US10230051B2
An organic light-emitting device includes a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, and an emission layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; an electron transport region disposed between the emission layer and the second electrode; and a hole transport region disposed between the first electrode and the emission layer, wherein the electron transport region comprises at least one of an electron transport material represented by Formula 1 below; and the hole transport region comprises at least one of a hole transport material represented by Formula 2 or 3 below:
US10230050B2
The present invention relates to n-dopants for doping organic electron transport materials, wherein the n-dopants have at least one aminophosphazene group of formula 1 having 4 nitrogen atoms bonded to a phosphorus atom.
US10230041B2
According to some embodiments, a method of depositing at least one electrode on a base member of an ultrasound transducer comprises at least partially etching a surface of the base member using a first etching agent, catalyzing the surface of the base member using a first catalyst, plating copper on the surface of the base member using an electroless plating process, inspecting the copper plated on the surface of the base member, at least partially etching a surface of the copper-plated surface using a second etching agent, catalyzing the copper-plated surface using a second catalyst, plating nickel on the copper-plated surface using an electroless plating process and depositing at least one layer of gold on the nickel-plated surface.
US10230033B2
A light-emitting device includes a light body having an internal electrode layer, and a conductive layer. The conductive layer has a first portion formed on the internal electrode layer and overlapping the light body in a first direction, and a second portion overlapping the light body in a second direction. The first direction is perpendicular to the second direction.
US10230031B2
An electromagnetic radiation-emitting assembly is disclosed. In an embodiment the assembly includes an electromagnetic radiation-emitting component arranged above a carrier, the electromagnetic radiation-emitting component including a first side facing away from the carrier, a second side facing the carrier, and at least one side wall connecting the first side and the second side of the electromagnetic radiation-emitting component to one another, an encapsulating body, into which the electromagnetic radiation-emitting component is embedded, which adjoins the first side and the side wall of the electromagnetic radiation-emitting component, a potting material at least partly surrounding the encapsulating body and a reflector body at least partly surrounding the potting material.
US10230027B2
A chip scale packaging (CSP) light-emitting device including a light-emitting semiconductor die and a layer-by-layer photoluminescent (PL) structure disposed on the light-emitting semiconductor die is disclosed. The PL structure includes a second PL layer and a first PL layer disposed over the second PL layer, wherein the first PL layer functions as a photoluminescent layer and a barrier layer protecting the second PL from ambient oxygen and moisture. The first PL layer includes a less-moisture-sensitive PL material dispersed within a first polymer matrix material, whereas the second PL layer includes a moisture-sensitive PL material dispersed within a second polymer material. With these arrangements, the outermost first PL layer comprising the less-moisture-sensitive photoluminescent material functions as a wavelength-conversion layer and also serves as a barrier layer protecting the inner second PL layer comprising the moisture-sensitive photoluminescent material from ambient oxygen and moisture. Thus degradation of moisture-sensitive PL material can be reduced.
US10230025B2
A light emitting device includes a light emitting element and a wavelength conversion layer covering the light emitting element. The wavelength conversion layer includes first wavelength conversion particles, second wavelength conversion particles, and filling particles. The first wavelength conversion particles contains aluminum. The second wavelength conversion particles have outer surfaces covered with covering material which contains aluminum. The filling particles contain aluminum. The filling particles are provided among the first wavelength conversion particles and the second wavelength conversion particles. The filling particles have particle sizes smaller than particle sizes of the first wavelength conversion particles and particle sizes of the second wavelength conversion particles. The filling particles have aspect ratios smaller than aspect ratios of the first wavelength conversion particles and aspect ratios of the second wavelength conversion particles.
US10230018B2
A substrate used for III-V-nitride growth and a manufacturing method thereof, the manufacturing method including the following steps: 1) providing a growth substrate, and forming on the surface of the growth substrate a buffer layer used for subsequent growth of a luminescent epitaxial structure; 2) forming a semiconductor dielectric layer on the surface of the buffer layer; 3) by a photolithography process, etching a plurality of semiconductor dielectric protrusions arranged at intervals on the semiconductor dielectric layer, and exposing the buffer layer between the semiconductor dielectric protrusions. This method ensures the crystal quality of the grown luminescent epitaxial structure and also raises the luminescent efficiency of a light-emitting diode. The process is simple, advantageous for reducing cost of manufacture, and suitable for use in industrial production.
US10230008B2
Provided are a semiconductor light receiving device, an optical receiver module, and a manufacturing method thereof in which characteristics of the device are improved when the device has a structure in which a mesa structure including layers formed of a common material is buried by a buried layer. The semiconductor light receiving device includes the mesa structure including the layers formed of a commonmaterial, the layers including an absorbing layer, the mesa structure being buried by the buried layer formed so as to surround side surfaces of the mesa structure. The mesa structure has a cross section having a forwardly tapered portion and a reversely tapered portion.
US10230000B2
Methods and structures that include a vertical-transport field-effect transistor. A semiconductor fin is formed that projects from a first source/drain region. A second source/drain region is spaced vertically along the semiconductor fin from the first source/drain region. A gate stack is arranged between the second source/drain region and the first source/drain region. A spacer is formed adjacent to a sidewall of the second source/drain region. A first contact is connected with a top surface of the second source/drain region, a second contact is connected with a top surface of the first source/drain region, and a third contact is connected with a top surface of the gate stack. The spacer is arranged between the second source/drain region and the second contact or between the second source/drain region and the third contact.
US10229999B2
A plurality of vertically oriented channel semiconductor structures is formed above a substrate. A bottom source/drain (S/D) region is formed proximate a lower portion of the vertically oriented channel semiconductor structure. A first dielectric layer is formed above the vertically oriented channel semiconductor structure. A thickness of the first dielectric layer is reduced to expose an upper portion of the vertically oriented channel semiconductor structure. A first semiconductor material region is formed on the exposed upper portion. The thickness of the first dielectric layer is further reduced to expose a channel portion of the vertically oriented channel semiconductor structure and to define a bottom spacer adjacent the bottom S/D region. A gate structure is formed around the channel region of the vertically oriented channel semiconductor structure. A second semiconductor material region is formed on the upper portion to define an upper S/D region after forming the gate structure.
US10229996B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprises epitaxially growing a plurality of silicon layers and compressively strained silicon germanium (SiGe) layers on a substrate in a stacked configuration, wherein the silicon layers and compressively strained SiGe layers are alternately stacked on each other starting with a silicon layer on a bottom of the stacked configuration, patterning the stacked configuration to a first width, selectively removing a portion of each of the silicon layers in the stacked configuration to reduce the silicon layers to a second width less than the first width, forming an oxide layer on the compressively strained SiGe layers of the stacked configuration, wherein forming the oxide layer comprises fully oxidizing the silicon layers so that portions of the oxide layer are formed in place of each fully oxidized silicon layer, and removing part of the oxide layer while maintaining at least part of the portions of the oxide layer formed in place of each fully oxidized silicon layer, wherein the compressively strained SiGe layers are anchored to one another and a compressive strain is maintained in each of the compressively strained SiGe layers.
US10229991B2
III-N semiconductor heterostructures on III-N epitaxial islands laterally overgrown from a mesa of a silicon substrate. An IC may include a III-N semiconductor device disposed on the III-N epitaxial island overhanging the silicon mesa and may further include a silicon-based MOSFET monolithically integrated with the III-N device. Lateral epitaxial overgrowth from silicon mesas may provide III-N semiconductor regions of good crystal quality upon which transistors or other active semiconductor devices may be fabricated. Overhanging surfaces of III-N islands may provide multiple device layers on surfaces of differing polarity. Spacing between separate III-N islands may provide mechanical compliance to an IC including III-N semiconductor devices. Undercut of the silicon mesa may be utilized for transfer of III-N epitaxial islands to alternative substrates.
US10229987B2
A method of making a semiconductor device includes forming a fin in a substrate; depositing a first spacer material to form a first spacer around the fin; depositing a second spacer material to form a second spacer over the first spacer; recessing the first spacer and the second spacer; removing the first spacer; and performing an epitaxial growth process to form epitaxial growth on an end of the fin, along a sidewall of the fin, and adjacent to the fin.
US10229976B2
A compound semiconductor film structure includes a substrate, a first compound semiconductor epitaxial layer and a second compound semiconductor epitaxial layer. The substrate has a top surface. The first compound semiconductor epitaxial layer is formed on the top surface and has an epitaxial interface and at least one recess, wherein the epitaxial interface is disposed on one side of the first compound semiconductor epitaxial layer opposite to the side of the first compound semiconductor epitaxial layer facing the top surface, and the at least one recess is formed in the first compound semiconductor epitaxial layer. The second compound semiconductor epitaxial layer formed on the epitaxial interface. The top surface and the bottom of recess are separated by a distance substantially ranging between 0.8 μm and 1.3 μm.
US10229975B2
A method includes forming an oxide layer on a silicon-germanium (SiGe) fin formed on a substrate. The first oxide layer comprises a mixture of a germanium oxide compound (GeOx) and a silicon oxide compound (SiOx). The first oxide layer is modified to create a Si-rich outer surface of the SiGe fin. A silicon nitride layer is deposited on the modified first oxide layer.
US10229968B2
A method for fabricating an advanced metal insulator metal capacitor structure includes providing a pattern in a dielectric layer. The pattern includes a set of features in the dielectric layer. A first metal layer is deposited in the set of features in the dielectric layer. A phase change material layer is deposited over the metal layer in the set of features in the dielectric layer. The phase change material is an insulator in a deposited state. A surface treatment process is performed on the phase change layer to produce a top surface layer having electrically conductive properties. A second metal layer is deposited on the top surface layer of the phase change layer.
US10229962B2
An organic light emitting display (OLED) device includes an organic light emitting diode having an anode and a cathode. The organic light emitting diode is configured to receive a reference voltage. A control transistor includes a first control electrode and a first semiconductor active layer. The control transistor is configured to receive a control signal. A driving transistor includes a second control electrode that is electrically connected to the control transistor, an input electrode that is configured to receive a power voltage, an output electrode that is electrically connected to the anode of the organic light emitting diode, and a second semiconductor active layer that includes a different material from that of the first semiconductor active layer. A shielding electrode is disposed on the second semiconductor active layer, overlapping the driving transistor, and configured to receive the power voltage.
US10229956B2
OLED-based devices that include at least two colors of emissive regions are provided, in which one region is optically coupled to a microcavity and the other is not. Devices including pixels in which only a portion of sub-pixels within the pixel are coupled to a microcavity are provided.
US10229952B2
The present disclosure provides a photovoltaic device and a method for forming the photovoltaic device. The photovoltaic device comprises a first solar cell structure having a photon absorbing layer comprising an organic material having a first bandgap; and a second solar cell structure having a photon absorbing layer comprising a material that has a Perovskite structure and having a second bandgap. The first and second solar cell structures are positioned at least partially onto each other.
US10229940B2
The present invention provides a manufacturing technique of a semiconductor device and a display device using a peeling process, in which a transfer process can be conducted with a good state in which a shape and property of an element before peeling are kept. Further, the present invention provides a manufacturing technique of more highly reliable semiconductor devices and display devices with high yield without complicating the apparatus and the process for manufacturing. According to the present invention, an organic compound layer including a photocatalyst substance is formed over a first substrate having a light-transmitting property, an element layer is formed over the organic compound layer including a photocatalyst substance, the organic compound layer including a photocatalyst substance is irradiated with light which has passed through the first substrate, and the element layer is peeled from the first substrate.
US10229936B2
An object is to provide a semiconductor device having a structure with which parasitic capacitance between wirings can be sufficiently reduced. An oxide insulating layer serving as a channel protective layer is formed over part of an oxide semiconductor layer overlapping with a gate electrode layer. In the same step as formation of the oxide insulating layer, an oxide insulating layer covering a peripheral portion of the oxide semiconductor layer is formed. The oxide insulating layer which covers the peripheral portion of the oxide semiconductor layer is provided to increase the distance between the gate electrode layer and a wiring layer formed above or in the periphery of the gate electrode layer, whereby parasitic capacitance is reduced.
US10229926B2
A method for manufacturing a flash memory device includes providing a substrate structure including a substrate, an insulating layer on the substrate, and a stack structure including a charge storage layer, a tunneling dielectric layer, a charge trapping layer, a blocking dielectric layer and a gate layer disposed sequentially from bottom to top on the insulating layer. The method also includes performing a selective nitriding process on the substrate structure to form a nitride layer exposed surfaces of the charge storage layer and the gate layer, and forming an isolation region on side surfaces of the stack structure. The method can mitigate the problem of an undesirable increase in the threshold voltage with an increase in the integration density of the flash memory device.
US10229925B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, includes forming a fin structure on a main surface of semiconductor substrate, the fin structure including a silicon material; forming a first gate electrode over the fin structure via a first insulating film, and forming a second gate electrode over the fin structure via a second insulating film having a charge accumulating part, such that the second gate electrode is disposed along a sidewall of the first gate electrode in a plan view; forming source and drain regions over a surface of the fin structure at both sides of a structure defined by the first and second gate electrodes; performing a first heat treatment to the semiconductor substrate to keep the semiconductor substrate at a first predetermined temperature; and forming a first metal film on the fin structure by sputtering in condition that the semiconductor substrate is at the first predetermined temperature.
