecular weight of from 30,000 g/mol to 90,000 g/mol and being such that a 10% aqueous solution thereof at a temperature of 20° C. has a viscosity of 100-1000 mPas, as measured at a shear rate of 20 rpm by use of a Brookfield viscometer with a spindle No. 2; distributing the solution onto a solid surface; and permitting the solution to dry on said surface. A nicotine-containing mucoadhesive film.
US10799450B2
The present invention relates to a tableted chewing gum composition for oral administration of cannabinoids, the composition comprising a plurality of particles, including a first population of particles comprising water-insoluble gum base and a second population of particles comprising water-soluble chewing gum ingredients, and the composition constituting at least two layers, wherein a first layer of the composition comprises water-insoluble gum base and a second layer of the composition, which is cohered to and adjacent to the first layer, comprises water-soluble chewing gum ingredients, the second layer being free of water-insoluble gum base, and wherein the composition comprises one or more cannabinoids.
US10799445B2
The invention relates to a moisturizing cosmetic composition comprising: (A) 30-99 wt % of birch sap, (B) 0.001-5 wt % of hydrolyzed sodium hyaluronate, and (C) optionally, ingredients commonly used in skincare cosmetics, wherein the moisturizing cosmetic composition of the invention does not comprise water typically added as a separate component.
US10799435B1
Skin-tightening compositions and methods for using the same, which provide a long-lasting skin-tightening effect and a mattifying finishing effect are described. The skin-tightening composition may be in the form of an oil-in-water emulsion and comprise one or more polyvalent silicates; one or more cellulose thickeners; one or more clays selected from hectorite and organically modified hectorites; one or more polysaccharide film forming agents; one or more polyols; one or more acrylate polymers; and water. The skin-tightening compositions are useful for improving the appearance of skin, especially skin of the neck and face.
US10799429B2
The invention relates to a kit of parts for preparing a glass ionomer composition for dental use, the kit comprising a Paste A and a Paste B, Paste A comprising water, acid-reactive inorganic filler A, phyllo silicate(s), Paste B comprising water, poly-acid, non acid-reactive filler B, optionally chelating agent. The invention also relates to a hardenable composition obtainable by combining the pastes of the kit or parts and to the use of such a composition as or for preparing a dental cement, dental filling material, dental core build up material or dental root channel filling material.
US10799428B2
A transformable teething toy comprising a first hub and a second hub. Resilient flexible rods connect the first hub to the second hub such that the inner surfaces of the first and second hubs are oriented to face towards each other. The teething toy is further transformable between an open position and a closed position. In the open position, the first and second hubs are spaced apart from each other by the resilient flexible rods to form an expanded structure. In the closed position, the resilient flexible rods are bent such that the expanded structure is collapsed and the inner surfaces of the first and second hubs are releasably engaged with each other.
US10799426B2
A pacifier structure is mounted on a nursing bottle containing a rotatable cap, a body, and a filtration member. The rotatable cap includes a peripheral groove, the body includes a suction portion and a surround plane, the surround plane has an air valve, the surround plane connects with the peripheral groove to produce an air chamber, and a trench is defined between the body and the peripheral groove. The filtration member includes a ring portion, at least one connection tab, and a mesh portion. The ring portion has an arcuate recess, a diameter defined by the at least two connection tabs is more than an inner diameter of the body, the mesh portion has a large section adjacent to the ring portion and a small section away from the ring portion. The large section has a greater diameter than the small section, and the mesh portion has multiple orifices.
US10799423B2
A liquid-transfer adapter operatively interposable between an injector and a vial is provided. The liquid-transfer has an injector engaging portion configured for fluidly coupling to an injector and a vial coupling. The vial coupling includes a spike that has a spike axis and a tip portion configured for piercing a septum of a vial. The tip portion includes a plurality of facets that meet each other at one or more edges and at least one of the one or more edges is sloped with respect to the spike axis. The spike defines a channel extending therethrough in fluid communication with the injector engaging portion. A channel opening is defined in at least one of the facets and disposed without interrupting the edges.
US10799420B2
A portable roller massager includes an elongate center shaft having a longitudinal axis extending between a first end and a second end, a roller section rotatably positioned about an outer surface of the elongate center shaft and extending not entirely between the first and second ends, a first handle member movably attachable to the first end of the elongate center shaft, and a second handle member movably attachable to the second end of the elongate center shaft. The elongate center shaft, roller section, first handle member, and second handle member cooperate to form a portable roller massager for massaging and treating a person's muscles.
US10799407B2
A variable width support system includes an adjustable width person support apparatus (PSA), an adjustable width person support surface (PSS), and first and second controllers. The first controller controls a function of the PSA and receives a first input corresponding to a function of the PSA via a first user interface. The second controller controls a function of the PSS and: a) receives a second input corresponding to a function of the PSS via a second user interface when the first controller is not in communication with the second controller, and b) receives a third input corresponding to a function of the PSS via the first controller when the first controller is in communication with the second controller. The second controller controls a function of the PSS in accordance with the third input when the first controller is in communication with the second controller.
US10799404B2
A clamping mechanism is provided far attaching an instrument to a litter pole. The mechanism includes a platform, a base, first and second clamps, a quick-release pin and first and second thumb screws. The platform attaches the instrument and includes an elongated plate terminating in serifs at both ends. The base disposes the platform and includes a floor bounded by corner posts that extend above the floor, a block that extends below the floor, and a flange. The flange extends below the floor opposite the block, and the flange includes a first hinge. The clamp pivots on the base between the black and the flange. The clamp includes a second hinge that engages the first hinge, a curve member that connects to the second hinge for receiving the pole, and a tang that connects to the curve member. The spacer includes a convex surface to engage a joint on the pole and a flat surface opposite the convex surface to engage the block. The quick-release pin inserts through an adjacent pair of the corner posts disposed between the serifs. The first thumb-screw passes through the tang and into the block. The second thumb screw passes through the block and against the spacer to press towards the joint.
US10799400B2
Described herein is an elastic core assembly having a base nonwoven layer, a top nonwoven layer, and a plurality of spaced apart elastics sandwiched therebetween. The elastics are secured to one or both layers and form therewith, a plurality of elongated spaces wherein SAP material is deposited. Also described are s system and method of making the elastic core composite or assembly, and a disposable absorbent article incorporating the elastic core assembly.
US10799393B2
The present invention relates to a laser surgery apparatus for contact laser surgery and to a method of using the laser surgery apparatus. The laser surgery apparatus (1) comprises a contact laser scalpel (3) for contact laser surgery, the contact laser scalpel (4) comprising an optical fiber (4) of IR laser radiation transmissive material and terminating at an optical fiber tip (5) having an exposed core region, and support means for holding said fiber and for positioning said scalpel (3). Said fiber tip (5) is tapered and disposed at a distal end of the scalpel (3) for contacting a tissue to be cut and comprises an uncoated contact surface (6) for transmit ting laser radiation and a guiding surface that is at least partially reflective to laser radiation and provided such that laser radiation guided by said optical fiber (4) to said fiber tip (5) will be at least partially reflected by said guiding surface and emitted through said uncoated contact surface. The contact laser surgery apparatus further comprises a pulsed laser source (2) adapted to provide pulse durations in the femtosecond, picosecond and/or nanosecond range, and light transmitting means (9) connecting said laser source (2) to said optical fiber (4) of said scalpel (3) for conveying laser radiation from said laser source (2) to said optical fiber (4) such that the conveyed laser light is emitted at said uncoated contact surface of the fiber tip.
US10799390B2
An energy harvesting, heat managing, multi-effect therapeutic garment, defining an inner surface and an outer surface, seamlessly knitted using a predetermined number of yarns is provided. The yarns for constructing the therapeutic garment are selected from a yarn that absorbs, stores, and releases heat energy through a phase change, yarns that convert heat energy and ultra violet radiation energy into far infrared radiation energy and radiate the far infrared radiation energy to other yarns and to a wearer's body part, a yarn that adsorbs moisture from the wearer's body part and/or ambient environment and generates heat energy through an exothermic reaction, a heat insulting and hydrophobic yarn, and a heat conductive yarn that maintains a uniform temperature within the yarns. The yarns of the therapeutic garment are bundled and knitted to create a uniform surface area distribution of the yarns that contact each other and cover the wearer's body part.
US10799373B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for operating a joint of a prosthesis during a phase of stance. In an embodiment, a method for such operation comprises determining a joint angle of the joint, determining a walking speed of the prosthesis, retrieving a torque value from a lookup table stored in a memory, on the basis of the joint angle and the walking speed, and initiating a signal to apply a torque to the joint of the prosthesis in an amount based on the torque value.
US10799372B2
The present invention provides a prosthetic finger. The prosthetic finger includes a finger mounting rack, a worm gear, a rotating shaft, a base joint rack, a finger base knuckle, a finger proximal knuckle, a finger distal knuckle, a tension spring, and a transmission rope, a grommet, a motor reducer assembly, a first bevel gear, a worm, a second bevel gear. The prosthetic finger can ensure that the connection of all the parts is reliable, the rotation of the worm gear is smooth, the tension spring is protected, and the transmission rope is not easy to fall off, so that the working reliability of the whole prosthetic finger can be improved and the possibility of failure can be reduced on the whole.
US10799359B2
Catheter apparatuses and methods are provided for repairing heart valves, particularly mitral valves. The method includes providing a catheter having an elongate, flexible body, with a proximal end and a distal end. The distal end can be transluminally advanced from the left atrium through the mitral valve. A distal anchor zone or portion coupled with the proximal end can extend and along the left ventricular outflow tract into the ascending aorta. A valve repair device is deployed to permanently connect leaflets at a mid-section of a mitral valve while permitting medial and lateral portions of the natural leaflets to open and close. The catheter apparatuses may be positionable using a steering device. The valve repair device detachably connects the distal and proximal ends of the catheter. The valve repair device can be detached using low profile devices actuatable from the proximal or distal ends, e.g., at a venous or arterial access site.
US10799358B2
A minimally invasive catheter and methods are provided for adjusting the chordae associated with an atrio-ventricular valve and for modifying the geometry of selected cardiac chambers. Clamps carried by the catheter are part of a prosthetic clamp assembly that includes the clamps and a cord attached to each of the clamps. The cord length can be adjusted after the clamps are attached to tissue. The clamps can be operated simultaneously or independently.
US10799357B2
A surgical instrument implementing a leaflet grabbing mechanism by a leaflet grabbing structure, in which the leaflet can be grabbed and clamped between first and second abutment surfaces. The first, proximally facing abutment surface belongs to a swivel-out portion of the leaflet grabbing structure, which includes at least a first arm and a second arm. In a released state, when the leaflet grabbing structure is released from a catheter, the arms are capable of swiveling: the first arm may swivel with respect to a main body to which it is attached, and the second arm may swivel relative to the first arm so that in a leaflet grabbing position the first abutment surface faces proximally. The second arm includes a recess arranged so that a chord extending between a released distal implant part and a proximal implant part can extend therethrough and be released by a lateral relative movement.
US10799354B2
Anchors for securing an implant within a body organ and/or reshaping a body organ are provided herein. Anchors are configured for deployment in a body lumen or vasculature of the patient that are curved or conformable to accommodate anatomy of the patient. Such anchors can include deformable or collapsible structures upon tensioning of a bridging element in a lateral direction, or segmented tubes that can be adjusted by tightening of one or more tethers extending therethrough. Such anchors can be used as a posterior anchor in a blood vessel in implant systems having a tensioned bridging element extending between the posterior anchor and an anterior anchor deployed at another location within or along the body organ. Methods of deploying such anchors, and use of multiple anchors or multiple bridging elements to a single anchor are also provided.
US10799348B2
An inflatable structure for use in biological lumens and methods of making and using the same are disclosed. The structure can have an inflatable balloon formed into a plurality of cells encircled by a shell. A strap can extend between the cells. The shell can have proximal and distal tapered necks, longitudinally-oriented flutes, and apertures at the proximal and distal ends of the shell. The shell can include a reinforcement having tapered sections over the necks and strips extending between the tapered sections. A semi-compliant or compliant balloon can be placed around the outside of the inflatable structure.
US10799347B1
An implantable prosthetic valve includes a radially collapsible and radially expandable annular frame. The frame includes an annular main body sized to be implanted within a native mitral valve annulus. The frame also includes an atrial sealing member coupled to and extending radially away from the main body. The atrial sealing member is sized to extend over tissue of the native mitral annulus within a left atrium to reduce paravalvular leakage. The atrial sealing member includes an inner zig-zag portion and an outer zig-zag portion. The inner zig-zag portion and the outer zig-zag portion are connected to the main body portion only via a fabric to enhance flexibility of the atrial sealing member relative to the main body. The prosthetic valve also includes a valve member disposed within an interior of the frame.
US10799334B2
A method, system and devices for the reconstruction of ribbon shaped ligaments following the anatomical native insertion sites of the ligaments in the corresponding bones is described. The reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament of the human knee is depicted. The system includes a device for positioning and creating bone-tunnels, the preparation of grafts and the fixation thereof. The devices intended for bone tunnel creation take into account the ribbon-shaped nature of the ligament and can be adjusted to patient specific anatomy and take into consideration the various typologies of the ligament insertion sites. The method and devices for graft preparation are construed to reflect the anatomy of ligaments under consideration as close as possible to native ligaments by imitating the ribbon-like nature of native ligaments. The presented fixation methods follow this principle and are intended to support the ribbon-like nature of the grafts and are intended to support in-growth of the grafts. Furthermore, accessories supporting preparation of the grafts are presented.
US10799330B2
A combined multi-lumen sheath with a wire body and a filter. The filter may be removably coupled to the multi-lumen sheath within a filter capsule for temporary placement and retrieval.
US10799320B2
The invention relates to a handpiece head (1) comprising a housing (2) and a closing cap (3), wherein the housing (2) is releasably connected to the closing cap (3) by means of a screw connection (4). The closing cap (3) comprises at least one recess (8) or at least one elevation (7), wherein the housing (2) correspondingly comprises at least one elevation (7) or at least one recess (8). When the closing cap (3) is screwed in, the elevation (7) on the housing (2) engages in the corresponding recess (8) on the closing cap (3) or the elevation (7) on the closing cap (3) engages in the corresponding recess (8) on the housing (2), so that an inadvertent release of the closing cap from the housing (2) as a result of vibrations of the handpiece head (1) is prevented by the engagement.
US10799311B2
Medical device kits for use in placing, maintaining, altering, and/or removing medical devices in, on, and/or from the body of a patient are disclosed. Such medical device kits can include one or more wrap assemblies for use in the placement/maintenance procedure. In accordance with present embodiments, the one or more wrap assemblies of the medical device kit can include various features to assist the clinician performing the particular procedure. In one embodiment, a medical wrap assembly is disclosed, comprising a foldable wrap body that includes a front surface, wherein the front surface is configured to define a sterile field. A plurality of pockets is included on the front surface of the wrap body. The pockets are configured to contain therein a plurality of medical components. The medical components are arranged in the pockets in a predetermined order of use for the medical procedure.
US10799309B2
A foot pedal assembly for controlling a robotic surgical system includes a foot pedal assembly base including an axle, a foot pedal slidably and pivotally coupled to the axle, and a sensor arrangement configured to detect an axial position of the foot pedal along the axle and a pivoted position of the foot pedal around the axle. Different combinations of different detected axial positions and detected pivoted positions are correlateable to different functions of the robotic surgical system.
US10799303B2
A surgical system (200) includes a surgical instrument (260) that is sensitive to backlash that would adversely affect the transmission of controlled torque and position to the surgical instrument. The surgical instrument (260) is coupled to motors in a surgical instrument manipulator assembly (240) via a mechanical interface. The combination of the mechanical interface and surgical instrument manipulator assembly (240) have low backlash, e.g., less than 0.7 degrees. The backlash is controlled in the surgical instrument manipulator assembly (240). From the drive output disk (545) in the surgical instrument manipulator assembly to the driven disk (964) of the surgical instrument, the mechanical interface has zero backlash for torque levels used in surgical procedures.
US10799299B2
A tracking system and a tracking method using the same are disclosed. The tracking system includes a marker, a camera unit, a first inertial measuring unit, a second inertial measuring unit and a tracking processing unit. The marker is fixed on the measurement object, and the camera unit outputs a marker image by photographing the marker. The first inertial measuring unit is fixed on the camera unit, and measures and outputs first inertia comprising first accelerated velocity and first angular velocity. The second inertial measuring unit is fixed to one of the measurement object and the marker, and measures and outputs second inertia comprising second accelerated velocity and second angular velocity. The tracking processing unit primarily extracts the position and the posture of the measurement object using the marker image, and secondarily extracts the position and the posture of the measurement object using the first and second inertias.
US10799297B2
A method for implementing a dynamic three-dimensional lung map view for navigating a probe inside a patient's lungs includes loading a navigation plan into a navigation system, the navigation plan including a planned pathway shown in a 3D model generated from a plurality of CT images, inserting the probe into a patient's airways, registering a sensed location of the probe with the planned pathway, selecting a target in the navigation plan, presenting a view of the 3D model showing the planned pathway and indicating the sensed location of the probe, navigating the probe through the airways of the patient's lungs toward the target, iteratively adjusting the presented view of the 3D model showing the planned pathway based on the sensed location of the probe, and updating the presented view by removing at least a part of an object forming part of the 3D model.
US10799295B1
Described herein is a method of preparing a bone graft product, comprising computer-guided precision cutting an unshaped piece of bone from a human cadaver or a bovine animal to provide a shaped piece of bone having a predetermined shape that is determined by a human being using computer-aided design. Bone graft products prepared using this method and methods of grafting these products are also disclosed.
US10799293B2
A system and devices for ablation and removal of occlusions from blood vessels is provided. Laser cutting systems and mechanical cutting systems are provided in catheter devices, the cutting systems operable to ablate, cut, dislodge, and otherwise remove occlusions within a blood vessel that may limit or prevent proper circulation. Catheter systems comprise distal end features adapted to cut and remove at least portions of an occlusion that generally correspond to dimensions of an inner lumen of a catheter.
US10799280B2
A device, system, and method for identifying an area of ablated tissue. Specifically, the device, system, and method may include a device having one or more fiber sensors and a processing unit for receiving emitted and/or reflected light from tissue and making one or more determinations based on the received light regarding ablated tissue, tissue contact, and/or occlusion. Each of the fiber sensors may include at least one multimode waveguide segment and at least one singlemode waveguide segment, or each of the fiber sensors may be singlemode waveguide. Further, each fiber sensor may have a core with long-period grating for optically coupling light from tissue to the fiber sensor. The processing unit may include a beam processing apparatus and a hyperspectral imaging and analysis apparatus, and may optionally include a light source.
US10799277B2
A device for engagement with a bone includes a dynamically expandable tip (12), a dynamically expandable ring (40), or other dynamically expandable insert (60, 62, 401L) that reacts to forces pushing the implant into bone tissue. The tip (12), ring (40) or insert (60, 62, 401L) expands at least normal to the direction of motion, increasing contact area between the surrounding bone tissue and the material and thereby reducing the occurrence of high areas of contact stress in the adjacent bone tissue. The tip (12), ring (40) or insert (60, 62, 401L) translates forces along an axis of motion into lateral frictional forces that can resist penetration into the bone tissue without the need for additional operator or patient interaction. A method of reducing migration of the device for engagement includes the steps of providing the device and inserting the device within bone tissue.
US10799276B2
Guides, implants, devices, instruments, systems, and assemblies for achieving bone fusion are disclosed. A bone fusion system, including an implant template, a guide wire for insertion through the implant template, a plate for receiving the guide wire, and an alignment guide apparatus for coupling to the plate. Methods of using a bone fusion system for achieving bone fusion are also disclosed.
US10799265B2
A re-entry device (1) for recanalization procedures of an arterial vessel by an intraluminal or subintimal technique includes a catheter (10) having a distal end (12) with a curved tip (13) by an angle (α) of between 30° and 90°, and an angled-tip stylet (2) insertable into the inner lumen of the catheter (10) to exit from a distal opening (14) thereof. The angled-tip stylet (2) is metal and has a distal end (22) with a curved tip (23) ending in a sharped apex (24). The distal end (22) of the an angled-tip stylet (2) is tapered and has a length of 3-5 cm, and the curved tip (23) is bent by an angle (β) of between 30° and 50°. The structure makes the apex (24) adjustable outside the two-dimensional plane defined by the curved tip (13) of the catheter (10) to facilitate penetration of the arterial wall.
