US10173875B2
A truck and method for installing catenary wire are disclosed in which the truck may have a platform with a greater capacity than conventional systems. The truck may further comprise a set of guard rails that can be moved from a stowed position to an extended position and locked into the extended position.
US10173871B2
A handle-engaging assembly for releasably engaging a winch hoist handle in a winch hoist, where the winch hoist comprises a frame with an integral handle-receiving socket that is adapted to receive the handle. There is a pull pin assembly that comprises a spring-loaded pin that is constructed and arranged to be manipulated such that it engages with or disengages from an opening in the handle.
US10173866B2
A crane controller for a crane, in particular a cargo crane, has a first operating mode, in which the crane can be user-operated by control commands from an operator, and a second operating mode that can be activated by the operator. In the second operating mode, the crane geometry can be changed by the crane controller in a pre-defined sequence of movements. The crane controller has a menu-drive user interface, and the interface has a function which can be selected by the operator and by which the crane controller switches from the first to the second operating mode.
US10173860B2
An elliptical reel is provided. The elliptical reel can include one or more longitudinal support members about a longitudinal axis of the reel and on which hose can be wound for transport. A cross section of the longitudinal support members that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis defines an outline that has an elliptical shape.
US10173859B2
A recording-medium binding device includes first and second tooth groups. The first tooth group includes first and second tooth rows. The second tooth group includes third and fourth tooth rows. The third tooth row to be engaged with the first tooth row forms, together with the first tooth row, a first tooth row pair. The fourth tooth row to be engaged with the second tooth row forms, together with the second tooth row, a second tooth row pair. A second engaging height in the second tooth row pair is smaller than a first engaging height in the first tooth row pair. A second effective tooth top width in the second tooth row pair is larger than a first effective tooth top width in the first tooth row pair.
US10173852B2
A sheet feeder includes an apparatus main body, a sheet housing unit, and a sheet feeding unit. The sheet housing unit includes a housing space, a lift plate, an elevating mechanism, and a side fence. The elevating mechanism includes a pair of first wires, a pair of second wires, first pulleys, second pulleys, a reel, and a pair of first connecting members. The reel winds up the pair of first wires and the pair of second wires. The pair of first connecting members are connected to be relatively movable with respect to the lift plate in a vertical direction, causes a relative position to vary with respect to the lift plate in a vertical direction in accordance with a weight of the plurality of sheets loaded on the lift plate, and causes the lift plate to move upward when the weight is lighter than a predetermined value.
US10173845B2
Apparatus and methods for fulfillment of patient prescription orders by adapting a standard or stock container pre-filled with medication or the like for use as a patient-specific container through precise application of patient-specific information to the pre-filled container. Precise placement of the patient-specific information to the pre-filled container enables pharmacy management to fully utilize valuable information provided with the pre-filled container, thereby improving the quality of service to the patient while making the process of prescription order fulfillment more efficient. In general, preferred embodiments comprise control apparatus and information-application apparatus. In embodiments, the information-application apparatus is adapted to place a patient-specific label on the container. Preferred forms of the information-application apparatus include a label printer and a positioner. The preferred printer applies patient-specific information on a label. The preferred positioner orients the pre-filled container to receive the label from the printer such that information provided with the container is available for use.
US10173825B1
An example embodiment is a device for containing, transporting or otherwise holding a granular substance and for facilitating the mixture of the granular substance with a liquid. The device is typically used to mix powdered drink mixes into water contained in a screw-cap container such as a water bottle, for human consumption.
US10173824B2
The invention relates to a container for packaging products, in particular fresh products such as meat products. The container comprises a container body with a product space for accommodating a product and a receiving space at least for receiving liquid, preferably liquid from the product. The container body according to the invention comprises partition means that separate the product space and the receiving space from each other. The partition means comprise at least one outlet opening configured to at least discharge liquid from the product space to the receiving space. The container is further provided with at least one resistance element extending into the receiving space, which resistance element surrounds the outlet opening in such a manner that the resistance element prevents the transport of liquid from the receiving space to the product space.
US10173817B2
A device for measuring liquid volume in a container, wherein the measuring device includes a compression member, which is in sealed connection with a container to be detected, forms a sealed space in the container, and compresses gases in the sealed space under the effect of an external force, and the compressed volume value of the gases is a predetermined value; a pressure detector, which is disposed on the compression member, and configured to measure the pressure values of the gases in the container before and after compression; and a controller. A container and a method for measuring liquid volume in a container is further provided.
US10173816B2
A closure (20) is provided to selectively permit or restrict communication between the exterior and the interior of a system that has an opening between the exterior and interior. The closure (20) includes a closure body (24) that defines an access passage (30) and a membrane (60) that initially occludes the access passage (30). The connection of the membrane (60) to the body (24) is defined by a tearable portion (68) of material that defines a tear path along which the material can be torn. The tear path has; (A) a first separation path (80) where separation of the membrane (60) from the body (24) initially originates; and (B) a second separation path (90) where separation of the membrane (60) from the body (24) terminates. The second separation path (90) has a generally tapered configuration.
US10173814B1
A bottle has a flexible spout and a cap/cover configuration that effectively seals the spout from leakage and stores it under the cover. The flexible spout is folded or bent in two locations as it is secured within the cover. The flexible spout is folded over from an extended orientation and then around a fold partition. The cover is detachably attached to the cap. A diaphragm extends under the cap and seals liquid within the enclosure. In one embodiment, the cover and cap are configured with a ratchet mechanism that allows the cover to rotate in only one direction. In one embodiment, the bottle comprises two enclosures, and the enclosures may be detachably attached to each other or to a handle.
US10173797B2
Described is a unit for filling containing elements (2) of single-use capsules (3) for extraction or infusion beverages, comprising: a line (4) for transport of containing elements (2) designed to contain a dose (33) of product; a station (SR) for filling the containing elements (2) comprising: at least a first containing seat (S1) designed to receive a dose (33); a substation (ST1) for forming a dose (33) inside the first containing seat (S1); at least a second containing seat (S2) designed to receive the dose (33) from the first containing seat (S1); a substation (ST2) for transferring the dose (33) from the first containing seat (S1) to the second containing seat (S2); devices (7) for moving the first containing seat (S1) between the forming substation (ST1) and the transfer substation (ST2) and vice versa; a substation (ST3) for releasing the dose (33) from the second containing seat (S2) to a containing element (2); further devices (8) for moving the second containing seat (S2) between the transfer substation (ST2) and the release substation (ST3) and vice versa.
US10173794B2
Packaging machine and method for filling dusting product such as bulk material into open-mouth bags via a filling process. The filling process is controlled by weight via a control device and a weighing device. A batching element conveys product and introduces it through a filling spout into an open-mouth bag appended for the filling process. The filling spout is connected with a collecting tank through a flow connection such that a pressure surge occurring during the filling process is utilized for transferring into the collecting tank the displacing air contained in the open-mouth bag and including the dusting product to receive and settle the displacing air in the collecting tank and to deposit at least part of the dust content of the displacing air in the collecting tank as deposited product.
US10173793B2
A waste handling system includes a urinal and first and second urine storage containers. A distribution system fluidly interconnects the urinal to the first and second urine storage containers. The distribution system includes a switching system that selectively fluidly connects the urinal outlet to at least one of the first and second urinal storage containers in response to an input.
US10173785B2
A combined controller with a panel that has a face and a back, a case attached to the back of the panel. The face of the panel includes a plurality of first primary flight display inputs configured to receive physical inputs for the control of a first primary flight display; a plurality of second primary flight display inputs configured to receive physical inputs for the control of a second primary flight display; and a plurality of flight control inputs configured to receive physical inputs for the control of automated flight behavior.
US10173782B2
A latch with a unique nesting toggle linkage that extends and retracts a hook via movement of an actuation handle. The linkage links have U-shaped lateral cross sections with a central channel into which the respective links nest when the latch is closed to minimize the overall volume of the latch. The links fold toward each other while closing to reduce the latch's overall length when fully closed. The components of the latch are arranged so that the center of gravity of the latch is positioned in front of a mounting pin; therefore, in applications where the latch swings in the vertical plane, the hook will necessarily hang downwardly away from the keeper when the latch is open. Optionally, a keeper detector prevents the actuation handle from closing if the keeper has not been first captured in the mouth of the hook. A rod-and-cylinder slide mechanism may be employed between the hook body and the mounting pin.
US10173781B2
System for applying deformations to a structural surface, the system may include an actuating unit, operable to produce a periodically variable force which is applied to at least one first location of the structural surface, thereby displacing the structural surface in a plurality of directions at the at least one first location and a passive displacing unit comprising a weight and a displacer supporting the weight and fixed to at least one second location on the structural surface; wherein the structural surface is capable of transferring vibrations between the at least one first location and the at least one second location, so that the displacing of the structural surface at the at least one first location produces forces which are applied to the weight via the structural surface and the displacer, bringing the weight to resonance, thereby displacing the structural surface in a plurality of directions at each of the at least one second location.
US10173780B2
A combination of liquid-to-air and air-to-liquid heat exchangers is employed in an aircraft anti-icing system configured to avoid ice buildup on exterior leading edges of wings and engine inlets of aircraft during flight under known or anticipated icing conditions. The anti-icing system may be utilized in lieu of traditionally employed air-to-air heat exchangers. In one embodiment, a heated anti-icing liquid is conveyed through tubes juxtaposed against interior surfaces of the leading edges of the wings and engine inlets. The liquid is heated by engine core bleed air, and the tubes are arranged to optimize heat flux directly from the tubes into the leading edges of the wings and the engine inlets, respectively, to avoid ice accumulation. In one configuration, spring clips retain the tubes directly against the leading edge interiors of the wings and engine inlets, and thermal grease and insulation are used to enhance heat flux.
US10173778B2
Button assemblies for controlling a seat position and for mounting on a seat panel are provided. The button assemblies may have a button housing having a portion that is configured to position over edges of an opening in the seat panel. One or more flexible retaining members integral to or attached to the button housing are configured to compress through the opening in the seat panel and expand therein positioned opposite an inner surface thereof upon insertion, securing the assembly within the opening.
US10173776B2
An aerial drone is coupled to a warning sign for warning other vehicles of a presence of a faulty vehicle. The aerial drone is positioned at a location of the faulty vehicle, in response to detecting the faulty vehicle. The aerial drone assesses environmental conditions at the location of the faulty vehicle. An optimal position for positioning the warning sign is determined, based on the environmental conditions at the location of the faulty vehicle, and the aerial drone is positioned at the optimal position.
US10173769B2
The invention relates to a drone comprising: two contra-rotating annular propellers (2, 4) defining a plane therebetween which is referred to as an equatorial plane and is assumed to be horizontal, means for driving the propellers, a load arranged below the equatorial plane, and means (20) for moving the load relative to the equatorial plane, an enclosure referred to as an upper enclosure (6) filled with a gas or a gaseous mixture having a density of less than 1 and arranged essentially above the equatorial plane, and an enclosure referred to as a lower enclosure (8) filled with a gas or a gaseous mixture having a density of less than 1 and arranged essentially below the equatorial plane, the load being placed inside the lower enclosure (8).
US10173765B2
Pressure bulkhead apparatus is disclosed. An example bulkhead apparatus includes a frame and a plurality of beams radially spaced relative to a longitudinal axis of the frame. A beam from the plurality of beams has a first end and a second end. A beam end assembly couples the second end of the beam and a stringer of a fuselage. The beam end assembly enables the second end of the beam to move relative to at least one of the frame or the stringer.
US10173759B1
A combustion buoyancy control system for a submersible object is provided. The buoyancy control system includes a piston cylinder and a piston defining a combustion chamber. An oxidizer inlet introduces oxidizer into the combustion chamber. A fuel injector and igniter device injects fuel into the combustion chamber so that it mixes with the oxidizer in the combustion chamber and then ignites the mixture of oxidizer and fuel in the combustion chamber to produce combustion. Combustion within the combustion chamber displaces the piston member in a first direction causing an increase in the volume of the combustion chamber which increases the buoyancy of the submersible object. Displacement of the piston member in a second opposite direction causes a decrease in the volume of the combustion chamber which in turn decreases the buoyancy of the submersible object.
US10173724B2
A control system for a power steering system includes an error module that generates an error signal based on a difference of an estimated output vector and an output vector, a scaling module that calculates a feedback correction signal based on the error signal and an observer gain value, an extended state vector estimation module that determines an extended state vector estimate based on the feedback correction signal and a motor torque command, and a gain module that applies a gain to the extended state vector estimate to generate an estimated driver torque signal, the estimated driver torque signal is applied in control of the power steering system.
US10173714B2
First teeth of a first tooth member that moves together with an upper jacket mesh with second teeth of a second tooth member. The second tooth member includes a received portion received by a receiving surface of a receiving member (energy absorption member). The second tooth member is rotatably supported by a fulcrum that is formed on the receiving surface at a contact position between the receiving surface and the received portion and is movable in a column axis direction. A guide shaft supported by a support member that is supported by a lower jacket is inserted into an elongated hole of the second tooth member, thereby guiding the second tooth member in a meshing and unmeshing direction.
US10173706B2
Described is a mobile point-of sale cart for use in a retail store. The cart has four legs and three platforms coupled to the legs. Each of the three platforms is at a different height above the ground. The legs have wheels for easy movement from one place to another, and the legs are telescoping so the cart can be easily stored. The cart holds the equipment needed for a retail store employee to checkout customers and perform other common tasks. The cart has multiple bins to hold a handheld scanner, a debit card reader, and a portable printer. The cart has a bagging station coupled to the top platform, and a shopping bag support surface coupled to the second platform. The cart can be moved about the store to easily ring up purchases, and can be stored when not in use.
US10173695B2
An approach is provided for prioritizing notification to one or more vehicles based on the ranking of one or more road links. The approach involves determining one or more road links that are associated with at least one curvature value greater than at least one curvature threshold value. The approach also involves determining humanized speed information and speed limit information for the one or more road links. The approach further involves processing and/or facilitating a processing of the at least one curvature value, the humanized speed information, and the speed limit information to determine danger level information for the one or more road links. The approach also involves causing, at least in part, a ranking of the one or more road links based, at least in part, on the danger level information. The approach further involves causing, at least in part, a prioritization of one or more notifications to one or more vehicles approaching or traveling the one or more road links based, at least in part, on the ranking of the one or more road links.
US10173691B2
Method and apparatus are disclosed for vehicle sensor calibration using wireless network-connected sensors. An example disclosed vehicle includes a communication controller and a sensor manager. The example communication controller communicatively couples to a network associated with a facility. The example sensor manager determines when the vehicle is proximate the facility. Additionally, the sensor manager calibrates sensors of the vehicle based on a measurement data of sensors installed at the facility that are communicatively coupled to the network.
US10173685B2
A Control system, which is adapted for application in a vehicle and intended to detect following vehicles on the basis of environmental data which are obtained from one or several environmental sensors disposed on the vehicle and which reflect the area in front of, laterally next to, and/or behind the vehicle. The control system is adapted to detect a course of the own lane of the vehicle and to store it over a predefined road section, and to detect one or several other vehicles participating in traffic behind the own vehicle with the environmental sensors. A lane associated with each other vehicle, in which the other vehicle(s) drive(s), is detected, taking the stored course of the own lane into account. An occupancy of the own lane and/or of at least one adjacent lane by the other vehicle(s) is determined.
US10173679B2
A computer-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product automatically provides spatial separation between a self-driving vehicle (SDV) operating in an autonomous mode and another vehicle on a roadway. One or more processors receive an emotional state descriptor for at least one occupant of the SDV and determine an emotional state of the occupant(s) of the SDV. A vehicle detector on the SDV detects another vehicle within a predefined proximity of the SDV. The processor(s) determine the braking abilities of the SDV and issue spatial separation instructions to a control mechanisms controller on the SDV to adjust a spacing between the SDV and the other vehicle based on the emotional state of the occupant(s) in the SDV.
US10173676B2
Provided are a travel assist device capable of producing, in a preferred manner, warning vibrations notifying deviation of a vehicle with respect to a travel path, and a method of controlling the same. A travel assist device includes a travel assist control device that notifies a driver about an anti-deviation direction or a deviation direction by making a steering angular acceleration in the deviation direction and the steering angular acceleration in the anti-deviation direction different from each other when producing warning vibrations, wherein a time-derivative value of a steering angle of a steering wheel is defined as a steering angular velocity, and a time-derivative value of the steering angular velocity is defined as the steering angular acceleration.
US10173673B1
The present disclosure is directed to autonomous vehicle having a vehicle control system. The vehicle control system includes a processing system that receives input values that indicate attributes of an object within a threshold distance of the autonomous vehicle and variance values indicating uncertainty associated with the input values. The processing system also provides a plurality of outcomes that are associated with combinations of split decisions. A given split decision indicates whether a particular input value is above or below a threshold value associated with the given split decision. The processing system further determines (i) a probability that the particular input value is above a threshold value and (ii) a probability that the particular input is below the threshold value for a given split decision. Additionally, the processing system determines one or more likelihoods associated with a given outcome. Further, the processing system provides instructions to control the autonomous vehicle.
US10173670B2
A parking assistance device includes: a parking space candidate detection unit estimating positions of obstacles based on data of distance to the obstacles at both sides of a host vehicle, and detecting a parking space candidate at the sides of the vehicle; an image selection unit selecting two or more captured images in which an inner side surface of an obstacle adjacent to the parking space candidate is captured; a stereo image processing unit performing stereo image processing on the two or more captured images and calculating a three-dimensional point group of the obstacle; a position determination unit determining a position of the obstacle on the parking space candidate side based on the calculated three-dimensional point group; and a parking space correction unit correcting a position of the parking space candidate based on the determined position of the obstacle on the parking space candidate side.
US10173658B2
In a vehicular brake device, while a brake operating member is not operated and a wheel cylinder pressure supplying control is executed to supply the target wheel cylinder pressure to the respective wheel cylinders individually, the vehicle control device sets the target servo pressure to a first predetermined target servo pressure which is a value smaller than a maximum output pressure of the servo pressure generating device. When the execution of the wheel cylinder pressure supplying control starts, the vehicle control device sets the target servo pressure to be the target wheel cylinder maximum value when a firstly occurred rising inclination of the target wheel cylinder maximum value is equal to or more than a minimum increment of an output of the servo pressure generating device per unit time and at the same time when the target wheel cylinder pressure is smaller than the first determined target servo pressure.
US10173657B2
Provided is a braking device capable of suppressing an overshoot or undershoot in output pressure. This vehicle braking device is configured such that a pressure adjustment unit has a piston which is driven by the difference between force corresponding to pilot pressure and force corresponding to output pressure, and a control unit estimates, on the basis of a stroke-related value regarding the amount of movement of the piston, the amount of change of the output pressure that changes even after switching from pressure increase control or pressure reduction control to holding control of the output pressure, and controls a valve unit on the basis of the estimated amount of change of the output pressure.
US10173647B2
Systems and methods are provided for automatically cleaning the exterior surfaces of a vehicle. The systems can include a motorized robot, cleaning element, and camera all communicatively linked to a processor. The processor can receive CAD information regarding the shape and size of the exterior surfaces of the vehicle to be cleaned along with information regarding the position of the motorized robot on the vehicle. The processor can then determine an efficient path for the motorized robot to travel across the vehicle surfaces. Along the course of its travel, the motorized robot can employ the cleaning element to remove dirt or other debris from the vehicle surface.
US10173642B2
The operation of a conventional cellular telecommunications transceiver that forms part of a vehicle's telematics system can be selectively changed in order to provide telephone calls by providing the transceiver with a second and different SIM card. Providing a second SIM card, however, will disable telematics service that can include stolen vehicle tracking. A personal identification number or PIN is thus required in order for the information that is stored in an external, user-provided SIM card to be used by a telematics system transceiver rather than the information stored in a built-in SIM card that is provided by a telematics system operator/provider.
US10173634B2
A webbing guide for a vehicle seat includes a base defining a length between a first end and a second end and a guide body coupled with the base and defining a guide channel extending at least partially along a length of the base. A first end of the guide channel is disposed adjacent the first end of the body and is moveable toward and away from the second end of the body.
US10173633B2
The invention relates to a hybrid inflator (10) includes at least one combustion chamber (15) in which propellant charge is arranged and which has a discharge end (20), the propellant charge being formed of at least one propellant element (26), at least one igniting unit (12) by which the propellant charge can be ignited. The hybrid inflator (10) also includes at least one bursting element (14, 14′, 14″) which in the inactivated state of the hybrid inflator (10) delimits the combustion chamber (15) against a gas supply chamber (16) at the discharge end (20). The bursting element (14, 14′, 14″) and a restraint element (18, 18′, 18″) maintain the propellant charge in its position and/or the bursting element (14, 14′, 14″) and the propellant charge delimit a shock gas volume (SGV), wherein in the activated state of the hybrid inflator (10) the shock gas volume (SGV) acts on the bursting element (14, 14′, 14″) like a gas pressure spring.
US10173626B2
A capacitive detection system for detecting occupancy of a vehicle seat includes a signal generating unit and a signal evaluation unit. The vehicle seat has a seat heater member configured for receiving time-varying output signals of the signal generating unit. The signal evaluation unit is configured to generate an output signal that is indicative of the seat heater member to be defective, if the sensed capacitance of the seat heater member is less than a second predetermined threshold value for the sensed capacitance.
US10173623B1
A bracket holds a limited field of view presence sensor module in a fixed, angled position for optimum sensing coverage area and enables the sensor module to be partially recessed in a surface orifice with respect to a mounting surface. The bracket can be installed from the outside to hold at least one radar sensor on the side of a long vehicle such as a truck, bus, recreational vehicle or the like for blind spot monitoring.
US10173620B2
A protection device (100) for a vehicle chassis includes a first flange plate (211) obliquely disposed to a rear side of a beam (10); a second flange plate (221) having a front end face abuts against a rear end face of the first flange plate (211), and connected to the first flange plate (211) through a bolt; a left side plate (222) and a right side plate (223) provided in perpendicular to a rear end face of the second flange plate (221); a connecting plate (224) having a left end connected to the left side plate (222) and a right end connected to the right side plate (223), and arranged close to front ends of the left side plate (222) and the right side plate (223); and a bearing member provided to the rear end face of the second flange plate (221) and located between the left side plate (222) and the right side plate (223).
US10173615B2
The disclosure relates to a system for adapting at least one component of a vehicle. The vehicle component is operatively connected to an active material or formed from the active material. The active material is capable of changing at least one property in response to an activation signal. The activation signal is determined by at least one biometric variable of a vehicle occupant. Furthermore, the disclosure relates to a method for adapting a component of a vehicle.
US10173603B2
In one or more embodiments, a storage system is provided for use with a vehicle including a side wall and a rear wheel positioned below the side wall; the storage system includes a storage container receivable within an elongated space defined between inboard and outboard panels of the side wall, the storage container including front and rearward portions respectively positioned front and rear to the rearmost point of the rear wheel. The storage system may further include a leg portion for supporting the rearward portion of the storage container. The leg portion may be adjustable in length and may be attached to the elongated space or to the storage container.
US10173584B2
A vehicle lamp includes a plurality of light sources and a light guide plate, the plurality of light sources are disposed in parallel along one end surface of the light guide plate, the light guide plate has a light reflection section formed at a first surface of the light guide plate and configured to reflect light entered from the one end surface toward a second surface of the light guide plate, the light reflection section includes a plurality of parabolic reflection surfaces, and the parabolic reflection surfaces protrude from the first surface and have shapes curved along a direction in which the light entering from the one end surface advances and a direction crossing with the direction in which the light entering from the one end surface advances.
US10173582B2
A window for a vehicle is provided herein. The window includes a light guide disposed between an outer panel and an inner panel. A light source is optically coupled with the light guide and is configured to direct excitation light towards a luminescent structure. The luminescent structure luminesces in response to receiving the excitation light. A controller is configured to illuminate the light source when an electronic device having an application thereon is in operation.
US10173581B2
A turn signal unit for an external mirror for a motor vehicle is designed to radiate a flashing light forwards in the direction of travel with the turn signal unit and the external mirror in the installation position at the side of the vehicle. The turn signal unit includes a light source and a lens disposed in front of the light source. A film with alternating light transmissive and non-light transmissive structures is clamped in the space between the light source and the lens. The film is clamped via a clamping structure which includes structure that is part of the lens and/or a housing portion of the turn signal unit.
US10173578B2
The invention relates to a mounting device (100) for an optical body (1) for a motor vehicle headlight or for a light module for a motor vehicle headlight, which optical body (1) has a number of adjacently arranged ancillary optical systems (11, 12, 13, 14, 15), wherein each ancillary optical system (11-15) is formed from a light-guiding material and each ancillary optical system (11-15) has a light coupling-in face (11a-15a) and a light decoupling face (11b-15b), wherein the ancillary optical systems (11-15) are mechanically interconnected in the region of the light decoupling faces (11b-15b) by at least one connecting web (21, 22) extending transversely to the ancillary optical systems (11-15), wherein the at least one connecting web (21, 22) is optically ineffective at least in regions, wherein the mounting device has a main body (101) having receptacles (121, 122) for the optical body (1), and a retaining body (102), which holds the optical body in the main body by means of camping elements (102b, 102c).
US10173574B2
A lift system comprising a chassis having a frame. The frame including a first extension member and a second extension member opposite thereof. Each of the first extension member and the second extension member being extendable and coupled to the frame. A first scissor support is coupled to the first extension member. A second scissor support is coupled to the second extension member. The first and second scissor supports are configured rigid and extendable from each of the first and second extension members. A platform is coupled to each of the first and second scissor support. The platform is configured to rigidly support an object coupled thereto. A first actuator is coupled to the frame. The first actuator is configured to extend and retract the first and second extension members. A second actuator is coupled to the scissor lift and configured to move the platform.
US10173573B2
Sensor systems, methods and machine readable medium are provided for a cargo vehicle. A plurality of sensors are arranged about an opening associated with a door through which packages are unloaded from a vehicle or trailer. The plurality of sensors are configured to measure an unpacked depth of the vehicle or trailer. A processor is provided in communication with each of the plurality of sensors. The processor is configured to receive measured data generated by the plurality of sensors, determine an empty volume over time of the vehicle or trailer based on the measured data as packages are being unpacked from the vehicle or trailer, and generate instructions regarding loading packages in a subsequent vehicle or trailer based on the determined empty volume over time of the vehicle or trailer.
US10173572B2
A roll off trailer includes first and second trolley assemblies and a hoisting cable connected at one end to the first trolley assemble and extending about a sheave in each of the first and second trolley assemblies. The cable connects to a container. The second trolley is displaced in a first direction while simultaneously drawing the container via the cable from the first grounded container position to a second container position generally midway atop the trailer. Then, the first trolley is displaced in a second direction while simultaneously drawing the container via the cable from the second container position to a third container position generally adjacent the front of the trailer.
US10173556B2
To provide a seat for vehicles in which a seat cushion escape mechanism can be space-saving, the seat having an escape mechanism to shift a seat cushion frame disposed on a base part from a seating posture to an escape posture with the frame placed forward of the base part includes: a support leg part having one end rotatably connected to the frame and the other end rotatably connected to the base part; a guide part to be engaged with the one end of the support leg part to guide the one end so as to lift the one end; a coil spring biasing the support leg part so as to have the one end guided by the guide part and flip up a portion connected with the frame; and a second coil spring which is provided at the other end and applies a biasing force so as to rotate the one end of the support leg part forward with the other end as a center.
US10173551B2
A control apparatus is provided in a rotary electric machine driving system that includes a rotary electric machine for a vehicle and a control unit that controls driving of the rotary electric machine. The apparatus includes a malfunction determination section determining whether or not a system malfunction that requires torque limitation has occurred, a to-be-avoided state determination section determining whether or not the vehicle is in a to-be-avoided state, a torque limitation section limiting an output torque outputted from the rotary electric machine to a limiting torque smaller than a command torque, when the system malfunction is determined to have occurred and the vehicle is not in the to-be-avoided state, and a torque limitation relaxation section permitting the output torque to be a limitation relaxation torque larger than the limiting torque, when the system malfunction is determined to have occurred and the vehicle is in the to-be-avoided state.
US10173548B2
A method of adjusting battery control software for a battery having a plurality of battery sections includes connecting the battery to a charging system and a discharging system. A charging operation or a discharging operation is then initiated while monitoring a voltage response of each battery segment during the charging operation or the discharging operation. The voltage response is then correlated to a calibration database for selecting a control algorithm for each battery segment from the calibration database.
US10173541B2
A method of detecting a correct position and/or orientation of a secondary winding structure of a secondary unit relative to a primary winding structure of a primary unit of a system for inductive power transfer to a vehicle, wherein the vehicle includes the secondary unit for receiving an alternating electromagnetic field which is generated by the primary unit, wherein the vehicle includes at least a first transmitter for transmitting a first signal and a second transmitter for transmitting a second signal, wherein a wayside control unit includes at least one receiving means for receiving the first and the second signal, and wherein the correct position and/or orientation of the secondary winding structure of the secondary unit relative to the primary winding structure of the primary unit is detected depending on the first and the second signal.
US10173530B2
When a motor rotation speed is equal to or greater than a predetermined rotation speed when an automobile collision is detected or when power stops, a motor rotation speed reduction control is carried out by an inverter control unit, and when an inter-terminal voltage of a secondary smoothing capacitor drops below a predetermined voltage during the motor rotation speed reduction control, the motor rotation speed reduction control is stopped, whereby induction voltage caused by motor rotation is applied to the secondary smoothing capacitor, the inter-terminal voltage of the secondary smoothing capacitor is raised, and the motor rotation speed reduction control is carried out while keeping the inter-terminal voltage of the secondary smoothing capacitor within an operating voltage range of the inverter control unit.
US10173524B2
A transfer case for a motor vehicle, comprising a housing, an input shaft, a first output shaft, which is arranged substantially coaxially with the input shaft and is operatively drive-connected to the input shaft, a second output shaft, which is arranged offset in relation to the input shaft and which is or can be operatively drive-connected to the input shaft via an offset mechanism, in the form of a flexible traction drive, and via a clutch unit, an actuator unit which serves for actuating the clutch unit, the actuator unit comprising a ramp mechanism having a first ramp disk fixed to the housing and a second, axially displaceable ramp disk, and a carrier shaft which is embodied as a hollow shaft and which at least partially encloses the input shaft, the carrier shaft being rotatably supported on the first ramp disk via a radial bearing.
US10173522B2
A filling head for an operating liquid tank, in particular of a motor vehicle, comprising a filling tube with an inlet end, which lies farther away from the tank, and an outlet end, which lies nearer to the tank, the filling tube for conducting operating liquid in a filling direction from the inlet end to the outlet end, a venting arrangement with an inflow end, which lies nearer to the tank and an outflow end which lies farther away from the tank, which end is provided for passing of gas in a counter-flow direction with respect to liquid flowing in the filling direction, in a venting direction extending from the inlet to the outflow end, the venting arrangement is provided, at least in the area of its outflow end, separate from the filling tube, the venting arrangement has a valve with a gas valve body, which is movable between a closed position, in which a gas flow in a valve passage is prevented, and a passage position, in which the gas may flow in the valve passage past the gas valve body, the valve having a liquid valve body, which is movable between a blocking position, in which a liquid flow in the valve passage is blocked, and an open position, in which the valve passage past the liquid valve body is open.
