US10926780B2
Haptic devices are installed in a motorcycle's handlebars, footpegs and seat to provide the rider with alerts that relate to hazards. The alert is provided before the rider notices the hazard, or before the rider reacts to the hazard. By giving advance warning, a rider is given extra time to avert a potential accident. The alerts also provide a direct instruction to the rider as to what to do to avoid the accident.
US10926766B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for preventing a vehicle from driving in a wrong direction. The method includes detecting, via a vehicle orientation sensor, a current driving direction of the vehicle. The method also includes detecting, via a GPS unit, a current location of the vehicle. The method also includes providing, by a powertrain, torque to one or more wheels of the vehicle. The method also includes determining, by an electronic control unit (ECU), whether the vehicle is travelling in the wrong direction based on the current driving direction of the vehicle and the current location of the vehicle. The method also includes communicating, by the ECU, an instruction to the powertrain to reduce the torque provided to the one or more wheels of the vehicle when the vehicle is travelling in the wrong direction.
US10926763B2
Systems and methods use cameras to provide autonomous and/or driver-assist navigation features. In some implementations, techniques for predicting the location of first roadway lane constraints are provided. The system may receive multiple images of a roadway in a vicinity of a vehicle, recognize a first roadway lane constraint, and, when lane prediction conditions are determined to be satisfied, predict a location of a second roadway lane constraint. In some implementations, techniques for detecting and responding to construction zones are provided. The system may receive multiple images of a roadway in a vicinity of a vehicle, recognize indicators of a construction zone in the images, determine that the vehicle is proximate to a construction zone, and output a signal indicating that the vehicle is proximate to a construction zone.
US10926762B2
Methods and systems are provided. One method system is of a vehicle for processing communication with connected objects. The processing by the system uses a processor of the vehicle and processing and data from one or more servers of a cloud system. The connected objects include objects having communication capabilities that are either fixed at specific locations as infrastructure proximate to where the vehicle is located or locations proximate to where the vehicle is moving. The system includes a global positioning system of the vehicle for generating geo-location for the vehicle. The geo-location is configured to be shared with a server of the cloud system using a communications device of the vehicle. The server of the cloud system is configured to use the geo-location of the vehicle to determining a heading direction of the vehicle. The communications device of the vehicle is configured exchange state data with at least one of said connected objects that are proximate in location relative to the vehicle. The system includes on-board electronics to process control data received by the communications device of the vehicle from the server. The control data was generated based in part on the heading direction of the vehicle and the state data of said at least one of said connected objects. The on-board electronics is configured to cause an action by a subsystem of the vehicle, and the one or more servers of the cloud system are part of data processors that are located in one or more data centers and/or internet connected devices.
US10926761B2
A vehicle and method for controlling the same are provided. The vehicle includes a speed detector that detects driving speed of the vehicle, a detection sensor that obtains information regarding at least one of a position and a speed of an object around the vehicle, and a yaw rate detector that detects a speed at which a rotation angle of the vehicle's frame is changed while the vehicle is driven. A controller then determines a yaw rate required for the vehicle to steer to avoid the object, applies partial braking on an inner wheel of the vehicle based on the determined yaw rate, and applies partial braking on an outer wheel of the vehicle to reduce a beta value of the vehicle obtained during the steering-based avoidance when the beta value exceeds a predetermined value.
US10926755B2
A controller for the hybrid vehicle selects an engine as a power apparatus of the hybrid vehicle when a request load is higher than a threshold load, and selects ae motor as the power apparatus when the request load is equal to or lower than the threshold load. The controller sets the threshold load in accordance with a SOC of a battery, and decreases the threshold load as the SOC is lower in at least a predetermined SOC range. The controller controls an intake air temperature during stopping of the engine to a target intake air temperature by operating an intake air temperature variable system when the motor is selected as the power apparatus. The controller sets the target intake air temperature in accordance with the SOC, and increases the target intake air temperature as the SOC is lower in at least the predetermined SOC range.
US10926742B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and associated systems for managing a plurality of device-exchange stations. The method includes, for example, (1) determining a score for each of the plurality of device-exchange stations based on an availability of energy storage devices positioned in each of the device-exchange stations; (2) determining a sequence of the plurality of device-exchange stations based on the score of each of the device-exchange stations; and (3) determining a price rate for each of the device-exchange stations by mapping the sequence of the device-exchange stations to a characteristic curve corresponding to a distribution of the price rate.
US10926736B2
A positional-dependent airbag deployment system is provided. A plurality of tether cutters are configured to cut at least one of a plurality of tethers affixed to an airbag. An image sensor is configured to monitor the position of an occupant's head within a vehicle. In response to detecting a collision event, an airbag controller determines a trajectory of the occupant's head based on the image sensor data and other data and determines a cutting sequence of the tethers such the airbag will be deployed in a trajectory to intercept the occupant's head.
US10926733B2
A vehicle seat assembly includes a seatback including a left lateral panel and a right lateral panel opposite the left lateral panel, a left airbag inflatable from the left lateral panel to an inflated position, a right airbag inflatable from the right lateral panel to an inflated position, a tether extending from the left lateral panel to the right lateral panel, and a sheet connected to the left airbag and the right airbag. The tether is connected to the left and right airbags.
US10926730B2
Disclosed are a passenger side airbag housing, a manufacturing method therefor, and a passenger side airbag for a vehicle. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for manufacturing a passenger side airbag housing comprises: a material preparation step of preparing a fiber reinforced composite material as a fabric form; and a press molding step of manufacturing a passenger side airbag housing by press-molding the fiber reinforced composite material.
US10926728B2
An upgrade kit for an original roll-bar of a historic single-seater car, comprising an additional roll-bar with the shape of an inverted U or V and identifying second two ends operatively lower, and wherein each of said second two ends is adapted to be associated with first two ends of said original roll-bar by means of reversible connection means and at least one additional bracing rod adapted to be connected between a vertex of said additional roll-bar and said frame or an engine block of said historic single-seater car; the additional roll-bar being operatively superimposed to said original roll-bar.
US10926727B2
One example method of operation may include identifying a vehicle collision event via one or more sensors disposed in one or more sensor circuits affixed to a vehicle body of a vehicle via one or more multi-layered removable stickers, responsive to identifying the vehicle collision event, identifying vehicle collision event data including a geolocation of the vehicle and a timestamp of the vehicle collision event, and storing, in a wirelessly accessible memory of the one or more sensor circuits, the vehicle collision event data received during the vehicle collision event.
US10926724B2
An electrostatic discharge assembly for a vehicle includes a conductive plastic tether and a pipe connector. The conductive plastic tether has a first end and a second end. The first end is configured to be connected to a vehicle frame. The pipe connector is configured to connect the second end of the conductive plastic tether to a first fuel pipe of the vehicle.
US10926714B2
A vehicular camera assembly includes a front housing portion accommodating a lens, a circuit board having an imager and an electrical connecting element at opposite sides thereof, a rear housing portion and an electrical connector. The rear housing portion includes a rear attachment portion that has an aperture therethrough. The electrical connector electrically connects a wire of the vehicle to the electrical connecting element of the circuit board. The electrical connector includes an electrically conductive element that is electrically conductively connected to an outer ground contact of the connector. The rear housing portion includes a shield element having flexible tabs that protrude through the aperture. As the electrical connector is attached at the rear attachment portion, the shield element tabs engage the electrically conductive element to establish and maintain electrically conductive connection between the shield element and the electrically conductive element and the outer ground contact of the connector.
US10926709B2
A ladder rack system for accommodating at least two stacked ladders thereon is disclosed. The system may have a stationary forward roof rail and a stationary rear roof rail. Pivotable ladder rack rear and pivotable ladder rack forward rails may also be provided. The ladder rack rear and forward rails may be selectively moved with respect to the stationary forward and rear roof rails via links that are connected to a connector bar and lever arm.
US10926704B2
A method for assembling an exterior rearview mirror assembly includes providing a mirror head and a mounting base and pivotally attaching the mirror head at the mounting base. An illumination device is provided that includes a base portion and a movable portion movably disposed at the base portion, with the movable portion including a light source. The base portion is fixedly disposed at the mirror head. The assembled mirror assembly is configured so that, with the mounting base attached at the side of the vehicle, and when a powerfold actuator pivots the mirror head, and with the light source operated to emit visible light, the movable portion moves relative to the base portion as the mirror head pivots so that light emitted by the light source is directed toward the same ground area at the side of the vehicle throughout the range of pivotal movement of the mirror head.
US10926696B2
An out-of-vehicle notification device notifies a moving person in a vicinity of a host vehicle of information related to a behavior of the host vehicle while the host vehicle is being automatically driven. The out-of-vehicle notification device includes a moving person detecting unit configured to detect the moving person who is to be notified, an approaching vehicle detecting unit configured to detect an approaching vehicle approaching the moving person to be notified, a notification unit configured to perform notification of information with respect to an outside of the host vehicle, and a notification control unit configured to cause the notification unit to perform notification of vehicle stoppage information, which indicates that the host vehicle will be decelerated, when the moving person to be notified is detected and a traveling plan is a traveling plan in which the host vehicle is decelerated.
US10926694B2
A braking apparatus for a vehicle may include: a pedal stroke sensing unit configured to sense a pedal stroke of a brake pedal, and output a pedal stroke signal; and a control unit configured to control a brake actuator for braking the vehicle, based on the pedal stroke signal inputted from the pedal stroke sensing unit, and output a ramp signal in which information on whether a braking action of the vehicle has been performed is reflected, based on a reference voltage signal which is preset to determine whether the brake pedal is stepped on and a voltage signal converted from the pedal stroke signal.
US10926693B2
A direction indicator is configured to start blinking in response to an operation of a driver of a subject vehicle and automatically turn off after a first blinking time elapses. When the subject vehicle changes lanes in an automated or autonomous manner due to the operation of the driver, a control apparatus is used to extend the first blinking time to a second blinking time longer than the first blinking time and control the direction indicator to automatically turn off.
US10926686B2
An apparatus for a dump truck includes a catch affixable to one of the tailgate and the open-box bed of the dump truck, a latch affixable to the other of the tailgate and the open-box bed of the dump truck, a face cam affixable to the chassis or the open-box bed of the dump truck, a follower fixed to the latch, and a return spring affixable to the other of the tailgate and the open-box bed, and coupled to the follower. The apparatus is useful for providing a secondary locking device by engaging a tailgate or door assembly on a dump truck.
US10926677B2
The present teachings relate to a neck fan for a vehicle seat for generating a usable air flow that emerges from the neck fan toward a passenger, said neck fan being provided with at least one air conveying device for generating a usable air flow in the region of a headrest or the upper end of a seat back. It is provided that one or more compensating means are provided, by means of which asymmetrical climatic conditions caused by interfering currents in the area surrounding a passenger can be compensated for, and that one or more compensating means act asymmetrically on the usable air flow and/or impart an asymmetry to the cross-section of the usable air flow, at least in the region of an outlet of the neck fan, said asymmetry relating to at least one geometric or thermodynamic parameter.
US10926668B2
A track assembly is provided that includes a track operably coupled with a floor pan. A rail cartridge is slidably coupled with the track. The rail cartridge includes an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion defines a receiving well. A connection cartridge is operably coupled with a seat base. The connection cartridge includes an interface member and defines a slot. The upper portion of the rail cartridge is received within the slot. The interface member is received within the receiving well of the rail cartridge. A latch mechanism includes a release lever and a tab. The release lever is configured to selectively lower the tab to open the receiving well of the rail cartridge.
US10926658B2
A provider terminal transmits, to a server, (i) location information for specifying a location of a power supply facility for supplying power to a vehicle and (ii) an acceptance period for accepting the supply of power at the location. The user terminal transmits, to the server, (i) a desired location for the supply of power to the vehicle and (ii) a desired starting time for the supply of power to the vehicle at the desired location. The server includes: a provision DB configured to store one or more pieces of association information in which respective pieces of location information are associated with respective acceptance periods; a determination device configured to determine a power supply facility corresponding to the desired location and the desired starting time; and a communicator configured to notify a location of the power supply facility.
US10926650B2
A charging device for inductively charging an electrical energy store of a motor vehicle, having a primary coil, which is designed for inducing a voltage in a secondary coil of the motor vehicle for charging the electrical energy store, and having a lifting mechanism which is designed to move the primary coil between a stowage position and a charging position. A power electronics of the charging device is coupled in heat-conducting manner to the lifting mechanism.
US10926649B2
A multiple stage switching type converter circuit provided between an AC source and a DC source is provided. The circuit includes a boost converter stage coupled to the AC source, a DC link capacitor stage comprising a DC link capacitor decoupled from an AC source and a DC source, and an isolated DC-DC converter stage coupled to the DC source. The multiple stage switching type converter circuit comprises a plurality of switches, each switch configured to operate at a baseline duty cycle, a baseline voltage, a baseline resistance, with a baseline current and providing a baseline switching time. At least one switch is altered to perform at a duty cycle differing from the baseline duty cycle, a voltage differing from the baseline voltage, a resistance differing from baseline resistance, with a current differing from the baseline current or using a switching time differing from the baseline switching time.
US10926640B2
A vehicle trim element having a body defining the outer surface of the trim element. At least part of the body is deformable so as to cause a modification of the shape of the outer surface. The body includes a deformable guide surface extending in a first direction (Y). The trim element further includes at least one actuating element cooperating with the guide surface in an actuating zone, the guide surface adopting the shape of the actuating element in the actuating zone. The actuating element is movable relative to the body in the first direction (Y) such that the body deforms when the actuating element is moved. The actuating element is formed by a part of an information display device.
US10926623B1
A hybrid powertrain may include an engine input shaft connected to an engine by a main clutch, a motor input shaft connected to a motor, first and second output shafts mounted in parallel to the engine input shaft, a variable driving gear provided on the motor input shaft to maintain or increase a rotation speed of the motor input shaft and then to transmit the maintained or increased rotation speed to the first output shaft, a composite synchronizer mounted to independently implement interruption of connection between the engine input shaft and the motor input shaft and interruption of connection between the variable driving gear and the motor input shaft, and plural gear pairs mounted to form different transmission gear ratios between the engine input shaft and the first output shaft and between the engine input shaft and the second output shaft.
US10926622B2
A drive module for a motor vehicle includes a housing, an electric machine, a rotor carrier, and an angular position sensor. The electric machine is for generating a drive torque and includes a rotor. The rotor carrier is connected substantially rotationally fixed to the rotor and mounted such that it can be rotated at least radially. The angular position sensor is for measuring an angular position of the rotor carrier. The angular position sensor is arranged such that the angular position of the rotor carrier or a first component substantially rotationally fixed to the rotor carrier can be detected by the angular position sensor in relation to a second component fixed to the housing.
US10926618B2
The present invention relates to all terrain vehicles having at least a pair of laterally spaced apart seating surfaces. More particularly, the present invention relates to trail compliant side-by-side all terrain vehicles.
US10926614B2
A roof arrangement for a vehicle roof with a movable roof element and underlying frame with a seal hose having a strand shaped seal profile having a drain lip extending below an uppermost web of the frame.
US10926608B2
Provided is a refrigerant container having a rational structure with a small number of components, the container having both the functions of a receiver and an accumulator. Specifically, the refrigerant container includes a tank 10 capable of temporarily storing a refrigerant; and a gas/liquid inlet port 15, a liquid-phase outlet port 16, and a gas-phase outlet port 17 that are provided in an upper portion of the tank 10. The refrigerant container 1 is adapted to separate a refrigerant introduced through the gas/liquid inlet port 15 into a liquid-phase refrigerant and a gas-phase refrigerant, and has the function of a receiver that guides only the liquid-phase refrigerant after the separation to the side of an expansion valve via the liquid-phase outlet port 16, and the function of an accumulator that guides the gas-phase refrigerant after the separation to the suction side of a compressor via the gas-phase outlet port 17 together with oil contained in the liquid-phase refrigerant.
US10926607B2
A vehicle includes a first wall defining a portion of a cargo bed of the vehicle. The first wall has an opening. The vehicle also includes at least one duct having a first opening, a second opening, and an airflow passage extending between the first and second openings. The at least one duct first opening is in fluid communication with the opening in the first wall. An airflow regulation mechanism is operably coupled to the at least one duct first opening and is configured to enable control of an air flow into the at least one duct first opening.
US10926603B2
A system includes a computer including a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to predict an overheat time at which a vehicle computer temperature will exceed a threshold and actuate a cooling component when the overheat time is prior to an initiation time of a trip.
US10926601B2
A method of tilting a vehicle is provided, and a vehicle is provided. The vehicle has a tilt control system to control the tilt of the vehicle. The method includes tilting the tilting vehicle and/or another tilting vehicle in response to at least one external trigger.
US10926595B2
The present invention includes a retractable single front wheel or track drive assembly for an amphibian comprising a single front wheel or track drive. The retractable single front wheel or track drive assembly comprises an actuator, a suspension assembly movable between a protracted position and a retracted position, and a single front wheel or track drive. When the suspension assembly is protracted then the suspension assembly supports and/or holds the single front wheel or track drive in a ground engaging position for use on land, and the front single wheel is moved forward and upwards on retraction. The present invention also provides a retractable single rear wheel or track drive assembly for an amphibian. The present invention further provides an amphibian comprising the retractable single front or rear wheel or track drive assembly.
US10926593B2
A front tow extended saddle configured for mounting a vehicle to a towing vehicle and a method of towing a vehicle using the front tow extended saddle are provided. The front tow extended saddle includes front, middle, and rear portions, with the front and rear portions extending along different planes. A protective cover extends along the front tow extended saddle and is supported above the wheels of the towing vehicle.
US10926587B2
A tire pressure regulating system is disclosed for adjusting tire pressures of pneumatic tires of vehicle wheels of a plurality of vehicle axles of a motor vehicle while driving. The tire pressure regulating system comprises: at least one switchover valve, an axle valve, a wheel valve and a valve. A motor vehicle comprising the tire pressure regulating system is also disclosed.
US10926586B2
Various embodiments of a tire tread having one or more flexible gate apparatuses are disclosed. In one embodiment, a tire having a tread is provided, the tire comprising: a groove comprising a groove base and at least one groove sidewall; at least one flexible gate apparatus comprising a plurality of adjacent flexible gate elements oriented in a single row across at least a portion of the groove; wherein the plurality of flexible gate elements extend from the groove base; wherein the at least one flexible gate apparatus comprises a rigidity such that the at least one flexible gate apparatus does not substantially deflect at the application of an air pressure during operation; and wherein the at least one flexible gate apparatus comprises a rigidity such that the at least one flexible gate apparatus deflects at the application of a water pressure during operation.
US10926569B1
A system in which flat sheet stock can be digitally printed then formed and folded through a pattern process to rapidly create digitally decorated simulated tubing, and/or other unique three-dimensional shapes includes a foldable blank of a flat sheet of material with a plurality of fold lines formed into the flat sheet of material to allow the foldable blank, when folded, to configure at least one post which replicates extruded plastic or metal tubing. The post may define an elongated interior configured to receive an elongated support, after the folding along the fold lines. In a plurality of foldable blanks, each foldable blank including a flat sheet of material, and a plurality of fold lines formed into the flat sheet of material, the flat sheets of material are each foldable along their respective fold lines to configure a plurality of elements fittable together to form a standing display.
US10926568B2
Provided is an image forming apparatus configured to form an image on a sheet. A case binding apparatus is configured to cut predetermined sides of a sheet bundle formed by binding a plurality of sheets to perform bookbinding. The case binding apparatus includes a cutting-waste box configured to collect cutting waste produced by the cutting and a cutting-waste full load detection sensor configured to detect a fully loaded state of the cutting-waste box with the cutting waste collected in the cutting-waste box. When the sheet onto which the image is to be formed is not a last sheet in the sheet bundle, the image forming apparatus does not interrupt image formation processing in response to the fully loaded state of the waste box detected by the detector when an order of the sheet in the sheet bundle is smaller than a predetermined order.
US10926550B2
A recording apparatus that performs recording on a recording medium includes a low temperature marker that, depending on a change in temperature, changes a color state to a low-temperature first color state or to a low-temperature second color state different from the low-temperature first color state, and a surface on which the low temperature marker is disposed. The low temperature marker has a characteristic of indicating the low-temperature second color state when a temperature of the low temperature marker is higher than at least the low-temperature first threshold temperature after reached a temperature lower than or equal to a low-temperature first threshold temperature from an initial state indicating the low temperature first color state.
US10926546B2
Fluid supply apparatus 104 is disclosed. The fluid supply apparatus 104 comprises a first conduit 106 to supply fluid to a fluid dispense head and a second conduit 108 to receive fluid from the fluid dispense head. The first conduit 106 and second conduit 108 may both supply print fluid to a print head in a printing or servicing configuration. The first conduit 106 and the second conduit 108 are coupled together via a closable third conduit 116. The closable third conduit 116 permits fluid flow between the first conduit 106 and the second conduit 108. The third conduit 116 comprises deformable walls movable towards each other to close the third conduit 116 to the passage of fluid between the first 106 and second conduit 108.
US10926539B2
There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus including: at least one liquid discharge head; and a holding member holding the liquid discharge head. The liquid discharge head includes: a nozzle plate; a first channel member stacked on the nozzle plate in a first direction and including a channel through which liquid is supplied to the nozzles, and a second channel member including at least one plate and arranged between the nozzle plate and the first channel member in the first direction, the second channel member including individual channels connected to the nozzles. The second channel member includes a securing portion secured to the holding member and provided at a position closer to the nozzle plate than the first channel member.
US10926534B2
A method for detecting an operating state of an ejection unit during the printing of an object of a print job the method comprising determining whether the ejection unit is in an operative state or in a malfunctioning state by analyzing a residual pressure wave generated in the liquid in a duct of the ejection unit by an actuation pulse. Further, the method comprises scanning the location of a recording medium onto which liquid has been ejected in order to perform an additional determination of whether the ejection unit is in an operative state or in a malfunctioning state. The method uses both determinations to build feedback information in the form of labeled data that is used in subsequent executions to improve the result of the determinations performed by analyzing a residual pressure wave generated in the liquid. Other aspects of the present invention relate to a droplet ejection device comprising a plurality of ejection units, as well as a printing system comprising the droplet ejection device, and a software product comprising program code on a machine-readable non transitory medium for executing the method in the printing system.
US10926533B2
An inkjet printer includes first and second inkjet heads arranged to partially overlap each other in a main scanning direction and configured to eject ink to a print medium conveyed in a direction orthogonal to the main scanning direction and a controller. The controller is configured to perform a distribution processing of distributing a number of drops of ink for each of pixels in an image to be printed by an overlap portion of the first inkjet head and the second inkjet head based on a random number between first nozzles of the first inkjet head and second nozzles of the second inkjet head overlapping each other.
US10926528B2
Examples analyze three-dimensional printing specifications associated with a three-dimensional printing device to determine test angles for a test object and test surfaces corresponding to the test angles for the test object. Examples generate the test object for color calibration for the three-dimensional printing device based at least in part on the test angles and test surfaces that are configured with at least one test color.
US10926521B2
Sheets of a thin film material are attached to a carrier wafer. The carrier wafer and the attached sheets of thin film material are separated to form chiplet carriers. Each chiplet carrier includes a portion of the sheets of thin film material attached to a portion of the carrier wafer. The chiplet carriers are placed on an assembly surface in a random pattern. The chiplet carriers are arranged from the random pattern to a predetermined pattern, and the portions of the thin film material are transferred from the chiplet carriers in parallel to a target substrate.
US10926520B2
A decorative laminate including a decorative layered structure defining a first surface and a second surface opposed from the first surface, and a gas permeable layer underlying the decorative layered structure.
US10926515B2
The present invention aims to provide an interlayer film for a colored laminated glass which exhibits a visible light transmittance Tv of 5% or lower, small variation in visible light transmittance and an excellent appearance when incorporated in a laminated glass together with two clear glass plates in conformity with JIS R3202 (1996), and a colored laminated glass produced using the interlayer film for a colored laminated glass. Provided is an interlayer film for a colored laminated glass having, recesses on at least one surface, and exhibiting a visible light transmittance Tv of 5% or lower when incorporated in a laminated glass together with two clear glass plates in conformity with JIS R3202 (1996), the interlayer film for a colored laminated glass including a laminate of at least two layers including a first resin layer containing a thermoplastic resin and a colorant and a second resin layer containing a thermoplastic resin and no colorant, the elastic modulus E1 of the first resin layer and the elastic modulus B2 of the second resin layer having a ratio E1/E2 of 1.25 or more, the thickness t1 of the first resin layer and the thickness t2 of the second resin layer having a ratio t1/t2 of 2.0 or less.
US10926510B2
The present invention provides an antifouling film that is excellent in antifouling properties, adhesion, rubbing resistance, and reliability, and reduces fingerprint emergence at high humidity. The antifouling film includes a substrate; and a polymer layer disposed on a surface of the substrate and including on a surface thereof an uneven structure provided with projections at a pitch not longer than a wavelength of visible light, the polymer layer being a cured product of a polymerizable composition, the polymerizable composition containing, in terms of active components, 20 to 90 wt % of a polyfunctional acrylate containing an ethylene oxide group, 5 to 25 wt % of a monofunctional amide monomer, and 0.5 to 10 wt % of a fluorine-based release agent, the polymerizable composition containing, in terms of active components, a total of 40 to 65 wt % of the ethylene oxide group in the polyfunctional acrylate and the monofunctional amide monomer.
US10926499B2
A process and an apparatus for automatically applying a noise reducing element to a tyre for vehicle wheels. The process includes: a) providing a noise reducing element; b) providing an adhesive material; c) guiding the noise reducing element according to a predetermined direction; d) during the guiding, applying the adhesive material onto a first surface of the noise reducing element; e) manipulating the noise reducing element by interacting with at least one second surface of the noise reducing element different from the first surface on which the adhesive material has been applied; and f) positioning the noise reducing element in a predetermined position on a radially inner surface of the tyre, bringing the first surface into contact with the radially inner surface.
US10926495B2
A device and method for dispensing and sealing an inflatable article, in particular a tire, are provide from a container (5) having a valve (6) that has an inlet (7) and an outlet (8), the inlet (7) and an outlet (8) are connected to one another in a first position of the valve (6) and are connected to one another in a first position of the valve (6), and outlet (8), the container (5) are in communication via the valve (6) only if necessary for delivering sealing means in the second position of the valve (6).
US10926491B2
A roller device for use in an automated fiber placement process for creating composite parts on a contoured tool. A helical spring provides a bendable axle, and a roller cover fits over the spring axle. A tension mechanism is arranged through the spring axle along a centerline axis, and is adjustable to control a bendability of the spring axle so as to more closely conform to particular contours of the tool. The tension mechanism may include a cable extending through the spring axle, a threaded portion at an end of the cable, and a screw received within the threaded portion and turnable to adjust a length of the tension mechanism and thereby adjust the bendability of the spring axle. The tension mechanism may be adjustable manually, semi-manually with a motor controlled by a user, or automatically with a motor controlled by an electronic controller.
US10926484B2
A system and method for forming a seam between at least first and possibly second pieces of material used to form an inflatable product utilizes at least a first and potentially a second seam forming members that are attached to an inside wall of a piece of product material that comprises the inflatable product proximate each end. The inflatable product is comprised of one or more pieces of product material and one or more seam forming members located at any location where a seam is necessary. A first portion of the seam forming member attaches to a first edge of a first piece of product material and a second portion of the seam forming member attaches proximate a second edge of the first piece of product material. The seal forming can be accomplished by radio frequency, ultrasonic, heat or other types of welding, and adhesive or chemical based bonding.
US10926483B2
Disclosed is a vacuum fixture. The vacuum fixture may include a base plate assembly, a middle frame assembly, and a top plate assembly. The base plate assembly may have a first hinged edge. The middle frame assembly may be connected to the base plate proximate the first hinged edge and may define a void. The top plate assembly may have a second hinged edge connected to the first hinged edge, such that when the top plate assembly is in a closed position the middle frame assembly is located in between and contacts a first surface of the base plate assembly and a first surface of the top plate assembly, thereby forming a cavity in between the base plate assembly and the top plate assembly.
US10926482B2
The welding chip heats and melts the first welded part and the second welded part, and includes a projected part, a first extension part, and a second extension part. The projected part has a tubular shape with a bottom. One end of the tubular shape extending in a predetermined direction opens and the other end of the tubular shape is closed. The projected part is pushed into the first welded part and the second welded part in the predetermined direction from the opening one end of the tubular shape. The first extension part has a shape extending from a tube outer surface of the projected part and extending annularly around the predetermined direction. The second extension part has a shape extending from the first extension part to the opening one end of the projected part in the predetermined direction and extending annularly around the predetermined direction.
US10926476B2
Performing shaping of a shaped object more efficiently. A shaping apparatus configured to shape a shaped object in three-dimensional, includes: ejection heads being object-shaping material heads configured to eject an object-shaping material constituting the shaped object; and an ejection head being a support material head configured to eject a support material being a material of a support layer. The support layer is removable by being immersed in a predetermined liquid, and in a case of forming the support layer, the shaped object is shaped while at least a part of the support layer is immersed in the predetermined liquid in at least a part of a period during the shaping of the shaped object.
US10926470B2
In an additive 3D printing method for production of shaped articles from silicone elastomers, an elastomeric shaped body is built up step by step, by repeatedly precisely positioning portions of the crosslinkable silicone material and crosslinking by means of electromagnetic radiation. Charges that occur on the surface of the print material or on the article are neutralized by means of an ionization system.
US10926465B2
An additive layer manufacturing apparatus comprising a doctor blade (57) having a tip (51) which, in use, is arranged proximal to a material layer (59) to be recoated during an additive layer manufacturing method, the doctor blade (57) having a cavity (50) with an inlet and an outlet, the outlet located at the tip (51) and the inlet connectable to an air supply (53) whereby air can be directed through the cavity (50) to the outlet and onto a surface (59a) of the material layer (59).
US10926460B2
A method of additive manufacturing is provided. The method includes depositing a layer of base material from which an additively manufactured part is produced. The method also includes depositing a slurry onto the layer of base material, where the slurry includes a solvent, particles of a structural material, and a reinforcing agent.
US10926456B2
A nozzle follower assembly is provided which is co-operable with a 3D printer. The nozzle follower assembly includes a surface portion modification apparatus. The follower assembly is co-operable with a 3D printer head nozzle assembly and is operable to cause the surface portion modification apparatus to modify at least a portion of a surface of a material most recently printed by the head nozzle assembly of the 3D printer. The surface portion modification apparatus may be used to smooth the surface of the material most recently printed by the head nozzle assembly of the 3D printer.
US10926450B2
A method of manipulating thermoplastic film to create integrated features and particularly relates to an improved method of manufacturing a packaging bag that is reclosable after initial opening. Multiple sections of thermoplastic film are layered on top of themselves to form a multi-layer portion of the thermoplastic film. The multi-layer portion may then be conglomerated into a unitary thicker portion of the film that can then be shaped into a closure strip. In order to form a bag, a second such closure strip may be made. The two closure strips are then aligned and the remaining open portions of the bag are then sealed such that the closure strips form a reclosable opening that may be opened and closed repeatedly.
US10926435B2
An illustrative embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing a composite structure. A composite material having a closed cross-section or a partially closed cross-section is cured to form the composite structure, wherein the composite material is in contact with a foam mandrel assembly when curing begins. A supportive foam mandrel in the foam mandrel assembly is collapsed during curing.