US10229920B1
A one-time programmable (OTP) vertical field-effect transistor (VFET) can be fabricated on the top surface of an integrated circuit (IC) substrate having a fin. A doped layer can be deposited onto the top surface to create an OTP VFET drain. A dielectric layer can be formed onto side surfaces of the fin, and a gate dielectric layer formed onto side surfaces of the dielectric layer. A metal layer formed onto side surfaces of the gate dielectric layer can create an OTP VFET gate. An electrically insulative top spacer layer can then be attached to top edges of the dielectric, the gate dielectric layer, and the metal layer. A doped structure formed onto the top surface of the fin can create an OTP VFET source. A voltage applied to a portion of the gate dielectric layer can cause dielectric breakdown, which can be used to store a data value.
US10229910B2
A method for forming a semiconductor device includes blocking a first region of a wafer and forming a plurality of fins in a second region of the wafer. A protective conformal mask layer is deposited over the plurality of fins in the second region, the second region is blocked, and a plurality of fins are formed in the first region of the wafer using a variety of wet and/or dry etching procedures. The protective conformal mask layer protects the plurality of fins in the second region from the variety of wet and/or dry etching procedures that are used to form the plurality of fins in the first region.
US10229906B2
Provided is a semiconductor device that occupies a small area, a highly integrated semiconductor device, or a semiconductor device with high productivity. To fabricate an integrated circuit, a first insulating film is formed over a p-channel transistor; a transistor including an oxide semiconductor is formed over the first insulating film; a second insulating film is formed over the transistor; an opening, that is, a contact hole part of a sidewall of which is formed of the oxide semiconductor of the transistor, is formed in the first insulating film and the second insulating film; and an electrode connecting the p-channel transistor and the transistor including an oxide semiconductor to each other is formed.
US10229902B2
Stack device having voltage compensation. In some embodiments, a switching device can include switching elements connected in series between a first terminal and a second terminal, with a first end switching element being connected to the first terminal and a second end switching element being connected to the second terminal. Each switching element can have a parameter such that the switching elements have a distribution of parameter values that decreases from the first end switching element for at least half of the switching elements to a minimum parameter value corresponding to a switching element between the first end switching element and the second end switching element. The minimum parameter value can be less than the parameter value of the second end switching element, and the parameter value of the first end switching element can be greater than or equal to the parameter value of the second end switching element.
US10229901B2
Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacture thereof are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of manufacturing a device includes coupling a first semiconductor device to a second semiconductor device by spacers. The first semiconductor device has first contact pads disposed thereon, and the second semiconductor device has second contact pads disposed thereon. The method includes forming an immersion interconnection between the first contact pads of the first semiconductor device and the second contact pads of the second semiconductor device.
US10229886B2
A system is disclosed for providing backward and forward traceability by a methodology which identifies discrete components (die, substrate and/or passives) that are included in a semiconductor device. The present technology further includes a system for generating a unique identifier and marking a semiconductor device with the unique identifier enabling the semiconductor device, and the discrete components within that device, to be tracked and traced through each process and test in the production of the semiconductor device.
US10229881B2
Example embodiments relate to a layer structure having a diffusion barrier layer, and a method of manufacturing the same. The layer structure includes first and second material layers and a diffusion barrier layer therebetween. The diffusion barrier layer includes a nanocrystalline graphene (nc-G) layer. In the layer structure, the diffusion barrier layer may further include a non-graphene metal compound layer or a graphene layer together with the nc-G layer. One of the first and second material layers is an insulating layer, a metal layer, or a semiconductor layer, and the remaining layer may be a metal layer.
US10229879B2
An embodiment includes a semiconductor structure comprising: a frontend portion including a device layer; a backend portion including a bottom metal layer, a top metal layer, and intermediate metal layers between the bottom and top metal layers; wherein (a) the top metal layer includes a first thickness that is orthogonal to the horizontal plane in which the top metal layer lies, the bottom metal layer includes a second thickness; and the intermediate metal layers includes a third thickness; and (b) the first thickness is greater than or equal to a sum of the second and third thicknesses. Other embodiments are described herein.
US10229873B2
A three plate MIM capacitor test structure includes a three plate MIM capacitor, a first test wire in a metal layer above/below the three plate MIM, a second test wire below/above the three plate MIM, a third test wire below/above the three plate MIM, a first via connected to the first test wire, a second via connected to a middle plate of the three plate MIM, and a third via connected to the top and bottom plates of the three plate MIM. The test structure may verify the integrity the MIM capacitor by applying a potential to the first test wire, applying ground potential to both the second test wire and the third test wire, and detecting leakage current across the first test wire and the second and third test wires or detecting leakage current across the second test wire and the third test wire.
US10229870B2
An assembled semiconductor device and a method of making an assembled semiconductor device are disclosed. In one embodiment the assembled device includes a carrier having a first thickness, a connection layer disposed on the carrier and a chip disposed on the connection layer, the chip having a second thickness, wherein the second thickness is larger than the first thickness.
US10229868B2
A leadframe includes a plurality of interconnected support members. A pair of die pads is connected to the support members and configured to receive a pair of dies electrically connected by at least one wire. A support bracket extends between the die pads and includes a surface for maintaining the at least one wire at a predetermined distance from the die pads during overmolding of the leadframe.
US10229865B2
A fan-out semiconductor package includes a first interconnection member having a through-hole; a semiconductor chip disposed in the through-hole of the first interconnection member and having an active surface having connection pads disposed thereon and an inactive surface opposite the active surface; an encapsulant encapsulating at least some portions of the first interconnection member and the semiconductor chip; and a second interconnection member disposed on the first interconnection member and the semiconductor chip. The first interconnection member and the second interconnection member respectively include a plurality of redistribution layers electrically connected to the connection pads of the semiconductor chip, and the semiconductor chip has a groove defined in the active surface and between a peripheral edge of the semiconductor chip and the connection pads of the semiconductor chip.
US10229864B1
An integrated circuit is provided that comprises a thermal sink layer, a first ground plane associated with a first set of circuits that have a first operational temperature requirement, and a first thermally conductive via that couples the first ground plane to the thermal sink layer. The circuit further comprises a second ground plane associated with a second set of circuits that have a second operational temperature requirement that is higher than the first operational temperature requirement, and a second thermally conductive via that couples the second ground plane to the thermal sink layer, wherein the first thermally conductive via has a greater volume of thermal conductive material than the second thermally conductive via to remove heat from the first set of circuits with less gradient than the second set of circuits.
US10229861B2
A power semiconductor device and package includes multiple electrically parallel semiconductor device legs designed to share source regions and share a drain region between two devices in each leg laterally staggered from each other to distribute thermal conductivity across the shared source regions. A multitude of jigsaw patterned lateral isolation trenches are formed in a substrate of the device. The trenches are configured to isolate the laterally staggered line-in and line-out source regions from a common drain region of the plurality of semiconductor device legs. The staggered devices are also designed for staggered time and staggered heat conductivity delays from the package input to an output of a respective pair of devices to be shorter than a time and heat conductivity delay from the package input to an output of a subsequent pair of devices.
US10229860B2
The present disclosure relates to a thermally enhanced semiconductor package, which includes a module substrate, a thinned flip chip die over the substrate, a first mold compound component, and a thermally enhanced mold compound component. The first mold compound component resides over the module substrate, surrounds the thinned flip chip die, and extends above an upper surface of the thinned flip chip die to form a cavity over the upper surface of the thinned flip chip die. The thermally enhanced mold compound component includes a lower portion filling a lower region of the cavity and residing over the upper surface of the thinned flip chip die, and an upper portion filling an upper region of the cavity and residing over the lower portion. A first average thermal conductivity of the lower portion is at least 1.2 times greater than a second average thermal conductivity of the upper portion.
US10229853B2
Non-planar I/O and logic semiconductor devices having different workfunctions on common substrates and methods of fabricating non-planar I/O and logic semiconductor devices having different workfunctions on common substrates are described. For example, a semiconductor structure includes a first semiconductor device disposed above a substrate. The first semiconductor device has a conductivity type and includes a gate electrode having a first workfunction. The semiconductor structure also includes a second semiconductor device disposed above the substrate. The second semiconductor device has the conductivity type and includes a gate electrode having a second, different, workfunction.
US10229852B2
According to an embodiment of the present invention, self-aligned gate cap, comprises a gate located on a substrate; a gate cap surrounding a side of the gate; a contact region self-aligned to the gate; and a low dielectric constant oxide having a dielectric constant of less than 3.9 located on top of the gate. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method of forming a self-aligned contact comprises removing at least a portion of an interlayer dielectric layer to expose a top surface of a gate cap located on a substrate; recessing the gate cap to form a recessed area; depositing a low dielectric constant oxide having a dielectric constant of less than 3.9 in the recessed area; and polishing a surface of the low dielectric constant oxide to expose a contact area.
US10229851B2
An etch back air gap (EBAG) process is provided. The EBAG process includes forming an initial structure that includes a dielectric layer disposed on a substrate and a liner disposed to line a trench defined in the dielectric layer. The process further includes impregnating a metallic interconnect material with dopant materials, filling a remainder of the trench with the impregnated metallic interconnect materials to form an intermediate structure and drive-out annealing of the intermediate structure. The drive-out annealing of the intermediate structure serves to drive the dopant materials out of the impregnated metallic interconnect materials and thereby forms a chemical- and plasma-attack immune material.
US10229843B2
Provided is a substrate processing apparatus including: a substrate processing unit configured to accommodate a substrate in a processing chamber, and process the substrate; and a control unit including a storage unit, a main storage unit, and a user interface unit. The control unit includes: recipe optimizing means configured to calculate a difference between measurement data obtained by measuring a processing result of the substrate and a target value, and optimize a recipe by changing some of processing conditions of the recipe so that the difference becomes smaller, and recipe batch-optimizing means configured to retrieve a batch-optimizable recipe in the storage unit in connection with the recipe and change some of processing conditions on the retrieved recipe like the recipe, on which the optimization is being performed.
US10229831B2
A method of fabricating a nitride semiconductor substrate including forming a buffer layer on a surface of a growth substrate, growing a first nitride semiconductor layer on the buffer layer, growing a second nitride semiconductor layer on the first nitride semiconductor layer, and removing the growth substrate may be provided. The forming a buffer layer may deform the surface of the growth substrate to have a convex shape. The forming a buffer layer and the growing a first nitride semiconductor layer may be performed within a first process chamber. The growing a second nitride semiconductor layer and the removing the growth substrate may be performed within a second process chamber.
US10229822B2
A high-voltage power source for applying high voltage to a nozzle of an ESI ion source includes a charge release assistant section including switch circuits and other elements for forcing electric charges accumulated at output terminals to be discharged in a polarity-switching operation, whereby the positive/negative switching of the polarity of the output voltage can be quickly performed. For example, when the voltage applied to the nozzle needs to be changed from V1 to V2 (where V1 and V2 are positive, and V1>V2), a voltage control section operates a positive voltage generation section and negative voltage generation section so as to temporarily provide a negative output voltage. After a predetermined period of time, the voltage control section operates the positive voltage generation section and negative voltage generation section so as to provide voltage V2.
US10229813B2
In a plasma processing apparatus including a processing chamber, a dielectric window for hermetically sealing the upper portion of the processing chamber, an induction antenna deployed above the dielectric window, a Faraday shield unit, and a control apparatus for controlling a first radio-frequency power source for supplying a radio-frequency power to the induction antenna, and a second radio-frequency power source for supplying a radio-frequency power to the Faraday shield unit, the Faraday shield unit includes a first Faraday shield having a first element, and a second Faraday shield having a second element deployed at a position adjacent to the first element, the control apparatus applying a time modulation to the radio-frequency powers that are respectively supplied to the first element and the second element, the phase of the first-element-supplied and time-modulated radio-frequency power being different from the phase of the second-element-supplied and time-modulated radio-frequency power.
US10229811B2
With conventional optical axis adjustment, a charged particle beam will not be perpendicularly incident to a sample, affecting the measurements of a pattern being observed. Highly precise measurement and correction of a microscopic inclination angle are difficult. Therefore, in the present invention, in a state where a charged particle beam is irradiated toward a sample, a correction of the inclination of the charged particle beam toward the sample is performed on the basis of secondary electron scanning image information from a reflector plate. From the secondary electron scanning image information, a deviation vector for charged particle beam deflectors is adjusted, causing the charged particle beam to be perpendicularly incident to the sample. At least two stages of charged particle beam deflectors are provided.
US10229809B2
A device 1 for generating a controlled ionic flow I is described. The device 1 is portable and comprises an ionization chamber 6, at least one inlet member 2 and at least one ion outlet member 3. The ionization chamber 6 is suitable to be kept at a vacuum pressure, and configured to ionize gaseous particles contained therein. The at least one inlet member 2 is configured to inhibit or allow and/or adjust an inlet in the ionization chamber of a gaseous flow Fi of said gaseous particles. In addition, the at least one inlet member 2 comprises a gaseous flow adjusting interface 22, having a plurality of nano-holes 20, of sub-micrometric dimensions, suitable to be opened or closed, in a controlled manner, to inhibit or allow a respective plurality of gas micro-flows through the at least one inlet member 2.
US10229806B2
A plug comprises power contacts and a trip jumper having jumper contacts configured to make a trip connection, during a plugging action with the plug and a receptacle, with mating trip contacts in the receptacle. When the receptacle is connected to electrical power during the plugging action, a current over the trip connection can cause disconnection of a receptacle power contact from the power. A receptacle comprises receptacle power contacts and a trip circuit having receptacle trip contacts configured to make a trip connection, during a plugging action with the receptacle and plug, with mating trip contacts in the plug. When the receptacle is connected to electrical power during the plugging action, a current over the trip connection can cause disconnection of power to a receptacle power contact. A system can have an electrical device with a line cord connected to the plug.