US10173521B2
A tube extends through an attachment section and defines a vapor passageway. A housing is supported to the attachment section for movement between several positions relative to the attachment section. The housing defines a float chamber below the tube. A valve seat portion is located within the float chamber and has an engagement part, a sleeve part and a seat surface. The engagement part is connected to the housing. The sleeve part telescopically engages the tube and is movable along the tube with the housing. The valve seat portion defines a central bore open to the vapor passageway and the seat surface. The float moves within the float chamber. When to fluid enters the float chamber the float floats up against the seat surface closing off the central bore and the vapor passageway. In the absence of fluid the float moves downward exposing the seat surface.
US10173520B1
A fuel cap detection system includes a charcoal canister, a notification system, and an electronic controller. The charcoal canister is connected to a fuel tank of a vehicle, the charcoal canister includes a vent valve. The notification system is configured to notify a user when a fuel cap is incorrectly positioned. The electronic controller is configured to perform a leak detection test on the fuel tank by activating the vent valve in the charcoal canister to determine whether the fuel cap is positioned incorrectly, and determine an intent of the user to reposition the fuel cap while the notification system notifies the user that the fuel cap is incorrectly positioned.
US10173512B1
A battery mounting device includes a body having a frame with a connecting portion. The connecting portion includes at least one positioning portion. An elevating seat is mounted to the frame and is movable between a mounting position and a replacement position lower than the mounting position. The elevating seat includes at least one positioning member disengageably coupled to the at least one positioning portion. An actuation device is mounted to the frame and is operable to move the elevating seat in the vertical direction. A battery seat is detachably mounted to the elevating seat and includes a lower positioning portion coupled with a lower positioning member of the elevating seat in the mounting position. When the elevating seat is in the replacement position, the battery seat is placed on the ground, and the lower positioning portion is disengaged from the lower positioning member.
US10173492B2
A dispensing canister apparatus for controlled release of a stored fluid includes first and second thermochromic clips for providing a visual indication of the ambient air temperature; a hose member surrounding a channel and having first and second open ends, and the first open end being connected to the canister such that the channel is in fluid flow communication with the inner cavity; a control on the canister for selectively actuating the flow of the stored fluid from the inner cavity into the channel and through a coupler member at the second open end of the hose member; and wherein storage of the first thermochromic clip in the first receptacle positions the fastening member such that it obstructs movement of the control for actuating the flow of the stored fluid.
US10173491B2
A heat pump system for a vehicle may include a battery cooling line connected to a battery module and allowing a coolant to flow therein, a chiller connected to the battery cooling line through a first connection line and connected to a refrigerant line of an air conditioner device in which a refrigerant moves through a second connection line to selectively heat-exchange a refrigerant and a coolant introduced to the inside thereof to adjust a temperature of the coolant, an electric/electronic component cooling device electric/electronic component cooling device including a radiator and a first water pump connected through a cooling line to circulate a coolant to cool a motor and an electric/electronic component, and selectively connectable to the battery cooling line and the first connection line through a first valve, and an electronic expansion valve mounted at the second connection line between the refrigerant line and the chiller.
US10173462B2
The invention relates to a rim assembly for a vehicle having a rim having an axial inside facing the vehicle and an axial outside facing away from the vehicle, a rim flange designed on the axial outside of the rim, and a first groove designed in the rim. The first groove is arranged in the rim flange or axially outside of the rim flange, and a disc-shaped cover, which covers the axial outside of the rim. The radially outer edge of the cover inserts in the first groove and a first elastic element in the first groove clamps the radial outside edge.
US10173459B2
A marking instrument having a plurality of removable writing nibs serially aligned so that an operator can remove a spent or fluid-affected writing nib and, thereby, access a fresh writing tip.
US10173453B2
An improved form of optical security device for use in the protection of documents and articles of value from counterfeit and to verify authenticity is provided. The inventive device, which is made up of an optionally embedded array of icon focusing elements, at least one grayscale in-plane image, and a plurality of coextensive control patterns of icons contained on or within the in-plane image, each control pattern being mapped to areas of the grayscale in-plane image having a range of grayscale levels, provides enhanced design capability, improved visual impact, and greater resistance to manufacturing variations.
US10173452B2
To provide an information storage medium and a method for printing on the information storage medium that can improve a quality of printing on a laser coloring layer in a lower than a functional film layer. A card 1 includes: a base material 11; a laser coloring layer 12 that is laminated upper Z2 than the base material 11 and produces color by laser irradiation; a transparent layer 13 that is laminated upper Z2 than the laser coloring layer 12 and is translucent; a Lippmann hologram layer 14 that is laminated upper Z2 than the transparent layer 13 and is translucent; and a transparent layer 15 that is laminated upper than the Lippmann hologram layer and is translucent.
US10173450B2
A marking device for marking a truss element of a truss may include a print mechanism arranged to print selected truss information on lumber elements moving on a conveyance system passed the print mechanism, the selected truss information including one of an element identifying truss diagram, a truss plate location, and an intersecting member identifier, a position sensing device configured to sense the position of the lumber relative to the print mechanism, and a computing component, the computing component including a geometry extraction module for extracting the geometry of the element to be marked, an element marking generator for generating print instructions for the selected truss information, a position sensing module for interfacing with the position sensing device to ascertain the position of the lumber element, and a print control module for controlling the print mechanism to print the selected truss information.
US10173443B2
A medium support unit (2) include a support surface (7) that can support a medium, a depressed portion (11) in which a part of the medium supported by the support surface (7) can be depressed with respect to the support surface (7), and an adjustment unit (8) which can change a size of the depressed portion (11) by changing a state of a first area in the depressed portion (11). By such a configuration, it is possible to suppress a rise of the medium supported by the support surface (7) according to size and shape of a thick part of the medium including the thick part.
US10173438B2
A printer includes: a first fixed printhead having a respective first print zone; a second fixed printhead positioned downstream of the first printhead relative to a media feed direction, the second printhead having a respective second print zone; an input roller assembly positioned upstream of the first platen, the input roller assembly being configured for feeding media sheets along a downward trajectory towards the first print zone; and an intermediary roller assembly positioned between the first and second print zones, the intermediary roller assembly being configured for receiving the media sheets from the first print zone and feeding the media sheets along a downward trajectory. The second print zone is positioned relatively lower than the first print zone.
US10173431B2
A liquid containing member that can supply a liquid having a uniform concentration of a precipitating component to a liquid ejecting portion is provided. A liquid containing member includes: a liquid containing portion that can contain ink; a liquid supply port for supplying the ink contained in the liquid containing portion to a liquid ejection head; and a communication channel that is in communication with the liquid containing portion and the liquid supply port. The communication channel has a first end that is positioned at a lower end on the gravity direction side in the liquid containing portion and can suck the ink, and a second end that is positioned closer to the anti-gravity direction side than the first end is, and can suck the ink, in an in-use state in which the ink is supplied from the liquid supply port to the liquid ejection head.
US10173427B2
A recording apparatus includes a carriage which includes a recording head that performs recording on a medium and is movable in a predetermined direction; and a power supply unit that supplies power for driving drive targets including the carriage, wherein the power supply unit is located at a position in a movement area of the carriage. The power supply unit is disposed on an apparatus front side with respect to the movement area of the carriage in an apparatus depth direction, which is a direction intersecting the movement direction of the carriage. The power supply unit is disposed on an upper side of a medium transportation path in the vertical direction.
US10173424B2
Provided is a liquid ejecting head including: a first substrate in which a space serving as a flow path is formed in a state of having an opening on a surface of one side thereof; and a second substrate which seals the opening from the surface on the one side of the first substrate, divides the flow path, and is made of resin, in which the first substrate and the second substrate adhere to each other via a first adhesive layer which is laminated on the surface on the one side of the first substrate and which is made of a silicone-based adhesive and a second adhesive layer which is laminated on the first adhesive layer and which is made of an epoxy-based adhesive.
US10173413B2
A rotary printing machine includes a printing cylinder, at least one clamping unit mounted on a printing surface of the printing cylinder, and a feeding control mechanism and an unloading control mechanism mounted to a lateral side of the printing cylinder for changing the clamping state of the clamping unit. When the clamping unit is moved to an unloading position, the unloading control mechanism can be operated to control the clamping unit to maintain a closed state, so that a workpiece can be brought by the printing cylinder to a feeding position again. Then, the feeding control mechanism can be operated to control the clamping unit at the feeding position to maintain a clamped state, so that printing can be repeated on the workpiece to form multiple layers of ink and create three-dimensional printed layers showing a specific visual effect.
US10173407B2
A device is for removing a first substrate from a second substrate or adhering the first substrate to the second substrate. The device includes a carrier, a flexible member and a supporting member. The carrier is for fixing the first substrate. The flexible member is for fixing the second substrate. The supporting member is connected to the carrier and the flexible member. The carrier and the flexible member are spaced a distance from each other. The carrier, the flexible member and the supporting member together define a first variable pressure chamber. The first variable pressure chamber has a first air hole.
US10173402B2
A decorative resin composition containing a metal pigment having an average thickness of not more than 600 nm dispersed in a blend of a low-density polyethylene (LDPE) having a density of not less than 0.910 g/cm3 but less than 0.930 g/cm3 and a linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) having a density of 0.910 to 0.925 g/cm3.
US10173398B2
A method of forming a composite article is disclosed that involves providing a press having first and second platens, a cellulosic fiber substrate having a first thickness, and a layer of material such as a wood veneer, foil, or non-creped paper, where the layer of material has a thickness less than the thickness of the cellulosic fiber substrate. A layer of bonding material is placed onto the cellulosic fiber substrate or the layer of material, and the layer of material is placed onto the cellulosic fiber substrate so that the bonding material is between the layer of material and the cellulosic fiber substrate. The cellulosic fiber substrate and layer of material are placed between the first and second platens, and at least one of the first and second platens is moved toward the other of the first and second platens to deform the cellulosic fiber substrate and layer of material into a predetermined configuration while bonding the layer of material to the cellulosic fiber substrate without cracking or wrinkling the layer of material.
US10173393B2
A transparent electrode-equipped substrate includes a metal oxide transparent electrode layer on a transparent substrate. The average maximum curvature Ssc of the surface of the transparent electrode layer is preferably 5.4×10−4 nm−1 or less. For example, if the transparent electrode layer is subjected to a surface treatment by low discharge-power sputtering after deposition, the Ssc of the transparent electrode layer can be reduced. This transparent electrode-equipped substrate excels in close adhesion between the transparent electrode layer and a lead-out wiring line disposed on the transparent electrode layer. The transparent electrode layer is obtained by, for example, performing a transparent electrode deposition step of through the application of a first discharge power and then performing a surface treatment step through the application of a second discharge power.
US10173388B2
A recording-medium binding device includes a first tooth row including plural teeth and a second tooth row including plural teeth. The first and second tooth rows include a central region and end regions. The plural teeth of each of the first and second tooth rows include at least one tooth disposed in the central region and at least one tooth dispose in each of the end regions. In a process of pinching the recording medium batch, the at least one tooth of the first tooth row in the end region and the at least one tooth of the second tooth row in the end region pinch the recording medium batch earlier than the at least one tooth of the first tooth row in the central region and the at least one tooth of the second tooth row in the central region.
US10173384B2
This manufacturing method of a pneumatic tire having a tread reinforcing layer reduces tire mass while maintaining the durability performance of the tire. A tread reinforcing layer formation step includes a winding step for winding belt-shape plies around an approximately cylindrical winding surface. The winding step involves: a first winding step in which, with the side edges of the belt-shape plies spaced from one another, said belt-shape plies are spirally wound from a first end located on one side of the tire in the axial direction, to a second end located on the other side of the tire in the axial direction; and a second winding step in which, with the side edges of the belt-shape plies spaced from one another, said belt-shape plies are spirally wound from the second end to the first end in the direction opposite that in the first winding step. A lattice-form tread reinforcing layer is formed that has gaps substantially rhombic in shape and bounded by the belt-shape plies.
US10173381B2
A distributed acoustic sensing cable package having a polymer composite extruded over an optical waveguide to encase the waveguide and to form a crystalline matrix layer acoustically coupled to the waveguide. The crystalline matrix includes reinforcement fibers to further enhance transmission of a cable strain to the optical waveguide. During manufacture of the cable, the polymer composite may be extruded over the optical waveguide and subsequently subjected to heat treatment to increase the crystallinity of the polymer composite and increase the elastic modulus. Both axial and radial strain fields are effectively interact with cased fiber waveguide for producing measurable phase shift signal for distributed acoustic noise detection.
US10173379B2
A heating device to heat a molding face, particularly a large molding face. The heating device includes a metal sheet having a ferromagnetic layer, and a part formed into a shape that defines the molding face and a forming plane. A base of the heating device supports the metal sheet. An inductor of the heating device provides the induction heating of the metal sheet.
US10173366B2
A three-dimensional object printer generates image data of an object being formed in the printer with an optical sensor array and identifies the color of an upper surface of the object. The controller compares the identified color to a predetermined range about an expected color for the upper surface and operates ejectors to eject material of a color different than the identified color in response to the identified color being outside of the predetermined range.
US10173360B2
A hollow container manufacturing method comprises: an injection molding step of forming a preform having a neck portion and a barrel portion, at least a part of the barrel portion being solid, by injection molding; an intermediate product formation step of inserting a boring rod 134 from the neck portion side into the barrel portion 23 to form a space part of at least a predetermined depth in the barrel portion, thereby converting the preform into an intermediate molded product; and a final blow molding step of blow-molding the intermediate molded product within a final blow mold to form a hollow container which is a final molded product.
US10173359B2
A vessel is configured to hold a product in an interior region formed in the vessel. The vessel includes an inner layer arranged to define the interior region and an outer layer. The vessel is formed using a blow-molding process in which a multi-layer parison is blow molded to form the vessel. The multi-layer parison is formed in an extrusion process in which a number of extruders are arranged to co-extrude associated inner and outer parisons to establish the multi-layer parison.
US10173356B2
An apparatus for controlling the rate of flow of a fluid mold material comprising: a manifold, an actuator interconnected to a valve pin, a position sensor that senses position of the valve pin, a controller that controls movement of the actuator according to instructions that instruct the actuator to drive the valve pin upstream at one or more selected intermediate velocities in response to receipt by the controller of a signal from the position sensor that the valve pin is disposed in the one or more intermediate upstream gate open positions.
US10173346B2
Disclosed is a device and a method for processing plastic material with at least one receiving container, wherein at least one mixing and/or comminution tool, rotatable about a rotation axis, is arranged, for mixing and warming the plastic material, and with at least one conveyor for discharging the plastic material from the receiving container, with at least one screw rotating in a housing, where the conveyor is connected, at its material inlet side via an opening which is formed in a side wall of the receiving container, with the interior of the receiving container. An imaginary extension of the central longitudinal axis of the conveyor extends, against the conveyance direction of the conveyor, past the rotation axis of the receiving container, without intersecting this axis, where the longitudinal axis of the conveyor is offset by a separation relative to the radial ray of the receiving container on the discharge side.
US10173344B2
A tile cutter includes a base, and a cutting head assembly including a supporting arm having one end pivotally connected to the base and an opposite end connected to the saw base for enabling the cutting head assembly to be biased relative to the base and selectively positioned in a standby position, a cutting position or a received position. When shifting the cutting head assembly from the standby position to the cutting position, the supporting arm is received by a stopper to limit the cutting depth of the cutting head assembly. When shifting the cutting head assembly from the cutting position to the received position, the stopper is moved to release the supporting arm. When the cutting head assembly is shifted to the received position, a part of the saw base and the saw blade are received in a sink in the base.
US10173340B2
A method for coating a surface portion of a plate-like workpiece with a coating material is disclosed, wherein the workpiece is formed at least partially of wood, wood materials, plastic materials and the like, wherein the method includes coating the surface portion of the workpiece with a coating material by use of a coating unit, wherein the surface portion is formed in a coating direction with an angle that changes with respect to the plane of the workpiece at an angle of 0°<α<90° with respect to the plane, and has a curvature in the coating direction, and mechanically adjusting the coating unit during processing such that the position of the coating unit with respect to that part of the surface portion that is currently being processed is constant. Also disclosed is an apparatus having a control device for carrying out this method.
US10173337B2
A sheet cutting device includes a stage including a placement surface on which a to-be-cut sheet is placed; a strip-shaped fixed blade that is provided in one end portion of the stage; a movable blade that works together with the fixed blade to cut the sheet placed on the placement surface of the stage gradually from one end portion of the sheet to a different one end portion; and a support section that is located between the one end of the fixed blade and the other end in such a way as to be closer to a vertically downward side than the fixed blade and be closer to a vertically upward side than a bottom surface of a waste box placed closer to the vertically downward side than the fixed blade, to temporarily support part of a remnant generated after cutting by the fixed and movable blades.
US10173336B2
A cutting cylinder pair for cutting a substrate in a folder of a printing press is provided which includes a cutting cylinder, the cutting cylinder including a knife and a binding pin adjacent the knife in a circumferential direction of the cutting cylinder; and an anvil cylinder, the anvil cylinder including a cutting rubber, the cutting rubber engaging the knife and the binding pin as the cutting cylinder and anvil cylinder rotate, the binding pin positioned on the cutting cylinder to impart a dimple to a substrate passing between the cutting cylinder and anvil cylinder.
US10173335B2
A cutting device is provided. The cutting device has a body which forms the structure of the device. A slot is formed by the body along the length of its bottom face. The slot is inset as a channel along the length of the bottom face, extending from front to back of the body. A cutting blade spans the channel at a distance above the bottom face and below a top of the channel. In a method of use, a material may be positioned in the slot, and the body may be drawn across the material (or material drawn through slot). The blade may then cut the material as it passes through the channel.
US10173334B2
A utility knife includes a body with a knife blade storable within the body and one or more magnets coupled to the knife body. The magnets are able to be embedded within the body or embedded with an adapter that is configured to removably couple with the utility knife. In some embodiments, the knife blade folds out from a side of the body and into an operable position. Alternatively, in some embodiments, the knife blade slides out of a top of the body and into the operable position. The utility knife is able to magnetically couple with a base having a magnetically attractable surface. The utility knife is securable to the base in a vertical orientation and a horizontal orientation.
US10173331B2
A robot system includes a robot cell that includes a robot and a cell in which the robot is provided and enables coexistence with a human, and an installation area of the robot cell is less than 637,500 mm2 and the robot cell is movable. Further, the robot includes an n-th (n is an integer number equal to or more than one) arm rotatable about an n-th rotation shaft and an (n+1)th arm provided on the n-th arm rotatably about an (n+1)th rotation shaft in a shaft direction different from a shaft direction of the n-th rotation shaft, and a length of the n-th arm is longer than a length of the (n+1)th arm and the n-th arm and the (n+1)th arm can overlap as seen from the (n+1)th rotation shaft.
US10173329B2
The invention concerns a method of handling stacks of flexible substrates (14) by means of a gripper (8) as well as a robot cell (1) for carrying out the method. The gripper (8) is arranged on an arm (6) of a robot (2) and has a lower finger and a corresponding upper finger. The method comprises the steps of inserting said lower finger below a bottom substrate (14) of a stack resting on a base and said upper finger above a top substrate (14) of the stack, and gripping the stack by clamping it between said lower and upper finger. Then by means of the gripper (8) starting at a stack front the entire stack is lifted into a pendent state and moved to a support (16). There the stack is lowered such that a stack rear, which is opposite to said stack front, comes into contact with the support (16). Finally the entire stack is laid out on the support (16) with said bottom substrate (14) up by further lowering and while horizontally displacing the gripper (8) in a bottom-to-top substrate direction before letting the gripper (8) release the stack.
US10173327B2
A device for use in handling a load and a method for producing the device are provided. The device comprises a three-dimensional framework that comprises a plurality of single parts, a cover made of a fiber-reinforced plastics with which the framework is covered, and at least one mounting unit for a handling unit for handling a part that is useable in the production of an object and that forms the load.
US10173320B1
Methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for optimizing robot-implemented tasks based at least in part on historical task and location correlated duration data collected from one or more robots. Historical task and location correlated duration data may, in some implementations, include durations of different tasks performed in different locations by one or more robots in one or more particular environments, and knowledge of such durations may be used to optimize tasks performed by the same or different robots in the future.
US10173314B1
A slot tool hanger is provided, including: a base, configured to be slidably assembled within a track slot and including a wide section and at least one narrow section in a first direction, the wide section defining a first length dimension in a second direction, each narrow section defining a second length dimension in the second direction, the base further including two end portions at opposite ends in the first direction, at least one of the two end portions including a resilient convex surface on the wide section and a compression structure corresponding to the resilient convex surface; a combination portion, disposed on the base; wherein the first length dimension is greater than the second length dimension and greater than the short side dimension, and the second length dimension is less than or equal to the short side dimension.
US10173301B2
The present disclosure includes a vise having a base with a first a channel and at least one rail extending along the base in a longitudinal direction. The base also includes a gear rack fixed within the channel and extending in the longitudinal direction. The vise also includes a first jaw fixed to and extending substantially perpendicular from the base, a second jaw secured to the base and engaged with the at least one rail, and a gear rack link having a body and at least one gear tooth extending from a bottom surface of the body, with the gear tooth configured to engage with the gear rack. The vise also has a handle connected to the second jaw and the gear rack link such that the positions, relative to the base, of the second jaw and the gear rack link are adjustable by manipulating the handle.
US10173284B2
A method for removing a metal from a single-thread fabric for making a pattern, characterized in that said single-thread fabric is a square-mesh metallized and etching laser made fabric.
US10173275B2
A toolholder includes a bottom abutment surface, a projection extending upwardly from the bottom abutment surface, the projection including an internally threaded opening, having a central axis that is offset from a central axis of the projection in a first direction, and a clamping screw having external threads for mating with threads of the internally threaded opening and a head having a bottom clamping surface shaped as a truncated cone for contacting an insert clamping surface and urging an insert substantially in a first direction when the clamping screw is tightened relative to the toolholder and the insert. The toolholder also includes at least one abutment member extending from a side wall of the projection in a radial direction, each abutment member having an abutment point, at least which is closer to the central axis of the projection than to the central axis of the internally threaded opening.
US10173272B2
A router includes a housing and a motor assembly disposed within the housing. The motor assembly includes a driven shaft having a cavity on a first end of the driven shaft. The router includes a collet that is configured to mate into the cavity of the driven shaft with the collet being configured to grip a shank of a router bit. The router includes a gear mechanism that is configured to couple and decouple from a second end of the driven shaft such that a rotation of the gear mechanism when the gear mechanism is coupled to the second end of the driven shaft causes at least one of tightening and loosening of the collet.
US10173267B2
A tool clamping device having a tool holder holding a tool, said tool holder being designed for insertion into a socket of a tool carrier, in particular a lathe, has a tool quick-change system.
US10173255B2
A metal extrusion and nodes based structure is provided. The structure comprises one or more arc members connected by one or more node members, wherein the arc comprises (i) a wing feature which is configured to mate with one or more non-structural components, (ii) an internal passage feature which is configured to be inserted into a connecting feature of the corresponding node member, and (iii) one or more keying features formed from a mating interface with the corresponding node member.
US10173251B2
Provided is a cleaning device, comprising a plurality of cleaning units, and a conveyor which is used for connecting the plurality of cleaning units. Each of the plurality of cleaning units includes a body having a working chamber, and a liquid spray unit. At least one of the plurality of cleaning units comprises a plurality of baffles arranged between the liquid spray unit and the conveyor, and a driving mechanism. The driving mechanism is configured to actuate each of the plurality of baffles into rotation along a first direction to overlap with adjacent baffles, and further actuate each of the plurality of baffles into rotation along an opposite direction of the first direction.
US10173223B2
An apparatus for producing uniformly sized sugar beet cassettes includes a frame; a first cutting shaft assembly adjacent to a second cutting shaft assembly on the frame, each of the first and second cutting shaft assemblies including a shaft in connection with a gear motor, and the gear motor being structured and disposed for mechanically rotating the shaft; a plurality of discs supported on the shaft: and a plurality of blades extending outwards from each of the plurality of discs; wherein the first and second cutting shaft assemblies are configured for interlaced counter-rotation of each of the plurality of discs; and a chute on the frame, and the chute including sidewalls defining an open-ended channel that is sized and configured for directing the sugar beet cossettes onto the first and second cutting shaft assemblies, and wherein the sugar beet cossettes are cut into uniformly sized sugar beet cossettes by the plurality of blades on each of the interlaced, counter-rotating plurality of discs.
US10173217B2
Disclosed is a sample processing method for processing a target component in a sample by use of a sample processing chip having a storage portion and a droplet forming flow path, the sample processing method including: storing, in the storage portion, a mixture of the target component and a predetermined amount of a diluent for causing the target component to be encapsulated by one molecule or by one particle into a droplet; heating the mixture in the storage portion to cause thermal convection in the storage portion thereby to mix the target component and the diluent together; and in the droplet forming flow path, forming droplets in a dispersion medium, each droplet containing the diluted target component and a reagent that reacts with the target component.
US10173213B2
A process for the preparation of a granulated or pelletized sorption medium from a partially decomposed organic material like peat, followed by low-temperature thermal activation of the sorption medium to produce a high degree of granule or pellet hardness balanced against an efficacious level of ion-exchange and adsorption capacity, followed by chemical treatment of the sorption material via a preselected solution of soluble salts (called “APTsorb II*M”) for use in a wastewater treatment process where competing toxic metal cations are present in the wastewater is provided by this invention. Depending upon the M+ cations contributed to the peat granule sorption activity sites by the preselected salt used in the salt solution treatment step, the granules exhibit a selectivity α of a first type of more-toxic metal cations (such as cadmium, lead, copper, or other metals at high concentrations) over a second type of less-toxic metal cations of (such as zinc, aluminum, or iron) in the wastewater; greater adsorption activity for the first type of more-toxic metal cations; and greater breakthrough capacity for the first type of more-toxic metal cations. This allows the end user to target the more-toxic metals for adsorption by the sorption medium containing the cations contributed by the preselected solution of soluble salts.
US10173209B2
The present application discloses novel PWNN and PWNWP metal catalysts for organic chemical syntheses including hydrogenation (reduction) of unsaturated compounds or dehydrogenation of substrates. The range of hydrogenation substrate compounds includes esters, lactones, enals, enones, enolates, oils and fats, resulting in alcohols, enols, diols, and triols as reaction products. The catalysts of current application can be used to catalyze a hydrogenation reaction under solvent free conditions. The present catalysts also allow the hydrogenation to proceed without added base, and it can be used in place of the conventional reduction methods employing hydrides of the main-group elements. Furthermore, the catalysts of the present application can catalyze a dehydrogenation reaction under homogenous and/or acceptorless conditions. As such, the catalysts provided herein can be useful in substantially reducing cost and improving the environmental profile of manufacturing processes for a variety of chemicals.
US10173208B2
The present invention relates generally to catalysts and processes for the Z-selective formation of internal olefin(s) from terminal olefin(s) via homo-metathesis reactions.
US10173206B2
Provided is a Fluid Catalytic Cracking catalyst composition having increased propylene production with respect to other Fluid Catalytic Cracking catalysts (measured at constant conversion). The catalyst composition comprises a particulate which comprises (a) non-rare earth metal exchanged Y-zeolite in an amount in the range of about 5 to about 50 wt %, based upon the weight of the particulate; and (b) ZSM-5 zeolite in an amount in the range of about 2 to about 50 wt %, based upon the weight of the particulate.
US10173201B2
This invention provides a catalyst formed by bringing together, in an aqueous medium, at least one phosphorus compound, at least one Group VI metal compound, at least one Group VIII metal compound, and an additive which is a) tetraethylene glycol, b) polyethylene glycol having an average molecular weight in the range of about 200 to about 400, c) a mixture of tetraethylene glycol and polyethylene glycol having an average molecular weight in the range of about 200 to about 400, or d) a mixture of (1) tetraethylene glycol and/or polyethylene glycol having an average molecular weight in the range of about 200 to about 400 and (2) one or more of monoethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, and triethylene glycol, forming an impregnated carrier; and drying the impregnated carrier. The molar ratio of additive to the total moles of Group VI metal and Group VIII metal is about 0.36:1 to about 0.6:1.
US10173198B2
The invention provides a process for the production of titania particles with a desired morphology. The process comprises providing a titania sol and then drying the sol to provide dried titania particles. The process is characterized in that the morphology of the dried titania particles is controlled by applying one or more of the following criteria: (a) the titania sol is produced from a TiO2 containing slurry obtained using a precipitation step in a sulphate process, wherein the size of micelles formed during the precipitation is controlled; (b) the titania sol is produced from a TiO2 containing slurry and the pH of the slurry is controlled in order to affect the extent to which the titania sol is flocculated; (c) the titania sol is produced from a TiO2 containing slurry and the iso-electric point of the titania is adjusted in order to affect the extent to which the titania sol is flocculated; (d) the titania sol is dried by application of heat and the temperature used during the drying step is controlled.
US10173197B2
The present invention relates to polymer beads comprising a polymeric matrix and having a pitted surface, the polymeric matrix (i) comprising polymerized monomer residues of (a) at least one mono-ethylenically unsaturated monomer, and (b) at least one crosslinking monomer having at least two ethylenically unsaturated groups separated by at least 4 consecutive acyclic atoms, and (ii) having distributed therethrough solid particulate material and polymeric porogen.
US10173191B2
A controlled cavitation reactor is disclosed that is particularly suited to the treatment of abrasive fluids and slurries with a minimum of erosion and mechanical failure caused by abrasion. The reactor includes a generally cylindrical housing having a peripheral wall that extends between end plates. A rotor is rotatably disposed in the housing and has at least one outer peripheral surface spaced from the peripheral wall to define a cavitation zone therebetween. A plurality of bores extends through the peripheral surface of the rotor. The rotor may be formed with a central void zone between two lobes of the rotor with each lobe defining a separate cavitation zone with the peripheral wall of the housing. One or more inlet ports is arranged to introduce fluid to the housing tangentially and within one or more void zones. One or more exit ports is arranged to receive fluid from the housing tangentially within another void zone. As a result, fluid takes a spiral path into the housing, across the cavitation zone, and out of the housing. This greatly reduces sharp changes in direction and accordingly reduces abrasion and consequent damage.
US10173174B2
A process for preparing a membrane stack comprising the steps of: (i) interposing a curable adhesive between alternate anion exchange membranes and cation exchange; and (ii) curing the adhesive; CHARACTERIZED IN THAT said adhesive, when cured, has a Shore A hardness of less than 70 and an elongation at break of at least 50%.