US10799262B2
Disclosed herein is a snare (transparent cap) for removing a polyp which includes a stalk and a head connected to the stalk, wherein the snare includes: a body having a hollow tubular shape and an interior of which is partitioned into a plurality of chambers; a ring mounted to at least part of the body using elasticity; a first snare discharged outside the body through a first chamber among the plurality of chambers and hooks the stalk; and a second snare which is discharged outside the body through a second chamber among the plurality of chambers, wherein when the stalk is spread according to pulling the first snare that hooks the stalk, and the second snare pulls a first portion in a lower end of the stalk as spread including the head, the ring is discharged from the body and shrinks through the elasticity and then fixes the first portion.
US10799257B2
A surgical instrument includes a body assembly, a shaft assembly that releasably attaches to the body assembly, and an end effector at a distal end of the shaft assembly. The body assembly includes a first electrical contact and a first sealing portion. The shaft assembly includes a second electrical contact and a second sealing portion. The first and second electrical contacts are configured to electrically couple together to establish an electrical connection therebetween when the shaft assembly is attached to the body assembly. The first and second sealing portions are configured to sealingly engage one another when the shaft assembly is attached to the body assembly to establish a liquid-tight seal that surrounds the electrical connection.
US10799256B2
Apparatus, including a probe having a distal end insertable into a nasal sinus of a human patient, and a location sensor positioned within the distal end. A sinuplasty balloon is positioned on the distal end at a selected opening of the nasal sinus. A processor receives first signals from the location sensor while the distal end is inserted into the nasal sinus and prior to positioning of the balloon at the selected opening, and generates a first map of the sinus. The processor inflates the balloon when it is at the selected opening, so as to enlarge the selected opening, and subsequently deflates the balloon. The processor then receives second signals from the location sensor and generates therefrom a second map of the sinus. The processor registers the first map with the second map and generates from the registered maps a numerical increase in size of the selected opening.
US10799252B2
Methods and drill guide systems that provide internalization of the biceps tendon with use of fixation devices such as the Arthrex BicepsButton™ or Pectoralis Button tensioned outside a smaller converged drill hole. The technique converges two angled drill holes and use the button to fixate a reinforced (whipstitched) biceps tendon into a single bone versus stabilizing two bones. The biceps tendon is being pulled into the larger of the drilled holes and fixed by the button outside of the smaller drilled hole.
US10799246B1
Provided herein are methods, compositions, and devices for occluding cavities or passageways in a patient, in particular cavities or passageways in the cardiovascular system of a patient, such as the LAA of a patient's heart. The methods, compositions, and devices can be used to percutaneously occlude the LAA, decreasing the risk of thromboembolic events associated with AF.
US10799244B2
Embodiments herein include devices and methods directed toward creating reverse flow within a vessel and thereby providing protection against embolic debris. Embodiments comprise a catheter and a plurality of occluders that are expandable and adjustable within a lumen to create low-pressure areas that reroute blood flow and embolic debris therein.
US10799243B2
An embolic device deployment system having a lumen with proximal and distal ends. An embolic device having a proximal retaining ring and an expandable member having a contracted and expanded state, with two apertures. The expandable member is disposed in the lumen in the expanded state. An engagement member has a distal loop extending through the retaining ring and a proximal loop extending into the lumen. The detachment member slides within the lumen and another of the apertures and is disposed through the loops. It comprises a bump on the detachment member between the loops. When the detachment member is in the distal loop and the distal loop is disposed within the retaining ring, the embolic device is in an engaged position. Pulling the detachment member withdraws it from the distal loop. The bump contacts the proximal loop to assist in the disengagement of the distal loop from the retaining ring to release the embolic device.
US10799238B2
A surgical instrument including a housing, an endoscopic portion, a drive motor, a drive tube, a firing rod and an end effector is disclosed. The endoscopic portion extends distally from the housing and defines a first longitudinal axis. The drive motor is disposed at least partially within the housing. The drive tube is disposed in mechanical cooperation with the drive motor and is rotatable about a drive tube axis extending through the drive tube. The firing rod is disposed in mechanical cooperation with the drive tube and at least a portion of the firing rod is translatable with respect to the drive tube. The end effector is disposed adjacent a distal portion of the endoscopic portion and is in mechanical cooperation with the firing rod so that the firing rod drives a surgical function of the end effector.
US10799233B2
A suturing device includes an elongated body having an outer wall defining an interior space of the body, a shaft located in the interior space, and a needle mounted on a distal end of the shaft. The needle has a distal section transverse to a longitudinal axis of the shaft. The distal section of the needle terminates in a first jaw and a second jaw forming a forceps defining a piercing tip. The first jaw and second jaw have a grasping position wherein the first jaw and second jaw grasp a suturing material, and a release position wherein the first jaw and second jaw release the suturing material. After grasping the suturing material with the needle, the shaft rotates the needle to advance the needle and suturing material through tissue and mesh placed on the tissue. Spaced apart portions of the suturing material are then fused to create a suture.
US10799225B2
A device for occluding a vasculature of a patient including a micrograft having an absorbent polymeric structure with a lumen of transporting blood. The micrograft has a series of peaks and valleys formed by crimping. The occluding device is sufficiently small and flexible to be tracked on a guidewire and/or pushed through a microcatheter to a site within the vasculature of the patient. Delivery systems for delivering the micrografts are also disclosed.
US10799224B2
A surgical instrument having an elongated shaft that is at least partially bendable with a surgical tool coupled to a distal end of the elongated shaft and a handle coupled to a proximal end of the elongated shaft to manipulate the surgical tool and a bendable elongated guide coupled to the handle to support the surgical instrument.
US10799219B2
A system and a method of ultrasound imaging includes acquiring ultrasound data, acquiring a quality parameter while acquiring the ultrasound data, determining an acquisition quality level based on the quality parameter, displaying an image generated based on the ultrasound data and displaying an ROI on the ultrasound image, where a color of the ROI represents the acquisition quality level.
US10799218B2
An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system and method enable the automatic acquisition of standard view planes of the heart in real time, such as the AP4, AP3, and AP2 views. A 3D image of the heart is acquired and the processed in conjunction with a geometrical heart model. The heart model is fitted to the heart in its acquired pose to segment the desired image planes from the 3D image data. During successive image acquisition intervals the image planes are tracked through successive image data as a multi-plane system to update a display of the multiple images. The successive image acquisitions can be volume image acquisitions or multi-plane acquisitions of just the tracked image planes during each acquisition interval.
US10799216B1
A wave guide assembly for a control and diagnostic system for a machine includes a housing defining an exterior surface and an internal cavity extending between distal ends. At least one wave guide within the internal cavity defines a wave propagation passage for at least one wave form signal. At least one conductor within the internal cavity is separate from the wave guide. A control and diagnostic system for a machine and a gas turbine engine are also disclosed.
US10799215B2
Methods for associating detection information of an ultrasound system includes receiving an ROI (region of interest) and an image display type that are selected by an operator on an image detected by the ultrasound system, performing motion tracking for the ROI to obtain tracking information, configuring the image detected by the ultrasound system and position information of the ROI in a first display area of a display device for displaying, configuring quantitative parameter information related to the image in a second display area of the display device for displaying selecting an image model according to the image display type, and configuring the image model in a third display area of the display device for displaying. The methods can display detection information obtained by the ultrasound system on the display device more intuitively.
US10799210B1
In one representative embodiment, an intraoral scanning device includes a scan head sized and shaped to be placed inside a patient's mouth. The scan head can include at least one ultrasonic transducer for generating ultrasonic images and at least one light-based sensor for generating optical images.
US10799205B2
A method for determining a trigger signal for an imaging device is based on receiving a film of a surface of a first body part of a patient. In an embodiment, image values in a region in the images of the film are averaged. The noise of the image values in the region is reduced by way of the averaging. The film is transformed into a temporal signal series on the basis of the averaging. The transformation takes place in such a manner that the temporal series is a measure of the timing pattern of the blood circulation in the area. Furthermore, the temporal signal series is analyzed to ascertain whether the temporal signal series satisfies a preset criterion. Finally, a trigger signal is determined for an imaging device if the temporal signal series satisfies the preset criterion.
US10799203B2
A method and device for acquiring at least a part of an x-ray data set with at least one x-ray device. The x-ray data set includes at least one first x-ray image data set and at least one second x-ray image data set acquired separated in time that are to be evaluated together. Both x-ray image data sets show a region of interest of a patient that is subject to heart motion at different phases of a heart cycle. The second x-ray image data set is acquired triggered at a beginning of each heart cycle covered by the acquisition and with an acquisition rate such that the phases of the acquired x-ray image data set match phases of the first x-ray image data set.
US10799202B2
The present invention relates to a mammography system including a body, an x-ray generator for irradiating x-rays, a collimator for adjusting an irradiation range of the x-rays, an arm frame rotatable in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction, and a rotating shaft for connecting the arm frame and the body, wherein the arm frame includes a compression stand having a compressor moving in up and down directions and a compression pad detachably coupled to the lower end of the compressor to compress the subject, and an imaging stand facing the x-ray generator and having a detector disposed at the inside thereof to detect the x-rays transmitted to the subject, the imaging stand moving in left and right directions with respect to the arm frame.
US10799200B2
A nuclear scanner includes an annular support structure (12) which supports a plurality of radiation detector units (14), each detector unit including crystals (52), tiles (66) containing an array of crystals, or modules (14) of tiles. The detector units define annular ranks of crystals, and the annular ranks of crystals define spaces between the ranks. In another embodiment, the crystals define axial spaces between crystals. Separate rings of crystals have axial spaces that are staggered such that no area of the imaging region is missed. The spaces between the detector units may be adjusted to form uniform or non-uniform spacing. Moving the patient through the annular support structure compensates for reduced sampling under the spaces between ranks.
US10799188B2
A method of generating a real-time electrophysiology map, such as a cardiac electrophysiology map, includes displaying a cardiac surface model and receiving a plurality of electrophysiology data points (e.g., using a plurality of intracardiac electrodes). The electrophysiology data from the received electrophysiology data points can be displayed and updated on the cardiac surface model in real-time when it satisfies a preset inclusion criteria, such as a projection distance criterion (e.g., the electrophysiology data point is within a preset distance of the cardiac surface model), a contact force criterion (e.g., the intracardiac catheter is exerting at least a preset contact force on the tissue surface), and/or an electrical coupling criterion (e.g., the electrode-tissue electrical coupling exceeds a preset threshold). New electrophysiology data points can be received when a triggering event, such as a point in the cardiac cycle, occurs, or according to a preset timer interval.
US10799185B2
A method of generating a pulmonary index value of a patient, which includes receiving two or more measure patient parameters, wherein at least one of the measured parameters originates from a pulmonary sensor; and computing the pulmonary index value based on the two or more measured patient parameters.
US10799183B2
Various methods and systems are provided for scanning an image subject along a scan axis. The method includes stitching sectional datasets acquired from different anatomical sections of the image subject based on locations of a landmark in the sectional datasets.
US10799181B2
A system for performing a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure within a subject includes a device having a distal portion configured for insertion within a lumen or duct of the subject, the device including an elongate body having a longitudinal axis, the elongate body comprising a polymeric material and having a proximal end and a distal end, one or more electrically-conductive tracings carried on a first surface of the elongate body and configured to carry a signal, and one or more conductors embedded within the polymeric material and configured to carry a signal.
US10799176B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for assessing tissue contact, e.g., for mapping, tissue ablation, or other procedures. An exemplary tissue contact sensing system comprises a flexible tip device. At least one piezoelectric sensor is housed within the flexible tip device. The at least one piezoelectric sensor is responsive to contact stress of the flexible tip device by generating electrical signals corresponding to the amount of contact stress. An output device is electrically connected to the at least one piezoelectric sensor. The output device receives the electrical signals for assessing tissue contact by the flexible tip device. Methods for assembling and using the flexible tip device are also disclosed.
US10799173B2
Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable mediums for fall prediction assessment are provided. In a particular embodiment, a fall prediction controller is configured to compare a hydration indicator associated with a person to a hydration threshold and based on a result of the comparison of the hydration indicator to the hydration threshold, generate a fall prediction assessment of the patient.
US10799168B2
Facial image data of an individual is collected of the individual to provide mental state data using a first web-enabled computing device. The mental state data is analyzed to produce mental state information using a second web-enabled computing device. The mental state information is shared across a social network using a third web-enabled computing device. The mental state data is also collected from the individual through capture of sensor information. The mental state data is also collected from the individual through capture of audio data. The individual elects to share the mental state information across the social network. The mental state data may be collected over a period of time and analyzed to determine a mood of the individual. The mental state information is translated into a representative icon for sharing, which may include an emoji. An image of the individual is shared along with the mental state information.
US10799161B2
Disclosed is a biosignal acquisition device for the acquisition, in particular the concurrent or simultaneous acquisition, of optical and electrical biosignals. The optical and electrical biosignals are both received by an analog front end device for biosignals, with an opto-electric converter for converting the optical biosignals into electrical signals. Also disclosed are a system of a plurality of biosignal acquisition devices and a biosignal acquisition method.
US10799145B2
System and methods are disclosed to facilitate intra-operative procedures and planning. A method can include storing tracking data in memory, the tracking data being generated by a tracking system to represent a location of an object in a tracking coordinate system of the tracking system. The method can also include storing a patient-specific implicit model in memory, the patient-specific implicit model being generated based on image data acquired for the patient to define geometry of an anatomical structure of the patient. The method can also include registering the tracking data and the patient-specific implicit model in a common three-dimensional coordinate system. The method can also include generating an output visualization representing a location of the object relative to the geometry of the anatomical structure of the patient in the common coordinate system.
US10799135B2
A computer Implemented method and system for detecting arrhythmias in cardiac activity are provided. The method is under control of one or more processors configured with specific executable instructions. The method obtains far field cardiac activity (CA) signals and applies a direction related responsiveness (DRR) filter to the CA signals to produce DRR filtered signals. The method compares a current sample from the CA signals to a prior sample from the DRR filtered signals to identify a direction characteristic of the CA signals and defines the DRR filter based on a timing constant that is set based on the direction characteristic identified. The method analyzes the CA signals in connection with the DRR filtered signals to identify a peak characteristic of the CA signals and determines peak to peak intervals between successive peak characteristic. The method detects at least one of noise or an arrhythmia based on the peak to peak intervals and records results of the detecting.
US10799130B2
The present invention relates to a device and a method for detecting a peak of an intracranial pressure (ICP) waveform using a morphological feature of an arterial blood pressure waveform. A peak extracting method of an ICP waveform using a morphological feature of an arterial blood pressure waveform according to an aspect of the present invention includes: extracting a pulse onset from a continuous ICP waveform based on systolic peak from arterial blood pressure waveform; dividing individual ICP waveforms in the continuous ICP waveform based on the pulse onset; deriving a derivative value from each of the ICP waveforms to extract a peak, a trough, and a flat; calculating latencies from the pulse onset extracted in each of the ICP waveforms to the extracted peaks to cluster peaks with a similar time interval and generate a peak cluster; searching a notch from each of the ICP waveforms based on the latency of a dicrotic notch of the arterial blood pressure waveform; and extracting P1, P2, and P3 peaks from each of the ICP waveforms by referring to the searched notch of the ICP.
US10799128B2
An optical vital signs sensor configured to measure or determine vital signs of a user comprises a light source configured to generate a light beam having an angular range of angles of incidence. The light beam is directed towards the skin of the user. A photo detector is provided and is configured to detect light which is indicative of a reflection of the light beam from the light source in or from the skin of the user. The light source and the photo detector are arranged adjacent to each other and on the same side of the skin of the user. A light shaping unit is configured to shape the light beam of the light source before the light beam enters the skin by limiting the angular range of angle of incidence to less than 20°.
US10799126B2
An apparatus, system, and method for monitoring a person suffering from a chronic medical condition predicts and assesses physiological changes which could affect the care of that subject. Examples of such chronic diseases include (but are not limited to) heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, and diabetes. Monitoring includes measurements of respiratory movements, which can then be analyzed for evidence of changes in respiratory rate, or for events such as hypopneas, apneas and periodic breathing. Monitoring may be augmented by the measurement of nocturnal heart rate in conjunction with respiratory monitoring. Additional physiological measurements can also be taken such as subjective symptom data, blood pressure, blood oxygen levels, and various molecular markers. Embodiments for detection of respiratory patterns and heart rate are disclosed, together with exemplar implementations of decision processes based on these measurements.
US10799116B2
An embodiment is a blood flow measurement device that generates blood flow information based on data collected by repeatedly scanning an interested cross section intersecting a blood vessel of an eye fundus using OCT. A data collector scans four or more cross sections intersecting the blood vessel. A first calculator determines a first gradient and second gradient of the blood vessel by analyzing a first data group and second data group among four or more pieces of data corresponding to the four or more cross sections collected by the data collector. A second calculator determines a gradient of the blood vessel at the interested cross section based on the first gradient and the second gradient. A blood flow information generator generates the blood flow information based on the gradient determined by the second calculator and the data collected by repeatedly scanning the interested cross section.
US10799113B2
A probe for iridocorneal angle imaging of an eye, the probe comprising: a distal end having a corneal contact surface; a camera having an imaging lens at the distal end and an imaging axis orthogonal to the corneal contact surface; and at least two illumination sources, each illumination source having an illumination axis at an angle to the corneal contact surface such that the imaging axis and the illumination axes converge in the eye.
US10799104B2
A spreadable laryngoscope for improving visualization of a larynx or back of a throat is described herein. The laryngoscope comprises a handle having a handle compartment, a fixed blade and a pivotable blade extending from the handle, and a spreading mechanism. In a normal or resting position, the pivotable blade lies parallel to and beside the fixed blade such that the fixed blade and the pivotable blade are side to side. To activate the spreading mechanism, a lever arm is depressed such that the lever arm is moved towards the handle, which causes a connecting arm to pivot about a pivot rod. This, in turn, causes a pivoting arm to move, which moves and pivots a blade bracket of the pivotable blade within the handle compartment. The pivotable blade pivots away from the fixed blade, thereby placing the blades in a spreaded position.
US10799103B2
An endoscope of the invention includes: an insertion portion; a distal end portion; a pair of first observation image acquiring sections; a second observation image acquiring section; a pair of nozzles, each of which includes a spouting port for spouting fluid toward each of the pair of first observation image acquiring sections; a pair of first protruding portions, each of which is located close to the front surface of the distal end portion and has a maximum dimension in the radial direction larger than a dimension in the radial direction of each of the nozzles, and a pair of second protruding portions, each of which is located farther from the front surface of the distal end portion and has a maximum dimension in the radial direction larger than the dimension in the radial direction of each of the nozzles.
US10799101B2
An image processing apparatus includes a special light image acquisition unit that acquires a special light image having information in a specific wavelength band, a generation unit that generates depth information at a predetermined position in a living body using the special light image, and a detection unit that detects a predetermined region using the depth information. The image processing apparatus further includes a normal light image acquisition unit that acquires a normal light image having information in a wavelength band of white light. The specific wavelength band is, for example, infrared light. The generation unit calculates a difference in a depth direction between the special light image and the normal light image to generate depth information at the predetermined position. The detection unit detects a position in which the depth information is a predetermined threshold or more as a bleeding point. The present technology is applicable to an endoscope.
US10799092B2
A method and system for instilling a medium into portions of a luminal network is provided. The method includes generating a model of a luminal network based on images of the luminal network, determining a location of a treatment target in the luminal network, navigating a bronchoscope through the bronchial tree to a target, guiding a catheter through the bronchoscope, dispensing medium to the target from a distal end of the catheter, and removing a quantity of medium from the luminal network.
US10799090B1
In this patent disclosure, a machine-learning-based system for automatically turning on/off a light source of an endoscope camera during a surgical procedure is disclosed. The disclosed system can receive a sequence of video images captured by the endoscope camera when the light source is turned on. The system next analyzes the sequence of video images using a machine-learning classifier to classify each video image as a first class of image of being inside the patient's body or a second class of image of being outside of the patient's body. The system next determines whether the endoscope camera is inside or outside of the patient's body based on the classified video images. When the endoscope camera is determined to be outside of the patient's body, the system generates a control signal for turning off the light source, wherein the control signal is used to immediately turn off the light source.
US10799085B2
An endoscope apparatus includes a processor comprising hardware. The processor implements a motion information acquisition process that acquires motion information representing a relative motion with respect to an imaging section and an object, a motion information determination process that determines motion information reliability indicating reliability of the motion information, and a focus control process that determines whether or not to perform a focus operation to cause the imaging section to bring the object into focus based on the motion information and the motion information reliability.