US10926427B2
A blade housing assembly for a power operated rotary knife including a split blade housing and a cam mechanism for changing a blade housing diameter between blade supporting and blade changing positions. The split blade housing includes an annular blade support section, a mounting section and a split extending through the mounting section and an inner wall of the blade support section and defining a split distance between first and second circumferential ends of the inner wall. The split includes a radial split section and an angled split section adjacent the inner wall. The mounting section includes first and second body portions on opposite sides of the split. The cam mechanism includes a cam plate bridging the first and second body portions and a cam member rotatably supported by the cam plate. The cam member is rotatable between closed and open positions to change the blade housing diameter.
US10926417B2
According to one embodiment, a holding device includes a first holder and a first sensor. The first holder includes a first member and a second member. The first holder is configured to hold an object by interposing the object between the first member and the second member. The first sensor is in the first member. The first sensor is configured to detect a vibration.
US10926412B2
A method and system for automatically supplying parts for an assembly line is provided. The method includes generating and executing an action plan specifying movements associated with a robotic apparatus associated with the assembly line, items required for the assembly line, and a vehicle associated with providing the items for the robotic apparatus. The vehicle is directed to a location comprising the items and a first item is selected and retrieved upon arriving at the location. A measured weight of the first item is compared to a predetermined maximum weight threshold for delivery by the vehicle and a resulting delivery process with respect to the vehicle, first item, and robotic apparatus is executed. A notification indicating details associated with the delivery process is transmitted to the robotic apparatus.
US10926405B2
According to one embodiment, an arm structure includes a base, a first link, a second link, a connecting member, and a gravity compensation mechanism. The first and the second links are rotatable in a vertical direction. One end side of the first link is pivotally attached to the base via a first rotating shaft. One end side of the second link is pivotally attached to another end side of the first link via a second rotating shaft. A length of the first link is same as a length of the second link. The second link rotates around the second rotating shaft. A rotation angle of the second link is twice a rotation angle of the first link. A rotation direction of the second link is opposite to a rotation direction of the first link. The gravity compensation mechanism compensates for torque generated around the first rotating shaft by gravity.
US10926402B2
A robotic arm system is provided. The system includes a one or more roll and/or angle actuators driven by a unidirectional drive. One or more clutches allow the actuators to engage and disengage with a drive shaft or a reverser assembly or angle drive coupled to the drive shaft, thereby permitting changes in rotational direction for the actuators without a change in the rotational direction of the drive.
US10926400B2
The present invention is a novel lanyard system for a piece releaseably connected to a tool by a piece receiver that includes a lanyard assembly with a two ended strap and a retraction system fixed to the tool in a storage region of the tool. In particular, one end of the strap is connected to the piece and the other strap end is connected to one end of the retraction system. The other end of the retraction system is connected to the tool. The strap is of sufficient length for the retraction system to retract a piece to the storage region after disconnection from the piece receiver. It is contemplated that the retraction system includes at least one spring (coil or helical) to cause the lanyard system to remain under tension while the piece is mounted in a piece receiver, thereby preventing or at least reducing the strap from interfering with the task at hand, the piece, the piece receiver or tool itself. The retraction system has sufficient tensional force to cause the retraction of a piece to the storage region once released from the work region of the tool.
US10926395B2
A multitool that can be carried on a person, including a body shaped to function as a series of tools, the body including a storage receptacle extending into the body from an opening at one end, the storage receptacle capable of receiving and retaining within the storage receptacle one or more hex drivers when not in use, the opening defining a socket formation for receiving and retaining a mounting end of a hex driver such that the hex driver protrudes from the body for use as a screwdriver.
US10926390B2
The invention relates to a fuel-operated firing device for driving securing elements into a substrate, comprising at least one main combustion chamber for a fuel, a driving piston that can be driven out of the main combustion chamber in a firing direction by expandable gases, and a pre-chamber with which an ignition device is associated and in which a pressure acting on the main combustion chamber can build up prior to a fuel-air mixture being ignited in said main combustion chamber. In order to improve the efficacy and/or functionality during the driving in of securing elements, a valve system is associated with the pre-chamber, by which valve system a maximum charge pressure in the pre-chamber can be varied in order to adjust the firing energy provided during the firing operation.
US10926389B2
A powder-actuated tool includes a barrel assembly, a housing, a firing pin device, and a piston assembly. The barrel assembly includes an outer tube, an inner tube movably extending into the outer tube, and a powder chamber. The piston assembly includes a pushing rod and a sleeve member sleeved on the pushing rod in a form-fitting manner. The pushing rod has a main body, a tail section having an outer diameter greater than that of the main body, and a shoulder section connected between the main body and the tail section. The powder-actuated tool further includes a bonding material connected between the pushing rod and the sleeve member.
US10926385B2
A powered driving tool, such as a nailer, having a magnetic filter in the contact trip that retains ferrous debris remaining in the nosepiece as a result of a first fastener being driven into a workpiece, and allows the ferrous debris to be expelled from the nosepiece with a portion of a second fastener, when the second fastener is driven into a workpiece.
US10926379B2
Described is an apparatus for finishing metallic and non-metallic surfaces by abrasion techniques. Described is an apparatus configured for finishing a zone on the surface of a bladed article of manufacture, wherein the apparatus comprises one or more channels having a cross-sectional profile including at least one finishing area to finish an operative zone of the article that optimizes a clearance portion of the article, wherein an angle of each finishing area of the cross-sectional profile is substantively the same as an optimal clearance angle of the article, wherein the apparatus is configured to position the operable zone of the article along the angle of the finishing area during sharpening.
US10926374B2
The present disclosure provides a substrate processing apparatus including: a substrate holding unit that holds a substrate; a pressure regulator that regulates a pressure of a gas supplied into an elastic membrane; and a controller that controls the pressure regulator to make the pressure of the gas supplied into the elastic membrane variable in order to separate the substrate from the elastic membrane.
US10926372B2
Provided is an automatic polishing system that allows a polishing treatment of an article while circumventing a polishing averting portion of the article. A polisher is attached to a leading end portion of a movable arm of a work robot. A control device controls the work robot and the polisher, based on position information of a polishing target surface of an article, so that the polisher is moved along the polishing target surface by a movement of the work robot while providing a polishing action on the polishing target surface at the same time. An image of the article including an image of an area demarcation marker annexed to the article for demarcating the area of the polishing target surface is captured by a three-dimensional image capturing machine. The control device produces the position information of the polishing target surface by determining the position of the area demarcation marker based on image data of the image.
US10926370B2
A process for machining a lens includes the steps of holding a semi-finished product through a suction holding force which is active during an entire surface machining cycle of the semi-finished product; carrying out the surface machining cycle on a surface to be machined of the semi-finished product; and activating a pressure holding force depending on the level of the mechanical stresses exerted on the semi-finished product during the surface machining cycle on said surface.
US10926367B2
This machine tool has a tool changing device, and sequentially changes tools to machine a workpiece. The machine tool comprises: an input unit which receives a machining program output from a CAM system and tool basic data; a storage unit which stores the tool basic data received from the input unit for each tool number; a tool measuring device which measures the size of a tool loaded into a tool magazine of the tool changing device; and a determination unit which compares the tool basic data stored in the storage unit and the actual data measured by the measuring device, and determines that the measured tool is different from a desired tool if the difference between the two tool sizes is beyond a preset allowable range.
US10926357B2
A method for improving the performance of an image sensor array includes performing an electrical test on the image sensor array, generating a test image from the electrical test to detect an open circuit in a data line of the image sensor array, performing a laser-weld operation the data line to weld a portion of the data line to ground, re-testing the image sensor array to confirm a successful laser-weld operation, performing a laser-cut on a readout portion of the data line, and re-testing the image sensor array to confirm a successful laser-cut operation.
US10926356B2
A powder bed fusion additive manufacturing system includes a build platform on which a substrate is supported, an energy generator configured to generate an energy beam directed at the substrate, a roller having an actuator system configured to rotate the roller, and a controller operably connected to the roller and to the energy generator. The controller is configured to produce a build object by rotating the roller at a first rotational speed to spread powder particles at a first porosity, operating the energy generator to selectively melt the powder particles to form a first layer of the build object, rotating the roller at a second rotational speed to spread powder particles at a second porosity, and operating the energy generator to selectively melt the powder particles spread at the second porosity to form a second layer. The first and second rotational speeds are different from one another.
US10926352B2
The invention relates to a laser nozzle that can be used in laser cutting, notably with a fibre or disc laser, comprising a nozzle body comprising an axial housing passing axially through said nozzle body and comprising a first outlet orifice situated at the front face of the nozzle body, and a movable element comprising a skirt-forming front part arranged in the axial housing of the nozzle body, said movable element being capable of translational movement in the axial housing of the nozzle body and comprising an axial passage with a second outlet orifice opening onto the skirt-forming front part.
US10926349B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus to preheat welding wire are disclosed. An example welding torch includes: a welding assembly comprising: a first contact tip configured to conduct welding current to a consumable electrode; and a second contact tip configured to conduct preheating current to the consumable electrode; a neck having a bend, the neck configured to hold the welding assembly and to deliver the consumable electrode to the welding assembly; a torch body configured to hold the neck opposite the welding assembly; and a torch mounting assembly; wherein the welding assembly, the neck, the bend, the torch body, and the torch mounting assembly are dimensioned such that the welding torch provides a same tool center point distance, a same bend angle, and a same approach angle when used to replace a second welding torch having a single contact tip.
US10926348B2
A detection device for an active glare protection device comprises a detection unit that is configured for a direct or indirect detection of at least one welding parameter of a welding apparatus, and comprises at least one communication unit that is configured for a transmission of at least one information of the at least one welding parameter to the active glare protection device, wherein the communication unit is configured for a transmission of at least one information of the at least one welding parameter, implemented as a bit sequence of a defined length, to the active glare protection device.
US10926339B2
A deburring tool for stable processing is provided. The deburring tool includes a cylindrical housing; a spindle loosely fitted and supported to be tiltable with respect to an axis of the housing, the spindle having a rotatable attachment portion for detachably attaching a cutting tool at a distal end; a pressed member arranged to the spindle; a piston slidably disposed inside the housing, the piston configured to press the pressed member toward the distal end; an elastic member configured to urge the piston toward the distal end; a separate ring arranged between the piston and the elastic member; and a flow path for supplying a compressible fluid between the separate ring and the piston.
US10926336B2
A machine for additive manufacturing of components by sintering powder includes a framework, a working zone, at least two beam emission and control modules, and at least two actuators. Each module, which is structured to emit an energy beam and to control the energy beam, is mounted inside the framework and is provided with an emission source and an optical system for focusing the energy beam emitted from the source. Each module acts on the working zone to manufacture a same component. Each optical system is axially movable in translation with respect to the framework. The actuators are associated with the optical systems, respectively, and are arranged to adjust axial positions of the optical systems with respect to the working zone, the axial positions being adjustable independently of each other.
US10926335B2
The present invention relates to a nano-metal particles and a preparation process thereof. Specifically, the nano-metal particles are prepared by a process comprising the steps of: a) providing a solution of a metal precursor; b) providing a mother liquor comprising a reducing agent; c) atomizing the solution of the metal precursor; and d) allowing the metal precursor to react with a reducing agent to form the nano-metal particles, wherein the metal precursor has a higher solubility in the first solvent than in the mother liquor. The present process for preparing nano-metal particles not only has the advantages of the traditional liquid phase chemical reduction process such as simple equipment, easy availability of raw materials, low cost, easy control of conditions, high yield, large output and the like, but also may produce the nano-metal particles having a very desirable particle size and particle size distribution.
US10926334B2
A powder metal composition for high wear and temperature applications is made by atomizing a melted iron based alloy including 3.0 to 7.0 wt. % carbon; 10.0 to 25.0 wt. % chromium; 1.0 to 5.0 wt. % tungsten; 3.5 to 7.0 wt. % vanadium; 1.0 to 5.0 wt. % molybdenum; not greater than 0.5 wt. % oxygen; and at least 40.0 wt. % iron. The high carbon content reduces the solubility of oxygen in the melt and thus lowers the oxygen content to a level below which would cause the carbide-forming elements to oxidize during atomization. The powder metal composition includes metal carbides in an amount of at least 15 vol. %. The microhardness of the powder metal composition increases with increasing amounts of carbon and is typically about 800 to 1,500 Hv50.
US10926323B2
A counter gravity casting apparatus includes a reusable metal mold having a plurality of mold cavities, a feed tube configured to feed molten alloy into the mold, and a vacuum fitting configured to permit a vacuum to be applied to the mold. The mold includes multiple metal sections configured such that adjacent metal sections mate to one another, the metal sections being separable from one another. The metal sections include recesses that form the mold cavities, and the mold includes a sprue and multiple runner passages. The sprue is configured to receive molten alloy from the feed tube, and the multiple runner passages are configured to feed molten alloy from the sprue to the mold cavities. Methods of casting bulk amorphous alloy articles or feedstock is described.
US10926317B2
A method of casting an article from a molten metal including: admitting molten metal to a mould formed from a foundry sand comprising a blend of silica sand and a zircon aggregate, the zircon aggregate exhibiting a sharp rise in linear thermal expansion coefficient in a temperature band above 1200° C. and up to 1600° C.; and cooling the mould and molten metal to solidify the molten metal and form a cast article, wherein one or more surfaces of the mould, or of a portion of the mould, in contact with the molten metal are uncoated.
US10926313B2
A forming apparatus includes: an upper die and a lower die having forming surfaces corresponding to outer surfaces of a pipe with protrusions; a moving mechanism that moves the upper die and the lower die such that a forming space for forming the pipe with protrusions is defined between the forming surfaces of the upper die and the lower die; and a gas supply unit that supplies gas to a forming material to expand the forming material. A control unit controls the movement of the upper die and the lower die by the moving mechanism and the supply of gas to the forming material by the gas supply unit such that the forming material is formed into the pipe with protrusions in the forming space.
US10926309B2
Contaminated sediment is re-mediated using a self-regenerating reactive sedimentation capping system comprising a system of composite particles having a core and a coating. The coating of at least some particles further include a complexing or sorptive reactive material, such as activated carbon, appatite, a clay or organoclay, or a synthetic sorptive such as Sorbster™. The same or different particles contain a composition of dormant microbes capable of utilizing various contaminants as a food source. The same or other particles may also contain nutrients, micronutrients, vitamins, cofactors, buffers or other adjunctive compounds to sustain the microbes. The microbes feed on and degrade the contaminant compounds complexed, absorbed or adsorbed by the reactive material, thereby regenerating the reactive material for re-use.
US10926305B2
Decontaminating access structures that allow the partial insertion of decontamination tools into glove boxes and the like to easily and safely decontaminate harmful materials are provided.
US10926301B2
The present invention provides a liquid supplying device that can determine whether a CLC can be used appropriately. A liquid supplying device for supplying a liquid from a liquid source to a cleaning device is provided. The liquid supplying device includes a flow rate control device that measures a flow rate of a liquid from the liquid source and controls the flow rate based on the measured value, an IN-side pressure gauge provided between the liquid source and the flow rate control device and an OUT-side pressure gauge provided between the flow rate control device and the cleaning device.
US10926299B2
A tool and a method are provided for cleaning a sealing surface of a valve body. The tool includes a stem adapted to be disposed in the valve body, at least one cleaning element coupled to the stem, and a handle operatively coupled to the at least one cleaning element via the stem. The at least one cleaning element includes at least one cleaning surface adapted to engage the sealing surface when the stem is disposed in the valve body. The at least one cleaning element is movable responsive to actuation of the handle such that the at least one cleaning surface cleans the sealing surface of the valve body.
US10926295B1
A continuous sieving apparatus is described. The continuous sieving apparatus includes an inclined sieve surface attached to a wall. The inclined sieve surface is inclined with respect to a horizontal axis for pupae to continuously flow across down the incline. A set of openings is formed in the sieve surface so as to define a set of pathways extending through the sieve surface. The set of opening are defined by a length dimension that is greater than a width dimension. When the inclined sieve surface is submerged in a liquid, a first pupa having a first cephalothorax width that is less than the width dimension is free to move through any one of the set of openings, and a second pupa having a second cephalothorax width that is greater than the width dimension is prevented from moving through the set of openings.
US10926284B1
Proximity triggered water fountains may have proximity sensors configured to detect target(s), a processing unit communicably coupled to proximity sensors configured to transfer data related to the target(s) to the processing unit, nozzles and nozzle controllers, and collectors configured to receive water projected from the nozzles. The nozzle controllers may be controlled based on data received from the sensors. The nozzle controllers may be coupled to the nozzles of a water circulation system configured to adjust a water projection angle from the nozzles with respect to the ground. The water circulation system may use tank(s), pump(s), and supply and return line(s), with the nozzles, tank(s), pump(s), and supply and return line(s), being in fluid communication. The nozzles and collectors may be displaced a horizontal distance from each other such that outlets of the nozzles are not vertically above the collectors.
US10926271B2
A grinding device including a rotor, mounted in rotational manner around an axle and having a plurality of blades extending radially relative to the axle. A sieve has a plurality of openings, with the sieve being mounted around the rotor so as to turn around the axle in the direction opposite the direction of rotation of the rotor. The rotor and sieve each has a height extending parallel to the axle and a width extending perpendicular to the axle wherein the width is between 1 mm and 20 mm. The rotation of the rotor and of the sieve is adjustable so as to reach a difference in circumferential speed between the rotor and the sieve between 100 m/s and 400 m/s, so as to reduce the average initial size of the crushed matter by a factor of 5 to 20.
US10926267B2
A method and system for reducing the unfermentable solids content in a protein portion, via a counter current wash, at the back end of a corn dry milling process for making alcohol is disclosed. The method can include separating the whole stillage byproduct into an insoluble solids portion and a stillage (centrate) portion, which includes protein. Thereafter, the stillage portion can be separated into a water soluble solids portion and a protein portion. The protein portion may be mixed with clean water to wash and dilute the protein portion. The diluted protein portion may be dewatered to form a dewatered protein portion and a centrate. A portion of the centrate may be used as a protein counter current wash when the protein portion is being separated from the stillage portion. The protein counter current wash reduces the amount of unfermentable solids in the protein portion and the centrate.
US10926265B2
The present invention provides devices, systems, and methods for rapid and easy-to-use in sample thermal cycling or temperature changes for the facilitation of reactions such as but not limited to PCR.
US10926258B2
Microfluidic probe head for processing a sequence of separate liquid volumes separated by spacers. The microfluidic probe head includes: an inlet, an outlet, a first fluid channel and a second fluid channel and a fluid bypass connecting the first fluid channel and the second fluid channel. The first fluid channel delivers the sequence of separate liquid volumes from the inlet toward a deposition area, the fluid bypass allows the spacers to be removed from the first fluid channel obtaining a free sequence of separate liquid volumes without spacers, the first fluid channel delivers the free sequence of separate liquid volumes to the deposition area, and the second fluid channel delivers the removed spacers from the fluid bypass to the outlet. The present invention also provides a microfluidic probe and method for processing a sequence of separate liquid volumes.
US10926256B2
An EWOD device includes a first substrate assembly and a second substrate assembly; wherein one of said substrate assemblies includes electrowetting electrodes, and the first substrate assembly and the second substrate assembly are spaced apart to define a channel between the substrate assemblies; and a housing for receiving the first substrate assembly and the second substrate assembly, the housing comprising an alignment feature for locating at least one of the first and second substrate assemblies within the housing. The device further includes a fixing feature for fixing the first and second substrate assemblies within the housing. The second substrate assembly is located within the housing such that the second substrate assembly is an outer component of the EWOD device. The device further may include a spacer that spaces apart the first substrate assembly from the second substrate assembly to define the channel between the first and second substrate assemblies.
US10926249B2
The invention describes phospho-amino pincer-type ligands, metal complexes thereof, and catalytic methods comprising such metal complexes for conversion of carbon dioxide to methanol, conversion of aldehydes into alcohols, conversion of aldehydes in the presence of a trifluoromethylation agent into trifluorinated secondary alcohols, cycloaddition of carbon dioxide to an epoxide to provide cyclic carbonates or preparation of an amide from the combination of an alcohol and an amine.
US10926238B2
An electrode assembly having a tubular support jacket that defines an internal compartment. The internal compartment is actively cooled by coolant. An electrode tip is coupled to the tubular support jacket. The electrode tip receives electricity through the tubular support jacket. An insulator construct surrounds at least part of the tubular support jacket. The insulator construct includes an insulation base, an insulation tube and an insulation cap. A gas supply conduit is interposed between the tubular support jacket and the insulation tube, wherein the gas supply conduit receives a working gas from a working gas supply. A thermally conductive casing surrounds at least part of the insulator construct. The thermally conductive casing is actively cooled. The thermally conductive casing actively cools the insulator construct, the underlying tubular support jacket, and thus the electrode tip. The active cooling reduces over-heating of the electrode tip and prevents excessive consumption and erosion.
US10926237B2
Aspects described herein generally relate to a sol-gel that is the reaction product of an organosilane, a metal alkoxide, an acid, and chromium (III) salt and/or a lanthanide salt having a solubility of about 1 gram or greater per gram of sol-gel at 23° C. The lanthanide salt includes a cation and a ligand. The cation can be lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium, scandium, yttrium, cobalt, calcium, strontium, barium, and zirconium. A ligand can be a nitrate, a trifluoromethane sulfonate, a sulfate, a phosphate, a hydroxide, or hydrate forms thereof. The chromium (III) salt includes a cation and a ligand. The cation is chromium (III) and the ligand can be a nitrate, a trifluoromethane sulfonate, a sulfate, a phosphate, a hydroxide, or hydrate forms thereof.
US10926229B2
A filtration filter is suitable for performing cross-flow filtration by using a metallic porous membrane. A metallic porous membrane has a membrane portion for filtering filtration objects contained in a fluid and a held portion provided at its outer periphery. A first frame member and a second frame member hold the held portion of the metallic porous membrane there between. The held portion has a bent portion bent to a second principal surface side opposing a first principal surface of the membrane portion. The first frame member is in contact with the held portion at the first principal surface side of the metallic porous membrane. The second frame member is disposed at an inner side portion of the first frame member and is in contact with the held portion at the second principal surface side of the metallic porous membrane.
US10926228B2
The present invention relates to a method of altering the relative proportions of protons, deuterons and tritons in a sample using a membrane. The membrane comprises a 2D material and an ionomer. The invention also relates to a method of making said membranes.
US10926225B2
Hollow fiber cartridges and components and methods of their construction.
US10926224B2
A spiral-wound electrodialysis module includes an inner electrode positioned about a central axis and an outer electrode surrounding the inner electrode. Ion exchange membranes are arranged in a stack, and each membrane extends in a spiral outward from an inner position proximate the inner electrode to an outer position proximate the outer electrode. The spirals expand outward at a greater-than-linear rate as a function of angle along a length of the spiral from the inner positions to the outer positions.
US10926218B2
A promoted activated carbon sorbent is described that is highly effective for the removal of mercury from flue gas streams. The sorbent comprises a new modified carbon form containing reactive forms of halogen and halides. Optional components may be added to increase reactivity and mercury capacity. These may be added directly with the sorbent, or to the flue gas to enhance sorbent performance and/or mercury capture. Mercury removal efficiencies obtained exceed conventional methods. The sorbent can be regenerated and reused. Sorbent treatment and preparation methods are also described. New methods for in-flight preparation, introduction, and control of the active sorbent into the mercury contaminated gas stream are described.
US10926216B2
A composition for controlling ambient humidity within 55%-68%. The composition includes water and at least one of citrate, lactate and formate. The citrate includes at least one of sodium citrate, potassium citrate and calcium citrate. The lactate includes at least one of sodium lactate and potassium lactate. The formate includes at least one of sodium formate and potassium formate. The weight percentage of each of the citrate, the lactate and formate in the composition is 33.3%-84.2%. The total weight percentage of the citrate, the lactate and the formate in the composition is 33.3%-84.2%. The composition can control the ambient humidity within 55%-68% without the need to pre-adjust the objective space. The composition has large capacity of moisture absorption and desorption, and can quickly achieve the desired humidity in the objective environment.
US10926210B2
An air purifier including an air filter, an air movement device configured to move air at least partially in an axial direction and through the filter, and a first exit path in fluid communication with the air movement device. The first exit path is configured such that at least part of the air moved by the air movement device exits the first exit path generally in the axial direction. The air purifier further includes a second exit path in fluid communication with the air movement device and configured such that at least part of the air moved by the air movement device exits the second exit path at an angle of between about 10 degrees and about 45 degrees relative to air exiting the first exit path.
US10926209B1
The present disclosure generally relates to an air filtration system, an air filtration device, and an air filtration module for removing ultra-fine particles (UFPs), pathogens (e.g., viruses, bacteria, etc.), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), oxides or odors. The systems, devices, and filter modules of the disclosure perform at enhanced filter and power efficiencies. An air filtration system is provides that includes a docking base for receiving a removable, portable air filtration device in fluid communication with the docking base. In certain embodiments, the air filtration system further includes the removable, portable air filtration device. The portable air filtration device may optionally include an air filtration module.
US10926200B2
The invention relates to a method for treating an aqueous suspension of solid mineral particles arising from the extraction of ores, comprising the following steps: a soluble polymer is prepared in water, comprising: at least one non-ionic monomer, selected from the group consisting of acrylamide; methacrylamide; N-monoderivatives of acrylamide; N-monoderivatives of methacrylamide; N,N-derivatives of acrylamide; N,N-derivatives of methacrylamide; acrylic esters; methacrylic esters; N-vinylformamide; and N-vinylpyrrolidone; at least one anionic monomer representing between 10 and 70 mol %, selected from the group consisting of monomers having a carboxylic functional group and salts thereof; monomers having a sulphonic acid functional group and salts thereof; monomers having a phosphonic acid functional group and salts thereof; at least one cationic monomer representing between 0.2 and 6 mol %, selected from the group consisting of diallyl dimethylammonium chloride, methacrylamidopropyltrimethylammonium chloride and acrylamidopropyltrimethylammonium chloride; adding said soluble polymer into the water having the aqueous suspension of solid particles. This method is particularly useful for treating residues resulting from the extraction of bituminous sand.
US10926197B2
A multifunctional phase separation apparatus is provided herein. The multifunctional phase separation apparatus includes a porous tube, a phase separator, and liquid collecting modules. The porous tube includes a first entry port and an exit port. The phase separator includes a second entry port. The multifunctional phase separation apparatus also includes a reservoir. The reservoir is on a first end of the liquid collecting modules.
US10926193B2
Separation apparatuses for the separation of a mixture of two fluids, such as a water-in-oil emulsion, via electrocoalescence, are provided. A separation apparatus may include a series of flow conditioners each having a different permittivity, such that the flow conditioner having a permittivity that is similar or equal to the permittivity of the flowing medium is selected. Another separation apparatus may include a flow conditioner having a frequency-dependent permittivity, such that the frequency of the electric field generated is selected so that the permittivity of the flow conditioner is as similar as possible to or equal to the permittivity of the flowing medium. Another separation apparatus may include a replaceable flow conditioner that may be replaced with a flow conditioner having a permittivity that is as similar to or equal to the permittivity of the flowing medium.
US10926187B2
Units and fasteners for a modular construction set are provided. A unit includes a panel having a front surface and a back surface opposite the front surface. The panel is made of a flexible material that biases the panel to a flat state. The panel includes an aperture between the front surface and the back surface. The unit further includes a fastener affixed to the panel at the aperture, the fastener including a first piece and a second piece joinable to the first piece through the aperture to affix the fastener to the panel. The fastener further includes a magnet disposed between the first piece and the second piece to engage the fastener with an oppositely facing fastener of the modular construction set.
US10926185B1
A building block system includes one or more building blocks and one or more wheels, each building block including a first elongate portion extending in a longitudinal direction, a second elongate portion extending in that longitudinal direction, an intermediate portion connecting the first elongate portion with the said second elongate portion at a middle position thereof, a first end portion extending in a transverse direction, perpendicular to that longitudinal direction, from the first elongate portion, at a side thereof opposite to the intermediate portion, and at a middle position thereof. A second end portion extends in that transverse direction, perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, from the second elongate portion, at a side opposite to the intermediate portion, and at a middle position thereof. It thus includes six protrusions and two voids, each void defined between an end of the first elongate portion and an end of the second elongate portion.
US10926183B2
Outcome predictions based on historical data relating to events in a “game” (which can be a sports context, an e-sports contest, a business situation, a medical situation, or other scenarios) can be generated using a watcher process that receives event data and triggers conversion of a “different” last event received into arguments for one or more analysis protocols, which are executed against a data model created by an analysis engine. Methods, systems, articles of manufacture, and the like are described.
US10926179B2
Methods for managing non-player characters and power centers in a computer game are based on character hierarchies and individualized correspondences between each character's traits or rank and events that involve other non-player characters or objects. Players may share power centers, character hierarchies, non-player characters, and related quests involving the shared objects with other players playing separate and unrelated game instances over a computer network, with the outcome of the quests reflected in different the games. Various configurations of game machines are used to implement the methods.
US10926177B2
A method for reducing latency in execution of a game is described. The method includes receiving via a computer network a user input associated with the game and determining from the user input a current state of the game. While the current state of the game is being determined, the method includes predicting a next state of the game based on the user input and one or more predicted user inputs. The method further includes generating one or more predicted image frames from the next state, determining whether the one or more predicted user inputs are received via the computer network, and sending the one or more predicted image frames in response to receiving the one or more predicted user inputs to reduce the latency in execution of the game.
US10926173B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for enabling a player of a video game to designate custom voice utterances to control an in-game character. One or more machine learning models may learn in-game character actions associated with each of a number of player-defined utterances based on player demonstration of desired character actions. During execution of an instance of a video game, current game state information may be provided to the one or more trained machine learning models based on an indication that a given utterance was spoken by the player. A system may then cause one or more in-game actions to be performed by a non-player character in the instance of the video game based on output of the one or more machine learning models.
US10926166B1
A rotatable ball momentum transfer assembly for an amusement gam, such as a pinball machine includes an impact ball mounted to an inclined playfield and a shaft mounted to the playfield proximate to the impact ball. A travel ball is coupled to the shaft such that the travel ball rests against the impact ball during gameplay to receive momentum from the impact ball when the impact ball is struck by a game ball, causing the travel ball to at least partially rotate about the shaft. In one example, the travel ball rotates in a fixed arc towards one of two resting positions on either side of the impact ball. These two resting positions both open or close different shot paths available during gameplay.
US10926164B2
A playing card handling device comprises a card storing area that supports a stack of playing cards, the card storing area having a playing card support surface. A card removing system removes playing cards individually from the bottom of the stack. A pivoting arm is automatically moved by a motor between at least two positions, wherein in a first position the end of the arm opposite a pivot is disengaged from a playing card at the top of the stack and in a second position the end of the arm is engaged with a playing card at the top of the stack. A processor in the playing card handling device directs movement of the pivoting arm between at least the first and second positions when a predetermined number of cards is present in the card storing area. Methods of card handling include employing the use of such a pivotal arm.
US10926161B1
A flyboard comprising a base element and an upper element in communication with each other by magnetic fields having the same polarity and magnetic fields having opposite polarities to permit floatation of the upper element over the lower element while a user is standing on the upper element.