US10173173B2
Provided is an ammonia slip catalyst article having supported palladium in a top or upstream layer for oxidation of carbon monoxide and/or hydrocarbons, an SCR catalyst either in the top layer or in a separate lower or downstream layer, and an ammonia oxidation catalyst in a bottom layer. Also provided are methods for treating an exhaust gas using the catalyst article, wherein the treatment involves reducing the concentrations of ammonia and optionally carbon monoxide and/or hydrocarbons in the exhaust gas.
US10173159B2
A mold-preventing air filter filtration medium loaded with a water-retaining macromolecule polymer, a mold-preventing agent, and a binder resin, is formed by immersing a filter material or a reinforcing nonwoven fabric (a backing material) in a mold-preventing composition in which the water-retaining macromolecule polymer, the mold-preventing agent and the binder resin are dissolved, and drying the filter material or the reinforcing nonwoven fabric. The reinforcing nonwoven fabric (a backing material) may be bonded to a filter material to form a mold-preventing air filter filtration medium. A mold-preventing air filter includes the mold-preventing air filter filtration medium that is pleated and accommodated in a frame.
US10173157B2
Disclosed herein is a filter assembly, and more particularly, to a filter assembly in which an uneven portion is formed on an inner wall of a hollow external housing and a filter fastening unit which includes a pressurized section pressurized by the uneven portion is formed around an inner cap which moves up and down along an inner surface of the external housing to firmly fasten a filter.
US10173155B2
A water filter assembly is provided. The water filter assembly includes a filter cartridge removably mounted to a manifold. An RFID tag is positioned at an outer surface of the filter cartridge. The water filter assembly also includes a liquid collector positioned below the filter cartridge. The liquid collector is positioned for receiving liquid leaking from the water filter assembly. A system for detecting liquid is also provided.
US10173153B2
A liquid filter assembly includes a porous tubular support member and a filter element removably and replaceably oriented in the interior volume of the support member. A bypass valve arrangement is provided to permit at least some unfiltered liquid to bypass media in the filter element. A dynamic seal can help to seal the bypass valve arrangement.
US10173152B2
The invention relates to a filter device for polymer melts, having a filter screen (1), through which the polymer melt to be purified is guided, wherein the filter device comprises at least one scraping element (2), which glides across the upstream surface (4) of the filter screen (1) with its scraping edge (3), or rests on the surface (4) with its end area nearest the scraping edge (3), and lifts off and/or scrapes off the contaminations (6) adhering to the surface (4) and those present in front of the screen orifices (5) in the course of its movement across the surface (4). According to the invention it is provided that the scraping edge (3) has a curvature (7) at least in the end area of the same, leading in the direction of movement (16), the radius (R) of which is less than 90%, preferably less than 50%, in particular less than 20% of the maximum diameter, or of the maximum orifice width of the screen orifices (5).
US10173150B2
A filtration system having an underdrain block and an underdrain wall adaptor. The underdrain wall adaptor includes a vertical end and horizontal base. The vertical end extends from a top wall to a bottom wall of an underdrain block and mates with an end portion of an underdrain block to secure the underdrain wall adaptor to the underdrain block. The horizontal base extends from the vertical end. The invention also includes a method of installing an underdrain wall adaptor. The underdrain wall adaptor controls air and water passage between the flume and the underdrain.
US10173148B2
A pre-heater assembly (90) for pre-heating a fluid, in particular in a fluid separation apparatus (10), wherein the pre-heater assembly (90) comprises a capillary (200) having a lumen and being configured for conducting the fluid, and a thermal coupling body (202) contacting at least part of the capillary (200), having a value of the thermal conductivity in a range between 8 W/(m K) and 100 W/(m K) and being arrangable so that heat generated by a heat source (80) is supplied to the capillary (200) via at least part of the thermal coupling body (202).
US10173146B2
A method of treating a material to recover an oil from the material comprises heating the material to evaporate the oil, removing gas phase fluids from the material, and separating the oil from the gas phase fluids removed from the material, wherein the method includes mixing hot vapor with the material. The material being treated in the chamber is heated by friction within the chamber generated by a rotating shaft and flail. Injection of hot vapor improves the efficiency of the process to separate oil and any other evaporable liquids at lower temperatures. The thermal energy generated within the chamber is not consumed in changing the phase of large quantities of liquids in the material, and more of the energy generated is available to heat up the material and evaporate the oil fractions from the solids.
US10173138B2
A computer is caused to execute processing that that determines, based on a first usage amount of a hardware resource which is allocated for processing corresponding to objects of a first category including an essential object located in a target scene, a second usage amount of the hardware resource that is able to be allocated for processing for objects of a second category different to the first category. Also, the computer is caused to execute processing of deciding, for objects of the second category which are located in the target scene, types of those objects and an outer appearance parameter for each type based on the second usage amount and information for deciding outer appearances for when the objects of the second category are located in the target scene.
US10173130B2
In a state where an extended input device is secured to a data transmission device, an image capturing unit of the data transmission device captures an image of a light emitting unit that emits light, an image of which is allowed to be captured by the image capturing unit in accordance with a user input and/or a user operation, and data generated based on at least the captured image is transmitted to an information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus executes an information process based on the transmitted data.
US10173122B2
An exerciser device comprising a telescopically deployed vertically oriented tower, a telescopically deployed horizontally oriented corridor and a housing provided at a bottom end of the telescopically deployed vertically oriented tower, wherein the housing is adapted to provide a neatly configured storage medium of the exerciser device, while further providing a support base for the deployment of the vertically oriented tower and a means for a controlled deployment of the horizontally oriented corridor.
US10173121B2
A hand wearable visual training aid device worn by the hand of a golfer and for use with a golf club having a clubface is presented and described herein. The hand wearable visual training aid device includes a glove or hand strap and a clubface guide post mounted to the glove or hand strap. A clubface guide post mounted on the hand wearable visual training aid device is used to visually assist and guide the wrist of the golfer which, in turn, promotes clubface alignment prior to impact, providing a better strike and center hit for achieving greater accuracy and distance on the golf ball.
US10173118B1
A foldable target game having a circular foldable target having a lip and a pocket continuously disposed on an outer perimeter. A flexible wire ring is disposed within the pocket. The circular foldable target has an open configuration having a first diameter of at least six feet and an alternate folded configuration having a second diameter of most three feet. An inner circle design and a middle circle design are disposed on the circular foldable target. A plurality of tear shaped apertures, a plurality of ovular apertures, a plurality of pie shaped apertures, and a circular aperture are disposed through the circular foldable target. A webbing is disposed on the bottom side of the circular foldable target across each aperture. A telescopable flag pole is planted within the circular aperture. A projectile such as a golf ball is shot onto the target to score points in a game.
US10173116B2
A golf club comprises a shaft, a club head, and a connection assembly that allows the shaft to be easily disconnected from the club head. In particular embodiments, the connection assembly includes a removable hosel sleeve that allows a shaft to be supported a desired predetermined orientation relative to the club head. In this manner, the shaft loft and/or lie angle of the club can be adjusted without resorting to traditional bending of the shaft. In another embodiment, the club head has an adjustable sole that can be adjusted upwardly and downwardly relative to the strike face of the club head, which is effective to adjust the face angle of the club head.
US10173115B2
An adjustable training golf tee is provided. The adjustable training golf tee may include a top body, a stem and a base. The top body may have a first side and a second side, wherein the second side forms a concentric threaded recess, wherein the first side forms a concentric stem aperture communicating the first side to the threaded recess. The stem may have a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is dimensioned and adapted to rest a golf ball thereon. The base may include a threaded flange and a spike perpendicularly joined thereto, wherein the threaded recess is dimensioned and adapted to rotatably mate with the threaded flange, and wherein the stem aperture is dimensioned and adapted to be slidably receive the stem secured to the base.
US10173114B2
A system for data collection during a game includes a positioning system for determining various locations of a user during the game, a tag reader for reading a passive RFID tag held in close proximity to the tag reader, and a processor for correlating the location of the user with the time at which a tag is read to enable action locations for the game to be determined.
US10173111B2
A golf club head includes a head body, a weight, a retaining element, and a cover. The head body defines an interior chamber. The weight is selectively received and repositionable within the interior chamber. The retaining element is positioned to selectively engage with the weight to secure the weight in a selected position. The cover is positioned to enclose the interior chamber of the head body.
US10173102B2
The exercise machine in the present disclosure utilizes novel machine mechanics that accommodate and adjust to the spines shifting axis of rotation. Through the use of a multiple, articulating axes a back exercise machine or device that promotes pure and isolated spinal flexion and extension with no need for mechanical anatomical restraint to succeed has been created. Using these mechanics when users attempt to extend their trunk, the device adjusts to the natural shifting axis of rotation of the spine thereby dis-involving the contribution of the hip extensor muscles. In other works, the exercise back machine of the present disclosure is designed to accommodate the complex biomechanics of the spine and to facilitate targeted strengthening of the spinal erectors and deep intrinsic spinal muscles.
US10173100B2
A system for recording and analyzing an activity, such as a golf activity, is provided. The system comprises an impact detection device and one or more video capture unit for recording and displaying recorded activities. Preferred activities are saved, and may be viewed at a separate viewing unit located remote from the video capture unit. The remote viewing unit allows for replay and analysis of the saved activities. In addition, saved activities and data may be uploaded to the Internet for later viewing and analysis.
US10173086B2
A supply system for providing at least oxygen depleted air and water in a vehicle includes a catalytic converter, at least one hydrogen supply means, at least one air supply means, at least one outlet for oxygen depleted air, and a control unit coupled with the catalytic converter. The catalytic converter is couplable with the hydrogen supply means and is adapted for producing water under consumption of hydrogen from the at least one hydrogen supply means and oxygen. The catalytic converter is further couplable with the at least one air supply means for additionally producing oxygen depleted air. Further, the control unit is adapted for selectively operating the catalytic converter based on a demand of water and oxygen depleted air.
US10173077B2
A therapeutic apparatus comprising: a magnetic resonance imaging system adapted for acquiring a set of magnetic resonance imaging data in an imaging zone, wherein the magnetic resonance imaging system comprises a means for generating a magnetic field, a guiding means adapted for guiding a beam of charged particles to a target zone within a subject such that the beam encloses an angle with the magnetic field lines of the magnetic field within the imaging zone, the angle being between 0 degrees and 30 degrees, wherein the imaging zone comprises the target zone, a zone determination means for determining the location of the target zone within the subject using the set of magnetic resonance imaging data.
US10173075B2
An ophthalmic radiation device having a substantially light-transparent wand configured to emit light propagating through the wand light from a series of illumination ports at least partially circumscribing a radioactive source disposed in the holder, thereby providing a visual reference for identifying a position of the radioactive source.
US10173074B2
The present invention relates to methods, systems, and compositions for treating and preventing cancer in a subject with the combination of radiation therapy and antigen presenting cells that have been exposed cancer stem cells or a portion thereof. In certain embodiments, the antigen presenting cells are dendritic cells that have been pulsed with ALDHhigh cancer stem cells.
US10173069B2
A fixation device configured to anchor an implantable medical device within a patient includes a temporary biodegradable fixation mechanism configured to secure the device after implantation until the temporary fixation mechanism biodegrades and a chronic fixation mechanism configured to promote tissue growth that secures the device to tissue of the patient before the temporary fixation mechanism biodegrades.
US10173068B2
Implantable medical devices (IMDs), and methods for use therewith, reduce how often an IMD accepts false messages. Such a method can include receiving a message and performing error detection and correction on the message. Such a method can also include determining a quality measure indicative of a quality of the message and/or a quality of a channel over which the message was received, and determining whether to reject the message based on the quality measure.
US10173067B2
An implantable pacing device for delivering ventricular pacing may be configured to intermittently and variably reduce the AV delay interval used in an atrial triggered pacing mode in a manner that simulates exercise. The device may be programmed to intermittently switch to and from a variably shortened AV delay mode according to defined entry and exit conditions.
US10173052B2
Guidewires and methods for transmitting electrical stimuli to a heart and for guiding and supporting the delivery of elongate treatment devices within the heart are disclosed. A guidewire can comprise an elongate body, including first and second elongate conductors, and at least first and second electrodes. A distal end portion of the elongate body can include a preformed bias shape, such as a pigtail-shaped region, on which the first and second electrodes can be located. The preformed bias shape can optionally be non-coplanar relative to an intermediate portion of the elongate body. The first and second elongate conductors can be formed of a single structure or two or more electrically connected structures. The conductors can extend from proximal end portions to distal end portions that electrically connect to the first and second electrodes. A corewire can extend the length of the elongate body, can at least partially form the first conductor, and can be at least partially surrounded by the second conductor.
US10173046B2
Disclosed herein are embodiments of a connector system for releasably connecting together tubes, for example medical tubing, and methods of making and using such a connector system, whereby the connector system includes a female coupler having a first passageway, a male coupler having a second passageway, a catch movably coupled to the female coupler, and a catch-receiving element coupled to the male coupler. The connector system further includes a release element movably coupled to the female coupler, whereby travel of the release element along or over a female coupler outer surface of the female coupler disengages the catch from the catch-receiving element to achieve a disconnected condition of the connector system. Further disclosed herein are embodiments of a connector system for releasably connecting together tubes, whereby the connector system includes at least one valve biased by a valve-biasing member disposed external to or outside of the fluid flow path.
US10173039B2
The present invention provides a balloon catheter comprising: an elastic catheter tube in which a second tube is slidably inserted into a first tube; and an elasticity restriction means for restricting the elasticity of the catheter tube with an elasticity rate thereof by connecting the first tube and the second tube, or a balloon catheter in which an inflation lumen and a guide wire lumen of a catheter tube are integrated.
US10173037B2
A catheter assembly is disclosed, which includes a catheter, a catheter hub coupled to the catheter, an inner needle having a needlepoint, a housing coupled to the inner needle, and a protector that covers at least the needlepoint of the inner needle in accordance with evulsion of the inner needle from the catheter. In an initial state, the catheter and the inner needle are exposed from a leading end of the housing, and the catheter hub and the protector are housed in the housing.
US10173035B2
A catheter housing device for securing a catheter and needle assembly to a patient. The device can include a cover, an IV/catheter lock, a hub, and one or more fastening straps. The device can replace conventional devices and techniques for securing a catheter and needle to a patient that utilize adhesive materials and/or methods, which are ill-equipped to solve complications including infection/contamination of the insertion site, irritation/damage to the vein or insertion site due to inappropriate angling of the catheter/needle, etc. The devices and methods disclosed herein can provide catheter/needle securement and optimal inclination, a hermetically sealed chamber to resist infection and/or contamination, inert gas or soothing anesthetic vapor drugs in and around the device, and various skin-contacting layers and structures that promote ventilation and patient comfort in and around the insertion site.
US10173030B2
Catheters for infusion of cardiovascular fluids into blood are disclosed. The cardiovascular fluid may, for example, comprise water highly supersaturated with a gas such as oxygen. Each catheter comprises one or more capillary tubings (or capillaries) through which a cardiovascular fluid flows. The distal end of each capillary is mounted (e.g., potted) preferably flush with an external surface of a catheter sidewall, while the proximal end of each capillary is in fluid communication with a cardiovascular fluid flowing through the lumen of the catheter. The combination of the catheter shape and the orientation of the distal end of each capillary relative to the longitudinal axis of the catheter provides control over the mixing pattern of the cardiovascular fluid with blood flowing within a vascular space such as an aorta.
US10173027B2
Methods of modifying the luminal profile of a body vessel are described. An example method comprises advancing a cannula out of the distal end of a catheter disposed within the lumen of a body vessel of an animal and toward a target site on the wall of the body vessel; passing contrast dye through the cannula toward the target site; simultaneously continuing the advancing and passing until the distal end of the cannula punctures the inner layer of the wall of the body vessel at the target site; and passing a bulking agent through the cannula and into a space between connective tissue layers surrounding the vessel wall at the target site. Medical devices, medical device assemblies, and kits are also described.
US10173026B2
An infant pacifying apparatus which includes: sound system includes a sound generator and associated power source; an auditory output device associated with the sound system; a receiving portion is configured to: be located on a hand or an arm of an adult cradling an infant; and house or be connected to a housing for containing: the auditory output device; or the sound system and auditory output device.
US10173024B2
A respiratory mask includes a mask frame and a forehead support provided to the mask frame. The forehead support includes a base extending from the frame. The base includes a flexible portion along at least a portion of its length including a material and/or physical characteristic that allows the base to flex from an original, unloaded position.
US10173018B1
A system and method for deterring potential illicit use of extended-installations of catheters associated with patient care. A pair of legs are moveably associated together to collectively define a needle-defeating pathway between a pair of scissoring, offset, pinching surfaces disposed on mating surfaces of the legs when the legs are closed and clamped to an indwelling catheter. A single-use tamper evident locking system both maintains the legs closed and provides tamper evidence when opened, such as by disabling the locking system from further locking operation.
US10173014B2
The present invention relates to a cap assembly 10 configured to be connectable to a suitable medicament delivery device having a distal and a proximal end. The cap assembly 10 according to the present invention comprises a removable outer 12 cap and a removable inner 16 cap movably connected in relation to each other. Further, said cap assembly is configured to allow said removable outer cap and said removable inner cap to be fixedly connectable to each other such that the removable outer cap is prevented of being movable with respect to the removable inner cap only when the medicament delivery device is held in a substantially vertical position such that both said removable outer cap and said removable inner cap can be removed from the cap assembly.
US10173009B2
An aspect of some embodiments of the current application is a doorstop to a drug delivery apparatus that encourages a user of the apparatus to perform the proper usage steps in the proper order. For example, a user may be expected to receive an injector in a transport state, open it to an open state, insert a cartridge, and/or close the cartridge before operation. The doorstop may have an obstructing mode, optionally preventing closing of the door. The cartridge may optionally have a non-obstructing mode allowing closing of the door. Inserting the cartridge may optionally cause a doorstop to move from the obstructing mode to the non-obstructing mode. In the non-obstructing mode the doorstop may optionally prevent removal of the cartridge.
US10173005B2
The invention relates to a drug delivery device for administering a drug, comprising: a body adapted to retain a cartridge containing a drug, at least one electrical unit (EU) and a port for electrically contacting the electrical unit (EU), an adapter for attaching an injection needle to the drug delivery device, a safety mechanism (S1 to S6) arranged to prevent access to the port while an injection needle is in fluid communication with the cartridge and arranged to prevent establishing a fluid communication between an injection needle and the cartridge while the port is accessible.
US10173000B1
Systems for tissue removal, delivery and/or transplantation include a dispensing canister having a canister wall and a beveled or sloped canister bottom panel carried by the canister wall, a pump disposed in fluid communication with the dispensing canister and a vibrational injection apparatus disposed in fluid communication with the pump. Injection apparatuses are also disclosed.
US10172995B2
An irradiation device for photopheresis, comprising an exposure chamber configured to receive an illumination container holding a target cell suspension; an irradiation source configured to irradiate the illumination container and target cell suspension for a certain exposure time period; an irradiation sensor configured to detect the intensity of irradiation emitted by the irradiation source; and a processing circuit coupled to the irradiation sensor and configured to treat the target cell suspension with a predetermined treatment dosage of radiation, wherein the processing circuit adjusts the exposure time period based on the intensity of irradiation in order to achieve the predetermined treatment dosage.
US10172994B2
The invention relates to a device for hemodiafiltration with an extracorporeal circulation (10) for receiving blood to be purified and having a hemodialyzer and/or hemofilter (20) which is connected to the blood circulation (10), such that the blood circulation (10) has at least one inlet line (12, 14) for the supply of a replacement fluid upstream and downstream from the hemodialyzer and/or hemofilter (20), characterized in that the apparatus also comprises measurement apparatuses for recording the transmembrane pressure and/or hematocrit (HKT) and/or blood density, such that the measurement apparatuses are connected to a control unit (100) for controlling one or more of the transmembrane pressure and/or the hematocrit (HKT) and/or the blood density, the control unit (100) being constructed so that the control is implemented with the help of at least one of the infusion rates (Qspre, Qspost) of the replacement fluid (13, 15), and the blood to be purified is exposed to a high-frequency electromagnetic field and/or an electric DC field (70) before and/or during contact with the hemodialyzer and/or hemofilter (20).
US10172982B2
Air drained from a patient's body can be measured after a surgical operation or trauma. The volume of air drained from the body can be determined from the weight of a vessel that has receive effluent drained the body and the volume of air that has escaped from the vessel. The effluent can include any one or a combination of air and liquid.
US10172981B2
A device for the concentration of a mixture of fatty material and aqueous fluid comprises a chamber for receiving a mixture of fatty material and aqueous fluid, and a body of absorbent material, the chamber being separated from the absorbent material by a barrier member having at least one opening, and a shutter element movable from a closed position, in which said opening is occluded, to an open position, in which said opening permits fluid flow from the chamber to the absorbent material. It has been found that the use of an absorbent material enables fatty material to be concentrated to the required degree in a passive, single vessel process without damage to the fatty tissue. There are also described methods for the use of the device.
US10172978B2
A method is presented for providing a medical device with antibacterial activity, whereby a substrate material coated with a hydrophilic polymer is provided, the hydrophilic polymer exhibiting a low friction when wetted; also provided is a colloidal solution comprising chemically reduced particles of an oligodynamic metal and a hydrophilic polymer, the hydrophilic polymer being the same as in the coating of the substrate material; and the step of dipping the substrate material in the solution. A medical device prepared accordingly is also provided.
US10172967B2
A subject afflicted with a cancer or precancerous condition is treated by administering an agent that increases expression of somatostatin receptors, and a cytotoxic recognition ligand. In an alternative embodiment, somatostatin analogs, which are radiolabeled are used to treat cancer or precancerous conditions.
US10172965B2
This invention relates to radioactive, bone-seeking, pharmaceutical methods, compositions and formulations that have a lower impurity profile, a longer shelf life, improved availability and are less expensive to prepare. The compositions of this invention can be conveniently prepared in a timely manner resulting in improved availability and delivery of the drugs to patients.
US10172963B2
Microvesicles play essential roles in disease progression. The present invention provides a microvesicle membrane protein and application thereof. Disclosed is a method comprising phosphorylated CSE1L (cellular apoptosis susceptibility protein)- or CSE1L-binding agents for microvesicle isolation, analysis, or binding for disease diagnosis.
US10172958B2
An aqueous liquid suspension containing a coated drug-ion exchange resin complex comprising a core composed of an amphetamine complexed with a pharmaceutically acceptable ion-exchange resin and an uncoated amphetamine-ion exchange resin complex is provided. The coated amphetamine-ion exchange resin complex is in admixture with a polymer to form a matrix. Methods of making the coated complex and the liquid suspension are described.
US10172953B2
The present invention relates to extended recombinant polypeptide (XTEN) compositions, conjugate compositions comprising XTEN and XTEN linked to cross-linkers useful for conjugation to pharmacologically active payloads, methods of making highly purified XTEN, methods of making XTEN-linker and XTEN-payload conjugates, and methods of using the XTEN-cross-linker and XTEN-payload compositions.
US10172947B2
A composition including hydrophobized chitosan can be used as an antiparasitic and/or antifungal agent or in the treatment of parasitic and/or fungal infections. The composition may include an antifungal agent and hydrophobized chitosan. The antifungal agent can be in association with the hydrophobized chitosan, with the latter being more preferably in the particle form, or the antifungal agent can be encapsulated in particles including the hydrophobized chitosan. The use of the composition as an antifungal agent or in the treatment of fungal infections, and a method for manufacturing the composition are also described.
US10172940B2
Process and immune chemotherapeutic/pharmaceutical composition for treatment of canine and human Leishmaniasis comprising a vaccine containing the FML antigen (Fucose Mannose-Ligand) and saponin adjuvant, used in association with chemotherapeutic agents, showing healing property, leaving the dogs previously infected, in the condition of sterile cure of visceral and tegumentary leishmaniasis, characterized by absence of parasites and the overall absence of Leishmania DNA, aiming to stave off the spread of the parasite which causes canine visceral leishmaniasis in dog to the insect transmitter, thus to other dogs and humans. The invention also comprises also the use of the aforementioned composition to produce formulations designed to treat canine visceral leishmaniasis and visceral and murine tegumentary leishmaniasis, human and canine, as well as a kit comprising immune chemotherapeutic agents to treat the same diseases.
US10172938B2
A responsive hydrogel-based material may be used as a carrier system for the in situ delivery of various cargo substances, including bioactive moieties. The hydrogel structure, which includes photodegradable and thioether moieties in its three dimensional network, enables finely tuned local release of cargo substances as a function of the in vivo tissue environment (e.g., enzyme concentration or reducing environment) and externally applied stimuli (e.g., light) by selective spatiotemporal hydrogel degradation.
US10172934B2
The invention provides a composition useful to prepare high titer influenza viruses, e.g., in the absence of helper virus, which includes internal genes from an influenza virus vaccine strain or isolate, e.g., one that is safe in humans, for instance, one that does not result in significant disease, that confer enhanced growth in cells in culture, such as MDCK cells, or in eggs.
US10172929B2
The invention provides flavivirus vaccines and methods of making and using these vaccines.
US10172918B2
The present invention relates to SorCS1-like agents, including SorCS1, nucleic acid molecule encoding expression of SorCS1 and fragments thereof, as well as vectors containing said nucleic acid and to cells expressing SorCS1 and said fragments, for the treatment of obesity.
US10172914B2
The present invention provides a combination comprising at least two of the following: (i) an insulin modulator, (ii) an immunosuppressive agent and (iii) an aldosterone antagonist, for instance a combination comprising at least two of (i) exenatide, or a functional derivative or analog thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; (ii) cyclosporine, or a functional derivative or analog thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and (iii) potassium canrenoate, or a functional derivative or analog thereof. Said combinations are suitable for cardioprotection and for treating and/or preventing ischemia and/or reperfusion injury. Further aspects of the invention relate to pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said combinations according to the invention, and methods of treatment using the same.
US10172910B2
Methods of preventing or reducing the incidence of acute urinary retention in mammals susceptible to developing acute urinary retention, and methods of reducing the incidence of clinically detected prostate cancer, using compositions containing compounds based on small peptides and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, are described. The methods include, but are not limited to, administering the compounds intramuscularly, orally, intravenously, intraprostatically, intrathecally, intratumorally, intranasally, topically, transdermally, etc., either alone or conjugated to a carrier to a mammal in need thereof.
US10172905B1
The invention relates to methods of treating protein degradation disorders, such cellular proliferative disorders (e.g., cancer) and protein deposition disorders (e.g., neurodegenerative disorders). The invention provides methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating these diseases using aggresome inhibitors or combinations of aggresome inhibitors and proteasome inhibitors. The invention further relates to methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating multiple myeloma. New HDAC/TDAC inhibitors and aggresome inhibitors are also provided as well as synthetic methodologies for preparing these compounds.
US10172903B2
Disclosed are methods of managing hypercholesterolemia using a composition of matter comprising the ethyl acetate fraction of the extract of Cyperus rotundus rhizomes standardized to contain 5% of total stilbenes.
US10172897B2
An enhanced smokable cannabis-based product produced by separating hash resin from plant material of the cannabis plant, pressing the hash resin to expel oil, leaving spent hash resin, extracting further cannabinoids from the spent hash resin using MCT oil, enriching the extracted oil with a formulation comprising at least purified-myrcene, and spraying the enriched oil onto dried smokable cannabis plant matter.
US10172894B2
The present invention relates to a recombinant virus of the family Paramyxoviridae, comprising at least one expressible polynucleotide encoding a multispecific binding polypeptide, said multispecific binding polypeptide comprising a first binding domain binding to a surface molecule of an immune cell with antitumor activity, preferably a lymphocyte, more preferably a T cell or a dendritic cell, and a second binding domain binding to a tumor-associated antigen; to a polynucleotide encoding the same, and to a kit comprising the same. Moreover, the present invention relates to a method for treating cancer in a subject afflicted with cancer, comprising contacting said subject with a recombinant virus of the family Paramyxoviridae of the invention, and thereby, treating cancer in a subject afflicted with cancer.
US10172892B2
Described are strains including Enterococcus faecium strain 8G-1 (NRRL B-50173), Enterococcus faecium strain 8G-73 (NRRL B-50172), Bacillus pumilus strain 8G-134 (NRRL B-50174) and strains having all of the identifying characteristics of each of these strains. One or more of the strains can be used to reduce negative energy balance in a ruminant. They can also be used to improve other measures of ruminant health and/or performance. Methods of using the strains, alone and in combination, are described. Methods of making the strains are also provided.
US10172876B2
The present invention provides a method of treating a subject afflicted with IgA nephropathy (IgAN) comprising administering to the subject an amount of ginsenoside M1 effective to treat the subject.
US10172872B2
The present invention relates to the treatment of otitis media, in particularly secretory otitis media, with an anti-inflammatory drug such as a steroid or a non-steroid anti-inflammatory drug, wherein said anti-inflammatory drug is formulated as a depot formulation for retroauricular injection.
US10172864B2
Provided are compounds useful for treating cancer and methods of treating cancer comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a compound described herein.
US10172854B2
The invention described herein relates to methods for treating mitochondrial diseases. In particular, the invention relates to methods for treating mitochondrial diseases by administering therapeutically effective amounts of one or more tetracyclic pyrazinoindoles, and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
US10172840B2
The disclosure provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising Bach1 Inhibitors and Nrf2 Activators. The disclosure also provides methods of treating diseases such as psoriasis, multiple sclerosis, and COPD comprising administering a Bach1 Inhibitor and a Nrf2 Activator to a subject in need thereof.
US10172837B2
The present invention relates generally to the field of therapy. The invention particularly relates to insulin sensitizers and methods of regulating glucose homeostasis and to the therapeutic or prophylactic treatment of diseases and associated conditions, in which impaired glucose uptake due to insulin resistance is involved or implicated, such as diabetes, syndrome X, hyperglycaemia, vascular disease and kidney disease. The present invention further relates to compounds and agents and compositions thereof for use in the treatment methods.
US10172834B2
In one aspect, the invention relates to a compound of the structure: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a crystalline form of this compound, having neprilysin inhibition activity. In another aspect, the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising this compound; methods of using this compound; and processes for preparing this compound.
US10172830B2
Pyrazolone derivatives of formula (I) defined herein exhibit human neutrophil elastase inhibitory properties and are useful for the treatment of diseases or conditions in which HNE is implicated.
US10172829B2
Disclosed are methods and compositions for reducing toxicity associated with infection by Clostridium difficile by inhibiting Clostridium difficile toxin B (TcdB) and/or toxin A (TcdA). Such compounds include ebselen compounds, namely ebselen and its salts, ebselen functional analogues and ebselen structural analogues, as well as certain amide derivatives. This includes Formula I, e.g. 1-methyl-3-phenylpropylamine, Formula II, e.g., 2,2′-diselane-1,2-diylbis[N-(2,4-difluorophenyl)benzamide]; and Formula III, e.g. 2-(2-methoxy-5-methylphenyl)-1, 2-benzoselenazol-3-one. The present compositions may be comprised in a colon-retentive formulation that increases residence of and/or release of the compound in the area where the infection is active.