US10229803B2
Various high voltage systems may benefit from a suitable relay system. For example, a relay box may be provided with a shock and vibration resistant arrangement including a sealed coil box within the sealed relay box. For example, an apparatus can include a coil box containing coils, inside pole pieces, and permanent magnets, wherein the coils, inside pole pieces, and permanent magnets can be configured to actuate an armature assembly external to the coil box. The apparatus can also include outside pole pieces configured to move a relay armature of the armature assembly responsive to energizing of the coils. Moving the relay armature can include overcoming a latching of at least one of the permanent magnets.
US10229793B2
Circuit interrupters such as breakers with a metal arc chute having a base and sidewalls extending outward from the base forming an open cavity, a movable arm holding a movable contact adjacent to the arc chute, a line conductor electrically connected to a stationary contact residing adjacent to the arc chute facing the movable contact and a three-dimensional molded arc quenching insert attached to the metal arc chute, and residing in the cavity of the metal arc chute between the stationary and movable contacts. The insert has an arc quenching material that optionally releases a gas such as hydrogen during an arcing event.
US10229792B2
A solid electrolytic capacitor element that includes a valve metal substrate that has an anode terminal region and a cathode-forming region; a dielectric layer on the cathode-forming region; a solid electrolyte layer on the dielectric layer; a current collector layer on the solid electrolyte layer; a masking member on the anode terminal region, the masking member partitioning between the anode terminal region and the cathode-forming region and insulating the valve metal substrate from opposite polarity; and a hydrophilic member on a surface of the masking member.
US10229779B2
In a method of manufacturing an embedded magnetic component, a cavity is formed in an insulating substrate. One or more drops of adhesive are applied to the cavity and a magnetic core is inserted in the cavity. The cavity and the magnetic core are then covered with a first insulating layer. Through holes are formed through the first insulating layer and the insulating substrate, and plated up to form conductive vias. Metallic traces are added to exterior surfaces of the first insulating layer and the insulating substrate to form upper and lower winding layers. The metallic traces and the conductive vias form the windings for an embedded magnetic component, such as a transformer or an inductor.
US10229773B2
An acousto-optic audio signal cable includes an audio wire cluster, a light emitting diode marquee light wire or a light emitting diodes light-emitting light string or an electroluminescent cable, a transparent or light-transmitting insulating layer, and an acousto-optic controller. The light emitting diode marquee light wire and the audio wire cluster, or the light emitting diodes light-emitting light string and the audio wire cluster, or the electroluminescent cable and the audio wire cluster are integrated into a wire cluster. The transparent or light-transmitting insulating layer wraps the integrated wire cluster. The acousto-optic controller includes a sampling amplifier circuit component, an A/D conversion circuit component, a microprocessor, and an output driver coupled in sequence. An input terminal of the sampling amplifier circuit component is coupled to the audio wire cluster. The output driver is coupled to the light emitting diode marquee light wire.
US10229771B2
A method for a down-hole cable is provided. The down-hole cable includes an insulated conductor portion. A filler layer abuts and encapsulates the insulated conductor portion, wherein the filler layer is substantially formed with a foamed fluoropolymer. An armor shell is applied to the exterior of the foamed fluoropolymer filler layer.
US10229764B2
A system for preparing a container holding radioactive waste for dry storage. In one aspect, the invention can be a system for preparing a container having a cavity loaded with radioactive elements for dry storage, the system comprising: a gas circulation system comprising a condenser module, a desiccant module, and a gas circulator module; the gas circulation system configured to form a hermetically sealed closed-loop path when operably connected to the cavity of the container; and means for adding and removing the desiccant module as part of the hermetically sealed closed-loop path.
US10229763B2
Provided are a neutron detector for detecting a neutron flux distribution of the inside of a reactor, a drive cable connected to the neutron detector, a drive unit for driving the drive cable, a plurality of guide thimbles provided being inserted from the outside of the reactor into the reactor, for inserting the neutron detector, a storage tube for storing the neutron detector, a path transfer device connected to the drive unit, for selecting one of insertion of the neutron detector into each of the guide thimbles and insertion of the neutron detector into the storage tube, and an inspection guide tube connecting the drive unit and the storage tube. The drive unit has a switching unit for switching between the path transfer device side and the inspection guide tube side.
US10229753B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to systems and techniques for accessing data stores of medical images and displaying the medical images in substantially real-time to provide information in an interactive user interface. Systems are disclosed that may advantageously provide highly efficient, intuitive, and rapid dynamic interaction with two- and three-dimensional medical image data using hand gestures. The systems may include interactive user interfaces that are dynamically updated to provide tracking of a user's hand in a virtual 3D space by two- and/or three-dimensional image data. A user may use the systems described herein to more quickly, thoroughly, and efficiently interact with image data including two-dimensional images, three-dimensional image data, and/or series of image data, as compared to previous systems.
US10229749B2
A nonvolatile memory storage system includes a plurality of memory cells and a memory controller configured to transmit a read command to a nonvolatile memory device based on a plurality of read voltages. The nonvolatile memory device performs a first read operation on a first level among the N levels based on a first read voltage among the plurality of read voltages, counts the number of on-cells that respond to the first read voltage among the plurality of memory cells, and adjusts a level of a second read voltage to be used to perform a second read operation on the first level or a second level among the N levels among the plurality of read voltages according to a comparison result of the counted number of on-cells and the number of reference cells.
US10229734B1
Embodiments of the technology relate to storing user data and metadata in persistent storage in the event of a power failure and then recovering such stored data and metadata when power is restored.
US10229732B2
A logic circuit in a system LSI is provided with a power switch so as to cut off the switch at the time of standby, reducing leakage current. At the same time, an SRAM circuit of the system LSI controls a substrate bias to reduce leakage current.
US10229726B2
A memory circuit has a ferroelectric memory cell having a word line and a bit line, an input transistor connected to the bit line, a gain element electrically connected the bit line, wherein the gain element includes a feedback capacitor, and an output terminal. A method of reading a memory cell includes applying a voltage to a word line of the memory cell, causing charge to transfer from the memory cell to a feedback capacitor, generating a voltage, amplifying the voltage by applying a gain having a magnitude of less than three, sensing an output voltage at an output node to determine a state of the memory cell, and storing the memory state in a latch.
US10229723B1
A spin orbit torque magnetoresistive random access memory (SOT MRAM) cell includes a magnetic tunnel junction that contains a free layer having two bi-stable magnetization directions, a reference magnetic layer having a fixed magnetization direction, and a tunnel barrier layer located between the free layer and the reference layer, and a nonmagnetic spin Hall effect layer. The spin Hall effect layer may include an alternating stack of beta phase tungsten layers and noble metal nonmagnetic dusting layers. Alternatively or in addition, a hafnium layer may be located between the nonmagnetic spin Hall effect layer and the free layer.
US10229710B2
An apparatus and associated method that contemplate spinning up an electric motor to an operational speed by accelerating the motor with a primary power, and before the motor is accelerated to the operational speed, boosting the primary power with an auxiliary power for a predetermined interval.
US10229707B2
A disk device includes first and second recording surfaces, a first head for the first recording surface, including a first heater which generates heat via a first electric power, a second head for the second recording surface, including a second heater which generates heat via a second electric power, and a control circuit configured to execute a first preheating operation in which the first electric power is supplied to the first heater for a first time interval prior to starting a first writing process to write data on the first recording surface by the first head, and to execute a second preheating operation in which the second electric power is supplied to the second heater for a second time interval prior to starting a second writing process to write data on the second recording surface by the second head. The first time interval is different from the second time interval.
US10229706B1
A slider of a heat-assisted magnetic recording head comprises an air bearing surface and an optical waveguide configured to receive light from a laser source. The slider comprises a plurality of electrical bond pads including a first bond pad and a second bond pad. A first resistive sensor is configured to sense for spacing changes and contact between the slider and a magnetic recording medium at or near a first close point of the slider. A second resistive sensor is configured to sense for spacing changes and contact between the slider and the medium at or near a second close point of the slider. A bolometer is situated at a location within the slider that receives at least some of the light communicated along the optical waveguide. The first resistive sensor, the second resistive sensor, and the bolometer are coupled together and between the first and second bond pads.
US10229705B2
In one general embodiment, an apparatus includes a magnetic head having at least one tunneling magnetoresistance sensor. The resistance of the tunnel barrier of each tunneling magnetoresistance sensor is about 25 ohms or less. In another general embodiment, an apparatus includes a magnetic head having at least one tunneling magnetoresistance sensor. The resistivity of the tunnel barrier of each tunneling magnetoresistance sensor is less than a product of a target resistance of the tunnel barrier and an area of the tunnel barrier. The target resistance is about 25 ohms or less.
US10229704B2
Devices having air bearing surfaces (ABS), the devices including a near field transducer (NFT) that includes a disc configured to convert photons incident thereon into plasmons; and a peg configured to couple plasmons coupled from the disc into an adjacent magnetic storage medium, wherein at least one of a portion of the peg, a portion of the disc, or a portion of both the peg and the disc include a multilayer structure including at least two layers including at least one layer of a first material and at least one layer of a second material, wherein the first material and the second material are not the same and wherein the first and the second materials independently include aluminum (Al), antimony (Sb), bismuth (Bi), boron (B), barium (Ba), calcium (Ca), cerium (Ce), chromium (Cr), cobalt (Co), copper (Cu), erbium (Er), gadolinium (Gd), gallium (Ga), germanium (Ge), gold (Au), hafnium (Hf), indium (In), iridium (Ir), iron (Fe), lanthanum (La), magnesium (Mg), manganese (Mn), molybdenum (Mo), nickel (Ni), niobium (Nb), osmium (Os), palladium (Pd), platinum (Pt), rhenium (Re), rhodium (Rh), ruthenium (Ru), scandium (Sc), silicon (Si), silver (Ag), strontium (Sr), tantalum (Ta), thorium (Th), tin (Sn), titanium (Ti), vanadium (V), tungsten (W), ytterbium (Yb), yttrium (Y), zirconium (Zr), or combinations thereof.
US10229699B2
In some embodiments, provide apparatuses and methods to track item containers. Some of these embodiments include systems to track item containers, comprising: an audio detector positioned relative to a parking lot associated with a shopping facility and configured to capture audio signals generated at one or more predefined locations; an audio evaluation circuit to: receive the audio signals; and identify when one or more audio signatures correspond to one or more distinct predefined audio signatures that correspond to movements of a first item container relative to the one or more predefined locations; and a control circuit configured to estimate a quantity of item containers at the one or more predefined locations as a function of identifying that one or more of the audio signals include the one or more audio signatures corresponding to the one or more predefined audio signatures.
US10229692B2
A quantizing method is provided that includes quantizing an input signal by selecting one of a first quantization scheme not using an inter-frame prediction and a second quantization scheme using the inter-frame prediction, in consideration of one or more of a prediction mode, a predictive error and a transmission channel state.
US10229683B2
Systems perform methods of interpreting spoken utterances from a user and responding to the utterances by providing requested information or performing a requested action. The utterances are interpreted in the context of multiple domains. Each interpretation is assigned a relevancy score based on how well the interpretation represents what the speaker intended. Interpretations having a relevancy score below a threshold for its associated domain are discarded. A remaining interpretation is chosen based on choosing the most relevant domain for the utterance. The user may be prompted to provide disambiguation information that can be used to choose the best domain. Storing past associations of utterance representation and domain choice allows for measuring the strength of correlation between uttered words and phrases with relevant domains. This correlation strength information may allow the system to automatically disambiguate alternate interpretations without requiring user input.
US10229673B2
In certain implementations, follow-up responses may be provided for prior natural language inputs of a user. As an example, a natural language input associated with a user may be received at a computer system. A determination of whether information sufficient for providing an adequate response to the natural language input is currently accessible to the computer system may be effectuated. A first response to the natural language input (that indicates that a follow-up response will be provided) may be provided based on a determination that information sufficient for providing an adequate response to the natural language input is not currently accessible. Information sufficient for providing an adequate response to the natural language input may be received. A second response to the natural language input may then be provided based on the received sufficient information.
US10229669B2
There is provided a speech processing apparatus including: a data obtaining unit which obtains music progression data defining a property of one or more time points or one or more time periods along progression of music; a determining unit which determines an output time point at which a speech is to be output during reproducing the music by utilizing the music progression data obtained by the data obtaining unit; and an audio output unit which outputs the speech at the output time point determined by the determining unit during reproducing the music.
US10229666B2
A signal processing device includes a coefficient updater configured to calculate a filter coefficient based on a reference signal, an error signal, and an update parameter to set the filter coefficient in a noise cancelling filter. A parameter adjuster adjusts the update parameter according to fluctuation of the reference signal produced from an output of a reference microphone.
US10229665B2
A porous sound absorbing structure according to the present invention includes an outer material 2 having a smooth curved shape, an inner material 3 having an uneven shape with a perimeter thereof combined with a perimeter of the outer material 2 to form a hollow portion S between the outer material 2 and the inner material, and a reinforcing plate material 4 having a large number of through holes 5, the reinforcing plate material being attached to a surface of the inner material 3 on the side of the hollow portion S in such a manner that an air layer is formed between the reinforcing plate material and the surface. A sound absorbing property is given to an interior of the hollow portion S by the reinforcing plate material 4.
US10229659B2
A low-friction bridge for a stringed musical instrument employs a roller saddle that is adapted and positioned to roll upon a race. The race includes structure to guide the roller saddle as it rolls. A musical string is seated in a circumferential groove/saddle formed in the roller saddle. As the musical string stretches or contracts the saddle rolls, and thus the musical string does not slide in the saddle. As such sliding friction is avoided in favor of rolling friction of the roller saddle rolling upon the race. One or more contact members can be biased into contact with side faces of the roller saddle.