US10799075B2
A foam dispenser includes a dispensing a mixing chamber for receiving liquid from a liquid source and air from an air source, a conduit, and an agitator downstream of the mixing chamber in the conduit.
US10799070B2
A mixing tool lock fixes a mixing tool in a container of a kitchen appliance, such as a stand mixer for kneading, mixing or grinding ingredients. The locking device includes a tool holder in which the mixing tool is rotatably mounted, and a fixing device for the tool holder. The tool holder also has a releasing device for releasing the mixing tool from the container. The locking device can be attached to the lower outside of a container having a bottom opening on the lower outside. The size of the opening corresponds at least to the diameter of the casing of the mixing tool so that the tool-side components of the mixing tool can be passed completely through the bottom opening from the outside. A kitchen appliance includes a drive, a housing that accommodates the drive, at least one mixing tool, and a container having the locking device.
US10799065B2
A cooking appliance having a thermocouple for measuring the temperature of an electrically conducting cooking utensil is provided. The cooking appliance includes a first probe formed of a first electrically conducting material and a second probe formed of a dissimilar second electrically conducting material. The first probe and second probe are spaced from one another. When the cooking utensil is placed on a heating assembly and heat is applied thereto, the first probe and the second probe electrically contact the cooking utensil. The cooking utensil acts as an intermediate material and completes the thermocouple circuit thereby allowing current to flow between the probes. Consequently, a voltage differential is produced. The voltage differential is measured, and as the voltage differential is indicative of the temperature of the cooking utensil, the temperature of the cooking utensil may be determined.
US10799061B2
The present invention concerns a brewing unit (5) for a beverage preparation machine (1), having several automated functionalities actuated by one single motor (16). The invention also concerns a beverage preparation machine comprising such an automated brewing unit.
US10799058B2
A system for automated detection in beverage dispensing machines suitable for receiving at least a first and second type of exchangeable supply pack adapted to contain a product to be supplied in the operation of the system equipped with means for automatically performing presence of supply detection. More particularly, the detection of the presence and the contents of exchangeable supply packs in beverage dispensing machines is automated. A pack-in-place detection is provided by emitting light and measuring the presence of the emitted light on one light detector, the system determines the absence or the correct/incorrect placement of the supply pack. A product availability detection is provided by detecting the intensity of light coming through a transparent element in the first type of supply pack by another light detector, the system identifies the degree of product presence in the first type of supply pack, while with the second type of supply pack the product availability is not detected and assumed to be available.
US10799050B1
A mailbox portal device, the device including a front, top, bottom, left side, right side, at least one chute in the front of the mailbox portal, where the chute opens, the at least one chute is removably connected to a pliable bag located within the mailbox portal device, a clasp connected to the pliable bag, where the clasp is in an open position to receive at least one package and the clasp is closed when disengaging the pliable bag from the mailbox portal. A method for storing and carrying packages, including opening a chute of a mailbox portal, depositing at least one package into the chute, where each package travels down the chute and into a pliable bag, disengaging the pliable bag from the mailbox portal, and closing the pliable bag for transport.
US10799049B2
An apparatus to prevent curling of a rug corner. The apparatus includes a rigid and planar V-shaped body having a top surface and a bottom surface. An adhesive layer is applied to at least a portion of the top surface of the body while a removable protective cover is provided over the adhesive layer. Upon removal of the protective cover and exposure of the adhesive layer, the body is adhered to the rug corner by the adhesive. Upon doing so, the body maintains the rug corner in a flat condition thus preventing any curling of the rug.
US10799046B2
A valve assembly for a leak resistant drinking cup includes a tubular plug having an outer wall, an inner wall, and a web extending between and connecting the outer and inner walls. The web has at least one slit disposed intermediate the inner and outer walls. The valve assembly is configurable between a sealed position wherein liquid is inhibited from passing through the slit and an unsealed position wherein liquid can pass through the slit.
US10799044B1
A system for holding a graphics on a graphics frame includes: a plurality of frame sections being assembled to form the graphics frame; a plurality of connectors configured to connect two vertically-arranged frame sections; wherein one of the frame sections includes two retainers received in two end portions of the frame section, wherein each of the retainers has two sliding channels; wherein each of the connectors includes at least two pairs of the protrusions and a receiving cavity for receiving the graphics; wherein one pair of the protrusions are engaged with the two of the sliding channels on one of the two retainers when the other pair of the protrusions are engaged with the two sliding channels on the other one of the two retainers to connect two vertically-arranged frame sections.
US10799037B2
A container for storing, displaying, and serving fresh produce that extends the shelf life without refrigeration. The container includes a bottom tray, a slotted tray, a vertical extending wall, a cover, and a light source. The slotted tray sits above and nests within the bottom tray. The vertical wall removably extends from the bottom tray to form a compartment defined by the vertical wall and the bottom and slotted trays for fresh produce. The cover sits on the vertical wall enclosing the compartment. The light source shines light into the compartment.
US10799032B2
Provided is an air-cushion block structure, and a mattress including the air-cushion block structure installed therein. The mattress of the present invention is provided with an air-cushion block structure which includes: an upper cushion having a first core hole vertically formed therein; and a lower cushion which has a second core hole vertically formed therein, and is disposed at a lower portion of the upper cushion. Accordingly, it is possible to stably transfer a weight of a user applied from an upper portion of the air-cushion block structure to a lower portion thereof, as well as, achieve a structure that stably supports the weight of the user by minimizing an occurrence of torsional deflection caused by the weight.
US10799021B2
A laundry treatment apparatus that includes: a cabinet; a first cabinet door; a second cabinet door; a first washing apparatus; and a second washing apparatus including: a tub that is accessible through a second opening in a state in which the second cabinet door is opened, that is configured to store water, and that includes a tub opening at a top of the tub, a tub cover that is coupled to the tub and that covers the tub opening, and a drum that is configured to rotate about a shaft, the shaft extending in the second direction, wherein the tub cover includes an air channel unit that is configured to transfer air between an interior area of the tub and an exterior area of the tub in a state in which the second washing apparatus is operational is disclosed.
US10799020B1
A multi-level cabinet storage system includes a multi-level storage container that includes a number of shelves, each with horizontal planar surfaces, coupled between the vertical opposing members. The horizontal planar surfaces of respective shelves may be aligned vertically in parallel planes. The vertical opposing members may include a rear vertical member and a front vertical member. The multi-level cabinet storage system also includes a first slide member coupled with a base of the multi-level storage container and a second slide member coupled at a first end with the rear vertical member and extending parallel with, and along, a horizontal planar surface of an upper shelf included among the shelves. The multi-level cabinet storage system also includes an external frame formed as a contiguous rigid structure coupled with the first slide member and the second slide member.
US10799019B2
A messaging and ornamental coffee table system and method of operation provides a coffee table comprising a resilient base, sidewalls extending up from the resilient base and forming a cavity, and an at least partially transparent table top having a depressed message portion and hingedly connected to one of the sidewalls. The system further comprises at least one light source operational in the cavity to illuminate towards the at least partially transparent table top. The system further comprises a plurality of tiles defined by multiple faces displaying alphanumeric characters, or symbols, or both. The tiles are arrangable on the message portion to display a message. The system further comprises an at least partially transparent ornamental member disposed on the table top. The illumination from light source illuminates the alphanumeric characters and symbols of tiles, and the at least partially transparent ornamental member to enhance visibility and decorative effect thereof.
US10799018B2
A folding desk and chair apparatus. The apparatus includes a base. The base itself is defined by a pair of opposing lateral rails that are affixed together by a plurality of base supports. A chair is formed by a chair platform that is pivotally affixed to a pair of chair supports. Each chair support is pivotally connected to each opposing lateral rail. A desk comprising a desk platform is pivotally affixed to a pair of distal ends of a pair of desk supports. Each desk support is pivotally connected to each opposing lateral rail. A plurality of notches is placed on a top edge of the pair of opposing lateral rails. A desk security rod is disposed on a pair of proximal ends of the pair of desk supports. The desk security rod is sized to rest within a pair of notches of the plurality of notches.
US10799017B2
A makeup applicator storage system includes a makeup applicator holder that has a first end and a second end. The makeup applicator holder is shaped to hold a makeup applicator at the first end firmly enough that the makeup applicator holder can be used as a handle during makeup application. The makeup applicator holder includes first ferromagnetic material at the second end of the makeup applicator holder. A storage container has a storage lid that includes second ferromagnetic material at an underside of the storage lid. The second ferromagnetic material is oriented at an underside of the storage lid so that the makeup applicator holder can be magnetically attached to the storage lid allowing the makeup applicator, when held by the makeup applicator holder, to be hung from the storage lid when the storage lid is on the storage container and the storage container is oriented so that the storage lid is on a top of the storage container.
US10799011B2
An external or internal artwork tube pocket that allows a child to carry artwork on a backpack or other carrying accessory without damage. The invention typically includes a tubular pocket that is open on the top and closed on the bottom. This tube can hold rolled-up sheets of artwork or other paper or thin cardboard. The tube is adapted to be attached to the backpack or accessory. The tube can have a fixed or removable bottom and an optional removable top. A preferred embodiment includes a substantially cylindrical artwork pocket attached vertically to the side of the backpack.
US10799005B1
An auto-rotate flat iron assembly that can be turned into a curling iron by a simple press of a button. It automates the rotation of the clamped strands of hair in order to create different curl styles. The hair iron assembly creates curls in hair by adjustably applying heat, clamping around hair strands, and automating rotation of the tongs in either direction, so as to achieve the desired wave or curl in hair. A stop member restricts rotation to 180°. A power button powers on and off a motor. A rotate button rotates the tongs in both directions 180° and up to or greater than 360°. A heat button incrementally increases and decreases heat in tongs. A tong lever controls opening and closing of tongs around hair strands. Different hair curl styles are achieved by changing heat temperature and/or speed of pulling down the iron after the rotation is complete.
US10799003B2
Products, processes, and kits are provided for compressing, containing, and carrying goods, particularly soft goods. Cinchable carrying bags are reconfigurable between and open, substantially flat configuration and the present disclosure relates to cinchable carrying bags, cases, or luggage. In particular, present disclosure relates to portable, soft-sided or textile bags configured for reducing the volume or footprint of a load of goods, such as soft goods, contained therein. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to reconfigurable bag templates configured for receiving a load of goods while in an open or substantially flat configuration, wrapping around the load of goods into a folded configuration, reducing the volume or footprint of the goods in a cinched configuration, and securing or containing the cinched goods in a closed configuration. The present disclosure relates to cinchable carrying bags, cases, or luggage. In particular, present disclosure relates to portable, soft-sided or textile bags configured for reducing the volume or footprint of a load of goods, such as soft goods, contained therein. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to reconfigurable bag templates configured for receiving a load of goods while in an open or substantially flat configuration, wrapping around the load of goods into a folded configuration, reducing the volume or footprint of the goods in a cinched configuration, and securing or containing the cinched goods in a closed configuration.
US10798996B2
A method and a device for forming shoe upper decoration essentially include a machine, an upper mould and a lower mould. The upper and lower silica gel sheets are separated from the upper and lower heaters by a distance, which provides a suspended indirect heating mode to prevent the upper of the shoe from being deformed by the direct heating of the heat source, and to achieve the purpose of reducing the possibility of non-conforming products.
US10798985B2
There is described a protective helmet for sporting use, in particular for use while skiing, comprising an external cap-like structure (2) of a resiliently flexible material, an internal cap-like structure (3) which is received in the external cap-like structure (2) and which comprises a plurality of cap portions (5a, 5b) of expanded material which are structurally independent of each other and which are mutually interconnected with limited relative mobility between contiguous portions, the internal cap-like structure (3) delimiting a cavity (4) which is open towards the outer side and which is capable of receiving the head of the user, and at least one device (6) for absorbing energy as a result of forces of impacts on the helmet, which device is interposed between the internal cap-like structure (3) and external cap-like structure (2). The device comprises at least one flexible member (12) which includes a plate-like portion (12a) having a transverse thickness (13) which is defined between a pair of opposing surfaces (13a, 13b) and a plurality of reliefs (14) which project in the same direction from one of the surfaces (13a, 13b), the reliefs (14) extending with a tapering formation in the direction of the free end (14a) thereof, in the direction away from the portion (12a), and the at least one member (12) being fixedly joined to the external cap-like structure (12) in the region of the respective free ends (14a) of the reliefs (14) and the internal cap-like structure (3) in the region of the surface (13a) of the opposite portion (12a) to the portion which has the reliefs.
US10798984B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, devices and processes that abate impact shocks by enacting a machine that redirects at least a portion of an impact force imposed along one trajectory to a reaction force distributed along another trajectory. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10798981B2
There is provided a wig base comprising: a first elastic portion having a first modulus of elasticity, to which artificial hairs will be planted, second elastic portion(s) connected to the first elastic portion, having a second modulus of elasticity that is larger than the first modulus of elasticity, to which artificial hairs will be planted, and a position holding portion which is a member connected to the second elastic portion, and which holds own hairs or a skin of a wearer located at the position of the member, wherein the first elastic portion, the second elastic portion and the positon holding portion are placed in the order thereof from a top of the head while wearing the wig, and wherein the positon holding portion pulls up a skin of the face of a wearer towards a top of the head while wearing the wig.
US10798979B2
A mask is provided. The mask includes an outer cover made of ultra-fine fibers and formed by hot-pressing, and the outer cover has a plurality of through holes for ventilation; a filter configured to filter air and disposed at a side of the outer cover adjacent to a user; and two sealing pads, each attached to a side of the filter adjacent to the user and configured to contact skins at two sides of a nose bridge of the user to seal gaps between the filter and the two sides of the nose bridge of the user.
US10798971B2
The present disclosure provides a PCB fixing structure. The PCB fixing structure includes a housing, a PCB accommodated in the housing, and a top cap covering the housing. The housing has a side wall provided with at least two protrusion portions. The protrusion portion defines a connecting hole. The PCB defines at least two first through holes. The top cap defines at least two second through holes. The PCB fixing structure further includes at least two connecting pieces. Each of the connecting pieces is configured to pass through one of the second through holes, one of the first through holes and one of the connecting holes in sequence so as to fix the top cap and the PCB to the housing. The present disclosure further provides an electronic cigarette including the PCB fixing structure and a fixing structure for a PCBA control board of an electronic cigarette.
US10798968B2
According to some embodiments, systems and methods for altering the draw of a cigar are provided. The systems may include an elongate shaft with a working portion at the distal end. The working portion may have any of number of blades, corners, recesses, grooves, textures, and sharp points, among others. The methods may include assessing the draw of a cigar, inserting the working portion into the cigar, using the working portion to catch, cut, and pull and then remove tobacco from within the cigar, testing the draw of the cigar, and repeating the above steps until the draw is ideal.
US10798967B2
The present disclosure provides, in one embodiment, a filter device comprising a mouthpiece, a filter assembly in communication with the mouthpiece for filtering air exhaled into the mouthpiece, and an outlet check valve which permits air to be exhaled through the mouthpiece into the filter assembly, and substantially prohibits air from being inhaled from the filter assembly into the mouthpiece.
US10798963B2
A process for preparing a milk protein hydrolysate comprising hydrolysing a milk-based proteinaceous material with a microbial alkaline serine protease in combination with bromelain, a protease from Aspergillus and a protease from Bacillus.
US10798959B2
A method for preparing persimmon jam by using a persimmon and Prunus mume, and a packaging container for the long-term storage and convenient use thereof. The method for preparing persimmon jam by using a persimmon and Prunus mume provides storability and the specific flavor and taste of persimmon jam by adding a functional material of Prunus mume to semi-dried persimmons so as to prepare the persimmon jam, and a packaging container provides the long-term storage and convenient use.
US10798955B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a composition of a particulate coformulation which includes particles containing an active substance and an additive, wherein each particle contains a relative additive concentration increasing radially outwards from a particle center to a particle surface along a finite gradient. In one example, the particle surface is an additive-rich surface without a distinct physical boundary between the particle center and the particle surface. The relative additive concentration may have a continuous rate of change across the finite gradient. In some examples, an active substance:additive ratio of the particle surface is sufficiently low to form a protective surface layer around the active substance. Generally, the particle surface is free of the active substance.
US10798953B2
A method of using a fluid-immersion storage and cooking device having a thermal container that defines a first volume and a second volume includes disposing a first food item in the first volume. A second food item and a third food item are disposed in the second volume in a first position and a second position, respectively. A volume of fluid having a first temperature is circulated through the first volume to transfer thermal energy to the first food item. After a predetermined time, at least a portion of the volume of fluid is heated to a second temperature. A portion of the volume of fluid is conveyed to the second volume such that (1) the second food item is substantially submerged in the portion of the volume of fluid and (2) the third food item is disposed substantially outside of the portion of the volume of fluid.
US10798932B2
A system (10) for remote detection of pests, in this case as applied to a domestic dwelling (11) where a base station (12) communicates with eight detector or monitor units (13). The dotted (lines (14) indicate wired or wireless communication between the units (13) and the base station (12). As used herein the expressions “monitor” and “detector” are used interchangeably or where the detector is used as part of a box or cartridge where the detector is part (and may be reusable and separable) the whole unit including the detector part may be referred to as a monitor.
US10798927B2
A drag device for use with a fishing reel is provided that allows an angler to switch between a main drag mode and a secondary drag mode. The main drag mode is traditionally used to provide drag when trying to reel in a fish, while the secondary drag mode is traditionally used to provide finely-tuned drag when fishing with live bait. The drag device preferably includes a lever member that, when engaged, causes the fishing reel to switch between the main drag mode and secondary drag mode, as well as adjust the drag force of the secondary drag.
US10798925B1
A magnetic bait-release device is an apparatus that houses live bait and remotely releases the live bait with a connected fishing line of a fishing pole. The apparatus includes a tubular housing, a fixed lid, a release lid, and a latch mechanism. The tubular housing contains the live bait with the fixed lid and the release lid. The release lid releases the live bait upon the engagement of the latch mechanism with the connected fishing line of the fishing pole. The latch mechanism includes a trigger bar, a slot, a handle, an eyelet, a compression spring, a fixed magnet, and a free magnet. The fixed magnet is positioned within the tubular housing with the trigger bar. The free magnet is mounted within the release lid. The compression spring forcibly retracted the trigger bar with a pull of the connected fishing line which is connected with the eyelet.
US10798922B1
A bee installation funnel apparatus, including: (1) a unitary blank having (a) a back panel, wherein the back panel includes a top side, a left side, a right side, and a bottom side, and at least one aperture, (b) at least one side panel, wherein the at least one side panel emanates contiguously from the back panel; and (c) a bottom panel, wherein the bottom panel comprises a top side, a left side, a right side, and a bottom side, and at least one tab, and (2) a security strap member, wherein the security strap member is positionable around an associated bee hive.
US10798919B2
A slidably moveable connector device is disclosed. The slidably moveable connector device includes an elongate member and at least a first snap. The elongate member has a first end and a second end disposed distal thereto both first end and a second end being fixably attached to a surface. The at least a first snap has a first end connectively and slidably disposed about the elongate member.
US10798912B1
The present invention is a climate controlled and a collapsible pet shelter. The pet shelter includes a collapsible shelter structure and a HVAC system. Collapsible shelter structure is assembled to form a shelter for a pet and in dismantled form shelter structure is collapsible which provides ease for portability. One or more windows are provided that can provide adequate ventilation and can be closed when not desired. HVAC system is used for climate control and regulates/controls temperature within the pet shelter so that pet can comfortably enjoy stay. HVAC system is mainly powered by solar energy and is an independent system. Also, doors with flexible strips are provided that maintain the internal environment of the pet shelter. Also flexible strips provide easy movement of pet in and out of pet shelter.
US10798909B2
The invention relates to the alfalfa variety designated RRL44M377. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the alfalfa variety RRL44M377. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the alfalfa variety RRL44M377 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing alfalfa plants by crossing the alfalfa variety RRL44M377 with itself or another alfalfa variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10798904B1
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH979550. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH979550, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH979550 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH979550.
US10798902B2
A lettuce cultivar, designated VX 12 MB, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds, plants and plant parts of lettuce cultivar VX 12 MB and to methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the cultivar VX 12 MB with itself or another lettuce cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for producing a lettuce plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic lettuce plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to lettuce cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from lettuce cultivar VX 12 MB, to methods for producing other lettuce cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from lettuce cultivar VX 12 MB and to the lettuce plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid lettuce seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar VX 12 MB with another lettuce cultivar.