US10926160B2
Skating device (1) provided with a plurality of wheels (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d), comprising: an electric motor (3) operatively coupled with at least one wheel (2a) of said plurality of wheels; at least one acceleration sensor (4) operatively coupled with at least one wheel (2a) of said plurality of wheels (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d); at least one speed sensor operatively coupled with at least one wheel (2a) of said plurality of wheels (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d); and at least one control unity adapted to actuate the operations of said electric motor (3) at least when said acceleration sensor (4) detects positive acceleration of said at least one wheel (2a), wherein the amount of electric power supplied by said electric motor to said at least one wheel (2a) is calculated according to the speed measured by said at least one speed sensor (5), at least when said acceleration sensor (4) detects said positive acceleration.
US10926147B2
An apparatus and method for swim training are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a cable is secure to a starting block or other fixed object at or near the edge of a pool, and the cable is then extended into the pool. The cable includes, along its length, fixed securement points to which multiple swimmers may be secured, via belts worn by the swimmers, to the cable. Because the swimmers are secured to fixed positions along the cable, multiple swimmers may swim in the same lane without interfering with each other. In another embodiment, the cable may be secured at both ends of the pool.
US10926144B2
A multimedia stadium soccer goalpost and goal net display. The system includes a rear support-and-multimedia assembly for supporting the net and producing audible and visual effects. The system also includes a stadium soccer goal frame and a net. The rear support-and-multimedia assembly includes at least two upright posts, a rear crossbar, and a multimedia bar system. The two upright posts and the rear crossbar delineate a U-shape and the multimedia bar system is mounted to said U-shape. The multimedia bar system includes a plurality of lights, a plurality of first speakers, a plurality of sponsor display panels, a retractably screen assembly, and a retractably underground projector in order to audible and visually convey content regarding the soccer game and advertisements to the audience. The system also includes a first corner camera, a second corner camera, and a multitude of rangefinder laser-detector video cameras to track, record, and present gameplay live.
US10926140B2
A device includes a signaling means and a motion sensor, and logic for activating or controlling the signaling means in response to a sensed motion according to an embedded logic. The device may be used as a toy, and may be shaped like a play ball or as a handheld unit. It may be powered from a battery, either chargeable from an AC power source directly or contactless by using induction or by converting electrical energy from harvested kinetic energy. The embedded logic may activate or control the signaling means, predictably or randomly, in response to sensed acceleration magnitude or direction, such as sensing the crossing of a preset threshold or sensing the peak value. The visual means may be a numeric display for displaying a value associated with the count of the number of times the threshold has been exceeded or the peak magnitude of the acceleration sensed.
US10926128B2
Provided is an exercise guide system. The exercise guide system guides a user in an exercise on a treadmill, of which the speed is controllable according to the user's free will. The exercise guide system includes an input unit configured to receive at least one target exercise speed, a detection unit configured to detect an actual exercise speed of the user on the treadmill. The exercise guide system further includes an exercise guide unit configured to provide information related to the actual exercise speed and the target exercise speed so that the user personally adjusts an exercise speed on the treadmill.
US10926115B2
A system and method for restraining movement using a first adapter and a second adapter. The first adapter includes a first body, a first engagement component connected to the first body, and a first fastening component configured to fasten to a first attachment point of an aircraft. The second adapter includes a second body, a second engagement component connected to the second body, and a second fastening component configured to fasten to a second attachment point of the aircraft. The second attachment point is different from the first attachment point. The first and second engagement components are each configured to connect with a harness, and the first fastening component has a physical structure different from a physical structure of the second fastening component.
US10926113B2
A portable chemical oxygen generator for delivering oxygen to a patient is described. The generator includes a housing containing a reaction chamber. Within the reaction chamber is a quantity of a peroxide adduct. A valve is provided with a lower portion of the valve in fluid communication with the reaction chamber. An upper portion of the valve is in fluid communication with a reservoir that holds a quantity of an aqueous solution. An internal chamber is formed within the valve by releasable seals that separate the internal chamber from the upper portion of the valve and a lower portion of the valve. The internal chamber holds a quantity of a peroxide-decomposing catalyst. The generator also includes a valve actuator. Operation of the valve actuator releases the seals in the valve and creates a fluid path from the reservoir through the internal chamber into the reaction chamber. When the valve is actuated, the aqueous solution flows from the reservoir through the internal chamber and into the reaction chamber. This flow washes the catalyst into the reaction chamber along with the aqueous solution. The solution and catalyst mix with the peroxide adduct and cause an oxygen-generating reaction.
US10926108B2
The present disclosure provides a beam shaping assembly for neutron capture therapy, wherein the beam shaping assembly includes a neutron generating device, a moderator, a disturbing unit and a beam outlet. The neutron generating device is used to generate neutrons that form a neutron beam in a direction from the neutron generating device to the beam outlet, the moderator adjacent to the neutron generating device for adjusting fast neutrons in the neutron beam to epithermal neutrons. The disturbing unit is located between the moderator and the beam outlet for passing through the neutron beam and reducing the gamma ray content in the neutron beam passing through the beam outlet. The technical solution provided by the present disclosure can effectively reduce the gamma ray content in the neutron beam under the premise that the quality of the neutron beam is not significantly adversely affected.
US10926094B2
A biventricular (BiV) implantable cardiac stimulator contains a stimulation control unit, one or more stimulation units, an impedance measurement unit and an impedance evaluation unit. The stimulation control unit is operatively connected to one or more stimulation units to control delivery of stimulation pulses by the one or more stimulation units. The stimulation control unit is configured to assess ventricular contractility based on an impedance signal generated by the impedance evaluation unit and to switch between at least a univentricular left ventricular stimulation mode and a biventricular stimulation mode and to evaluate the ventricular contractility in relation to the respective ventricular stimulation mode.
US10926093B2
A device for loading a leadless pacemaker onto a catheter-based delivery system includes a distal portion and a proximal portion. The distal portion includes a retention feature configured to receive the leadless pacemaker. The proximal portion is proximal the distal portion and includes a funneling structure opening toward the retention feature. The distal and proximal portions of the device are configured such that, when a distal end of the catheter-based delivery system is brought towards the proximal portion of the loading device and the leadless pacemaker is retained by the retention feature, the funneling structure guides features of the distal end of the catheter-based delivery system through an opening in an attachment feature located at a proximal end of the leadless pacemaker.
US10926087B2
A method for positioning an intravascular catheter may include inserting the intravascular catheter into a venous system of a patient, wherein the catheter includes a plurality of electrodes, and multiple electrodes of the plurality of electrodes are configured to emit electrical signals; positioning a distal portion of the catheter in a first position; using one or more electrodes of the plurality of electrodes to acquire an ECG signal; based on the acquired ECG signal, adjusting the distal portion of the catheter to a second position different from the first position; identifying at least one first electrode of the plurality of electrodes to stimulate a first nerve; identifying at least one second electrode of the plurality of electrodes to stimulate a second nerve; and stimulating at least one of the first and second nerves to cause a contraction of a respiratory muscle.
US10926081B2
An elongate stimulation assembly of an implantable stimulation device, including an intra-cochlear portion including an array of electrodes, and an extra-cochlear portion extending from the intra-cochlear portion, wherein the extra-cochlear portion includes a plurality of electrical lead wires in electrical communication with the array of electrodes and a malleable component extending in an elongate manner such that the malleable component is located further away from a longitudinal axis of the extra-cochlear portion than at least one of the electrical leads of the plurality of electrical leads.
US10926080B2
A supportive clothing article for a wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD), including a belt, the belt including a first end with a first portion of a fastener and a second end with a second portion of the fastener, wherein the belt is structured to fasten around the torso of patient below the chest area of the patient, the belt including a first conductive mesh portion adjacent the first end of the belt or the second end of the belt, two straps, a back portion extending from the belt at an intermediary position on the belt to each of the two straps, the back portion including a conductive mesh, a first support receptacle attached to and extending from the belt and attachable to one of the two straps, and a second support receptacle attached to and extending from the belt and attachable to the other of the two straps.
US10926056B2
Described herein are a method, system and apparatus for mitigating motion sickness in a virtual reality (VR) environment. In an implementation, the system and apparatus can include a VR controller board, a processor and a VII headset. In an implementation, the processor and VR headset are an integrated device. In general, the method includes capturing measurements using the VR controller board. The measurements are indicative of user directional movements in a physical environment relative to the VR environment. In an implementation, the measurements relate to changes in the location of the center of mass of the user relative to the VR controller board. The processor uses the measurements to determine predetermined actions in the VR environment. The predetermined actions are then executed in the VR environment nearly simultaneous with the user directional movements in the physical environment.
US10926054B2
Various systems and devices for generating nitric oxide are disclosed herein. According to one embodiment, the device includes a body having an inlet, an outlet, and a porous solid matrix positioned with the body. The porous solid matrix is coated with an aqueous solution of an antioxidant, wherein the inlet is configured to receive a gas flow and fluidly communicate the gas flow to the outlet through the solid matrix to convert nitrogen dioxide in the gas flow into nitric oxide. The porous solid matrix allows the device to be used in any orientation. Additionally, the porous solid matrix provides a rigid structure suitable to withstand vibrations and abuse without compromising device functionality.
US10926035B2
The present disclosure relates to a cartridge holder of an injection device, the cartridge holder comprising a tubular shaped elongated sleeve extending in an axial direction to accommodate a cartridge filled with a medicament, wherein the sleeve (29) comprises: a proximal connecting end to connect with a distal connecting end of a body of the injection device, which body is configured to accommodate a drive mechanism of the injection device and which drive mechanism is operably engageable with a piston of the cartridge, a flange section extending radially outwardly from an outside surface of the sleeve and having a proximally facing abutment face to axially abut with a distal end face of the distal connecting end of the body, at least three protrusions located distally from the flange section, extending radially outwardly from the outside surface of the sleeve and being distributed around the circumference of the sleeve.
US10926028B2
A sealed fluid transfer device comprised of tubing, a proximal fitting, and a distal needle assembly is provided. The needle assembly includes a needle hub secured to a needle cannula. A cantilevered actuator arm extends outwardly from the needle hub having an actuator button at its free end. The needle assembly is disposed in a barrel and can move from a distal position, where the needle is exposed, to a proximal position, where the needle is shielded. The barrel includes a septum which seals the barrel. A spring is disposed in the barrel for propelling the needle assembly to the proximal position. The barrel includes an aperture that receives the actuator button for locking the spring in a compressed condition. Depression of the actuator button enables the spring to propel the needle assembly into its proximal position. A safety mechanism prevents inadvertent depression of the actuator button.
US10926027B2
An independent mounting module is receivable within a housing of an injector configured to dispense a substance from a cartridge insertable into the housing through an injection needle of the injector. The mounting module includes a first mount and a second mount. The first mount is configured to receive a driving assembly engageable with the cartridge to expel the substance therefrom. The first mount is selectively securable to the injector housing and has a cantilevered mounting arm extending therefrom. The second mount is configured to receive an actuator operatively connectable with the driving assembly. The second mount is attached to the cantilevered mounting arm and suspended therefrom, thereby being supported by the cantilevered mounting arm.
US10926026B2
A peristaltic pump (200) is proposed which comprises a first housing component (210) and a second loading component (230), said second loading component being at least partially contained within said first housing component and being axially movable with respect to said first housing component inside thereto. The second loading component further comprises at least a couple of rollers (235) which engage and squeeze a delivery tube (146) for delivering a fluid passing there through when, in operation, the second loading component is fully snapped into said first housing component. Moreover the second loading component comprises a guiding path (240) for guiding the delivery tube around said at least a couple of rollers towards an exit port (244) which is provided at a distal end surface of the second loading component. The present invention also relates to a patient set and to an injection system comprising said peristaltic pump, as well as to a method of operating said injection system.
US10926021B2
Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed, embodiments of which provide single pass dialysis to remove water and uremic toxins is performed simultaneously with the albumin dialysis therapy by passing the albumin solution through a dialysis filter which dialyses it before the solution is returned to the cycler. In embodiments, the single pass dialysis stage is upstream of the albumin filtering stage.
US10926020B2
Methods (300), devices, and systems of processing blood are described. The method (300) comprises the steps of: obtaining (312) blood from a patient coupled to a single blood processing device to form a closed loop between the patient and the blood processing device; collecting (314) bulk mononuclear blood cells from the blood by leukapheresis implemented using the blood processing device in the closed loop; and enriching (316) concurrently target cells separated from non-target cells in the bulk mononuclear blood cells using the blood processing device in the closed loop.
US10926014B2
The present invention relates to a cassette module for controlling fluid flows, in particular for use in blood treatment systems or in infusion systems, wherein the cassette module comprises at least one base body having means for the flow guidance of at least one fluid flow and at least two membranes which are at least sectionally directly or indirectly in contact with the base body, wherein at least one actuation element is arranged between the membranes by means of which the means for the flow guidance can be acted on.
US10926012B2
The present application relates to a blood pump, preferably for assisting a heart, wherein the blood pump comprises a housing with a distal inlet, a proximal inlet, and a mandrel arranged between the inlet and the outlet. A rotor with blading is arranged on the mandrel coaxially and rotatably. The rotor is mounted on the mandrel magnetically in an axial direction. In one embodiment the outlet is situated proximally to a proximal end of the blading of the rotor.
US10926010B2
A dressing for treating a tissue site may include a base layer, a sealing member, a first and a second wicking layer, and an absorbent layer. The base layer may have a periphery surrounding a central portion and a plurality of apertures disposed through the periphery and the central portion. The apertures in the periphery may be larger than the apertures in the central portion. The sealing member and the base layer may define an enclosure. The first and the second wicking layer may each be disposed in the enclosure with the absorbent layer positioned between the first and the second wicking layer. Other dressings, systems, and methods are disclosed.
US10926000B2
The present invention relates to a method for in situ biomimetic mineralization of polymeric hydrogels, where the incorporated CaP phase can be selectively tuned in chemical composition and morphology to mimic bone and dental mineral. The present invention also relates to a method to coat a substrate with apatite material, the resulting product and the use of the product.
US10925996B2
A biocompatible, covalently cross-linked, polymer that is obtained by reacting an electrophilically activated polyoxazoline (EL-POX) with a nucleophilic cross-linking agent is disclosed. The EL-POX comprises m electrophilic groups; and the nucleophilic cross-linking agent comprises n nucleophilic groups, wherein the m electrophilic groups are capable of reacting with the n nucleophilic groups to form covalent bonds; wherein m≥2, n≥2 and m+n≥5; wherein at least one of the m electrophilic groups is a pendant electrophilic group and/or wherein m≥3; and wherein the EL-POX comprises an excess amount of electrophilic groups relative to the amount of nucleophilic groups contained in the nucleophilic cross-linking agent. Biocompatible medical products and kits comprising the cross-linked POX-polymers are also disclosed.
US10925989B1
The invention provides a sanitization booth 10 has side walls 12 approximately twice as long as it's entrance and exit openings 14, 16 are wide to permit a person to step into the booth and pass therethrough while being sprayed or misted with a sanitization or disinfection liquid, from above 18, below 20, and the sides 22 by liquid sanitizer pumped through a reticulation pipe system 24 and through nozzles 26 along the extent thereof, thereby to sanitize the person, their clothing, as well as their footwear including the soles thereof. The booth 10 includes a hand sanitization point 28 at the entrance 14 to the booth 10 so that the person who has been sanitized by passing through the booth also sanitizes their hands which have been used to cover their eyes while in the booth. The invention also provides a sanitization system and a kit for assembly of a sanitization apparatus.
US10925985B2
Systems and methods for sterilization using nonthermal plasma (NTP) ionization are disclosed. An example method for inactivation of viable microorganisms includes: inactivating viable microorganisms in a predetermined volume by: installing a plurality of ceiling mounted direct current (DC) or alternating current (AC), bipolar or steady-state, ion emitter modules based on a geometry of the predetermined volume; and producing, using the plurality of ceiling mounted ion emitter modules, a DC or AC, bipolar or steady-state, nonthermal plasma (NTP), each of the ceiling mounted ion emitter modules comprising a high voltage power supply (HVPS).
US10925984B2
The invention relates to a device for treating soil with electromagnetic radiation, comprising:—a magnetron antenna (9) for generating microwave radiation with a relatively high frequency; a wave guide (16) connected to the output of the magnetron antenna (9); downward directed tubular members (18, 19) connected to the wave guide (16);—a manifold (17) arranged between the two tubular members (18, 19) and the wave guide (16);—a tuner unit (26) arranged on the wave guide (16); and—cooling means (22, 22′, 22″) for cooling the electromagnetic radiation reflected by the soil. The invention also relates to a cable (24) provided with a single high-voltage cable and one or more low-voltage cables and/or a number of optical cables which are arranged in a shared cable. The invention finally relates to a method for disinfecting soil, wherein a magnetron (9) placed on a vehicle is moved over the soil, wherein the radiation reflected by the soil is minimized by tuning the wave guide (16) connected to the magnetron (9), and wherein the minimized reflected radiation is absorbed by a water load which is connected to one or two water tanks (22′, 22″) which are placed on the vehicle and which hold the temperature of the water within predetermined limits.
US10925979B2
This invention relates to imageable polymers, particularly those comprising poly vinylalcohol and to methods for making them as well as to embolic microspheres comprising the polymers. The microspheres are imageable during embolization procedures and can be loaded with drugs or other therapeutic agents to provide an imageable drug delivery system.
US10925973B2
In an aspect, the invention relates to compositions, methods, and kits for inducing apoptosis. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
US10925970B2
Provided are methods for site selective conjugation of an oligonucleotide conjugate to a metal binding protein comprising a metal binding site and for site selective conjugation of a small molecule conjugation compound (SMCoC) to an antibody comprising a metal binding site, metal binding protein conjugates obtainable by said methods, and uses of said metal binding protein conjugates.
US10925969B2
Polypeptides and proteins that specifically bind to and immunologically recognize B-Cell Maturation Antigen (BCMA) are disclosed. Chimeric antigen receptors (CARs), anti-BCMA binding moieties, nucleic acids, recombinant expression vectors, host cells, populations of cells, pharmaceutical compositions, and conjugates relating to the polypeptides and proteins are also disclosed. Methods of detecting the presence of cancer and methods of treating or preventing cancer are also disclosed.
US10925966B2
The invention provides stable aqueous pharmaceutical formulations comprising a therapeutic antibody, trehalose, a buffer, and optional surfactant, and having a pH in the range of about 5.5 to about 7.0. The invention also provides methods for making such formulations and methods of using such formulations.
US10925965B2
The invention relates to the discovery that the addition of aromatic carboxylate ions inhibit protein instability caused by aromatic preservatives. Thus, the invention relates to compositions, preferably aqueous compositions, comprising a protein, an aromatic preservative and aromatic carboxylate ions. The proteins remain stable and suitable for storage at ambient temperatures or lower, even in aqueous form. Preferably, the aqueous composition comprises a protein, a phenolic preservative and benzoate ions, wherein the pH of the composition is at least 1 unit greater than the pKa of benzoic acid. The invention also provides methods of reducing protein degradation by aromatic preservatives in an aqueous formulation of a protein susceptible to such degradation, comprising the step of adding aromatic carboxylate ions to the formulation wherein the formulation is maintained at a pH that is at least 1 unit greater than the pKa of the corresponding aromatic carboxylic acid.
US10925942B2
The invention is directed to T cell epitopes wherein said epitopes comprises a peptide or polypeptide chain comprising at least a portion of an immunoglobulin constant or variable region. The invention also relates to methods of using and methods of making the epitopes of the invention.
US10925926B2
The disclosure relates to the recombinant Gla domain proteins and their use targeting phosphatidylserine (PtdS) moieties on the surface of cells, particularly those expressing elevated levels of PtdS, such as cells undergoing apoptosis.
US10925925B2
An inhibitor of Na+-taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide (NTCP) for use in a method of treatment of primary biliary cirrhosis, atherosclerosis, or an NRLP3 inflammasome-associated disease in a subject.
US10925921B2
The invention provides a fermented Pennisetum extract, which has an advantageous effect in treating and preventing a cancer without toxicity to normal cells. The invention also provides a process of preparing the fermented Pennisetum extract and the application of the fermented Pennisetum extract in the treatment or prevention of a cancer.
US10925920B2
The invention concerns a powder feed composition for use as nourishment for bees and for the prevention and treatment of acariosis, and, in particular, of infestation by Varroa destructor, as well as the relative treatment method, comprising: a) nutritional and tonic ingredients, mainly consisting of sugars, lower organic acids, powdered milk and/or algae containing vegetal proteins and yeasts; sugars and lower organic acids; b) natural antioxidants and antiseptics with high activity, contained in the extracts of Crocus sativus, Pelargonium graveolens, Monarda citriodora, Myristica fragrans, Origanum vulgare, Origanum majorana; and c) substances medicinal to bees, comprising at least one of thymol and extracts of Thymus vulgaris, and at least one of oxalic acid, extracts of Aloe vera or Aloe arborescens, geraniol and extracts of Beta vulgaris cv. altissima, and mixtures of two or more of the same.
US10925919B2
Provided is a material effective for improving the activity of nerves in the brain or for preventing or ameliorating brain dysfunction. An agent for activating astrocyte glucose metabolism, brain nerve cells activating agent, a brain hypofunction suppressing agent, a brain function improving agent, or an agent for preventing or ameliorating brain dysfunction comprising, as an active ingredient, one or more selected from the group consisting of hydrophobic solvent extracts of tien-cha, rooibos, grape and black tea.
US10925918B2
A composition for food and a fat absorption inhibitor, each including a seaweed polyphenol and a tea extract.
US10925908B2
The subject invention provides materials and methods that effectively support innate immunity and/or disperse pathogenic biofilms using readily available, nontoxic, natural substances, while supporting restoration of normal microbiotic homeostasis. In one embodiment, the subject invention provides anti-biofilm compositions comprising one or more probiotic organisms, anti-microbial honey, and other ingredients such as prebiotic compounds, other hive products, green tea derivatives, other plant derivatives, and vitamin D3.
US10925904B2
Methods and egg yolk powder containing compositions for improving skeletal muscle protein fractional synthetic rate (FSR) in mammals and inhibiting or reversing sarcopenia are provided.
US10925902B2
Genetically engineered hematopoietic cells such as hematopoietic stem cells having one or more genetically edited genes of lineage-specific cell-surface proteins and therapeutic uses thereof, either alone or in combination with immune therapy that targets the lineage-specific cell-surface proteins.
US10925891B2
The present invention relates to determining the carrier status of Annexin A5 M2 haplotype of parents (both male and female) prior to and/or after pregnancy to minimize the risk of pregnancy complications, including, but not limited to, recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL), infertility, miscarriage, in vitro fertilization (IVF) failure, IUI failure, implantation failure, foetal growth restriction (FGR), small for gestational age (SGA) newborn, intra-uterine foetal death (IUFD), gestational hypertension (GH), pre-eclampsia (PE) and/or venous thromboembolism (VTE). Once M2 carrier status is determined, methods of intervention, including administration of low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) and/or other anti-coagulants can be administered either prior to and/or after pregnancy. Methods of detecting the carrier status as well as method of diagnosing and or predicting prognosis based on the M2 carrier status of a patient and/or couple is also contemplated.
US10925885B2
The present invention is directed toward the use of thyromimetic compounds that are thyroid receptor ligands, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and to prodrugs of these compounds for preventing, treating, or ameliorating fatty liver diseases such as steatosis, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.
US10925883B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a plurality of substantially spherical microspheres comprising at least one API substantially dispersed in at least one polymer and a lyoprotectant on an outside surface of the plurality of substantially spherical microspheres, wherein the plurality of substantially spherical microspheres have a D99[num] particle diameter of less than about 10 m; a D90[num] circularity value of from about 0.8 to about 1.0; and comprise API in a weight of about 20 to about 40 wt. % of the polymer. Other embodiments relate to injectable compositions comprising such microspheres and methods of treating a number of conditions by administering such injectable compositions to a subject.
US10925882B2
The present disclosure relates to a vaginal system that prevents pregnancy comprised of segesterone acetate and ethinyl estradiol and is configured for thirteen 28-day product-use cycles.
US10925881B2
The present invention relates to treatment of a condition associated with hyperinsulinaemia using the compounds described herein.
US10925877B2
Compositions comprising derivatives of biopterin, useful for the treatment of traumatic brain injury, non-traumatic brain injury, elevated cranial pressure, and secondary brain injury.
US10925873B2
A medicament regimen for outpatient modified rapid detoxification for addiction to alcohol and drugs is disclosed. Patients are seen by trained medical professionals who are recovering addicts and alcoholics. The medicament protocol addresses all of the withdrawal symptoms while allowing the patient to safely sleep through the detoxification.
US10925860B2
The present invention is directed to methods of treating, preventing, and/or ameliorating fibrosis syndrome, and in particular cardiac fibrosis, by administration of a therapeutically effective amount of ifetroban, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US10925851B2
The invention provides methods and compositions for producing analgesia in an animal.
US10925819B2
Zinc oxide compositions and methods for applying anti-reflective coating on oxide particles for sunscreen applications are provided herein. A composition includes multiple zinc oxide particles suspended within a medium forming sunscreen composition, and two or more coating materials applied to each of the multiple zinc oxide particles in distinct layers via a gradation based on refractive index, wherein each of the coating materials has a refractive index that is between the refractive index of air and the refractive index of zinc oxide, and wherein the two or more coating materials comprise one or more fluoropolymers and aluminum oxide.
US10925814B2
Stable cream gel dermatological/cosmetic compositions useful, e.g., for the treatment of acne vulgaris, contain, formulated into a physiologically acceptable medium, a homogeneous dispersion of at least one dispersed retinoid, dispersed benzoyl peroxide, at least one lipophilic compound and at least one gelling agent.
US10925809B2
A carrying case has first and second clam shell members hingedly connected along one side thereof and defines a interior cavity when in a closed position. At least a portion of an oral device is disposed between the first and second clam shell members with a support member engaging and supporting the oral device such that an intraoral bolus simulator is suspended in the interior cavity free of any engagement with the carrying case. The intraoral bolus simulator may include lubricated patches transformable from a first state, wherein the lubricated patches each comprise water soluble thermoplastic particles suspended in a silicone matrix, to a second state, wherein the water soluble thermoplastic particles are depleted from the silicone matrix. A method of stimulating an oral cavity includes depleting the water soluble thermoplastic particles from the silicone matrix, and presenting a rough surface to the user with the depleted lubricated patches.
US10925808B2
Tube management structures for an automatic compounder system are provided. A tube management structure may be implemented as a backpack attached to a pump cartridge of the compounder system. Flexible tubing may extend from an output port of the pump cartridge into an internal recess of the backpack. A connector may be provided on an end of the tubing that extends out of the backpack through an opening in the backpack. An additional opening may be provided in the backpack in which the connector may be stored when the cartridge is not in use by the system. The compounder system may include a sensor configured to view the connector through an opening in the cartridge when the connector is disposed in the additional opening. The tubing may be pulled from within the backpack so that the connector can be connected to a receiving container.
US10925805B2
A system for heating a pool or spa. The system may include a circuit for interrupting the power supply to a heating element of the pool or spa. A thyristor may be used to vary the voltage supply to the heating element, such as by use of a variable resistor, capacitor, and a triac. The system may adjust the resistance on the variable resistor to control to voltage supply to the heating element, allowing a larger heating element to be used more efficiently.
US10925794B2
A stationary massage device, system and corresponding methods are used for self-administrated or assisted soft tissue strain release (including trigger point therapy, strain-and-counterstrain therapy and neuromuscular release). The massage device comprises a body, wherein the body may include branches, each having flat surfaces, edges, ridges or corners. The surfaces, edges and ridges may be pushed along the myofilament direction of the soft tissues to produce pressing, rubbing, stretching and pulling actions on the soft tissues as stripping massages. The system can be configured to form different geometric shapes, and made of different materials of different firmness. The system can be further configured to perform unheated, or heated massages; and cooling treatments. In addition to being used alone, the system can be mounted on a piece of wall, a standing frame, furniture or a garment.
US10925793B2
A system can include a base configured to support a lower half of a human body. The system can also include a headrest elevated relative to the base, wherein the headrest is disposed adjacent to a proximal end of the base, where the headrest is configured to support a head of the human body. The system can further include a back platform having a first end and a second end, where the first end is coupled to the base, where the second end is disposed adjacent to the headrest, and where the back platform has a curvature, where the back platform is configured to support a torso of the human body. The system can also include a vibrating mechanism in communication with the back platform, where vibrations generated by the vibrating mechanism translate to the back platform.
US10925790B2
The present disclosure relates to a patient support which can be used in a bed or flat surface and in particular to a system and method for support and offloading of the body and for turning and repositioning of a patient in a bed or on a flat surface. Features of the disclosure also relate to markings and other indicators used on the patient support which help guide caregivers in the proper use and correct patient positioning on the patient support.
US10925787B2
A lift chair frame is disclosed having an adjustable seat including a front support bar assembly including a left member and a right member connected to the left member, a rear support bar assembly opposite the front support bar assembly along a longitudinal direction, a left support bar connected to the front and rear support bar assemblies, and a right support bar opposite the left support bar along a lateral direction that is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and connected to the front and rear support bar assemblies. The lift chair frame also includes an adjustable back coupled to the adjustable seat, where each of the left and right members includes a plurality of alignment features positioned in predetermined locations that correspond to predetermined adjustable seat widths, such that during assembly one of the predetermined adjustable seat widths can be achieved by 1) aligning one of the alignment features of the left member with one of the alignment features of the right member, and 2) securing the left member to the right member.
US10925786B2
A device to provide assistance in transferring and standing includes a knee-fixing unit wrapped around and supporting either the knee area or at least the front and sides of the lower leg area from knee to ankle of a care-receiver; a pelvis support wrapped around at least the buttocks or a section from the pelvis to thighs of said care-receiver in a manner that prevents slippage from said pelvis support from slipping off; and left and right pulling bands. Each band having two connecting ends attached to the side of a thigh section and the side of a hip section of said pelvis support respectively so that said bands are positioned above and below the greater trochanter when said care-receiver is being pulled up during transfer/standing assistance and are positioned in front of and behind the greater trochanter when said care-receiver is seated.
US10925784B1
A lifting pad to be used with a wheelchair in order to provide additional comfort to a user is disclosed herein. The lifting pad comprises a cover with a seat portion and a backrest portion. The lifting pad also comprises a first slot formed in the seat portion and a second slot formed in the backrest portion in order to receive inserts such as foam inserts which are to provide comfort to a user. The lifting pad further comprises at least one foam insert arranged inside each of the first slot and the second slot found on the cover. The lifting pad is adapted to be placed on a seat to provide support and comfort to a user seated thereon.
US10925775B2
Absorbent articles herein may include components having graphics including unmasked and masked zones, wherein the masked zones are defined by alternating arranged printed and unprinted regions. The masked zones give the appearance that the graphics fade or gradually transition from areas of relatively high print intensities in the unmasked zones to areas of relatively low print intensities. In addition, the graphics may be printed with relatively constant print densities in both masked and unmasked zones, and thus, avoid many of the unintended negative effects and difficulties associated with printing graphics with faded zones of print intensities. As such, substrates and/or components to be incorporated into manufactured absorbent articles include graphics include masked zones that may be positioned and/or printed in such a manner so as to functionally reduce noticeable visible results of imprecise and/or inconsistent assembly operations performed in areas where the graphics are located.