US10172824B2
The invention belongs to the field of medicine and chemical industry, and particularly relates to multiple crystal forms of scutellarin aglycone and preparation thereof. The invention also relates to use of said crystal forms of scutellarin aglycone in the manufacture of a medicament for preventing and/or treating a cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disease, rheumatic arthritis or stroke sequelae, etc. The crystal forms of scutellarin aglycone according to the invention have good stability, and can solve the problems concerning poor oral absorption and low bioavailability of scutellarin.
US10172821B2
In recognition of the need to develop novel therapeutic agents, the present invention provides novel histone deacetylase inhibitors. These compounds include an ester bond making them sensitive to deactivation by esterases. Therefore, these compounds are particularly useful in the treatment of skin disorders. When the compounds reaches the bloodstream, an esterase or an enzyme with esterase activity cleaves the compound into biologically inactive fragments or fragments with greatly reduced activity Ideally these degradation products exhibit a short serum and/or systemic half-life and are eliminated rapidly. These compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are particularly useful in treating cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, neurofibromatosis, psoriasis, hair loss, skin pigmentation, and dermatitis, for example. The present invention also provides methods for preparing compounds of the invention and intermediates thereto.
US10172820B2
The present invention relates to a skin preparation composition for external use having excellent antiseptic ability without using chemical antiseptics. More particularly, the present invention relates to a skin preparation composition for external use, comprising: glyceryl undecylenate having excellent antiseptic ability; and one or more mixtures of ethylhexylglycerin, glyceryl caprylate, p-anisic acid and a citrus mixed extract, thus improving antiseptic ability through the increased effects of antiseptic abilities of those materials.
US10172814B2
The present invention relates to substituted Pyridyl-cycloalkyl-carboxylic acids of general formula (I), to pharmaceutical compositions and combinations comprising said compounds and to the use of said compounds for manufacturing a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment or prophylaxis of a disease, in particular in mammals, such as diseases associated with pains, or for the treatment or prophylaxis of pain syndromes (acute and chronic), inflammatory-induced pain, pelvic pain, cancer-associated pain, endometriosis-associated pain as well as endometriosis and adenomyosis as such, cancer as such, and proliferative diseases as such like endometriosis.
US10172810B2
Disclosed are preparations and formulations of high thermodynamic activity lipophilic associations (LA), in which there is pairing between an ionizable pharmaceutical agent and a lipophilic species having ionic characteristics opposite to that of the pharmaceutical agent. Such lipophilic associations manifest high thermodynamic activity, as evidenced by their being predominantly in a liquid phase at room temperature or solvated in a lower-than-water dielectric solvent. Further the pharmaceutical agent being solubilized means that dissolution is not rate limiting to transmucosal absorption. This LA or LA-solvate is formulated into a low dielectric dosage form, from when, upon the dosage form's hydration, the pharmaceutical agent is driven through the mucosal tissue and into systemic circulation. The invention therefore provides an enhanced transmucosal drug delivery system for ionizable pharmaceutical agents at or near physiological pH.
US10172807B2
The invention refers to a nanoparticle with a diameter which is the maximum in the nanoparticle size distribution, in the range of 10-300 nm, comprising a) a calcium phosphate nanoparticle core a), b) an active ingredient coating b) on the calcium phosphate nanoparticle core a), c) a lactic acid polymer coating c) on the active ingredient coating b), d) a cationic polymer coating d) on the lactic acid polymer coating c) selected from the group of polyethylene-imines, chitosan and human lactoferrin-derived peptides with a length of 14 to 30 amino acids.
US10172806B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a pharmaceutical composition having abuse deterrent properties and thereby prevent the abuse of a pharmacologically active component by an abuser (abuse through snorting, abuse through injection, or abuse through snorting or injection of a temporarily extracted drug). The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition having abuse deterrent properties that possesses both a physical barrier and a chemical barrier to being abused by an abuser, a method for producing the same and a method for using the same.
US10172799B1
Controlled release and taste masking compositions containing one or more active principles inglobated in a three-component matrix structure, i.e. a structure formed by successive amphiphilic, lipophilic or inert matrices and finally inglobated or dispersed in hydrophilic matrices. The use of a plurality of systems for the control of the dissolution of the active ingredient modulates the dissolution rate of the active ingredient in aqueous and/or biological fluids, thereby controlling the release kinetics in the gastrointestinal tract.
US10172798B2
Sustained release formulations of nalbuphine or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; methods for making the sustained release formulations of nalbuphine or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; and methods for using the sustained release formulations of nalbuphine or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof to treat patients suffering from pain are provided.
US10172794B2
A controlled release dosage form containing monomethyl fumarate, a compound that can be metabolized into monomethyl fumarate in vivo, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or combinations thereof, wherein the monomethyl fumarate, a compound that can be metabolized into monomethyl fumarate in vivo, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or combinations thereof is delivered to the subject. Also provided is a method of treating a disease or disorder (e.g., multiple sclerosis) by orally administering a controlled release dosage form containing monomethyl fumarate, a compound that can be metabolized into monomethyl fumarate in vivo, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or combinations thereof, wherein the monomethyl fumarate, a compound that can be metabolized into monomethyl fumarate in vivo, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or combinations thereof.
US10172793B2
A probiotic tablet comprising a probiotic micro-organism and other nutritionally active ingredients in two zones, a first zone comprising said probiotic micro-organism and prcicrably selenium, and a second zone comprising at least one said other active ingredient such as iron, other minerals and vitamin B6 kept separated from the probiotic micro-organism of said first zone, the water activity in said probiotic micro-organism containing first zone being no greater than 0.2 and the water content of said tablet being as much as 3% by weight. Good viability of the micro-organisms is obtained despite the relatively high overall moisture content.
US10172788B2
The present invention relates to chewing gum containing a synergic combination of zinc and vegetable extracts containing polyphenols.Said chewing gum is useful in treating the symptoms of halitosis.
US10172783B2
The present invention is directed to a composition containing: an emollient system containing esters chosen from dicaprylyl ether, isopropyl myristate, caprylic/capric triglyceride, and sorbitan trioleate; sunscreen actives; an oil-soluble film-former; and optionally, an aesthetic modifier, wherein the composition is clear in appearance both during and after its application onto a keratinous substrate, and alcohol-free.
US10172777B2
The present invention relates to a phytospingosine derivative generated by a condensation reaction of phytospingosine and maltose or lactose, which is an aldose-based disaccharide, and to a composition containing the same. The phytospingosine derivative of the present invention has high solubility in water compared with phytospingosine, is easy to formulate since the stabilization problem in a solution is solved, and maintains or further enhances the antibacterial effect of phytospingosine.
US10172775B2
The present invention is directed to combination sunscreen and insect repellant compositions. The combination sunscreen and insect repellant compositions contain (i) diethyl toluamide (or N,N-Diethyl-3-methylbenzamide or DEET), (ii) one or more sunscreen components, with each sunscreen component being capable of absorbing ultraviolet light rays, and (iii) a polymeric binder system. The combination sunscreen and insect repellant compositions may contain additional composition components such as butyloctyl salicylate, a crosslinked polyacrylate polymer, and deionized water. The present invention is also directed to methods of making and using combination sunscreen and insect repellant compositions.
US10172770B2
An oral care composition comprising zinc phosphate, sodium fluoride, stannous pyrophosphate, and an organic acid buffer system, as well as methods of using the same.
US10172768B2
The present invention relates to a cosmetic composition which contains jade powder so as to block blue light in the visible spectrum. The composition, containing jade powder as an active ingredient, for blocking blue light is capable of specifically reflecting and thus blocking light in the blue light spectrum, which has been difficult to block, thereby protecting the skin.
US10172765B2
Aspects of the present invention are directed to a metered dose container. The container may comprise a body; a first barrier in contact with a base of the container and extending partially along the vertical axis of the body; a second barrier in contact with a top of the container and extending partially along with vertical axis of the body. The space between the first barrier and the second barrier preferably defines a loading chamber, the space between the second barrier and a front wall of the container preferably defines a dispensing chamber, and the space between a rear wall of the container and the first barrier preferably defines a storage chamber. The base preferably also comprises a depressible portion that can convert the container from a transit mode to a dispensing mode.
US10172745B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses configured to bond elastic laminates together between a rotating drum and anvil. The drum includes a fluid nozzle and a press member. As such, a first elastic laminate and a second elastics laminate may be advanced in a machine direction onto the rotating drum. A fluid is heated to a temperature sufficient to partially melt substrate layers of the first and second elastic laminates. As the drum rotates, the press member shifts radially outward from the drum wherein a length, L, of the pattern surface extends in the cross direction across a plurality of elastic strands of first and/or second elastic laminates. And the partially melted portion of the substrate layers of the first and second elastic laminates and the plurality of elastic strands are then bonded together by being compressed between the pattern surface and the anvil roll.
US10172744B2
A compression device for applying compression to a body part of a user. The compression device comprises a sleeve for substantially covering a portion of the body part of a user. The sleeve has an upper edge, a lower edge and an opening extending from its upper edge to its lower edge, said opening having two side edges. The first side edge is provided with one half of a zipper and the second side edge is provided with a complementary half of said zipper. The sleeve includes at least one expandable gusset provided with a releasable closure system extending along the length of said gusset, said gusset and releasable closure system being configured and arranged, such that when said releasable closure system is closed said gusset is prevented from expansion and when said releasable closure system is opened said gusset is allowed to expand.
US10172741B1
A power saving welding helmet includes a helmet shell and a lens device. The helmet shell includes a mounting hole to contain the lens device. The lens device has an inner surface and an outer surface, and includes a magnetic sensor, a filter control unit, and a filter lens. The control logic module controls the filter lens according to magnetic signals generated by the magnetic sensor. The filter lens includes a first LCD panel and a second LCD panel respectively controlled by different control signals. Therefore, a refresh time of the first LCD panel and a refresh time of the second LCD panel do not synchronize. A welder does not feel the first LCD panel or the second LCD panel flashing, and the welding experiences this as consistent darkness.
US10172740B2
Provided herein is a lacrimal stent that includes a flexible tube. The flexible tube includes a first distal end, a second distal end, and an elongated body between the first distal end and the second distal end. A first magnet is arranged at the first distal end of the flexible tube, and a magnetic material is arranged at the second distal end of the flexible tube. When the first distal end of the flexible tube is inserted into a lacrimal sac of an eye through a first punctum and the second distal end is inserted into the lacrimal sac of the eye through a second punctum, a magnetic attraction between the first magnet and the magnetic material causes the flexible tube to flex so that the first magnet of the first distal end magnetically engages the magnetic material of the second distal end.
US10172727B2
A pre-prosthetic training device is provided. The device provides an interim prosthetic device that aids in the standing, weight bearing, and balancing exercises during post-surgery rehabilitation therapy that are required before a prosthesis fitting. The device includes a residual limb support for receiving the residual limb of an amputee, an adjustable pylon for adjusting the height of the residual limb support, and a support base including a plurality of support legs for providing support to the pylon and residual limb support. The residual limb support includes a cushion having a recessed portion sized to receive the distal end of the residual limb of an amputee and for providing comfort and stability thereto. The residual limb support further includes an upper open end and a sidewall including a tapering portion that provides vertical and lateral access, respectively, of a residual limb into the residual limb support.
US10172723B2
Systems, devices, and methods are provided for measuring forces in the space of a knee during surgery. Such forces can be caused by tension in the ligaments of the knee. A femoral member is engaged with a distal femur. While the knee is flexed, partially extended, or fully extended, a force sensor and a gauge shim can be placed in the gap between the femoral member and the tibial plateau to measure the forces therebetween. The force sensor provides an accurate and quantifiable measurement of force, making knee replacement surgery and ligament tension balancing more accurate, standardized and repeatable. The force sensor comprises an elongate housing which comprises a thin force sensing distal portion and a proximal handle portion.
US10172722B2
A system and method for allowing any surgeon, including those surgeons who perform a fewer number of a replacement procedure as compared to a more experienced surgeon who performs a greater number of procedures, to provide an improved likelihood of a favorable outcome approaching, if not exceeding, a likelihood of a favorable outcome as performed by a very experienced surgeon with the replacement procedure.
US10172718B2
A device for insertion into a spinal (intervertebral or intravertebral) space is expandable and contractable. The device includes a body assembly, a top member configured to fit within a gap in the body assembly, a drive gear disposed within the body assembly at a distal end of the body assembly, a proximal gear assembly, and a distal gear assembly. The drive gear includes a receiver accessible from outside the body assembly and configured to be rotated in order to rotate the drive gear. Each gear assembly is attached to the top member. The distal gear assembly engages the drive gear. Rotation of the drive gear in a first direction causes the gear assemblies to translate the top member away from the body assembly, and rotation of the drive gear in a second direction causes the gear assemblies to translate the top member towards the body assembly.
US10172715B2
A method of implanting a revision glenoid component in one embodiment includes accessing a previously implanted glenoid component in a scapula, removing the previously implanted glenoid component, identifying an inferior glenoid circle center of the scapula, preparing a glenoid fossa of the scapula to receive a revision glenoid component, selecting a revision glenoid component, and implanting the selected revision glenoid component based upon the identified inferior glenoid circle center in the prepared glenoid fossa.
US10172713B2
A method of manufacturing a patient-customized tibial element for use in artificial knee joint surgery. A tibial element data table regarding sizes of proximal tibial prostheses is formed. Standard molds able to cover the tibial element data table are manufactured. A standard mold is selected from the standard molds in order to manufacture a patient-customized proximal tibial prosthesis. A proximal tibial prosthesis fitting a patient is formed using the selected standard mold.
US10172711B2
A medical device is disclosed that reinforces weakened or degenerated areas of at least a portion of a leaflet (24) of the heart valve. Function of a heart valve is thus improved. The medical device comprises at least a first partly flexible leaflet reinforcement patch (30) having an extension between an inner section (34) and an outer section (32), wherein said outer section (32) is configured to be oriented towards said annulus, and said inner section (34) is configured to be oriented towards said inner section of said valve tissue, and at least a portion of said inner section (34) of said flexible leaflet reinforcement patch (32) having at least one of said plurality of leaflets (24) in juxtaposition to said portion of said inner section (34), and said portion of said inner section (34) being positioned to provide reinforcement to said plurality of leaflets (24).
US10172706B2
Intraocular lens inserters and methods of use are disclosed. An example intraocular lens inserter may include an interior assembly having a movable member disposed therein. The movable member is movable in response to a pressure of a compressed gas. In response to the pressure of the compressed gas, the moveable member pressurizes a substantially incompressible fluid. The pressurized substantially incompressible fluid is used to advance a plunger. The plunger advances an intraocular lens through a lumen for insertion into an eye.
US10172704B2
Eyewear is provided including a frame, and a camera connected with the frame, in which the camera is configured to be controlled by a remote controller. The camera may be configured to capture video and/or a photo. The eyewear may include data storage, and the camera may be connected to the data storage. A wrist watch may be configured to act both as a time piece and a controller of the camera. The eyewear may also include a heads up display and/or a video file player. The eyewear may also include an electro-active lens.
US10172703B2
A method for reconstructing a joint according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, fixating at least one suture inside a joint space, retrieving the at least one suture from inside the joint space, passing the at least one suture through a graft at a location external to the joint space, shuttling the graft into the joint space and fixating the graft using the at least one suture.
US10172702B2
A vascular graft with trim lines is described, the trim lines providing a guide for precision shaping of the cuff. The trim lines may be printed or otherwise disposed on a surface of the cuff or included on a template designed for disposition over the cuff. The trim lines may also be disposed on a side of a pocket into which the cuff is positioned for trimming. Also described is an apparatus and method for precise trimming of a vascular graft.
US10172701B2
An implantable vascular filter includes an elongate support element, a first flexible filtering element, a first coupling element at or proximate a first end of the support element for coupling to a retrieval device, and a second coupling element at or proximate a second end of the support element for coupling to a retrieval device. The first flexible filtering element has a first end attached to the support element and a second end movable with respect to the support element and is able to be configured into any of a radially expanded filtering configuration, a first collapsed configuration, and a second collapsed configuration. The first filtering element is biased into the filtering configuration when in a deployed condition, and is collapsible from the filtering configuration into either of the first collapsed configuration or the second collapsed configuration.
US10172698B2
A system for automatically determining pregnancy toxaemia in at least one animal in a group of animals comprises a sensor for obtaining at least one value representative of a liquid or water uptake of the at least one animal, said sensor being adapted to be positioned in the vicinity of a liquid or water supply station or on the at least one animal; and a processing unit configured for comparing the obtained at least one value representative of a liquid or water uptake of the at least one animal to a mean value representative of an average of the at least one value for the group of animals or to a value deduced therefrom; and for generating a signal and/or alert when the obtained at least one value representative of a liquid or water uptake exceeds the mean value or the value deduced therefrom by a pre-determined threshold value.
US10172697B2
A powered toothbrush apparatus with capacitive touch control, which includes a head portion having an oscillating tuft block driven by a motor, a handle portion, and an elastically deformable capacitive touch control panel mounted in the handle portion. In one embodiment, the control panel includes movable sensor targets each paired with a corresponding capacitance sensor electrically connected to a programmable microprocessor. Applying finger pressure on the control panel adjacent a sensor target operates to change the capacitance of the respective sensor target-sensor pair. The microprocessor detects the change in capacitance, which may be used to control the motor speed for changing the oscillation rate of the tuft block. In one embodiment, a linear array of sensor targets-sensors is provided which is activated by a sliding finger or thumb motion across the array. A related operating method is disclosed.
US10172692B2
Rapid palatal expander provided with a first and a second main body actuatable to be moved along a longitudinal slide direction by an actuator element, and connected to at least one first and one second thread-like support arm intended to interact with opposite portions of a dental arch. The support arms comprise a transversely projecting portion, which is engaged in a shape relationship within an enlarged portion of a shaped seat obtained in the two main bodies. The shaped seat is extended on the external surface with an insertion opening of size at least equal to the transversely projecting portion.
US10172663B2
At the present time, physicians often treat patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) using radiofrequency (RF) catheter systems to ablate conducting tissue in the wall of the Left Atrium of the heart around the ostium of the pulmonary veins. These systems are expensive and take time consuming to use. The present invention circular ablation system CAS includes a multiplicity of expandable needles that can be expanded around a central axis and positioned to inject a fluid like ethanol to ablate conductive tissue in a ring around the ostium of a pulmonary vein quickly and without the need for expensive capital equipment. The expansion of the needles is accomplished by self-expanding or balloon expandable structures. The invention includes centering means so that the needles will be situated in a pattern surrounding the outside of the ostium of a vein. Also included are members that limit the distance of penetration of the needles into the wall of the left atrium, or the aortic wall. The present invention also has an important application to ablate tissue around the ostium of one or both renal arteries, for the ablation of the sympathetic nerve fibers and/or other afferent or efferent nerves going to or from each kidney in order to treat hypertension.
US10172655B2
Osteosynthesis systems useful in the fusion of cervical vertebrae are described. An osteosynthesis system includes a plate, a set of anchors, a set of locking members, and a set of pins. The plate defines anchor passageways that receive the anchors, locking member passageways that receive the locking member passageways; and pin passageways that receive the pins. Each of the locking member passageways partially intersects one of the anchor passageways and each of the pin passageways provides a passageway extending from a side of the plate to one of the locking member passageways. Each of the locking members is rotatable within the respective one of the locking member passageways and is adapted to engage an adjacent anchor from the side.
US10172652B2
Implants, instruments, and methods for performing surgical procedures on the spine, including one or more of creating an operative corridor to the spine, delivering implants to the spine, fusing one or more segments of the spine, and fixing one or more segments of the spine.
US10172650B2
A spinal implant system comprises a plate including a surface that defines a first cavity and a second cavity. The first cavity is oriented to implant a multi-axial fastener with a sacrum. The second cavity is oriented to implant a fastener with an ala of a sacrum. A surgical instrument is engageable with the plate. At least one of the plate and the surgical instrument includes an engagement surface for connection therebetween. Systems and methods of use are disclosed.
US10172646B2
The present disclosure provides a clamp. The clamp can include a first clamp member, a second clamp member, and a lever. The first clamp member can include a first gripping surface. The second clamp member can include a second gripping surface. The lever can be connected to the first clamp member and can define a cam located proximate the first clamp member. The lever can be pivotable between a first position and a second position. A transition from the first position to the second position can cause the cam to move the second clamp member towards the first clamp member.
US10172645B2
Disclosed are methods for correcting hallux varus joint deformity in a foot. The method can include forming a first hole in a first metatarsal of the foot from a medial side to a lateral side of the first metatarsal. A second hole can be formed in a proximal phalanx of a hallux that extends from a medial side to a lateral side of the proximal phalanx. The method includes passing a suture through the first hole, along a lateral side of a first metatarsal phalangeal joint, and through the second hole. The suture can be tensioned between the first and second holes to reduce the hallux to a rectus position relative to the first metatarsal. The suture can be secured within the first and second holes with a first interference screw inserted within the first hole and a second interference screw inserted within the second hole.
US10172636B2
A surgical apparatus comprises a body, an ultrasonic transducer, a shaft, an acoustic waveguide, an articulation section, an end effector, and an articulation drive assembly. The ultrasonic transducer is operable to convert electrical power into ultrasonic vibrations. The shaft couples the end effector and the body together. The acoustic waveguide is coupled with the transducer. The articulation section includes a collar that is located distal to a nodal portion of the waveguide and is operable to deflect the end effector away from the longitudinal axis. The end effector comprises an ultrasonic blade in acoustic communication with the ultrasonic transducer. The articulation drive assembly is operable to drive articulation of the articulation section. The articulation drive assembly comprises at least one translating articulation driver coupled with the collar. The ultrasonic blade is operable to deliver ultrasonic vibrations to tissue even when the articulation section is in an articulated state.
US10172634B1
Provided herein are methods and systems for the removal of anatomical occlusions, and an occlusion removal device comprising a first body adapted to be mounted to a delivery wire and releasably engaged to the delivery wire, wherein while engaged the first body remains fixed on the delivery wire and upon release moves axially along the delivery wire, and a second body adapted to be mounted to the delivery wire. A first proximal body may be oriented proximally to a second distal body. The proximal body and the distal body may be adapted to expand upon exiting a delivery catheter. The proximal body may be releasably engaged by a mechanically breakable connection or an electrolytically or heat disconnectable connection, the electrolytically disconnectable connection being broken upon an application of electric current to the electrolytically disconnectable connection.
US10172631B2
The invention relates to surgical bone holding forceps provided with a drilling guide that allows for drilling parallel to the pointed jaws of the forceps clamped to a bone. Another aspect of the invention is the friction-based, stepless locking mechanism that retains the forceps arms in position with the jaws clamped to the bone.
US10172624B2
Medical device used to cause hemostasis of blood vessels using a clip arrangement delivered to a target region through an endoscope. Method for using the device to cause hemostasis of a blood vessel through an endoscope. Medical device including a reversibly closeable clip, a locking arrangement, a control wire, a sheath, and a handle with an actuating trigger. Through the endoscope, hemostatic clipping device that is fully reversible and lockable. Hemostatic clip that reversibly targets and clips bleeding ulcers.
US10172615B2
A surgical stapling device includes a housing and a plurality of cartridges that are coupled together to form a barrel that is rotatably supported within the housing. Each of the cartridges defines a plurality of staple pockets, each supporting a staple. An anvil is coupled to the housing and is movable in relation to the barrel between an open position and a clamped position. A guide shaft extends through the housing and through the barrel. The guide shaft supports a sled and a clamping member. The sled is configured to translate through the barrel to eject the staples from an active cartridge of the plurality of cartridges in response to actuation of a push rod. After firing staples from the active cartridge, the sled and the guide shaft are configured to index or rotate the barrel within the housing to move a second cartridge of the plurality of cartridges to the active position upon retraction and subsequent movement of the sled through a second firing stroke.
US10172611B2
Surgical methods involving cutting and sealing tissue include affixing a first adjunct material to tissue at a treatment site, such as by stapling the adjunct to tissue. A second adjunct material is applied to at least a portion of the first adjunct material such that the second adjunct material interacts with the first adjunct material to form a seal in an area of the tissue covered by at least one of the first and the second adjunct material. The resulting tissue sealing structure, which includes a combination of the two adjuncts, is believed to be superior to the sealing properties of either adjunct alone.
US10172610B2
The invention relates to a device (1) for tying a knot, said device comprising a thread (10) having a functional end (12) and a pull end (13). According to the invention, a main body (2) is provided and the thread (10) is laid around the outer surface (3) of said main body in the form of a prepared, still open knot (11), such that as a result of pulling on the pull end (13), the thread slides along the lateral surface (3) and forms a closed knot.
US10172607B2
A load sharing rip-stop construct and technique for soft tissue repair, particularly rotator cuff repair. A suture tape is inserted through the soft tissue (rotator cuff) at a first location. At least one suture anchor is inserted into bone, adjacent the soft tissue, the anchor being loaded with at least one length of an suture with two ends. The ends of the suture are passed through the soft tissue at a second location which is medial to the first location, and secured in bone at the second location with an anchor. The suture tape is then passed over the soft tissue and secured into the bone at a third location which is lateral to the first and second locations. The suture tape acts as a “rip-stop,” not only providing resistance to tissue cutout for the suture, but also enhancing load distribution.
US10172594B2
A tissue handling system includes a biopsy device configured to deliver at least one tissue sample to a location outside the body of a patient. A tissue storage container is separate from the biopsy device. A tissue collecting device is configured to releasably engage the biopsy device to receive the at least one tissue sample from the biopsy device. The tissue collecting device is configured to be disengaged from the biopsy device and engaged with the tissue storage container to deliver the at least one tissue sample to the tissue storage container.
US10172585B2
An imaging system such as a medical C-arm x-ray fluoroscopy machine includes a tracking system that tracks a position of an x-ray source and an x-ray detector using sensors which monitor positions of joints which allow relative motions of segments in a support for the x-ray source and detector. Sensor readings are used in a kinematic chain. One or more segments that behave in a non-rigid manner are replaced by a virtual rigid link in the kinematic chain that takes into account deformations of the segments (e.g. under the influence of gravity). Calibration methods permit calibration of the system using images of phantoms.
US10172576B2
Radiation shield assemblies for attenuation of X-ray radiation between a patient and attending medical staff are attachable to an examination table for monitoring the patient during X-ray examination procedures.
US10172568B2
A method of operation of a medical device system for determining prospective heart failure hospitalization risk. The method includes measuring one or more data observations via one or more electrodes of an implanted medical device disposed in a patient's body. The data observations are stored into memory of the implantable medical device of a patient. The data observations are transmitted to an external device. The processor of the external device parses the data observations into one or more evaluation periods. Using the number of observations in one or more evaluation periods, a look up table, stored into memory of the external device, is accessed. The look up table associates prospective heart failure hospitalization risk with the data observations noted in the evaluation period. One or more embodiments involve a weighted prospective heart failure hospitalization risk for the set of evaluation periods. The prospective heart failure hospitalization is then displayed on the graphical user interface.
US10172566B2
A system for evaluating the action capacities of an individual comprising at least one measurement module, each measurement module being configured to produce at least one measurement point of a physiological parameter of the individual; a computation module configured to determine at least one set of measurement points representative of a distribution law for the measurement point or points, termed measured set; a computation module configured to compute at least one conditional probability of having one or more states of health; a third computation module configured to compute an average of the computed conditional probability or probabilities; a fourth computation module configured to determine at least one level of action capacity of the individual; a transmission module configured to transmit a signal representative of the level or levels of action capacity of the individual to a user device.
US10172561B2
Sensing apparatus, consisting of a housing, including a medium having an elastic, transparent outer surface configured to contact a tissue within a living body and to deform in response to a force exerted by the body tissue on the surface. The apparatus has a radiation source contained in the housing and configured to direct radiation toward the surface, as well as a radiation detector contained in the housing and configured to sense the radiation that is reflected from the surface and to output a signal indicative of an amplitude of the reflected radiation. The apparatus further has a processor, which is coupled to measure a change in the signal due to deformation of the surface and, responsively to the change, to output an indication of the force.
US10172559B2
A device and method for manufacturing an implantable cardiac monitor device are provided. The method joins a feed-through assembly to a device housing having electronic components therein. The feed-through assembly includes conductors having distal ends connected to the electronic components and has proximal ends projecting from the feed-through assembly. The method assembles a header having a sensing electrode and an antenna embedded within a non-conductive header body. The electrode and antenna includes corresponding interconnection plates. The header body includes a housing mounting surface that includes at least one passage aligned with an interconnect cavity that includes the interconnection plates. The header body further includes a window exposing the interconnect cavity and interconnect regions. The method further directs the proximal ends of the conductors through the passage to align with the interconnect regions and secures the proximal ends and the interconnect regions to one another through the window.
US10172549B2
A device includes a handle, an expandable structure including a plurality of splines extending from a proximal hub to a distal hub, a first electrode on a first spline of the plurality of splines, an outer tube extending from the handle to the proximal hub, and a shaft extending through the outer tube from the handle to the distal hub. The expandable structure has a collapsed state and a self-expanded state. The handle is configured to retract the shaft. Retracting the shaft may expand the expandable structure outward of the self-expanded state.
US10172531B2
A heartbeat detection device includes a difference value calculation unit (3) for calculating, from a sampling data sequence of an electrocardiographic waveform of a living body, one of an amount of change and a degree of change of sampling data for each sampling time, a multiplication unit (4) for calculating, for each sampling time, a product by multiplying one of an amount of change and a degree of change of the sampling data at a time K by one of the sampling data at the time K and sampling data at a time before the time K by a predetermined time t, a peak detection unit (5) for detecting a peak of the product, and a heartbeat time determination unit (6) for setting time of the peak of the product as a heartbeat time.
US10172529B2
Described herein are systems and methods for improving the reliability and accuracy of wearable physiological monitoring devices. A wearable monitoring device may comprise an inner surface configured for at least partial contact with a targeted tissue region of a person. The inner surface may comprise one or more outwardly projecting raised regions. The monitoring device may further comprise a physiological sensor, one or more components of which may be located at or near a raised region of the inner surface. In this manner, sufficient contact between the targeted tissue region and the inner surface, as well as proper placement of the one or more components of the sensor relative to the targeted tissue region, may be achieved. The accuracy and reliability of the monitoring device may also be less susceptible to the effects of ambient light and/or the movements of the user.
US10172524B2
A photoacoustic apparatus includes a light source; a receiving element configured to receive, at a plurality of positions, a photoacoustic wave generated through irradiation of a subject with light generated by the light source, and output a time-series reception signal; a signal data obtaining unit configured to obtain information that is based on a shape of the subject, generate reception signal data by reducing a data amount of the time-series reception signal on the basis of the obtained information that is based on the shape of the subject, and store the reception signal data; and an information obtaining unit configured to obtain information about the subject on the basis of the reception signal data stored in the signal data obtaining unit.