US10798897B1
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV779527. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV779527, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV779527 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV779527 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV779527.
US10798895B1
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH100107. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH100107, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH100107 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH100107.
US10798891B2
This disclosure relates to an irrigation system for an agricultural production area. The system receives wide-area meteorological prediction data and sensors deployed within the agricultural production area collect local-area sensor data. A processor stores received data as historical wide-area meteorological prediction data and data from the sensors as historical local-area sensor data. The processor determines a correlation between the historical wide-area meteorological prediction data and the historical local-area sensor data based on the historical wide-area meteorological prediction data and the historical local-area sensor data, and calculates a prediction on water supply relative to water demand within the agricultural production area based on current wide-area meteorological prediction data, and the calculated correlation. The irrigation actuator is then controlled based on the prediction on water supply relative to water demand to define an amount of water to be used for irrigating the agricultural production area.
US10798888B2
An adjustable height connection for water irrigation with a base structure, a first pipe, a second pipe and a hose attachment pipe. The first pipe telescopes into the second pipe. The second pipe is attached via a hinge member to the base structure so that it can be folded for compact storage or transport. The hose attachment pipe has a threaded inlet and outlet and is attached perpendicularly to the top of the first pipe. The first pipe includes indentations to allow a treaded locking screw to penetrate the side wall of the second pipe and engage one of the indentations of the first pipe thereby holding it in place. The base structure includes downward facing arrow shaped legs to help secure it to dirt-like ground surface.
US10798886B2
This disclosure describes a system for recycling and reusing water from sprinkler systems to water or irrigate a yard or an area of land. The system includes a water reclamation tank that stores water captured from beneath the area of land. When it is time to water the area of land, the sprinkler system draws water from the water reclamation tank. A portion of this water is then recaptured and supplied back to the water reclamation tank for further storage until the next time the sprinkler system is activated. This cyclical process occurs repeatedly and enables a significant reduction in the amount of freshly supplied water used to maintain the area of land.
US10798885B2
The present application relates to methods and compositions and compositions for watering plant roots, and more particularly, to water soluble granular compositions for application to grass and other root bearing plants, the granules including a wood, mineral and binder granule impregnated with a root watering composition having a humectant as its principle constituent, and methods of application and use of the granular compositions.
US10798875B2
A discharge guard assembly for a mower includes a cutter housing having an opening for discharging cuttings. A guard is hingedly attached to the housing so that the guard can move between a closed position and an open position. A latch contacts a stop on the guard to hold the guard in the closed position to allow the mower to operate in a mulching configuration. The latch is movable to an unlatched position in which the guard is free to rotate to the open position to allow cuttings to be discharged through the opening in the housing.
US10798866B2
The present inventors have recognized that hydraulic cylinders for raising and lowering “work units” of an agricultural implement used for engaging the ground can be improved by replacing one or more electronically controlled (electrohydraulic) proportional valves associated with a rod port of the cylinder with a simplified, flow control device, such as a pressure regulator, while still using the electronically controlled proportional valves associated with a base port of the cylinder. Due to the weight of the implement being associated with the rod side, which tends to force retraction of the rod when not opposed by the base side, complex proportional valves associated with the rod side can be replaced with such simplified devices providing a relatively low pressure sufficient to move hydraulic fluid with respect to the rod side.
US10806058B2
Provided is a power distribution board including: a bus bar; and a heat dissipation member that is disposed on one side of the bus bar via an adhesive layer, wherein the bus bar includes a recess that is open to the adhesive layer side, and that is filled with a constituent material of the adhesive layer.
US10806053B1
Techniques disclosed herein relate to using thermally conductive textiles for heat dissipation from wearable electronic devices. An exemplary thermally conductive textile may be constructed from an elasticated band for encircling a body part of a user (e.g., a user's head) and one or more thermally conductive wires that are affixed to the elasticated band in a wave pattern. The thermally conductive wires being arranged in the wave pattern allows for the thermally conductive wires to freely stretch and contract as forces are exerted on the elasticated band. Thus, the thermally conductive textile described herein exhibit elastic properties that are predominantly governed by the elasticated band while also exhibiting thermal properties that are predominantly governed by the thermally conductive wires. The thermally conductive textiles may also include locking fibers to restrict deformation of the wave pattern of the thermally conductive wires.
US10806049B2
A remote radio unit, which includes a housing, a ventilation air channel, and a circuit component, where the housing is a sealed hollow cavity; the ventilation air channel passes through the housing, a top end of the ventilation air channel is connected to a top end surface of the housing in a sealed manner, and a bottom end of the ventilation air channel is connected to a bottom end surface of the housing in a sealed manner; and the circuit component is disposed inside the cavity, and is in contact with an external surface of a side wall of the ventilation air channel, so that heat generated by the circuit component is dissipated through the ventilation air channel.
US10806047B2
The present disclosure relates to an arrangement of support elements for holding electronic function modules; having a first support element, wherein the first support element has a top side and a bottom side, wherein a first web receptacle is formed in the top side, and wherein a second web receptacle is formed in the bottom side; and a second support element, wherein the second support element has a first side web and a second side web, wherein the first side web can be inserted into the first web receptacle, and wherein the second side web can be inserted into the second web receptacle.
US10806043B2
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a stand-holder for a portable terminal, the stand-holder comprising: a support portion fixed to a rear surface of the portable terminal; a holding portion; and a coupling portion operatively coupled to each of the support portion and the holding portion. The coupling portion and the support portion are operatively coupled to each other, such that the coupling portion is rotated relative to the support portion. The coupling portion and the holding portion are operatively coupled to each other, such that the holding portion is rotated relative to the coupling portion.
US10806033B2
An interposer includes a stacked body including first and second mounting surfaces that face each other, a first electrode on the first mounting surface, and a second electrode on the second mounting surface. The stacked body includes flexible insulating layers stacked on each other, and a folded portion. The first and second electrodes are electrically connected to each other. The stacked body includes an upright portion between the first and second mounting surfaces and in which a stacking direction in which the insulating layers are stacked is parallel to the first and second mounting surfaces, and a bent portion bent in a plan view of the first and second mounting surfaces.
US10806032B2
An electronic system for a fluid property sensor comprises a fluid printed circuit board adapted to analyze a property of a fluid, an external connector, and an intermediate printed circuit board. The intermediate printed circuit board is electrically connected between the fluid printed circuit board and the external connector.
US10806030B2
A multi-layer substrate with metal layers as a moisture diffusion barrier for reduced electrical performance degradation over time after moisture exposure and methods of design and manufacture. The method includes determining a diffusion rate of an insulator material provided between an upper metal layer and an underlying signal line. The method further includes calculating a diffusion distance between a plane opening of the upper metal layer and the underlying signal line using the diffusion rate of the insulator material.
US10806029B2
A catalytic resin is formed by mixing a resin and either homogeneous or heterogeneous catalytic particles, the resin infused into a woven glass fabric to form an A-stage pre-preg, the A-stage pre-preg cured into a B-stage pre-preg, thereafter held in a vacuum and between pressure plates at a gel point temperature for a duration of time sufficient for the catalytic particles to migrate away from the resin rich surfaces of the pre-preg, thereby forming a C-stage pre-preg after cooling. The C-stage pre-preg subsequently has trenches formed by removing the resin rich surface, the trenches extending into the depth of the catalytic particles, optionally including drilled holes to form vias, and the C-stage pre-preg with trenches and holes placed in an electroless bath, whereby traces form in the trenches and holes where the surface of the cured pre-preg has been removed.
US10806027B2
A component carrier being less prone to deterioration by oxidation and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The component carrier includes a laminated stack with a first surface finish covering a first part of an exposed surface of the laminated stack and a second surface finish covering a second part of an exposed surface of the laminated stack. The first surface finish and the second surface finish are arranged in direct contact with one another so as to at least partially overlap.
US10806025B2
A foldable display device is provided. The foldable display device includes a flexible display panel including a first display region, a second display region and a bending region and having a first state and a second state; and a first panel supporting frame and a second panel supporting frame configured to support the first display region and the second display region, respectively. In the first state, the first and the second panel supporting frames overlap with each other; and in the second state, the first and the second panel supporting frames are in a same plane and form an accommodation space in which the bending region is accommodated, and a first border of the first display region and a fifth border of the second display region abut against and are in contact with each other to form a structure of flat panel display.
US10806024B2
In one or more embodiments, a circuit board may include a trace pair and a serpentine region of the trace pair, which may include: a first subregion in which the first trace includes a first portion that has a third width and a first length and in which the second trace includes a second portion, at least substantially parallel to the first portion, that has a fourth width, greater than the second width, and a second length; and a second subregion, adjacent to the first subregion, in which the first trace includes a third portion that has the third width and a third length and in which the second trace includes a third portion that has the fourth width and a third length, different from the second length.
US10805999B2
A lighting module, including: a baseboard configured to receive a user signal indicating a user lighting preference; a communication submodule configured to receive the user signal and convert the user signal to machine readable data indicating the user lighting preference; a control submodule communicably coupled to the wireless communication submodule for receiving the machine readable data, wherein the microcontroller submodule comprises: memory configured to store a lighting parameter provided by a provider, and a processor configured to generate lighting driver instructions based on the user lighting preference and the lighting parameter; and a lighting mode output submodule configured to output the lighting driver instructions to a lighting driver module of a lighting assembly for controlling light emitting elements of the lighting assembly.
US10805998B2
Display systems for displaying digital content. The display systems have one or more LED-based lighting channels adapted to generate a circadian-inducing blue light output in first operational mode and a less-circadian-inducing blue light output in a second operational mode. The circadian-inducing blue light can have a first circadian-stimulating energy characteristic related to the associated first spectral power distributions of light generated in the first operational mode, and the non-circadian-inducing blue light can have a second circadian-stimulating energy characteristic related to the associated second spectral power distribution of light generated in the second operational mode. Disclosure methods of generating digital display content with the display systems described herein. The methods can generate a circadian-inducing blue light output in first operational mode and a less-circadian-inducing blue light output in a second operational mode.
US10805990B2
A cooling system for a built-in induction hob with an improved cooling efficiency, and a cooling method thereof. The cooling system comprises an air blower for generating an airflow according to a first direction, a heat-sink device through which air blown by the air blower is conveyed. The cooling system further comprises airflow deflecting means for deflecting said airflow from said first direction to a second direction which significantly deviates from said first direction.
US10805987B2
A mechanism for indicating ambient temperature of an enclosure from temperatures determined within the enclosure. The temperatures may be obtained from two or more sensors at each of two or more locations within the enclosure. The enclosure may include an apparatus inside such as electronics of which power consumption may be determined. Data including temperatures of two locations within the enclosure at various electronics power consumption levels may be entered into a 2-D plot. An approximation of the 2-D plot may be effected with an appropriate equation to be solved for ambient temperature. The data of the 2-D plot plus temperatures of a third location and air flow levels in the enclosure may be entered into a 3-D plot. An approximation of the 3-D plot may be effected with an appropriate equation to be solved for ambient temperature.
US10805983B2
A session management function (SMF) receives a first message from an access and mobility management function (AMF). The first message indicates a request to configure a first session for a wireless device via the SMF and the AMF. The first message comprises: a first identifier of the first session; and a parameter indicating data transfer over control plane. the SMF selects a user plane function (UPF) based on the first message. The SMF sends a second message to the UPF to indicate a request to configure a second session between the SMF and the UPF. The second message comprises: a second identifier of the second session; and the parameter indicating data transfer over control plane. The SMF receives uplink data from the AMF via the first session and sends the uplink data to the UPF via the second session.
US10805968B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to the communications field and provide a bearer setup method, apparatus, and system. The method includes: receiving, by an MME, indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate a bearer type that is set up for UE; and setting up, by the MME, a bearer for the UE according to the indication information. By means of the method, indication information used to indicate a bearer type that is set up for UE is received, and different types of bearers are set up for the UE according to the indication information, so that an MME can adjust the bearer type in real time as required and set up different types of bearers for the UE, thereby efficiently transmitting sharply fluctuated data, and lowering loss of a network and the user equipment while improving user experience.
US10805954B2
An access node (100) of a wireless communication network controls radio transmissions on a set of radio resources. The access node (100) determines a group of multiple radio devices (11, 12, 13) and grants an uplink transmission attempt on the set of radio resources to each radio device (11, 12, 13) of the group. The uplink transmission attempt is based on a listen-before-talk procedure. The listen-before-talk procedure involves that the radio device (11, 12, 10 13) performs measurements to detect whether the set of radio resources is available and that, in response to detecting that the set of radio resources is available, the radio device (11, 12, 13) performs a radio transmission to the access node on the set of radio resources.
US10805951B2
A control information processing method, a base station, and a terminal are provided. A base station determines jointly encoded control information for an uplink subframe, where the jointly encoded control information is control information obtained by jointly encoding first control information and second control information; and the base station sends the jointly encoded control information. A terminal receives jointly encoded control information sent by a base station, where the jointly encoded control information is for an uplink subframe, and is control information obtained by jointly encoding first control information and second control information; and the terminal performs clear channel assessment CCA based on the jointly encoded control information, and occupies, after finishing the CCA, the uplink subframe to send a signal. According to the present invention, control signaling overheads can be reduced.
US10805946B2
A method and a device for transmitting uplink data are provided. The method includes sending, by a UE, an initial uplink transmission carrying an inactive-state UE identifier of the UE in uplink contention resources available in a region, in case that uplink data of the UE in an inactive state arrives; and receiving a feedback acknowledgement message for acknowledging the initial uplink transmission.
US10805942B1
In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive first downlink control information (DCI) scheduling a start of a data communication in a first transmission time interval (TTI) on a first frequency band configured with an uplink/downlink time division duplexing (TDD) pattern that is synchronized with a second frequency band. The UE may receive or transmit a first portion of the data communication in the first TTI based at least in part on receiving the first DCI. The UE may receive second DCI that schedules a second portion of the data communication in a second TTI on the first frequency band, the second DCI indicating that the second portion is part of the data communication. The UE may receive or transmit the second portion of the data communication in the second TTI based at least in part on receiving the second DCI.
US10805939B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communications and, more particularly, to methods and apparatus for code rate selection for control channels. An exemplary method generally includes selecting, from a set of code rates, a code rate to be used to encode a stream of bits using a polar code, based on at least one of a downlink control channel aggregation size, an uplink control channel assignment, or a payload size of the stream of bits, encoding the stream of bits using the polar code and the selected code rate, and transmitting the encoded stream of bits.
US10805937B2
A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may perform, for example, a method that determines at least one threshold for detecting signal interference in a first plurality of segments occurring in a first radio frequency spectrum of a first wireless communication system, detecting a pattern of recurrence over time of signal interference in a segment of the first plurality of resource blocks according to the at least one threshold, and performing one or more mitigation steps to mitigate the signal interference without filtering the signal interference where the one or more mitigation steps include at least one of transmitting signals out of phase from the signal interference, adjusting transmit power, increasing power in a resource block of a long term evolution communication session, performing beam steering, or changing time parameters for the resource block without changing to a new resource block. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10805932B2
A wireless communication system includes one or more base stations able to divide resources between multiple network operators sharing the base station. A shared base station is configured to monitor a contribution to the load on the base station associated with network operators sharing the base station resources and to provide the determined contribution to the load to one or more other base stations for use in load balancing between the base stations.
US10805928B2
Communications in a wireless network for carrier Selection and switching are provided. A terminal in the wireless network is simultaneously receiving data on at most m carriers. A base station in the wireless network sends an activation command associated with more than m carriers to the terminal. The terminal activates the more than m carriers. Then the base station selects a first subset from the activated carriers, and sends a first monitoring command associated with the first subset via a first physical-layer signaling to the terminal. When load and/or interference situations are changed, the base station selects a second subset from the activated carriers, and sends a second monitoring command associated with the second subset via a second physical-layer signaling to the terminal, wherein the first subset is different from the second subset.
US10805927B2
An apparatus and a method for transmitting data are included in a wireless network. The apparatus for transmitting data in a wireless network receives a status data packet sent by an upper layer, where the status data packet includes status information of the transmit end in a current status; discards, when there is a cached previous-status data packet, the previous-status data packet and caches the status data packet, where the previous-status data packet includes status information of the transmit end in a previous status; and sends the status data packet to a receive end when obtaining a sending resource, where the previous-status data packet and the status data packet have a same feature. In this way, a data packet delay is reduced; and in an application scenario of the Internet of Vehicles, timely data exchange between vehicles is ensured, and vehicle driving safety is improved.
US10805918B2
Provided are a method and apparatus for performing multicast communication in a communication system based on LTE or LTE-Advanced. The method of a UE includes receiving a Single Cell-Multicast Control CHannel (SC-MCCH) by monitoring a downlink channel based on a preset Downlink Control Information (DCI) format, determining a DCI format for receiving a Single Cell-Multicast Traffic CHannel (SC-MTCH) based on Coverage Enhanced Mode (CEMode) information included in the SC-MCCH, and receiving the SC-MTCH by monitoring the downlink channel based on the determined DCI format for receiving the SC-MTCH.
US10805917B2
Various communication systems may benefit from an improved resource block group allocation in a cell. A method may include determining at a network entity a common frequency resource allocation grid in a cell. The method may also include configuring at the network entity a frequency location of a bandwidth part of a user equipment within the cell. The frequency location of the bandwidth part may be offset from a reference point of the common frequency resource allocation grid. In addition, the method may include determining a size of one or more of a plurality of resource block groups within the bandwidth part of the user equipment based on the frequency location of the bandwidth part and the reference point. Further, the method may include transmit downlink control information from the network entity to the user equipment.
US10805907B2
Techniques for receiving control channel for multiple numerologies are disclosed. The UE receives a control channel by using a first numerology and receives a first data channel information by using a second numerology. The UE also receives a second data channel information by using the first numerology. Also, different numerologies and bandwidth portions are used for communicating data channel information and HARQ feedback respectively.
US10805902B1
A chained wireless communication system is provided. The system includes a main node and a plurality of communication nodes. The communication nodes are chained to form a chain network. The communication node can switch roles among a master connection unit, a slave connection unit and a signal scanning unit. The signal scanning unit can scan nearby terminal devices and generate scan packets. The scan packets are transmitted to neighboring communication nodes via the slave connection unit. The master connection unit of the neighboring communication node receives the scan packets. The scan packets are then delivered to the main node via this chain network. The main node retrieves a message delivered from the terminal device according to an identification message from the scan packets. The message delivered from the terminal device is used to locate the terminal device, notify an emergency event or serve as a sensing signal.
US10805899B2
A system for locating unmanned mobile connected objects, such as, but not limited to, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), such as, but not limited to drones, and unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) is disclosed. A command center may be configured to identify current locations of unmanned mobile connected objects, predict future locations of unmanned mobile connected objects, predict and prevent collisions of unmanned mobile connected objects, identify unpredictable variables, such as, but not limited to, plane crashes, disaster areas, cranes interfering with flight paths and no-fly zones and search for unmanned mobile connected objects even if there is no radio signal coverage or in situations when radio signals are inactive, such as during disasters and emergency situations. The system may be configured such that an unmanned mobile connected object may populate a neighboring table with information such as geolocation, cell signal strength, and status, and may be shared with a command center.
US10805897B2
A method of bearer deletion is provided to improve the universality of the bearer deletion process. The method includes: receiving, by the original intermediate NE, the cancellation type indication parameter sent by the HSS, and deleting the bearer between the serving gateway (S-GW) and a packet data network gateway (P-GW), if the original intermediate network element obtains an attach type according to the cancellation type indication parameter indicating an attach type and a corresponding bearer exists on the original intermediate NE. This method helps efficiently improve the universality of the bearer deletion flow.
US10805882B2
The present invention provides network systems and methods for battery management. Battery management can include controlling transmissions to and from wireless devices. Thus, in an embodiment, a system for controlling transmissions in a wireless network is provided. A base station is configured for bidirectional wireless communication with each of a plurality of wireless devices. The base station is configured to receive battery characteristics from at least one of the plurality of wireless devices. The battery characteristics represent at least a battery type for the wireless device. Transmission constraints that correspond to each of a plurality of battery types are stored within a transmission constraints database. The base station is configured to obtain transmission constraints by looking up the battery type in the transmission constraints database. The base station may then be configured to transmit messages between the base station and the wireless device according to the obtained transmission constraints.