US10229656B2
To provide an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a program with which a full-size image of an object in an input image can be displayed at a position that makes people feel that the image is closer to the real thing. An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes an image size adjustment unit and a display position determination unit. The image size adjustment unit adjusts a size of an input image so that an object of the input image is displayed in full size from a display area. The display position determination unit determines, on the basis of a positional relationship between a first base surface of a space where the display area exists and the display area, a display position of a full-size image in the display area, the full-size image being obtained by adjusting the size of the input image.
US10229652B2
An input device and an air conditioner including the same, wherein the input device receives operation input of an air conditioner including an outdoor unit and an indoor unit, and the input device includes a display unit, a communication unit to communicate with the indoor unit, and a controller to perform control such that a home screen including a plurality of icon items is displayed on the display unit and to perform control such that at least one selected from between the luminance and the color of the home screen is changed in response to the operation of a power button.
US10229650B2
An array substrate and a display device are provided. In the array substrate, each of first shift register units and second shift register units is electrically connected to a respective scanning line. Scanning lines electrically connected to the first shift register units at the same stage or to the second shift register units at the same stage are in the same row. Clock signal input terminals of the first shift register units at the same stage or of the second shift register units at the same stage receive the same clock signal. Enable signal input terminals of the first shift register units at the first stage or of the second shift register units at the first stage receive the same enable signal.
US10229647B2
A method and system for driving an active matrix display is provided. The system includes a drive circuit for a pixel having a light emitting device. The drive circuit includes a drive transistor for driving the light emitting device. The system includes a mechanism for adjusting the gate voltage of the drive transistor.
US10229645B2
A display device includes: pixels corresponding to respective colors arranged in matrix, wherein each pixel has a pixel circuit portion in which a circuit for display driving of the pixel is arranged and a pixel opening to be an area obtaining effective display light, the pixel openings of the pixels corresponding to at least one color have an area different from areas of the pixel openings of pixels corresponding to other colors.
US10229642B2
According to an aspect, the liquid crystal display device includes: an expansion coefficient determining unit that determines an expansion coefficient of each of partial areas based on a signal level of the first, the second, and the third colors; a luminance level determining unit that determines a luminance level of each partial area based on the signal level; a signal processing unit that uses the expansion coefficient to expand the signal level; and a light source control unit that controls brightness of a light source based on the expansion coefficient and the luminance level. The light source can change the brightness of the partial areas individually. The light source control unit controls the light source such that the brightness of the light source in a partial area having a luminance level equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold is higher than the brightness based on the expansion coefficient.
US10229641B2
A driving method of an electrophoretic display having at least one display particle is provided. The driving method includes the following steps. A first voltage difference is applied to a data line in a first period, in which the data line corresponds to one of the display particles. At least one particle restore period is inserted in the first period, and a second voltage difference is applied to the data line in the particle restore periods, in which the second voltage difference is different from the first voltage difference. With this method disclosed here, the maxima brightness, maxima darkness, contrast ratio, color saturation, bistability, and image updating time can be largely improved.
US10229636B2
A pixel of an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device includes a first transistor having a gate connected to a scan line, a first terminal connected to a data line, and a second terminal, a capacitor having a first electrode connected to the second terminal of the first transistor and a second electrode connected to a first power supply voltage, a second transistor having a gate connected to the first electrode of the capacitor, a first terminal connected to the first power supply voltage, and a second terminal, an OLED having an anode connected to the second terminal of the second transistor and a cathode connected to a second power supply voltage, and a third transistor having a gate connected to a first sensing gate line, a first terminal connected to a sensing line, and a second terminal connected to the anode of the OLED.
US10229622B2
System and method for improving displayed image quality of an electronic display that displays a first image frame by applying a first voltage to a display pixel and a second image frame directly before the first image frame by applying a second voltage to the display pixel. A display pipeline is communicatively coupled to the electronic display and receives first image data corresponding with the first image frame, where the image data includes a first grayscale value corresponding with the display pixel. Additionally the display pipeline determines an inversion balancing grayscale offset based at least in part on the first grayscale value when polarity of the first voltage and polarity of the second voltage are the same and determines magnitude of the first voltage by applying the inversion balancing grayscale offset to the first grayscale value to reduce likelihood of a perceivable luminance spike when displaying the first image frame.
US10229609B2
Provided is a method, system, and/or non-transitory computer readable medium for providing learning content using a wordbook. A content providing method may include selecting a target word to be learned from a wordbook list, determining a content type of the target word based on a network state, and providing content associated with the target word using a push notification of the content type.
US10229608B2
The disclosure generally relates to physical figures having wireless communication devices implanted therein to capture evidence relating to real-world activities that may be required to progress in real-world and/or virtual spaces. For example, the wireless communication devices implanted in the physical figures may confirm proximity to other users and capture evidence indicating that progress has been achieved in real-world missions that may involve teamwork, competition, outdoor activities, and/or other real-world interaction. In one embodiment, the physical figures may have one or more sensors (e.g., accelerometers, gyroscopes, etc.) that can measure activities performed with the physical figures such that the wireless communication devices implanted therein may exchange the sensor measurements in relation to the cooperative and/or competitive interaction therebetween.
US10229595B2
The present disclosure relates to a vehicle interface device configured to output a haptic signal to indicate a potential hazard. The apparatus includes at least one haptic generator configured to generate a haptic signal; and a processor for controlling the haptic generator. The processor is configured to determine an angular position of the identified object relative to the vehicle in dependence on object data relating to an identified object representing a potential hazard. A control signal is generated to cause the haptic generator to output a haptic signal for providing an indication of the determined relative position of the identified object. The control signal is modified to progressively change the generated haptic signal to represent changes in the relative angular position of the identified object. The present disclosure also relates to a vehicle incorporating a vehicle interface device.
US10229593B2
Methods, systems and computer program product for determining parking occupancy. In some embodiments, the parking occupancy is determined based on at least one distance between a parking location of a user and a destination of the user. In some embodiments, the parking occupancy is determined based on one or more parking instances in a paid parking lot and is based on the distance from the paid parking lot. In some embodiments, the parking occupancy is determined based on at least one route of a vehicle while searching for parking. In some embodiments, the parking occupancy is determined based on a parking curve. The parking occupancy can be used to compute an estimated arrival time which includes an estimated searching for parking time. The parking occupancy information can be used to rank parking areas.
US10229587B2
A method of operating a mobile electronic device includes detecting at least one other mobile electronic device within a predetermined distance of the mobile electronic device, and determining a spatial relationship of the at least one other mobile electronic device relative to the mobile electronic device. An ad hoc wireless connection is established with the at least one other mobile electronic device based on the determined spatial relationship. Data may be transmitted to and/or received from the at least one other mobile electronic device over the ad hoc wireless connection based on the determined spatial relationship. Related systems, devices, and computer program products are also discussed in the context of vehicle-to-vehicle communication.
US10229574B2
A system (1) for monitoring living beings, such as persons, pets or livestock comprises a monitoring device (10) for monitoring a living being and a user device (20), such as a smartphone, which devices are arranged for communicating via an internet type connection (40), and a server (30) arranged for communicating with the user device (20) via a further internet type connection (50). The server (30) is provided with a software program for periodically initiating, through a software program in the user device (20), a protocol for testing the internet type connection (40). The system is thereby capable of detecting a loss of the internet type connection (40) between the monitoring device and the user device.
US10229572B1
A vehicle occupant detection system including at least one weight sensing pad, at least one infrared sensor, and at least one motion sensor disposed within an automobile. Each of the at least one weight sensing pad, the at least one infrared sensor, and the at least one motion sensor is in operational communication with each of a battery and a computer system of the automobile. The computer system is configured to activate at least one of a horn, an alarm, an engine, at least one power window, a wireless communication with a remotely disposed fob, a wireless text communication with a remotely disposed personal electronic device, and a cellular communication with an emergency responder when at least one of the at least one infrared sensor, the at least one weight sensing pad, and the at least one motion sensor detects a passenger disposed within the vehicle.
US10229568B2
An anti-theft RFID system for monitoring the presence of a plurality of tagged items includes an RFID reader including an antenna and being configured to transmit an interrogating signal to the RFID tags and retrieve data; a processor configured to process the data that the RFID reader retrieves from the RFID tags; and a display connected to the processor and configured to display a result processed by the processor. The processor is configured to update a first counter value indicating the number of tagged items located within a predefined area and to update a second counter value indicating the number of tagged items being taken away from the predefined area. The display is configured to display the values of the first and the second counters and thereby to assist an operator to determine the occurrence of a security event by analyzing the values of the first and the second counters.
US10229548B2
Generally speaking, and pursuant to these various embodiments, a method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium is provided that allows a guest to contact an owner or operator of a secured premises or area to gain access to the secured premises. An access control device initiates contact with a guest device and provides a resource to contact an owner device. If the owner decides to grant access to the guest, the owner selects a suitable input on the owner device so that the owner device sends an authorized signal to the guest device. The guest device acts as a gateway and forwards the authorized signal to the access control device. The access control device operates in response to reception of the authorized signal to grant the guest access to the secured premises.
US10229546B2
A remote server identifies based on unique identification information, model information, operator name information and/or owner name information, and a plurality of pieces of contact information. The remote server identifies trouble content information, estimated cause information, and seriousness information based on trouble content identification information. The remote server simultaneously transmits transmission information to contact addresses indicated by the plurality of pieces of contact information identified, the transmission information including the model information, the operator name information and/or the owner name information, date and time information, position information, the trouble content information, the estimated cause information, and the seriousness information. When the seriousness information has a highest rank, the remote server adds instruction information instructing a phone call to the operator and/or the owner to the transmission information to be transmitted to the contact addresses indicated by the plurality of pieces of contact information.
US10229536B2
A tessellation method uses both vertex tessellation factors and displacement factors defined for each vertex of a patch, which may be a quad, a triangle or an isoline. The method is implemented in a computer graphics system and involves calculating a vertex tessellation factor for each corner vertex in one or more input patches. Tessellation is then performed on the plurality of input patches using the vertex tessellation factors. The tessellation operation involves adding one or more new vertices and calculating a displacement factor for each newly added vertex. A world space parameter for each vertex is subsequently determined by calculating a target world space parameter for each vertex and then modifying the target world space parameter for a vertex using the displacement factor for that vertex.
US10229532B2
Computer systems and methods are described for automatically generating a 3D model, including locating a geographical location of a structure using wire-frame data of the structure; obtaining, using the geographical location of the structure, geo-referenced images representing the geographic location of the structure and containing one or more real façade texture of the structure; locating a geographical position of one or more real façade texture of the structure; selecting one or more base oblique image from the geo-referenced images by analyzing, with selection logic, image raster content of the real façade texture depicted in the multiple geo-referenced images, the selection logic using a factorial analysis of the image raster content; and applying the real façade texture of the base oblique image to the wire-frame data of the structure to create a three dimensional model providing a real-life representation of physical characteristics of the structure.
US10229531B2
A method and a device for testing a control unit, in which sensor data are transmitted over a network connection to a real or simulated control unit, which data are calculated by a data processing system using simulation, in which the simulation of the sensor data takes place at least in part with at least one graphics processor of at least one graphics processor unit of the data processing system. The simulated sensor data are encoded in image data that are output via a visualization interface to a data conversion unit that simulates a visualization unit connected to the visualization interface. Via the data conversion unit the received image data are converted into packet data containing the sensor data through the network connection to the control unit.
US10229529B2
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for implementing anti-aliasing operations using a programmable sample pattern table. The method includes the steps of receiving an instruction that causes one or more values to be stored in one or more corresponding entries of the programmable sample pattern table and performing an anti-aliasing operation based on at least one value stored in the programmable sample pattern table. At least one value is selected from the programmable sample pattern table based on, at least in part, a location of one or more corresponding pixels.
US10229526B2
Systems can identify visible surfaces for pixels in an image (portion) to be rendered. A sampling pattern of ray directions is applied to the pixels, so that the sampling pattern of ray directions repeats, and with respect to any pixel, the same ray direction can be found in the same relative position, with respect to that pixel, as for other pixels. Rays are emitted from visible surfaces in the respective ray direction supplied from the sampling pattern. Ray intersections can cause shaders to execute and contribute results to a sample buffer. With respect to shading of a given pixel, ray results from a selected subset of the pixels are used; the subset is selected by identifying a set of pixels, collectively from which rays were traced for the ray directions in the pattern, and requiring that surfaces from which rays were traced for those pixels satisfy a similarity criteria.
US10229524B2
An image processing method includes: determining whether a draw command that is identical to a previous draw command is input; obtaining information about a transparency of a previous frame that is performed with the previous draw command; and performing image processing on a current frame based on the information about the transparency.
US10229522B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for processing a digital image. In some embodiments, a digital image may be output to a display. A scope overlay may be provided that includes a cursor window, a viewing window having a fixed size relative to the display, and a target source size. The viewing window may be calibrated according to the target source size to generate an image scale factor. In some embodiments, the calibrating may include correlating a section of the viewing window to the target source size, and calculating a ratio of the target source size to a display size of the section of the viewing window to generate the image scale factor. A portion of the digital image may then be displayed within the viewing window of the scope overlay, and the portion of the digital image may be scaled according to the image scale factor.
US10229519B2
This disclosure provides a computational framework with related methods and systems to enhance the analysis of genomic information. More specifically, the disclosure provides for a graph-based reference genome framework, referred to as a GNOmics Graph Model (GGM), which represents genomic sequence information in edges with nodes representing transitions between edges. The disclosed GGM framework can represent all known polymorphisms simultaneously, including, SNPs, indels, and various rearrangements, in a data-efficient manner. The edges can contain weights to reflect the likelihood of a path within the GGM incorporating any particular edge. The disclosure also provides for systems and methods for using the GGM as a reference model for the rapid assembly of short sequence reads and analysis of DNA sequence variation with enhanced computational efficiency.