US10172518B2
Method and apparatus for providing a data stream generator that generates a data stream associated with a monitored analyte level, and a radio frequency logic portion operatively coupled to the data stream generator, the radio frequency logic portion configured to generate a radio frequency data stream based on the data stream generated from the data stream generator, the radio frequency logic portion further including one or more finite state machines and a plurality of discrete digital logic circuits, the one or more finite state machines configured to control the plurality of digital logic circuits to generate the radio frequency data stream for wireless communication are provided. Systems and kits incorporating the same are also provided.
US10172513B2
An otoscope comprises a handle portion and a head portion tapering along its longitudinal axis. The head portion has a proximal end adjacent the handle portion and a smaller distal end adapted to be introduced in an ear canal of a patient's outer ear. The otoscope further comprises an electronic imaging unit positioned at the distal end of the head portion, and a probe cover moving mechanism configured to move at least a portion of an at least partially transparent probe cover adapted to be put over the head portion, especially configured to move the probe cover with respect to at least one optical axis of the electronic imaging unit. The present invention further refers to a probe cover for such an otoscope and to a method of identifying objects in a subject's ear.
US10172512B2
A capsule endoscope includes a flexible substrate which is integrally formed by disposing an illumination substrate section, a first wiring substrate section, an imaging element substrate, a second wiring substrate section, and a signal-processing substrate section in a row in sequence and an illumination control circuit which includes an illumination control signal output unit and an illumination driving unit, wherein the light-emitting elements are LEDs, wherein the illumination driving unit is disposed on the imaging element substrate section or the illumination substrate section, and wherein the illumination driving unit includes a transistor array which is formed by a plurality of transistors, the plurality of transistors corresponding to each of the light-emitting elements provided in the illumination unit and generating illumination currents in accordance with the illumination control signal.
US10172511B2
An endoscope includes: an insertion section inserted into a subject; an operating unit continuously connected to a proximal end of the insertion section; an observation unit disposed at a distal end of the insertion section, and configured to observe the subject; a treatment instrument insertion passage configured to allow insertion of a treatment instrument providing medical treatment to the subject, and project the treatment instrument from a distal end portion of the insertion section; a distal bending portion disposed at a distal end of the treatment instrument insertion passage, and configured to bend according to a raising operation of the operating unit, the distal bending portion including a tube including a super elastic alloy and including a slit formed to reduce power required for the bending operation, and being configured to raise the treatment instrument; and a coating portion provided to cover the distal bending portion.
US10172499B2
A dispenser includes a body defining an internal volume and an opening that provides a path of fluid communication between the internal volume and an exterior of the body. A first tubular member extends through the opening. A length of the first tubular member is greater than or equal to about 150% of a height of the body. In response to squeezing the body, a composition in the internal volume flows out of the body through the opening and into the first tubular member.
US10172498B2
A lavatory system includes a hand dryer with at least a first proximity sensor and a second proximity sensor to detect an object for drying. A controller is communicatively linked to the first and second proximity sensors. The controller activates a drying operation after a first delay period if the first proximity sensor first detects the object for drying and activates a drying operation after a second delay period if the second proximity sensor first detects the object for drying. A filter flow sensor may also be provided to ensure proper filtering of the dryer's air.
US10172492B2
An adjustable mail slot insert may include two top frame members connected to one another and two bottom frame members connected to one another. Each bottom frame member may include a side leg and a bottom leg. Each top frame member may include a side leg and a top leg. One top frame member may be connected to one bottom frame member and another top frame member may be connected to another bottom frame member. The insert may be adjustable in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction through movement of the frame members relative to one another.
US10172487B2
One embodiment of an stemmed glass including a bowl having a rim, a bowl base, and a continuous bowl surface extending between the rim and the bowl base; and a stem having an upper stem end attached to the bowl and a lower stem end attached proximate a periphery of a planar foot, such that the stem, the bowl base, and the planar foot define a space to accommodate a second stemmed glass bowl.
US10172481B2
A merchandising system includes an elongated mounting member having a wall with at least one tooth and a cooperating member having a front end receivable on the mounting member. The cooperating member can include a slot defined in the front end. A lock is received in the slot. The lock includes at least one tooth located at a first end and a resilient member located at a second end. The lock can selectively engage the mounting member so as to retard or permit a lateral movement of the cooperating member in relation to the mounting member.
US10172473B1
The body pillow is a pillow that is adapted to facilitate sleeping in a variety of positions. The body pillow comprises a batting, a plurality of pellets and a containment. The batting and the plurality of pellets are contained within the containment. The batting is formed from a first soft material that provides the core cushioning structure of the body pillow. Each of the plurality of pellets is made from a second soft material that is formed in the structure of a pellet. When a body is placed upon the plurality of pellets, as contained within the container, the location of each of the plurality of pellets will shift into a position that provides a contoured support customized to the body.
US10172467B1
A pivotable top board device for a chair includes an armrest having a coupling face with a first positioning hole. An axle block includes a first coupling face and a second coupling face. The first coupling face of the axle block is pivotably coupled to the coupling face of the armrest. The axle block further includes a through-hole extending from the first coupling face through the second coupling face. An operation rod longer than the through-hole is received in the through-hole and includes a first positioning end for disengagably engagement with the first positioning hole of the armrest and a second positioning end. The second coupling face of the axle block is pivotably coupled to a coupling face of a coupling board fixed to a top board. The coupling face of the coupling board includes a second positioning hole releasably receiving the second positioning end of the operation rod.
US10172466B2
A chair with covering. The chair with covering includes a frame that supports a seat and a back support that forms a platform that supports a seated user. The frame includes at least one support leg that raises the seat from the ground. A garment is connected to the chair and is configured to move between a deployed position and a retracted position, wherein the garment is stored within a pocket in the retracted position. The pocket is affixed to the chair and includes an open upper end for receiving and for removing the garment. In the deployed position, the garment is configured to extend over the seat and the back support. In one use, the chair and garment provide protection from inclement weather when outdoors. In one embodiment, the pocket is affixable to the chair via adjustable strap that wraps around the back support.
US10172465B2
A chair back that includes a back support, an upright frame, and at least one flex wing. The back support is substantially flexible and has a first side portion and a second side portion. The upright frame is substantially rigid and has a first frame side and a second frame side. The flex wing is located between the first frame side and the first side portion, where the flex wing includes a front portion coupled to the first side portion, a back portion coupled to the first frame side, and a web portion interconnecting the front portion and the back portion. The flex wing flexes during engagement by a user.
US10172464B2
The invention relates to a chair having a seat structure formed by a frame member that defines a central opening. A flexible membrane extends across the central opening. A pair of support pads, one disposed on either side of the cross-beam member, is provided and arranged at a level below the central opening of the frame member. The support pads are arranged within the seat structure so as to be rearwardly disposed with respect to the front edge of the frame by a first distance and spaced apart from each other by a second distance, the first and second distances generally corresponding to the positioning of the ischicial tuberosity of a user when the user assumes a seated position engaging the seat structure.
US10172461B2
A furniture drive for retracting a movably supported furniture part into a closed position relative to a furniture carcass includes a housing, an entrainment member which can be releasably coupled to the movable furniture part, a spring device for applying a force to the entrainment member, and a guide path arranged or formed on the housing. The entrainment member is displaceably arranged along the guide path, and the guide path includes a first bend for releasably locking the entrainment member. The guide path includes at least one second bend for releasably locking the entrainment member, and at least one movably-supported switch element with a first and with a second switching position is provided. The switch element, in the first switching position, blocks the first bend so that the entrainment member can move into the second bend and the switch element, in the second switching position, unblocks the first bend so that the entrainment member can move into the first bend.
US10172457B2
An apparatus includes first and second side portions, and a horizontal portion disposed between the first and second side portions. Each side portion includes an inner wall joined to the horizontal surface, an exterior wall, and a top portion connected that define a volume within the side portion. Each side portion also includes first and second wheels within the volume, the first and second wheels having a raised wheel position and a lowered wheel position. Each side portion also has an arm coupled to the outer wall of the side portion, the arm having a first arm position and a second arm position. Movement of the arm from the first arm position to the second arm position causes the wheels to move from the raised wheel position to the lowered wheel position.
US10172453B1
System equipment carriers and related methods can include two side panels coupled together in a spaced apart relationship with respect to one another by a base panel to form an equipment carrier, the equipment carrier being configured to receive and support a plurality of individual component modules therein. In this configuration, the equipment carrier and the plurality of individual component modules received therein are configured to be positioned together within an equipment enclosure that is configured to receive individual component modules therein.
US10172443B2
The present invention is directed to oral care systems having an oral care tool and a first software application. The oral care tool includes a cleaning module, a sensing module, and a communications module. The first software application is run on a computing device, such as a mobile computing device, that receives the data from the sensing module and reproduces a simulated image reflecting the result of brushing. The mobile computing device can be linked to a cloud server that receives data from the first software application and saves detailed brushing data for each user. The first software application visualizes brushing and transforms brushing into a fun game. The cloud server collects and stores the detailed brushing data and provides it to users and care providers.
US10172441B2
An oral care implement having a body comprising a handle and a head, the body having a cavity, and the head having at least one oral care element extending therefrom; a movable wall in the cavity that divides the cavity into first and second reservoirs, the first reservoir for storing an oral care fluid; a fluid outlet through which the oral care fluid is dispensable to an exterior of the oral care implement; a passageway fluidly connecting the first reservoir with the fluid outlet; a control valve movable between a first position and a second position for preventing and permitting fluid flow from the first reservoir, respectively; a first opening fluidly connecting the second reservoir with the exterior of the oral care implement; and a first check valve for permitting and restricting air flow into and out of the second reservoir from the exterior.
US10172417B2
An article of footwear with a sole system includes a sole member and a protruding member assembly. The sole system provides tactile sensation. Protruding members of the protruding member assembly can translate through holes in the sole member to facilitate tactile sensation. Some embodiments can include an inner member that is configured to accommodate the movement of a protruding member. Other embodiments can include a plurality of recessed portions or nub portions formed along an outwardly facing surface of the sole member.
US10172410B2
The footwear includes a sole having three holes passing through the sole. A front channel, a first rear channel and a second rear channel are formed in an underside of the sole. The footwear also includes of a strap having a front plug, a first rear plug, and a second rear plug connected to the strap. Each of the three holes in the sole are aligned with respective channels to enable the three respective plugs to pass through each respective hole. The three plugs are releasably attached to the sole and configured to allow a user's foot to be located between the strap and the sole. Each respective plug is completely located within a respective channel such that each respective plug sits flush with the underside of the sole to secure the strap to the sole. The three channels and the three plugs are of complementary size and shape.
US10172407B2
A safety helmet that provides improved protection against injuries that can result from both linear and angular head acceleration is described. The helmet features an outer shell, an interface structure and a liner. The liner is a matrix structure formed from silkworm cocoons. Minimization of weight and sustainability, without compromising functionality, are also features of the helmet.
US10172398B2
A sanitary mouth shield assembly including a headset with multiple locations of adjustability, both linear and rotational, in order to accommodate a variety of head sizes. A pair of side portions support therebetween a bridging and arcuate extending, length adjustable band. A shield sub-assembly is supported by the headset and includes elongated and arcuate side supports which are rotatably and adjustably secured at first ends to exterior side locations of the side supports. The shield sub-assembly is rotatably supported to extending ends of the sides supports and in turn exhibits a combination arcuate and planar shape. A base component of the shield subassembly includes a pair of end supported clips. A fibrous filter element is sandwiched between an inner surface of the base component and an attachable retaining component, the retaining component including lateral projections which seat within the clips to secure the subassembly in place. The inside bottom and proximate side edges of the base component further exhibit a fluid retaining trough.
US10172397B2
A protective shirt includes a chest portion made of garment material including a lining on a side of the chest portion that is closest to a wearer of the protective shirt. At least one layer of neoprene is securely fastened to the lining. The at least one layer of neoprene extends from a left side of the chest portion to a right side of the chest portion, and is located at an area of the chest portion nearest to a clavicle of a wearer of the protective shirt. The at least one layer of neoprene includes a plurality of spaced-apart segments of the at least one layer of neoprene. The protective shirt includes a neoprene neck pad. Embodiments of the protective shirt include cap-sleeve, short sleeve, long sleeve, sleeveless and tank top versions. In one embodiment, the garment material includes nylon and spandex.
US10172393B2
The present disclosure relates to a heating device for heating tobacco liquid. The heating device includes a heating element, and a liquid conducting body configured for guiding the tobacco liquid to the heating element. The liquid conducting body includes a main body and at least one liquid conducting arm extending from the main body. The heating element is inserted in the main body, and is integrally formed with the main body. The at least one liquid conducting arm and the main body are made of micro-porous material.
US10172391B2
A tobacco baking device, comprising a mouthpiece component, a baking component, and a filter component, where the filter component is located below a baking component; the mouthpiece component is located above the baking component; the baking component is detachably connected to the filter component; where there is sealed connection on the butted terminal portions of the mouthpiece component, the filtration component and the baking component; an air flow channel is provided between the mouthpiece component, the filter component, and the baking component. Vapor goes down along the air flow channel to the filtration component, and goes up after being filtered by the filter component and is released via the mouthpiece component. As the vapor is filtered by the filter component, harmful substances in the vapor are greatly reduced, and also cool the vapor and the whole device, so as to enable the device to be more suitable for using.
US10172387B2
The present disclosure provides components useful in heating, particularly heating of an aerosol precursor solution so as to vaporize the solution and form an aerosol. The disclosure particularly provides an electrically conductive, porous carbon heater. The heater may be combined with an aerosol precursor transport element that also is formed of carbon. The heater and transport element may form an atomizer that can be useful in an electronic smoking article, such as in a cartridge that is adapted for attachment to a control body. In some embodiments, the disclosure provides a cartridge of an electronic smoking article, the cartridge being formed substantially completely of carbon.
US10172384B2
A smoking article assembly apparatus is disclosed. It comprises a first cutting station configured to cut a filter rod into filter segments, a tipping station configured to join the filter segments to tobacco rods so as to form a smoking article assembly, and a second cutting station configured to cut the smoking article assembly in the region of the filter segments so as to form two smoking articles.
US10172375B2
An edible composition comprising peptides rich in tryptophan, which edible composition further comprises a rapidly available glucose composition and a slowly available glucose composition.
US10172374B2
A dried composition with various shapes that has heat resistance by which the dried composition is less likely to melt even being boiled and restorability (imbibition), and food product containing the dried composition. The dried composition including: agar and alginate at a weight ratio of 1:1 to 1:20, the alginate contains a salt of a monovalent cation and a salt of a divalent cation, the divalent cation is 0.04 to 0.30 mol per mol and further the monovalent cation is 0.10 to 0.70 mol per mol with respect to a monomeric unit of the alginate, a mol ratio of the divalent cation to the monovalent cation is 1.0:0.35 to 1.0:8.70, and the dried composition absorbs water and swells in distilled water at 20° C. and distilled water at 90° C., and in both the cases dried composition becomes a gel having a weight of 15 to 100 times of the dried composition.
US10172373B2
A modular blending system is shown and described. The modular blending system may include a storage device capable of storing a plurality of flavoring products, and an ice shaving mechanism removably attached to the storage device, the ice shaving mechanism including an ice dispenser. The modular blending system may also include a fluid dispensing unit in fluid communication with the flavoring products, where the fluid dispensing unit is separate from the ice dispenser.
US10172363B2
A dry powder formulation comprising spores of an entomopathogenic fungus that has activity against arthropods that infest dry commodity storage areas, wherein the spores are present in an amount of 2 to 5% w/w of the formulation; particles of an industrial mineral in an amount of 80 to 88% w/w of the formulation and having a volume mean diameter of ≥5 μm; and electret particles in an amount of 10 to 15% w/w of the formulation, and uses thereof.
US10172358B2
The present disclosure relates to thiopicolinamides of Formula I and their use as fungicides.
US10172357B2
To provide a fungicidal composition having stable and high controlling effects against plant diseases, particularly preventive and/or curative effects against plant diseases, and a method for controlling plant diseases.A fungicidal composition comprising, as active ingredients, pyriofenone, (b) fluazinam and (c) thiophanate-methyl, and a method for controlling plant diseases, which comprises applying the fungicidal composition comprising the above active ingredients to plants and/or to a soil in which they grow.
US10172345B2
A portable ground blind device having a sheet of material combined with a frame assembly. The frame assembly includes a connector member pivotally combined with one or more leg support members for supporting the device on the ground surface and one or more arm members for supporting a top portion of the sheet. The sheet may include sleeves or casings adapted to receive portions of the support members and arm members to combine the sheet with the frame. The sheet covers the leg support members to form a three dimensional covered pocket under the frame. The arm members may include pivot joints for adjusting a first arm member portion relative to a second arm member portion, each portion can be separately adjusted relative to the frame assembly. A gun rest is adjustably combined with the connector member.
US10172334B2
A transgenic animal is provided. In certain embodiments, the transgenic animal comprises a genome comprising: an immunoglobulin light chain locus comprising: a) a functional immunoglobulin light chain gene comprising a transcribed variable region encoding: i. light chain CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3 regions that are composed of 2 to 5 different amino acids; and ii. a light chain framework; and, operably linked to the functional immunoglobulin light chain gene: b) a plurality of pseudogene light chain variable regions each encoding: i. light chain CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3 regions that are composed of the same 2 to 5 different amino acids as the CDRs of the functional gene; and ii. a light chain framework that is identical in amino acid sequence to the light chain framework of the transcribed variable region.
US10172326B1
A muzzle formed of a flexible sheet has a top, a bottom, and laterally spaced sides. A central hole in the muzzle is equally spaced from the sides, closer to the bottom than to the top. Two laterally spaced side holes are in the muzzle between the central hole and the sides. A restraint in a generally rectangular configuration has opposed free ends. Open windows on each side of the restraint allow access to the jugular furrow. Flaps secured by hook and loop fasteners cover the open windows and pivot from a vertical edge. Fasteners are secured to the restraint adjacent to the free ends. Attachment elements couple the muzzle and the restraint.
US10172324B2
A structure of pet comb comprises a case body, an outer lid for covering the placement part, an electric circuit board, an atomizer, a liquid container and a hair comb combined onto the bottom plane of the case body, wherein one end of the case body has an accommodation space, while the other end thereof has a placement part configured with an opening thereon; the liquid container includes at least a liquid and a sponge in contact with the liquid; and the atomizer can contact the sponge held in the liquid container such that, by means of the operation of the atomizer, the liquid on the sponge can be sprayed out through the openings of the accommodation part. Therefore, upon combing a pet's hairs by using the structure of pet comb according to the present invention, with the liquid atomization in the atomizer, it is possible to comb the pet and, at the same time, apply the atomized liquid onto the skin surface of the pet thereby increasing the effect of the liquid.
US10172320B2
A system includes a robotic arm positioned in an equipment area of a milking box that includes a stall portion housing a dairy livestock with four teats. The robotic arm retrieves a cup, and for a plurality of teats of the dairy livestock, the robotic arm attaches the cup to a teat, detaches the cup from the teat, and maintains the cup within the stall portion of the milking box from the time that the cup is attached to a first teat of the dairy livestock through the time that the cup is attached to a last teat of the dairy livestock. The cup is retracted into the equipment portion of the milking box after it is detached from the last teat of the dairy livestock.
US10172296B2
The invention provides a method for enhancing the nutritional value in a first plant part (2) of a crop (1), wherein the first plant part (2) comprises an edible plant part, wherein the crop (1) in addition to the first plant part (2) comprises one or more other plant parts (3), wherein the method comprises illuminating during a nutritional enhancement lighting period a target part (5) of said first plant part (2) with horticulture light (511) that is selected to enhance formation of a nutrient in said first plant part (2) while allowing one or more other plant parts (3) to be subjected to different light conditions, wherein the nutritional enhancement lighting period is started within two weeks from harvest of the first plant part (2).
US10172292B2
A cutting device, such as a garden cutting device, includes a first and a second cutting element configured to move relative to each other, a first and a second gripping element configured to move relative to each other, at least one driving element, which in at least one operating state is configured to at least assist a movement of the second cutting element relative to the first cutting element, and a spring element. The spring element is configured as a brake element for switching of at least one self-switching coupling unit, thereby decoupling the driving element in at least one operating state in which the driving element is deactivated.
US10172291B2
A threshing system for an agricultural harvester includes a rotor and a substantially cylindrical cage that surrounds at least a portion of the rotor. The threshing system also features a material flow adjustor for controlling axial movement of material through the cage. The material flow adjustor is movably mounted adjacent to a threshing space and includes at least one material conveying edge that enters the threshing space. The material flow adjustor is moveable between a first operative position, in which the at least one material conveying edge is spaced from the rotor in a radial direction by a first distance, and a second operative position in which the at least one material conveying edge is spaced from the rotor in the radial direction by a second distance, the second distance being less than the first distance.
US10172287B2
A doffer assembly for a cotton harvester having at least one drum and a spindle. The doffer assembly includes an outer housing and a plurality of doffers adapted to remove cotton from the spindle. The assembly further includes a drive unit coupled to the outer housing for rotatably driving the plurality of doffers independently of at least one drum and spindle. A drive shaft is rotatably driven by the drive unit, and an interface adapter is coupled between the drive shaft and the plurality of doffers. The drive unit may be an electric motor, hydraulic motor, a mechanical drive system, or a combination thereof.
US10172284B2
A compression thrower for a sugarcane harvester having a receptacle for receiving sugarcane. The compression thrower includes a first belt configured to receive sugarcane from the receptacle. A compression device is configured to compress sugarcane into a mat of sugarcane against a second belt adjacent the compression device. The second belt is configured to propel the mat of sugarcane from the sugarcane harvester to a target location.
US10172281B2
A cutting deck for housing first and second cutting blades rotatable inside a cutting chamber is provided. The cutting deck includes a weldment including a top plate and side plates. The top plate includes first and second shaft reception orifices, and a flow control assembly extending away from the top plate to define an airflow channel between the flow control assembly and the side plates. The flow control assembly includes a first directional changing portion proximate to the first shaft reception orifice and a second directional changing portion proximate to the second shaft reception orifice. The first and second directional changing portions are separated from each other by straight portions. The first and second directional changing portions are passed over only by respective ones of the first and second cutting blades, and both the first and second cutting blades pass over the straight portions.
US10172277B2
A port interface for a pneumatic distribution system includes a first flow passage configured to receive fluidized particulate material from an outlet port of a header and to output the fluidized particulate material to an outlet line. The port interface also includes a second flow passage configured to receive a purging airflow and to output the purging airflow to the outlet line. In addition, the port interface includes a knife valve having a blade with a first opening and a second opening. The blade is configured to move between a first position in which the first opening is substantially aligned with the first flow passage and the second opening is substantially aligned with the second flow passage, and a second position in which the first opening is substantially aligned with the second flow passage and a solid portion of the blade is substantially aligned with the first flow passage.
US10178811B2
A rotation control method, includes: calculating, by a processor in an information processing device, a first difference between a temperature of a component in the information processing device and an upper limit of a tolerable temperature for the component; calculating a second difference between a temperature of an environment in which the information processing device is installed and an upper limit of a tolerable temperature for the environment; and setting a rotation speed of a fan for cooling down the component, based on a comparison result between the first difference and the second difference.
US10178809B2
A module-type data center includes: a casing having an intake vent and an exhaust vent; a rack accommodating an electronic device; an air blower configured to introduce outside air into the casing through the intake vent and pass air through the rack from one of surfaces of the rack to another one of the surfaces of the rack; a shielding-slat unit including a plurality of shielding slats configured to change between an open state and a closed state and drive devices configured to drive the corresponding shielding slats. An inner space of the casing is divided into a first space defined between the one surface of the rack and the intake vent, a second space defined between the other surface of the rack and the exhaust vent, and a third space defined above the rack and allowing the second space to communicate with the first space.
US10178806B1
A universal quick-disconnect fan tray for air cooling of field replaceable electronic units within a rack-mount enclosure comprises a pair of fan modules mounted in parallel on an intermediate printed circuit board for providing a unidirectional air flow through the enclosure. The printed circuit board has asymmetrically located spring-loaded pogo pin electrical contacts and a pogo pin mechanical locator for respectively engaging cooperating front or rear electrical pads and cooperating front and rear locator features within the enclosure for correctly locating and providing electrical connections to the fan tray and that afford quick connect and disconnect. The locations of the cooperating pads and features enable the fan tray to be translatable without being rotated from the front to the rear of the enclosure to maintain same direction of airflow.
US10178804B2
A heat spreader includes a main body extending between a front and a rear configured to be mounted to a cage and heat transfer fingers cantilevered forward from the front of the main body. The heat transfer fingers each have a fixed end, a distal end, a top, a bottom and mating edges facing each other across gaps. The heat transfer fingers are configured to be received in corresponding channels between heat transfer fins of a pluggable module as the pluggable module is installed in the cage through the front end with the gaps receiving the heat transfer fins. The mating edges are configured to face and be thermally coupled to corresponding heat transfer fins. The heat transfer fingers transfer heat from the heat transfer fins rearward toward the distal ends and into the main body.
US10178798B1
A housing having a first chamber arranged to receive one or more enclosures, and having a second chamber separated from the first chamber by a wall is provided. The one or more enclosures are each arranged to have electronic circuitry within the enclosure. The housing has one or more fans arranged to exhaust a first airflow from each of the one or more enclosures and the first chamber. The housing has one or more power supplies with a further one or more fans arranged to exhaust a second airflow from the second chamber and the one or more power supplies. The wall has one or more apertures arranged to at least partially align with one or more apertures of each of the one or more enclosures, so that the second airflow proceeds through the one or more apertures of the wall.
US10178795B2
An installation for equipping DIN rails, according to an order, with components, including at least one of terminal blocks, electrical devices, and end holders, that are intended to be subsequently installed in switch cabinets, includes at least one main cell. The at least one main cell includes at least one supply unit for supplying the components to be fitted; at least one supply unit for supplying DIN rails, the DIN rail being equipped with the components in the main cell; and a writing, device designed to wirelessly transmit data, in order for said data to be saved, to a memory unit that is arranged on each DIN rail equipped with components and has an integrated wireless communications interface, the data containing order-specific information.
US10178789B2
An enclosure mounting system includes a bracket with a rigid body having first, second, and third parallel surfaces wherein the first and third surfaces are on one plane and the second surface is on a different plane. The first surface has at least two notches generally disposed at opposite ends of the first surface and a plurality of first surface fastening holes disposed along the length of the first surface. The second surface has at least two slide mounting openings and at least one second surface fastening hole. The third surface has a plurality of fastening holes disposed along the length of the third surface. The bracket is configured to fasten to a wall and to an enclosure while permitting the enclosure to also fasten to the the wall. The enclosure is mounted by leveling the bracket and fastening the bracket and enclosure to each other and the wall.
US10178786B2
A circuit package for electrically connecting a plurality of modules. The circuit package having a first and second mounting plate, each including a plurality of module connectors configured to receive and form electrical connections with the plurality of modules. The circuit package also having a first and second sidewall mounted to the first and second mounting plates. The first sidewall including a plurality of sidewall fins extending outward from the first sidewall so that the plurality of sidewall fins are positioned between the first and second mounting plates and at least partially interleave with the plurality of modules.
US10178784B2
An electronic equipment enclosure includes a frame structure, one or more panels attached to the frame structure, at least one vertical mounting rail fastened to the frame structure, and a rail seal attached to the at least one vertical mounting rail. The rail seal includes a generally flat panel portion and a seal along an edge thereof. The seal is adapted to engage at least one of the one or more panels to provide an air dam between the one or more panels and the at least one vertical mounting rail.
US10178748B1
An x-ray tube can provide x-ray spot stability, even for a small x-ray tube. The x-ray tube can have small target displacement, where target displacement is a displacement of the target material, towards the electron-emitter, along a longitudinal-axis of the anode, from x-ray powered-off state to stable operation, based on elongation of the anode. The x-ray tube can include a heatsink with an array of fins extending away from a base in opposite directions. A first fan can be attached to one end of the array of fins, oriented to face the base, and configured to direct an airstream towards the base. A second fan can be attached to opposite ends, oriented to face away from the base, and configured to draw the airstream from the base. Plate(s) can be located on sides of the fins to direct air flow from the first fan to the second fan.
US10178738B2
Systems, devices, and techniques are provided for operating a display and/or an illumination source based upon the direction of a user's gaze and/or a desired illumination level in a monitored area. One or more elements may be controlled with sensor input and application lighting preferences. For example, when a user receives a video call, light may be activated to illuminate their face. When the user is looking at the display, the display will be at the brightness necessary for the lighting conditions. When the user looks away from the screen, the screen may dim further and the lighting elements for the desk can brighten. Similarly, embodiments may adjust the lighting in a monitored location based upon lighting levels identified in other areas.
US10178735B1
A device includes a light adjustment apparatus having a first material and a second material. The first material includes a first real dielectric permittivity and a positive imaginary dielectric permittivity. The second material includes a second real dielectric permittivity and a negative imaginary dielectric permittivity. The first and second materials affect the flow of light. The light adjustment apparatus includes a tunable material to enable adjustment of the dielectric permittivity of the respective materials.
US10178734B1
An LED lighting circuit for detecting individual LED failure, including a lighting unit including a plurality of LEDs connected in series, and a plurality of LED sensors each associated with a respective one of the LEDs. Also included is a lighting unit status signal generator coupled to the plurality of LED sensors configured to provide a status signal indicating a fault when any individual LED is short circuited.
US10178730B2
A method and apparatus for a horticultural light for use in a horticultural facility that uses current sharing across any one or more LED strings within the horticultural light. A processor determines the current requirements of the one or more LED strings that are needed to produce a given intensity level. The processor then apportions the current generation capability of a DC-DC converter across all active LED strings using time division multiple access whereby each LED string conducts its apportioned current within its allocated time slot to the mutual exclusion of the remaining active LED strings in the allocated time slot. The processor employs analog (continuous) and/or digital (discontinuous) dimming techniques within each time slot to further modulate the amount of current conducted by any LED string within its allocated time slot.
US10178717B2
An apparatus includes a lamp-control circuit. The lamp-control circuit is configured to be electrically connectable to an electrical source having an output voltage that forms a periodic wave formation. The lamp-control circuit is also configured to be electrically connectable to a lamp array. This is done in such a way that electrical current, in use, flows from the electrical source to, and through, the lamp array. The lamp array includes lamp segments. The lamp-control circuit is also configured to urge each lamp segment of the lamp array to consume relatively constant power for a portion of a cycle of the output voltage of the electrical source in such a way that said each lamp segment of the lamp array, in use, emits a relatively constant light output for the portion the cycle of the output voltage of the electrical source.
US10178709B2
A method of connecting a vehicle telematics unit with a public safety access point (PSAP) includes wirelessly calling a central facility using the vehicle telematics unit that generates a reason to contact the PSAP; determining a reason to contact the PSAP during the wireless call; and receiving a computer-readable command at the vehicle telematics unit from the central facility that directs the vehicle telematics unit to end the wireless call and locally place an emergency call.