US10805878B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for transmitting voice data in a wireless communication system, in particular there is provided an apparatus comprising an audio processing module configured to detect a period of silence in a voice signal and to output an indication of the detected period of silence, and a communication module coupled to the audio processing module and configured to transmit upload packets according to a predefined scheduling allocation, the upload packets comprising the voice signal, wherein the communication module is further configured to, upon receipt of an indication of a detected period of silence refrain from transmitting further upload packets using the predefined scheduling allocation for a predetermined period of time.
US10805873B2
A set of functions, which comprises one or more access function and at least one network function, is provided in a telecommunication network. The telecommunication network is configured to provide compositions of functions based on the access function and the network function. Each composition of functions is uniquely identified by an identifier. The telecommunication network is further configured to provide to a terminal equipment one or more composition of functions based on the access function and the network function. The telecommunication network is further configured to make available the identifier of each composition of functions to the terminal equipment.
US10805872B2
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method and an apparatus for allowing a user equipment (UE) to effectively monitor a control resource set (CORESET) in order to read remaining minimum system information (RMSI) in a wireless communication system are provided. The UE receives a media access control (MAC) control element (CE) indication, performs a random access channel (RACH) procedure, determines a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state of CORESET 0 on the basis of the most recent of either the MAC CE indication or the RACH procedure, and monitors CORESET 0 on the basis of the determined TCI state.
US10805856B2
A central unit (300A) and a first distributed unit (300B) of a first network node (300) and methods therein, for handling a communication with a wireless device (302) in a wireless network. The central unit (300A) sends an indication to the first distributed unit (300B) to indicate whether a current procedure for the wireless device is an inter-central unit procedure or an intra-central unit procedure. The first distributed unit (300B) is thereby able to decide whether to send information about the communication to the central unit via a user plane or via a control plane, based on a reduced amount of signalling including the indication.
US10805852B2
The present application discloses a method and eNB equipment for supporting seamless handover. The method comprises the following steps of: receiving, by a target eNB, random access information or an RRC connection reconfiguration completion message from a UE; transmitting, by the target eNB, a data transmission stopping indication message to a source eNB; and, stopping, by the source eNB, transmitting downlink data to the UE, and/or stopping, by the source eNB, receiving uplink data from the UE. The present invention further provides several other methods and eNB equipments for supporting seamless handover. By the methods for supporting seamless handover provided by the present invention, the delay of data transmission and the unnecessary data transmission or unnecessary data monitoring of a source eNB can be avoided, the waste of resources and the power consumption can be reduced, and the missing and duplication transmission of data can be avoided.
US10805844B2
Provided is a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system supporting a Circuit Switched FallBack (CSFB) service. The UE includes a transceiver for transmitting and receiving a signal to/from a first or second communication system that uses a different frequency; a receiver for receiving a signal from the second communication system; and a controller for controlling an operation of receiving signaling information for the CSFB service from the first communication system through the transceiver, and simultaneously measuring channel status of the second communication system using the signal received from the receiver.
US10805839B2
Disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention is a data transmission method. The method comprises: simultaneously receiving data simultaneously transmitted by multiple transmitters, the data comprises multiple data frames simultaneously transmitted by at least one transmitter; generating a chunking acknowledgment message frame according to the receiving state of the data, the chunking acknowledgment message frame contains a group information identifier and data receiving state information, wherein the group information identifier is used to indicate multiple transmitters which belong to the same group pre-set correspondingly by the chunking acknowledgment message frame, and the data receiving state information is used to indicate the data receiving states of various transmitters which belong to the same group, the data receiving states comprise the receiving states of the multiple data frames simultaneously transmitted by at least one transmitter; and transmitting the chunking acknowledgment message frame to the multiple transmitters. By means of the present invention, the technical problems of being not beneficial to effective spectrum utilization and being not beneficial to power saving of user equipment which are caused by replying an ACK frame to the user equipment in order are solved, thereby improving the effective spectrum utilization.
US10805833B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services.The various embodiments of the present invention disclose a method of handling control plane data in a wireless network, the method comprises sending, by a user entity (UE), a non-access stratum (NAS) message along with an indication data to a mobility management (MM) core network entity. The MM core network entity processes the received NAS message and the indication data. The MM core network entity determines status of network congestion upon processing the processed NAS message. Sending, by the MM core network entity, a response to the UE based on at least one of the processed indication data and the determined network congestion.
US10805830B2
Various embodiments described herein aim to ensure that user data transmissions (e.g., small data transmissions that are sent using control plane messages) do not become excessive and stay infrequent, thereby reducing the likelihood of a network overload situation. In one embodiment, an admission control function (ACF) for regulating the transmission of uplink user data is implemented in a wireless communication device (WCD) (e.g., a CIoT device). Such a WCD device may receive from a core serving node (CSN) admittance information (AI) (e.g., parameters, such as thresholds, used by the ACF to regulate the uplink traffic) that is used in performing the admittance control.
US10805825B2
A method is provided in one example embodiment and may include determining each station of a plurality of stations connected to a WiFi access point that are to receive downlink video transmissions from the WiFi access point, wherein the WiFi access point is connected to an Information-Centric Networking-based (ICN-based) network; associating each station of the plurality of stations to each of a corresponding ICN face of a plurality of ICN faces maintained by the WiFi access point; and managing a downlink transmission buffer for each station of the plurality of stations based, at least in part, a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) associated with downlink video transmissions for each station of the plurality of stations, wherein each downlink transmission buffer is associated with the corresponding ICN face associated with each station.
US10805824B2
The present invention relates to a network node (14, 18, 21) and a method of a network node of controlling data delivery to a mobile terminal (11, 12, 13) in case of data rate throttling after having reached a data download cap. The method comprises the steps of acquiring (S101) the data to be delivered to the mobile terminal, receiving (S102) an indication that a data download cap for the mobile terminal has been reached, and buffering (S103) the acquired data. The method further comprises the step of delivering (S104) the buffered data to the mobile terminal in bursts.
US10805816B2
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. An eNB determines a CCA parameter for use by a UE in performing a CCA procedure for UL transmission and transmits an indication of the CCA parameter to the UE. The UE receives an indication of the CCA parameter for UL transmission from the eNB and performs the CCA procedure for UL transmission using the indicated CCA parameter. The UE may transmit to the eNB prior to receiving the indication of the CCA parameter. The eNB may use the report in determining the CCA parameter for use by the UE.
US10805814B2
The present invention provides a signal measurement method and apparatus, where the method includes: receiving, by user equipment UE, a measurement configuration message sent by a base station, where the measurement configuration message is used to indicate a reference signal type; performing, by the UE according to the reference signal type indicated by the measurement configuration message, signal quality measurement on a cell to obtain a measurement result; and sending, by the UE, the measurement result to the base station. The method provided in embodiments of the present invention is used to resolve a technical problem in the prior art that normal communication of UE cannot be ensured because RSRP and/or RSRQ of neighboring cells cannot be measured based on an existing reference signal when the neighboring cells use different carrier types.
US10805808B2
Methods and systems are provided for deploying a cellular communication network, including basestation systems. A basestation system may include a plurality of femtocells comprising at least a first femtocell and a second femtocell, with the first femtocell being configured to support an operation in the second femtocell, and a first transmission from the first femtocell being coordinated with a second transmission from the second femtocell. The plurality of femtocells may also include a third femtocell, and a first reception by the first femtocell may be coordinated with a second reception by the third femtocell. The coordination of transmissions and/or receptions may be based on one or more of time, power, and frequency.
US10805807B1
A multi-tenant system is provided for coordinating spectrum allocation of a plurality of high-altitude networks (HANs) so that at least one high-altitude platform (HAP) in one of the plurality of HANs is controlled to avoid interfering with a HAP in at least one other HAN of the plurality of HANs. The multi-tenant system comprises a database including: 1) a first interface, 2) a second interface, 3) at least one service module, and 4) a data storage device. The multi-tenant system further comprises a communication controller coupled to the database, the communication controller configured to control various characteristics of HAPs in their respective HANs and links therebetween based on data maintained in the data storage device of the database. The data includes regulatory and coordination constraints provided via the first interface and non-regulatory and external coordination information provided via the second interface.
US10805796B2
A method for confirming pairing connection of terminal devices, including: acquiring third touch slide data collected by a target second Bluetooth device via a touch sensing point thereof, if a touch slide operation is detected after a connection between the first Bluetooth device and the target second Bluetooth device is established; establishing a third touch slide variation curve device according to the third touch slide data; acquiring fourth touch slide data collected by a touch screen thereof, and establishing a fourth touch slide variation curve according to the fourth touch slide data; determining whether the third touch slide variation curve matches with the fourth touch slide variation curve or not; and disconnecting the connection with the target second Bluetooth device if the third touch slide variation curve does not match with the fourth touch slide variation curve.
US10805791B2
A telecommunication network provides telecommunication service to a user equipment (UE) and a communication device that is connected to the telecommunication network via a private branch exchange. Both the UE and the communication device utilizing a Mobile Station International Subscriber Directory Number (MSISDN) for the telecommunication service, and the telecommunication network stores a profile associating both the UE and the communication device with the MSISDN. Additionally, the telecommunication network enables communication between the communication device and a communication partner device and notifies the UE of the communication.
US10805790B2
A user device may be authorized to access a telecommunications network, such as a cellular network, after completing a boot process that includes a device activation phase and a network activation phase. An application resident on the user device initiates, in the device activation phase, a device eligibility check over a secondary communication network such as a WLAN. Device eligibility may be determined by whether the user device was legitimately sold. If the user device fails the eligibility check, the boot process is stopped, rendering the user device inactive. If the user device passes the eligibility check, the application initiates the network activation phase in which the user device is checked against a blacklist. If the user device is blacklisted, the boot process is shut down. If the user device is not blacklisted, the boot process completes normally.
US10805788B2
A system and method that enables the setting up of an incoming call from an originating endpoint of a calling party to a mobile station of a called party who is registered as a roamer in a visited cellular network. In response to receiving a dialed number, or other call information, the system determines whether to set up the call to the mobile station of the called party through a pre determined, over-the-top (OTT) call service that bypasses the visited network. The OTT call service is offerable as a feature to the called party by the party's home mobile network operator (MNO). Call handling for the OTT call service is provided through i) an OTT feature server that is coordinating the incoming call, an application server that is affiliated with the OTT feature server, and iii) a OTT software application that is executing on the called party's mobile station.
US10805780B1
A method of configuring user settings on a mobile communication device. The method comprises sending a message by a software service layer of a mobile communication device to a first computer system to request an identity of a second computer system from which to obtain user settings configuration instructions, receiving a response message by the software service layer from the first computer system, wherein the response message comprises the identity of the second computer system, sending a user settings request message by the software service layer to the second computer system, receiving a user settings response message by the software service layer from the second computer system, and configuring user settings on the mobile communication device by the software service layer by executing instructions received in the user settings response message.
US10805779B2
A computer-implemented method for implementing a V2X application on target hardware having a radio adapter, wherein the V2X application is modeled in the form of a block diagram by means of a graphical modeling environment and the block diagram is compiled into a V2X program that can be executed on the target hardware and the V2X program is transferred to the target hardware and executed there. The method for implementing a V2X application is realized in an especially simple and advantageous manner in that a V2X communication block that has at least one radio adapter interface, by means of which data are exchanged between the radio adapter and the V2X communication block, is used to create the block diagram.
US10805758B2
Headphones provide binaural sound to a location behind a portable electronic device. The sound is convolved or processed to a location that is behind the portable electronic device so that the listener perceives the location of the sound as originating from the location of the portable electronic device.
US10805743B2
A connector for a hearing instrument, in particular a receiver-in-canal behind-the-ear hearing aid, is small and visually inconspicuous. The connector should be as invisible as possible on the hearing instrument as it is worn, and the connector allows a microphone arrangement favorable for directionality and sound pick-up. The connector is disposed on an earpiece tube, which defines a longitudinal direction at the connector. The connector is connected by insertion into a connector receptacle of a hearing instrument transversely to the longitudinal direction. The hearing instrument has a laterally arranged connector receptacle, into which a connector is inserted transversely to the longitudinal direction. Because of the transverse insertion, the connector can be arranged laterally on the housing and because of the lateral placement, the front end face of the housing is smaller and the housing is overall flatter. A microphone can be arranged on the end face instead of the connector so as to improve sound pick-up and directionality.
US10805736B2
A display apparatus including a flexible vibration module and a method of manufacturing the flexible vibration module are provided. A display apparatus includes: a display panel configured to display an image, and a flexible vibration module on a rear surface of the display panel, the flexible vibration module configured to vibrate the display panel, the flexible vibration module including: a plurality of first portions having a piezoelectric characteristic, and a plurality of second portions respectively between pairs of the plurality of first portions, the plurality of second portions having flexibility.
US10805731B2
A method for controlling earphone switching, an earphone, and an earphone system are provided. The method is applicable to a first earphone. The method includes the following. Whether the first earphone is put in a charging case is detected, where the first earphone is coupled with a second earphone and an electronic device and serves as a master earphone, and the second earphone serves as a slave earphone. Upon detecting that the first earphone is put in the charging case, the first earphone is switched to serve as the slave earphone and the second earphone is switched to serve as the master earphone. As such, switching between master and slave earphones can be achieved upon detecting that the master earphone is put in the charging case, which is possible to improve user experience.
US10805724B2
The invention provides a speaker, an audio device thereof, and a method of regulating frequency response. The speaker comprises a back cavity and a magnetic circuit system connected to the back cavity, and further comprises: an intermediate-frequency frequency response regulation module disposed in the back cavity for regulating a length of a first effective air passage of the back cavity where an air flow passes, such that a resonant frequency of the back cavity is equivalent to a frequency of intermediate-frequency frequency response of the speaker to be improved; and/or a high-frequency frequency response regulation module disposed in the back cavity for regulating a length of a second effective air passage of the back cavity where the air flow passes, such that the resonant frequency of the back cavity is equivalent to a frequency of high-frequency frequency response of the speaker to be improved.
US10805714B2
A panel audio loudspeaker includes a panel extending in a plane. The loudspeaker also includes an actuator coupled to one side of the panel and configured to couple vibrations to the panel to cause the panel to emit audio waves. The actuator includes a rigid frame attached to a surface of the panel, the rigid frame includes a portion extending perpendicular to the panel surface and a plate extending parallel to the panel. The actuator also includes a magnet assembly and a magnetic coil forming a magnetic circuit. The actuator further includes at least one flexible member connecting the magnetic circuit to the portion of the rigid frame extending perpendicular to the panel surface. The actuator also includes a compliant member positioned between the magnetic circuit and the panel, the compliant member being configured to increase output of the loudspeaker compared to the actuator without the compliant member.
US10805705B2
An in-ear device includes a housing shaped to be held in an ear of a user, and be positioned around a canal of the ear so the canal is unobstructed by the in-ear device, and an audio package positioned within the housing to project sound into the canal when the in-ear device is disposed in the ear. A controller is disposed in the housing and coupled to the audio package, and the controller includes logic that when executed by the controller causes the in-ear device to perform operations, including emitting the sound from the audio package towards the canal of the ear.
US10805690B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed herein include correlating first network traffic data collected by a network meter to streaming data collected by a media presentation device meter; determining second network traffic data that pertains to streaming media streaming on a streaming device, the second network traffic data based on the first network traffic data; and generating a traffic profile based on a relationship between the second network traffic data and the streaming media streaming on a streaming device.
US10805688B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for streaming live television broadcasts and providing DVR services to subscribers in a designated market area.
US10805682B2
A method and device for reading an item of multimedia content at a predetermined time that is recorded in a broadcast stream received by the device. Before the time, the device: sends a request to provide an item of content to be read to a remote server, receives an identifier of the item of content, associated with an item of stream marker information; stores the identifier in correspondence with the item of marker information, and downloads all or part of the item of content on the basis of the received identifier. At the predetermined time, the device: receives a stream containing an item of marker information identical to the item of marker information already stored, and reads the downloaded item of content corresponding to the stored identifier, on the basis of the received identical item of marker information.
US10805666B2
Systems, methods and apparatus for providing, operating and conducting an application for facilitating transactions displayed with the display of content relating to the subject matter of the transactions.
US10805663B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses are described for detecting synchronization errors between audio and video signals. Scene changes may be detected based on anchor frames. Offsets between a scene change in a video signal and a reduced audio level or burst of high audio level in the audio signal may indicate a synchronization error.
US10805659B2
Electronic digital display systems, including roadside display devices, vehicle-based devices, personal mobile devices, intermediary servers, advertising servers, and/or additional external data sources may operate individually or in combination to identify one or more vehicle locations, driving routes, driver and passenger characteristics, and the like. Vehicle and individual characteristics may be determined based on data received from traffic cameras, vehicle-based devices, personal mobile devices, and/or other data sources. Based on the vehicle characteristics, individual characteristics, driving data and driving patterns, and the like, digital content may be determined for electronic roadside displays to be viewable by the approaching vehicles, and/or other digital display devices to be viewable by associated individuals via other display devices and at other times. Various techniques may be used to determine customized digital content, such as targeted advertisements and/or driving or vehicle safety messages, including retrieval and aggregation of certain characteristics, prioritization of characteristics, and real-time auctions for advertisements. Additionally, certain systems may be interactive to allow user responses and follow-up content via on-board vehicle devices or other user devices.
US10805656B1
A system and method for restricting access to content is disclosed. The system comprises a communication module, a rules module, a geolocation module, and a blackout module. The communication module receives a request for content and location data describing the geographic location of a client. The request includes content data identifying the content. The rules module determines a blackout rule for the content based at least in part on the content data. The geolocation module determines the geographic location of the client based at least in part on the location data. The blackout module determines whether to restrict access to the content based at least in part on the geographic location of the client and the blackout rule.
US10805652B1
Techniques for stateful computing at the edge of a content delivery network are described. In some embodiments, a point of presence of the content delivery network includes proxy servers, function execution units, and function state cache servers executing on computer systems within the point of presence. A proxy server checks for requests for resources hosted on behalf of customers of the content delivery network that trigger a customer-specified function. When a function is triggered, the proxy server selects an execution unit and sends a function execution request to the execution unit. The execution unit executes functions of many different customers of the provider network. Upon receiving a request to execute a function that is stateful, the execution unit retrieves the function state from a function state cache server, execute the function, and returns a result to the proxy server.
US10805649B2
A method and device for blending multiple related frames into a single frame to reduce noise is disclosed. A method includes comparing an input frame to a corresponding reference frame in order to determine if at least one object that is in both frames moves in the input frame, and also to determine edge strengths of the at least one object. The method further includes, based on the comparison, determining which regions of the input frame to blend with corresponding regions of the reference frame, which regions of the input frame not to blend with corresponding regions of the reference frame, and which regions of the input frame to partially blend with corresponding regions of the reference frame.
US10805646B2
An encoder is configured to compress point cloud geometry information using an octree geometric compression technique that utilizes a binary arithmetic encoder, a look-ahead table, a cache, and a context selection process, wherein encoding contexts are selected based, at least in part, on neighborhood configurations. In a similar manner, a decoder is configured to decode compressed point cloud geometry information utilizing a binary arithmetic encoder, a look-ahead table, a cache, and a context selection process.
US10805642B2
To reduce picture quality deterioration and improve coding efficiency when image coding processing and image decoding processing involving deblocking filter processing are performed.The present invention relates to an image transmission system including an image coding apparatus and an image decoding apparatus. The image coding apparatus of the present invention performs coding processing on a target picture in units of blocks and performs filter processing on a picture generated during coding processing by using a filter unit configured to perform filter processing using at least a deblocking filter. Further, the image decoding apparatus of the present invention decodes a target picture in units of blocks and performs filter processing on a picture generated during decoding processing by using a filter unit configured to perform filter processing using at least a deblocking filter. In addition, the deblocking filter determines a type of each block edge of the target picture, selects filter coefficients depending on the type of each block edge of the target picture from filter coefficient sets and applies the selected filter coefficients.
US10805641B2
A method of decoding video data includes receiving a block of video data, determining an intra prediction mode for the block of video data, and determining whether or not to use a position-dependent prediction combination (PDPC) mode to decode the block of video data based at least on the determined intra prediction mode. The method may also include receiving a syntax element associated with a primary transform or a secondary transform used for a block of video data, determining a usage of one or more video coding tools based on a value of the syntax element, the one or more video coding tools being video coding techniques other than the primary transform or secondary transform, and applying the one or more coding tools to the block of video data based on the determined usage.