US10925771B2
A device for irradiation of the eye of a living subject with light such as UV light includes a structure (20) adapted to overlie the outer surface of the eye, the structure having an axis (28, 128) extending in a downward direction (D) towards the eye when the structure overlies the eye. A light scattering element (70, 158, 141) within the structure includes a peripheral portion remote from the axis and a central portion adjacent the axis. A plurality of transmission optical fibers (42, 157) in optical communication with the peripheral portion of the light scattering element at a plurality of locations spaced around the axis.
US10925762B2
A handle assembly for a prosthesis delivery device is described. The handle assembly comprises a stationary main handle having a proximal end and a distal end and an outer surface extending there between. A first handle extends proximally from the main handle and is rotationally moveable relative to the main handle, the first handle having a proximal end and a distal end and defining a first handle interior. A second handle extends distally from the main handle and is rotationally moveable relative to the main handle, the second handle having a proximal end and a distal end and defining a second handle interior. The first handle comprises a threaded internal surface extending between the proximal and distal ends and the second handle comprises a threaded internal surface extending between the proximal and distal ends.
US10925761B2
A stent loading and deployment device includes an outer elongate tubular member having opposed proximal and distal ends and an inner elongate tubular member having opposed proximal and distal ends and slidably disposed within the outer tubular member. When the distal ends of the outer tubular member and the inner tubular member are axially aligned, a stent deployment region is defined there in between. The device further includes a stent loading member having opposed proximal and distal ends and slidably disposed between the outer tubular member and the inner tubular member. The distal end of the stent loading member is slidable to a distal position past the distal end of the outer tubular member for receiving a stent and is further slidable toward the proximal end of the outer tubular member to a location past the stent deployment region for disengagement of a stent from the stent loading member.
US10925760B2
A prosthetic implant includes a circumferentially adjustable sealing collar and a rotatable sealer gear. The sealing collar has a central longitudinal axis. The rotatable sealer gear is coupled to and disposed within the sealing collar and configured to adjust the circumference of the sealing collar. The sealer gear is radially offset relative to the central longitudinal axis of the sealing collar. Rotating the sealer gear in a first direction relative to the sealing collar circumferentially expands the sealing collar. Rotating the sealer gear in a second direction relative to the sealing collar circumferentially contracts the sealing collar.
US10925734B2
An exemplary valve repair device for repairing a native valve of a patient includes a coaption element, a collar, a pair of paddles, a cap, and a shaft. The coaption element has a first end portion and a second end portion. The collar is connected to the first end portion of the coaption element. The pair of paddles each include an inner paddle portion and an outer paddle portion that are movable between an open position, a closed position, and a bailout position. The cap is connected to the pair of paddles. The shaft extends through the collar and the coaption element and is connected to the cap. Movement of the cap by the shaft causes the inner paddle portions and the outer paddle portions of the pair of paddles to move between the open position, the closed position, and the bailout position. When the paddles are in the bailout position, a bailout angle between each inner paddle portion and the shaft is greater than or equal to 120 degrees.
US10925731B2
Methods and devices for transvascular prosthetic chordae tendinea implantation are disclosed. A catheter is advanced into the left atrium, through the mitral valve, and into the left ventricle. A ventricular anchor is deployed from the catheter and into a wall of the left ventricle, leaving a ventricular suture attached to the ventricular anchor and extending proximally through the catheter. A leaflet anchor is deployed to secure a mitral valve leaflet to a leaflet suture, with the leaflet suture extending proximally through the catheter. The leaflet suture is secured to the ventricular suture to limit a range of travel of the leaflet in the direction of the left atrium. Also disclosed is an assembled in situ mitral valve leaflet restraint, having a neo papillary muscle and a neo chordae tendinea.
US10925727B2
A medical device delivery system can include a dilator including a tip having a taper in a distal direction, a coupler, and a flap that radially protrudes from the tip. The flap can be configured to bend against a body lumen to cover at least a portion of the delivery system when the dilator is tracked through the body lumen. A medical device delivery system can include a dilator including a tip having a lumen and a coupler having a lumen. The coupler can be configured to securely connect to the tip such that the lumen of the tip is aligned with the lumen of the coupler to allow a guide wire to pass therethrough. Methods for loading a medical device into a delivery catheter are also disclosed.
US10925726B2
A replacement heart valve may comprise a tubular anchor member actuatable between an elongated delivery configuration and an expanded deployed configuration, a buckle member fixedly attached to the anchor member, a post member axially translatable relative to the buckle member, an actuator member including a suture member forming a loop unreleasably attached to a distal end thereof, the actuator member being releasably connected to a proximal end of the post member by the loop, a release pin extending axially along the actuator member and through the loop in a first position, wherein axial translation of the release pin to a second position proximal the first position disconnects the actuator member from the post member, and a valve leaflet attached to the post member.
US10925714B2
The techniques of this disclosure generally relate to a variable permeability layered prosthesis including an impermeable outer layer and a permeable inner layer. The impermeable outer layer is well suited to seal a dissection opening of a dissection. The permeable inner layer allows fluid to enter into a dead space between the impermeable outer layer and the permeable inner layer. The fluid in the dead space coagulates in the dead space providing a media for tissue growth into the prosthesis. The ability of tissue to integrate into the prosthesis provides biological fixation of the prosthesis in vessels and prevents endoleaks and migration of the prosthesis.
US10925706B2
A shunt for regulating blood pressure between a patient's left atrium and right atrium comprises an anchor comprising a neck region, first and second end regions, and a conduit affixed with the anchor that formed of a biocompatible material that is resistant to transmural and translation tissue ingrowth and that reduces a risk of paradoxical embolism.
US10925692B2
Provided herein are crosslinked polymers useful in orthodontic appliances and light polymerizable liquid compositions and formulations useful for making crosslinked polymers. Also provided are methods of making an orthodontic appliance comprising a cross-linked polymer formed by a direct fabrication technique.
US10925691B2
A method of cutting a dental aligner includes identifying a gingival line in a model representative of a user's dentition where the gingival line is an interface of a teeth portion and a gingival portion of the model, generating a plurality of points in the gingival portion of the model where each point of the plurality of points is generated at a threshold distance from the gingival line, generating a cut line that intersects at least some of the points of the plurality of points, and controlling a cutting system to cut the dental aligner along the cut line.
US10925690B2
The present disclosure provides computing device implemented methods, computing device readable medium, and molds for filling undercut areas of teeth relative to an axis of placement. Filling undercut areas of teeth relative to an axis of placement can include calculating an undercut area of a tooth relative to an axis of placement of part of a dental appliance over a number of teeth and a height of contour that is defined based on the axis of placement. Filling undercut areas of teeth relative to an axis of placement can also include filling in a part of the undercut area of the tooth with a virtual filler wherein the undercut is filled to within a threshold distance from the tooth that is defined relative to the axis of placement and the height of contour.
US10925688B2
The invention generally relates to an auxiliary guidewire for an intravascular procedure. The invention provides an auxiliary guidewire that slips over a primary guidewire and can provide a very fine extension beyond the end of the primary guidewire. The primary guidewire can be taken to its limit within the fine vasculature, and the auxiliary guidewire can then extend further into the fine vasculature. The primary guidewire can be taken to a bifurcation. The primary guidewire and the auxiliary guidewire can be sent down separate branches of the bifurcation. A physician can select which of the primary guidewire and the auxiliary guidewire are within the branch that needs to be treated by, for example, consulting an angiography display.
US10925687B2
A method for calibrating an optical axis of a camera mounted to a movable structure is disclosed. The method includes: for each of two or more standoff distances for the camera: capture, using the camera, image data of a target marker while the movable structure is undergoing rotation about a fixed axis, the target marker being a grid of squares each including unique detectable features; determine a respective center of rotation based on the captured image data; determine a first axis which goes through the centers of rotation; and determine a transform between the first axis and a second axis through the center of output image of the camera.
US10925680B2
The disclosed embodiments of the present technology relate to a foot controller with an adjustable treadle assembly including an adjustable treadle surface member slidably coupled to a fixed treadle plate and a latch assembly to adjust the adjustable treadle surface member to fixed positions relative to the treadle plate.
US10925678B2
Provided is an optical tracking tool for navigating a surgery, comprising a mounting base. The mounting base is provided with two to six supporting faces thereon. Two or four reflective balls are arranged on each of the supporting faces. A positioning surface is formed by the four reflective balls located on the same supporting face or the four reflective balls respectively located on two adjacent supporting faces. An included angle between surface normal vectors of two adjacent positioning surfaces is 90°-140°. As compared with a tracking tool having a single positioning surface formed by four reflective balls in the prior art, the optical tracking tool can considerably broaden an effective tracking range of a system, thereby improving system accuracy.
US10925668B2
A catheter has a multifunctional “virtual” tip electrode with a porous substrate and a multitude of surface microelectrodes. The surface microelectrodes are in close proximity to each other and in a variety of configurations so as to sense tissue for highly localized intracardiac signal detection, and high density local electrograms and mapping. The porous substrate allows for flow of conductive fluid for ablating tissue. The surface microelectrodes can be formed via a metallization process that allows for any shape or size and close proximity, and the fluid “weeping” from the porous substrate provides more uniform irrigation in the form of a thin layer of saline. The delivery of RF power to the catheter tip is based on the principle of “virtual electrode,” where the conductive saline flowing through the porous tip acts as the electrical connection between the tip electrode and the heart surface. The substrate and the surface electrodes are constructed of MRI compatible materials so that the physician can conduct lesion assessment in real time during an ablation procedure. The surface electrodes include noble metals, including, for example, platinum, gold and combinations thereof.
US10925664B2
Methods and systems for spinal radio frequency neurotomy. Systems include needles capable of applying RF energy to target volumes within a patient. Such target volumes may contain target medial branch nerves along vertebrae or rami proximate the sacrum. Such procedures may be used to ablate or cauterize a portion of the targeted nerve, thus blocking the ability of the nerve to transmit signals to the central nervous system. Disclosed needles may be operable to asymmetrically, relative to a central longitudinal axis of the needle, apply RF energy. Such asymmetry facilitates procedures where a tip of the needle is placed proximate to anatomical structures for location verification. Then RF energy may be applied in a selectable direction relative to the needle tip to ablate volumes that include the targeted medial branch nerves or rami, thus denervating facet joints or the sacroiliac joint, respectively, to relieve pain in a patient.
US10925663B2
An apparatus and related methods are described. The apparatus is described that includes a structural metal element including a metallic foam layer. The apparatus also includes a second metal element and a nonmetallic spacer. The nonmetallic spacer arranged between the structural metal element and the second metal element, the metallic foam layer joined to the nonmetallic spacer.
US10925659B2
An electrosurgical instrument is disclosed including a pencil-grip handle, a shaft coupled to the pencil-grip handle, and an end effector coupled to the shaft. The end effector includes a body, a source electrode, and one or more return electrodes. The source electrode and the one or more return electrodes are configured to provide a multi-phase bipolar electrosurgical signal to tissue. The one or more return electrodes each comprise a first return electrode and a second return electrode. The electrosurgical instrument further includes an electrosurgical generator coupled to the end effector. The electrosurgical generator is configured to produce the multi-phase bipolar electrosurgical signal including a first phase, a second phase, and a third phase. The electrosurgical generator is coupled to the source electrode, the first return electrode, and the second return electrode. The first phase, the second phase, and the third phase are combined to generate the multi-phase bipolar electrosurgical signal.
US10925658B2
A method for placing a first guide wire in a patient is disclosed. The method can include locating a model axis in a model and placing a second guide wire at the model axis, the model axis corresponding to an anatomical axis of an anatomical feature. The method can include coupling a guide plate to the second guide wire and the model. The method can include coupling an axis guide to the guide plate. The method can include decoupling the guide plate and the axis guide as an alignment unit from the second guide wire and coupling the guide plate and the axis guide as an alignment unit to the anatomical feature of the patient. The method can include using the alignment unit to place the first guide wire in the anatomical feature of the patient at the anatomical axis of the anatomical feature.
US10925651B2
A bone plate includes locking holes that reconfigured to threadedly mate with locking screws to fix the bone plate to an underlying bone. Some of the locking holes are standard-type locking holes. Alternatively or additionally, some of the locking holes are variable-angle locking holes. The bone plate defines a collection cavity in the locking holes that are configured to collect shavings that can be produced if the bone screw is cross threaded in the locking hole.
US10925642B2
The present disclosure provides a modular instrument system for accessing a site within a patient's body, such as for example, to inject or remove material. In one exemplary embodiment, an access device is coupled to an adapter and power drilled into a site within a patient. Once the access device is in position, the adapter may be further attached to other instruments, or to an injection or extraction system. The adapter may accommodate various other connectors to make the instrument system compatible with a variety of other surgical instruments and tools.
US10925637B2
Electrode leads for providing neuromuscular stimulation of the spinal muscles, and methods of implantation of electrode leads, are provided that reduce injury to target muscles, and avoid extended recuperation period, by enabling a clinician to visualize and confirm the implantation site of the electrode leads during an implantation procedure.
US10925628B2
Various devices related to a therapeutic ultrasound device for use during a medical procedure to cauterize tissue are disclosed. The device includes an apparatus for tissue engagement. The apparatus includes a first jaw and a second jaw that each includes a body portion and an ear located adjacent to the body portion. The body portion is configured to receive an acoustic stack and the ear includes a slot configured to receive a first pin. The first and second jaws include an opening located between the body portion and the ear. The opening is configured to receive a second pin such that the first jaw and the second jaw are configured to rotate about the second pin.
US10925620B2
A cannulated retrograde reamer that is adjustable to create tunnels of multiple different diameters. The cannulated retrograde reamer substantially reduces the risk of tunnel malposition and/or misalignment, and can be adjusted to create a range of tunnel diameters, thereby allowing inventory levels to be reduced for a surgical case.
US10925604B2
The invention provides devices, systems and methods for tissue approximation and repair at treatment sites. The devices, systems and methods of the invention will find use in a variety of therapeutic procedures, including endovascular, minimally-invasive, and open surgical procedures, and can be used in various anatomical regions, including the abdomen, thorax, cardiovascular system, heart, intestinal tract, stomach, urinary tract, bladder, lung, and other organs, vessels, and tissues. The invention is particularly useful in those procedures requiring minimally-invasive or endovascular access to remote tissue locations, where the instruments utilized must negotiate long, narrow, and tortuous pathways to the treatment site. In addition, many of the devices and systems of the invention are adapted to be reversible and removable from the patient at any point without interference with or trauma to internal tissues.
US10925599B2
A surgical instrument comprising a handle and a shaft attachment assembly attachable to and detachable from the handle is disclosed. The handle comprises a first handle drive system and a second handle drive system. The shaft attachment assembly comprises an end effector, a shaft extending from the end effector, a first shaft assembly drive system, a second shaft assembly drive system, and a coupling portion configured to be attached to the handle. The coupling portion comprises a coupling mechanism configured to operably couple the first handle drive system to the first shaft assembly drive system so that the first handle drive system can be operated to actuate a first surgical function of the end effector and operably couple the second handle drive system to the second shaft assembly drive system so that the second handle drive system can be operated to actuate a second surgical function of the end effector.
US10925586B2
An endoscope control system comprises one or more sensors located in a headrest and configured to detect an input at the headrest. The one or more sensors include at least one of an array of pressure sensors positioned adjacent to a forehead rest surface, a joystick controller mounted in the headrest, or a slip plate mounted to the headrest. The endoscope control system further comprises an endoscope control module configured to receive one or more sensor signals from the sensors indicating movement of the headrest or pressure applied to the headrest and providing an indication of intended movement of an image provided by an endoscope. The endoscope control system further comprises an endoscope manipulation module configured to receive the indication of intended movement from the endoscope control module and generate one or more actuation signals to activate one or more actuators configured to cause the intended movement of the image.
US10925583B1
An apparatus for the detection of compartment syndrome (CS) provides an ultrasound transducer which is operative to excite the ultrasound transducer with a transmit waveform having a center frequency. The ultrasound beam traverses through the compartments of interest, and reflections of signal through Rayleigh scattering are received, amplified, and mixed with a transmit clock to form a baseband quadrature signal, or alternatively, are sampled as RF. Reflections from the compartment volume front and rear fascia interfaces are examined for phase shift, after which an elasticity metric is generated indicating the likelihood of CS in the effected tissues.
US10925582B2
A method and a device for selecting a detection area and an elasticity detection system. The method comprises: dividing organ tissue information to be recognized into a plurality of detection sub-areas, and calculating a feature value of the organ tissue information in the detection sub-area; determining an organ tissue boundary area according to the organ tissue information to be recognized; and determining an organ tissue boundary area according to the organ tissue boundary area and a preset feature value condition. The method can determine the organ tissue boundary according to the organ tissue information, and automatically adjust the detection area according to the organ tissue boundary.
US10925581B2
Intravascular systems, devices, and methods having a captively-held filling are provided. An intravascular imaging device can include a flexible elongate member including a lumen having a proximal portion and a distal portion; a drive cable disposed within the lumen such that an ultrasound transducer coupled to the drive cable is positioned within the distal portion of the lumen; and a filling captively held within at least the distal portion of the lumen and surrounding the ultrasound transducer, the filling facilitating transmission and receipt of ultrasound signals. A method of manufacturing an intravascular imaging device can include acquiring a flexible elongate member including a lumen; inserting a drive cable into the lumen, a rotational ultrasound transducer being coupled to the drive cable; inserting a filling that facilitates transmission and receipt of ultrasonic signals into the lumen such that the filling surrounds rotational ultrasound transducer; and sealing the filling within the lumen.
US10925577B2
A Multiple Aperture Ultrasound Imaging (MAUI) probe or transducer is uniquely capable of simultaneous imaging of a region of interest from separate physical apertures of ultrasound arrays. The probe can include separate backing plates configured to secure the ultrasound arrays in predetermined positions and orientations relative to one another. Some embodiments of the probe include flex circuit connected to the ultrasound arrays. In additional embodiments, a flex/PC board comprising flex connectors and an array of terminals is connected to the ultrasound arrays. Algorithms can solve for variations in tissue speed of sound, thus allowing the probe apparatus to be used virtually anywhere in or on the body.
US10925574B2
A wireless stethoscope is described, having wireless sensors that are enclosed in disposable pads so that the same pads are not used on more than one patient, preventing cross-infection of patients associated with conventional stethoscopes. The present wireless stethoscope also detects pulmonary sounds and cardiac sounds, allowing the user to monitor one or the other without interference. Also described is a method for diagnosing a pulmonary condition using the wireless stethoscope.
US10925569B2
During the generation of a panoramic x-ray recording, the use of semi-transparent x-ray screens allows the patient's x-ray exposure to be reduced when partial x-ray images are created, in spite of relatively large overlapping areas between the partial x-ray images.
US10925567B2
A system and method for adaptive imaging include a shape sensing system (115, 117) coupled to an interventional device (102) to measure spatial characteristics of the interventional device in a subject. An image module (130) is configured to receive the spatial characteristics and generate one or more control signals in accordance with the spatial characteristics. An imaging device (110) is configured to image the subject in accordance with the control signals.
US10925566B2
An X-ray imaging apparatus includes an X-ray generator configured to generate X-rays and radiate the X-rays to an object; an X-ray detector configured to detect the X-rays that have passed through the object and convert the X-rays into a signal; and a controller configured to generate a single energy X-ray image and multiple energy X-ray images including a first X-ray image generated using an X-ray having determined energy band that is extracted from the X-rays detected by the X-ray detector. The multiple energy X-ray images further include a second X-ray image in which a specific substance is separated, which is image is generated using the image signals corresponding to the energy bands from the detected X-rays, respectively, and the controller is further configured to control a display to display the single energy X-ray image and the first X-ray image and the second X-ray image on a screen of the display.
US10925565B2
A method comprises: inputting contrast enhancement data for at least one organ of a patient, at least one patient attribute of the patient, and a test bolus data or bolus tracking data to a regressor; receiving a contrast agent administration protocol from the regressor, based on the contrast enhancement data, the at least one patient attribute and the test bolus or bolus tracking data; and injecting a contrast agent into the patient according to the received contrast agent administration protocol.
US10925560B2
An imaging device including a gantry defining an analysis zone and a circular trajectory of extension extending around a central axis. The gantry includes an acquisition unit having at least a detector suitable to receive said radiation after said radiation has passed through the analysis zone, and a casing defining a housing volume for the detector and including a curved base module and a curved mobile module movable relative to the curved base module so as to vary the angular extension of the casing. A carriage is housed in the housing volume to which the image acquisition unit is attached. There is a base guideway integral with the curved base module defining a base sliding trajectory for the carriage in the curved base module, and a mobile guideway integral with and inside the curved mobile module and defining a mobile sliding trajectory for the carriage in the curved mobile module.
US10925552B2
A mobile CBCT imaging system is constructed on a mobile base. A scanning ring having an x-ray source and one or more curved detectors is connected to the mobile base. The scanning ring is configured to be spatially positioned as desired by an operator. The source is configured to revolve about an imaging axis and to emit radiographic energy toward the imaging axis, and the one or more detectors has an array of photosensors disposed along a curved surface facing the imaging axis.
US10925548B2
The present invention relates to a device (10, 10a, 10b), system (1, 2, 3) and method for detection of an asthma attack or asthma of a subject. For this purpose, the device comprises a light sensor input (11), e.g. a 2D camera, for obtaining light sensor data of the scene and a thermal sensor input (12), e.g. a thermal camera, for obtaining thermal sensor data of a scene including a subject while breathing. An analysis unit (13) obtains these data and derives respiratory effort information indicating respiratory efforts of the subject from the obtained light sensor data and/or the obtained thermal sensor data and derives airflow information indicating airflow during respiration of the subject from the obtained thermal sensor data. Further, the analysis unit (13) predicts or detects an asthma attack or asthma based on analysis of the respiratory effort information and the airflow information, said analysis evaluating deviations from predetermined or healthy correlations between respiratory efforts and airflow.
US10925544B2
According to certain described aspects, multiple acoustic sensing elements are employed in a variety of beneficial ways to provide improved physiological monitoring, among other advantages. In various embodiments, sensing elements can be advantageously employed in a single sensor package, in multiple sensor packages, and at a variety of other strategic locations in the monitoring environment. According to other aspects, to compensate for skin elasticity and attachment variability, an acoustic sensor support is provided that includes one or more pressure equalization pathways. The pathways can provide an air-flow channel from the cavity defined by the sensing elements and frame to the ambient air pressure.
US10925542B2
A multi-electrode mapping catheter for endocardial contact mapping of a heart chamber includes an expandable basket movable between a contracted configuration and a pre-shaped deployed configuration, the expandable basket including a plurality of flexible splines. Each spline includes a flex circuit and an electrode for mapping. A catheter shaft extending from the basket includes a lumen formed therethrough for receiving an ablation catheter for placement within the expandable basket. Each flex circuit includes a conductor that directly connects the proximal end of the catheter shaft to an electrode as a single continuous piece. In another embodiment, a shaft flex circuit extends along the length of the shaft and is electrically connected to a basket flex circuit. The expandable basket maintains the electrodes in direct contact with the wall of the heart while accommodating wall motion of the beating heart during mapping and can continually map while ablating.
US10925531B2
An infant peripheral lancing device having safety buckle turn lock and anti-backward push button, wherein the safety mechanism is a safety buckle rotationally connected on a housing, and the first occupation gesture of the safety buckle during movement is between a push button and the housing and locks the push button; the second occupation gesture is in unlocking position. The push button is set with a locking mechanism, which comprises a first locking part on the push button and a second locking part on the housing or the cam and when the push button is moved backward, the first locking part and the second locking part meet to form a locking state. This solution always connects the safety buckle and the housing to prevent an accidental disconnection or loss and the lancing device present invention locks the push button automatically after using to make it easy for the user to identify the state of the push button.
US10925523B2
Provided are microfluidic systems for monitoring a biofluid property and related methods. Specially configured microfluidic networks and associated structural support and functional elements, including flexible substrates, capping layers, and fluidic conduits and controllers, provide reliable biofluid collection. Optical components and indicators provide a reliable and readily observable readout, including of any of a number of biofluid properties, including directly from biofluid collected in the microfluidic network.
US10925519B2
Various limb manipulation and evaluation devices are provided. The devices generally include three drives, namely a first drive configured to manipulate a first bone relative to a second bone in a first direction, a second drive configured to manipulate the first bone relative to the second bone in a second direction, a third drive configured to manipulate the first bone relative to the second bone in a second direction. The three directions are different relative to each other and in some embodiments represent three distinct axes. The devices are further configured such that at least one of the drives is mutually decoupled relative to at least one other drive, such that operation of the one drive does not affect the position or movement of the another drive. One or multiple of the drives may be decoupled. A corresponding method of operating such decoupled drives is also provided.
US10925517B2
The disclosure is directed towards posture-responsive therapy. To avoid interruptions in effective therapy, an implantable medical device may include a posture state module that detects the posture state of the patient and automatically adjusts therapy parameter values according to the detected posture state. A system may include a memory that stores posture state definitions, a posture state module that records a plurality of postures of a patient over a period of time, and a processor that identifies a set of the plurality of postures that fall within a posture state, and redefines a boundary of the posture state based on where the postures fall within the posture state.
US10925516B2
A method and apparatus is proposed to estimate the aortic pulse transit time (PTT) from only time intervals measured between fiducial points of the longitudinal ballistocardiogram (BCG) without the need to apply any sensor to the area where the arrival of the arterial pulse waveform is to be detected. From the longitudinal BCG of a subject, which can be obtained by means of sensors integrated in a single element with which the subject's body comes into contact, two fiducial points of the BCG waveform are detected in which one of the points is associated with the arrival of the arterial pulse wave to a zone proximal to the heart and the other is associated with the arrival of said arterial pulse wave to a distal zone, respectively. From the time interval between the two points, an estimate of the aortic (carotid-femoral) PTT is provided either directly or through a process of previous calibration.
US10925515B2
An apparatus for collecting volatile organic compounds from a gas sample such as alveolar breath or room air comprises an exhaust portion having at least a flow measuring device, and a discriminating device for distinguishing between alveolar and non-alveolar breath. The apparatus further comprises a collection portion distinct from and parallel with the exhaust portion having at least a collection component for receiving and concentrating gas samples within a collection chamber and a sampling component having a plurality of sampling devices for receiving the concentrated gas sample from the collection chamber and isolating VOCs contained in the gas sample. The collection chamber is compressible via a drive mechanism for precisely actuating the chamber to draw a gas sample into the collection chamber and circulating the sample to the sampling devices. Use of a drive mechanism enables the exhaust portion to be distinct from the collection portion, thereby mitigating cross-contamination therebetween.
US10925512B2
The embodiments described herein relate to devices, systems and methods for in-vivo diagnosis of disease-state tissue within a body.
US10925511B2
A system for determining cardiac targets is provided. The system may include at least one processing device configured to carry out instructions to receive cardiac imaging data, segment the cardiac imaging data to identify at least two types of cardiac tissue, generate a cardiac model based on the identified tissue, simulate cardiac activity based on the generated cardiac model, and identify at least one cardiac target based on the simulation. A cardiac therapy system may be utilized to provide feedback to a user in order to guide a cardiac treatment device to a cardiac target.
US10925501B2
A system for augmenting uterine forces includes a medical apparatus having a balloon body that transitions between a compacted state and an expanded state, a catheter that receives the medical apparatus and obtains electrical signals indicative of intrinsic uterine contractions, and a controller coupled to the catheter to receive the electrical signals, and to a source of an agent. The controller processes the electrical signals to detect an onset of an intrinsic uterine contraction, an increase in uterine contraction forces, or a decrease in uterine contraction forces. In response to a detection of an onset of an intrinsic uterine contraction or an increase in uterine contraction forces, the controller causes an agent to be delivered from the agent source to the balloon body to expand the balloon body. In response to a detection of a decrease in uterine contraction forces, the controller causes agent to discharge from the balloon body to collapse the balloon body.
US10925500B2
The present invention relates to novel lip/cheek probes for detection of pulse-based differences in light absorbence across the vascularized tissue of a lip or cheek of a patient. These probes are fabricated to provide signals to estimate arterial oxygen saturation, and/or to obtain other photoplethysmographic data. The present invention also relates to a combined probe/cannula. The present invention also relates to other devices that combine a pulse oximeter probe with a device supplying oxygen or other oxygen-containing gas to a person in need thereof, and to sampling means for exhaled carbon dioxide in combination with the novel lip/cheek probes. In certain embodiments, an additional limitation of a control means to adjust the flow rate of such gas is provided, where such control is directed by the blood oxygen saturation data obtained from the pulse oximeter probe.
US10925484B2
Interpupillary calibration system and method for stereoscopic visualization. The system includes a first display, second display, and calibration processor. The first display is disposed in proximity to a left aperture of an eyeframe to present a first image area through the left aperture, the first image area associated with an image and having a first display axis. The second display is disposed in proximity to a right aperture of the eyeframe to present a second image area through the right aperture, the second image area associated with the image and having a second display axis. The calibration processor is configured to adjust a display distance between the first image area and second image area based on an interpupillary distance of a user, wherein the first image area and second image area are visible through the first aperture and second aperture enabling formation of a stereoscopic view of the image.
US10925475B2
Provided is a system for advancing an article along a path. The system may include a head member, a dispatching member, and an eversion sleeve. Also provided is a method for assembling a system for advancing an article along a path.
US10925470B2
An endoscope system sets a hardness variation of a thick flexible tube portion and a hardness variation of a thin flexible tube portion such that their respective ratios against base hardness are constant, and as each flexible tube portion becomes thicker, the hardness variation increases and an endoscope with a relatively thin flexible tube portion has a smaller hardness variation. This makes it possible to avoid situations like an endoscope with a thick flexible tube portion lacking hardness or an endoscope with a thin flexible tube portion becoming too hard, and makes it possible to perform optimum insertion operation in accordance with the thickness of a flexible tube.
US10925467B2
Some implementations of the disclosure are directed to a portable endoscope system. The portable endoscope system may comprise: an endoscope, comprising: a distal end; a proximal end; an endoscope housing integrated into a proximal part of the proximal end; an illumination device housed by the housing; and an endoscope connector to removably couple the endoscope to a first end of a cable connector; and a portable control box separate from the endoscope and to removably couple to the endoscope via the cable connector, the portable control box comprising: a portable control box connector to removably couple the portable control box to a second end of the cable connector; a power source to power the endoscope; a control board to control the endoscope; and a control box housing to house the power source and the control board.
US10925466B2
A sleeve assembly is described for coupling a colonoscope insertion tube to an add-on tube. In some embodiments, the sleeve assembly defines an elongated lumen and comprises an inner sleeve sized to receive an insertion tube of a colonoscope, an outer sleeve encircling the inner sleeve, and one or more add-on tubes positioned between the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve. In some embodiments, at least the inner sleeve is collapsible to fit tightly over a colonoscope insertion tube received within the inner sleeve. In some embodiments, the inner sleeve is coupled to the outer sleeve at one or more locations along the length of the inner sleeve so that collapsing of the inner sleeve brings the outer sleeve radially closer to the inner sleeve, approximating the one or more add-on tubes to a colonoscope insertion tube received within the inner sleeve.