US10178700B2
A method for a device and a node for preventing data transmission configuration conflict between the device and the node is disclosed. The node transmits a control message which is received by the device. The device determines a first data transmission configuration from the received control message. The device then determines a second data transmission configuration from a candidate set of configurations wherein the candidate set of configurations is associated with the first data transmission configuration. The device then transmits data and wherein the node receives the data in accordance with the second data transmission configuration. A device and node implementing the method is also disclosed.
US10178697B2
Systems and methods for a receiver decoding a set of packets asynchronously transmitted using a nominal carrier frequency over a common communication medium. A set of antennas to receive the packets asynchronously transmitted over the common communication medium. A front end to produce a received signal, wherein each packet includes a preamble common for all packets and a payload unique for some packets. A channel estimator performs a sparse recovery in a three dimensional search domain defined by three axes including a frequency offset, a time offset and an angle of arrival, as well as estimates a channel gain corresponding to the transmission of each packet over a channel in the common communication medium. Finally, a decoder in communication with the processor, to decode the payloads of the packets in the set of packets using the frequency offsets, the time offsets, the angles of arrival and the channel gains.
US10178696B2
Methods of a network node may provide listen-before-talk (LBT) functionality in a telecommunications system. Such methods may include associating a user equipment (UE) within the network node's coverage to a group of UEs. In addition, a clear channel assessment (CCA) of an unlicensed channel may be provided for the group of UEs. Related network nodes and UEs are also discussed.
US10178689B2
In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: detect that a mode change is required; and in response to the detection that a mode change is required, select a mode for resource allocation, wherein the mode is selected based on a command received by the apparatus or the mode is selected from a plurality of modes which comprises a first mode and a second mode, and wherein in the first mode the cellular communication and device to device communication are separated in time, and in the second mode the cellular communication and device to device communication take place simultaneously.
US10178679B2
Signaling Designs for Network Assisted Interference Cancellation and Suppression Signaling can be valuable in connection with addressing issues of interference. Signaling designs may be valuable, for example, in network-assisted interference cancellation and suppression. A method can include determining transmission information for at least one interference source for a user equipment of a base station. The method can also include signaling the user equipment about the transmission information for the at least one interference source. The transmission information can be configured to facilitate a receiver of the user equipment to cancel interference from the at least one interference source.
US10178677B2
A method receiving data at a communications terminal from an OFDM wireless communications network including a wireless access interface communicating the data using plural OFDM sub-carriers includes: receiving from a first control channel having a bandwidth corresponding to a first frequency band providing first plural OFDM sub-carriers a resource allocation message allocating communications resources of a second group of OFDM sub-carriers; and receiving from a second control channel within the second frequency band within the second group of OFDM sub-carriers control information specific to the communications terminal operating to receive the data via the second group of OFDM sub-carriers. The communications terminal receives resource allocation messages from the first control channel to allocate resources within the second frequency band forming a virtual carrier and to receive control information specific to the communications terminal, which receives data from the second frequency band of the virtual carrier via a second control channel.
US10178676B2
The present invention provides a data transmission method, device, and system, which relate to the communications field and can improve data transmission efficiency. The method includes: sending, by a secondary base station, first information to a primary base station, where the first information includes one of the number x of first PUCCH code channel resources, the number x of first data blocks sent by the secondary base station to a user equipment UE, and a first channel code word; sending, by the secondary base station, identifiers of the x first PUCCH code channel resources and the x first data blocks to the UE; and receiving, by the secondary base station, a feedback from the primary base station, where the feedback is received by the primary base station from the UE by using the first PUCCH code channel resource.
US10178673B1
Systems and techniques relating to wireless communications are described. A described technique includes transmitting a signal to cause wireless devices to concurrently transmit sounding packets on different subcarriers within a frequency band during a multi-user uplink transmission; receiving, concurrently, sounding packets from the wireless devices on the different subcarriers within the frequency band during the multi-user uplink transmission; determining subcarrier channel qualities based on the sounding packets; and assigning the subcarriers among the wireless devices for a subsequent multi-user uplink transmission based on the subcarrier channel qualities.
US10178655B2
Disclosed are a method and device for transmitting uplink control information. The method comprises: dividing uplink sub-frames in a radio frame into N groups and dividing all downlink serving cells into M groups; determining the corresponding relationship between the M groups downlink serving cells and the N groups uplink subframes; according to the determined corresponding relationship, transmitting by a terminal, on the uplink sub-frames, the uplink control information of the corresponding downlink serving cells required to be transmitted, wherein said M and N are both positive integers greater than 1, and M≥N.
US10178651B2
A method and apparatus for operating a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communications network, the method separately encoding and rate matching a first set of information bits and a second set of information bits; mapping and concatenating the encoded and rate matched first set of information bits with the encoded and rate matched second set of information bits, thereby creating a bit stream; and modulating and transmitting the bit stream.
US10178648B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless communication device may identify occurrence of one or more collisions of paging of a first radio access technology (RAT) and paging of a second RAT, wherein the second RAT is associated with an asynchronous deployment; and/or identify a target cell of the second RAT to reduce occurrence of the collisions, wherein the target cell has at least one of a different temporal system frame numbering or a different system frame timing configuration than a serving cell of the wireless communication device, and wherein the target cell is identified using a primary common control physical channel (PCCPCH) of the target cell. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US10178646B2
A method is provided in one example embodiment and may include receiving, by a mobility management frontend, an attach request for a user equipment (UE) to attach the UE to a core network slice type for a mobile core Software Defined Network (SDN) infrastructure, wherein a plurality of core network slice types are available for the mobile core SDN infrastructure to receive traffic from a plurality of UEs; determining a particular core network slice type within the mobile core SDN infrastructure to serve the UE based on subscriber information associated with the UE; selecting a particular slice instance of the particular core network slice type to receive traffic for the UE; and forwarding traffic for the UE between a Radio Access Network (RAN) and the particular slice instance by the mobility management frontend.
US10178641B2
A method including performing a delay measurement of a first round trip delay value of an interface link, the first round trip delay value based on a transmission of a first REC synchronization signal to a RE and when a REC receives a first RE synchronization signal back, wherein frames transmitted by the REC are synchronized based upon the first REC synchronization signal, and frames transmitted by the RE are synchronized based upon the first RE synchronization signal. Calculating a first delay change value between the first round trip delay value and a previous round trip delay value, in response to determining that the first delay change value violates a delay tolerance value, transmitting an offset indicator that indicates an amount of offset the RE is to shift the first RE synchronization signal at a future time, and transmitting frames from the REC after shifting the first REC synchronization signal.
US10178622B2
Power management scheme for portable data collection devices utilizing location and position sensors
A data collection device (DCD) is placed in a first low power mode after the DCD has been in a first predetermined position, and placed in a second low power mode after a first predetermined period of time. In another embodiment the DCD includes a wireless telephone, and a proximity sensor which detects when the DCD is close to a user's face, wherein the telephone is automatically put in a handset mode when the DCD is close to a user's face, and automatically put in a speakerphone mode when the DCD is not close to a user's face.
US10178621B2
A method of a first mobile computing device includes storing a wireless communication address of a second mobile computing device, determining that the first mobile computing device has left a sleep state while in a closed condition, and automatically wirelessly transmitting a notification to the second mobile computing device in response to determining that the first mobile computing device has left the sleep state while in a closed condition. A method of a second mobile computing device includes receiving a wireless notification from a first mobile computing device indicating that the first mobile computing device has left a sleep state while in a closed condition, and providing an alert to a user of the second mobile computing device in response to receiving the wireless notification.
US10178620B2
There is disclosed a method performed by a wireless communication device 100 to enable the reception of a beam sweep transmission. The method comprises obtaining S1 information enabling said wireless communication device 100 to determine whether it is stationary, or essentially stationary. The method also comprises acquiring S2 configuration information comprising information about the starting time for the beam sweep transmission. The method also comprises determining S3 a time when to initiate a reception of the beam sweep transmission based at least partially on the obtained information and the acquired configuration information, thereby allowing said wireless communication device to enter, or remain in, a first activity state until the determined time. The method also comprises entering S4, at the determined time, a second activity state whereby said wireless communication device is capable to receive the beam sweep. There is also disclosed a complementary method performed by a radio network node as well as corresponding devices and computer programs.
US10178618B2
A method includes: selecting a paging channel for a paged user equipment according to rule information, where the paging channel includes a page indicator channel PICH channel or includes a PICH channel and a paging-message-bearer channel, and the rule information includes a quantity of page indicator channels and further includes a preset threshold and/or a correspondence between a user equipment type and a paging channel; calculating a paging occasion for the paged user equipment; and on the paging occasion, sending a page indicator to the paged user equipment through the selected PICH channel and sending a paging message to the paged user equipment through the paging-message-bearer channel, where the paging message carries paging data. The quantity of times that user equipment receives an unnecessary paging message is reduced, and the amount of electricity consumed by the user equipment is further reduced.
US10178607B2
The present disclosure provides a method for more efficiently managing a mobile communications network by varying the frequency with which a mobile terminal searches for a home network in accordance with the state of a preferred mobile communications network.
US10178604B2
A terminal and a communication method thereof whereby, even in a case of employing an asymmetric carrier aggregation system and further employing a MIMO transmission method for upstream channels, the error characteristic of control information can be prevented from being degraded. In the terminal, a transport signal forming unit forms transport signals by arranging, based on an arrangement rule, ACK/NACK and CQI in a plurality of layers. According to the arrangement rule, an error detection result is arranged, on a priority basis, in a layer that is different from a layer in which the channel quality information is arranged. In this way, the puncturing of CQI using ACK/NACK can be minimized, with the result that the error characteristic of control information can be prevented from being degraded.
US10178586B2
A system, user terminal, and processor determine whether to omit transmission of a random access preamble signal in a handover procedure from the first cell controlled by a first base station to a second cell controlled by a second base station when the user terminal transmits a notification indicating that a connection with the second cell is completed. The second base station notifies the user terminal of information via the first base station in response to admitting a handover request, the information indicating first information for adjusting a transmission timing of the notification and second information on a radio resource for transmitting the notification to the second base station. The user terminal determines that it omits transmission of the random access preamble signal on a basis of the first information, and transmits notification to the second base station by use of the second information in response to the determination.
US10178585B2
A network-based solution of supporting IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) call setup in a next generation system (5GS) is proposed. During an attach or registration area update procedure, a serving base station sends an indication to a UE indicating whether IMS voice over PS session is supported or not. Upon receipt of the indication that IMS VoPS is supported, the UE triggers an IMS registration procedure. However, when an MO/MT call happens, the network determines that the UE may be in conditions where voice service is not supported because the network is not able to provide a successful IMS VoPS over the current serving cell connected to 5G core network. The network then triggers a RAT change or a EPS fallback procedure such that the UE is handover to a target cell that supports IMS VoPS.
US10178584B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for changing a connection by a user equipment (UE) connected with a relay UE through a device to device (D2D) link in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving information on a threshold value through a broadcast signaling; measuring a quality of a channel from a cell; establishing a radio resource control (RRC) connection with the cell when the measured quality is higher than the threshold value; and releasing the D2D link with the relay.
US10178582B2
Systems, methods, and devices for communicating packets having a plurality of types are described herein. In some aspects, the packets include a MAC header with a frame control field. The sub-fields included in a particular frame control field may be based on the type of information to be communicated to the receiving device.
US10178570B2
Application bandwidth is dynamically throttled and/or stations are steered to different access points to maintain optimal QoE for stations on a wireless network. Responsive to a determination that the available bandwidth for the one or more applications is below a threshold for station QoE application minimum bandwidth, the current QoE station index is updated. Responsive to a determination that the current QoE station index is below a system determined QoE level, throttling the one or more applications of the station which were below a threshold for station QoE application bandwidth allocation or steering the station to a new access point.
US10178569B1
Mobile devices executing applications utilize data services worldwide. Data may be acquired at a mobile computing device during communication. Over relatively short time scales differences in the data may be determined. Based on the differences, output data may be generated that is indicative of one or more particular network characteristics, such as bandwidth, latency, transmit power, received signal strength, and so forth. The output data may then be used to change the behavior of one or more of an application executing on the mobile computing device or a service executing on server that is in communication with the mobile computing device. For example, output data may be used as input to selection nodes associated with the application or service.
US10178564B2
An approach for enhancing service continuity in the case of a communication failure between a repository and a controller of a spectrum sharing communication system as described. The repository is operable to at least one of store and generate restrictions governing use of a set of spectrum resources, and the controller is operable to receive the restriction from the repository and to enforce the restrictions A method implementation performed, for example, by the controller may comprise determining occurrence of a communication failure between the repository and the controller and, in response to the communication failure, taking one or more actions that result in an at least temporary continued use of spectrum resources under control of the controller.
US10178561B2
Examples described herein relate to enhancing data communication performance in a wireless communication network including a first subscription associated with a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second subscription associated with a second RAT, where the wireless communication device uses a same radio frequency (RF) resource to communicate over both the first RAT and the second RAT. The first RAT is used, in part, for data operations while the second RAT is used, in part, for voice operations. During idle state voice operations, the RF resource is reallocated from performing data operations to performing idle state voice operations, causing interruptions in the data operations. The wireless communication device adjusts at least one or a duration and an occurrence of the idle state voice operations to reduce the impact on the data operations.
US10178558B2
A cell site can be configured to have a first group of antennas arranged to provide coverage around the cell site and a second group of interleaved antennas that are interleaved between the antennas of the first group. The two groups can communicate at different frequency sets so that the two groups do not interfere with one another. Service nulls of one group that would otherwise be created by interference and low RSSI between antennas from the same group can be covered by the main beam of the other group, which can significantly improve SINR.
US10178553B2
A shared spectrum manager (SSM) may enable spectrum access for Tier 2 Users (T2Us) and Tier 3 Users (T3Us) while provisioning quality of access (QoA) in a dynamic shared spectrum environment while ensuring sufficient spectrum and interference protection for Tier 1 Users (T1Us). The SSM may enable new user spectrum authorizations by sending, to a regulator, a request for administrative information, and receiving, from the regulator, a policy and user authorization information for at least one user. The SSM may register a T2U with or without contacting the regulator. The SSM may perform quality based admission control by receiving periodic measurements from a master device of each T2U with an active frequency assignment indicating a Quality of Operation (QoO) experienced by the respective T2U, maintaining a map of an effective QoOs for a plurality of T2Us, and categorizing protection contours associated with each of the plurality of T2Us.
US10178545B2
A handheld terminal 200 performs wireless communication with a game apparatus 103 and determines whether the wireless communication with the game apparatus 103 is possible. The game apparatus 103 performs wireless communication with the handheld terminal 200 and determines whether the wireless communication with the handheld terminal 200 is possible. The game apparatus 103 performs a return home determination process, based on the determination about whether the wireless communication is possible, when the wireless communication with the handheld terminal 200 has become, after having become disabled, enabled again.
US10178539B2
A method includes receiving, by a user equipment (UE) and through Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, information of a resource pool for a D2D communication, wherein the information of the resource pool comprises information of a discovery subframe in which a D2D discovery signal is to be communicated, determining that in the discovery subframe, the D2D discovery signal is prioritized over a communication with an evolved NodeB (eNB) unless the communication with the eNB is associated with a random access (RA) procedure, transmitting a RA preamble through a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH), determining whether the discovery subframe corresponds to a RA subframe in which a RA response for the UE is to be monitored, and in response to determining that the discovery subframe corresponds to the RA subframe, monitoring, by the UE, the RA response during the discovery subframe.
US10178538B1
The present disclosure is related to a system and method for providing aerial communication services to users trapped in disaster conditions and need immediate attention. It includes an UAV mounted with a central base station to establish communication services with each communication equipment by modeling of an emergency communication network. It analyzes utility function of criticalities to assure an efficient resource allocation mechanism where critical users get preference over non-critical users. The users can be in a critical state either due to low remaining energy of at least one communication equipment of the one or more users or because of the criticality due to their physical surroundings and data rate component to ensure throughput for the communication services. An assisted global positioning system (A-GPS) is being used for obtaining information of physical criticality of the users distributed over a geographical area.
US10178528B2
Methods for managing device connectivity of machine type communications devices include receiving a packet data protocol based command addressed to a Machine Type Communication (MTC) device, determining if the MTC device has an active packet data protocol context, in response to determining that the MTC device does not have an active packet data protocol context, activating a packet data protocol context for the MTC device, and forwarding the packet data protocol based command to the MTC device.
US10178522B2
Techniques to support emergency voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) calls are described. The techniques may be used for various 3GPP and 3GPP2 networks, various location architectures, and various types of User Equipment (UE). A UE communicates with a visited network to send a request to establish an emergency VoIP call. The UE interacts with a location server instructed by the visited network to obtain a first position estimate for the UE. The UE performs call setup via the visited network to establish the emergency VoIP call with a PSAP, which may be selected based on the first position estimate. The UE may thereafter perform positioning with the location server to obtain an updated position estimate for the UE, e.g., if requested by the PSAP.
US10178513B2
A system and method for relay-mode and direct-mode operations for Push-to-talk-over-Cellular (PoC) using WiFi technologies. One or more servers interface to a wireless communications network to perform advanced voice services for mobile units therein, wherein the advanced voice services include an instant two-way half-duplex voice call within a group of the mobile units comprising a PoC call session. Both the servers and the mobile units that use the advanced group services communicate with each other using control messages within the wireless communications network. At least one of the servers switches voice messages for the advanced group services between the mobile units across the wireless communications network. At least one of the servers manages the call session by acting as an arbitrator for the call session and by controlling the sending of the control messages and the voice messages to and from the mobile units. At least one of the mobile units performs Relay-Mode or Direct-Mode operations using WiFi communications for delivery of the control messages and the voice messages to and from others of the mobile units, thereby enabling the advanced voice services when access to the wireless communications network by the others of the mobile units is limited.
US10178508B1
A cognitive security service learns regular locations and usage of one or more mobile devices for a user at multiple times based on aggregated location and usage information reported by the one or more mobile devices via a network. The cognitive security service forecasts one or more selected locations and selected usage by the user with a highest probability of predictability at one or more future sequential times from among the regular locations and usage. The cognitive security service, responsive to detecting a current location of the one or more mobile devices for the user deviates from the one or more selected locations and selected usage beyond a threshold, triggers, via the network, one or more secondary levels of authentication at the one or more mobile devices, wherein the one or more secondary levels of authentication prevent data breaches on the one or more mobile devices through real-time, location aware data security.
US10178507B1
The present disclosure provides a computer-implemented messaging system for sharing location specific information. Users of the messaging system may provide a message about a specific location. The message can be displayed as a tag. The messaging system can comprise a map-based interface, and a plurality of tags on the map-based interface. The tags may be (i) positioned adjacent to a specific location and (ii) oriented to point towards the specific location. The tags may be configured to display at least a portion of a message about the specific location.
US10178506B2
Techniques are disclosed for augmenting light-based communication (LCom) receiver positioning using, for example, an inertial navigation system (INS). An LCom receiver INS may utilize one or more on-board accelerometers and gyroscopic sensors to calculate, via dead reckoning, the position, orientation, and velocity of the receiver. In this manner, the receiver can calculate its relative position using the INS based on a reference point or location. In some cases, the receiver may also or alternatively determine its location or position using a global positioning system (GPS), Wi-Fi-based positioning system (WPS), or some other suitable positioning system. When no LCom signals are in the FOV of the receiver and/or the link is lost to other positioning systems, the receiver INS may be used to augment the receiver positioning. In some cases, the INS mode may run parallel to other positioning techniques to continuously calculate the relative position of the receiver.
US10178502B2
A location-tracking system that includes multiple detector units that are deployed in a region of interest. The detector units receive uplink signals from wireless terminals that are active in the region, and measure the strengths of the received uplink signals. The system computes the locations of the terminals based on the measured signal strengths and the known locations of the detector units. The location-tracking system receives and analyzes downlink signals from one or more of the base stations of the wireless network. The detector unit uses the downlink signal to recover and synchronize to the timing of the wireless network's air-interface. Based on the extracted uplink allocations, and having synchronized with the air-interface, the system is able to distinguish between the uplink signal components originating from each terminal, and thus compute the location of each terminal.
US10178500B1
Tracking devices can be associated with safe zones, smart zones, and high risk zones. Safe zones correspond to regions where a likelihood that a tracking device is lost within the safe zone is lower than outside the safe zone. High risk zones correspond to regions where a likelihood that a tracking device is lost within the high risk zone is higher than outside the high risk zone. Smart zones correspond to an expected tracking device, mobile device, or user behavior. Home areas are geographic regions in which a user resides, and travel areas are geographic regions in which a user does not reside. A tracking device can be configured to operate in a mode selected based on a presence of the tracking device within a safe zone, a smart zone, a high risk zone, a home area, or a travel area.
US10178490B1
Image analysis of a video signal is performed to produce first metadata, and audio analysis of a multi-channel sound track associated with the video signal is performed to produce second metadata. A number of time segments of the sound track are processed, wherein each time segment is processed by either (i) spatial filtering of the audio signals or (ii) spatial rendering of the audio signals, not both, wherein for each time segment a decision was made to select between the spatial filtering or the spatial rendering, in accordance with the first and second metadata. A mix of the processed sound track and the video signal is generated. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US10178485B2
A method for detecting wrong positioning of an earphone, and an electronic device and storage medium therefor are provided. The electronic device includes a speaker positioned on surface of a housing; and at least one processor configured to determine a positioning state of an earphone detachably connectable to the electronic device based on a difference between a first audio signal received through at least one microphone positioned in a first body of the earphone and a second audio signal received through at least one microphone positioned in a second body of the earphone.
US10178483B2
Embodiments of the present invention include a method of aligning the elements of a tympanic lens, the method comprising the steps of: forming mold of a user's ear canal, including the user's tympanic membrane; digitally scanning the ear canal mold to create a digital model of the user's ear canal; using the digital data to size a chassis for the tympanic lens; manufacturing a chassis; manufacturing an ear canal mold, manufacturing an alignment tool, including a chassis alignment feature and a photodetector alignment feature; mating the ear canal mold and alignment tool; placing the chassis into the mold, using the alignment tool to fix the position of the chassis with respect to a model of the user's tympanic membrane and features thereof; mounting a microactuator and photodetector to the chassis; and using the photodetector alignment feature to position the photodetector prior to fixing the photodetector in place.
US10178480B2
Disclosed are a magnetic circuit system for a loudspeaker, and a loudspeaker. The magnetic circuit system for a loudspeaker comprises a magnetically conductive plate (11), a central magnet (12), a central washer (14), a side magnet (13), and a side washer (15). The side washer (15) comprises a washer body (151) and a bent portion (152) continuing from the washer body (151). The washer body (151) is arranged on the surface, away from the magnetically conductive plate (11), of the corresponding side magnet (13). The bent portion (152) is bent towards the magnetically conductive plate (11) from top to bottom via a side face (15a) of the washer body (151). The bent portion (152) and the magnetically conductive plate (11) are fixedly welded together. According to the present invention, by providing the bent portion and fixedly welding the bent portion and the magnetically conductive plate together, the side washer, the magnetically conductive plate, and the side magnet between the side washer and the magnetically conductive plate are effectively prevented from loosening and falling off due to insufficient glue bonding strength, thus achieving the object of improving the connection strength of the magnetic circuit system itself.
US10178471B2
A unidirectional condenser microphone unit includes a unit case that includes a diaphragm that vibrates upon receiving a sound wave, a fixed electrode disposed to face the diaphragm, an insulating base that supports the fixed electrode to form a back air chamber between the insulating base and the fixed electrode and a fixed electrode leading terminal made of metal that is attached to the insulating base, and that leads a signal voltage generated at the fixed electrode, wherein the unit case is provided with a front acoustic terminal hole formed in a front side of the diaphragm and a rear acoustic terminal hole for communication with the back air chamber, wherein the unit case has a second air chamber different from the back air chamber and the fixed electrode leading terminal is provided with a communication path between the back air chamber and the second air chamber.
US10178466B2
A powered speaker system comprising a cabinet and an input to receive an audio signal from an external amplifier. An audio splitter receives and splits the audio signal into first and second portions. At least one first speaker driver receives the first portion of the split audio signal, and an effects output jack receives the second portion. An effects input jack that is connectable to the external effects device, receives the second portion of signal that is modified by the external effects device. An internal amplifier is coupled to the effects input jack and receives and amplifies the modified second portion of the signal. At least one second speaker driver receives from the internal amplifier, the amplified modified second portion. The first speaker driver outputs the first portion simultaneously while the second speaker driver outputs the amplified modified second portion of the split audio signal.
US10178462B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing having a wearable shape configured to be worn on a human body, a coupling device disposed to at least one area of the housing and changeable from a first state to a second state so that the housing is coupled to an external object, an input signal generating device for generating an input signal when the coupling device is changed to the second state, and a control circuit configured to execute at least one instruction on the basis of at least one input signal generated from the input signal generating device.
US10178461B1
Audio ear buds preferably include a housing, an ear tip, an audio speaker, a chamber divider and a power line. The housing preferably includes a driver cup and a chamber cup. The ear tip is attached to the driver cup. A speaker cavity is formed in the driver cup. The speaker cavity is sized to receive the audio speaker. The driver cup is inserted into the chamber cup. The chamber cup includes a divider bore and an acoustic cavity bore, which are sized to receive the chamber divider. A sound hole is formed through a wall of the chamber cup into the acoustic cavity bore. The chamber divider includes at least one air passage hole. The chamber divider creates a ported speaker chamber and an acoustic chamber. The chamber divider acts as a passive resonator. The power line supplies power to the audio speaker.
US10178447B2
A sensor network system that includes a sensor array having a plurality of sensor units that include a plurality of sensor elements, each sensor element configured to generate an electrical signal in response to a chemical environment in the vicinity of the sensor unit. The set of electrical signals generated by the sensor elements of the sensor unit represents a measured signature of the environment in the vicinity of the sensor unit. An analyzer is configured to extract the measured signatures of each sensor unit from sensor unit information signals and to detect a presence and concentration of one or more of the gases of interest based on the measured signatures.
US10178442B2
In a method for delivering targeted television advertisements based on online behavior, IP addresses indicating online access devices and IP addresses indicating television set-top boxes are electronically associated for a multitude of users. Using user profile information derived from online activity from one of the online access IP addresses, a television advertisement is selected, such as by using behavioral targeting or demographic information, and automatically directed to the set-top box indicated by the set-top IP address associated with that online access IP address. Preferably neither the user profile information nor the electronic association of online access and set-top box IP addresses includes personally identifiable information.
US10178423B1
In general, certain embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and/or systems for implementing a program guide, which comprises sending a first request and receiving a first response associated with a current or future program guide information. The current or future program guide information includes a first plurality of channel identifiers and a plurality of time slots that correspond to current or future time slots, and is displayed at a client device. A second request is sent, which indicates a requested time period that has already occurred and not displayed on the client device, and corresponds to navigation to a previous time slot. A second response is received, which is associated with past program guide information. The past program guide information includes a second plurality of channel identifiers and on-demand program information, and is displayed at the client device.
US10178420B2
Methods, systems, and media for indicating viewership of a video are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: identifying a video; identifying a group of users connected to a first user of a user device; determining, for each user in the group of users, an affinity score, wherein the affinity score indicates an interaction of the user with the identified video; receiving a request to present, on the user device, a page that includes an indication of the video; in response to receiving the request, determining contextual information related to the request; identifying a subset of users in the group of users connected to the first user based on the affinity score associated with each user and the contextual information; and causing a group of indicators corresponding to the subset of users to be presented on the user device in connection with the indication of the video.
US10178418B2
Provided is a method of processing MPEG data, the method including: obtaining at least one access unit including media data coded through processing including an encapsulation and a packetization; generating at least one media processing unit (MPU) by grouping at least one access unit; determining a duration flag indicating whether duration information of the at least one access unit is valid, in a corresponding MPU; and inserting the duration flag into a header of the corresponding MPU.
US10178406B2
This disclosure describes techniques for improving functionalities of a video encoder, using parameters detected and estimated by a front-end video capture device. The techniques may involve estimating a blurriness level associated with frames captured during a refocusing process. Based on the estimated blurriness level, the quantization parameter (QP) used to encode blurry frames is adjusted either in the video capture device or in the video encoder. The video encoder uses the adjusted QP to encode the blurry frames. The video encoder also uses the blurriness level estimate to adjust encoding algorithms by simplifying motion estimation and compensation in the blurry frames.
US10178401B2
A method of decoding including obtaining transformation coefficients of a sub residual block based on location information of a non-zero transformation coefficient and level information of the non-zero transformation coefficient obtained from a bitstream.
US10178392B2
A method for decoding a multilayer video signal, according to the present invention, is characterized by: inducing the number of active references of a current picture, in consideration of whether the maximum number of active reference pictures of the current picture in a current layer is limited; obtaining a reference layer identifier based on the number of active references, determining an active reference picture of the current picture using a reference layer identifier, generating a reference picture list including the active reference pictures, and performing interlayer prediction of the current picture using the reference picture list.
US10178387B2
Computer processor hardware receives a first set of adjustment values. The first set of adjustment values specify adjustments to be made to a predicted rendition of a signal generated at a first level of quality to reconstruct a rendition of the signal at the first level of quality. The computer processor hardware processes the first set of adjustment values and derives a second set of adjustment values based on the first set of adjustment values and a rendition of the signal at a second level of quality. The second level of quality is lower than the first level of quality.
US10178384B2
Residual prediction poses a problem that deriving a residual involves a large amount of processing for generating two motion-compensated images and deriving a difference. Provided is a residual prediction device including a reference image interpolation unit that derives two residual prediction motion-compensated images, and a residual synthesis unit that derives a residual from a difference between the two residual prediction motion-compensated images and derives a predicted image by adding the residual to a motion-compensated image, in which the residual synthesis unit derives a predicted image by adding the residual to the motion-compensated image in a case where a target block size is greater than a predetermined size and derives the motion-compensated image as the predicted image in a case where the target block size is less than or equal to a predetermined size.
US10178382B2
The invention relates to a method for performing a diagnosis of a camera system (2) of a motor vehicle (1) by: providing at least one image (BD) by means of a camera (3); detecting an object (6) in the image (BD) by means of an image processing device; providing sensor data (SD) by means of at least one sensor (7) of the motor vehicle (1), wherein the sensor data (SD) characterizes environmental conditions of the motor vehicle (1); first classifying the object (6) and herein associating the object (6) with a class (K1, K2, K3, K4) among several predetermined classes (K1, K2, K3, K4) depending on the environmental conditions, wherein the classes (K1, K2, K3, K4) differ from each other with respect to the environmental conditions; second classifying the at least one object (6) and herein associating the object (6) with one of the classes (K1, K2, K3, K4) based on the image (BD) and independently of the sensor data (SD) by a classification device (12) using a predetermined classification model (11); and comparing classification results of the first and the second classification and performing a diagnosis depending on the comparison.