US10805638B2
A method for coding a digital image divided into blocks. The method includes, for a current block: processing the current block to provide a vector of transformed coefficients; selecting a sequence of M signs of coefficients to be predicted in the coefficient vector, M being an integer greater than or equal to 2; predicting values of the signs from a plurality of assumptions of combinations and a cost function; and for a sign of the sequence, coding an indicator representing a difference between its actual value and its predicted value. The predicting includes, for at least one second, current assumption: obtaining a pixel vector associated with the current assumption, by linear combination of at least one pixel vector associated with a first assumption and at least one pattern vector obtained from the vector of transformed coefficients; an calculating the cost function for the current assumption from the pixel vector obtained.
US10805635B1
A hardware encoder has a bit estimation block to compute an estimated bit size for a Coding Tree Unit (CTU). A CTU bit size limit manager selects quantization parameters for use in quantization. The quantization parameters are selected based upon the estimated bit size to insure that the CTU in coded form will not exceed a CTU bit size limit.
US10805628B2
A motion vector decoding method includes: determining a prediction motion vector of a to-be-decoded unit based on a motion vector of a prediction unit of the to-be-decoded unit; when a face image in which the to-be-decoded unit is located and at least one of a face image in which a first reference unit is located and a face image in which the prediction unit is located are not face images in a same orientation, performing a first update on the prediction motion vector, where the first update is used to determine a mapping vector that is of the prediction motion vector and that is in a plane of the face image in which the to-be-decoded unit is located; and obtaining a motion vector of the to-be-decoded unit based on the prediction motion vector obtained after the first update.
US10805617B2
A method for encoding a video sequence is provided that includes signaling in the compressed bit stream that a subset of a plurality of partitioning modes is used for inter-prediction of a portion of the video sequence, using only the subset of partitioning modes for prediction of the portion of the video sequence, and entropy encoding partitioning mode syntax elements corresponding to the portion of the video sequence, wherein at least one partitioning mode syntax element is binarized according to a pre-determined binarization corresponding to the subset of partitioning modes, wherein the pre-determined binarization differs from a pre-determined binarization for the least one partitioning mode syntax element that would be used if the plurality of partitioning modes is used for inter-prediction.
US10805611B2
A method and apparatus for video encoding or decoding used by a video encoder or decoder respectively. In one method, input data associated with a video sequence are received. A current sequence header for a current picture is determined. Whether the current sequence header corresponds to a first sequence header or a second sequence header is determined. If the current sequence header corresponds to the second sequence header, one or more syntax values of a syntax set associated with the first sequence header are assigned to corresponding one or more syntax values of the syntax set associated with the current sequence header. The current picture is then encoded or decoded according to the current sequence header.
US10805610B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for intra coding a block having pixels assigned to groups. An apparatus includes a video encoder for encoding a block in a picture using intra prediction by dividing pixels within the block into at least a first group and a second group and encoding the pixels in the first group prior to encoding the pixels in the second group. A prediction for at least one of the pixels within the second group is obtained by evaluating the pixels within the first group and the second group.
US10805606B2
A decoding method applied to the field of video processing, where the decoding method includes receiving an encoded bitstream of a two-dimensional panorama picture, determining an applicable spatial layout format of the two-dimensional panorama picture, parsing the encoded bitstream of the two-dimensional panorama picture to determine whether a spatial position relationship between sub-pictures in the two-dimensional panorama picture in the applicable spatial layout format is a default spatial position relationship, and decoding the encoded bitstream of the two-dimensional panorama picture based on the applicable spatial layout format and the default spatial position relationship when the spatial position relationship between the sub-pictures in the two-dimensional panorama picture in the applicable spatial layout format is the default spatial position relationship.
US10805599B2
A display system includes a content generator, an HMD (Head Mounted Display), and a computing device. The content generator generates image/video information. The HMD obtains a viewing-angle range relative to a user. The computing device is coupled to the HMD. The computing device receives the image/video information and the viewing-angle range. The computing device controls the HMD to display a main screen and a sub-screen according to the image/video information. The computing device adjusts the transparency of the sub-screen by comparing the viewing-angle range with an important-angle range.
US10805583B2
A light projection system includes a GPU that receives video data containing video images, defines a two-dimensional grid (each element of which represents a position of a light beam at a different time), designates which elements of the two-dimensional grid correspond to positions of the light beam in a designated area, designates which elements correspond to positions of the light beam outside of the designated area with some positions outside being designated as calibration positions, maps each element corresponding to positions in the designated area to a corresponding pixel of a frame of a video image, and maps elements corresponding to calibration positions to calibration pixels. An ASIC receives the mapped pixels and mapped calibration pixels from the GPU, and generates a beam position control signal therefrom. A controller controls a movable mirror based on the beam position control signal.
US10805574B2
There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that make it possible to decrease reduction in a recognition rate corresponding to the amount of exercise of a user wearing a wearable device. Acceleration information is acquired as exercise state information, and movement speed is calculated. If the movement speed exceeds certain speed, a plurality of pieces of information is displayed in a time-division manner for a certain amount of information each with which amount a recognition rate is not decreased, whereby a plurality of pieces of information is displayed while reduction in the recognition rate is controlled. The present technology can be applied to a wearable device.
US10805567B2
An image sensor may include imaging pixels with non-destructive readout capabilities. Each imaging pixel may include a substrate having a photosensitive area that generates charge in response to incident light. The charge may accumulate at a front side of the substrate adjacent to a floating gate. The voltage of the floating gate may depend on how much charge is accumulated. The voltage of the floating gate may be repeatedly sampled to monitor the amount of incident light received over time. A first reset transistor may clear the substrate of accumulated charge. A second reset transistor may reset the voltage of the floating gate. The imaging pixel may be split between multiple wafers if desired and may include nMOS and pMOS transistors.
US10805564B2
Provided is an ADC in which a plurality of pixel signals input through a vertical signal line of a solid-state image pickup apparatus are held in advance using some capacitors among a plurality of capacitors within the ADC. A potential of a node is generated by the respective pixel signals held in the capacitors. Thereafter, the potential of the node is changed by changing the voltages of counter electrodes of the capacitors, and the digital values of the pixel signals are generated by comparing the potential of the node with a predetermined potential.
US10805555B2
An image processing device is including a first lens, a second lens disposed on one side of the first lens, a third lens disposed on the other side of the first lens, a first image sensor which receives an input of a first image obtained from the first lens to generate a first image signal, a second image sensor which receives an input of a second image obtained from the second lens to generate a second image signal, a third image sensor which receives an input of a third image obtained from the third lens to generate a third image signal, a selector which receives the input of the second image signal and the third image signal, outputs the second image signal under a first condition, and outputs the third image signal, under a second condition different from the first condition and an image processor which performs image processing, using the first image signal and an output signal of the selector.
US10805547B2
Imaging device including an elongated bendable section, a reinforcing section that is arranged on an end portion of the bendable section in an elongated direction in which the bendable section extends, the reinforcing section having higher rigidity than the bendable section, and an imaging section capable of capturing an image in the elongated direction with respect to the reinforcing section. The bendable section is able to store a power source in at least a part of the bendable section.
US10805544B2
An image pickup apparatus that is capable of switching a display device that is used to display appropriately. A first display device at a rear face of a body of the apparatus and is rotatable upward around a first rotation axis. A second display device has an eyepiece and is movable between a housing position and a use position. A first sensor detects whether the eyepiece is in the use position. A second sensor detects approaching of an object to the eyepiece. A controller controls the first and second display devices based on detection results of the first and second sensors. The controller enables predetermined control set in association with the detection result of the second sensor when the first sensor detects that the eyepiece is in the use position and disables the predetermined control when the first sensor detects that the eyepiece is not in the use position.
US10805543B2
A display method, a system and a computer-readable recording medium thereof are provided, where the method includes the following steps. An image of a user in front of a screen is captured by using an image capturing device to generate a user image. A foreground region and a background region in the user image are distinguished by using a depth sensor. A virtual window is set on a display area of the screen according to its display size. Human face detection is performed on the foreground region to obtain plane information of the human face, and depth information of the human face is obtained by using the depth sensor. A background image is generated based on the background region according to the virtual window, the plane information and the depth information of the human face. The foreground region is combined with the background image to generate an output image.
US10805541B2
An image capture apparatus extracts a motion component caused by an operation of a vibration source included in the image capture apparatus, based on output signals of motion detection sensors positioned at different distances from the vibration source. The image capture apparatus then corrects one of the output signals of the motion detection sensors using the motion component and controls image stabilization based on the corrected output signal.
US10805531B2
An image processing system, an image generation apparatus, and an image generation method are provided. The image processing system includes a switching unit configured to switch an operating mode of the image processing system between at least a first mode and a second mode, a detection unit configured to detect a joining position among a plurality of input images to generate a detection result, and a joining unit configured to join the plurality of input images to generate an output image. When the mode is switched to the first mode, the joining unit joins the plurality of input images based on the detection result of the detection unit to generate the output image. When the mode is switched to the second mode, the joining unit joins the plurality of input images to generate the output image, without causing the detection unit to generate the detection result.
US10805529B2
A method for displaying a 360-degree image in an electronic device, and an electronic device thereof are disclosed. The apparatus includes a display, and a at least one processor connected operatively to the display. The at least one processor is configured to acquire 360-degree image data and metadata corresponding to the 360-degree image data, and display an object including a first indicator and a second indicator on the display by using the metadata. The first indicator indicates an angle of view or capturing x-direction along a horizontal direction in a three-dimensional (3D) model space for a first area of the 360-degree image data, and the second indicator indicates an angle of view or capturing y-direction along a vertical direction in the 3D model space.
US10805528B2
An image data generating block 72 of an image capturing apparatus 12 generates polarized images having two or more resolutions from luminance of polarization in two or more directions acquired by a luminance data acquiring block 70. A pixel value converting block 74 generates new image data with a predetermined parameter being a pixel value on the basis of the polarized luminance in two or more directions. A transmission image generating block 76 connects image data of two or more types on a predetermined pixel line basis and then crops the requested data, thereby stream-transferring the cropped data from a communication block 78. A target object recognizing block 80 of an information processing apparatus 10 recognizes the state of a target object by use of the transmitted data and an output data generating block 82 generates output data by use of the recognized state. A communication block 86 requests the image capturing apparatus 12 for the data including type, resolution, and region corresponding to the state of the target object.
US10805523B2
An apparatus comprises an image capturing device, a light emitting device for illuminating an object to be captured by the image capturing device, a visual guide to guide a user to aim the apparatus at a target authentication device, and a processor. The visual guide is devised such that when the apparatus is aimed at the target authentication device following guidance of the visual guide, the brightness levels on an image of the target authentication device captured by the image capturing device while under illumination of the light emitting device are within a predetermined range of brightness levels to facilitate verification of authenticity with reference to the captured image of the target authentication device.
US10805506B2
Color mapping information can be used to transform one color to another color. The present embodiments provide a solution for representing the color mapping information using a successive application of multiple color mapping functions. Parameters for the multiple color mapping functions can be encoded into a bitstream. In one embodiment, color mapping functions are consecutively applied on their own domains of definition only. In another embodiment, the first color mapping (CRI1) is applied on its domain of definition only, but the second color mapping is applied only on samples that have been previously color mapped by CRI1 and which are also inside the domain of definition of the second color mapping function. At the decode side, the multiple color mapping functions can be reconstructed and successively applied to a decoded picture to generate another picture.
US10805497B2
In one example, a system is disclosed, which may include a recognition unit to obtain a user profile from a mobile device via a short-range wireless communication between the mobile device and the multi-functional device. Further, the system may include a retrieving unit to retrieve usage history associated with the user profile. Furthermore, the system may include a configuration unit to temporarily configure operational settings for the multi-functional device based on the usage history.
US10805489B2
An image forming apparatus includes: an image former; a display showing an image formation setting screen; an operator accepting a user command; a storage; and a controller. If the operator accepts a setting registration command when the display shows the setting screen, the controller stores setting contents of the setting screen along with an image of the setting screen in the storage. If the operator accepts a setting call command, the controller makes the display show a list of images of setting screens related to the setting contents stored in the storage. If the operator accepts a command to select an image from the list of images of setting screens, the controller makes the display show a setting screen, to which setting contents related to a selected image are reflected.
US10805483B2
An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a storage medium, and a controller. The controller determines whether or not acquired image data includes a first type image and a second type image. In a case where the acquired image data includes the first type image and the second type image, the controller performs an image process corresponding to the first type image with respect to the acquired image data and generates job execution image data. Based on the execution image data thus generated, the controller performs a job corresponding to the second type image.
US10805480B2
An image output service system on a cloud, that outputs information used for image output, includes a converting portion that obtains image data after a converting process from image data before the converting process, by the converting process according to an image output unit that outputs an image, and an output portion that outputs an information group for image output including the image data after the converting process and provision information indicating what types of plural pieces of information the information group is configured by and where each of the pieces of information is arranged.
US10805472B2
A terminal apparatus has a first setting and a second setting that includes a receiver receiving first transmission information and second transmission information including a part of the information, a transmission information storage storing transmission information including the first and the second transmission information, a display processor displaying the first transmission information based on information specified by the information processing apparatus in the first setting, and displaying the second transmission information based on an operation performed on the terminal apparatus in the second setting, and a transmission storage controller controlling the transmission information storage to store the first transmission information based on the specified information in a first storage area for a first setting use in the transmission information storage, and to store the second transmission information based on the operation in a second storage area for a second setting use in the transmission information storage.
US10805456B2
A system or method for dynamic redundant call recording may include a plurality of recording devices, each recording device having a plurality of recording resources, and a resource allocator. The resource allocator may receive a request from a call receiving node for commencement of a recording session. It may then attempt to connect to a first one of the plurality of recording devices and if successful, establish a recording session between the call receiving node and the recording device, or if not successful, attempting to connect the recording session controller to a second one of the multiple recording devices. Two resource allocators may operate in parallel to establish dual recording using resources at two different recording devices. Call content may be recorded separately from call metadata and may be integrated with the metadata using a unique call ID.
US10805454B2
A process for real-time data exchange allows for sharing data, including metadata such as user data and phone data, between multiple handsets so that handsets may automatically display such data upon initiation or establishment of a telephone call, and in some arrangements throughout the life of the call. In this way, the need for subsequent data transmissions is reduced or eliminated, making bandwidth usage more efficient and conserving battery power.
US10805453B1
The invention relates to devices, systems, and methods for controlling the audio input state of a device. The devices, systems, and methods include a band having an activator in communication with a device that mutes the device, the activator serving as a reversible temporary toggle to the input state of an incoming audio stream, unmuting the device when desired.
US10805452B2
Determining one or more heights of one or more mobile devices above surfaces. Particular embodiments described herein include machines that retrieve first data (e.g., measurement value(s) determined by sensor(s) of a mobile device or estimated position(s) of the mobile device), determine a location context based on the first data, identify second data (e.g., measurement value(s) determined by sensor(s) of the mobile device or status indicator value(s) of feature(s) of the mobile device) to retrieve for use in determining an estimated height above a surface at which the mobile device is located based on the determined location context, retrieve the second data, and determine an estimated height above a surface at which the mobile device is located based on the retrieved second data.
US10805447B2
Disclosed is a mobile device vehicle apparatus comprising a housing portion having a wiring harness and a shelf portion having an inclined surface and lip, the lip extending away from the inclined surface, wherein the housing portion or the shelf portion further comprising a wireless data transmission module, a wiring harness, and a wireless charger; and wherein the wireless charger is provided behind the inclined surface of the shelf portion.
US10805445B1
The communication device comprising a wireless communication implementer, a multiple language implementer, and a remotely controlled implementer.
US10805443B1
The communication device comprising a wireless communication implementer, a multiple language implementer, and a remotely controlled implementer.
US10805441B2
The disclosure relates to a method for web real-time voice communication based on two-dimensional code scanning which, even when the called party does not have its own web, can automatically generate a temporary web embedded with a web communication plug-in for the called party by a network voice communication SIP server, and realizes web real-time voice communication based on two-dimensional code scanning. In addition, by using the web real-time voice communication technology, the calling party can communicate with the called party without downloading and installing the client, and the calling party can call and communicate with the called party answering terminal by the web real-time communication SIP server and the network voice communication SIP server, only with the need to scan a two-dimensional code to use the web communication plug-in on the web of the called party or the temporarily generated web.
US10805439B2
A method includes a source computing device receiving an actual transmission time of a previous data message sent from the source computing device to a target computing device. When the actual transmission time is within a timing tolerance of a desired transmission time, the method further includes setting a transmission change indicator for a next data message to no-change. When the actual transmission time is greater than the timing tolerance plus the desired transmission time, the method further includes and setting the transmission change indicator to increase transmission speed. When the actual transmission time is less than the desired transmission time minus the timing tolerance, the method further includes setting the transmission change indicator to decrease transmission speed.
US10805431B2
A system, process, and apparatus are disclosed for use with remote sensors. A universal translator is disclosed that communicates with a sensor or related device. The universal translator stores data, converts data to a standardized form, transmits data to a cloud-based operating system, and receives updates and instructions from the cloud-based operating system. The cloud-based operating system allows remote sensor/universal translator pairs and remote users to interact in a variety of ways. A number of processes are performed by the universal translator, other processes are performed by the cloud-based operating system, and some processes are performed jointly by the universal translator and the cloud-based operating system. In addition, an application for smart phones, tablets, or the like is disclosed for use during the installation of a remote sensor and/or universal translator.
US10805426B2
A method for supporting data upload, performed according to an upload schedule, from a mobile gateway device to a backend, includes: reporting, by gateway devices, connectivity information of the gateway devices to a connectivity registry; computing, by the connectivity registry, connectivity patterns based on the connectivity information; retrieving, by a mobile gateway device, one or more of the connectivity patterns for one or more channels for use by the mobile gateway device, based on location information of the mobile gateway device, the retrieved connectivity patterns being selected from the connectivity patterns computed by the connectivity registry; and determining, by the mobile gateway device, a preemptive upload schedule for uploading data from the mobile gateway device to the backend such that the preemptive upload schedule is adjusted based on the retrieved connectivity patterns.
US10805417B2
Methods and systems for enhanced domain name system (DNS) response caching are described. An enhanced DNS response caching method includes receiving a connection request for a fully qualified domain name (FQDN). A DNS client checks a local cache for a cached resolved domain name corresponding to the FQDN and sends 3300 a query to obtain or refresh the cached resolved domain name if a Time to Live parameter is expired or about to expire. In response to receiving a negative response or no response for the query, the DNS client determines whether an enhanced DNS response caching parameter is enabled. If the enhanced DNS response caching parameter is enabled, the DNS client sends an expired cached resolved domain name to process the connection request.
US10805415B2
A computer-implemented method is used to transmit data from a first computer to a second computer using a first protocol. The computers belong to first and second computer groups. Inter-group communication is restricted to data packets with first type data. A client module of the first computer provides data packets with first and second type data. An intermediate module receives data packets from the client module and forwards data packets to a modifier module of an auxiliary computer, using a second protocol. The auxiliary computer belongs to the first computer group. The intermediate module receives modified data packets from the modifier module using the second protocol. The packets contain first type data. The intermediate module forwards the modified data packets to a protocol module on the first computer that encodes the modified data packets. The protocol module transmits encoded modified data packets to the second computer, using the first protocol.
US10805413B2
In one embodiment, a method comprises maintaining a set of connections for the first computing device, intercepting a request from a software application executing on the first computing device to establish a connection with a second computing device, selecting from the set of connections an available connection, and assigning the available connection to the software application for connecting to the second computing device.
US10805405B2
Method and computer network for discovering services in a computer network using Domain Name System Service Discovery (DNS-SD), comprising as components at least a client and a server, the components can be linked by bridges and communicate by a network protocol, whereby the client and the server have a connection-oriented communication path between each other in the computer network, whereby in case of a connection loss one of the components being affected by the connection loss announces itself regularly using DNS-SD until the connection to the client is restored.
US10805391B2
Techniques for providing data version comparison between trans-time zone sites. One example method includes target data and a corresponding time stamp is received from each trans-time zone site. Each of the time stamps are based on a respective time zone of a sending trans-time zone site from which the target data and the time stamp were received. Each of the received time stamps are modified based on the respective time zone of the sending trans-time zone site for the time stamp and a time zone of the central server. The received target data is compared from each of the trans-time zone sites to stored target data based on the modified corresponding time stamp. A latest version of the target data is stored by the central server having a modified corresponding time stamp that is greater than each of the other modified corresponding time stamps.