US10925465B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for medical imaging. The system may comprise an optical adapter. The optical adapter may comprise a housing that comprises (1) a first end configured to releasably couple to a scope and (2) a second end configured to releasably couple to a camera. The optical adapter may comprise an image sensor coupled to the housing. The optical adapter may comprise an optics assembly disposed in the housing. The optics assembly may be configured to (1) receive light signals that are reflected from a target site within a subject's body and transmitted through the scope, and (2) reflect a first portion of the light signals onto the image sensor while permitting a second portion of the light signals to pass through to the camera.
US10925460B2
The present disclosure relates to a dishmachine that includes at least two tanks and methods of using the tanks to isolate, substantially isolate, or incrementally isolate different chemistries from each other during a cycle. The disclosed dishmachine design and method allows for the use of two different, and potentially incompatible, reactive, or offsetting chemistries to be used in the same dishmachine cycle.
US10925459B2
The present invention relates to a washing ball case for a dishwasher. The washing ball contains a case body with an upper plate portion and a lower plate portion and has through holes formed in an outer side portion thereof so as to completely drain the washing water at the time of washing dishes.
US10925450B2
The present invention relates to methods for the production of an improved integral connection of a retaining plate to the wall of a vacuum cleaner filter bag. According to a first variant, the retaining plate is not applied directly on the wall of the vacuum cleaner filter bag but rather a textile material is disposed between retaining plate and the wall. The connection of the retaining plate and the wall of the vacuum cleaner filter bag is thereby effected via the textile material. According to a second variant, in regions between retaining plate and wall of the vacuum cleaner filter bag, a film made of a thermoplastic material is disposed between wall of the vacuum cleaner filter bag and retaining plate. The connection of the retaining plate and the wall of the vacuum cleaner filter bag is thereby effected via the film. According to a third variant, the retaining plate is connected directly to the wall of the vacuum cleaner filter bag. The wall is thereby formed, at least in the region in which the retaining plate is applied, as film made of special thermoplastic materials. The present invention relates likewise to vacuum cleaner filter bags in which the retaining plate is connected integrally to the wall of the vacuum cleaner filter bag according to the preceding principles.
US10925448B2
A surface cleaning head with a leading roller may be used to facilitate capturing of debris in the air flow into a suction conduit on the underside of the surface cleaning head. The leading roller is generally positioned adjacent to and in advance of the opening of the suction conduit. The surface cleaning head may have dual agitators—a leading roller and a rotating brush roll—with the leading roller being located in front of the brush roll. The leading roller may have a smaller diameter than the brush roll and may provide a softer cleaning element. The leading roller may also have a bottom portion exposed to the flow path to the suction conduit and at least a top half that is not exposed to that flow path. The leading roller may also float relative to the surface cleaning head and/or may be adjustable relative to the brush roll.
US10925446B2
A handle assembly and a method of installing the handle assembly are provided. The handle assembly has first and second mounts, and a handle with a handle portion extending between and connecting first and second end regions. The first and second end regions are received for translation along the longitudinal axis within the first and second mounts. First and second locking elements are connected to the first mount, and the handle, respectively. The handle has a first longitudinal position with the first and second locking elements engaged to retain the handle in one of a plurality of angular positions. The handle has a second longitudinal position with the first and second locking elements spaced apart from one another such that the handle and the second locking element are rotatable to change an angular position of the handle relative to the first and second mounts.
US10925441B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for a universal sink stopper and strainer. Various embodiments can include a handle, a plate, and a gasket. The gasket can include a first plurality of holes. The plate can include a protrusion and a second plurality of holes. The protrusion is shaped to extend through a portion of the gasket. The handle is configured to rotate to adjust an alignment of the first plurality of holes of the gasket with respect to the second plurality of holes of the plate.
US10925434B2
In a method and an associated brewing apparatus for preparing a hot beverage, in particular a coffee beverage, a quantity of a flavoring source, in particular coffee powder, is introduced into a brewing chamber and then, in a brewing operation, a predeterminable overall quantity of brewing water is passed through the brewing chamber under pressure, in order to enhance the taste quality of the freshly brewed coffee beverages or at least to increase the consistency of the taste. During the brewing operation, a value for the volume flow of the brewing water upstream or downstream of the brewing chamber, and/or for the quantity of the brewing water which has already been passed through, or is still to be passed through, is determined continuously, or at least a number of times, and a controllable backpressure valve downstream of the brewing chamber is activated in accordance with the value determined. The backpressure valve is a motor-operated needle valve which the controller opens wider or closes by activating a corresponding drive motor.
US10925433B2
A beverage preparation machine configured to dispense a beverage through an outlet nozzle assembly, the machine comprising: an outlet nozzle assembly having provided therethrough a first outlet and a second outlet; and one or more conduits arranged to deliver selectably fluid to the first outlet or the second outlet.
US10925430B2
A system for beverage cartridge preparation allows users to self-select, fill, and seal single use cartridges with improved convenience and for long term storage. The system includes a cartridge handling system and a cartridge filling system operative relative to a cartridge to be filled. The cartridge handling system includes mobility relative to operative members of the cartridge filling system and one or more single use beverage cartridges. Adaptive cartridge shapes and components are provided to fit a particular preparation system. Adaptive and alternative mechanisms for the systems and aspects herein allow convenient manual filling, packing, and sealing of a plurality of single cartridges.
US10925428B2
An electrical device includes a battery-mount part (40) configured such that a battery used as a power supply of a power tool is mountable thereon, and a heat-generating element (54) for boiling water using electric power from the battery (B1, B2) mounted on the battery-mount part. The electrical device further includes a drip case (21) for holding a pod, in which a predetermined amount of tea leaves or coffee grounds is encased in a permeable bag-shaped element. A hot water supply (50y) supplies the water boiled by the heat-generating element (54) automatically to the drip case (21). An extraction part (21p) in the drip case (21) allows a beverage produced by the hot water that has been poured onto (injected into) the pod to downwardly flow.
US10925416B2
A capsule is proposed for storage of a collector coin of various shapes and sizes, which ensures its preservation and identification. The capsule includes a body joined with a cover, upper and lower inserts having holders shaped as prisms and protruding therefrom, with slots made therein for inserting and fixing the coin. The capsule allows a complete view of the coin, including its rim, and inability to remove it after encapsulation without damaging the capsule. The body preferably combines two opposite cylinder segments coupled with two opposite open four-folded walls. Each wall forms a gap with two end ribs, attached to the segments from above and below respectively. The inserts incorporate minimum three holders in total. The inserts include cavities created between the holders for containing the coin. A method for placing the coin includes inserting it in the slot, and joining the body and cover preferably using ultrasonic welding.
US10925409B1
A product upon which a person may lie down that includes a mattress whose underside has a peripheral flange that bounds a recessed cavity into which is placed an adjustable mechanism that can be actuated to raise or lower the head and foot portions of the mattress. The adjustable mechanism in its flattened state is hidden from view from the sides of the mattress by the peripheral flange.
US10925406B2
A technician's work chair includes a frame, first, second and third air cushion devices, a seat assembly and an electronic task guiding system. The seal assembly has a cushion portion and a seatback portion. The cushion portion is supported to the seat supporting portion of the frame. The seatback portion has an inclination adjusting mechanism operable to change an angle of inclination of the seatback portion relative to the frame. The electronic task guiding system is supported to the frame, the electronic task guiding system being configured to provide the technician with task related signals.
US10925401B1
A chair for individuals with mobility challenges and a method of using such a chair. The chair may be adjusted relative to a horizontal work surface disposed a distance above a floor by placing a base of the chair on the floor a first distance away from an edge of the work surface; rotating a seat of the chair relative to the base from a neutral position to a first angled position. The individual sits in the seat when in the first angled position and the seat is then rotated relative to the base and back to the neutral position. An actuator is then engaged to enable the seat to slide linearly relative to the base and toward the work surface. The seat is able to be rotated and moved linearly relative to the work surface adjusting the position of the base on the floor.
US10925396B2
A storage cabinet is disclosed. The storage cabinet includes a housing, a movement system and a computing device. The housing includes a plurality of walls and a door. The walls and door define an internal storage cavity. The movement system is operatively connected to the door and configured to control vertical movement of the door. The movement system is configured to move the door between, at least, a fully closed and fully open position based on inputs provided by a user. The computing device is operatively connected to the movement system. The computing device includes a processor and memory. The memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive an input from a user, and generate control signal(s) for the movement system based on the input from the user. The control signals cause the movement system to move the door into a different position.
US10925395B2
A wardrobe capable of being moved into and out of a hotel room, and into and out of a storage room, is disclosed. The wardrobe comprises a top, a bottom, two side walls, a back, and four wheels along the bottom, where the wardrobe would otherwise touch the floor. The wheels can optionally be lockable wheels. The wardrobe also includes a means for attachment to one or more walls in a room in which the wardrobe will be used. Suitable means for attachment include holes through which pins can be inserted, pins which fit into holes in a wall, Velcro or other hook and loop attachments, straps, ropes, magnets, clips, cotter pins, and the like. The wardrobe can optionally include one or more additional elements, including one or more doors, one or more drawers, shelves, closet rods, tie/belt racks, mirrors, cubby holes, a cover for the wheels, a safe, and crown, chair, and/or base molding.
US10925391B1
A storage system that allows a user to store items higher above a shelf than can otherwise be easily reached. A container is pivotally attached to two arms of a U-shaped support rod. The cross bar portion of the U-shaped support rod is pivotally attached to the frontal portion of the shelf. With this arrangement, the user can swing the container in a arc from a lower position convenient to the user, to an upper position overlying the shelf. The cross bar can be attached to either a wire-type shelf or a wood shelf using brackets that need no threaded fasteners.
US10925383B2
A clipping cosmetic tube holder includes a clip element that includes a clip spine, and a clip toe that protrudes from an end of the clip spine. The clipping cosmetic tube holder further includes a clip connector element that includes a back portion, a pair of arced ribs, and a bridge that connects the back portion to the clip element. A longitudinal axis of the back portion is offset the clip spine, forming a slot between the clip spine and the back portion that is configured to secure a portion of a garment within the slot and along the clip spine. The pair of arced ribs are connected to the back portion and are bilaterally symmetrical about the longitudinal axis of the back portion, configured to secure a cosmetic tube to the back portion by wrapping around a longitudinal section of a cylindrical surface of the cosmetic tube.
US10925382B1
A sleeping apparatus includes a pad section configured to allow a user to lay on the pad section. The pad section includes padding of a predetermined thickness. The sleeping apparatus includes a blanket section coupled lengthwise to one side of the pad section, and configured to fold onto, and substantially cover at least a portion of the user and the pad section. A pocket is permanently coupled to the pad section. The pocket includes an opening. Other portions of the sleeping apparatus are configured to fold into the pocket and be held in the pocket by friction when the opening of the pocket is in a downward position.
US10925368B2
A device for treating hair, including two arms configured to move relative to one another between a moved-together configuration for treating the hair and a spaced-apart configuration for inserting hair to be treated between the arms. At least one of the arms includes a seal.
US10925367B2
A hair styling device comprising: a styling substrate; and a coating disposed onto the styling substrate, the coating including: one or more ceramic minerals, and one or more graphene materials in a sufficient amount so that the coating has a thermal conductivity of about 7 Watts/(meter·Kelvin).
US10925360B1
A support structure including an umbrella having an extension pole, and a base capable of being positioned on a bottom surface of a pool wherein the base has a through-hole. An umbrella base connector is seated within the through-hole. An articulating mechanism is adjustably coupled to the at least one extension pole of the umbrella and to the umbrella base connector, a first connector has a top end attached to the extension pole of the umbrella, and further has a first adjustable portion opposed from the top end. A second connector has a bottom end attached to the umbrella base connector, and further has a second adjustable portion opposed from the bottom end. The first adjustable portion is rotatably affixed to the second adjustable portion such that the umbrella and the extension pole of the umbrella are articulated relative to a stationary position of the base.
US10925359B1
A walking stick and a method of its use are described. A broad, flat, rigid base with a non-slip material adhered and/or affixed to the broad, flat, rigid base that extends out from a pivoting point. This pivoting point rotates 180 degrees around each of the three geometric axes, X, Y and Z. The broad, flat, rigid base can thus adjust to any angle in any direction, allowing it to conform upon contact and to lay flat against a sloped surface such as a pitched roof. A handle/support extends up from the pivoting point. A walker holds, controls and moves the roofing walking stick using the handle/support. With each movement, the broad, flat, rigid base with non-slip material adhered and/or affixed to the broad, flat, rigid base conforms upon contact and lays flat against the sloped surface giving the walker who is controlling the handle/support stability and traction while negotiating even a steep sloped surface such as the pitched roof of a structure.
US10925357B2
The ornamental ring for fingers comprises: one crown element to be fitted around a finger of a user and having an inner hollow space; and adjusting means of the inner diameter of the crown element comprising at least two adjusting elements movable between an enclosed configuration wherein the inner diameter is minimum and an enlarged configuration wherein the inner diameter is maximum; in which the adjusting means comprise an elastic element of annular shape inserted into the inner space and interposed between the crown element and the adjusting elements.
US10925347B2
Described are soles for shoes, and shoes with such soles. The sole includes a first partial region and a second partial region, a cushioning element, and a protection element. The cushioning element is arranged within at least a portion of the first partial region and within at least a portion of the second partial region. The protection element is also arranged within at least a portion of the first partial region and within at least a portion of the second partial region. The cushioning element has a greater stiffness in the first partial region than in the second partial region. When a wearer treads down with the sole on a surface, the protection element has a larger contact area with the surface in the first partial region than in the second partial region.
US10925344B1
A sandal, also known as a slide, having a base and a foot cover. The base has a top surface upon which a human foot rests and a periphery defined by a peripheral heel end, and a peripheral toe end. Further, the base has a longitudinal extent measured from the heel end to the toe end. On the periphery of the base, there are first and second opposed peripheral sides, the first peripheral side having at least one pin and the second peripheral side having at least one pin. The foot cover, which is selectively detachable from the base, has at least one tapered opening for receipt of the at least one pin on the first peripheral side and at least one tapered opening for receipt of the at least one pin on the second peripheral side.
US10925340B2
Aspects herein are directed to a garment having a hood system comprising an outer hood and a yoke structure positioned adjacent and internal to the outer hood. The outer hood is affixed to a neckline opening of the garment along the sides of the neckline opening but is detached from the neckline opening in the back. The yoke structure is selectively attached to the outer hood in two or more disparate locations and is affixed to the neckline opening of the garment at the location at which the outer hood is detached from the neckline opening. The hood system is useable for distributing tension forces generated by pulling the front of the outer hood forward to, for example, cover a wearer's eyes when resting.
US10925338B2
A knit garment comprises a seamless, tubular torso section, a shoulder section knit continuously with the torso section along a front surface, and a single, continuous seam affixing the shoulder section to the torso section along a width of the upper back of the garment. Such a garment can be made by continuously knitting a double-layer web, interlooping the layers of the web to one another to forma central tube, severing the web, trimming material from the first layer of the double layers, folding the second layer over itself toward the first layer, and affixing the second layer to the first layer.
US10925332B2
A contractor knee pad designed for long-term comfort when working kneeling on the ground or on the floor. The kneeling work pads of the invention have a hard inner core and a comfortable outer sheath which protects the contractors knee from the inner core, a wide elastic webbing may be stretched across the back of the wearer's leg from one side of the kneeling work pads to the other. In order to provide uniform tension, a zipper is employed, the zipper of the wide elastic webbing closes downward, that is, the opposite to the most common direction. Optional strips attach to strip anchors actually on the front of the contractors kneeling word pads, which are simple studs so that the strips may be put over the stud to be held in place and no part of the attachment reaches to the back of the device.
US10925330B2
An apparatus for inflating an air bag of a protection device. The apparatus includes a canister including a first compartment and a second compartment. The first compartment is adapted to contain a compressed gas. A seal is between the first compartment and the second compartment which is adapted to seal the compressed gas inside the first compartment. The second compartment includes a two-step mechanism configured to break the seal to cause thereby an initial gas flow from the first compartment into the second compartment. The initial gas flow causes a wide opening in place of the seal to be created for rapid gas flow through the second compartment and into the air bag to rapidly expand the air bag.
US10925329B2
The present nursing cover comprises a panel having a semirigid support retained in a sleeve in the upper side of the panel which forms an opening that allows a caregiver easier access to a nursing infant when the nursing cover is in use. A pouch for storing the nursing cover when not in use is attached to the upper side of the panel.
US10925325B2
A garment adapted for wearing by a diaper wearer which surrounds a diaper and provides at least one inspection aperture forming an opening through the garment employable for visual, olfactory, or tactile inspection of the underlying diaper without removal of the garment. One or a plurality of the inspection apertures may be provided in inspection positions adapted to locate them aligned with or adjacent the perimeter edge of the underlying diaper.
US10925323B2
Provided is an aerosol generating device which is capable of stopping aerosol generation at an appropriate timing. This aerosol generating device includes a power source which supplies power in order to atomize an aerosol source and/or heat a flavor source; a sensor which outputs a measurement value for controlling the power supplied; and a circuitry which controls the power supplied from the power source on the basis of the measurement value. The circuitry controls to increase a power supply amount per unit time in response to a first condition that the measured value is equal to or larger than a first threshold being satisfied, and to decrease the power supply amount per unit time in response to a second condition that the measured value is less than a second threshold greater than the first threshold and a third condition which is different from the first condition and the second condition being satisfied.
US10925313B1
An electronic cigarette with an improved atomizer includes a suction nozzle and a main body. The main body is provided with an atomizing core mounting groove. The atomizing core mounting groove contains an atomizing core. The suction nozzle and the main body are integrated into one piece, or the suction nozzle and the main body can be connected to or detached from each other. The atomizing core includes a casing, a liquid storage assembly, and a heating assembly. A wire passes through a first wire guide hole and is electrically connected to a power supply and a control system. A first air guide hole and a second air guide hole are connected through which an airflow passes.
US10925302B2
The viscosity of aqueous dispersions of normally solid organic peroxides may be advantageously lowered through the use of surfactants which are polyglyceryl esters of C6-C12 fatty acids. The reduction in viscosity facilitates milling the peroxides to reduce particle size and also provides dispersions of small particle size peroxides which may be readily poured or pumped. The aqueous dispersions are useful as components of pharmaceutical, personal care, and cleaning products and the like and are effective decolorizing agents for food products, industrial products and the like.
US10925299B2
A nitro cold brew coffee product that is shelf stable for 180 days at refrigerated conditions including a sealed container having a liquid portion and a headspace. The liquid portion has coffee with nitrogen and oxygen dissolved therein. A method of manufacturing the coffee includes dissolving oxygen and nitrogen into a cold brew liquid coffee product and packaging the liquid coffee product with oxygen dissolved therein into a sealed container.
US10925298B2
A formula feed for raising pigs with which appetite and body weight can be stimulated in piglets after weaning while decreasing the price, as well as a formula feed for animals, a formula feed for livestock, a formula feed for poultry, a formula feed for pets, and a formula feed for culturing fish. A formula feed characterized in that among a refined powder and a fly powder which are obtained by pulverizing konnyaku (arum root), which is a bulb of a plant, the fly powder is added to the formula feed. The fly powder corresponds to 40 to 50% of the total mass of the fly powder and the refined powder. Further, the formula feed is preferably a formula feed for raising pigs to which at least 1% by mass of the fly powder is added. In addition, 1 to 5% by mass of the fly powder may be added.
US10925297B2
An ice cream roll maker includes a housing, a freezer wheel mounted within the housing and configured for rotation about a horizontal axis, and a reservoir within the housing for holding a liquid ingredient. An outer peripheral surface of the freezer wheel is configured to receive the liquid ingredient from the reservoir and transform the liquid ingredient into a frozen coating layer on the outer peripheral surface.
US10925295B2
The present invention relates generally to the field of aerated fat-based confectionery material. One aspect of the invention provides an aerated fat-based confectionery material having a continuous lipid phase and a porosity of between 1 and 80%, wherein, at a temperature at which the lipid phase has a solid lipid content between 0.1 and 80, the fat-based confectionery material comprises gas bubbles having at least 50% of their surface occupied by crystals, the crystals comprising a glyceride selected from the group consisting of monoglycerides, diglycerides, triglycerides, esters of monoglycerides, esters of diglycerides and combinations of these. Further aspects of the invention are a confectionery product comprising an aerated fat-based confectionery material and a process for forming an aerated fat-based confectionery material.
US10925294B2
Systems and methods for processing food products. One aspect is a system for processing food products including a base member, a vessel member defining a vessel volume, an opening formed through the vessel member, a vessel lip surrounding the opening; a vessel lid connected to the vessel member to substantially seal the opening; a motor shaft, at least one mixing member connected to the motor shaft and within the vessel volume; a motor connected to the motor shaft; and grinding media within the vessel volume for grinding and mixing food products, where energizing the motor urges the motor shaft and the at least one mixing member to rotate within the vessel volume to agitate the grinding media; and where the grinding media includes first grinding media and second grinding media.
US10925289B2
A method for processing and batching food items in a food processing system according to a predefined batch target criterion, comprises the steps of conveying a food item to weight determining means, determining the weight of the food item by means of the weight determining means, and processing the determined weight of the food item together with a weight of a plurality of food items. The processing includes dynamically generating a control-cutting signal. The method further comprises determining if the dynamically generated control cutting signal indicates that cutting off a part of the food item will increase a prospect to meet the predefined batch target criterion, and in the confirmative convey the food item to a separation device wherein a part of the food item is cut off.
US10925287B2
The present invention relates to a device for providing a dough piece on a movable substrate, comprising a substrate, movable in a transport direction for dough pieces with a substrate speed, at least one dough supplier, configured for continuously supplying a dough stream in a supply direction with a supply speed to at least one dispensing opening, arranged above a movable substrate; wherein the plane of the dispensing opening has a directional component perpendicular to the transport direction, a knife, arranged movable with respect to the dispensing opening, with a directional component parallel to the plane of the opening for cutting the dough stream into pieces and a directional component in the supply direction of the dough for moving along with the dough, a controller, for controlling the movement of the knife, and configured to repeatedly move a cutting edge of the knife along the dispensing opening for cutting the dough stream into pieces; and move the knife with a directional component in the supply direction of the dough with at least the dough supply speed, during a predetermined interval directly succeeding a cut.
US10925284B2
An herbicidal composition comprising (a) glyphosate or a derivative thereof, (b) an amidoalkylamine surfactants having the general structure: wherein R1 is a hydrocarbyl having from about 1 carbon atoms to about 22 carbon atoms, and R2, R3, and R4 are each independently hydrocarbyl having from about 1 carbon atom to about 6 carbon atoms; and (c) at least one co-surfactant.
US10925274B2
In order to appropriately address concerns of mosquitoes which carry disease, this device has been created to initially classify the mosquito to formulate appropriate extermination strategies. Classification of mosquitoes is typically done through the wing beat frequency by either noise or light interruption. It is important to be aware that not all mosquitoes are harmful and any data that may be collected concerning the harmful mosquito should be as accurate as possible to avoid altering the food supply in any particular area.
US10925269B2
An underwater imaging system is disclosed. A boat sonar transducer is configured to transmit and receive sonar signals and generate an image of water and surfaces using received sonar signals. An active echo system is configured to be positioned within the water to remotely communicate with the boat sonar transducer. The active echo system includes an ultrasound transducer configured to detect sonar signals transmitted by the boat sonar transducer and transmit an active echo pulse, or a series of active echo pulses, back to the boat sonar transducer. A microprocessor is configured to drive the ultrasound transducer to transmit the active echo pulse, or series of active echo pulses, back to the boat sonar transducer in response to the ultrasound transducer detecting sonar signals transmitted by the boat sonar transducer.
US10925264B2
The present disclosure relates to the genetically modified non-human animals that express a human or chimeric (e.g., humanized) Lymphocyte Activation Gene 3 (LAG-3), and methods of use thereof.
US10925263B2
A method of modulating some or all copies of a gene in a cell is provided including introducing into a cell one or more ribonucleic acid (RNA) sequences that comprise a portion that is complementary to all or a portion of each of the one or more target nucleic acid sequences, and a nucleic acid sequence that encodes a Cas protein and maintaining the cells under conditions in which the Cas protein is expressed and the Cas protein binds and modulates the one or more target nucleic acid sequences in the cell.
US10925262B2
An illumination system and method configured for mitigating a growth dip and as a consequence enhancing the growth of aquatic animals in a volume of water is disclosed. The illumination system comprises at least one light source (110) comprising at least one light emitting diode arranged to emit light to the volume of water and at least one light driver (120) arranged to drive the at least one light source. The illumination system also comprises a controller (140) that is adapted to provide control signals to the light driver to increase a light intensity level of the light emitted from the at least one light source from a first light intensity level (II) to a second light intensity level (12) over a time period (T) of at least one day to two weeks, preferably at least two days to two weeks.
US10925255B1
An adjustable receptacle for pet foods and beverages includes a base for supporting the receptacle on a horizontally disposed surface; on the base, a connector for attaching a releasably adjustable, positionable arm member to the base, and for releasably securing the arm member in a plurality of desired positions with respect to the base; a releasably adjustable, positionable arm member attached to the connector at the arm member's proximal end; and, attached to the distal end of the arm member, a releasably adjustable, positionable receptacle, configured to hold pet foods and beverages, in a plurality of desired positions at the distal end of the arm member.
US10925249B2
The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 17R933NRB3XF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 17R933NRB3XF. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 17R933NRB3XF and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 17R933NRB3XF with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.
US10925248B2
The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 16R225NRB2XF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 16R225NRB2XF. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 16R225NRB2XF and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 16R225NRB2XF with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.
US10925247B2
The invention relates to the alfalfa variety designated RRL43M118. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the alfalfa variety RRL43M118. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the alfalfa variety RRL43M118 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing alfalfa plants by crossing the alfalfa variety RRL43M118 with itself or another alfalfa variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10925243B1
A soybean cultivar designated 87112125 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 87112125, to the plants of soybean cultivar 87112125, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 87112125, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 87112125. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 87112125. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 87112125, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 87112125 with another soybean cultivar.
US10925236B1
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01072823. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01072823. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01072823 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01072823 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10925229B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH101233. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH101233, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH101233 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 CH101233.
US10925228B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV802767. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV802767, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV802767 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 CV802767 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 CV802767.
US10925224B2
A soybean cultivar designated 86321721 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 86321721, to the plants of soybean cultivar 86321721, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 86321721, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 86321721. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 86321721. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 86321721, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 86321721 with another soybean cultivar.
US10925222B2
In a flow system and method, a fluid delivery pipe is connected in series between a fluid distributor and a fluid valve that is connected in series between a fluid source and the fluid distributor. A controller, disposed remote from the fluid delivery pipe, can be programmed or configured to control the fluid value via a communication channel or communication network. A hydrogenerator, powered by fluid running from the fluid source to the fluid distributor, can charge a battery that can power a radio to wirelessly transmit flow data to the controller. The controller can control the open and close states of the fluid valve based on the wirelessly transmitted flow data received by the controller to control an amount of fluid delivered by the fluid delivery pipe, for example, for controlled irrigation of an area to a desired extent.
US10925217B2
A baler for baling crop material, the baler including a frame, a feed assembly coupled to the frame, and a forming chamber where the forming chamber includes an inlet through which crop material may pass into the forming chamber. The baler also includes a moisture sensor configured to detect the moisture content of crop material passing into the forming chamber, a plurality of force sensors configured to detect the mass of a bale positioned within the forming chamber, and a controller in operable communication with the moisture sensor and the plurality of force sensors, and wherein the controller is configured to calculate the mass of dry matter contained within a bale positioned within the forming chamber.
US10925214B2
A set of conveyor rollers for use in agricultural machines, especially those of the stalk and tall plants harvester type, including front elements arranged in an independent front platform. The conveyor roller set includes a front aperture (6) for receiving the harvested material (MC) from a platform (P), the set including at least one upper roller (20a) and at least one lower roller (20b) disposed in the platform (A), wherein the upper conveyor roller (20a′) has a diameter (D) greater than the diameter (d) of the lower conveyor roller (20b).
US10925208B2
A sensor system for monitoring vapor concentrations associated with an agricultural implement is disclosed. The sensor system comprises a first sensor coupled to a support structure that is configured to sense a concentration of at least one component of a vapor sample associated with dispensed ammonia that is emitted from the soil. A controller is communicatively coupled to the first sensor, and is configured to receive and process output signals generated by the first sensor to determine an amount of the concentration of the at least one component that is loss during emission.
US10925205B2
A movable tractor-trailer combination includes a self-powered tractor having a plurality of ground-engaging members and a steering mechanism for steering at least one the ground-engaging member; and a trailer that is towed behind the tractor and that is connected to the tractor by a drawbar that is pivotably connected at a tractor connection to the tractor. One or more sensors sense a line of a swath of crop material corresponding to a maximal quantity of crop material per unit length of the swath. The tractor-trailer combination includes a control apparatus that operates in dependence on at least one output of the one or more sensors to operate the steering mechanism of the tractor in dependence on the at least one output such that the tractor moves along the swath without any of the ground-engaging members running over the swath.
US10925203B2
A method of controlling the downpressure on an air seeder that has a plurality of seed assemblies and a plurality of fertilizer assemblies each applying an adjustable downforce, wherein the method includes keeping a total downforce applied by all of the plurality of seed assemblies and all of the plurality of fertilizer assemblies less than a maximum downforce. The method may also include keeping the downforce applied by each of the fertilizer assemblies less than the downforce applied by each of the seed assemblies.
US10925202B2
An apparatus for use in a rolling basket of a tillage implement, the rolling basket comprising a plurality of elongated bars or blades spaced apart around a plurality of spaced apart rings, the bars or blades attached to the spaced apart rings, the apparatus includes an elongated support structure extending through a central axis of the rolling basket and a plurality of vertical stationary paddles spaced apart along the elongated support structure between the horizontally spaced apart rings.
US10932399B1
Examples include a method of forming an electromagnetic shielding material, the method including: applying a magnetic field to a precursor material that includes first ferromagnetic particles embedded within a first portion of a matrix material and second ferromagnetic particles embedded within a second portion of the matrix material, thereby causing the first ferromagnetic particles and the second ferromagnetic particles to move such that longitudinal axes of the first ferromagnetic particles and the second ferromagnetic particles become more aligned with the magnetic field; thereafter forcing the first portion of the matrix material through a filter, thereby moving the first ferromagnetic particles from the first portion of the matrix material into the second portion of the matrix material; and curing the second portion of the matrix material to form the electromagnetic shielding material. Additional examples include an electromagnetic shielding material and an apparatus for forming an electromagnetic shielding material.
US10932392B2
A heat transfer system includes a heat source, a first heat exchanger coupled to the heat source to remove heat from the heat source, and a second heat exchanger coupled to the first heat exchanger to remove heat from the first heat exchanger. The heat transfer system also includes a thermal doubler coupled to the second heat exchanger to remove heat from the second heat exchanger, a first heat pipe coupled to the thermal doubler to remove heat from the thermal doubler, and a second heat pipe coupled to the first heat pipe to remove heat from the first heat pipe.