US10178377B2
Disclosed is a 3-dimensional image display device, which includes: an image display panel including a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in a lattice pattern; and an optical plate disposed spaced apart from the image display panel and including a plurality of light transmission regions or a backlight panel disposed spaced apart from the image display panel and including a plurality of light emission units, wherein the plurality of light transmission regions or light emission units are inclined from a vertical direction, wherein the image display panel includes: a reference data row which forms a reference viewing zone; and at least one data row which forms an intervening viewing zone, wherein the reference viewing zone includes a plurality of unit reference viewing zones, and wherein the intervening viewing zone includes at least one unit intervening viewing zone located between the unit reference viewing zones adjacent to each other.
US10178374B2
Examples are disclosed herein that are related to depth imaging of a 360-degree field of view. One example provides a depth imaging system comprising an image sensor, a reflector subsystem comprising one or more reflectors arranged to reflect a radial field of view of a surrounding environment toward the image sensor, a projector configured to project light onto the reflector subsystem for reflection into the surrounding environment, and a computing device comprising a logic subsystem and a storage subsystem comprising instructions executable by the logic subsystem to receive image data from the image sensor, and output a depth image based upon the image data.
US10178372B2
An optical assembly for three-dimensional image capture includes first and second optical channels that are fixed with respect to one another. Each channel is configured to direct light onto at least a portion of an image sensor. The first and second optical channels each include an aperture for receiving the light, an objective lens for focusing the light into an intermediate image on an intermediate image plane, and an eyepiece lens for collimating the intermediate image.
US10178368B2
A stereo imaging system comprises a stereoscopic camera having left and right image capturing elements for capturing stereo images; a stereo viewer; and a processor configured to modify the stereo images prior to being displayed on the stereo viewer so that a disparity between corresponding points of the stereo images is adjusted as a function of a depth value within a region of interest in the stereo images after the depth value reaches a target depth value.
US10178367B2
The current invention relates to the method and apparatus to determine the focus point of a viewer from a single eye of the viewer in a viewing space. The claimed method detects the focus depth and the line of eye sight from said single eye. It further relates to the method to use the determined focus point to achieve virtual reality and augmented reality.
US10178359B2
Tone mapping is performed by digital image processing circuitry on a macro-pixel basis. A luminance value of a macro-pixel of a digital image in a color space is determined. The macro-pixel includes a plurality of individual pixels. Respective tone-mapping gain values of each pixel of the macro-pixel are determined based on the determined luminance value of the macro-pixel. The determined tone-mapping gains are applied to the respective pixels of the macro-pixel. The color space may be a CFA color space, such as a Bayer color space.
US10178358B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for surveillance an area of interest. A surveillance device pre-sets an area of interest for each of plurality of image capturing devices. The surveillance device synchronizes the plurality of image capturing devices to simultaneously observe the area of interest. Upon synchronizing, the surveillance device continuously receives view port details from each of the plurality of image capturing devices. If the received view port details matches with pre-set view port details of the area of interest, then one or more images are captured at the intersection of field of view of plurality of image capturing devices. The captured images are provided to the surveillance device to generate a 3-D model. The 3-D model is observed for detecting presence or absence of a new element in the area of interest.
US10178357B2
The present invention is directed to a system and methods of monitoring a child seated in the rear seat of a vehicle in a child's car seat employing a video camera which transmits a video signal to a video display receiver placed in the driver's frame of vision. The video camera as envisioned herein is placed within a child's stuffed toy, the camera signal being transmitted remotely to a separate video display monitor screen device, viewable to the parent driving the vehicle. The camera is adjustable in the number of positions in which it is placed in the vehicle compartment as well as the direction in which the camera is directed. To adjust the direction in which the camera is pointed, the invention includes a bendable, flexible and sturdy neck that interconnects the camera to a transmission unit, which provides the driver with a view of the child.
US10178355B2
The wood tracking system for a production line generally has a wood product optimizer; a wood product trimmer downstream from the optimizer in the production line; a conveyor for moving wood products from the optimizer to the trimmer and across a handling area therebetween, the optimizer being configured to scan each of the wood products in a given order and to generate optimization data for each wood product; and a computer vision system positioned proximate the handling area along the production line, the computer vision system having a camera, a processor in communication with the optimizer and with the trimmer and a computer-readable memory for storing the optimization data, the processor being configured to acquire images of the handling area from the camera, the processor being configured to associate the optimization data of a given wood product across each of the images until it arrives at the trimmer.
US10178354B2
An image-capturing apparatus for capturing an image includes an imaging device, configured to obtain an image signal, a light-intensity estimator, configured to estimate a light intensity outside a shutter that limits an image capturing area of the imaging device in a state where the shutter is closed, and an exposure adjustor, configured to adjust an exposure of the imaging device located inside the shutter according to the estimated light intensity.
US10178349B2
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.
US10178347B2
The present invention provides a scheme that allows a person to communicate with another person at a remote site while giving the realistic sensation as if the persons faced each other in close proximity by capturing the images of the person using a plurality of image capturing units.A remote communication system includes a projector configured to project, on to a screen, an image transmitted from a remote site. The screen has a plurality of the front cameras disposed thereon. A CPU performs an extraction process to extract a person part from each of images captured by the front cameras and a combining process to combine the images captured by the front cameras. The remote communication system further includes a projector that projects the image subjected to the extraction process and the combining process onto a screen set in the remote site.
US10178344B2
In some aspects, control circuitry receives and stores a user-specified time duration to associate with a skip-forward command. When the user later issues a skip-forward command to advance playback of a media asset to a desired location, the control circuitry retrieves the stored time duration, and determines an expected overshoot value associated with the skip-forward command. The control circuitry then compensates for the expected overshoot by calculating a new location in the media asset based on both the retrieved time duration and expected overshoot value. Upon advancing to the new location, the media asset is played back in a fast-forward mode, e.g., at a speed higher than normal speed.
US10178335B2
An imaging device includes: first and second pixel cells each including a photoelectric converter and a transistor electrically connected to the photoelectric converter, the transistor having a control terminal; a first buffer circuit having a first input terminal and a first output terminal, the first buffer circuit receiving a signal for controlling the transistor of the first pixel cell; a second buffer circuit having a second input terminal and a second output terminal, the second buffer circuit receiving a signal for controlling the transistor of the second pixel cell; a first control signal line connecting the first output terminal to the control terminal of the first pixel cell; and a second control signal line connecting the second output terminal to the control terminal of the second pixel cell. The first control signal line and the second control signal line are connected to each other.
US10178325B2
Disclosed are a system and a method for managing a set of videos originating from a camera setup having a plurality of cameras. The system and method provides a mesh of graphical elements superposed with an active video at a display of a user device. The graphical elements are arranged on a virtual surface representing positions of the cameras in a co-ordinate system. The active video originates from the at least one camera, which at least one camera is associated with the graphical element located in the middle portion of the display. In addition, the present disclosure enables correlating relative position, recording direction and order of the multiple cameras for providing multiple viewing positions, for example, on a user interface.
US10178316B2
Apparatus for remote imaging of a terrestrial area, the apparatus comprising: a camera array having a focal length f and a photosensor comprising photosensor pixels characterized by a photosensor pixel pitch P on which light from the terrestrial area is imaged from an operating distance A from the terrestrial area to acquire an image of the terrestrial area; an orthographic image of the terrestrial area having image pixels that image features in the terrestrial area; a terrain map that provides elevation for features in the terrestrial area imaged on the image pixels of the orthographic image; a controller that registers the image of the terrestrial area to the orthographic image responsive to the terrain data; wherein elevation provided by the terrain map has an uncertainty Δβ that satisfies a constraint P≥Δe·f·sin α/A, where a is a maximum oblique angle at which the camera array images the terrestrial area so that registration of the image of the terrestrial area to the orthographic image has an accuracy better than or about equal to the pixel pitch.
US10178314B2
A reference line detection unit 12 extracts an edge from a distorted image taken by a fisheye camera to thereby determine a curved reference line. A distortion parameter calculation unit 13 calculates a distortion parameter such that the reference line is made linear. A distortion correction unit 14 corrects distortion of the distorted image by a distortion correction equation by using the distortion parameter.
US10178313B2
A panning device for processing relative motion vectors and absolute motion vectors obtained from a video sequence, includes: a panning filter module, such as a high-pass IIR filter, for subjecting relative motion vectors to panning processing, an adder module for adding the relative motion vectors subjected to panning in the panning filter module to absolute motion vectors to obtain respective summed values of motion vectors, a clipping module for subjecting the summed values of motion vectors obtained in the adder module to clipping according to a selected cropping window for obtaining final output absolute motion vectors, a first leak integrator arranged after the panning filter module, and a second leak integrator arranged after the clipping module.
US10178298B2
Provided is an image processing device including an image state detection unit which detects a state of a captured image after a processing for determining a captured image has been performed, and a trimming-decision processing unit which performs a trimming decision of the captured image based on a state of the captured image.
US10178296B2
According to the present invention, an imaging apparatus includes: an imaging unit which images a subject to acquire a subject image; a communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with devices; an output unit configured to output the subject image to the device previously set as an output destination among the devices; a recognition unit which recognizes that one of the devices has been operated by a user; and an output control unit which changes the output destination of the subject image by the output unit when the recognition unit recognizes that one of the devices has been operated by the user.
US10178293B2
A method, a computer program product, and a computer system for controlling a camera using a voice command and image recognition. One or more processors on the camera captures the voice command that is from a user of the camera and declares a subject of interest. The one or more processors processes the voice command and sets the subject of interest. The one or more processors receives a camera image from an imaging system of the camera. The one or more processors identifies the subject of interest in the camera image. The one or more processors sets camera one or more parameters that are appropriate to the subject of interest.
US10178285B2
A double-camera imaging device includes a base bracket and two camera units. The base bracket comprises a base plate, each camera unit comprises a printed circuit board, and the two camera units are fixed on the base plate and spaced apart each other via the printed circuit boards fixed on the base plate. The base bracket is configured to protect the two camera units from external force attack.
US10178273B2
An image reading apparatus includes a tray, first sensors configured to acquire information related to a maximum size of sheets placed on the tray, a scanner configured to generate first image data for each of the sheets conveyed from the tray based on the maximum size, a sheet conveyor configured to convey the sheets placed on the tray toward the scanner, second sensors configured to acquire information related to an actual size of each of the sheets conveyed by the sheet conveyor, and a controller. The controller converts for each of the sheets having an actual size that is different from the maximum size, the first image data stored in a first memory region into second image data based on the maximum size and the actual size of the sheet, and stores the second image data in a second memory region which is different from the first memory region.
US10178262B2
A printing system includes a printer and an information processing device that includes a processor and a memory storing processor-executable instructions, the instructions being configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to, when condition information does not include trigger information, determine to instruct the printer to start a pre-printing operation, when the condition information includes the trigger information, determine not to instruct the printer to start a pre-printing operation, in response to determining to instruct the printer to start the pre-printing operation, transmit the preparation instruction information to the printer, in response to determining to instruct the printer to start the pre-printing operation and performing the preparation instruction process, generate print data based on specified contents data, and transmit the print instruction information to the printer.
US10178259B2
In a printing system capable of supplying a sheet of a job having undergone print processing by the printing unit of a printing apparatus to a post-processing unit capable of executing at least a specific type of post-processing among a plurality of types of post-processes, when the target job requires the specific type of post-processing, the printing apparatus is inhibited from executing print processing of the job without explicitly determining a sheet necessary for the print processing of the job by a user using a user interface unit. When the target job does not require the specific type of post-processing, the printing apparatus is permitted to execute print processing of the job without explicitly determining a sheet necessary for the print processing of the job by the user using the user interface unit.
US10178256B2
In an information processing apparatus, when a receiving unit receives data from an external device, a power control unit returns a power state of the apparatus from a power saving state and a transmitting unit transmits a start instruction to a connected image forming apparatus, and when a power supply switch becomes on according to a user's operation, the power control unit returns the power state of the apparatus from the power saving state but the transmitting unit does not transmit the start instruction to the image forming apparatus. Thus, it is possible to achieve both a linkage start and an individual start for an external image processing controller and the image forming apparatus, in an image processing system including the information processing apparatus, the external image processing controller and the image forming apparatus capable of performing an image process in cooperation with others.
US10178254B2
An image reading and recording apparatus includes an image recording unit and an image reading unit supported to be pivotally movable above the image recording unit and configured to be opened and closed by being pivotally moved relative to the image recording unit. The apparatus includes a stay including an opening portion formed thereon, a rotor inserted in the opening portion of the stay, a first cam surface provided on an inner peripheral portion of the opening portion, and a second cam surface provided on an outer peripheral portion of the rotor. The rotor rotates due to abutment of the first cam surface and the second cam surface with each other. The image reading unit is held in a first opened state with a first open angle, due to meshed engagement of the first cam surface and the second cam surface with each other.
US10178252B2
Provided is a method and a system for reminding a remaining time for shooting in a shooting process. The method includes: acquiring, by a terminal, a remaining memory space and/or a remaining battery power of the terminal in a shooting process; determining, by the terminal, a first remaining time for shooting according to the acquired remaining battery power; and/or determining, by the terminal, a second remaining time for shooting of the terminal according to the acquired remaining memory space; and displaying, by the terminal, the first remaining time for shooting and/or the second remaining time for shooting, or displaying, by the terminal, the smaller one between the first remaining time for shooting and the second remaining time for shooting.
US10178244B2
A server network includes a central server and a plurality of store servers. Each of the store servers is connected to one or more receipt printers. The central server selects one or more store servers to which image data of an image to be added to a receipt are distributed, and transmits the image data along with condition data to the selected store servers, which are then distributed to receipt printers. Receipt printers that received the image data print one or more receipts with the additional image upon the conditions being met, and transmit content data of each printed receipt to the corresponding store server. Each of the selected store servers generates a receipt issue log based on the content data, and transmits receipt issue logs that accumulated therein to the central server. The central server calculates an amount of exposure of the additional image based on receipt issue logs.
US10178241B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to telecommunications networks, processing and routing calls between networks, a computing system and methodologies for optimizing pricing particularly in situations with massive amounts of data, processing call volume data, deseasonalizing data, minutes of use data, establishing and distributing pricing data for use in routing decisions, among other features and advantages.
US10178230B1
Disclosed are methods and systems for communicating supplemental telephonic entity data to a callee via data association with a Software-as-a-Service application. An example method comprises providing a networked application server, the application server to access a data storage, providing a SaaS application, subscribing a subscriber organization to the SaaS application, receiving at the user interface of the SaaS application data corresponding to an entity, storing within the data storage a data record for the entity, providing a telephonic switching framework, receiving an incoming call with caller ID information, identifying the entity by caller ID information from the data storage, identifying supplemental data in the data storage associated with the entity, placing an outbound call, and communicating to a callee who is a member of the subscriber organization the supplemental data. Some examples of systems generally comprise a server, a SaaS application configured to receive user input and insert user input into a collection of entities within a data storage, a telephonic apparatus configured to receive incoming calls with caller ID, associate the caller ID information with supplemental data, place outgoing calls, effect text-to-speech synthesis, and audibly transmit to a callee data information from the data storage.
US10178227B2
A method and system are provided. The method includes identifying content in a telecommunication session between a caller and one or more other parties. The method further includes dynamically personalizing media provided to the caller on a telecommunication device during at least a portion of a subsequent telecommunication session between the caller and at least one of the one or more other parties based on the identified content in the telecommunication session. The telecommunication session occurs prior to the subsequent telecommunication session.
US10178226B2
The present subject matter relates to a method and a system for selecting a ring back tone to be provided to a caller. The method comprising selecting, by a subscriber, an editable audio file with a predetermined duration; encrypting the selected editable audio file on a storage device; communicating, by a communication interface, a start time of the selected editable audio file to the server, the server transcodes and smoothens the selected portion of the editable audio file; transferring, by the server, the transcoded audio file to the mobile operator network as a ring back tone.
US10178221B2
The present disclosure discloses a time synchronization method and apparatus, which belong to the field of the Internet. The method includes: counting down, when a data processing right of a network application is allocated to a first user, a processing time of the first user, the first user being a user in a user group; stopping, when the first user is disconnected and logs in to the network application again in a process of countdown, if a processing operation sent by a first user terminal is received, the process of countdown, to obtain a remaining processing time of the first user, the processing operation including an operation of abandoning the data processing right or a network data processing operation; and sending the remaining processing time to the first user terminal and a second user terminal separately, so that the first user terminal and the second user terminal separately display the remaining processing time, a second user being a user other than the first user in the user group. The present disclosure prevents an error from occurring in time displayed in the first user terminal and the second user terminal.
US10178220B2
A driver of a vehicle is identified and a command is sent to a mobile communications device that is associated with the identified driver and that is in proximity of the vehicle to force the mobile communications device to change modes such as to enter a hands-free or other suitable mode. The driver may be identified through one or more techniques including biometric sensing, key detection, switch controls, and so forth. Additionally, the driver and/or feature settings preferred by the current driver may be identified by receiving data from the mobile communications device. The data may identify the driver ID with preferred feature settings, the mobile communications device which has an association to a driver ID with preferred feature settings, or the data may specify the preferred feature settings.
US10178219B1
Methods and systems for delivering a voice message. One method includes determining, by an electronic computing device, an environmental condition of a user. The method further includes generating, by the electronic computing device, a voice message based on the environmental condition such that the voice message includes an encoded meaning. The method further includes determining, by the electronic computing device, a voice profile of the voice message based on the environmental condition. The voice profile indicates the encoded meaning. The method further includes outputting the voice message in accordance with the voice profile with a speaker of a communication device.
US10178209B1
A mounting device to support and secure a mobile device incorporating a high pixel count camera, comprised of a first rod secured to a support plate, with the first rod connected to a ball and socket joint for rotating the mounting device into at least a 90° configuration, the ball and socket joint connected to a second rod interposed between the ball and socket joint and a pivot mechanism comprising a pivot dial facilitating pivoting around a vertical axis, and terminating in a vice clamp opposed to the support plate, with a third rod interposed between the pivot mechanism and the vice clamp. A removable mount receives a mobile device having an integrated high pixel count camera and camera lens, the removable mount securing the mobile device so as to leave the camera lens unobstructed.
US10178197B2
A social networking system leverages user's social information to evaluate content submitted for inclusion in objects. If the evaluated submission is accepted, the submission is added to the content of an object. Accepted submissions are also used to predict associations between metadata and objects. Metadata is used to predict which objects will match user searches for information. The social networking system also provides a user interface configured to prompt users to submit information to objects. When a user completes a submission to an object, the user is provided with other options for groups of objects to contribute to. The objects offered are chosen to increase the likelihood that the user will choose to provide submissions to one of the provided objects.
US10178196B2
A media device and methods that identify playback states reachable from a current content playback state and identify a reachable state that is likely to occur, are disclosed. A memory associated with the media device may receive frames that enable a smooth transition between the playback state and the reachable state. The media device may receive frames that correspond to points in the content that are separated by an amount of time that is proportional to the playback rate of the likely state. The frames may be frames corresponding to an image that may be played back at the playback rate of the likely state.
US10178191B1
Systems and methods are provided for determining engagement information related to client devices that have downloaded at least a portion of media content. In some embodiments, a server may receive a request for a playlist of media content from a client device. In response, the server may send a first portion of cookie to the client device. The server may receive a request for a fragment of media content with the first identifier value from the client device. In response, the server may determine that the request was received with the first identifier value and may increment a counter that represents a number of unique client devices that have downloaded at least a portion of the media content. The server may also send a second portion of the cookie to the client device that indicates that the client device has already downloaded at least part of the media content.
US10178186B2
Communication resumption information can be retained nodes of a cluster of nodes that form a distributed computing system. The communication resumption information can be exchanged between a node of the cluster and a peer node of the cluster after resumption of communication following a loss of communication between the node and the peer node. A determination of whether communication between the node and the peer node can be reestablished without losing messages can include comparing the communication resumption information received by the node from the peer node with the communication resumption information retained at the node. Communication between the node and the peer node can be resumed based when the determining indicates that communication between the node and the peer node can be reestablished without losing messages.
US10178183B2
Techniques for preventing information disclosure via dynamic secure cloud resources are provided. Data (information) remotely housed on a particular cloud resource of a particular cloud is periodically, randomly, and dynamically changed to a different cloud resource within the same cloud or to a different cloud resource within an entirely different cloud. A requesting principal for the data is dynamically authenticated and a current location for the data is dynamically resolved and the principal is securely and dynamically connected to the current cloud resource and current cloud hosting the data for access.
US10178181B2
An interposer is provided that is configured to interpose into an application security protocol exchange by obtaining application session security state. The interposer does this without holding any private keying material of client or server. An out-of-band Security Assistant Key Escrow service (SAS/SAKE) is also provided. The SAKE resides in the secure physical network perimeter and holds the private keying material required to derive session keys for interposing into application security protocol. During a security protocol handshake, the interposer sends SAKE security protocol handshake messages and in return receives from the SAKE session security state that allows it to participate in application security protocol.
US10178178B2
A sensor module, in some embodiments, comprises a sensor configured to capture data and a sensor interface coupled to the sensor and configured to process the data captured by the sensor to form processed data. The sensor module may also comprise a current consumption configuration component and a transistor coupled to the current consumption configuration component and configured to control the current consumption configuration component to output the processed data.
US10178177B2
A gateway is configured to perform a method that includes receiving data from a first device using a first protocol. The first protocol is a cloud based protocol. The method also includes determining that the received data is intended for a second device that uses a second protocol. The method further includes converting the received data from the first protocol to the second protocol. In addition, the method includes transmitting the received data to the second device via the second protocol.
US10178176B2
Methods and systems for communicating data between a network and devices of a vehicle are provided. A method includes: determining, by a processor, a value associated with a round trip time based on vehicle information; adjusting, by the processor, a size of a window used in communication with the network based on the value; and communicating data at least one of to and from the network based on the size of the window.
US10178172B2
An electronic apparatus and a method for expanding a storage capacity of the electronic apparatus are provided. In the method, at least one storage equipment on a network is searched and logged in by using a network interface. A virtual disk is established and a volume of at least one disk in each storage equipment is attached to the virtual disk as a physical volume of the electronic apparatus. The physical volume is transformed into a logical volume and a file system of the logical volume is established for providing the electronic device to access the logical volume.
US10178171B2
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request from a client device, the request including one or more device dimensions associated with the client device. The method further includes identifying a set of one or more content profiles, where each identified content profile is associated with one or more content-profile dimensions that are compatible with the received device dimensions. The method also includes determining whether a previously created content manifest corresponds to the identified set of content profiles. The method also includes, in response to a determination that a previously created content manifest corresponds to the identified set of content profiles, sending to the client device a uniform resource identifier (URI) identifying a resource that includes the previously created content manifest.
US10178167B2
An apparatus and methods are provided for conducting wireless data communications, particularly real-time data communications, in a communication environment that includes a restricted channel (e.g., a channel subject to Dynamic Frequency Selection or DFS). Two or more mobile communication/computing devices (e.g., smart phones, tablet computers) participate in a peer-to-peer network and engage in data communications while one or more of them operate on the restricted channel (e.g., to maintain an infrastructure communication connection). Their channel sequences are configured to maximize the efficiency of the data communication while satisfying restrictions of the restricted channel or avoiding that channel, and only require them to monitor one beacon interval. One or more of the devices may strategically roam to the restricted channel or away from the restricted channel, depending on which action will provide greater communication throughput or efficiency.
US10178153B2
In an image transmission apparatus, a reading device reads image data from a document. A setting acquisition section acquires a transmission setting as a setting for transmission of the image data. An image transmission section transmits the image data through a communication device according to the transmission setting. The transmission setting includes a first transmission standard for transmitting a first file containing the image data, a second transmission standard for transmitting a second file containing the image data that is different from the first transmission standard, and a maximum size of the first file transmittable according to the first transmission standard. The image transmission section transmits the first file according to the first transmission standard when a size of the first file does not exceed the maximum size, and the second file according to the second transmission standard when the size of the first file exceeds the maximum size.
US10178150B2
A method, computer program product and system for eye contact-based information transfer. Communication is established by a computer device between a first head mounted device worn by a first user and a second head mounted device worn by a second user. Gaze tracking establishes through gaze tracking of the first head mounted device and the second head mounted device that the first head mounted device and the second head mounted device have made eye contact. Responsive to an input to at least one of the first head mounted device and the second head mounted device made while the first head mounted device and the second head mounted device have established eye contact, a computer device transfers a file between the first head mounted device and the second head mounted device.
US10178149B2
Design analysis for framework assessment is described. A file including a designed image may be obtained from a storage device, and a guide structure may be extracted from the file. The guide structure may include multiple guide lines, and the guide lines may be analyzed to determine column-related data, such as at least relative widths or positional orders, a total number of columns, groups of column widths, a combination thereof, and so forth. From multiple frameworks, a framework may be ascertained that substantially matches the guide structure based at least partially on a comparison of column-related data to each framework of the multiple frameworks. Ascertainment of a framework may be indicated to an end-user. The ascertained framework may be applied to facilitate development of a coded functional version of at least a visual design of the image.
US10178145B2
In a method for adjusting data streams during a video conference the audio-based and video-based real-time communication to be transmitted to various receiver units with respective resource loads that vary over time, a server unit receives an incoming data stream from each of a multiple number of transmitter units. The server unit generates from such incoming data streams a multiple number of outgoing data streams, each having a different compressed data rate. The server unit receives from the specified receiver units, their resource loads (varying over time) in chronological intervals and accordingly subjects the data rates of the compressed outgoing data streams to a controlling adjustment to the resource loads of the respective specified receiver units. The outgoing data streams so adjusted are sent to the specified receiver units.
US10178143B2
A method, system and computer program product for selecting a bitrate to stream encoded media. A manifest file is fetched, where the manifest file contains metadata for encoded media segments which includes tags signifying the associated encoded media segments being important to the viewer. A playback occupancy level is then increased before reaching these tagged media segment(s). A high bitrate (high quality) is selected to stream the tagged media segment(s) which are then fetched and played at the selected high bitrate in response to the new playback buffer occupancy level being above a threshold level. In this manner, those media segments that are of higher importance to the viewer will be viewed in a higher quality since content information is used to select the bitrate to receive the encoded media segments. As a result, the user's quality of experience in viewing media is improved.
US10178142B2
A method and apparatus for an adaptive Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) streaming service using metadata of content are provided. The metadata of the content may be efficiently divided for a purpose of use of a terminal based on general media information or specific media information, and may be transmitted to the terminal. A group may include one or more representations of content. The metadata may include a group element, and the group element may provide a summary of attributes of one or more representations included in the group.
US10178139B2
Data related to an event is provided to a group of contacts while the event is occurring via an event user interface that enables the group of contacts to coordinate with one another during the event. In this regard, an event coordination service is provides the event data to each contact of the group for review via an event user interface that is persistently displayed on a telecommunication or other computing device associated with the contact for the contact's easy and immediate reference during the event. When the event ultimately concludes, display of the event user interface ceases as the group of contacts likely no longer needs immediate or ready reference to the event.
US10178136B2
Systems and methods of the present disclosure relates to providing at least one multimedia service to at least one legacy device [120]. Embodiments may encompasses a method comprising steps of, establishing a connection between at least one user equipment [110A, 110B, 110C] and the at least one legacy device [120] via an IP multimedia sub-system [150]; receiving at least one parameter of the at least one legacy device [120] at the IP multimedia sub-system [150]; authenticating at least one user equipment [110A, 110B, 110C] by the IP multimedia sub-system [150]; registering the at least one user equipment and the at least one legacy device [120] at the IP multimedia sub-system [150]; updating of the legacy device [120] with an information pertaining to the registration of the at least one user equipment [110A, 110B, 110C]; and providing at least one multimedia service to the at least one legacy device [120] via the IP multimedia sub-system [150].
US10178135B2
Converged network management application and system is provided that delivers a management platform as a service that can view and/or manage all managed networks in the aggregate, or any one of them individually (including individual devices within the managed networks), in a secure and efficient manner, providing continuously available intelligence in real time on the managed networks and systems, and overcoming integration issues including conflicting address schemas, the need to avoid unnecessary infrastructure, and the need acquire all necessary information in real time within applicable memory and bandwidth constraints.
US10178126B2
For activity-based risk assessment of open Wi-Fi networks, an activity occurring at a consumer application is analyzed to determine that a connection with a first open Wi-Fi network is to be used in conjunction with the activity. From an entry representing the activity in a risk profile, a risk level of the activity is selected. Whether an overall risk value of the first network exceeds the risk level of the activity is determined. When the overall risk value of the first network exceeds the risk level of the activity, the connection with the first network is terminated. A second open Wi-Fi network with a second overall risk value that does not exceed the risk level of the activity is selected. A second connection with the second network is established. The activity is allowed to proceed using the second connection with the second network.
US10178122B1
The disclosed computer-implemented method for disseminating location-based reputations for link-layer wireless attacks may include (i) receiving, at a server from a first wireless client, a wireless-attack report for a location that includes (a) information that indicates that the first wireless client detected a link-layer wireless attack (e.g., a wireless-access-point spoofing attack or a deauthentication attack) at the location or (b) information that indicates that the first wireless client did not detect any link-layer wireless attacks at the location, (ii) using, at the server, the wireless-attack report to generate a reputation for link-layer wireless attacks for the location, (iii) receiving, at the server from a second wireless client, a request for the reputation of the location, and (iv) responding to the request with the reputation of the location. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10178121B2
A system for the identification and subsequent rating of domains based on a result derived from a proprietary algorithm configured to detect when a new domain is registered, correlate the domain to registrant data, cross-check the data based on domain proximity to known-malignity, and output a proximity score employed to convey the potential for malicious content or intentions available or to be served as content accessible via the domain. The system is equipped with a dynamic domain database configured to provide near-real-time domain registration data across all domain extensions, facilitating the detection and scoring of new domains as soon as practicable after their inception. Domains are routinely re-evaluated for score consistency, helping to better maintain the security of visitors to websites hosted, or automated connections to infrastructure present on the domain.
US10178110B2
Systems and methods are provided for detecting and mitigating a sleep deprivation attack (SDA). A method for detection of the SDA includes one of tracking power consumption rate of a device, incoming request signals received by the device, or an activity duration of one or more physical interfaces of the device. A system for mitigation of the SDA includes the device to be protected from the SDA, a counter to count request signals received by the device from another device, a counter attack circuit to pose one or more security challenges by sending a request message to the other device once a counted number of request signals exceeds a pre-determined number, and a control circuit to terminate connection with the other device if an expected reply based on the request message is not received from the other device within a pre-determined time duration.
US10178107B2
In one embodiment, a security device identifies, from monitored network traffic of one or more users, one or more suspicious domain names as candidate domains, the one or more suspicious domain names identified based on an occurrence of linguistic units used in discovered domain names within the monitored network traffic. The security device may then determine one or more features of the candidate domains, and confirms certain domains of the candidate domains as malicious domains using a parameterized classifier against the one or more features.
US10178095B2
A computer system for authenticating and managing network traffic may comprise a network link providing a connection to a network, an authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) server configured to provide AAA management for the network link, an access controller configured to communicate with the AAA server and to control access to the network link, and a subnetwork of client devices connected to an intermediate relay node. The client devices may be configured to communicate with the access controller and the network link through the intermediate relay node. Also methods and processes by which an intermediate relay node and an access controller may operate in the network for authentication of client devices and routing of network traffic.