US10229518B2
Techniques are described to support undo and redo operations in connection with a digital ink canvas on an appliance that can take part in a collaboration amongst multiple appliances that can share content. The digital ink canvas is a digital area that accepts inputs from a user and renders a digital stroke. The described techniques make use of a navigable history palette which includes individual history entries that each provide a visual representation of a state of the digital ink canvas at some point during the collaboration. The history palette provides a navigable user interface instrumentality which permits panning through the history palette to enable user to select a particular visual representation. The digital ink canvas is then returned to the state associated with the selected visual representation. The selected visual representation can be provided across the appliances participating in the virtual collaboration.
US10229516B2
A method for making a three-dimensional surface reconstruction of an object from two or more bi-dimensional images of the object, so called 2D images, comprising: a) providing a three-dimensional dataset, so called 3D dataset, of the object; b) generating a 3D model using the dataset as described in a); c) providing motion information to build a 3D model over time; d) generating a 3D reconstruction from said at least two 2D images; and e) using information from the 3D model over time to correct the 3D reconstruction over time. A corresponding apparatus and computer program are also disclosed and claimed.
US10229512B2
According to another embodiment, a computer program product for implementing visualization data at a mobile device comprises a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, and where the program instructions are executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method comprising identifying, utilizing the processor and a hardware camera of the mobile device, vision code data from a plurality of additional devices, identifying an orientation of the mobile device, utilizing the processor and one or more sensors of the mobile device, calculating local observations utilizing the processor, the vision code data, and the orientation, sending the local observations to a cloud-side service, utilizing the processor, receiving, utilizing the processor, timed tile sequences from the cloud-side service, in response to the sending of the local observations, and outputting the timed tile sequences, utilizing the processor and a display of the mobile device.
US10229501B2
A mobile robot and method for controlling the same are provided creating patches in images captured by a camera while the mobile robot is moving, estimating motion blur of the patches, and correcting the position of the mobile robot based on the patch from which the motion blur is eliminated, thereby increasing precision in tracking and reliability through accurate mapping. The mobile robot includes a main body, a traveler to move the main body, a camera combined with the main body to capture an image of a surrounding of the main body, a position detector to create a patch in the image captured by the camera, estimate a motion blur of the patch, and track a position of the main body based on the created patch from which the motion blur is eliminated, and a controller to control the traveler based on the position of the main body.
US10229491B1
A system and a method are described for monitoring a medical care environment. In one or more implementations, a method includes identifying a plurality of potential locations within a field of view of a camera as representing a bed and/or a seating platform. The method also includes identifying a first subset of pixels from the plurality of potential locations as representing a bed and/or a seating platform. The method also includes identifying a second subset of pixels within the field of view of the camera as representing an object (e.g., a subject, such as a patient, medical personnel; bed; chair; patient tray; medical equipment; etc.) proximal to the bed and/or seating platform. The method also includes determining an orientation of the object with respect to the bed and/or seating platform. In implementations, the method further includes issuing an electronic communication alert based upon the orientation of the object.
US10229490B2
Methods and systems for automatically scoring diagnoses associated with clinical images. One system includes a server including an electronic processor and an interface for communicating with at least one data source. The electronic processor is configured to receive a diagnosis associated with an image of a patient from the at least one data source over the interface. The diagnosis is for an anatomical structure represented in the image. The electronic processor is also configured to receive a pathology result for the patient for the anatomical structure generated after the diagnosis from the at least one pathology result source over the interface. The electronic processor is also configured to automatically generate a score based on a comparison of the diagnosis and the pathology result. The electronic processor is also configured to display the score within a graphical user interface.
US10229487B2
Techniques for automated quality control of containers and items are disclosed. Images of a container can be successively captured over time. A consolidated image can be generated from the captured images. A non-image representation of the consolidated image can be determined. The non-image representation can be used to determine whether the container satisfies a condition. An imaging system can include a visual reference object or an object sensor used to detect entry of the container into a view volume of an electronic camera. A motion system can transport the container into the view volume. Some examples operate in an automated-warehouse environment.
US10229484B2
Tone mapping is applied to pixels of a digital image. A luminance value of a pixel is determined based on whether one or more pixel intensity values of a pixel in a color space are within a pixel saturation range. A pixel gain is determined based on the determined luminance value of the pixel, and the determined pixel gain is applied to the pixel. The luminance value may also or instead be determined based on whether one or more of the pixel intensity values is within a pixel black-out range. A weight may be employed to determine the luminance value.
US10229483B2
A subject information acquisition unit 12 acquires imaged subject information indicative of attributes related to illumination for a subject from a taken image. A preset information selection unit 21 selects preset information as illumination setting information for setting an illumination environment according to a user operation. An illumination setting information adjustment unit adjusts the illumination setting information selected by the illumination setting information selection unit to illumination setting information corresponding to the subject on the basis of the imaged subject information acquired by the subject information acquisition unit. By simply selecting the preset information, it is possible to set easily an illumination environment for relighting, for example.
US10229475B2
Resolution data is generated by using signals output by a first pixel group. Color data is generated by using signals output by a second pixel group. The resolution data is combined with the color data to generate first data. Up-conversion processing is performed on the first data to generate second data, and mosaic processing is performed on the second data to generate data of a predetermined array.
US10229474B2
A pixel position to be mapped to each pixel position on an output image by deformation is obtained as an input pixel position. A filter coefficient group to be used for pixel interpolation at the time of deformation is adjusted by using the pixel values of pixels positioned around an input pixel position on the input image. A pixel value at the pixel position on the output image which corresponds to the input pixel position is calculated by using the pixel values of the pixels positioned around the input pixel position on the input image and the filter coefficient group after adjustment.
US10229468B2
Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for receiving a general purpose graphics processing unit (GPGPU) workload and converting the GPGPU workload to a three-dimensional (3D) workload. Additionally, the 3D workload may be dispatched to a 3D pipeline. In one example, converting the GPGPU workload to the 3D workload includes identifying a plurality of thread groups in the GPGPU workload and mapping the plurality of thread groups to a 3D matrix of cubes.
US10229460B2
In a computerized system, a route-based analysis may be performed relating to a commuting route for a customer of an insurance company. The insurance company may provide information to the customer based on the result of the analysis. The information may relate to an insurance policy premium quotation, or to suggested vehicle deceleration or acceleration to improve driving efficiency and/or safety.
US10229459B1
An apparatus comprises a routing module configured to receive a data unit having a code indicator. The routing module is configured to identify a virtual destination address based on the code indicator. The routing module is also configured to replace a destination address of the data unit with the virtual destination address to define a modified data unit. The routing module is further configured to send the modified data unit.
US10229453B2
A basket calculation engine is deployed to receive a stream of data and accelerate the computation of basket values based on that data. In a preferred embodiment, the basket calculation engine is used to process financial market data to compute the net asset values (NAVs) of financial instrument baskets. The basket calculation engine can be deployed on a coprocessor and can also be realized via a pipeline, the pipeline preferably comprising a basket association lookup module and a basket value updating module. The coprocessor is preferably a reconfigurable logic device such as a field programmable gate array (FPGA).
US10229451B2
A method for processing transaction information for a commodity object is provided. The method includes receiving a request for purchasing a commodity object and generating, based on the request, a transaction order. The transaction order may include transaction amount information, information about a first user selling the commodity object, and information about a second user purchasing the commodity object. The method may further include setting an amount of fund in a fund account of the second user to a frozen state, and after a preset time period, transferring the amount of fund to a fund account of the first user. After the amount of fund is set to the frozen state and before the amount of fund is transferred to the fund account of the first user, an income produced by the amount of fund may be calculated and transferred to the fund account of the second user.
US10229444B2
A first network signal is received indicating a device identifier in response to a transaction involving an electronic device uniquely associated with the device identifier. An entity identifier specific to an entity associated with the transaction is determined. In response to an initialization event of the electronic device, a second network signal from the electronic device is received that identifies the electronic device. In response to the second network signal, a configuration is communicated to the electronic device that is specific to the entity associated with the transaction.
US10229442B1
The innovation disclosed and claimed herein, in one aspect thereof, comprises systems and methods for optimized communications based on a customer emotional state. In aspects of the system and method, a customer social media account is analyzed for past social media posts. Customer emotional states are determined for the past social media posts. The past social media posts are also associated with financial transactions made by the customer such that emotional states are linked to specific financial transactions. The system and method monitor the customer social media account for new social media posts. A new social media post can be detected. An emotional state can be determined for the new social media post. The system and method collect the financial transactions with the same emotional state. The system and method generate an offer for similar products and/or related to the financial transactions. The offer is communicated to the customer.
US10229441B2
Methods of allowing a customer to access information related to an order of a commodity include gathering inspection information from a commodity lot, collecting grower, field, and packing information associated with the commodity lot, recording purchase orders associated with the commodity lot, assigning a trace code to each of the purchase orders, entering the inspection information; the grower, field, and packing information; the purchase orders; and the trace codes into a database maintained through online accounts. Many members of a supply chain are entitled to accounts that are linked, each account being given limited access to other accounts, thereby allowing the customer to access the inspection information, and the grower, field, and packing information, by entering one of the trace codes into the web-based application. According to one exemplary embodiment, each of the purchase orders associated with the commodity lot is linked within the web-based application.
US10229438B2
A management and delivery method and system for a distributed marketing network. Access to one or more network service gateways associated with a distributed marketing network can be authorized, if particular criteria are satisfied. A business transaction may be coordinated with the distributed marketing network through network service gateways in a near real time fashion and without manual intervention, in response to authorizing the access to the network service gateways. The network service gateways may include a partner interface, a centralized hub that communicates with the partner interfaces, and/or a local market integrated service layer that communicates with the centralized hub and the partner interface. The distributed marketing network may be, for example, a network of radio stations.
US10229437B1
An entity such as a social networking system generates a dynamically customized user-specific advertisement using an advertisement template and user information. A request is received for an advertisement to display to a user, and the social networking system retrieves an advertisement template that includes one or more functions. The social networking system also retrieves user information to evaluate a value of a function contained in the advertisement. The user information is provided by both a first and second party (e.g., the advertiser and the social networking system), where the meaning of the information provided by each party is obscured from the other party. The template and the value of each function are used to generate a dynamically customized user-specific advertisement for display to the user, where both parties have provided user information that is obscured in some manner from the other party, allowing for a more personalized advertisement.
US10229430B2
Performance based delivery of content to an audience member. A network of audience member information collection domains provide information about audience members. A profiled audience member may belong to a network segment. Delivery of an advertisement to the profiled audience member is accommodated based upon membership in the network segment and performance criteria. The performance criteria may be configured to benefit a publisher, such as by maximizing revenue. Allocating revenue based upon the collection of data used to target audience members is also provided.
US10229429B2
An embodiment of the invention identifies a positive reaction to an advertisement and sends the advertisement to a mobile and/or wearable electronic device of a user. The advertisement can be sent to the mobile and/or wearable electronic device of the user only when the user is within a first threshold distance to a store of the advertiser, the user is within a second threshold distance to a store that is within a third threshold degree of similarity to the advertisement, the user is within the second threshold distance to a store that is within the third threshold degree of similarity to the advertiser, the user is browsing a website of the advertiser, the user is browsing a website that is within a fourth threshold degree of similarity to the advertisement, and/or the user is browsing a website that is within the fourth threshold degree of similarity to the advertiser.
US10229425B2
A computer system includes a computer configured to access files ripe for surveys from a management system, and provide links to the files in the management system to work queues on survey terminals. The system also includes a data acquisition processor for receiving first and second feedback responses. The first feedback response is received by the data acquisition processor for an open claim. The second feedback response is received by the data acquisition processor after it receives the first feedback response. The system is configured to classify the first feedback response in one of two categories, one indicative of attention needed and one indicative of attention not needed, and to route a claim having an attention needed response to a second terminal.
US10229424B1
Systems and methods for providing online content include evaluating a custom selection rule specified by a content provider. The custom selection rule may be used to control whether content from the provider is eligible for selection by a content selection service. The content selection rule may include one or more logical operators, a selected interest category and/or a selected list of one or more client identifiers.
US10229414B2
Method, systems, and apparatus for mirroring a storefront to a social media site. A social media interface system mirrors an online or offline storefront of a merchant to an account of the merchant on a social media site. The system receives a copy of an electronic message from a user device of the merchant. The system parses the copy of the message and determines that the message is related to the item and related to an online store or physical store of the merchant. The system then inserts a tag into the copy of the message, the tag linking the message to an online storefront of the online store or an offline storefront of the physical store. The system posts the copy of the message, including the tag, in the account of the merchant on a social media site.
US10229408B2
A method and system of selectively initiating biometric security based on thresholds is described. The method includes retrieving an access security level associated with an access domain and an access permission level associated with an electronic portable transaction device, comparing the access security level and access permission level, and, if the access security level exceeds the access permission level, initiating a biometric authentication process.
US10229407B2
An RFID magnetic field powered translating device that acts as a gateway between mobile devices and radio frequency identification (RFID) enabled readers. The gateway enables the portable device to emulate access credentials for physical access, computer credentials, licenses and payment cards using Bluetooth communication between the portable mobile device and translating device; and RFID emulation at either 125 khz or 13.56 MHz between the translating device and the RFID reader.