US10932388B1
A modular edge power system is provided. The modular edge power system includes a housing having a rack adapted to mount compute devices and a direct current power bus within the housing. Multiple power distribution units are adapted to be removably coupled to the direct current power bus at a position within the housing and outside of the rack. Each power distribution unit is configured to distribute electrical power received from the direct current power bus to one or more compute devices mounted in the rack. Each power distribution unit may convert the electrical power from a first power level to a second power level.
US10932376B2
A display device includes a display module and a cover member disposed below the display module. The cover member includes a first upper plate disposed below the display module, a second upper plate disposed below the display module and spaced a first distance apart from the first upper plate in a first direction, a first attachment layer attached to a bottom surface of the first upper plate, a second attachment layer attached to a bottom surface of the second upper plate and spaced a second distance, which is greater than the first distance, apart from the first attachment layer in the first direction, a first lower plate attached to a bottom surface of the first attachment layer, and a second lower plate attached to a bottom surface of the second attachment layer.
US10932368B1
A substrate-embedded electronic component includes a first core layer, a first through-portion penetrating the first core layer, a first electronic component disposed in the first through-portion, an encapsulant disposed in at least a portion of the first through-portion, and covering at least a portion of the first electronic component, a second core layer disposed on the encapsulant, and a first through-via penetrating the second core layer, wherein the first through-via is connected to the first electronic component.
US10932362B2
A circuit board according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a first metal layer; an insulating layer disposed on the first metal layer and comprising boron nitride agglomerate particles coated with a resin; and a second metal layer disposed on the insulating layer, wherein: one of both surfaces of the first metal layer, on which the insulating layer is disposed, is in at least partial contact with one surface of the insulating layer; one of both surfaces of the second metal layer, on which the insulating layer is disposed, is in at least partial contact with the other surface of the insulating layer; a plurality of grooves are formed on a surface which is one of both surfaces of at least one of the first metal layer and the second metal layer and which has the insulating layer disposed thereon; at least some of the particles are arranged in at least some of the plurality of grooves; the width (W) of at least one of the plurality of grooves is 1 to 1.8 times D50 of the particles; and a ratio (D/W) of the depth (D) to the width (W) of at least one of the plurality of grooves is 0.2 to 0.3.
US10932353B2
The impedance of an antenna is reduced and gaps generated between electrodes constituting a capacitance element and a dielectric body are eliminated. An antenna (3) for generating inductively coupled plasma P includes at least two conductor elements (31), an insulation element (32) that is arranged between the mutually adjacent conductor elements (31) and insulates the conductor elements (31), and a capacitance element (33) that is connected electrically to and in series with the mutually adjacent conductor elements (31). The capacitance element (33) is configured from a first electrode (33A) electrically connected to one of the mutually adjacent conductor elements (21), a second electrode (33B) electrically connected to the other of the mutually adjacent conductor elements (21), and a liquid dielectric body filling the space between the first electrode (33A) and the second electrode (33B).
US10932352B2
A flat pad structure, designed to generate a dielectric barrier discharge plasma on a contact side (109) of said pad structure, comprises a flat electrode arrangement (112) which is embedded in a flat dielectric (102), can be supplied with high-voltage signals and is shielded on all sides against an unimpeded current flow; said pad structure has better stability and can be better adapted to elongate treatment areas because a width of the structure extends in a longitudinal direction (L) and in the longitudinal direction (L) the structure has a plurality of identically structured portions (101), each with a dielectric portion in the width of the pad structure and each with at least one electrode portion; the electrode portions of said portions (101) adjoin one another in the longitudinal direction (L) and form an electrode arrangement (112) extending over the entire length such that, in order to reduce the size of the contact surface in the longitudinal direction (L), at least one portion (101) can be separated from an adjacent portion (101) at a predetermined separation line (103) extending transverse to the longitudinal direction (L) and such that in the remaining portion (101) the predetermined separation line (103) is covered by an insulating component (116).
US10932351B2
The invention relates to an electrode array for a dielectrically impeded plasma treatment of a surface of an electrically conductive body used as a counter electrode, comprising a flexible planar electrode (1) and a dielectric (2) of a planar flexible material, which by way of a layer (3) preventing a direct current flow shields the electrode (1) from the surface to be treated. By way of a structure having projections, the dielectric (2) can rest upon the surface to be treated, wherein air spaces for forming the plasma are formed in between the projections. The producibility in particular is improved in that the structure is a lattice structure (6) of adjoining walls (7, 8) that limit a plurality of chambers (9) forming the air spaces, and in that the chambers (9) have a bottom-side closure through the layer (3) of the dielectric (2) preventing the direct current flow and have a face that is open to the surface to be treated, the contact surface of which face consists of end edges (10) of the walls (7, 8) of the lattice structure (6) on the surface to be treated.
US10932339B2
An LED-based light includes one or more LEDs, a sensor arranged to detect a brightness level in an area resulting from the combination of light emitted by the LEDs with light from at least one ambient light source other than the LEDs, and operable to output a signal corresponding to the detected brightness level, a controller operable to regulate an amount of power provided to the LEDs in response to the signal, a light transmitting housing for the LEDs, the sensor and the controller and a connector shaped for connection with a light socket disposed at an end of the housing.
US10932337B2
A function disabler system includes a personal electronic device having at least one component such as a camera, and a processor having pulsed light communication software enabling receipt and transmission of pulsed light communication signals. The processor additionally includes a hosting customer software application, where the personal electronic device receives at least one pulsed light communication signal within a designated area and the pulsed light communication signal includes an instruction signal which instructs the hosting customer software application to disable the at least one component when the personal electronic device is positioned in the designated area.
US10932329B2
A user interface for an induction heating cooker, a method of controlling the same and an induction heating cooker thereof are provided. The user interface, if a drag touch signal of a drag touch from one position to another position on a display unit is sensed, is configured to change power levels of all of coils in operation to a predetermined reference power level and displays the changed power level. The induction heating cooker is configured to supply the coils with a power corresponding to the reference power level, thereby controlling all of the coils with one drag touch and enabling enhanced security while in a rapid manner.
US10932325B2
A system is disclosed for additively manufacturing a composite structure. The system may include a print head configured to receive a continuous reinforcement, and at least one of a matrix jet and a matrix bath configured to wet the continuous reinforcement with a liquid matrix during passage through the print head. The system may also include a coating mechanism configured to dispense at least one of metallic and ceramic particles onto the wetted continuous reinforcement during passage through the print head, and at least one cure enhancer configured to at least one of cure the liquid matrix and cause the at least one of metallic and ceramic particles to coalesce around the continuous reinforcement. The system may further include a support configured to move the print head in multiple dimensions during discharging.
US10932324B2
The present invention relates to a flange assembly for holding a heating device to a fluid container of an appliance accommodating a fluid to be heated, in particular a domestic appliance, comprising a flange unit arranged for being mounted to an opening of the fluid container by at least one fixing unit and having a non-sealing and a sealing and attachment position, wherein the flange unit is reversibly moveable from the non-sealing to the sealing and attachment position by means of the fixing unit for being configured to engage the opening of the fluid container in the sealing and attachment position, wherein the flange unit comprises a sealing element and a tensioning element, wherein the sealing element and the tensioning element are moveable relative to each other in an axial direction by means of the fixing unit such that the sealing element and the tensioning element can be pressed against each other, wherein the sealing element and the tensioning element are, in the sealing and attachment position, arranged to provide a sealing in a sealing direction perpendicular to the axial direction, wherein the sealing element and/or the tensioning element of the flange unit comprise at least one tapered portion, wherein the tapered portion is arranged such that the relative movement of the sealing element and the tensioning element in the axial direction causes a predefined displacement of the tapered portion in the sealing direction. The invention further relates to a heating system including the flange assembly according to the present invention.
US10932313B2
The present disclosure relates to the communications field, and disclose a wireless connection switching method and a terminal. A specific solution is as follows: A first terminal establishes a first wireless connection to a second terminal. When the first terminal needs to establish a second wireless connection to the second terminal, the first terminal negotiates, with the second terminal by using the first wireless connection, information required for establishing the second wireless connection. Subsequently, the first terminal can establish the second wireless connection to the second terminal based on the negotiated information required for establishing the second wireless connection.
US10932310B2
Provided is a communication device including a contactless communication unit that conducts contactless communication, a wireless communication unit that conducts wireless communication, and a control unit that, in a case in which the contactless communication unit detects another communication device, controls activation start of a first communication mode of the wireless communication unit, and controls a connection process for the wireless communication between the contactless communication unit and the other communication device.
US10932303B2
An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for user equipment (UE) to transceive signals related to packet data network (PDN) connection in a wireless communication system, the method for transceiving signals related to PDN connection comprising: a step of checking 3GPP PS Data Off Exempt services; a step in which UE determines whether or not to create PDN connection, based on the type of PDN connection the UE wants to create and the result of checking the 3GPP PS Data Off Exempt services; and a step of transmitting a PDN connection request if the UE decides to create the PDN connection.
US10932299B2
A random access preamble sequence generation method and user equipment are provided. The method includes the following: when receiving first notification signaling sent by a base station, determining, by UE, to calculate a cyclic shift value by using a first solution; obtaining a first logical root sequence number, and determining a root sequence based on the first logical root sequence number; and generating a random access preamble sequence based on the root sequence and the cyclic shift value, where the first solution is a solution of calculating the cyclic shift value when a Doppler shift of the UE is less than a first preset value and greater than a second preset value, the first preset value is less than twice of a physical random access channel (PRACH) subcarrier spacing, the second preset value is greater than the PRACH subcarrier spacing.
US10932297B2
A method of operating a terminal device in a wireless telecommunications network comprising the terminal device and a base station. The wireless telecommunications network supports a random access procedure comprising an exchange of random access procedure messages between the terminal device and the base station. At least one of the random access procedure messages is a variable size uplink message. The method comprises: receiving from the base station an instruction to perform the random access procedure, wherein the instruction to perform the random access procedure comprises an indication of a message size to be used by the terminal device for the variable size uplink message during the random access procedure; and performing the random access procedure by exchanging random access procedure messages with the base station, including transmitting the uplink message of variable size with a size corresponding to the indicated message size received from the base station.
US10932294B2
The present invention relates to a method for transmitting uplink data in a spectrum sharing wireless communication system wherein, in order to enhance uplink transmission efficiency in an LTE-U service, clear channel assessment (CCA) is performed on a user terminal so as to consider the hidden node problem, and channel occupation based on an uplink signal of another terminal is considered, wherein applied are: a method for generating and transmitting a random backoff counter value at a base station so that all terminals can equally use a channel connection parameter needed for transmitting an uplink subframe in an unlicensed band; and a downlink controlling method for scheduling an uplink multi-subframe.
US10932291B2
Embodiments herein relate to a method performed by a network node 110 of a wireless communication network 100 for communicating at an unlicensed frequency spectrum with a wireless device 121 having a device identity. The network node 110 sends an access grant to the wireless device according to the device identity, granting the wireless device access to an uplink communication channel of the unlicensed frequency spectrum. The network node also receives data from the wireless device 121, on the granted uplink communication channel, the data comprising information on the identity of the wireless device 121, thus enabling the network node 110 to detect whether the wireless device that was granted access on the uplink communication channel is the same wireless device as the wireless device from which the data comprising the information on the uplink communication channel was subsequently received. Embodiments of the network node 110 are also described. Embodiments herein also relate to a wireless device 121 for communicating with a network node 110 of the wireless communication network 100 at an unlicensed frequency spectrum and a method therein.
US10932288B2
Embodiments herein relate e.g. to a method performed by a radio network node (12) for handling communication between wireless devices over a sidelink in a wireless communication network. The radio network node receives from a wireless device (10) of the wireless devices, an indication in a buffer status report, wherein the indication indicates one or more QoS requirements or characteristics of a packet in a buffer associated to the buffer status report, wherein the one or more QoS requirements or characteristics comprise at least one of: reliability, latency, and data rate; and wherein the indication is associated with a logical channel. The radio network node handles the communication of the wireless device taking the received indication into account.
US10932282B2
Wireless communications systems and methods related to determining scheduling and transmission timeline for communicating in a shared communication medium are provided. A first wireless communication device communicates, with a second wireless communication device, scheduling information during a first time period of a first transmission opportunity (TXOP) of a first network operating entity in a shared communication medium, the scheduling information indicating an offset time period relative to the first time period. The first wireless communication device communicates, with the second wireless communication device, a communication signal during a second TXOP subsequent to the first TXOP based on the offset time period.
US10932280B2
Provided are a wireless device and a wireless communication method in a wireless communication network comprising multiple wireless devices capable of communicating with each other directly, the wireless device comprising: a processing circuitry operative to multiplex data with a scheduling assignment message, into transmission information; and a transmitter operative to transmit the transmission information in a scheduling assignment period, to another wireless device in the wireless communication network, wherein the scheduling assignment message is used for indicating data transmission resource in the scheduling assignment period or in a previous scheduling assignment period.
US10932277B2
A network node operates in accordance with a first (system standard) latency requirement comprising a first latency and receives a message from a wireless device, indicating that the device is adapted to transmit data associated with a second latency requirement comprising a second latency that is lower than the first latency. The network node selects a configuration for the device from a plurality of configurations, where each configuration is associated with a respective group of wireless devices adapted to transmit data associated with the second latency requirement. Each of the configurations comprises a respective radio resource for potential transmission by the devices of the respective group, and the selection is based on a probability of interference between the potential transmissions by the devices of the group associated with the selected configuration. The network node transmits configuration information to the device regarding the radio resource of the selected configuration.
US10932274B2
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The present disclosure discloses a method for operating a user equipment (UE), including: determining a type of numerology of physical resources to receive control signals and data from at least two types of multicarrier parameter numerology; and receiving the control signals and the data on the physical resources according to the determined type of numerology. The present disclosure further discloses a corresponding apparatus. By applying the technical solution disclosed in the present disclosure, it is possible to make full use of physical resources that have different characteristics.
US10932268B2
An apparatus for establishing communication between a base station and different generation terminals includes a multi-protocol stack capable of processing user traffic received from different generation terminals. The apparatus also includes a common physical layer that receives user traffic from different generation terminals and identifies the generation of the terminal sending the user traffic. The user traffic is then processed and routed based on the terminal generation. Traffic can be prioritized across current and legacy terminal types based on a variety of factors.
US10932257B2
Provided is a data transmission method, comprising: a terminal device receiving a first DCI and a second DCI; said first DCI being used for scheduling said terminal device to receive a first PDSCH which the first TTI is used to transmit on a target carrier, and said second DCI being used for scheduling said terminal device to receive a second PDSCH which the second TTI is used to transmit on a target carrier, the first TTI being smaller than the second TTI and the time resources of the first PDSCH and the second PDSCH at least partially overlapping; determining the priority relationship between the first DCI and the second DCI; according to said priority relationship, receiving the first PDSCH or the second PDSCH on the target carrier. In the method provided by the embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to dynamically support a plurality of TTIs on the same carrier and perform data transmission, and the terminal device determines the priority of the transmission channels on a carrier; the method satisfies the requirements of a delay and also takes compatibility with the current system into account.
US10932256B2
Aspects of the present invention relate to wireless communications by a user equipment (UE), comprising, identifying resources in a narrowband region, the narrowband region spanning no more than a single resource block in a transmission time interval (TTI) and communicating with a base station using the identified resources.
US10932255B2
Example resource indication methods and apparatus are described. One example method includes determining a resource used by a terminal to send an uplink control signal by a base station. The base station sends indication information to the terminal, where the indication information is used to indicate the resource or a target parameter. The target parameter includes at least one of parameters used by the terminal to determine the resource. The described methods are applicable to the field of communications technologies.
US10932246B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and devices for dynamically determining a transmission location of an Uplink (UL) DeModulation Reference Signal (DMRS), including: receiving, by a terminal, a DownLink (DL) control channel; and determining, by the terminal, the transmission location of the UL DMRS according to the DL control channel.
US10932239B2
The present disclosure discloses: an uplink data transmission method for a terminal; and a device supporting same. More specifically, the present disclosure discloses: a method for transmitting uplink data from a terminal to a base station through a non-licensed band in a wireless communication system supporting the non-licensed band; and a device supporting same.
US10932234B2
A method for operating a transmission-reception point (TRP) includes determining a first cycle of backhaul communications modes for the TRP, each backhaul communications mode of the first cycle is associated with a different time period and prompts the TRP to either transmit or receive using a subset of communications beams available to the TRP during an associated time period, wherein the communications beams used by the TRP and neighboring TRPs of the TRP in each associated time period are selected to prevent mutual interference, and wherein at least one backhaul communications mode of the first cycle prompts the TRP to either transmit or receive using all of the communications beams available to the TRP, determining a backhaul frame configuration for the TRP in accordance with the first cycle, the backhaul frame configuration specifying an arrangement of subframes of a frame used for backhaul communications.
US10932229B2
A method and apparatus may be configured to support coordinated orthogonal block-based resource allocation (COBRA) operations. An access point (AP) may be configured to indicate to a plurality of stations (STA)s that it may support COBRA. Each WTRU may be configured to indicate to the AP that it can support COBRA as well. The AP may be configured to transmit a COBRA controller information element (IE) comprising a plurality of fields to each of the WTRUs. Each WTRU may be configured to transmit a COBRA controllee IE comprising a plurality of fields. STA grouping management, group maintenance, channel access, beamforming, sounding and frequency and synchronization procedures are also described.
US10932225B2
A method for paging, an access network device and a terminal device are provided. The method includes: an access network device receives movement information of a terminal device sent by the terminal device; the access network device determines, according to the movement information, a target paging area where the access network device initiates paging to the terminal device; and the access network device sends the target paging area to the terminal device.
US10932223B2
Signal load due to ping-pong of a wireless device between a wireless local area network (WLAN) access point (AP) and a cellular base station is reduced. The wireless device operates in a geographic region with signal coverage from more than one radio access technology (RAT) type of cellular serving cell as well as potentially coverage from the AP. An IP address used for incoming calls and the RAT serving the wireless device are part of a context. In some instances, when the wireless device changes context from the AP to a cellular base station and back to the AP (“ping-pong”), the context changes and a new IP address may be obtained via network signaling. Ping-pong is reduced by determining a quality estimate of cellular signals that relies on cell measurements from a mix of cellular base stations, where the mix of cellular base stations supports different cellular RATs.
US10932215B2
A data transmission control method and apparatus, and a terminal are disclosed. The method includes: performing, by a master terminal, a timing negotiation with respective slave terminals to obtain timings allocated to the respective slave terminals; sending, upon completion of timing allocation, interactive data by means of broadcasting, the interactive data being sent to the slave terminals; receiving responses of the respective slave terminals to the received interactive data according to the allocated corresponding timings; and acknowledging, using the received responses, completion of transmission of the interactive data to the slave terminals. The data transmission control method and apparatus and the terminal can be used to improve data transmission efficiency and channel utilization.
US10932214B2
A wireless device receives configuration parameters of a secondary cell, of a first timing advance group, with a secondary physical uplink control channel. A random access response is received in a first subframe. The random access response comprises a timing advance associated with the first timing advance group. Transmission of transport blocks is started via the first timing advance group on or before a second subframe that is four subframes after the first subframe. Transmission of valid channel state information is started via the secondary cell on or after a third subframe that is six subframes after the first subframe.
US10932209B2
A method for wireless communication, a terminal device and a network device are provided. The method for wireless communication includes: a terminal device receives a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB), here, the SSB comprises Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS), Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS), and Physical Broadcasting Channel (PBCH); here, the SSB comprises four consecutive symbols in time domain, which are symbol S0, symbol S1, symbol S2 and symbol S3 in sequence; and the PSS is transmitted on the symbol S0, the SSS is transmitted on the symbol S2, and the PBCH is transmitted on the symbol S1, the symbol S2 and the symbol S3.
US10932206B2
This application provides a reference signal sending and receiving method, a network device, and a terminal device. The method includes: determining, by a network device, a transmit power used to transmit a reference signal, where the transmit power is related to a quantity of ports carried on an RE occupied by the reference signal; and sending, by the network device, the reference signal based on the transmit power.
US10932203B2
A method and apparatus are provided for transmitting power headroom information by a terminal in a mobile communication system. The method includes receiving, by the terminal, information on an allocated uplink transmission resource; determining whether a path loss has changed more than a threshold, after transmitting last power headroom information, when the terminal has the allocated uplink transmission resource; if the path loss has changed more than the threshold when the terminal has the allocated uplink transmission resource, determining a transmission of the power headroom information; and transmitting an uplink packet including the power headroom information using the allocated uplink transmission resource. The power headroom information is obtained based on a difference between a maximum transmission power of the terminal and a transmission power of the terminal.
US10932200B2
This application provides an uplink control method and apparatus. The method includes: measuring, by first UE, a first signal on a first time-frequency resource, to obtain a measurement result, where the first signal is a signal formed by superposing second signals sent by at least one second UE on a second time-frequency resource, and a time-domain resource of the first time-frequency resource belongs to a first time-domain resource unit; and controlling, by the first UE, power of uplink data on the first time-domain resource unit based on the measurement result. According to the uplink power control method and apparatus provided in this application, UE-to-UE cross interference can be reduced.
US10932199B2
A method and a terminal for uplink power control are disclosed. The method comprising: determining the uplink transmit power by a terminal according to a transmission scenario in which the terminal belongs. In embodiments of present disclosure, uplink transmit power is determined by a terminal for uplink transmission, wherein a scheme of uplink power control is achieved.
US10932194B2
The present invention discloses a communications device and a method and an apparatus for reducing power consumption of a communications device. The method includes: determining a minimum supply voltage that is for a WiFi power amplification circuit at an actual transmit power and that meets a WiFi communication rate; and providing a working voltage to the WiFi power amplification circuit to transmit data, where the working voltage is a voltage that is not lower than the minimum supply voltage and that is lower than a maximum supply voltage. According to the foregoing disclosed content, in the present invention, a supply voltage for a WiFi power amplifier in a communications device can be dynamically adjusted according to a transmit power required by the communications device to send data, so as to reduce power consumption of a communications system.
US10932193B2
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to generating a wake up receiver (WUR) transmit waveform. A device may determine one or more symbols bit sequence of a wake up receiver (WUR) frame to be sent to a first station device capable of decoding the bit sequence. The device may determine a first symbol of the one or more symbols, wherein the first symbol is associated with an ON state. The device may determine a second symbol of the one or more symbols, wherein the second symbol is associated with the ON state. The device may generate a first on-off keying (OOK) waveform associated with the first symbol. The device may generate a second OOK waveform associated with the second symbol, wherein the second OOK waveform is different from the first OOK waveform. The device may cause to send the WUR frame to the first station device based on the first OOK waveform and the second OOK waveform.
US10932189B2
A method for enhanced power consumption management of a user equipment using a mobile communication network and a radio access technology. The user equipment is provided with priority information regarding at least one of the mobile communication network and the radio access technology. The method includes performing, by the user equipment in case that the priority information indicates a sufficiently low priority of at least one of the mobile communication network used by the user equipment and the radio access technology used by the user equipment, a network selection procedure to find a higher priority mobile communication network after a time interval has elapsed. The user equipment includes an entity realizing the functionality of a subscriber identity module that includes time interval related information such that the time interval depends on the time interval related information.
US10932186B2
Systems and methods for multiple network mode selection devices in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a multiple network mode selection device includes a processor, a radio module connected to the processor, and network determination process storage connected to the processor and configured to store one or more network determination processes, wherein the processor is configured to connect to a first network using the radio module, execute a network determination process selected from the one or more network determination process, reprogram the radio module in response to the executed network determination process, and connect to a second network using the radio module, where the second network is separate from the first network.
US10932183B1
Technology for selective feature announcement by an access point device in a network is described. In one embodiment, the access point device sends a wireless beacon to a plurality of client devices seeking to connect to the mesh network and receives a probe request message from a first client device of the plurality of client devices. The access point device determines, at least partially using information obtained from the probe request message and using other information not present in the probe request message, a category of the first client device and determines that the category of the first client device is incompatible with a certain feature offered by the access point device. The access point device sends a probe response message to the first client device omitting an indication of the certain feature, while the certain feature remains enabled for at least one other client device of the plurality of client devices.
US10932179B2
A method and apparatus for supporting A-MSDU data transfer in an A-MPDU system includes sending capability information from a first network device, receiving onto the first network device an A-MPDU frame that includes A-MSDU data, and sending an acknowledgment from the first network device. A bit field in the capability information indicates if inclusion of A-MSDU data in an A-MPDU payload is supported. The first network device is a wireless station (STA). The first network device is part of a peer-to-peer network. The A-MSDU is in a data enabled immediate response context. A bit field in the capability information indicates if receiving an A-MPDU frame including A-MSDU data carried in a QoS Data frame without a block acknowledgment agreement is supported.
US10932172B2
Provided is a method for controlling a handover from a first base station to a second base station by a user equipment that performs radio communication over a communication channel formed by aggregating a plurality of component carriers, wherein scheduling information on each component carrier is transmitted to the user equipment according to either of a straight scheduling method and a cross scheduling method, and the method includes at the first base station, commanding first the user equipment to perform a handover from the first base station to the second base station on a second component carrier to be operated according to the straight scheduling method in the second base station, when it is determined that a handover on a first component carrier following the cross scheduling method is to be executed.
US10932171B2
The present application relates to the field of information technologies, and discloses an access point switching method and apparatus, to avoid interruption of another communication service that needs to be performed with an AE by using an M2M platform, thereby improving user experience. According to the present invention, after an access point for the AE is switched from the M2M platform to the M2M gateway, the AE can receive communication services corresponding to the M2M platform and the M2M gateway.
US10932160B2
There is provided adaptive traffic processing in a communications network. Traffic flows from real-life traffic are detected, rules are applied to detected traffic flows, machine-learning based clustering of the detected traffic flows is performed, at least one new traffic rule is generated on the basis of one or more generated traffic clusters, the generated rules are simulated for obtaining a result indicating behavioural effect in the traffic of the communications network, the result is evaluated against one or more performance criteria of the communications network and the generated rules are applied if the performance criteria of the communications network have been met.
US10932155B2
In the present invention, data generated from a source unit are distributed to at least one bandwidth; the data distributed to the respective bandwidths are encoded in order to perform an error correction; the encoded data are distributed to at least one antenna; a subcarrier is allocated to the data distributed to the respective antennas, and an inverse Fourier transform is performed; a short preamble and a first long preamble corresponding to the subcarrier are generated; a signal symbol is generated according to a data transmit mode; and a frame is generated by adding a second long preamble between the signal symbol and a data field for the purpose of estimating a channel of a subcarrier which is not used.
US10932150B2
Layer 2 structures and procedures may be used for beam management in new radio networks. In a first example, a new radio layer 2 structure may be used to facilitate beam management at the medium access control sublayer. In a second example, new radio feedback mechanisms may be signaled between peer medium access control entities and used to assist with beam management. In a third example, new radio beam management procedures may include new radio beam training, new radio beam alignment, new radio beam tracking, or new radio beam configuration. In a fourth example, new radio connection control procedure may include new radio initial access or new radio mobility management.
US10932137B2
A network management apparatus, a method and an apparatus in a wireless communication system. The network management apparatus includes: a network area dividing unit, configured to divide the coverage area of network signals into multiple sub-areas according to the transmission characteristics of a network node; a network node locating unit, configured to determine the sub-area in which the network node locates in the coverage area of network signals according to the geographical location information of the network node; and a wireless network resource management unit, configured to construct wireless network resource management information according to the sub-area in which the network node locates. According to embodiments, rapid dynamic network programming and reasonable wireless network resource allocation can be realized.
US10932133B2
A service data transmission method includes: determining, by an access network device, first information of service data to be sent by a terminal, where the first information includes at least one of a service type and a priority; then receiving, by the access network device, the service data sent by the terminal by using a non-access stratum signaling message; and sending, by the access network device, the service data and the first information to a gateway, so that the gateway charges the service data based on the first information after receiving the service data and the first information.
US10932127B2
Systems and methods for making local decisions regarding the trustworthiness of V2V communications are provided. According to one embodiment, a vehicle information packet is received by a vehicle connectivity subsystem of a connected car and is indicative of an attribute of a source from which the packet was received. The source purportedly represents a neighboring vehicle in proximity to the connected car. A trustworthiness value for the packet is determined based on the source and coherence of the packet with local information maintained by the connected car. The trustworthiness value is indicative of a likelihood that the source represents a neighboring vehicle in proximity to the connected car from which communications are to be trusted. An action to be taken by the vehicle connectivity subsystem is determined with respect to the source or the packet based on the trustworthiness value. The determined action taken by the vehicle connectivity subsystem.
US10932126B2
A method for unlocking a SIM card includes: determining, by a mobile terminal, whether a currently inserted SIM card belongs to a preset SIM card in compliance with a specific operator; controlling the mobile terminal to access a network normally if yes; detecting lock information of an IMSI corresponding to the SIM card if no; limiting the SIM card to access the network when the lock information of the IMSI exists and a lock type of the IMSI is a lock state; and controlling the mobile terminal to access the network normally when the lock information of the IMSI exists and the lock type of the IMSI is an unlock state. A mobile terminal is also provided.
US10932123B2
A service provider server may receive a request for temporary wireless data service for a user device. The service provider server may determine user information associated with a user account of the user device based on the request for the temporary wireless data service. The service provider server may generate a profile for the temporary wireless data service based on the user information associated with the user account. The service provider server may provide provisioning information based on the profile for the temporary wireless data service to the user device to activate access to the temporary wireless data service. The service provider server may authenticate, after providing the provisioning information, the user device for use of the temporary wireless data service based on the provisioning information and the profile.
US10932118B1
Methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable media are set forth for providing digital and non-digital content to a segment of a population that is identified using geolocation data and other activity data. In some implementations, non-digital content is delivered via postal mail to a segment of a population according to whether the segment of the population viewed certain content before, during, or after visiting a particular geographic location. In other implementations, digital content, such as phone calls or voice messages, can be delivered to a segment of a population according whether the segment of the population is present or has recently been present at a particular location and previously viewed certain content associated with the location. Segmenting populations in this way can conserve computational resources and materials that might otherwise be wasted on serving a larger population that may have less of an interest in the content.
US10932115B2
In accordance with various embodiments, an electron beam evaporator can comprise the following: a tubular target; an electron beam gun for producing at least one vapor source on a removal surface of the tubular target by means of an electron beam; wherein the removal surface is a ring-shaped axial end surface or a surface of the tubular target that extends conically or in a curved fashion from the free end edge.
US10932106B2
A method enables automated remote control of a remote device from a local device connected to the remote device over a network. The method includes executing a set of one or more commands on the remote device by invoking a macro on the local device. Invoking the macro causes the local device to send said the set of commands over the network to the remote device.
US10932097B2
Systems and methods described herein provide routing determinations for MT-SMS-over-NAS in core networks that support 5G and legacy systems. A network device stores routing priority data for multiple short message service (SMS) delivery methods in the core network. The network device receives, from a first network element, a delivery request for a mobile-terminated (MT) SMS message directed to an end device and sends, in response, a query to a second network element. The query requests a short message service function (SMSF) address for an SMSF in the core network with which the end device is registered. The network device receives a response to the query and selects, based on the response and the stored routing priority data, an SMS delivery method for the MT SMS message. The network device sends, to a third network element, routing instructions for the MT SMS message based on the selected SMS delivery method.