US10805383B2
A method and system for managing access to information stored in a data storage system of an organization is provided. In an embodiment, the data storage system may be configured to receive a request from a requester on a client device to access information stored in the data storage system. In some aspects, upon receiving the request, the first system may determine that an access token identifying the requester is stored in a cache in the data storage system. In some aspects, the data storage system may then retrieve one or more roles from the cache. In some examples, the roles may be associated with the access token. In certain embodiments, the data storage system may then be configured to determine that the requester is authorized to access the information based on the roles and provide the information to the requester on the client device.
US10805382B2
Methods, systems and computer program products for resource position planning are provided herein. A computer-implemented method includes generating a multi-commodity flow network for locations of a distributed service network over a planning horizon. The method also includes obtaining a set of candidate outage scenarios for the distributed service network, each of the set of candidate outage scenarios being associated with a corresponding probability of occurrence. The method also includes generating a resource positioning configuration for resources in the multi-commodity flow network utilizing an optimization model that reduces unmet demand for each of the set of candidate outage scenarios based at least in part on the probability of occurrence of each of the set of candidate outage scenarios. The method also includes providing the resource positioning configuration to the distributed service network to modify positioning of one or more resources in the distributed service network based on the generated resource positioning configuration.
US10805378B2
Techniques are provided that allow users to collaborate in relationship to data views, application displays, applications or events. A user can type in a text view related to a specific view in an application display, and the information is shared with other users that take part in sharing that view. A user that expresses an interest in an event is notified about the event and has the capability to interact, in relation to the event, with other users (e.g. by text). The particular form of interaction (and sharing) can be selectively specified. This interaction is comparable to a dynamic bulletin board where the subject is event driven. In the case of an event interest(s), users specify their interest (e.g. in other user application events or system events) and the system automatically alerts them to the occurrence of the event.
US10805375B2
A terminal apparatus for displaying a web page, a method and a network system thereof are provided. The web page display method of the terminal apparatus includes displaying the web page, transmitting information of the displayed web page to at least one peripheral terminal apparatus such that the web page may be displayed on the at least one peripheral terminal apparatus, one of changing and editing the web page according to first control information regarding the web page, transmitting the first control information to the at least one peripheral terminal apparatus, receiving second control information regarding the web page from the at least one peripheral terminal apparatus, and one of changing and editing the web page according to the second control information.
US10805366B2
Technologies for end of frame marking and detection in streaming digital media content include a source computing device communicatively coupled to a destination computing device. The source computing device is configured to encode a frame of digital media content and insert an end of frame marker into a transport stream header of a network packet that includes an encoded payload corresponding to a chunk of data of the frame of digital media content. The destination computing device is configured to de-packetize received network packets and parse the transport stream headers of the received network packets to determine whether the network packet corresponds to an end of frame of the frame of digital media content. The destination computing device is further configured to transmit the encoded payloads of the received network packets to a decoder in response to a determination that the end of frame network packet has been received. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10805361B2
Methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, are described for preservation of communication sessions in a geographically redundant cloud-based environment. The system comprises a plurality of end point devices and a plurality of cloud-based system instances, each comprising one or more server computing devices. A first cloud-based system instance assigned a first physical address is configured to establish a communication session using the first physical address between a first end point device and a second end point device, and mirror information associated with the communication session to a second cloud-based system instance assigned a second physical address. The second cloud-based system instance is configured to detect a failure of the first cloud-based system instance during the communication session, take control of the communication session using the mirrored information, and maintain the communication session between the first end point device and the second end point device using the second physical address.
US10805356B1
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to providing remote services for endpoint devices of a plurality disparate client entities. In an example embodiment, an apparatus includes a computing server configured to provide communications for a plurality of endpoint devices respectively associated with a plurality of disparate client entities according to and responsive to client-specific sets of control data. The apparatus also includes a processing circuit configured to adjust routing of the communications by the computing server, in response to call event data generated by the computing server, by generating the client-specific sets of control data for each client entity according to a respective set of directives.
US10805352B2
The technology disclosed relates to conserving inspection bandwidth of a data inspection and loss prevention appliance (DILPA) of a network security system (NSS). The technology disclosed uses bypass lists to ensure that rich content traffic is not subjected to inspection by the DILPA. An endpoint routing client (ERC), running on a device, has a bypass list of bandwidth conservable destination identifiers for which inspection bandwidth of the DILPA is conserved by bypassing the DILPA. The identifiers specify rich content sources through domain names, URLs, web categories, and server names (e.g., server name indications (SNIs), HOST headers). ERC classifies incoming connecting access requests as loss prevention inspectable or bandwidth conservable by comparing them against entries in the bypass list. ERC tunnels loss prevention inspectable requests to the DILPA over a secure encrypted channel for inspection. ERC forwards bandwidth conservable requests to the destination web service servers, bypassing inspection by the DILPA.
US10805349B2
A device includes a processor having a trusted security zone and trusted memory communicatively coupled to the trusted security zone to form a trusted execution environment (TEE) in which trusted applications operate. The trusted memory has a common repository. The device includes memory storing instructions that cause the processor to effectuate operations. The operations include receiving, from a first trusted application of the trusted applications, a first application data and storing the first application data in the common repository. The operations include determining that a second trusted application of the trusted applications has permission to access the first application data based on a policy module of the TEE and allowing the second trusted application to access the first application data.
US10805348B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products for facilitating remote access of customer computing entities in a secure environment. In one embodiment a method is provided comprising providing, by a first user computer entity and through a first window displaying a first webpage in a browser, a request for instruction for a particular device, the instructions being in a native command language of the particular device, wherein the request is provided over a first secure encrypted connection using a first protocol, receiving, the instructions over the first secure encrypted connection using the first protocol, initiating a bridge webpage, the bridge webpage being initiated in a second window in the browser, wherein the first window and the second window are in communication, and wherein the first page belongs to a first domain different from a second domain to which the second page belongs.
US10805345B2
Blind injection attacks can compromise computer systems and their data. These attacks can appear in SQL, XML, LDAP, OS commands, or other contexts. Blind injection attacks may be used to obtain information from a data source based on whether a response is returned within a certain time frame. By introducing intentional delay servicing of commands, however, the efficacy of blind injection attacks can be reduced. SQL query statements or other commands can be analyzed to determine if a conditional delay exists, and randomization effects can be used (sometimes based on length of the conditional delay) to make it difficult for an attacker to use blind injection. These techniques may broadly apply to any data source, and include databases exposed to the public via the internet (e.g. via a web server URL). Blind SQL injection, blind XML injection, and other blind injection attacks can be mitigated using techniques described herein.
US10805339B2
A method of operating at least one node in a communication network that uses a shared communication medium has been developed to reduce or eliminate timing side-channel attacks performed by an adversary that is connected to the shared communication medium. The method includes generating, with a controller in a first node, a first jitter time offset randomly generated from within a predetermined time range, and transmitting, with a transceiver in the first node, a first data bit through an output of the transceiver that is connected to a shared communication medium, the first data bit being transmitted at a first time corresponding to the first jitter time offset added to a first predetermined transmission time.
US10805337B2
A method includes, responsive to detecting network activity indicative of a threat, selecting a threat mitigation scheme corresponding to a set of response actions. The method also include filtering the set of response actions based on a policy to generate a set of allowed response actions and executing one or more response actions of the set of allowed response actions.
US10805333B2
An apparatus includes a processor operatively coupled to a memory. The processor receives a first set of risk assessment rules including first user privilege criteria and first device criteria. The first device criteria includes a computing device patch level, a network type, and/or a password policy. The processor identifies a user-specific security risk based on the first set of risk assessment rules and applies a privilege mitigation measure based on the user-specific security risk without being in communication with a management server. The processor later receives a second, updated set of risk assessment rules at the computing device. Upon detecting another login of the user, the processor identifies an updated user-specific security risk based on the updated set of risk assessment rules, and applies a modified privilege mitigation measure based on the updated user-specific security risk, again without being in communication with the management server.
US10805331B2
A method and system for creating a composite security rating from security characterization data of a third party computer system. The security characterization data is derived from externally observable characteristics of the third party computer system. Advantageously, the composite security score has a relatively high likelihood of corresponding to an internal audit score despite use of externally observable security characteristics. Also, the method and system may include use of multiple security characterizations all solely derived from externally observable characteristics of the third party computer system.
US10805327B1
An anomaly detection system is provided that obtains messages, log entries, or other information from computing resources in a distributed computing system. The messages may be compared to virtual messages generated during a training phase. The messages and the virtual messages may be compared using a spatial cosine similarity algorithm. A message may then be classified (e.g., as anomalous or not) based at least in part on the spatial cosine similarity between the message and the virtual message.
US10805326B1
A network security system collects event data over a long duration and mines the event data to identify unique conversations between each unique pair of a source network address and a destination network address. Events in each unique conversation are associated with signature identifiers that identify different types of attacks. Each signature thus identified is assigned with a unique visual clue. The unique visual clue has a particular visual character that reflects a number of occurrences of a particular event. For payload sizes associated with the event, a spatial scale representation is determined. The network security system generates a visualization relative to a conversation timeline for presentation on a user interface. The visualization contains unique visual clues for the different types of attacks associated with the signature identifiers and the spatial scale representation of the payload sizes associated with the events associated with the signature identifiers.
US10805325B2
A Token Transmission Server transmits active tokens within an enterprise network. The active tokens include either active data tokens or active request tokens, and are fraudulent from the perspective of the enterprise. A Token Monitoring Server monitors network traffic within the enterprise network to detect the presence of network traffic being originated by an enterprise device based upon the active tokens, and generates an alert indicating that the enterprise device is likely compromised.
US10805320B1
Encrypted network traffic between a server device and an application program running on a client device is monitored by a network security device in an enterprise computer network. Metadata of the application program is sent to a cloud security system to generate a reputation of the application program. The encrypted network traffic is decrypted and inspected for conformance with security policies when the application program is determined to be a browser application. When the application program is determined to be a non-browser application, the reputation of the application program is determined and the encrypted network traffic is blocked when the application program has a bad reputation. In a bypass mode of operation, the encrypted network traffic is allowed to pass through without inspection when the application program is determined to be a non-browser application.
US10805317B2
Described herein is a system transmits and combines local models, that individually include a set of local parameters computed via stochastic gradient descent (SGD), into a global model that includes a set of global model parameters. The local models are computed in parallel at different geographic locations (e.g., different instances of computing infrastructure) along with symbolic representations. Network transmission of the local models and the symbolic representations, rather than transmission of the large training data subsets processed to compute the local models and symbolic representations, conserves resources and decreases latency. The global model can then be used as a model to determine a likelihood that at least a portion of current and/or recently received data traffic is illegitimate data traffic that is associated with a cyber attack. In some instances, the system can implement a remedial action to mitigate the effects of the cyber attack on computing infrastructure.
US10805315B2
Methods and systems for verifying the identity and trustworthiness of a user of an online system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving online and offline identity information for a user and comparing them to a user profile information provided by the user. Furthermore, the user's online activity in a third party online system and the user's offline activity are received. Based on the online activity and the offline activity a trustworthiness score may be calculated.
US10805302B2
Systems and methods to secure platform application services between platform client applications and platform services in an information handling system. The information handling system may include a client application that may transmit an application service request over an application services inter-process communication (IPC) channel. The information handling system may also include a server services application that may receive the application service request from the client application via the application services IPC channel. The server services application may query a publisher name of the client application and authenticate the client application based on the publisher name of the client application and a list of trusted client application publishers maintained by the server services application. When the client application is authenticated, the server services application may process the first application service request.
US10805301B2
Systems herein allow a digital assistant to make requests to applications, such as third-party applications, that access data in an enterprise mobility management (“EMM”) system. The digital assistant can link to a portal application and receive a token that identifies a user. A remote application on a user device can establish a session with the portal application as part of a single sign on (“SSO”). The session can identify the same user. The portal application can then link the digital assistant to the remote application. When the digital assistant makes a request to the portal application, a notification can be pushed to the remote application. The user can confirm the request, establishing an authorized session during which time the digital assistant can make additional requests to the portal application. The portal application can service the requests by accessing third-party applications available through the portal application and authorized for access by the SSO.
US10805299B2
An interface manager device interconnects peripheral devices to a network of ACD type or of AISD type of an aircraft, and includes: a first data interface for connecting it to the network; a first electrical power supply interface for connecting it to a general electrical power source; second data interfaces and second electrical power supply interfaces, for connecting it to the peripheral devices, which are deactivated by default. The interface manager device is configurable via a configuration interface so as to selectively authorize connections between the second data interfaces and the first data interface, and to selectively authorize connections between the second electrical power supply interfaces which are associated with them and the first electrical power supply interface, and to activate the second interfaces concerned. The interface manager device propagates a received data packet when said data packet relate to an authorized connection and deletes said data packet otherwise.
US10805295B2
A system that includes a switch, a network authentication server (NAS), and a threat management server. The NAS sends a device identifier for an endpoint device to the threat management server in response to the endpoint device connecting to a port on the switch. The threat management server determines the endpoint device is present in a blacklist based on the device identifier in response to receiving the device identifier. The threat management server determines the endpoint device is blocked from one or more second ports on the switch. The threat management server blocks the endpoint device from accessing the network via the first port on the switch in response to determining the endpoint device is blocked from the one or more other ports on the switch.
US10805293B2
Methods and electronic devices are provided for providing a service update. First data including first information is received from a first external device as a second external device authenticates the electronic device as a target for an update of a first application program. A relevant interface is output by processing the first data. Second information related to the first application program stored in the electronic device is obtained in response to a user input applied to at least a partial area of the interface. Second data related to a request for the update of the first application program is transmitted to the first external device when the first information included in the first data corresponds to the second information.
US10805286B2
In some embodiments, an apparatus includes one or more communication sub-systems; and an identity mirror component in communication with the one or more communication sub-systems. In response to selection, on an another device, of the apparatus from among a plurality of devices, receive, from the another device, carrier user identity information and carrier authentication key information associated with the carrier user identity information. Cause the one or more communication sub-systems to connect to a carrier network using the carrier user identity information and the carrier authentication key information, wherein to connect to the carrier network is conditioned on the another device being disconnected from the carrier network and the another device is to retain the carrier user identity information and the carrier authentication key information in an Internet protocol (IP) multimedia services identity module (ISIM).
US10805283B2
Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses method for performing single sign on for a user device to the Internet. User sign-in credentials including an identity token of the user are received by a hosted desktop from the user device, including an indication that the user is attempting to access a website. The website is authorized as a trusted website by a network authorization node, and the website is issued a one-time-use token. A web browser of the hosted desktop receives an application provided by the website to cause the web browser to call the hosted desktop to initiate single sign on. Authenticity of the one-time-use token is requested by a daemon process, and the website's public key is obtained. Upon verifying authenticity of the web site, the identity token of the user is passed to the website, to enable the website to establish single sign on with the user.
US10805270B2
A first risk analysis of a message is performed. In the event the first risk analysis results in a determination that the message meets a first criteria, at least a portion of the message is modified prior to sending a modified version of the message to a specified recipient of the message, and a second risk analysis of the message is performed. The first risk analysis is performed before sending the modified version of the message and the modified version of the message is sent to the specified recipient of the message prior to a conclusion of the second risk analysis. In the event the second risk analysis results in a determination that the message meets a second criteria, content of the message that was previously prevented from being accessed by the specified recipient is provided to the specified recipient of the message.
US10805269B2
Embodiments described herein provide an application programming interface and framework for a web application firewall single policy model. The framework can layer on top of a firewall platform that provides web application specific widgets that may be toggled and configured to enable or disable certain firewall actions on a per application basis. The framework includes a security stack that defines the order for the widgets. The security stack can provide the ability for a single policy model to be used for the firewall and allows for per application customizations.
US10805268B2
There is provided a method for constructing a traffic filter enabling routing of data between a wireless device and a Local Service Cloud, LSC, based service provider and a corresponding system, computer program and computer program carrier. There is also provided a method for enabling routing of data packets between a wireless device in a cellular communication network and a Local Service Cloud, LSC, based service provider, a method for routing data packets between a wireless device in a cellular communication network and a Local Service Cloud, LSC, based service provider and corresponding network nodes.
US10805257B2
In particular embodiments, a mobile computing device receives an incoming communication from a source. The mobile computing device queries a social-networking system operable to aggregate communications between the source and a user associated with the mobile computing device. The mobile computing device receives from the social-networking system one or more aggregated communications between the source and the user and at least a portion of a profile associated with the source in the social-networking system. The mobile computing device displays the aggregated communications and the portion of the profile in a screen of the mobile computing device.
US10805253B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media are configured to detect a concept reflected in a first media content item to which a user is provided access. It is determined that the concept has a threshold level of relevance to the user. The concept is associated with an element that upon selection causes a transition to a second media content item to which the user is provided access, the second media content item reflecting the concept. The element is presented in the first media content item for the user.
US10805248B2
An instant messaging method is provided. A motion display request is received from a first client. The motion display request includes an identifier of a target virtual role and an identifier of a target motion data set. The identifier of the target motion data set is indicated by a motion display instruction received by the first client. The target virtual role corresponds to a target user and the target user is at least one user of a plurality of instant messaging users. Further, the first client is a client to which a certain user in the instant messaging users logs in. The target motion data set is obtained according to the identifier of the target motion data set. The target virtual role is obtained according to the identifier of the target virtual role. The target motion data set and the target virtual role are sent to at least one client of a plurality of designated clients corresponding to the instant messaging users. The at least one client of the designated clients displays the target virtual role based on the target motion data set.
US10805244B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a service platform that receives a chat request from a client device associated with a user. A chat database of previous chat sessions associated with other users is searched based on the chat request to identify a previous chat session corresponding to the chat request. Chat data corresponding to the previous chat session is retrieved from the chat database and sent to the client device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10805243B2
An information processing device includes a controller that, when an instruction content including information indicating a content of a service and information of a resource to be used for the service is transmitted to a conversation partner in an interface where a user makes a conversation with the conversation partner, controls a notification of information on a process corresponding to the instruction content.
US10805240B2
A method and apparatus of a network element that processes control plane data in a network element is described. In an exemplary embodiment, the network element receives network data and determines a class of the network data. The network element additionally determines that this class of the network data is to be processed. The network element further marks the network data based on at least on an existence of an indication of whether the network element had previously processed other data in the same class as the class of the network data. Furthermore, the network element queues the network data.
US10805238B1
A journal service maintains a journal that holds a number of journal entries. Access to the journal entries is controlled by providing a lead resource with access to a named role associated with the journal. A pool of alternate resources containing potential replacements for the lead resource is maintained. A succession order may be established for the pool of alternate resources, and individual resources in the pool of alternate resources may be managed based at least in part on their position within the succession order. The succession order may be established using various criteria that are indicative of a likelihood that a particular alternate resource will be available if the lead resource fails, such as the presence of shared points of failure between the current lead resource and an alternate resource. The lead resource may be replaced with an alternate resource as a result of various impeachment events.
US10805235B2
A system and a method for prioritizing network traffic using application awareness and network awareness in a network environment is disclosed. An exemplary method can include receiving a network traffic priority for network traffic associated with a job performed by a distributed application; and based on the network traffic priority, assigning the network traffic to a network classification model, such as an access control list, associated with a network element for directing the network traffic in a network. The network classification model is associated with a network traffic priority class having defined quality of service (QoS) features, such that the network traffic traverses the network according to the defined QoS features.
US10805232B2
An example method of extending a cloud manager configured to manage a public cloud includes: receiving a content package at the cloud manager, the content package including a component entity, the component entity including a resource type entity that represents a resource provided by the public cloud, a user interface (UI) form entity that defines a UI for configuring the resource, and a lifecycle operations logic that extends at least one phase of a workflow of the cloud manager; receiving a request from a user through the UI defined by the UI form entity to create the resource in the public cloud; executing the workflow of the cloud manager in response to the request; and executing the lifecycle operations logic during execution of the workflow.
US10805229B2
In an embodiment, an apparatus is provided that may include circuitry to generate, at least in part, and/or receive, at least in part, at least one request that at least one network node generate, at least in part, information. The information may be to permit selection, at least in part, of (1) at least one power consumption state of the at least one network node, and (2) at least one time period. The at least one time period may be to elapse, after receipt by at least one other network node of at least one packet, prior to requesting at least one change in the at least one power consumption state. The at least one packet may be to be transmitted to the at least one network node. Of course, many alternatives, modifications, and variations are possible without departing from this embodiment.