US10229399B2
A system for authentication and execution of a transaction at a self-service terminal. The system has a first computerized unit (PINSRV) which, in correspondence to a first data set comprising first elements (0, 1, 2, 3, . . . 9) from which the identification data (PIN) are derived, generates a second set of data with second elements (A, B, C, . . . , J), each of which is unambiguously assigned to one of the first elements. A monitor (DISP) is structurally connected to the self-service terminal (ATM) and displays the unambiguous assignment of the second elements to the first elements. A user terminal (MD) is structurally separated from the self-service terminal (ATM), and assigned to a user (CSM) and displaying the second elements (A, B, C, . . . , J) thus to allow the user to enter the input data (#PIN) at the user terminal (MD).
US10229394B1
A method and system may automatically detect failures and send diagnostic information when scheduling home equipment repairs in a smart home environment. A smart home controller may receive sensor data from each of several pieces of home equipment to detect whether any failures have occurred. If the smart home controller detects a failure in one of the pieces of home equipment based on the sensor data, the smart home controller may communicate diagnostic information for the piece of home equipment experiencing the failure to a repair service provider to schedule a repair.
US10229382B2
Methods, computer-readable medium, and apparatus are described for proactively reporting a content status of a node-enabled logistics receptacle in a wireless node network. Generally, the node-enabled logistics receptacle may update the content status stored in memory onboard the node-enabled logistics receptacle based upon whether the node-enabled logistics receptacle has received a package and is temporarily maintaining custody of the package. The receptacle may then broadcast status information related to the updated content status for the node-enabled logistics receptacle. In more detail, a node assembled within the node-enabled logistics receptacle may detect a signal broadcast from a master node in the wireless node network, access the content status stored in memory onboard the receptacle, and broadcast status information to the master node related to the content status for the node-enabled receptacle.
US10229377B2
A method for partitioning a database includes obtaining business dependency between data in a plurality of tables in the database on the basis of a business process associated with the database; generating, on the basis of the business dependency, a dependency graph describing a dependency relationship between the plurality of tables; cutting the dependency graph into at least two sub-graphs; and vertically partitioning the database into at least two parts corresponding to the at least two sub-graphs respectively.
US10229376B2
The disclosed subject matter provides systems and methods for allocating resources within an infrastructure, such as an electrical grid, in response to changes to inputs and output demands on the infrastructure, such as energy sources and sinks. A disclosed system includes one or more processors, each having respective communication interfaces to receive data from the infrastructure, the data comprising infrastructure network data, one or more software applications, operatively coupled to and at least partially controlling the one or more processors, to process and characterize the infrastructure network data; and a display, coupled to the one or more processors, for visually presenting a depiction of at least a portion of the infrastructure including any changes in condition thereof, and one or more controllers in communication with the one or more processors, to manage processing of the resource, wherein the resource is obtained and/or distributed based on the characterization of the real time infrastructure data.
US10229375B2
Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities are provided for monitoring recurring activities. In one embodiment, activity data, worker data, and location data can be analyzed to identify segments of interest. The identified segments can then be provided for an interface for display.
US10229372B2
An airline operations system, controller and method reschedules flights affected by a disruption that precludes a planned schedule for the flights. The method includes obtaining data related to a scheduled origination and a scheduled destination for each of a set of passengers scheduled on the flights, generating a passenger connection network of connections between the scheduled origination and the scheduled destination for a subset of the set of passengers, applying at least one criterion to the passenger connection network and rescheduling at least one connecting flight based on the criteria. The system and controller solves a network flow problem to reschedule a subset of connecting flights to have a delayed projected departure time. Resulting output can include the set of delayed flights along with modified projected departure times, a set of flight cancellations and a set of passengers with missed connections.
US10229371B2
A data management system for indexing administrative data of a contact center is disclosed. The data management system includes one or more unified communication devices configured to store the administrative data. The data management system further includes a crawler configured to collect the administrative data from the one or more unified communication devices. The data management system further includes a probing device configured to enable the crawler to communicate and retrieve the administrative data from the one or more unified communication devices. The data management system further includes a temporary database configured to store the collected administrative data; wherein the temporary database stores the collected administrative data in a plurality of flat file tables. The data management system further includes an indexing server configured to index the stored administrative data; wherein the indexed administrative data is searchable through one or more user search queries.
US10229358B2
A computer-implemented method includes receiving an artifact and a problem pattern, transforming the artifact into an abstracted artifact structure, and transforming the problem pattern into a query. The query is matched against the abstracted artifact structure. Any matched portions of the abstracted artifact structure are related back to corresponding result portions of the artifact. The corresponding result portions of the artifact are returned. The method may be embodied in a corresponding computer system or computer program product.
US10229346B1
A learning method for detecting a specific object based on convolutional neural network (CNN) is provided. The learning method includes steps of: (a) a learning device, if an input image is obtained, performing (i) a process of applying one or more convolution operations to the input image to thereby obtain at least one specific feature map and (ii) a process of obtaining an edge image by extracting at least one edge part from the input image, and obtaining at least one guide map including information on at least one specific edge part having a specific shape similar to that of the specific object from the obtained edge image; and (b) the learning device reflecting the guide map on the specific feature map to thereby obtain a segmentation result for detecting the specific object in the input image.
US10229345B2
Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for processing a textured image. The apparatus includes a filter unit for detecting an edge of an input image and transforming the input image into an image in which a density of the edge is represented; a smoothing unit for removing noise from the transformed image and smoothing the image; a clustering unit for changing a number of regions into which the smoothed image is to be segmented and clustering the smoothed image a preset number of times; and a cluster optimization unit for setting a final number of clusters for the input image by optimizing a number of clusters based on a previously learned ground truth, for selecting an image corresponding to the final number of clusters from results of clustering by which the image is segmented into a different number of regions, and for outputting the selected image.
US10229342B2
Techniques are provided in which a plurality of edges are detected within a digital image. An anchor point located along an edge of the plurality of edges is selected. An analysis grid associated with the anchor point is generated, the analysis grid including a plurality of cells. An anchor point normal vector comprising a normal vector of the edge at the anchor point is calculated. Edge pixel normal vectors comprising normal vectors of the edge at locations along the edge within the cells of the analysis grid are calculated. A histogram of similarity is generated for each of one or more cells of the analysis grid, each histogram of similarity being based on a similarity measure between each of the edge pixel normal vectors within a cell and the anchor point normal vector, and a descriptor is generated for the analysis grid based on the histograms of similarity.
US10229330B2
The present application discloses a method and apparatus for detecting a vehicle contour based on point cloud data. The method includes: acquiring to-be-trained point cloud data; generating label data corresponding to points in the to-be-trained point cloud data in response to labeling on the points in the to-be-trained point cloud, the labeling used to indicate whether each of the points in the to-be-trained point cloud data is on a vehicle contour; training a fully convolutional neural network model based on the points in the to-be-trained point cloud data and the label data corresponding to the points in the to-be-trained point cloud data, to obtain a vehicle detection model; and acquiring to-be-detected point cloud data, and obtaining a detection result corresponding to each to-be-detected point in the to-be-detected point cloud data based on the vehicle detection model. The implementation may achieve an accurate detection of the vehicle contour.
US10229326B2
Methods, systems, and media for summarizing a video with video thumbnails are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: receiving a plurality of video frames corresponding to the video and associated information associated with each of the plurality of video frames; extracting, for each of the plurality of video frames, a plurality of features; generating candidate clips that each includes at least a portion of the received video frames based on the extracted plurality of features and the associated information; calculating, for each candidate clip, a clip score based on the extracted plurality of features from the video frames associated with the candidate clip; calculating, between adjacent candidate clips, a transition score based at least in part on a comparison of video frame features between frames from the adjacent candidate clips; selecting a subset of the candidate clips based at least in part on the clip score and the transition score associated with each of the candidate clips; and automatically generating an animated video thumbnail corresponding to the video that includes a plurality of video frames selected from each of the subset of candidate clips.
US10229323B2
The present invention provides a terminal, comprising an image recognition unit for recognizing a specified image obtained to extract characteristic information in the specified image, a marking unit for finding frame images matched with the specified image from all frame images in a specified video file in a preset mode according to the characteristic information and marking the found frame images, and a processing unit for performing a corresponding processing operation on the frame images marked by the marking unit according to a processing command received. Accordingly, the present invention also provides a video file management method. According to the technical solution of the present invention, video pictures in which a user is interested can be automatically selected from the video file according to needs of the user, and therefore, complex operations of searching by the user are avoided and the use experience of the user is enhanced.
US10229320B1
Disclosed is a method and system to provide the details about an item and in-store navigation to the item. A user may leverage the present invention to capture an image using camera device to analyze and determine more details about it. The present invention may leverage the deep learning techniques to analyze the given image to determine a plurality of items presented in the image. In one embodiment, the present invention highlights a plurality of items from the image to allow user to select an item. Once user chosen an item from the highlighted objected from the image, the present invention provides more detailed information about the item along with related items to the chosen item and provides a list of stores that may have the item. In another embodiment, the present invention provides the in-store navigation to the chosen item presented in the chosen store.
US10229314B1
Techniques for providing improved optical character recognition (OCR) for receipts are discussed herein. Some embodiments may provide for a system including one or more servers configured to perform receipt image cleanup, logo identification, and text extraction. The image cleanup may include transforming image data of the receipt by using image parameters values that optimize the logo identification, and performing logo identification using a comparison of the image data with training logos associated with merchants. When a merchant is identified, a second image clean up may be performed by using image parameter values optimized for text extraction. A receipt structure may be used to categorize the extracted text. Improved OCR accuracy is also achieved by applying on format rules of the receipt structure to the extracted text.
US10229311B2
Implementations generally relate to face template balancing. In some implementations, a method includes generating face templates corresponding to respective images. The method also includes matching the images to a user based on the face templates. The method also includes receiving a determination that one or more matched images are mismatched images. The method also includes flagging one or more face templates corresponding to the one or more mismatched images as negative face templates.
US10229304B2
A device and system for automatically tracking a baseline input into a biometric sensor is provided. The device and system include a processing system with an amplifier having an input terminal and an output terminal for producing an output signal based on the input signal received by the input terminal. The processing system further includes at least one signal conditioning element coupled to the input terminal of the amplifier and configured to condition a compensation signal, and the processing system further includes a control circuit that adjusts one or more signal conditioning parameters of the at least one signal conditioning element based on the output signal of the amplifier. The at least one input signal received by the input terminal includes a combination of the at least one compensation signal and a signal from a first set of one or more receiver electrodes of the biometric sensor.
US10229299B2
A device for identifying an electrical appliance when it is powered up includes a current detector coupled to an electrical power supply cable of the electrical appliance, for detecting the passage of an electrical current in the cable and generating an electrical signal. A voltage generator converts the electrical signal at the output of the current detector into a direct voltage. An RFID circuit stores identification information, coupled to an antenna suitable for receiving and transmitting signals from and to an RFID reader. The device includes a control circuit coupled to the voltage generator and to the RFID circuit, the control circuit configured for producing a change of impedance of the antenna when the direct voltage is applied, the change of impedance allowing to transmit the identification information to the RFID reader.
US10229294B1
Various apparatuses for use in a wireless network are disclosed. A first apparatus comprises two antennae oriented orthogonally, a biosensor capable of reading a user's fingerprint, and a housing comprising a groove for guiding a user's finger, the groove physically separating the antennae, effectively creating a radome for each antenna. A second apparatus comprises a printed circuit board (PCB) a port, a shell enclosing the PCB, and at least one horseshoe gasket, the shell and gasket creating a waterproof seal isolating the port and the external environment from the rest of the PCB. A third apparatus comprising a bracket for attaching a housing to a building material, an aiming annulus for aiming the housing and the housing. Wherein two or more of the bracket, aiming annulus and housing may be joined in order to mount and aim the housing using one or more structures on the components.
US10229287B2
A hardware database privacy device is communicatively coupled to a private database system. The hardware database privacy device receives a request from a client device to perform a query of the private database system and identifies a level of differential privacy corresponding to the request. The identified level of differential privacy includes privacy parameters (ε,δ) indicating the degree of information released about the private database system. The hardware database privacy device identifies a set of operations to be performed on the set of data that corresponds to the requested query. After the set of data is accessed, the set of operations is modified based on the identified level of differential privacy such that a performance of the modified set of operations produces a result set that is (ε,δ)-differentially private.
US10229286B2
An online computer system including a database uses an encrypted table that allows for write protection its contents. Middleware logic operating on the system acts as an interface for access to the database, so that any business logic on the system accesses the database through simple procedural calls to the middleware rather than directly to the database itself. The middleware logic abstracts logic that helps implement write protection with the encrypted table. Data to be encrypted that has been traditionally written to other tables is migrated to the encrypted table, where the data encrypted using an authenticated encryption with additional data (AEAD) algorithm. To implement AEAD, the original table, column, and primary key indicating where the data would have otherwise been stored are together used as additional authenticated data (AAD). This tuple of information is also stored in the encrypted table.
US10229285B2
The invention performs anonymous read/write accesses of a set of user devices to a server. Write accesses of the user devices of the set comprise generating an encrypted file by an anonymous encryption scheme; computing a pseudorandom tag; indexing the encrypted file with the tag as user set index of the user set and writing the encrypted file and the associated tag to the a storage system of the server. Read accesses of the user devices of the set comprise downloading tag data corresponding to a plurality of tags from the server, the tag data enabling the user devices of a respective set to recognize so-called “own” tags computed by one of the user devices of the respective set of user devices; determining the own tags among the plurality of tags; reading one or more encrypted files associated to the own tags; and decrypting the encrypted files.