US10932088B2
Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for report identification and power control for ranging in a wireless network are disclosed. An apparatus of a responding station (RSTA) is disclosed, where the apparatus comprises processing circuitry configured to perform ranging with a initiating stations (ISTAs) and maintain a separate sounding dialogue token for each of the ISTAs and transmit a corresponding sounding dialogue token for a ISTA in a trigger frame for ranging and sounding or a null data packet announcement (NDPA) frame, and in a responding to initiating location measurement report. Apparatuses of RSTAs and ISTAS are disclosed that perform power control management during non-trigger-based ranging.
US10932084B2
Systems, methods and devices for location-based services are disclosed in the present invention. A multiplicity of network devices, a database, and a server platform in network-based communication. The database stores a space-network model binding IP addresses and physical locations. The server platform is operable to generate at least one geofence in the space-network model and specify entitlements for the location-based services within the at least one geofence. The at least one geofence and specific entitlement are stored to the database. The multiplicity of network devices is configured to learn the space-network model and the at least one geofence and perform tasks based on the entitlements specified for the location-based services within the at least one geofence.
US10932082B2
A system and method of modifying a binaural signal using headtracking information. The system calculates a delay, a first filter response, and a second filter response, and applies these to the left and right components of the binaural signal according to the headtracking information. The system may also apply headtracking to parametric binaural signals. In this manner, headtracking may be applied to pre-rendered binaural audio.
US10932080B2
Examples are disclosed that relate to repositioning a location of an acoustic sweet spot for a multi-speaker system. One example provides a computing system configured to receive first location data regarding a first location of an object in a space as determined from data acquired by a first image sensor having a fixed location within the space, send a notification to an audio-providing device regarding the first location of the object as determined from the data acquired by the first image sensor, receive second location data regarding a second location of the object in the space as determined by a second sensor, the second location being outside of a view of the first image sensor, and based on receiving the second location data, send a notification to the audio-providing device regarding the second location of the object as determined by the second sensor.
US10932078B2
A method for creating an output soundfield signal from an input soundfield signal, the method including the steps of: (a) forming at least one delayed signals from the input soundfield signal, (b) for each of the delayed signals, creating an acoustically transformed delayed signal, by an acoustic transformation process, and (c) combining together the acoustically transformed delayed signals and the input soundfield signal to produce the output soundfield signal.
US10932074B2
A detachable smart speaker system and a control method thereof are disclosed. The detachable smart speaker system includes a core device and a pairing device. The core device includes a microphone array, a CPU, a wireless communication module, a core bridge element and a database. The microphone array, the core bridge element and the database are connected to the CPU. The database includes plural audio parameter sets. The pairing device includes a speaker, a microcontroller unit, a pairing bridge element, and an identification code. The speaker and the pairing bridge element are connected to the microcontroller unit, respectively. The pairing device is detachably connected to the core device through the pairing bridge element, and a corresponding audio parameter set is to be selected from the audio parameter sets of the database according to the identification code. The core device controls the pairing device according to the corresponding audio parameter set.
US10932073B2
A method and a system for measuring a total sound pressure level of noise, and a computer readable storage medium are provided. The method includes: obtaining a time domain digital signal of a sound pressure signal of the noise; obtaining a frequency domain signal of the sound pressure signal according to the time domain digital signal of the sound pressure signal; obtaining a sound pressure effective value of the sound pressure signal based on the frequency domain signal and according to Parseval's theorem; and converting the sound pressure effective value into the total sound pressure level of the noise.
US10932071B2
Methods and systems are described for transferring programming information to a hearing instrument. Such programming information may include hearing loss compensation parameters and/or other information pertaining to device operation. In one embodiment, each of a pair of hearing instruments prescribed and configured for a particular hearing loss contains the necessary information for operation on either the left or right ear. The data from one hearing instrument may then be transferred to the other hearing instrument by means of wireless communication. In other embodiments, programming information is transferred wirelessly by an external device connected to a database.
US10932069B2
Acoustic valves include a housing having an acoustic inlet, an acoustic outlet, and an acoustic passage between the inlet and the outlet. An electrical coil is disposed in the housing and configured to generate a magnetic field when energized by an actuation signal. A spring is coupled to an armature movably disposed in the housing between a first surface and a second surface. The valve has a first stable state wherein the armature is positioned against one surface when the electrical coil is not energized, and the valve has a second stable state wherein the armature is positioned against the other surface when the electrical coil is not energized. The armature is movable between the first and second states when the electrical coil is energized, wherein the acoustic passage is more obstructed when the armature is in one state than when the armature is in the other state.
US10932068B2
An auditory prosthesis can be powered by an on-board battery that is placed into a receptacle in the auditory prosthesis. When longer battery life is desired, a recipient can selectively utilize a discrete power supply to power the auditory prosthesis. The discrete power supply provides power to the auditory prosthesis and, in certain embodiments, has a longer life than the on-board battery. The discrete power supply includes an adapter having a form factor that mates with the battery receptacle on the auditory prosthesis.
US10932064B2
The present invention provides a condenser microphone, comprising a substrate, and a back plate and a vibrating diaphragm which are arranged on the substrate; the back plate is arranged on the upper side and/or the lower side of the vibrating diaphragm; and the vibrating diaphragm is provided with a protruding layer or a corrugated membrane structure layer. With the above invention, the area of the vibrating diaphragm and the capacitance at the lateral side of the condenser microphone can be increased, so as to achieve the effect of improving the sensitivity of the condenser microphone.
US10932054B2
The present disclosure provides a sound device which includes a vibration system, a magnetic circuit system, and a basket that accommodates the vibration system and the magnetic circuit system. The vibration system includes a diaphragm and a voice coil that drives the diaphragm to vibrate. The fixing portion includes a first fixing portion fixed to the upper surface and extending to an edge of the upper surface and a second fixing portion extending from the first fixing portion and along the outer side surface. The second fixing portion in a continuous ring shape is around an end of the outer side surface close to the upper surface in a sealing manner, and a thickness of the second fixing portion is increasing in a direction away from the upper surface.
US10932050B2
A micro-speaker includes a vibration unit including a diaphragm assembly and a voice coil assembly, a magnetic circuit unit including a yoke including a voice coil bobbin and a voice coil affixed to the voice coil bobbin, and a magnet provided on the yoke, and a holder including a holder bottom wall abutting against the yoke, a holder sidewall extending from a side of the holder bottom wall close to the magnet along a direction facing away from the yoke and forming a magnetic gap with the magnet in which the voice coil is disposed, and a magnetism shielding wall formed by extending from a side of the holder sidewall facing away from the yoke while being bent towards the voice coil, a side of the magnetism shielding wall facing away from the diaphragm being provided with a hollow annular magnetic conductive sheet spaced apart from the voice coil.
US10932048B2
The present disclosure provides a speaker, including a housing, and a vibration unit and a magnetic circuit unit that are received in the housing. The vibration unit includes a voice coil and a flexible circuit board electrically connected to the voice coil. An adhesive layer is provided at a position where the flexible circuit board is connected to the voice coil. The speaker of the disclosure is provided with an adhesive layer at a position where the flexible circuit board is connected with the voice coil, thereby making it possible to increase the adhesive force of the voice coil and the flexible circuit board using the provided adhesive layer, reduce risk of reliable separation, increase the service life of the speaker, reduce the maintenance cost of the speaker, and increase the economic benefits.
US10932047B2
The present invention provides a sound generator having a permeable isolation assembly including a permeable damper, two gums attached to the opposite ends of the permeable damper and PET layer located between two gums. The presence of the PET layer improves the hardness of the permeable damper so as to form adsorption when the permeable isolation component is automatically attached, which is convenient for automatic attachment of the permeable isolation assembly and further improves production efficiency and product qualification rate.
US10932044B2
A speaker includes a holder and a vibration unit and a magnetic circuit unit fixed and held at the holder. The vibration unit includes: a first diaphragm and an elastic support located at an end of the voice coil facing away from the first diaphragm and elastically supporting the voice coil. The elastic support includes a flexible circuit board and a second diaphragm fixed and held at one side of the flexible circuit board facing away from the voice coil. The flexible circuit board is sandwiched between the voice coil and the second diaphragm and includes an upper surface fixed to the voice coil and a lower surface opposite to the upper surface. The second diaphragm is fixed to the lower surface by a binder, and the lower surface is recessed towards the upper surface to form a binder accommodation groove.
US10932040B2
A lighting system includes a first lighting fixture that includes a first microphone and a first transmitter. The first transmitter is configured to transmit a first digital audio stream generated based on a sound. The lighting system further includes a second lighting fixture that includes a second microphone and a second transmitter. The second transmitter is configured to transmit a second digital audio stream generated based on the sound, where the sound is received by the first microphone and by the second microphone. The lighting system also includes a central processor that can process the first digital audio stream and the second digital audio stream to identify the sound.
US10932035B2
The present invention provides a sound generator having a permeable isolation assembly including a permeable damper and a back gum attached to the permeable damper. The permeable damper can completely cover two through holes for leakage, two through holes can be covered at the same time with back gum pasted only once, which effectively improves production and assembly efficiency. The permeable isolation assembly includes a permeable damper and a back gum attached to one side of the permeable damper adjacent to the bottom wall. The permeable damper comprises a body part and a pair of extension parts extending from both ends of the body part respectively. The back gum includes a primary body, and a pair of branch bodies extending from two ends of the primary body and attached to the extension parts respectively.
US10932030B2
Headphones include a first microphone configured to receive ambient sound at an outside of an external auditory canal of a user; a second microphone configured to receive sound inside the external auditory canal; a speaker configured to output sound toward the external auditory canal; a determiner configured to determine whether or not wind noise has occurred by comparing a first signal based on the sound received the first microphone with a second signal based on the sound received by the second microphone; and a processor configured to output, to the speaker, a signal obtained by adding an input signal to the first signal when the determiner determines that wind noise has not occurred.
US10932027B2
A wearable audio device including a magnetic device and a docking or parking magnet that has opposed first and second sides and produces a magnetic field, wherein the flux of the magnetic field from the first side has a greater magnitude than the flux of the magnetic field from the second side, and wherein the second side is closer to the magnetic device than is the first side.
US10932026B2
The invention relates to a broadband electrodynamic transducer for headphones, said transducer comprising: —a magnetic motor designed to generate a magnetic field; —a coil that is disposed in the air gap of the magnetic motor and can move translationally under the effect of the magnetic field; and —a membrane that is connected to the coil in such a way as to convert the translational movement of the coil into an acoustic wave; —the transducer comprising a self-supporting coil that is glued to the membrane, the membrane having a Young's modulus of more than 40 GPa.
US10932024B2
A loudspeaker system and method of utilizing and/or installing thereof. As a non-limiting example, various aspects of this disclosure provide a loudspeaker system that may be conveniently integrated with a power distribution network of a premises.
US10932022B2
The present invention provides a speaker box, including a main body having a plurality of sound holes; and a dustproof mesh adhered to an outer side of the main body for covering the sound hole. The dustproof mesh includes an air-permeable mesh plate covering the sound holes, and a first bonding layer adhered between the air-permeable mesh plate and the main body. The first bonding layer includes a sound transmission holes corresponding to the sound holes and being covered by the air-permeable mesh plate. The speaker box further includes a second bonding layer, including an accommodation hole correspondingly accommodating the air-permeable mesh plate and the first bonding layer. The dustproof mesh has an orthographic projection at the outer side of the main body not overlapping an orthographic projection of the second bonding layer at the outer side of the main body.
US10932020B2
The present invention provides a sound generator. The sound generator of the present disclosure is characterized in that the front cover hollows to form the glue slot which is around and communicated with the positioning holes. After being filled into the glue slot, the glue flows into the gap between the melting point posts and the positioning holes for filling. Therefore the horizontal sway of the front cover is reduced and even avoided, and then the front cover is fixed stably. At the same time, with the gap, the glue can flow to the position between the frame and the front cover, which increases the fixing strength and stability between the front cover and the frame with the melting points as well as the tensile property of the front cover, and therefore the acoustic stability of the sound generator is further optimized.
US10932015B2
There is provided herein a system and method for automatic configuration of data routings for use with electronic data such as phone calls, faxes, etc. In the preferred embodiment, when more than one carrier might potentially terminate the transmission, the carriers are ordered based on some screening criterion (e.g., transmission price). Data transmissions are then assigned to the carriers based on the sorting order, with the second place and lower carriers (e.g., the higher priced carriers) not being selected unless the first carrier cannot complete the transaction. The switch instructions necessary to implement this scheme are generated automatically.
US10932013B2
Systems and methods are described herein for causing to be provided reminders during consumption of a content item. The system detects subjects and the associations among them that are referenced in the content item and generates metadata with information about the associations. The metadata is used to determine, during later content item consumption, if at least one criterion for providing a reminder of the association is satisfied. For example, a criterion that at least two months must pass before a reminder is given regarding the relationship between characters in a video game is satisfied when a video game player has not been shown information about the relationship in three months. Accordingly, the system causes to be displayed the reminder of the association when the at least criterion is satisfied.
US10932006B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can cause a content item to be presented through a display screen of the computing device, the presentation of the content item beginning at a first time position. A determination is made that a user operating the computing device has adjusted the presentation of the content item to correspond to a second time position. A thumbnail preview that corresponds to the second time position is obtained from a composite preview video associated with the content item.
US10932005B2
A system (100) for enabling a user to select media content in an entertainment environment, comprising a remote control device (110) having a set of user-activated keys and a speech activation circuit adapted to enable a speech signal; a speech engine (160) comprising a speech recognizer (170); an application wrapper (180) configured to recognize substantive meaning in the speech signal; and a media content controller (190) configured to select media content. Every function that can be executed by activation of the user-activated keys can also be executed by the speech engine (160) in response to the recognized substantive meaning.
US10932002B2
A method of identifying media content presented on a display device includes determining a selected input source providing a video signal to the display device, and then selecting a first set of content identification rules when it is determined that the selected input source is a first input source, and selecting a second set of content identification rules when it is determined that the selected input source is a second input source. The method further comprises applying the selected first set or second set of content identification rules to the video signal in order to generate content identification data for the media content presented on the display device. Application of the content identification rules includes waiting for a trigger event and applying an algorithm to one or more frames of the video signal following the trigger event.
US10931991B2
The disclosure provides methods and systems for skipping unwanted portions of media content based on a crowdsourcing feedback model. The media content may include television programming content, video content, and audio content. The unwanted portions of media content include, for example, television commercials, opening and closing credits. An exemplary crowdsourcing feedback model involves receiving and processing a plurality of user seek information records. These records include time markers of the media content indicating when the users started and stopped fast forwarding or when the users started and stopped moving a scrub bar to jump from one portion of the content to another. When collected, the user seek information records are used to train a machine-learning system to calculate start and stop times of unwanted portions of media content. Once the start and stop times are calculated, user devices are enabled to automatically skip these unwanted portions.
US10931987B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to reduce signature matching uncertainty in media monitoring systems are disclosed. Disclosed example apparatus are to compare first neighborhoods of monitored signatures representative of monitored media with second neighborhoods of reference signatures representative of respective reference media to determine a first sequence of matching results for an observation period, the first and second neighborhoods to have respective sizes that span a first number of signatures. Disclosed example apparatus are also to select whether to output the first or a second sequence of matching results for the observation period based on whether a discontinuity is detected in the first sequence of matching results, the second sequence of matching results to be determined from comparisons of third neighborhoods of monitored signatures with fourth neighborhoods of reference signatures, the third and fourth neighborhoods to have respective sizes that span a second larger number of signatures.
US10931978B2
Systems and methods for presenting media content in an aircraft are provided. A first video display unit is communicatively coupled to a personal electronic device for obtaining therefrom a request to present the media content. A wireless access point is communicatively coupled to the first video display unit for receiving from the first video display unit a first command to query the personal electronic device for media presentation parameters, and the wireless access point is communicatively coupled to the personal electronic device for obtaining the media presentation parameters therefrom. A second video display unit is communicatively coupled to the first video display unit via the wireless access point. The wireless access point is configured for issuing a second command to at least one of the first and second video display units to cause the media content to be presented according to the media presentation parameters.
US10931976B1
In an embodiment described herein, a method for face-speech bridging by cycle video/audio reconstruction is described. The method comprises encoding audio data and video data via a mutual autoencoders that comprise an audio autoencoder and a video autoencoder, wherein the mutual autoencoders share a common space with corresponding embeddings derived by each of the audio autoencoder and the video autoencoder. Additionally, the method comprises substituting embeddings from a non-corrupted modality for corresponding corrupted embeddings in a corrupted modality in real-time based at least in part on corrupted audio data or corrupted video data. The method also comprises synthesizing reconstructed audio data and reconstructed video data based on, at least in part, the substituted embeddings.
US10931975B2
An endpoint device outputs frames of test media during a testing procedure. Each frame of test media includes a test pattern. A test module coupled to the endpoint device samples the test pattern and transmits sample data to a media test engine. The media test engine decodes a binary number from the test pattern and then converts the binary number to an integer value that is associated with the corresponding frame. The media test engine then analyzes sequences of these integer values to identify playback errors associated with the endpoint device.
US10931960B2
A method or coding image information, according to the present invention, comprises the steps of: binarizing according to different techniques, index values of forward prediction, backward prediction, and bidirectional prediction, depending on whether the bidirectional prediction is applied when inter-predicting a current block; and entropy coding a binarized codeword, wherein whether to apply the bidirectional prediction when inter-predicting the current block can be determined on the basis of the size of the current block. As a result, provided are a method for binarizing an inter-prediction direction of a prediction unit having a specific size, and an apparatus using same.
US10931956B2
Methods and systems for light field image encoding and decoding are disclosed. According to some embodiments, scene metadata and input light field images associated with a scene are received. A first encoding operation is performed on the scene metadata and input light field images to generate reference images, reference disparity information, and an order of reference views. A second encoding operation is performed based on the reference images and reference disparity information to output light field encoded data. The light field encoded data includes the encoded reference images, the encoded reference disparity information, and the order of reference views. The light field encoded data is transmitted.
US10931954B2
A media device includes a processor to calculate a value of an objective function for each sequence of modes of a plurality of sequences of modes, based on at least statistical data of a plurality of modes. The plurality of sequences of modes corresponds to different combinations of modes from the plurality of modes. The plurality of modes corresponds to a plurality of encoding operations executed. The processor selects a sequence of modes from the plurality of sequences of modes based on a value of the objective function associated with the sequence of modes. The modes in the selected sequence of modes are less than the plurality of modes and represents an optimal encoding scheme executable to encode an input image block.
US10931952B2
A multi-codec encoder includes a first partitioning unit and a second partitioning unit configured to receive first data and second data, respectively. Sequential frames of image data are alternately classified into the first data and the second data. The multi-codec encoder further includes a motion estimation module configured to generate motion estimation information, based on the first data and reference data, a first codec configured to encode the first data with the motion estimation information, and a second codec configured to encode the second data with the motion estimation information.
US10931944B2
The present invention relates to an image processing device and method that enable generation of a highly precise prediction image using a small amount of control information. A motion compensation circuit specifies a macroblock corresponding to a prediction image in part of reference frames using a motion vector supplied from a prediction mode determination circuit, reads an image thereof from a frame memory, and extracts it as a motion compensation image. A motion prediction circuit reads, from a frame memory, at least one or more of the remaining reference frames, performs motion prediction of the motion compensation image supplied from the motion compensation circuit in each frame, reads an image of a macroblock that matches or is similar to the motion compensation image from the frame memory, and extracts it as a motion compensation image.
US10931935B2
The present disclosure provides a structured light projection module comprising: a Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser (VCSEL) array light source that includes a semiconductor substrate and at least two VCSEL sub-arrays arranged thereon. The at least two VCSEL sub-arrays include VCSEL light sources. The structured light projection module further includes a diffractive optical element (DOE) that includes at least two DOE sub-units. The DOE sub-units are respectively corresponding to the VCSEL sub-arrays and configured to project multiple copies of light beams emitted by the corresponding at least two VCSEL sub-arrays.
US10931934B2
A watercraft may include a safety system having an imaging component and a control component. The control component may modify the operation of the watercraft based on images from the imaging component. The imaging component may include a thermal imaging component and a non-thermal imaging component. The watercraft may include more than one imaging component disposed around the periphery of the watercraft to monitor a volume surrounding the watercraft for objects in the water such as debris, a person, and/or dock structures. Operating the watercraft based on the images may include operating propulsion and/or steering systems of the watercraft based on a detected object. The control component may operate the propulsion and/or steering systems to disable a propeller when a swimmer is detected, to avoid detected debris, and/or to perform or assist in performing docking maneuvers. The imaging components may include compact thermal imaging modules mounted on or within the hull of the watercraft.
US10931930B2
The techniques described herein relate to methods, apparatus, and computer readable media configured to decode video data. Video data includes video content, overlay content, and overlay metadata that is specified separate from the video content and overlay content. The overlay content is determined to be associated with the video content based on the overlay metadata. The overlay content is overlaid onto the video content in the region of the video content.
US10931925B2
The present invention relates to a monitoring camera having an autofocusing function based on a composite filtering robust against a change in visibility status and a video monitoring system employing the same. The present invention comprises: a hardware filter for blocking one of a visible light band and an infrared light band and allowing the other thereof to pass therethrough; and a software filter for filtering a color image or a black-and-white image generated by an image signal processor (ISP) by removing, from the color image or the black-and-white image, a factor reducing a visibility distance at the front side of a lens part, wherein the filtering band of the hardware filter and whether to perform filtering by the software filter are controlled according to a filtering level corresponding to a current visibility status at the front side of the lens part among a plurality of filtering levels. Therefore, the present invention can provide an image which is always clear enough to enable a target object to be identified regardless of a visibility status at the front of a monitoring camera, and an accurate autofocusing function can be provided constantly regardless of the visibility status in front of the monitoring camera by performing autofocusing using analysis of an image provided through stepwise composite filtering.
US10931924B2
To correct aberrations in the image plane of a camera while modifying selected, modifiable camera settings that influence aberrations quickly and simply, a plurality of features with different known feature positions is provided in space. For each selected, modifiable camera setting influencing the aberration, at least two defined setting specifications are provided for modifying respective camera settings. For each setting specification, the camera captures the plurality of features. The camera determines positions of features in the image plane. Via a known mathematical method, a connection between different known feature positions in space and corresponding image positions in the image plane of the camera is determined. For each of the setting specifications of the selected modifiable camera settings, correction parameters of at least one mathematical correction model are determined for correcting the aberration. The at least one correction model is stored in the camera together with the determined correction parameters.
US10931920B2
Traditional approaches to automated monitoring using a pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) video security system involve the use of programmed patterns/preset tours. In contrast, a camera tour is configured based on operation of a surveillance system during a period of active operation by a user. The configuration accounts for frequency of given views and other measures to provide an automated tour. The automated tour is displayed when the system is not under active control, and can be updated during further periods of active control.
US10931917B2
A transmission terminal transmits video data and display data of a screen shared with another transmission terminal to the other transmission terminal via a predetermined relay apparatus. The transmission terminal includes a storage unit that stores relay apparatus information of the relay apparatus to which the transmission terminal transmits the video data; a receive unit that receives the display data from an external input apparatus connected to the transmission terminal; and a transmitting unit that transmits the display data received by the receive unit to the relay apparatus indicated by the relay apparatus information stored in the storage unit.
US10931912B2
A computer-implemented method includes: storing, by a computing device, pixel-based classification rules in a memory of a computing device; storing, by the computing device, video uploading rules that identify a subset of a plurality of cameras implemented within a vehicle for which video should be uploaded in the memory of the computing device; detecting, by the computing device, satisfaction of video upload event criteria based on video or image data from at least one of the plurality of cameras and vehicle information comprising one of vehicle sensor information and vehicle diagnostic information; determining, by the computing device, a subset of the plurality of cameras based on the detecting the satisfaction of the video upload event criteria; and uploading, by the computing device, video captured by only the subset of the plurality of cameras to a video storage server.
US10931908B2
A solid-state imaging device includes a first A/D converter circuit and a second A/D converter circuit per column. The first A/D converter circuit performs a first A/D conversion that (i) refines, using a first comparator, a range including a potential of an analog signal through a binary search, and (ii) generates, based on a result of the binary search, a first digital signal being a high-order portion of the digital signal. The second A/D converter circuit performs a second A/D conversion that generates a second digital signal being a low-order portion that is a remainder of the digital signal by measuring a time required for an output of the second comparator to be inverted, the second comparator comparing a quantitative relationship between the analog signal refined and a ramp signal.
US10931907B2
An image sensor includes: a photoelectric conversion unit that photoelectrically converts incident light and generates a charge; and an A/D conversion unit that converts the analog signal generated due to charge generated by the photoelectric conversion unit into a digital signal, wherein: the A/D conversion unit includes a comparison unit that compares the analog signal with a reference signal and a first circuit layer including a first capacitor for generating the reference signal and a second circuit layer laminated to the first circuit layer and including with a second capacitor for generating the reference signal.
US10931895B2
An image processing device (10) is provided with: an estimation unit (11) for estimating, by using image data and a spectral sensitivity characteristic of a color image sensor in a wavelength range from visible light to near-infrared light, a spectral distribution characteristic of an incident light incident on the color image sensor, based on a model expressing the spectral distribution characteristic of the incident light, the image data including one or more color channels and acquired by capturing, using the color image sensor, the incident light including visible light and near-infrared light; and a generation unit (12) for generating, using the estimated spectral distribution characteristic of the incident light and the spectral sensitivity characteristic of the color image sensor, visible light image data configured only from information representing the visible light and near-infrared light image data configured only from information representing the near-infrared light.
US10931889B1
A system and method for providing landscape (horizontal) and portrait (vertical) oriented images of a common scene on separate feeds with independent image controls includes a movable horizontal camera configured to provide a horizontal image on a horizontal image feed, a movable vertical camera configured to provide a vertical image on a vertical image feed, the horizontal and vertical cameras configured to be aligned along a camera axis and mounted to a common support, the horizontal and vertical cameras configured to view the common scene and to provide separate horizontal and vertical image feeds simultaneously, the cameras being independently controlled such that a given camera is moved when a tracked subject exceeds a control range threshold for that camera image, independent of the subject location in the other camera image. In some embodiments, a single high resolution image may be used with independently-controlled horizontal and vertical extracted images.
US10931888B2
An image processing device includes a transfer function input unit to which each of transfer functions of a plurality of imaging-systems is input, a calculation unit that calculates a target resolution value which is a target value of recovery processing that recovers a plurality of captured images to be output from each of the plurality of the imaging-systems based on each of the input transfer functions and a predetermined criterion, a recovery filter generation unit that generates a recovery filter used for the recovery processing with respect to each of the plurality of imaging-systems based on each of the transfer functions of the plurality of imaging-systems and a target resolution value, and a recovered image generation unit that performs the recovery processing with respect to the captured images acquired from the plurality of imaging-systems by using the recovery filter generated for each of the plurality of imaging-systems to generate recovered images.
US10931882B2
A first imaging unit according to the present embodiment has a plurality of imaging units arranged such that capturing ranges partially overlap with each other and generates a combined image in which images captured by the plurality of imaging units are connected and combined to each other by a combining processing unit. A second imaging unit according to the present embodiment captures a part of a capturing range of the first imaging unit. A control unit according to the present embodiment controls exposure levels of the plurality of imaging units based on at least one of a state of the second imaging unit and information included in an image captured by the second imaging unit.
US10931875B2
One aspect of the present disclosure is an image processing device performing image stabilization of frame images shot by an imaging device. This device is provided with an acquiring unit, an image generating unit and a cropping unit. The acquiring unit acquires the plurality of frame images. The image generating unit stitches, among the plurality of frame images acquired by the acquiring unit, a first frame image and a second frame image, the second frame image being one frame image among several frames before and after the first frame image, to generate a composite image larger than a size of the first frame image and the second frame image. The cropping unit sets a cropping region to the composite image and outputs an image in the cropping region as an output frame image.
US10931865B2
Provided are an imaging device, an imaging device main body, and a focusing control method of an imaging device capable of adjusting a focus with high accuracy by appropriately supporting the focus adjustment in a manual manner. An image sensor movement driver (220) that moves an image sensor (210) along an optical axis (L), and an image sensor movement controller (250a) that controls the movement of the image sensor (210) by controlling the image sensor movement driver (220) are provided. In a case where a subject is focused, the image sensor movement controller (250a) starts the tracking, and controls the movement of the image sensor (210) such that a focusing state is maintained based on a defocus amount detected by the phase difference AF processing unit (132).
US10931861B2
A method and apparatus for a panning camera using multiple lenses having a common planar image plane. An imaging device is positioned across said image plane sampling a section each time. The sampled plane is an imaging representation of a very large angular scenery and it is sampled and displayed piece by piece by the imaging device. An instantaneous image of a said section is displayed or stored by a computing device. Installation of two or more said panning camera with an offset distance in between will be the basis of fast 3D measurement of scenery around the installed cameras. As the imaging device advances across said image plane it will pass across fields of view of multiple lenses. The present invention relates to high resolution very wide field of view panning camera without moving the external camera casing. Said imaging device could be a CCD, CMOS, FLIR or other imaging camera device.
US10931845B2
A reading device including a position reference member having a reference pattern having a line extending along a first direction of the position reference member, the position reference member movable in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; a reader including a plurality of sensor chips arranged along the first direction, each of the sensor chips having a length defined by a plurality of pixels; and circuitry. The circuitry is configured to detect the reference pattern of the position reference member using the reader; determine coordinates of at least two sensor chips in the second direction, based on the detected reference pattern of the position reference member; and correct a position of a reading target in the second direction based on the coordinates determined for the at least two sensor chips of the reader in the second direction.
US10931843B2
A multi feed detection device includes a position detector that detects a position of paper being transported, a multi feed detector that is disposed on a downstream side of the position detector in a paper transport direction and detects multi feed of the paper being transported, and a control section that performs control such that multi feed detection by the multi feed detector is stopped when a leading end of paper being transported next to paper, on which multi feed detection is executed by the multi feed detector, is detected by the position detector.
US10931842B1
An example method performed by a computing device may involve receiving print job data representing a print job to be carried out by a printer to produce at least one copy of a media product. The method may also involve using a condition set to select, from a plurality of trays of the printer that are each configured for supplying media units, a set of one or more trays for use in carrying out the print job. The condition set may include a first condition that the set of trays includes a particular tray that is holding enough media units for supplying a total number of media units required to complete the print job. The method may also involve in response to using the condition set to select the set of trays, controlling the printer to carry out the print job using the set of trays.
US10931841B2
A sheet conveying apparatus includes first and second drive sources, first and second driving units, each including a respective first or second roller to convey a sheet, an operating unit, and a switching unit to switch a state of the sheet conveying apparatus between a first state in which the first driving unit and the second driving unit are not connected to each other and a second state in which the first driving unit and the second driving unit are connected to each other. A first drive source driving force drives the first driving unit. A second drive source driving force drives the second driving unit. The operating unit rotates when manually operated. In the second state, operating unit rotation is transmitted to the first driving unit to rotate the first roller, and operating unit rotation is transmitted to the second driving unit to rotate the second roller.
US10931835B1
A print media scanning system enables the rapid acquisition of books, magazines, papers and so on into a digital library. The media is placed on an inclined surface where is held in place and the pages to be scanned are secured by braces. A scanning head is suspended above the media and is adjustable with respect to the media. The data from the scanning head is transferred to a digital library.