US10178090B2
The subject matter discloses a computerized system, comprising a computerized device communicating with a third party server, that comprises a memory unit that stores a representation of a Boolean circuit and a processing unit for calculating a result of the Boolean circuit according to a string used as input for the Boolean circuit and calculating a first predefined function on the result of the Boolean circuit. The system also comprises a first auxiliary server communicating with the computerized device, the first auxiliary server comprises a processing unit for calculating a second predefined function on the result of the Boolean circuit received from the computerized device and a second auxiliary server communicating with the computerized device comprises a processing unit for comparing the result of the first predefined function and the result of the second predefined function.
US10178089B2
Disclosed is a mobile terminal apparatus including one or more processors configured to execute a process. The process includes storing content data acquired in a specific mode in a storage, acquiring an address corresponding to authentication information at authentication when the content data are acquired in the specific mode, generating a first mail to which the content data are attached and setting the address in the first mail as a transmission destination, transmitting the generated first mail to the address, and controlling deleting the stored content data and a transmission history of the transmitted first mail.
US10178082B2
Disclosed are various embodiments that facilitate bootstrap authentication of a second application by way of a user confirmation via a first application. The first application is authenticated using trusted credentials. A first application is authenticated with an authentication service using the security credential. Text input is sent from the first application to the second application via the network. The text input is sent to a text entry field on the second application.
US10178081B2
An authentication system according to an embodiment is provided with a service providing apparatus, an IDaaS corporation apparatus, and an authentication providing apparatus. Based on the user ID and SSO request transmitted from the user terminal, the authentication providing apparatus executes authentication processing for the user. If the result of the authentication processing indicates success, the IDaaS corporation apparatus having SSO account information including the SSO account identifier identical to the user ID, permits SSO authentication to be executed for the service identified by the service account identifier included in the service account information associated with the SSO account information. The service providing apparatus transmits information related to the service to the user terminal.
US10178077B2
Organizations maintain and generate large amounts of sensitive information using computer hardware resources and services of a service provider. Furthermore, there is a need to be able to delete large amounts of data securely and quickly by encrypting the data with a key and destroying the key. To ensure that information stored remotely is secured and capable of secure deletion, cryptographic keys used by the organization should be prevented from being persistently stored during serialization operations.
US10178072B2
A “trusted domain” is established within which content received from a communications network, e.g., a cable TV network, is protected from unauthorized copying thereof, in accordance with the invention. In an illustrative embodiment, the trusted domain includes a device associated with a user which receives content from the cable TV network. The content may be encrypted using a content key in accordance, e.g., with a 3DES encryption algorithm before it is stored in the device. In addition, a first encrypted content key version and a second encrypted content key version are generated by respectively encrypting the content key with a public key associated with the device and another public key associated with the user, in accordance with public key cryptography. The first and second encrypted content key versions are stored in association with the encrypted content in the device storage. The encrypted content can be migrated from a first device to a second device, and can be decrypted in the second device in the second device is associated with the same user, and also provided with the second encrypted content key version.
US10178058B2
Expanding captured portions of references in an instant messaging system is supported. An electronic message that includes a captured portion of a reference is received. The captured portion is a portion of the reference that is inserted into the electronic message by a sender. A query for data that is associated with the reference is sent to a database that stores a supplemental object, and in response, information extracted from the supplemental object is received. The visual representation of the captured portion is presented and modified within the electronic message, via a user interface, based on (i) the information extracted from the supplemental object and (ii) an interaction with the captured portion that generated the query, the interaction comprising dragging a handle that is associated with a border of the captured portion of the reference such that more than the captured portion of the reference is presented.
US10178057B2
A mechanism is provided in a data processing system for generating poll information from a chat session. The mechanism monitors chat content in the multiple user chat session. The mechanism identifies a poll question in a message within the chat content. The mechanism identifies a plurality of answers to the poll question in subsequent messages within the chat content. The mechanism generates a poll user interface presenting the poll question and the plurality of answers as selectable options and presents the poll user interface to the multiple users of the chat session.
US10178053B2
An improved method of hierarchical output queueing of packets for a network scheduler of a network gateway that determines delays needed to conform to applicable rate shaping, and enqueues the packets based on the delay. Queues are associated with different classes of service (CoS), and within each class, each queue has a different scheduled time upon which it becomes available for dequeuing. A single set of CoS queues can support a large number of devices, improving the efficiency of software-based queuing by reducing the number of queues and simplifying queue polling.
US10178040B2
The present disclosure relates to a data processing device, a receiving device, a data processing method, and a program capable of suppressing degradation in quality in a case of reproducing data. In one example, a packet selection units selects one service stream from a multiplexed stream obtained by multiplexing a plurality of service streams. An insertion unit inserts null packets with time information, in which predetermined time information has been given to payloads, to spaces that become empty when the packet selection unit generates the one service stream. Thereafter, in the streams which have been demultiplexed after being multiplexed, the timing to output the null packets is adjusted with reference to the time information inserted in-to the null packets.
US10178031B2
A load balanced system may incorporate instrumented systems within a group of managed devices and distribute workload among the devices to meet both load balancing and data collection. A workload distributor may communicate with and configure several managed devices, some of which may have instrumentation that may collect trace data for workload run on those devices. Authentication may be performed between the managed devices and the workload distributor to verify that the managed devices are able to receive the workloads and to verify the workloads prior to execution. The workload distributor may increase or decrease the amount of instrumentation in relation to the workload experienced at any given time.
US10178028B2
In a secure network where the network characteristics are not known, a call admission control algorithm and a preemption control algorithm based on a destination node informing the source node of the observed carried traffic are used to regulate the amount of traffic that needs to be preempted by the source. The amount of traffic that needs to be preempted is based on the carried traffic measured at the destination node. The traffic to be preempted is based on the priority of the traffic, where the lowest priority traffic is the first to be preempted until the amount of traffic preempted is sufficient to allow the remaining traffic to pass through the network without congestion.
US10178024B2
An example method is provided for a first edge device to perform traffic forwarding in a network with geographically dispersed first site and second site. The method may comprise reconfiguring, for a workload migrated from the second site to the first site, the first edge device located at the first site as a default gateway of the workload from the second edge device located at the second site by causing the workload to learn an association between a default gateway Internet Protocol (IP) address associated with the second edge device to a Media Access Control (MAC) address associated with the first edge device. The method may further comprise receiving, from the workload, traffic for forwarding to a destination, and in response to determination that the destination is not within the second site, forwarding the received traffic to the destination without using the second edge device.
US10178019B2
In one embodiment, a device in an anchorless network receives an update message from a first neighbor of the device. The update message indicates a movement of a node in the network to a new position in the network. The device updates a forwarding table of the device to reverse a link direction associated with the node, in response to receiving the update message. The device sends the update message to a second neighbor of the device towards a prior position of the node in the network.
US10178014B2
File system, control program of file system management device, and method of controlling file system
A file system includes a plurality of information-processing-devices, a plurality of storage devices and a management device, each connected to a communications network, wherein each information processing devices includes a transmission unit for transmitting state information indicating utilization state of the communications network by the information-processing-device to the management device, and the management device includes a determination unit for determining an information-processing-device to execute an inputted job, and a first storage device, and further determine a first path in the communications network for the information-processing-device to access to the first storage device, a collection unit for collecting the state information, and an alteration unit configured to identify, based on the collected state information, a second storage device enhancing access efficiency and a second path in the communications network enhancing access efficiency, and alter the first storage device and the first path to the second storage device and the second path.
US10178007B2
The liveness of routing protocols can be determined using a mechanism to aggregate liveness information for the protocols. The ability of an interface to send and receive packets and the forwarding capability of an interface can also be determined using this mechanism. Since liveness information for multiple protocols, the liveness of interfaces, the forwarding capability of interfaces, or both, may be aggregated in a message, the message can be sent more often than could individual messages for each of the multiple protocols. This allows fast detection of failures, and sending connectivity messages for the individual protocols, such as neighbor “hellos,” to be sent less often.
US10178006B2
A method performed by a network device may include assembling a multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) echo request, the echo request including an instruction for a transit node to forward the echo request via a bypass path associated with the transit node, and an instruction for an egress node to send an echo reply indicating that the echo request was received on the bypass path. The method may also include sending the MPLS echo request over a functioning label switched path (LSP).
US10178004B2
A computer-implemented method of obfuscating communication traffic patterns may include detecting, at a first communications device, data communication sessions with a second communications device via the computer server using a network protocol. At the first device, a first traffic pattern is accessed based on the data communication sessions over a first predefined time period. At the first communications device, a second traffic pattern is accessed based on the data communication sessions over a second predefined time period that occurs after the first predefined time period. At the first communications device, based on a randomization process, a dummy data communication pattern is generated for transmission to the second communication devices, whereby the dummy data communication pattern is appended to the second traffic pattern for obfuscating a traffic pattern change between the first and the second traffic pattern at the computer server used to establish the communication sessions.
US10178002B2
A method includes detecting, by a Local Control Network (LCN) Monitor, a transmission of a data packet from a first device to at least one second device over the LCN. The LCN Monitor is not a source or destination of the data packet. The method also includes obtaining, by the LCN Monitor, a copy of the transmitted data packet. The method further includes decoding, by the LCN Monitor, the obtained data packet. In addition, the method includes storing, by the LCN Monitor, the decoded data packet in a storage device.
US10178000B2
An integrated storage/SAN monitoring and control system includes a storage device, a switch device associated with an API, and a management system. The switch device receives storage device information from the storage device via an API call using the API, and transmits the storage device information and switch device information to the management system via an API call using the API. The management system receives the storage device information and the switch device information from the switch device, determines storage device control instruction(s) and switch device control instruction(s) using the storage device information and the switch device information, and transmits the storage device control instruction(s) and switch device control instruction(s) to the switch device via an API call using the API. The switch device then executes the switch device instruction and transmits the storage device instruction to the storage device for execution via an API call using the API.
US10177987B2
Improved interfaces for cloud migration are provided. In one implementation, the interface may include a plurality of quadrants reflecting risk associated with cloud deployment of a plurality of software technology assets along a first axis and cost associated with cloud deployment of the plurality of software technology assets along a second axis as well as a plot point for each of the plurality of software technology assets, each plot point being mapped to one of the plurality of quadrants corresponding to an associated risk and cost of the corresponding software technology asset.
US10177986B2
Methods and systems for a complete vehicle ecosystem are provided. Specifically, systems that when taken alone, or together, provide an individual or group of individuals with an intuitive and comfortable vehicular environment. The present disclosure includes a universal chassis that may be mounted in the head unit of a vehicle. The chassis may accept one or more modules that each have common dimensions. With a common form factor, the universal chassis is configurable as different modules with different functionality may be inserted into the chassis with ease.
US10177984B2
Problem isolation in a virtual environment is described. In one example, a method (300) is provided for isolating problems in a virtual environment. The method includes maintaining (310) a topology of network devices in the virtual environment. The virtual environment can be monitored (320) using a performance module for network device operation irregularities exceeding a threshold. A network device operation irregularity can be identified (330) as well as a portion of the topology associated with the network device operation irregularity. Topology portions associated with network device operation irregularities can be grouped (340) together using a snapshot module to form a snapshot of a problem topology.
US10177979B2
A coordinated timing network is dynamically split into a plurality of coordinated timing networks. This split occurs without taking down any of the servers. Each coordinated timing network has its own coordinated timing network identifier (CTN ID), and its own primary time server. Optionally, each coordinated timing network includes a backup time server and an arbiter.
US10177978B2
Provided herein are devices, systems, methods and various means, including those related to providing a community internet drive that may utilize a centrally-managed hub as well as storage devices distributed among various networked machines. In some embodiments, the community internet drive can also include features to enable its users to promote and utilize the user's trusted personal relationships while also enabling an open platform for peer-to-peer and/or other types of sharing schemes.
US10177974B2
An example managed server system (102) includes a managed server (104), a baseboard management controller (BMC) (108), and a shared memory (106). An example configuration process (200) includes transmitting (201), by the BMC, a network-address request over an out-of-band network; receiving (202) received configuration information; writing (203), by the BMC, stored configuration information to the shared memory; accessing (204), by the managed server, the shared memory to read the stored configuration information; and configuring (205) the managed server using the stored configuration information.
US10177973B2
A communication apparatus which communicates with one or more other communication apparatuses via a network, includes: one or more communication interfaces being used for communication with the one or more other communication terminals; a selection unit connected to the one or more communication interfaces and selecting at least one communication interface that is used in accordance with an instruction from a control device which controls communications; and a network establish unit establishing a virtual network by forming a virtual communication path which directly connects between the at least one communication interface selected by the selection unit and a communication interface included in at least one communication apparatus among the one or more other communication apparatuses.
US10177972B2
Methods, wireless device and network node for handling signal measurements in a dynamic TDD scenario
Method and wireless device (500) for handling Channel State Information, CSI, measurements when operating in a wireless network in a dynamic Time Division Duplex, TDD, scenario where a network node (502) serving the wireless device (500) can switch between different up-link-downlink configurations comprising flexible subframes which can be uplink or downlink. When the wireless device (500) determines (5:2) that a link direction of at least one of the flexible subframes is ambiguous, the wireless device (500) indicates (5:5) to the serving network node (502) that the wireless device (500) has not made a valid CSI measurement due to the ambiguous link direction. Then, the network node (502) re-uses (5:6) a CSI measurement from a CSI report previously received from the wireless device (500), e.g. for link adaptation.
US10177965B1
An encoding system that distributes a live stream to end user devices is provided herein. The encoding system automatically detects failed components and implements a failover action to replace the failed component with a backup component in a manner that reduces live stream interruptions. For example, the encoding system can include a network interface that is coupled to an encoder allocated to a live stream. Instead of providing a contribution encoder that transmits the live stream with a location of the allocated encoder, the encoding system can provide the contribution encoder with a location of the network interface. Thus, the contribution encoder can transmit the live stream to the network interface. The network interface can then forward the live stream to the allocated encoder. If the allocated encoder fails, then the network interface can forward the live stream to a backup encoder.
US10177958B2
A one-to-multi multimedia stream method separately gets video and audio sources form the video and audio chips of a mobile device and reanalyzes related source data to correct the timestamp of video and audio data to ensure the synchronization of the output video and audio. Thus the incapability caused by not synchronized audio and video in stream decoding server can be solved. The present invention is configured to retrieve video and audio via mobile device without ffmpeg open source kits for format transformation, which greatly reduces operation and power consumption of CPU of mobile phone, and the mobile device can proceed one-to-multi video and audio transmission to a plurality of multimedia stream servers simultaneously.
US10177955B2
A base station is configured to communicate with at least a first user equipment (UE) and a second UE, wherein the base station is configured to communicate with the first UE using a first modulation scheme, and with the second UE using a second, different, modulation scheme, wherein communications with the first and second UEs are arranged to be substantially orthogonal to each other. A method of allocating resources in a communication network comprising a base station operable to communicate with a first user equipment (UE) and a second UE, the method comprising using a first modulation scheme for communication with the first UE, and using a second, different, modulation scheme for communication with the second UE, wherein communications with the first and second UEs are configured to be substantially orthogonal to each other.
US10177953B2
Methods and apparatuses for Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) communication of non-OFDM radio signals are disclosed. The non-OFDM radio signals are force-modulated into OFDM signals. In one example, a non-OFDM signal is received and is processed into an OFDM signal to produce a created OFDM signal. An actual OFDM signal is also received and is processed together with the created OFDM signal.
US10177952B1
An all-digital software-only modem using distributed processing resources of cloud computing is provided. In particular, all processes that were previously supported by purpose built software, firmware, Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) hardware description language (HDL) firmware, and an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) are in the instant disclosure supported entirely by a High Performance Computing (HPC) server inside a cloud computing environment.
US10177949B2
Embodiments of the invention provide advances in liquid-crystal technology for use as tunable phase-delay lines. The amount of phase delay through the liquid crystal is adaptively tuned, in order to coherently combine two signals, regardless of their phase differences. By adaptively adjusting the phase delays in the two signal paths, maximum coherent power combining is ensured. This ability to coherently combine the power of two signals regardless of their initial phase differences can greatly simplify, for example, antenna-diversity techniques used in MIMO applications as well as other applications.
US10177947B2
An apparatus and digital signal processing means are disclosed for excision of co-channel interference from signals received in crowded or hostile environments using spatial/polarization diverse arrays, which reliably and rapidly identifies signals with transmitted features that are almost-periodic over known framing intervals, and exploits those features to develop diversity combining weights that substantively extract those signals from that environment, based on differing diversity signature, timing offset, and carrier offset of those signals. In one embodiment, the signal identification and extraction is performed in an appliqué that can be implemented without coordination with an actual radio transceiver.
US10177942B2
A wireless data reception method for receiving orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signal includes determining that an interfering signal is present, along with a serving cell signal, in the OFDM signal on the shared downlink channel, determining an estimate of a transmission structure of the received interfering signal, wherein the transmission structure is defined by a plurality of transmission parameters, classifying the estimate of the transmission structure as belonging to a subgroup from a plurality of possible subgroups in a dynamic order, estimating, in a priority order, at least some of the plurality of transmission parameters of the estimate of the transmission structure, and performing further receiver-side processing of the serving cell signal by subtracting contribution of the interfering signal from the OFDM signal based on the estimate of the transmission structure and a result of the estimating step.
US10177940B1
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for use in a transition-minimized differential signaling link (“TMDS”) receiver. The apparatus may include an integrated circuit electrically connected with a voltage supply. The integrated circuit may include a first transistor, a second transistor, and a resistor arranged in a cascaded configuration along a termination path. The first transistor may include calibration code control configured to adjust an output impedence.
US10177939B2
A base station includes a channel estimator, a scheduler, and a controller. The channel estimator estimates a channel matrix with respect to each of a plurality of terminals. The scheduler determines a transmission weight corresponding to each of the plurality of terminals on the basis of the channel matrix that is estimated by the channel estimator such that the transmission weight is orthogonal to a current channel matrix and a past channel matrix of a terminal that is a subject of interference. The controller controls, when the transmission weight is determined by the scheduler, the number of samples of the current channel matrix and the past channel matrix to which the transmission weight is to be orthogonal with respect to each of the terminals.
US10177938B2
A method to be performed at a station configured to connect to a Long Term Evolution radio access network (LTE-RAN) to utilize enhanced Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Services using a Multicast-Broadcast Single-Frequency Network (MBSFN). The method including receiving a MBSFN subframe having a MBSFN subframe structure including a plurality of Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, a first one of the OFDM symbols having a first reference symbol inserted therein, a second one of the OFDM symbols having a second reference symbol inserted therein, determining a rate of change of channel conditions being experienced by the station and performing a non-destaggered channel estimation when the rate of change of channel conditions is greater than a predetermined threshold, the non-destaggered channel estimation using a first Channel Impulse Response (CIR) at the first OFDM symbol and a second CIR at the second OFDM symbol.
US10177930B1
Information regarding a user's personal schedule is received at an electronic computing device. Information regarding current and future utility costs is received. The information regarding the user's personal schedule, the information regarding the user's location and the information regarding the current and future utility costs is used to determine at least one financial impact based on a temperature setting. The at least one financial impact includes estimated costs for time intervals and historical billing cycles. A temperature effecting device or an energy effecting device in the home of the user is controlled using the at least one financial impact.
US10177928B2
A content server delivers content items on demand to communications devices, and includes: a network interface configured to receive a content request from each of the communications devices and, in response to the received content requests, to transmit the content item to each of the communications devices following the arrival of a predetermined time using a network and one of a plurality of wireless access interfaces, each of the wireless access interfaces being configured to transmit and/or receive signals using a different radio access technology; and a control unit configured to cause the content transmitter to select one of the wireless access interfaces for transmitting the content item based on the number of content requests received prior to the arrival of the predetermined time; wherein the network interface is configured to transmit a signaling message to each of the communications devices signaling the selected wireless access interface prior to transmitting the content item.
US10177926B2
A method can include conducting a plurality of related conference calls and generating a visualization for each conference call. The visualizations can be sent to computing devices of participants of the plurality of conference calls concurrently with the plurality of conference calls.
US10177923B2
A network of electronic appliances includes a plurality of network units of electronic appliances. The network units include a first network unit and a plurality of second network units. The first network unit is connected to at least one of the second network units. Each of the network units includes a stem server and a plurality of peripheral devices connected to the stem server. The stem server includes at least one passcode and at least one list of a plurality of registration codes. Each list is associated to a respective passcode. Each registration code of one list associating to one passcode corresponds to a respective peripheral device. Each registration code is generated in response to a respective passcode using physical randomness of a respective peripheral device in correspondence to the passcode. An address of each identification cell is defined by several word lines and bit lines.
US10177915B2
The systems, methods and apparatuses described herein provide a computing device that is configured to attest itself to a communication partner. In one aspect, the computing device may comprise a communication port configured to receive an attestation request from the communication partner, and an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC). The ASIC may be configured to receive the attestation request from the communication port. The attestation request may include a nonce generated at the communication partner. The ASIC may be further generate a verification value and send the verification value to the communication port to be transmitted back to the communication partner. The verification value may be a computation result of a predefined function taking the nonce as an initial value. In another aspect, the communication partner is configured to attest the computing device using speed of computation attestation.
US10177911B2
Methods and systems are provided for efficient and secure “Machine-to-Machine” (M2M) between modules and servers. A module can communicate with a server by accessing the Internet, and the module can include a sensor and/or actuator. The module and server can utilize public key infrastructure (PKI) such as public keys to encrypt messages. The module and server can use private keys to generate digital signatures for datagrams sent and decrypt messages received. The module can internally derive pairs of private/public keys using cryptographic algorithms and a set of parameters. A server can use a shared secret key to authenticate the submission of derived public keys with an associated module identity. For the very first submission of a public key derived the module, the shared secret key can comprise a pre-shared secret key which can be loaded into the module using a pre-shared secret key code.
US10177909B1
Managing private key access in multiple nodes is described. A piece of data (e.g., a private key) is encrypted using identity-based broadcast encryption and identity-based revocation encryption so that only certain servers in a distributed network of servers can decrypt the piece of data. The piece of data is encrypted with a key encryption key (KEK). The KEK is split into two pieces. The first piece is encrypted using identity-based broadcast encryption with an identified location as input such that only servers of the identified location can decrypt the first piece, and the second piece is encrypted using identity-based revocation encryption so that certain identified servers of the identified location cannot decrypt cannot decrypt the second piece. The keys are transmitted to the servers.
US10177901B2
A serializer may be provided. The serializer may include a first data output circuit and a second data output circuit. The first data output circuit may provide first data to an output node in synchronization with a first phase clock and a second phase clock. The second data output circuit may provide second data to the output node in synchronization with the second phase clock and a third phase clock. The first data output circuit may perform a precharge operation or an emphasis operation for the second data output circuit, in synchronization with a third phase clock.
US10177900B2
In a general aspect, a method for transmitting data by inductive coupling can include applying, at a rate of a data-carrying signal, a plurality of bursts of a periodic signal to a tuned inductive antenna circuit. The method can also include producing, in the tuned inductive antenna circuit, an antenna signal. The antenna signal can generate a magnetic field. The method can further include delimiting an amplitude of each burst of the plurality of bursts of the periodic signal in accordance with an envelope signal having a rising edge and a falling edge. The delimiting the amplitude of each burst of the plurality of bursts of the periodic signal can include generating the plurality of bursts of the periodic signal using a set of points. The set of points can define, by discrete values, a burst of the plurality of bursts of the periodic signal.
US10177894B2
A method and an apparatus for tuning an FIR filter in an in-band full duplex transceiver. The method for tuning an FIR filter may include: setting attenuation of the FIR filter to be a first value and then estimating input information of the FIR filter; estimating a delta response using the estimated input information of the FIR filter; and updating the attenuation of the FIR filter to a second value using the estimated delta response.
US10177885B1
In a carrier detector, the simple latch is replaced with a pulse timer and reference control module which outputs logic high (H) when more than two consecutive toggled signals come within 1.5 baud periods and keeps logic high (H) until it misses a toggled signal for two baud periods. This carrier detector has a tolerance for a false detection which happens when the frequency shifts from lower to higher and the input amplitude level does not reach a detectable level. With this transition, the amplitude level at filter output becomes higher due to the transient response of the filter and eventually this would trigger the comparator for only one baud period. The deglitch circuit, however, ignores this clock edge in the carrier detector as provided herein.
US10177884B2
Provided are a method for performing a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) of a frequency division duplex (FDD) cell in a wireless communication system and a wireless device using the same. The wireless device receives an uplink-downlink (UL-DL) configuration for an uplink (UL) carrier of the FDD cell, and performs the HARQ in a DL carrier of the FDD cell on the basis of HARQ timing determined according to the UL-DL configuration.
US10177880B2
Disclosed is a device and a method in a wireless communication system, and the device comprises: a transmitting unit configured to transmit a first allocation signal synthesized by use of the superimposed coding to plenty of user equipment at least comprising a first and a second user equipment, and the first allocation signal at least comprising a first power signal part for the first user equipment and a second power signal part for the second user equipment; a receiving unit configured to receive at least a feedback retransmission request from the first and the second user equipment; and a processing unit configured to process the first and the second power signal parts with a preset processing coefficient to obtain a second allocation signal in response to the retransmission request, and the transmitting unit is further configured to transmit the second allocation signal to the first and the second user equipment which merge the first and the second allocation signals in order to separately obtain the data for the first and the second user equipment.
US10177879B2
Methods and apparatuses are described for transmitting acknowledgement information in response to a plurality of data TBs received on one or more downlink data channels over TTIs by a UE in a TDD communication system. A method includes generating acknowledgement information comprising four acknowledgement bits, jointly representing a state of reception results for the plurality of data TBs, if a first condition applies, wherein a number of the data TBs is greater than a number of the acknowledgement bits; generating acknowledgement information respectively representing a reception result for each data TB by a corresponding acknowledgement bit, if a second condition applies; encoding the acknowledgement bits; multiplexing the encoded acknowledgement bits with uplink data; and transmitting the multiplexed acknowledgement bits and the uplink data on an uplink data channel.
US10177876B2
A sequence detector is provided for detecting symbol values corresponding to a sequence of input samples obtained from a transmission channel. The sequence detector comprises a branch metric unit (BMU), a path metric unit (PMU) and a survivor memory unit. The branch metric unit calculates branch metrics for respective possible transitions between states of a trellis. The path metric unit accumulates branch metrics provided by the branch metric unit in order to establish path metrics. The survivor memory unit selects a survivor path based on the path metrics and outputs a survivor sequence of the detected symbols corresponding to the survivor path. The sequence detector is configured such that the synchronization length is different than the survivor path memory length.
US10177874B2
A node (100) of a cellular network selects a first modulation scheme setting for a first radio link to a first device (10′). The first modulation scheme setting is selected from a set of modulation scheme settings, each identified by at least one corresponding index. On the basis of a mapping of each of the indices to a corresponding set of transmission parameters, the node (100) identifies a first set of link parameters mapped to the index corresponding to the selected first modulation scheme setting. The node (100) then configures the first radio link according to the identified first set of link parameters. Further, the node (100) selects a second modulation scheme setting for a second radio link to a second device (10).
US10177871B2
A method of fragmented packet transmission in a multiple-channel passive optical network (PON), comprising fragmenting, by a Gigabit-PON encapsulation method (GEM)/next generation-PON encapsulation method (XGEM) engine of a network element, data into a plurality of packet fragments; encapsulating, by the GEM/XGEM engine, the plurality of packet fragments into frames; scheduling, by a bonding block of the network element, transmission of the frames on a plurality of channels, wherein an order for transmitting the frames is based in part on channel availability; and transmitting, by a transmitter of the network element, the frames to a receiver on the plurality of channels according to the scheduling.
US10177867B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a mobile device comprising a slave clock, a receiver unit for receiving one or more frames from a remote device including a master system clock, a transmitter unit for transmitting one or more frames to the remote device, and a clock error correction unit. The clock error correction unit is configured to maintain clock synchronization between the slave clock and the master system clock, and maintain frame alignment for frames transmitted from the transmitter unit.
US10177865B2
A method performed by radio network node for enabling channel handling of a channel between a wireless device and the radio network node in a wireless communication network. The channel is defined in continuous time and a sampling rate of the channel is non-uniform. The radio network node predicts a channel gain using a first sampling descriptor indicating a first momentary sampling frequency and a second sampling descriptor indicating a second momentary sampling frequency, wherein the first sampling descriptor operates on a different segment of continuous time than the second sampling descriptor. The predicted channel gain enables channel handling such as channel estimation and link adaptation.
US10177863B1
A test system for over the air (OTA) measurements of a device under test (DUT) with a dynamic adjustable grid is provided. The system comprises a device under test (DUT), at least one positioner, at least one measurement antenna, and at least one measuring/control device. The measurement antenna is configured to measure several defined measurement points with regard to the device under test, wherein the measurement points are arranged in a grid around the device under test. The configuration of the grid depends on an input value received by the measuring/control device.
US10177860B2
Method and apparatus for co-existence management between mitigation techniques where a user device (“UE”) is connected to a base station (“BS”) of a network. The UE may receive a first value of a BS parameter from the BS and may determine a second value of a signal quality parameter corresponding to a signal received by the UE from the BS. The UE may then select an operating mode for the UE based on the first value and the second value, where the operating mode comprises implementing at least one interference mitigation technique.
US10177857B2
This disclosure discloses an optical module and a method for controlling optical module. The optical module includes a controller and a port, wherein the controller is configured to receive a state signal from an optical chip, the state signal is a continuous signal, and output a non-continuous signal to a port pin of the port according to the state signal; the port pin is configured to output the non-continuous signal, and receive a non-continuous response signal in an interval period of the non-continuous signal; and the controller further also configured to receive the response signal from the port pin, and control a power supply to supply power according to the response signal.
US10177847B2
An information communication method is provided that includes continuously capturing an image of a subject that transmits a signal by changing luminance, with an image sensor, and displaying a captured image that includes a box. The method also includes determining whether the subject is in the box, and receiving the signal transmitted by the subject when it is determined that the subject is in the box. In in the receiving, image data is obtained by capturing the subject with an exposure time, the signal is obtained by demodulating a bright line pattern, and the bright line pattern is caused to appear in the image data by setting the exposure time to be less than or equal to 1/480 second.
US10177844B2
A measurement method and apparatus for a residual direct-current component and a system where the measurement method for a residual direct-current component includes: selecting a section of data of a first predetermined length from a received signal; performing fast Fourier transform on the selected data to obtain a frequency-domain signal of the data; calculating a power spectrum of the frequency-domain signal of the transformed data; and finding out a maximum peak value of the power spectrum in a frequency offset range, and taking power of the maximum peak value as power of the residual direct-current component. With the embodiments of this disclosure, a residual direct-current component of an optical transmitter may be measured at a receiver end of a coherent optical communication system, thereby avoiding a diagnosis error of a communication network, and improving performance of the communication system.