US10229283B2
The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for managing applications in non-cooperative environments. Embodiments of the invention provide the ability to manage non-cooperative applications and operating systems. For example, applications and operating systems at a user's (e.g., an information worker's) personal device (e.g., smartphone) can be appropriately managed to provide more secure access to a corporate IT infrastructure. An IT worker can programmatically repackage an application, deploy it to a user's personal device, and manage the user's ability to use the application through policy.
US10229279B2
In a system for providing access control management to electronic data, techniques to secure the electronic data and keep the electronic data secured at all times are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a secured file or secured document includes two parts: an attachment, referred to as a header, and an encrypted document or data portion. The header includes security information that points to or includes the access rules and a file key. The access rules facilitate restrictive access to the secured document and essentially determine who/when/how/where the secured document can be accessed. The file key is used to encrypt/decrypt the encrypted data portion. Only those who have the proper access privileges are permitted to retrieve the file key to encrypt/decrypt the encrypted data portion.
US10229265B2
A method for controlling the interoperation of a plurality of software applications and resources includes intercepting communications from a first application to a second application or resource, directing the communication to a context management system, generating a candidate list of contexts for the communication, evaluating the candidate list according to at least one policy defined for these contexts to identify the resultant action and namespace for the communication, and performing the action as defined by the policies within the identified namespace. The method further includes tracking one or more versions of the second application, as well as tracking an evolution of application and/or resource names. The method further includes identifying one or more operations associated with a context on the candidate list, and executing the identified operations prior to a further communication.
US10229255B2
A system, method, and computer-readable storage device for receiving data representative of an input sample comprising a user's motion while entering information into a data input device, calculating a statistical summary of the input sample representative data, and comparing, using geometric and geospatial constructs, the calculated statistical summary of the input sample representative data to statistical summaries of representative data of previous input samples in a stored profile of a selected user to generate an indication whether the user is the selected user.
US10229253B2
A method, system and computer program product for enforcing licensing terms when distributing content via a container image running in a container. Upon receiving a request for a service from the container by the isolation code, where the isolation code limits, accounts and isolates resource usage of process groups, the commerce code application programming interfaces (APIs) of the isolation code read a key of the container. The key contains licensing terms applied to the component(s) (e.g., applications) of the container. The commerce code APIs will then confirm that the container is in compliance with those licensing terms. If the container is in compliance with the licensing terms, the container will be allowed to execute. Otherwise, the container will be prevented from executing. In this manner, the commerce code APIs can enforce the licensing terms, including restrictions and enforcement of payment to the licensor upon distributing content in the container.
US10229245B2
The invention provides computer systems and methods for visualization and analysis of relationships between biological data.
US10229241B2
Design information related to an irrelevant area of a first layer of semiconductor article may be received. The first layer may be manufactured by illuminating a lithographic mask during a lithographic process. First layer information associated with an outcome or an expected outcome of the illuminating of the lithographic mask during the lithographic process may be received. Information corresponding to a layout of an irrelevant area may be identified in the first layer information. A differentiating attribute that differentiates the layout of the irrelevant area from a layout of a relevant area of the first layer of the semiconductor article may be identified. The differentiating attribute may be used to determine one or more other irrelevant areas of the first layer of the semiconductor article.
US10229240B2
This application discloses a computing system to receive electromigration design rules defining characteristics of integrated circuits configured to cause electromigration, generate a rules library including machine code implementing electromigration design rule checks for the characteristics defined by the electromigration design rules, and perform the electromigration design rule checks on a layout design of an integrated circuit by executing the machine code implementing the electromigration design rule checks on structures of the integrated circuit described in the layout design. The computing system can generate the rules library at runtime by parsing the electromigration design rules to identify the characteristics of integrated circuits configured to cause electromigration, translating the electromigration design rules into an intermediate format based on the identified characteristics of integrated circuits, expanding macro instructions in the intermediate file into the source code, and compiling the source code into machine code for population into the rules library.
US10229230B2
A SAN testing application may be provided to restrict the utilization of one or more SAN device resources. The restricted, or throttled, resource(s) enables a smaller load to stress a SAN switch to effectively emulate a larger load. Resource throttling may, for example, result in the rapid filling of switch buffers and corresponding computational stress. The emulated load allows for all ports of a SAN switch to be simultaneously tested without the need or expense of a large number computing devices stressing the SAN. The SAN device with throttled resource(s) may be located within a testing environment or may be located in a functioning SAN to determine SAN bottlenecks prior to critical loading.
US10229225B2
This invention relates to a method comprising a determination of a first group of facies as a function of the local values of proportion of the groups of facies for each mesh cell of the model. If said first group is among the first set of groups, the neighboring mesh cells are the current virgin mesh cells neighboring the set of connected mesh cells, otherwise they are the current virgin mesh cells neighboring mesh cells associated with a group. A second group is determined for each neighboring mesh cell as a function of the local values of proportion of the groups of facies for said current virgin mesh cell and if the second determined group of facies corresponds to the first group of facies, identification of said current virgin mesh cell as a candidate mesh cell.
US10229219B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media configured to determine a value associated with at least one signal indicative of objectionable material in a content item. The value associated with the at least one signal indicative of objectionable material can be compared with a threshold value associated with the at least one signal. A demotion value can be determined in response to satisfaction of the threshold value associated with the at least one signal.
US10229206B2
One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for augmenting a social snippet with an augmentation tagline. For example, a search user may submit a search query through a search interface (e.g., “algebra help” search query). An entity associated with the search query may be identified (e.g., a math professor). A set of taglines associated with the entity may be retrieved (e.g., descriptive information about the math professor extracted from social networks, documents, websites, etc.). A social snippet for the entity may be augmented with an augmentation tagline selected from the set of taglines or generated based upon information relating to the entity. The augmented social snippet may be displayed through the search interface, and the augmentation tagline may indicate a relevance of the entity to the search user (e.g., an indication that the math professor teaches algebra at a university attended by the search user).
US10229199B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for ranking search results based upon content creation trends. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for ranking search results based upon content creation trends includes first receiving a set of results from a search engine produced in response to a search engine query of one or more search terms. The method additionally includes ranking the results of the result set according to at least one ranking factor. The method yet further includes retrieving trend data for terms associated with either or both of the results and/or the search terms. Finally, the method includes weighting the ranked results in the result set according to the retrieved trend data.
US10229196B1
A system determines human recognizable labels for portions of an electronic media stream, gathers data associated with the electronic media stream from a number of media players, and determines at least one section of the electronic media stream with a particular media feature. The system selects a representative clip for the electronic media stream based on information regarding the labeled portions, the gathered data, and the at least one section.
US10229195B2
Generating, updating, and using a knowledge graph. Concepts in a knowledge graph can have relations to one another. These relations may be expressed as confidence values. A training data set may be split into two portions, with the first portion used to update confidence values for existing relations between concept pairs, using the knowledge graph. These confidence values can be used, together with the second portion used to update confidence values for known phrases that express known relations. These confidence values, in turn, can be used, together with the first portion, to increase the accuracy of the original confidence scores with respect to existing relations. The process may be iteratively employed, with each iteration increasing the accuracy of confidence scores.
US10229193B2
Described herein is a framework for collecting event related tweets. In accordance with one aspect of the framework, an initial set of keywords is constructed from a reference source. Tweets are collected from a messaging stream using the initial set of keywords for a first time window. The collected tweets are filtered to generate a candidate keywords set. The selected tweets of the candidate keywords set are grouped into a plurality of clusters. The clusters are classified into event related and non-event related clusters. The initial set of keywords is updated to obtain a new set of keywords.
US10229188B2
Expanding the corpus of a question answering system. The question answering system is adapted to generate a candidate answer to a query. The candidate answer may be incorporated into the corpus of the question answering system if the candidate answer meets or exceeds a predetermined requirement. By expanding the corpus with material that has been determined to be useful for answering a query, for example, the corpus may be expanded automatically in an accurate and efficient manner.
US10229186B1
An apparatus in one embodiment comprises a processing platform implementing a data set discovery engine. The data set discovery engine comprises a data set indexer configured to generate similarity indexes for a plurality of data sets, and a relativistic retriever coupled to the data set indexer and configured to obtain a suitability template for a query and to execute the query against one or more of the similarity indexes based at least in part on the suitability template. A given one of the similarity indexes comprises at least first and second auxiliary information generated from respective ones of at least first and second different similarity measures of a plurality of different similarity measures. The first and second similarity measures comprise selected ones of the plurality of different similarity measures that are supported by the data set discovery engine with the supported similarity measures comprising both frequency-based and non-frequency-based similarity measures.
US10229185B2
Various systems, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for performing configuration management functionality on hierarchically-organized unstructured data using associative templates. Such methods, computer program products, and computer systems include identifying a node in the associative template and setting a configuration parameter to a parameter value, based on a template association. The node in the associative template is a node in a hierarchy of an associative template. The identifying indicates a template association between the node in the associative template and a node in a hierarchy of hierarchically-organized unstructured data (HOUD). The parameter value is maintained in the node in the associative template, and the node comprises the configuration parameter.
US10229184B2
Embodiments provide a system and method for semantic distance calculation. The method can involve ingesting a plurality of documents; extracting a set of subjects from the plurality of documents using latent dirichlet allocation; for each document in the plurality of documents, generating a classification list comprising a ranking of the one or more subjects based on the relevance of each subject to the document; for each classification list, calculating the semantic distance between each subject present on the classification list; aggregating the plurality of classification lists; and creating a distance matrix containing the relative semantic distances between each member of the set of subjects.
US10229181B2
The invention provides for a cloud-based solution that saves all the data in the cloud storage. The peer devices synchronize data among each other independent of the operating system since the data is synced via web services. Synchronization of data among peer devices is possible even when cloud service is unavailable via a router, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, NFC or any other mechanism. The peer devices form a hierarchical structure, which designates a master, and the master communicates with the cloud-based service to synchronize data. The master then synchronizes data with the other peer devices in the hierarchy. New devices can be added to the peer devices and can join the hierarchy.
US10229177B2
A product search apparatus according to a preferred aspect of the present invention includes a physical amount acquisition unit that acquires a physical amount of an image of a specific product from a product database, a first conversion unit that converts the physical amount of the image of the specific product into information indicating a block in a sensibility space, a second conversion unit that converts the information indicating the block in the sensibility space into information indicating a range of a physical amount of an image, a category selection unit that selects a search target category, and a search unit that searches for an image corresponding to the search target category and a block of interest from the product database based on the search target category and the information indicating the range of the physical amount obtained by the second conversion unit.
US10229175B2
An event tap associated with a server, such as a Web server, at a machine can transform a server event into a tuple, select a database node for the tuple, and place the tuple in a queue for that database node, and then flush the queue periodically directly into database notes. The use of an event tap can thus reduce the computational burden on the database while keeping the server event data in the database relatively fresh.
US10229167B2
A composer interface allows a user to provide input, such as text data, to the social networking system. Based on context information associated with the user and received input, the social networking system presents candidate data items to the user. Selecting a candidate data item allows the user to include the candidate data item in the input. Examples of context information include: users connected to the user, profile information associated with the user, and geographic information associated with the user. The candidate data items may be presented based on the probability of the user selecting a candidate data item.
US10229166B1
The present disclosure includes systems and techniques relating to ranking search results of a search query. In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in a computer-implemented method that includes determining a measure of relevance for a document result within a context of a search query for which the document result is returned, the determining being based on a first number in relation to a second number, the first number corresponding to longer views of the document result, and the second number corresponding to at least shorter views of the document result; and outputting the measure of relevance to a ranking engine for ranking of search results, including the document result, for a new search corresponding to the search query. The subject matter described in this specification can also be embodied in various corresponding computer program products, apparatus and systems.
US10229155B2
Technology is disclosed for a multi-tiered querying system to target queries to systems storing data relevant to the query. A multi-tiered targeted query system comprises at least three tiers: a web tier, an aggregator tier, and a shards tier. Servers at the web tier can be configured to service user data requests and pass them to servers at the aggregator tier. Servers at the aggregator tier can be configured to determine which selected shard servers have the requested information; formulate queries for the selected shard servers; send the queries to the selected shard servers; and aggregate results from the selected shard servers. Servers at the shard tier can be configured to store data, receive queries on that data, and return results for received queries.
US10229147B2
A computer-implemented process to assess the raw size of a compressed database involves sampling a subset of the cells of the database. The raw sizes of the sampled cells in the subset are assessed. The raw size of the database is determined based on the raw sizes of the sampled cells.
US10229140B2
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for evaluating indexing systems. Comparative tests are performed on two or more indexing systems. Each test uses one or more of: benchmarks, metrics, estimates of input data, desired index configuration, and performance constraints. A recommendation is automatically provided for an indexing system and an optimal configuration of the indexing system is also provided, based on an evaluation metrics from the tests.
US10229126B2
Systems and methods for a multitenant computing platform. Original data is generated through operation of a computing platform system on behalf of an account of the computing platform system, and the original data is moderated according to a data retention policy set for the account. The moderated data is stored at the computing platform system. The computing platform system moderates the generated data by securing sensitive information of the generated data from access by the computing platform system, and providing operational information from the generated data. The operational information is accessible by the computing platform system during performance of system operations.
US10229115B2
A method and a system for creating an internationalized Web application are provided. The method comprises loading a Web page into a browser in response to an operation of activating the browser by a user; scanning a Document Object Model (DOM) tree of the Web page to find all contents which possibly need to be translated in the Web page, and marking the contents visibly on the browser; collecting information related to contents to be translated corresponding to a direct selection made by the user in the contents which are identified as possibly needing to be translated in response to the selection; and extracting the contents to be translated from the Web page according to the collected information and storing the contents to be translated, and storing translated contents corresponding to the contents to be translated.