US10931830B2
In a system in which a wireless access network and another network are connected to each other, an accurate fee is charged in a case where data held in an application server disposed in the wireless access network is used. The application server holds an application and data relating to the application. A usage mode information generating unit generates usage mode information which is information relating to a usage mode when the wireless terminal uses the held data. A network data usage amount measuring unit measures a network data usage amount when the wireless terminal uses data on another network via a wireless access network connected to the wireless terminal. A fee charging unit charges a fee on the basis of the measured network data usage amount and charge a fee on a basis of the generated usage mode information.
US10931826B1
Agents are grouped into skill groups based on the skills of each agent. Simulation are performed for a contact center with multiple queues, where agents from the skill groups are assigned to the queues based on the skills of the skill groups and the skills of the queues. After running the simulations, for each skill group and for each interval, the time each agent spent working using each associated skill is determined, and an average time for each skill is calculated for each interval. The average times are used to create a skill group weight for the skill group for each interval. Later, when the schedule engine is determining an agent placement for one or more intervals, the skill group weights for the intervals are used to calculate a score for the queues based on different agent placements. The placement with the best score (e.g., lowest) is implemented.
US10931825B2
A computer system routes contact center interactions. Interactions between contact center agents and contact center queries that are received at a contact center are monitored. A ranking model is trained according to the categories of the contact center queries and the interaction scores of each handled query using machine learning. The ranking model is tested according to various metrics to ensure that the ranking model ranks the agents according to one or more selected business outcomes. A net score may be determined for each contact center agent for each query category based on a predicted interaction score and one or more non-interaction features. Incoming queries may then be routed to an appropriate contact center agent based on the category of the incoming query. Embodiments may further include a method and program product for routing contact center interactions in substantially the same manner described above.
US10931821B2
A device may receive voice call data indicating that a voice call has been initiated between a first device and an interactive voice response device. The device may obtain, based on the voice call data, a user account identifier identifying a user account and obtain, based on the user account identifier, user account data including user authentication data. The device may receive user input provided by the first device during the voice call and determine, based on the user authentication data, that the user input fails to authenticate a user associated with the user account. The device may receive data indicating that the voice call has terminated and identify, based on the user input failing to authenticate the user, a second device. The device may perform an action based on the second device and the voice call data.
US10931818B1
Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing prevention of foreign initiated fraudulent or unauthorized use of calling service. In various embodiments, a computing system might receive, from a first user device associated with an originating party, a request to access a first account of a calling system and an access code. Based on a determination that the received access code is valid, the computing system might determine whether the first user device associated with the originating party is located in a foreign country. If so, the computing system might determine whether a database contains a configurable flag indicating that international access is not allowed for the first account. If so, the computing system might initiate one or more first actions. If not, the computing system might provide the first user device with access to the first account of the calling system.
US10931809B2
A host mobile device and a mobile device cover for use with the host mobile device are configured to select a light pattern and one or more light pattern parameters. The host mobile device runs a mobile application that provides a graphical preview of the selected light pattern on the mobile device cover according to the one or more light parameters. In addition, the mobile application provides a preview of a notification by causing the mobile device cover to display the selected light pattern on the lights and/or screens of the mobile device cover.
US10931807B2
The invention relates to, among others, a network device (10, 11, 12) for an intercom network (13) for permitting an audio communication, in particular a duplex audio communication with other users (14a, 14b, 14c, 14d, 14e, 14f) of the intercom network, comprising a housing (33) and a communication module (20a, 20b) arranged therein or thereon, with which a radio link can be established for the transmission of audio signals to another user, wherein the radio link is subject to the DECT protocol. The speciality, among others, consists in that the network device (10, 11, 12) comprises a means (21) for preventing or reducing multipath interferences.
US10931801B2
A button assembly includes a pressing element, a tray, and a locking structure fastened between the pressing element and the tray. One side surface of the pressing element is recessed inward to form an accommodating space. The pressing element opens at least one first upper fixing hole. A bottom surface of the pressing element is recessed upward to form a first accommodating slot. The first accommodating slot opens at least one first opening. The tray of which one side is connected with the pressing element. The one side of the tray has a base portion mounted in the accommodating space. The base portion opens at least one second opening. A bottom surface of a peripheral wall of the at least one second opening is recessed upward to form at least one locking slot. The locking structure includes at least one locking element and an elastic arm.
US10931796B2
The techniques described herein describe diffusing packets through multipath inter-data center networks to identify faulty network apparatuses therein. In an implementation, a method of diffusing packets through a multipath inter-data center network to identify a faulty network apparatus in a source data center is disclosed. The method includes diffusing packets through various paths of a network fabric. Diffusing the packets includes sending out bursts of packets with varying packet header parameters to a set of machines in one or more target data centers. The method further include monitoring packet drops from the bursts of packets, issuing tracerts for each of the packet drops to identify corresponding failed routes, and triangulating the failed routes to identify the faulty network apparatus.
US10931792B2
A system designed for increasing network communication speed for users, while lowering network congestion for content owners and ISPs. The system employs network elements including an acceleration server, clients, agents, and peers, where communication requests generated by applications are intercepted by the client on the same machine. The IP address of the server in the communication request is transmitted to the acceleration server, which provides a list of agents to use for this IP address. The communication request is sent to the agents. One or more of the agents respond with a list of peers that have previously seen some or all of the content which is the response to this request (after checking whether this data is still valid). The client then downloads the data from these peers in parts and in parallel, thereby speeding up the Web transfer, releasing congestion from the Web by fetching the information from multiple sources, and relieving traffic from Web servers by offloading the data transfers from them to nearby peers.
US10931791B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method and apparatus for processing a request. A specific embodiment of the method includes: receiving a request; determining a type of the request or an object name indicated by the request; acquiring, after determining that a current time is after a validity deadline of locally stored first request control information, the number of control servers in a preset control server set; determining, from the control server set, a target control server based on the acquired number and any one of: the type of the request, the object name indicated by the request; and forwarding the request to the target control server.
US10931788B2
A System Solution offers a Business Entity a way to update a Native Application Client by directly downloading a new version of the Application Client from an Application Server bypassing the Application Store. A Native Application Client is updated while the current Native Application Client is running on the Client Device. A Native Application Client is divided into a Native Layer which runs directly on the Operating System of the Client Device and a Dynamic Layer that runs on the Native Layer. The System Solution automatically generates Application Clients, Application Servers, and Dashboards. The Business Entity uses the generated Dashboards to modify the Dynamic Layer by generating a new Dynamic Layer and making it available for download to the Client Device. The Navigation Parameters can be set in the Dynamic Layer allowing the Business Entity to change the application flow of the Native Application Client.
US10931787B2
A method of forwarding information base synchronization for a network switch stacking system includes transmitting by at least one slave network switch at least one change event to a master network switch, generating by the master network switch a change confirmation to the at least one slave network switch when a master forwarding information base is determined to be necessarily updated by the master network switch according to the at least one change event, and updating by the at least one slave network switch at least one slave forwarding information base according to the change confirmation, wherein the at least one change event includes at least one of a new learn event, a port move event, a regular port aging out event, a logic aggregation update aging time event.
US10931785B2
This document describes a content delivery acceleration system including a communication interface configured to communicate with a remote device over a wireless network; a cache; and a controller configured to perform operations including: pre-computing one or more evaluation results for a webpage associated with a selectable network reference of a webpage, caching the one or more pre-computed evaluation results; retrieving, from the cache, the one or more pre-computed evaluation results; and pre-loading of one or more content tags for the one or more digital component slots, with the one or more content tags being preloaded with uniform resource locators (URLs) from which to load the digital components represented in the pre-computed evaluation results.
US10931781B2
A method and system for automatically updating a cache is provided. The method includes receiving by a database server from a mobile device, a request for modifying data within the database server. A Web service retrieves the request. The data is determined to be currently available within the database server and the request is transmitted to an analytics component of the database server. The analytics component determines if the data should be updated for use in an additional mobile device.
US10931779B2
A method for data processing is provided. The method may include: preprocessing initial data to obtain preprocessed data; storing the preprocessed data; receiving a data request made through an application, the data request including information relating to a storage path of contents that are requested; in response to the data request, determining, by a nearby proxy of a first proxy cluster in a first region, whether the contents requested in the data request are cached locally; and in response to a determination that the contents are cached locally, providing, by the nearby proxy, the contents to the application; or in response to a determination that the contents are not cached locally, acquiring, by the nearby proxy, the contents based on the information relating to the storage path of the contents; and providing, by the nearby proxy, the contents to the application.
US10931776B2
Methods, systems and computer program products for data fetching in a networked computing environment. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a request from an analytical node for a set of data for a defined job, and identifying in networked storage a subset of the data for the job. The subset of data is loaded to the analytical node based on the sequence in which the data are projected to be accessed in the job. In an embodiment, the request includes a specification for the job, and the specification is analyzed to identify the subset of data. In one embodiment, the subset of data is identified by identifying another job having a relationship to the defined job, and identifying the data used for that other job. In an embodiment, the networked computing environment is a cloud computing environment, and the defined job is an analytics job.
US10931770B2
A system for notifying of arrival at a subway station and providing station information by using integrated smartphone positioning includes: a providing system 11 connected to a user terminal 12 through a network; and the user terminal including a current location identifying module 21, a path generating module 22, a boarding identifying module 23, an advertisement providing module 24, a stop station guidance module 25, and a sensor unit 27 having a plurality of sensors. The providing system 11 includes a sensing pattern information DB 31 storing information repeatedly sensed by the plurality of sensors at a predetermined location. The current location identifying module 21 determines the current location of the user terminal 12. The stop station guidance module 25 provides, to the user terminal 12, information about a nonstop station and about arrival at an arrival station on a real-time basis.
US10931767B2
Disclosed is a computer-implemented method, system and program product for prioritizing social media posts and recommending action(s) to a user for the prioritized of social media posts. The computer-implemented method includes monitoring, by the data processing system, interaction(s) of a user on social media accounts of the user, receiving, by the data processing system, input from the user including information about the user and goal(s) of the user with respect to the social media accounts, learning, by the data processing system, additional information about the user, and cognitively analyzing, by the data processing system, the interaction(s) of the user, the input from the user and the additional information about the user to derive preference(s) of the user regarding the social media accounts, the preference(s) including topic(s) of relevance to the user. The computer-implemented method further includes cognitively prioritizing, by the data processing system, social media post(s) from among the social media accounts based on the topic(s) of relevance and the user preference(s), the cognitively prioritizing resulting in prioritized social media posts, and cognitively recommending action(s) to the user based on the prioritized social media posts, the topic(s) of relevance and the user preference(s).
US10931761B2
A graph of combinations of entities and parameters corresponding to the combinations of entities may be stored as two tables. The first table may comprise a table that includes all entity combinations, as well as each parameter that corresponds to the entity combinations. Each entity combination may additionally be parseable, such that each entity combination may be parsed to allow for identification of each entity included within a given entity combination. The second table may include an entity combination node corresponding to (and linked to) each entity combination stored within the first table. Each given entity combination node of the second table may then be linked within the second table to each nearest neighbor node of the given node to thereby allow for identifying each entity combination within the first table that includes a particular relevant entity (or set of entities).
US10931759B2
Methods and systems for establishing a moderated communication channel. One system includes an electronic computing device including a network interface configured to receive and transmit communications between a communication device and a plurality of network-connectable devices. The electronic computing device further includes an electronic processor configured to establish a first communication channel between the communication device and a first network-connectable device over which the electronic computing device receives a first data feed relating to a public safety incident from the first network-connectable device. The electronic processor is further configured to receive and queue a second data feed from a second network-connectable device. The electronic processor is further configured to determine that the second data feed relates to the public safety incident, and in response to this determination, establish a moderated communication channel between the communication device, the first network-connectable device, and the second network-connectable device.
US10931758B2
Sensor data is received from a physical environment sensor. A component region associated with at least a portion of the sensor data is identified. A physical environment has been defined to include a plurality of component regions. Context information associated with the identified component region is obtained. The context information is utilized in association with a prediction model.
US10931757B2
A system contains a network testing engine that sends test data along different paths of a network between a source and a destination, wherein each path contains a plurality of network nodes, and receives, in response to sending the test data, response data about the paths. The system further contains a network path characteristics engine that determines characteristics of each path based on the response data, and a delivery parameters engine that receives a request for delivery of a data load from the source to the destination and determines, based on the request, delivery parameters. Furthermore, the system contains the source and a path selection engine that determines a selected path of the different paths based on the characteristics of the paths and the delivery parameters, and sends the selected data path to the source, which sends the data load along the selected path to the destination.
US10931756B2
A method begins by sending, by a user computing device of a storage network, a read request regarding data to a host computing device of the storage network in accordance with a transport layer protocol, where the read request includes data retrieval information associated the data. The method continues with determining, by the host computing device, a storage entity of the storage network that is storing the data based on the data retrieval information. The method continues with sending, by the host computing device, socket information and data retrieval information to the storage entity. The method continues with sending, by the storage entity, the data directly to the user computing device in accordance with the socket information and using the session identifier.
US10931749B2
Methods and systems for finding a migration target include building a constrained, layered graph from a catalog of possible configuration combinations and a distance function for each layer in the graph; and determining an available path through the graph, said path having a minimum overall distance from a source instance, by performing an optimized search that selectively evaluates available paths through the graph based on cumulative distances of paths through the graph from the source instance.
US10931746B2
Content downloads can be managed. For example, intermediary software can receive a first request to download content from a remote server. The intermediary software can receive the first request from content requesting software. The first request can be formed according to a first protocol. The intermediary software can intercept the first request to prevent the first request from being communicated to the remote server. The intermediary software can generate a second request based on the first request and according to a second protocol that is different from the first protocol and that is usable with a peer-to-peer network. The intermediary software can then transmit the second request to the peer-to-peer network to cause the content to be downloaded from the peer-to-peer network.
US10931740B2
In response to receiving an indication from a client device experiencing a network connectivity error, a grouping of target client devices is identified for purposes of executing a distributed network diagnostic, the grouping being identified based on one or more configuration settings associated with client devices. The client devices in the identified grouping retrieve and execute an instruction. Data generated upon executing the instruction is received from each client device over a device management channel. The data is aggregated and trend data is generated. An instruction is sent to the client device experiencing the network connectivity error, wherein the instruction mitigates the network connectivity error.
US10931739B2
This disclosure relates to method and system for generating strategy and roadmap for end-to-end information technology (IT) infrastructure cloud implementation. The method may include receiving natural language inputs from stakeholders with respect to a current IT infrastructure and a future IT infrastructure cloud implementation, receiving machine acquired data points from data centers, labelling human semantic data points in the natural language inputs and the machine acquired data points into labelled data points, mapping patterns in the labelled data points to a cloud implementation R-lane models, classifying a problem domain into classes of a cloud strategy based on at least one of the cloud implementation R-lane models, determining an implementable solution using at least one of a search, a backtracking, or a constraint propagation model to business constrains that are identified based on the classes, and generating an output artifact based on the implementable solution using a belief-desire-intention model.
US10931738B2
A system and method for the management of client computing device DNS queries and subsequent resource requests within a content delivery network service provider domain are provided. The management of the DNS queries can include the selection of computing devices corresponding to various Point of Presence locations for processing DNS queries. Additionally, the management of the content requests can include the selection of computing devices corresponding to resource cache components corresponding to various Point of Presence locations for providing requested content. The selection of the computing devices can incorporate logic related to geographic criteria, performance threshold criteria, testing criteria, and the like.
US10931727B2
Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to facilitate the intercept and manipulation of content requested by a client device. The methods, systems, and apparatuses described herein enable the interception and redirection of packets based upon a set of rules. Intercepted packets may be redirected away from an origin server and may be forwarded to a splicing device. The splicing device may establish a session with a corresponding origin server, and retrieve content that is requested by the intercepted packet. In embodiments, the splicing device may identify alternate content that is associated with the intercepted packet and/or content that is further associated with a device or subscriber associated with the packet. One or more segments of the requested content, or the entirety of the requested content may be replaced with the alternate content, and the modified content may be output to the client device requesting the content.
US10931723B2
Disclosed is a method for establishing a communication session. First, the communication session is initiated by a server. Next, a first connection request is generated for a voice call between a first WebRTC device and a second WebRTC device over a WebRTC gateway device. A second connection request including an identifier of first WebRTC device is generated towards a connection management server. Next, an inquiry to the connection management server by the second WebRTC device is generated for determining if a connection request is received from the first WebRTC device, and in that case the communication session including both the first connection for the voice call and a second connection is established.
US10931712B2
A method and associated circuits protect data stored in a secure data circuit of a telecommunication device equipped with a near-field communication (NFC) router, a microcontroller, and the secure data circuit. In the method, each message received with the NFC router is parsed to retrieve a communication pipe identifier and an instruction code. The communication pipe identifier and the instruction code are compared to corresponding information in a filter table. Instruction codes of particular messages that attempt to modify a communication pipe by reassigning one end of the communication pipe from the port of the NFC router to a different circuit are acted upon. These messages are blocked from reaching the secure data circuit when the instruction code is not authorized in the filter table, and these messages are permitted when the instruction code is authorized in the filter table.
US10931711B2
Disclosed are a system of defending against a DDoS attack based on an SDN and a method thereof. According to the present invention, when the HTTP Request message suspected for the attack arrives at the web server, the web server sends the HTTP Request message to the SDN controller located in the network, and the SDN controller determines the DDoS attack instead of the web server which is the attack target and blocks the traffic from the attacker through the nodes on the network according to the determination result of the SDN controller. Thereby, the traffic suspected as the DDoS attack that exhausts available connection resources of the web server is input to the SDN controller instead of the web server. Thereby the web server can be protected from the DDoS attack and the maintenance of the normal operation of the web server can be secured.
US10931710B2
Embodiments of the present application relate to a method and device for defending against website attacks. The method includes obtaining a traffic threshold value corresponding to a target IP address, determining whether real-time visitor traffic for the target IP address exceeds the traffic threshold value, and handling visitor traffic for the target IP address based at least in part on whether the real-time visitor traffic for the target IP address exceeds the traffic threshold value, wherein the handling incoming visitor traffic for the target IP address based at least in part on whether the real-time visitor traffic for the target IP address exceeds the traffic threshold value includes, in the event that the real-time visitor traffic for the target IP address exceeds the traffic threshold value, configuring a blackhole route for the target IP address, and redirecting the incoming visitor traffic for the target IP address to the blackhole route.
US10931706B2
A method for detecting and/or identifying a cyber-attack on a network can include segmenting the network using a segmentation method with machine learning to generate one or more network segments; assigning a score to a data point within each network segment based on a presence or absence of an identified anomalous behavior of the data point; analyzing network data flow, via behavioral modeling, to provide a context for characterizing the anomalous behavior; combining, via a reinforcement learning agent, outputs of the segmentation method with behavioral modelling and assigned score to detect and/or identify a cyber-attack; providing one or more alerts to an analyst; receiving an analyst assessment of an effectiveness of the detection and/or identification; and providing the analyst assessment as feedback to the reinforcement learning agent.
US10931703B2
Embodiments of the disclosure are related to a method, apparatus, and system for generating scores for the security threat coverage in a client network based on collected network environment data, comprising: determining a client device list; creating a client-specific threat matrix based on the client device list and a general threat matrix; and determining one or more security threat coverage scores for the client network based on the client-specific threat matrix.
US10931696B2
The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for dynamically detecting and/or mitigating threats in communications systems. Exemplary methods and apparatus of the present invention allow for a combination of automated and operator controlled responses to threats. While an operator is provided an opportunity to provide input on how to respond to a threat, after one or more threats of a given type are identified, the system will automatically take corrective action without waiting for operator input and/or in the absence of operator input following notification of a threat.
US10931695B2
An entity can disseminate nonces by introducing them into various aspects of network traffic, and then listening for them, thereby detecting eavesdroppers on the Internet. A nonce may be numeric, alphanumeric, or otherwise; nonces are contextually appropriate to how they are disseminated. Preferably, a nonce is disseminated by incorporating it into some aspect of network traffic. For example, a nonce can be placed in a network identifier such as an IP address or domain name label. Correlating the circumstances under which the nonce was disseminated and under which it was observed to “propagate”, intelligence about who is eavesdropping on what portions of the Internet can be derived. Such intelligence can be put to many uses, including reporting on eavesdroppers, routing traffic around eavesdroppers, developing reputation scores, and adopting enhanced obfuscation/privacy/security techniques.
US10931694B2
A processing pipeline for supporting advanced analytics for network monitoring and information management as well as specific analytics for particular use cases. The processing pipeline 500 takes in system data (502) and pre-processes (504) the system data. The system data (502) may include any of the types of data described above including text log files, and categorical data from various sources. The illustrated processing pipeline 500 includes two branches; a data modeling branch (506) where a model is developed for the data and a data evaluation branch (508) where the developed model is leveraged to evaluate live data. For certain event detection use cases, the output of the data evaluation branch (508) includes a score (510) (e.g., a threat level score) and context information for evaluating the threat.
US10931692B1
In one embodiment, a device in a network receives information regarding a network anomaly detected by an anomaly detector deployed in the network. The device identifies the detected network anomaly as a false positive based on the information regarding the network anomaly. The device generates an output filter for the anomaly detector, in response to identifying the detected network anomaly as a false positive. The output filter is configured to filter an output of the anomaly detector associated with the false positive. The device causes the generated output filter to be installed at the anomaly detector.
US10931686B1
A method to facilitate detection of automated attacks on a web service is disclosed. Some embodiments of the method can include binding a session identifier to a user session with the web service. The method can further include receiving a plurality of web requests during the user session that include the session identifier. The plurality of web requests can then be processed with a set of automation detection heuristics to identify session attributes associated with the session identifier during the user session. The method can further include detecting that the session identifier is associated with an automated attack when at least one of the session attributes associated with the session identifier exceeds a threshold amount.
US10931683B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for improving interactions with and between computers in secure content access, distribution and download and/or providing systems supported by or configured with personal computing devices, servers and/or platforms. The systems interact to identify and retrieve data within or across platforms, which can be used to improve the quality of data used in processing interactions between or among processors in such systems. The disclosed systems and methods provide systems and methods for automatic token-based secure content streaming.
US10931675B2
A computing device, including one or more output devices and a processor. The processor may be configured to download a web application. The web application may include an authorization certificate and a metadata file that includes an identifier of at least one local application program interface (API) of the computing device that is not included in an API whitelist of a web host application program. The processor may determine, based on the authorization certificate and the metadata file, that the web application is authorized to access the at least one local API. The processor may execute the web application at the web host application program. Executing the web application may include utilizing the at least one local API. The processor may convey at least one output of the web application for output at the one or more output devices.
US10931663B2
Two-factor authentication is processed on a transaction terminal before access is provided to a secure resource of the transaction terminal. A first factor authentication is performed to authenticate an identifier and a credential of a user. A unique challenge is sent, in response to a successful first factor authentication, to a secure device interfaced to the transaction terminal. A one-time unique signed response is received from the secure device in response to the unique challenge and a user action that depresses a button on the secure device. The one-time unique signed response is compared against what is expected from the secure device. When the comparison is successful, a user identity for the user is set, a security role is set for the user identity, and the user is granted access to the secure resource with the set security role.
US10931661B2
SSL/TLS certificate filtering devices, systems and processes may filter packets based on risk associated with each packet. A risk score may be determined for each packet based on associated threats and risks. Risk scores may be determined based on certificates, certificate authorities, and/or end users associated with each packet. The certificates may be scored and/or categorized by threats and risk.
US10931655B2
An apparatus and method for supporting bidirectional communication using unidirectional communication. The apparatus for supporting bidirectional communication using unidirectional communication includes an internal network module for performing bidirectional communication with an internal network and communicating with an external network module depending on a communication mode, the external network module for performing bidirectional communication with an external network and communicating with the internal network module depending on the communication mode, and a communication control module for controlling, of first unidirectional communication from the internal network module to the external network module and second unidirectional communication from the external network module to the internal network module, the second unidirectional communication, thus controlling a communication function corresponding to the communication mode, wherein the communication mode includes a unidirectional communication mode, a conditional bidirectional communication mode, and a bidirectional communication mode.
US10931649B2
A communication network encrypts a first portion of a transaction associated with point-to-point communications using a point-to-point encryption key. A second portion of the transaction associated with end-to-end communications is encrypted using an end-to-end encryption key.
US10931640B2
Methods and systems for managing computer network traffic are provided. A computer implemented method includes tunneling network traffic between a first network and a second network using a data storage system that is shared by the first network and the second network.
US10931637B2
Techniques for outbound/inbound lateral traffic punting based upon process risk are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system/process/computer program product for outbound/inbound lateral traffic punting based upon process risk includes receiving, at a network device on an enterprise network, process identification (ID) information from an endpoint (EP) agent executed on an EP device, in which the process ID information identifies a process that is associated with an outbound or inbound network session on the EP device on the enterprise network, and the EP agent selected the network session for punting to the network device for inspection; monitoring network communications associated with the network session at the network device to identify an application identification (APP ID) for the network session; and performing an action based on a security policy using the process ID information and the APP ID.
US10931623B2
Provided herein is an electronic message management platform that enables management and execution of electronic message campaigns while appropriately managing challenges presented by spam filters, black lists, and domain blocking technologies, and that includes elements for managing an electronic message campaign based on dynamic conditions, quality measures, engagement factors, and other measures, factors and conditions, including a rate of negative delivery events and a rate of negative engagement events.
US10931614B2
A method and system of adjusting a content of an electronic communication are provided. An electronic communication sent from a first entity to a second entity is received and its content determined. The electronic communication is assigned to a collaboration group based on the determined content. One or more downstream collaboration entities in the collaboration group are identified. For each identified collaboration entity, one or more electronic communication parameters are determined. The electronic communication is adjusted for compliance with the electronic communication parameters of the identified collaboration entities.
US10931610B2
The present invention discloses a method, a device, a user terminal and an electronic device for sharing an online image. The method includes: in response to a user's request for sharing an online image, obtaining a local resource of the online image to be shared; generating a sharing setting interface for the user to set editing the image and then sharing the online image, or directly sharing the online image. According to the present invention, a user is allowed to directly edit an online image and then share it with other users without the need of certain cumbersome operations, so as to enhance the user experience.
US10931609B2
A system and method for reducing conflict between parties that must communicate with each other are disclosed. In its most basic form, the invention is embodied in a system comprising the steps of: pairing users with system-specific unique address (e.g. e-mail address or text message destination number); receiving each electronic message and edit it as necessary in order to eliminate inflammatory or inappropriate language; and sending the edited electronic message to the intended recipient user, optionally with a copy of the edited electronic message also sent to the sending user.
US10931607B2
In non-limiting examples of the present disclosure, systems, methods and devices for matching user tone to digital assistant response types and tones while assisting with meeting scheduling are presented. An electronic message may be received by a digital assistant service. The digital assistant service may detect an intent to schedule a meeting and identify an urgency level associated with the message. The digital assistant may respond to the scheduling user with a message having a tone corresponding to the identified urgency level. The digital assistant may also perform a follow-up action for scheduling the meeting in a manner consistent with the urgency level of the scheduling user. For example, the digital assistant may attempt to schedule the meeting in a higher priority manner if there is a high urgency associated with the message, and a lower priority manner if there is a low urgency associated with the message.
US10931601B2
The disclosure provides a data transmission method and apparatus, and the method comprises: identifying that to-be-transmitted data comprises target data to be broadcast; and transmitting the target data to a plurality of network connection management devices coupled to network access devices, so that the plurality of network connection management devices may obtain data that needs to be broadcast directly from the network access devices without having to synchronize across the plurality of network connection management devices.
US10931578B2
A data processing method, a related device, and a system are provided. The method executed by a first network device includes receiving PDH frame data; loading the PDH frame data and a stuffing bit into a virtual container to obtain the virtual container that includes the PDH frame data, where the stuffing bit in the virtual container carries information about a clock frequency difference between a clock frequency of the Ethernet and a clock frequency of the PDH frame data; and performing virtual-container PWE3 encapsulation on the virtual container to obtain a virtual-container PWE3 packet. In at least some embodiments, difficulty in recovering the clock frequency of the PDH frame data when the PDH frame data is transmitted in the Ethernet is reduced, clock frequency jitters and drifts caused by the clock frequency recovery are reduced, and user experience is improved.
US10931565B2
In an embodiment, a method for a VRF and multi-service insertion on edge gateways is described. In an embodiment, the method comprises obtaining a rule configuration. Based on, at least in part, the rule configuration, a rule table is created. The rule table comprises rule data records, wherein a rule data record comprises packet attributes and a redirection identifier. A policy configuration comprising policy records is obtained. Each policy record comprises a redirection identifier, a next_hop, and an address pair for interfaces. A mapping between VRF identifiers and address pairs is generated. Based on, at least in part, the mapping and the policy configuration, a policy table is generated. The policy table comprises table records, wherein a table record comprises a redirection identifier, a next_hop, and an address pair. The rule and policy tables are used to redirect a packet from an edge gateway to a service virtual machine.
US10931561B2
A computing device dynamically excludes/includes traffic from/in a secure tunnel based on the domain name of the destination of the traffic. The computing device establishes a secure tunnel from the computing device, and receives a request to access a remote resource at a domain name. The computing device resolves the domain name at a domain name server and receives a resolved network address associated with the domain name. The computing device determines whether to send the request inside the secure tunnel or outside the secure tunnel by comparing the domain name to a split tunneling policy. Based on the comparison with the split tunneling policy, the computing device sends the request to the resolved network address either outside the secure tunnel or inside the secure tunnel.
US10931550B2
Out-of-band management techniques for networking fabrics are described. In an example embodiment, an apparatus may comprise a packet-switched network interface to deconstruct a packet received via an out-of-band management network and control circuitry to execute an out-of-band management agent, and the out-of-band management agent may be operative to identify a configuration command comprised in the received packet and control an optical circuit-switched network interface based on the configuration command. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10931541B2
A device supporting content delivery is configured to run at least one content delivery (CD) service of a plurality of CD services. The plurality of CD services include dynamically configurable log information.
US10931540B2
Various embodiments relate generally to data science and data analysis, computer software and systems, and wired and wireless network communications to interface among repositories of disparate data and computing machine-based entities configured to access, track, and/or analyze data, and, more specifically, to a computing and data storage platform to implement computerized tools to continuously (or nearly continuously) sense data describing functional states of remote computing devices and/or user interfaces configured to service electronic messages, according to at least some examples. For example, a method may include receiving a stream of data representing states of user interfaces, analyzing the states of the user interfaces, identifying activity data, identifying a state of an application, detecting an action and classifying a subset of activity data based on the action, and generating data representing a state of an application configured to interact with a digital conversation.
US10931539B2
A first node associated with a first site indicator is selected in a computer-generated graphical user interface. An expanded view of a first tab depicting a first set of nodes is presented. The first node represents a first internetworking device at the first physical site. A second node associated with a second site indicator is selected. An expanded view of a second tab depicting a second set of nodes is presented. The second node represents a second internetworking device at the second physical site external to the first physical site. A path route between the first node and the second node, intersecting nodes connecting the first node and the second node, additional nodes immediately adjacent to the intersecting nodes are determined. The path route, intersecting nodes, and additional nodes are displayed in the first tab and the second tab.