US10805217B2
Control plane devices are selected by a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service Gateway (MGW) based on session exchange procedural triggers received from a Broadcast Multicast Service Center (BMSC). In one aspect, the MGW can employ a serving area-based Domain Name System (DNS) query/response exchange for control plane device selection that simplifies the overall complex broadcast core network architecture and design. Additionally or optionally, the MGW can employ other factors, such as, but not limited to, round trip time (RTT), load information, active/inactive link status, etc. to select the control plane devices that are to be utilized for establishing the end-to-end control plane message exchanges.
US10805216B2
Aspects of the embodiments include receiving a packet at a network element of a packet-switched network; identifying a presence of a shared service destination address in a header of the packet; identifying a shared service destination address for the packet based, at least in part, on a destination internet protocol (IP) address stored in a forward information base; and forwarding the packet to the shared service destination address.
US10805215B2
Presented herein are techniques for monitoring packets in a container networking environment. A method includes receiving a packet at a network node, the packet having been routed to the network node in accordance with instructions from a container orchestration system, inserting an additional field in the packet that is configured to record a path of the packet within a first POD of the host device that includes at least one container, forwarding the packet to the first POD of the host device in accordance with the instructions from the container orchestration system, updating the additional field with container networking path information as the packet transits the first POD and the at least one container therein, storing the container path information in an analytics node of the network node, removing the additional field from the packet, and transmitting the packet from the network node to the network.
US10805214B2
A processing system including at least one processor may obtain traffic measurements for end-to-end paths in a telecommunication network, calculate traffic estimates for the end-to-end paths in future time periods based on the traffic measurements in accordance with at least one machine learning model, calculate traffic estimates for primary paths in the telecommunication network based upon the traffic estimates for the end-to-end paths, compute a backup path configuration for a primary path of the telecommunication network for the future time periods based upon the traffic estimates for the primary paths in the future time periods, detect a change in the backup path configuration for the primary path in a future time period based upon the computing, and adjust a backup path in accordance with the backup path configuration when the change in the backup path configuration is detected.
US10805212B2
Some embodiments provide a method for implementing a logical router in a logical network. In some embodiments, the method receives a configuration of a static route for the logical router, which includes several routing components with separate routing tables. The method identifies which of the routing components require addition of a route to a corresponding routing table to implement the configuration of the static route. The method adds the routes to the corresponding separate routing tables of the identified routing components.
US10805209B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a virtual network protection method, including: receiving, by a network device (for example, a transport-controller), a virtual network topology establishment request message, where the virtual network topology establishment request message carries a virtual network resource parameter and/or a virtual network protection and recovery type; reserving a working physical resource and a protection physical resource in an idle physical resource of a physical network according to the virtual network resource parameter and/or the virtual network protection and recovery type; and mapping a virtual link on a virtual network to the working physical resource and the protection physical resource.
US10805206B1
A method for rerouting traffic by a switch in a software defined networking (SDN) arrangement comprises an additional switch, multiple routing paths between the original switch and the additional switch being preconfigured by a SDN controller. The original switch collects network statistics by transmitting monitoring packets on each of the multiple routing paths and then calculating a round-trip time (RTT) value for each path on the return of the monitoring packets to the additional switch, the two switches functioning together as local controllers. After collection of network statistics from all the multiple routing paths, the original switch selects the routing path with the smallest RTT value and reroutes traffic accordingly.
US10805182B2
A system and method is disclosed for recovering from any form of disaster-based deletion or loss of resource for a provisioner in a PaaS offering deployed on a cloud. Major architectural changes in the typical provisioner framework are provided along with algorithms to recover from any kind of disaster. Gap-points in existing recovery processes for a provisioner are solved with the algorithms described herein. In addition, disaster recovery for an entire tenant in a provisioner framework may be provided in accordance with some embodiments. In other words, a solution is described in which a user/customer is able to recover a previous state with zero-data loss and zero-re-configuration cost in any scenario of resource deletion.
US10805178B2
Subscription-based, user equipment (UE) event notification techniques for use in a mobile network are described. In one illustrative example, an event subscription request from an application server may be received at a network exposure function (NEF) entity of a 5G mobile network. The event subscription request may include a list of one or more subscribed events for a UE, which may include a UE attach event and/or a UE detach event. A context which indicates the one or more subscribed events may be created for the UE. Sometime during network operation, an indication of an occurrence of an event associated with the UE is received. The indication is received from a policy and charging function (PCF) entity when the UE is configured for IP data delivery, or from an access and mobility management function (AMF) entity when the UE is configured for non-IP data delivery (NIDD).
US10805176B2
A method for generating firmware by allowing a developer to freely select functions to be included in firmware installed on a main board of a server, and by building a firmware image is provided. The method for generating firmware includes: listing functions that are allowed to be included in firmware installed on a main board of a server; receiving selection of at least one of the listed functions from a user; and building a firmware image including the functions selected by the user.Accordingly, since a firmware image is built by a developer freely selecting functions to be included in firmware installed on a main board of a server, firmware optimized for requirements of the developer can be generated.
US10805172B2
A method includes receiving metadata for deploying a virtual function on a cloud network. The metadata includes a recipe, policy, and template. The method includes, based on the metadata, designing a cloud plan and a transport plan for deploying the virtual function on the cloud network to meet a forecasted demand. The method includes determining a network configuration to implement the cloud plan and the network plan based on the metadata and causing the cloud network to be configured using the network configuration. The method includes instantiating the virtual function on the configured cloud network.
US10805169B2
Embodiments of this application disclose a topology determining method used by an OFC to determine a complete topology structure of a hybrid SDN-IP network. The method includes: receiving, by an OFC, a first message forwarded by a first OFS; determining information about a link from the first TS to the first OFS based on the first message; sending a second message to the first OFS, and instructing the first OFS to forward the second message on the first port; sending a third message to the first OFS; receiving a first response message, where the first response message carries the MIB information of the first TS; and obtaining the information about the link from the first OFS to the first TS and information about a link from a second TS to the first TS based on the MIB information of the first TS.
US10805160B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for validating endpoint information for nodes in a network. A network assurance appliance is configured to identify an endpoint in a bridge domain is associated with at least one subnet, retrieve at least one IP address associated with the endpoint, determine whether the at least one IP address is within the at least one subnet, and determine there is an inconsistency when the at least one IP address is not within the at least one subnet.
US10805151B2
A method, an apparatus and a storage medium for diagnosing failure based on a service monitoring indicator are provided. Service monitoring indicator of a server is analyzed to obtain a degree of abnormal fluctuation in the service monitoring indicator. Servers with similar degrees of abnormal fluctuation are clustered according to the degree of abnormal fluctuation of the service monitoring indicator, to obtain clustered results that include the servers and the service monitoring indicator. A location where the service fails is determined according to the clustered results.
US10805148B2
A wireless device initiates a beam failure recovery procedure in response to detecting a number of beam failure instances based on a first plurality of reference signals. A beam failure recovery timer is started with a timer value in response to the detecting. A physical layer of the wireless device assesses, during the beam failure recovery timer running, a first radio link quality of a second plurality of reference signals against a threshold. The beam failure recovery procedure is completed in response to the beam failure recovery timer expiring and the first radio link quality being below the threshold. Information indicating that the beam failure recovery procedure failed due to the first radio link quality being below the threshold is reported to a radio resource control layer of the wireless device.
US10805147B2
A fail recovery method and an Internet of Things (IoT) system and a charging system using the same are provided. The fail recovery method includes following steps: providing a plurality of gateway devices, in which at least one of the gateway devices preset to provide a wireless network service to at least one IoT device and at least another one of the gateway devices preset to provide the wireless network service to at least one user device; mutual confirming an operation state of other one of gateway devices by the gateway devices; and when the one of the gateway devices is determined as failed, using the another one of the gateway devices to replace the failed gateway device, so as to simultaneously provide the wireless network service to the IoT device and the user device by the another one of the gateway devices.
US10805142B2
To optimally receive smart meter control messages transmitted by a concentrator, in a meter having a transceiver for bidirectional data interchange, despite its minimal resources, a current modulation reference frequency which is subject to drift is shifted by the instantaneous frequency difference between the current transmitter-side reference frequency and the current transceiver-side reference frequency in the concentrator. Therefore, the current reference frequencies correspond in the downlink without having to intervene in the meter. This frequency difference in the concentrator is obtained by comparing the current receiver-side demodulation reference frequency with the current transmitter-side reference frequency, and the current transceiver-side reference frequency, on the other hand, from messages from the transmitter of the concentrator and from the transceiver of the meter which are received using the receiver of the concentrator. A frequency-measuring comparator only needs to be connected upstream and downstream of the demodulator in the concentrator for this purpose.
US10805131B2
Systems and methods of pre-allocating identifiers to wireless devices for use in requesting resources over a random access channel are described. A wireless communication system includes a random access channel over which wireless devices can anonymously send requests for resources. The base stations receiving and processing the anonymous requests reduces the probability of random access channel collisions and conserves the resources needed to support the anonymous requests by pre-allocating one or more identifiers to select wireless devices. The wireless devices having the pre-allocated codes can transmit a particular code over the random access channel as a request for resources that uniquely identifies the requester.
US10805130B2
Systems, methods, and circuitries are disclosed for generating a desired signal from a received signal. In one example a signal cancellation system includes local oscillator (LO) downconverter circuitry, frequency offset (FO) signal estimation circuitry, and cancellation circuitry. The LO downconverter is configured to downconvert the received signal using an LO signal having an LO frequency to generate a downconverted received signal. The FO signal estimation circuitry includes FOLO generation circuitry configured to modify the LO signal to generate a FOLO signal having an offset frequency that is different from the LO frequency and FOLO downconverter circuitry configured to use the FOLO signal to downconvert a signal derived from the received signal to generate a downconverted FO signal. The cancellation circuitry is configured to cancel either the downconverted received signal or the downconverted FO signal from the received signal to generate the desired signal.
US10805129B2
Vector signaling codes providing guaranteed numbers of transitions per unit transmission interval are described, along with methods and systems for their generation and use. The described architecture may include multiple communications sub-systems, each having its own communications wire group or sub-channel, clock-embedded signaling code, pre- and post-processing stages to guarantee the desired code transition density, and global encoding and decoding stages to first distribute data elements among the sub-systems, and then to reconstitute the received data from its received sub-system elements.
US10805121B2
Embodiments herein relate to a method performed by a wireless device for managing communication in a wireless communication network. The wireless device receives reference signals from one or more radio network nodes. The wireless device estimates to what extent the received reference signals are received spatially diversified. The wireless device then generates a measurement report by adding selected reference signals into the measurement report, which reference signals are selected for simultaneous multiple transmissions of data to the wireless device taking into account the estimated extent that the received reference signals are received spatially diversified. The wireless device then transmits the measurement report to a radio network node in the wireless communication network.
US10805114B2
Some embodiments establish for an entity a virtual network over several public clouds of several public cloud providers and/or in several regions. In some embodiments, the virtual network is an overlay network that spans across several public clouds to interconnect one or more private networks (e.g., networks within branches, divisions, departments of the entity or their associated datacenters), mobile users, and SaaS (Software as a Service) provider machines, and other web applications of the entity. The virtual network in some embodiments can be configured to optimize the routing of the entity's data messages to their destinations for best end-to-end performance, reliability and security, while trying to minimize the routing of this traffic through the Internet. Also, the virtual network in some embodiments can be configured to optimize the layer 4 processing of the data message flows passing through the network.
US10805113B2
Statically configured secure tunnels forward application-level Transmission Control Protocol (“TCP”) application data between servers using a User Datagram Protocol (“UDP”) channel. Applications operating on a server cluster can communicate with other applications on another server in the cluster over the public Internet using secure TCP connection forwarding through a single UDP datagram-oriented communication channel.
US10805108B2
Systems and methods are provided for controlling and monitoring a peripheral in an aircraft that includes a master module connected to each slave module. Each slave module is disposed around a controlled peripheral and is connected to a port of the master module by a bidirectional link. The master module sends data frames comprising the value of a counter. Each slave module reads the value of the counter included in the data frame received, updates a counter with the value read, checks whether the value of the updated counter corresponds to a time-period index associated with the slave module and if so transfers a data frame to the master module. The master module selects, from a table comprising time period indices and identifiers, the port connecting the master module to the slave module the identifier of which is associated with the time-period index that corresponds to the counter's value.
US10805106B2
A home automation (HA) system may include first and second HA operation devices within a structure. The second HA operation device may be switchable among sleep, awake, and operational modes. The second HA device may have a longer latency when switched between the sleep and awake modes than when switched between the awake and operational modes. An HA user interface device for a respective user may be within the structure and be configured to wirelessly communicate with the first and second HA operation devices to perform an HA operation. An HA hub device may be within the structure to provide communications for the HA user interface device and the first and second HA operation devices. The HA hub device may be configured to, when the first HA operation device is operated, switch the second HA operation device between the sleep and awake modes.
US10805102B2
A content recommendation system is disclosed that allows users to identify friends, recommend content to friends, and receive awards for influencing friends. Interfaces can be used to display rankings of recommended programs, user profiles and their awards, and dynamic chats relating to specific content.
US10805098B2
Disclosed is a mechanism that provides the extensions of PCEP message and the objects to support PCECC with P2MP capability in downloading the labels for branch node of P2MP TE LSPs. In one implementation, the present invention provides an apparatus, a system, a node and a method that receives a PCLabelUpd message with all the extensions and the objects to support PCECC with P2MP capability, detects the object and identifies that the label download is for P2MP TE LSP and for this LSP, the apparatus/the system/the node acts as a branch node, and thereby the apparatus/the system/the node downloads all the labels specified in the object to data plane with respect to any existing branch node download mechanism for a P2MP TE LSP.
US10805087B1
A computer system obtains a request to apply a signed patch to a piece of signed executable code. The computer system determines whether the signed patch is allowed to be applied to the signed executable based on a set of patch policies. If the patch policies allow the patch to be applied, the patch is applied to the signed executable code. The computer system generates a new digital signature for the modified executable code thereby allowing the resulting signed patched executable code to be verified and executed by the computer system.
US10805077B2
Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for partially encrypting conversations using different cryptographic keys. Messages communicated during a conversation session may be encrypted using a cryptographic key. Other conversation participants may then decrypt the messages using the cryptographic key. During the conversation, an event may occur that causes a new cryptographic key to be generated. The conversation participants may then use the new cryptographic key when communicating. As such, previously-encrypted messages may be inaccessible to new members that do not have the old cryptographic key, while newly-encrypted messages may be inaccessible to former members that do not have the new cryptographic key. An isolated collection may store the messages and related cryptographic keys. Relationships may exist within the isolated collection, such that messages may be related to one another and messages may also be related to the cryptographic keys used to encrypt them.
US10805072B2
A system and method for persona management in online environments provides an identity by proxy with trusted parties having portions of the private cryptographic key of the consumer so that the private cryptographic key of the consumer may be generated. The system and method implements the persona management in online environments in one embodiment using an immutable ledger with decentralized transaction consensus and a process to share portions of the private cryptographic key with trusted third parties.
US10805062B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a hardware timer, a memory, a communication circuit, and a processor. The processor is configured to measure a first time point of the hardware timer in response to a playback event received via the communication circuit from a master paired with the electronic device, calculate a second time point by adding a predefined first time interval to the first time point, and execute an instruction to play back a sound source at the second time point. A first resolution of the hardware timer is set to be higher than a second resolution of an operating system (OS).
US10805058B2
An optical network includes a transmitter portion configured to transmit a digitized stream of symbols over a digital optical link, a mapping unit disposed within the transmitter portion and configured to code the transmitted digitized stream of symbols with a mapping code prior to transmission over the digital optical link, a receiver portion configured to recover the coded stream of symbols from the digital optical link, and a demapping unit disposed within the receiver portion and configured to map the recovered coded stream of symbols into an uncoded digitized signal corresponding to the digitized stream of symbols at the transmitter portion prior to coding by the mapping unit.
US10805056B2
A wireless local area network station (STA) changes a receiver operating mode (ROM) and saves power by influencing when a ROM-conforming access point (AP) transmission takes place. The STA evaluates candidate delay regimes after a negotiation exchange with the STA. The STA then instructs the AP of a selected delay regime which the AP is permitted to use when transmitting data according to the changed ROM. The ROM can involve a change in the system bandwidth demodulated by the STA and/or the number of spatial streams demodulated by the STA. The delay regime can allow the AP to transmit with little or no delay based on the changed ROM, or the delay regime may require a fixed time delay before the AP transmits according to the changed ROM.
US10805052B2
A technique for transmitting and receiving a configuration message for a phase tracking reference signal, PT-RS, on a radio channel between a radio access node and a radio device is described. The radio channel comprises a plurality of subcarriers in a physical resource block, PRB. A subset of the subcarriers in the PRB is allocated to a demodulation reference signal, DM-RS. As to a method aspect of the technique, the configuration message is transmitted to the radio device. The configuration message comprises a bit field that is indicative of at least one subcarrier allocated to the PT-RS among the subset of subcarriers allocated to the DM-RS.
US10805047B2
A transceiver associated with a wireline communication system is disclosed. The transceiver comprises one or more processors configured to associate a quality of service (QoS) grade tag to each data packet of a plurality of data packets to be transmitted and assemble a data transfer unit (DTU) comprising one or more or a part of a data packet of the plurality of data packets, wherein the one or more or the part of the data packet are encapsulated into a plurality of DTU frames within the DTU. The one or more processors is further configured to associate a highest DTU tag to the assembled DTU, wherein the highest DTU tag is indicative of a highest QoS grade associated with the DTU frames of the assembled DTU; and determine a schedule for transmission or retransmission of the assembled DTU, based on the highest DTU tag of the assembled DTU.
US10805044B2
Devices, computer-readable media, and methods for selecting a type of packet loss protection for a network-based communication based upon a latency estimate are disclosed. For example, a processing system including at least one processor may obtain a latency estimate for a network-based communication, determine whether the latency estimate exceeds a latency threshold for selecting a type of packet loss protection, and select, the type of packet loss protection for the network-based communication from among a first type of packet loss protection and a second type of packet loss protection based upon the determining. When the latency estimate is determined to not exceed the latency threshold, the first type of packet loss protection is selected. When the latency estimate is determined to exceed the latency threshold, the second type of packet loss protection is selected.
US10805037B2
This disclosure provides systems, devices, apparatus and methods, including computer programs encoded on storage media, for receiving, by a first wireless device, symbols modulated using a first modulation scheme from a second wireless device, demodulating the symbols to obtain demodulated bits, determining a signal quality associated with the first modulation scheme based on a number of the demodulated bits, determining a value indicative of an expected bit error rate associated with a second modulation scheme based on the determined signal quality associated with the first modulation scheme, determining whether to switch to the second modulation scheme based on the determined value, and transmitting a message to the second wireless device to initiate a protocol exchange with the second wireless device to switch the modulation scheme to the second modulation scheme based on the determination.
US10805026B2
Technology for a repeater is disclosed. The repeater can measure a first power level within a passband. The repeater can adjust a gain of the repeater by a selected amount. The repeater can measure a second power level within the passband. The repeater can calculate a difference between the first power level and the second power level. The repeater can determine that the repeater is approaching an oscillation when the difference is different than a selected amount by a predetermined threshold.
US10805022B2
A method for location approximation through time-domain subspace signals and spatial domain subspace signals is provided with an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM)-based wireless device that includes a wireless terminal, a multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) antenna, a spatial subspace processor, and a temporal subspace processor. An uplink signal is transmitted from the wireless terminal towards a plurality of targets positioned within an operational range of the MIMO antenna. A plurality of reflected signals generated from the plurality of targets and is received through the MIMO antenna. The plurality of reflected signals is processed at the spatial subspace processor to determine a direction of arrival (DOA) for each of plurality of reflected signals. Each of the plurality of reflected signals is processed by the temporal subspace processor to determine a time delay. The time delay and the DOA are utilized to derive a location approximation for the plurality of targets.
US10805018B2
A radio transmitter adjusts the spectral, amplitude, and/or phase characteristics of its transmissions to defeat radio fingerprinting identification without destroying the content of the transmissions. The transmitter determines a threshold of signal distortion that impedes RF fingerprint identification while providing an acceptable amount of degradation to data transmissions and then synthesizes a distortion of its unique RF fingerprint to impede identification. The transmitter may create RF fingerprint “personalities” to be paired with different radio protocol behaviors and subscriber terminal identification codes (e.g., MAC addresses or SMSIs) for generating different radio identities.