US10229114B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for contextual language translation. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving a first text string. The actions further include generating a first translation of the first text string. The actions further include providing, for output, the first translation of the first text string. The actions further include receiving a second text string. The actions further include generating a combined text string by combining the first text string and the second text string. The actions further include generating a second translation of the combined text string. The actions further include providing, for output, a portion of the second translation that includes a translation of the second text string without providing, for output, a portion of the second translation that includes a translation of the first text string.
US10229111B1
Methods, systems, apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage medium, for generating a sentence summary. In one aspect, the method includes actions of tokenizing the sentence into a plurality of tokens, processing data representative of each token in a first order using an LSTM neural network to initialize an internal state of a second LSTM neural network, processing data representative of each token in a second order using the second LSTM neural network, comprising, for each token in the sentence: processing the data representative of the token using the second LSTM neural network in accordance with a current internal state of the second LSTM neural network to (i) generate an LSTM output for the token, and (ii) to update the current internal state of the second LSTM neural network, and generating the summarized version of the sentence using the outputs of the second LSTM neural network for the tokens.
US10229110B2
An embodiment of the present invention includes a method of displaying an application in the GUI of a computer display, where the application has been instructed to display text objects using a first language locale, and the GUI of the computer display is set to use a second language locale. The method includes a processor intercepting a command from the application to display a text object in the GUI, where the text object incorporates a text string corresponding to the first language locale and the processor retrieving, from the text object, a reference to a set of text strings associated with the text object, where each text string in the set of text strings has an associated language locale. The method also includes the processor sending a command to the GUI to display the object using a text string from the set of text strings associated with the second language locale.
US10229109B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for natural language processing. One of the methods includes receiving a first voice input from a user device; generating a first recognition output; receiving a user selection of one or more terms in the first recognition output; receiving a second voice input spelling a correction of the user selection; determining a corrected recognition output for the selected portion; and providing a second recognition output that merges the first recognition output and the corrected recognition output.
US10229100B1
A method and system provides augmented reality form-fill assistance to a user. The method and system include receiving image data related to an image of a paper form to be filled out by the user, matching the image data to known form data stored in a database, and generating augmented image data by populating data fields of the image data with appropriate user attribute data entries.
US10229096B1
A device analyzes program code to generate an intermediate version of the program code. When analyzing the program code, the device applies first rules for mapping portions of the program code to different portions of the intermediate version of the program code. The device generates the intermediate version of the program code that the different portions of the intermediate version of the program code mapped from the portions of the program code. The device applies, to the intermediate version of the program code, second rules for determining first portions of the intermediate version of the program code to keep together and second portions of the intermediate version of the program code to keep separate in a presentation to be generated from the program code, and generates the presentation from the program code based on applying the second rules to the intermediate version of the program code.
US10229091B2
A method reconstructing optical properties of a medium uses a reconstruction system having a radiation source illuminating a medium and a detector receiving a signal emitted by the medium. This method includes establishing, for a source-detector pair, a first distribution of a signal received by the detector for a reference medium, the received signal emitted by the reference medium subsequent to the illumination of the medium by the source, determining, for the source-detector pair, a first modeling function of a light scattering signal between the source and the detector in the reference medium, establishing, for the source-detector pair, a second distribution of a signal received by the detector for the medium, the received signal being emitted by the medium to be characterized subsequent to illumination of said medium by the source, and computing a signal corrected as a function of the first modeling function and of the second distribution.
US10229089B2
A method and apparatus for efficiently processing data in various formats in a single instruction multiple data (“SIMD”) architecture is presented. Specifically, a method to unpack a fixed-width bit values in a bit stream to a fixed width byte stream in a SIMD architecture is presented. A method to unpack variable-length byte packed values in a byte stream in a SIMD architecture is presented. A method to decompress a run length encoded compressed bit-vector in a SIMD architecture is presented. A method to return the offset of each bit set to one in a bit-vector in a SIMD architecture is presented. A method to fetch bits from a bit-vector at specified offsets relative to a base in a SIMD architecture is presented. A method to compare values stored in two SIMD registers is presented.
US10229086B2
Technologies for controlling timing calibration of a dedicated inter-integrated circuit data bus by a primary microcontroller are disclosed. The primary microcontroller performs a data transfer with a secondary integrated circuit using the dedicated inter-integrated circuit data bus, and determines a duration of the data transfer. If the duration is outside of an acceptable range, the primary microcontroller updates one or more data transfer timing parameters so that the duration of future data transfers are closer to the acceptable range.
US10229081B2
An information handling system includes a receiver and a transmitter. A margin detector of the receiver derives an eye plot for signals received via a plurality of high speed serial lanes. A first control module of the receiver identifies a weakest lane of the high speed serial lanes, and compares eye plots for a signal on the weakest lane from one crosstalk minimization iteration to the next. A second control module of the transmitter receives a signal from the first control module indicating whether an eye plot of the signal has improved from one crosstalk minimization iteration to the next, and iteratively controls a phase shift of aggressor signals in the high speed serial lanes during each iteration until the eye plot of the signal remains the same from one iteration to the next. A phase shift module of the transmitter phase shifts the aggressor signals during each iteration.
US10229077B2
The invention is directed a method for transferring at least one datum between a real-time task producing a datum and a real-time task consuming said datum. The method may include, in response to initiation of a transfer of a datum by a current instance of an initiating task: creating at least one DMA descriptor describing the DMA transfer expected for said datum; inserting DMA descriptors into a list of descriptors awaiting processing by a DMA controller, said DMA descriptors being inserted in a manner sorted based on a sorting criterion relating to a visibility date of the data and/or a temporal behavior of the tasks; processing the descriptors on the list of DMA descriptors by executing DMA requests; and executing the following instance of the initiating task based on termination of the processing a predefined set of DMA descriptors on the list of descriptors.
US10229073B2
A system including at least one computation node including a memory, a processor reading/writing data in a work area of the memory and a DMA controller including a receiver receiving data from outside and writing it in a sharing area of the memory or a transmitter reading data in said sharing area and transmitting it outside. A write and read request mechanism is provided in order to cause, upon request of the processor, a data transfer, by the DMA controller, between the sharing area and the work area. The DMA controller includes an additional transmitting/receiving device designed for exchanging data between outside and the work area, without passing through the sharing area.
US10229071B2
Disclosed is a method by a docking center of assisting communication between a dockee and a peripheral device to which the docking center is connected, including transmitting, as a group owner of a first group, to the dockee, information for a direct connection between the dockee and the peripheral device, receiving an assist request for setting the direct connection based on the information, transmitting a response indicating whether the assist request is accepted, receiving a release request for releasing a connections between the dockee and the docking center and between the docking center and the peripheral device, terminating control of the peripheral device, receiving a joining request for requesting to join a second group, transmitting a response for joining the second group as a client, the dockee being set as a second group owner, and operating as the group owner of the first group and the client of the second group.
US10229069B2
A method, program and/or system reads first data through a first path from a location in a data storage. Second data is read through a second path from the same location in the data storage. The first data is compared to the second data. A match between the first data and the second data indicates that the first path did not encrypt the first data. A mismatch between the first data and the second data indicates that the first path encrypted the first data.
US10229067B2
A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes receiving a request for data, where the data is stored in a first format in a first storage area of a system, retrieving the data stored in the first format from the first storage area of the system, converting the data from the first format to a second format, and returning the data in the second format.
US10229065B2
Unified hardware and software two-level memory mechanisms and associated methods, systems, and software. Data is stored on near and far memory devices, wherein an access latency for a near memory device is less than an access latency for a far memory device. The near memory devices store data in data units having addresses in a near memory virtual address space, while the far memory devices store data in data units having addresses in a far memory address space, with a portion of the data being stored on both near and far memory devices. In response to memory read access requests, a determination is made to where data corresponding to the request is located on a near memory device, and if so the data is read from the near memory device; otherwise, the data is read from a far memory device. Memory access patterns are observed, and portions of far memory that are frequently accessed are copied to near memory to reduce access latency for subsequent accesses.
US10229064B2
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for using cache lists for processors to determine tracks in a storage to demote from a cache. Tracks in the storage stored in the cache are indicated in lists. There is one list for each of a plurality of processors. Each of the processors processes the list for that processor to process the tracks in the cache indicated on the list. There is a timestamp for each of the tracks indicated in the lists indicating a time at which the track was added to the cache. Tracks indicated in each of the lists having timestamps that fall within a range of timestamps are demoted.
US10229063B2
Bus/memory bandwidth consumption caused by reading of auxiliary information not included in compressed data is reduced. A memory stores compressed data and auxiliary information used to read the compressed data. A semiconductor device includes a cache in which auxiliary information stored in the memory is stored, a control unit which, when a read request for reading compressed data stored in the memory is received, reads from the cache auxiliary information about the compressed data, if stored in the cache, or reads the auxiliary information about the compressed data, if not stored in the cache, from the memory and stores the auxiliary information about the compressed data in the cache, and which reads the compressed data from the memory using the auxiliary information about the compressed data, and an expansion unit to expand the compressed data read from the memory.
US10229062B2
A storage system includes a plurality of controllers each including a processor module and a memory, and a relay unit to relay a communication between the processor modules. The relay unit executes assignment determination to determine one of the processor module of a first controller and the processor module of a second controller is a processor module processing a command stored in the memory. The first controller includes memory storing the command, and the second controller is any of the controllers other than the first controller. When the relay unit determines the command of the processor module of the first controller, the relay unit notifies storage location information of the command to the processor module of the first controller, and when the relay unit determines the command to be processed by the processor module of the second controller, the relay unit transfer the command to the second controller.
US10229059B2
Technologies are provided in embodiments to dynamically fill a shared cache. At least some embodiments include determining that data requested in a first request for the data by a first processing device is not stored in a cache shared by the first processing device and a second processing device, where a dynamic fill policy is applicable to the first request. Embodiments further include determining to deallocate, based at least in part on a threshold, an entry in a buffer, the entry containing information corresponding to the first request for the data. Embodiments also include sending a second request for the data to a system memory, and sending the data from the system memory to the first processing device. In more specific embodiments, the data from the system memory is not written to the cache based, at least in part, on the determination to deallocate the entry.
US10229054B2
An optimized operating method for a nonvolatile memory. A microcontroller allocates the nonvolatile memory to store write data requested by a host. According to a first accumulated amount of data written to the nonvolatile memory in a first writing mode and a second accumulated amount of data written to the nonvolatile memory in a second writing mode, the microcontroller allocates the nonvolatile memory to store write data requested by the host in the first writing mode and in the second writing mode alternately. In comparison with the first writing mode, more bits of data are stored in one storage cell in the second writing mode.
US10229052B2
Method and apparatus for managing data such as in a flash memory. In some embodiments, a memory module electronics (MME) circuit writes groups of user data blocks to consecutive locations within a selected section of a non-volatile memory (NVM), and concurrently writes a directory map structure as a sequence of map entries distributed among the groups of user data blocks. Each map entry stores address information for the user data blocks in the associated group and a pointer to a subsequent map entry in the sequence. A control circuit accesses a first map entry in the sequence and uses the address information and pointer in the first map entry to locate the remaining map entries and the locations of the user data blocks in the respective groups. Lossless data compression may be applied to the groups prior to writing.
US10229047B2
A method and apparatus of wear leveling control for storage class memory are disclosed. According to the present invention, whether current data to be written to a nonvolatile memory corresponds to a write cache hit is determined. If the current data to be written corresponds to the write cache hit, the current data are written to a write cache as well as to a designated location in the nonvolatile memory different from a destined location in the nonvolatile memory. If the current data to be written corresponds to a write cache miss, the current data are written to the destined location in the nonvolatile memory. If the current data to be written corresponds to the write cache miss and the write cache is not full, the current data is also written to the write cache. In another embodiment, the wear leveling control technique also includes address rotation process to achieve long-term wear leveling as well.
US10229037B2
In various embodiments, a method, system, and computer program product for injecting error code include logic and/or program instructions configured to determine, by a local processor, critical points in executing code of software under test on a remote system, build, by the local processor, a testcase to invoke the software under test on the remote system, determine, by the local processor, an appropriate response action for each critical point based on an error encountered at each critical point as reported by a remote processor of the remote system, cause, by the local processor, the remote processor to inject a critical point segment into the executing code at a corresponding critical point, and receive, by the local processor, a unique identifier of each critical point segment output by the remote processor in response to injecting the critical point segment into the executing code.
US10229030B2
A runtime capability check determines functionality supported by a client application (e.g. a browser) on a computing device. During the runtime capability check, the client application (e.g. the browser) attempts to execute different function tests to determine its capabilities. The result information from the function tests are stored. The stored result information is used by the client application during subsequent connections with the server (e.g. the cookie is passed from the mobile computing device to the server). Based on the supported functionality as determined by the stored result information, the rendering code is adapted for, generated and delivered to the computing device by the server. For example, when the client application supports the tested functionality then the server renders the content using full feature rendering. When the client application does not support all of the tested functionality then the server renders the content using limited feature rendering.
US10229029B2
Systems and methods for allowing software developers and the like to embed various different types of code and/or data manipulations into a software product. The embedded code manipulation instructions may be accessed and executed by test engineers or other users to induce fault paths and the like in the software product at run-time for analyzing the software's response to the induced fault paths. For instance, a user application of a software manipulation framework may expose a list of all of the instruction sets to a test engineer or the like in conjunction with one or more testing procedures to be performed on the software. Unless accessed by the test engineer, all of the testing probes may be represented by noops or placeholders at runtime to limit performance impact on the software.
US10229021B1
Virtual first logical volumes are provided to a host, a virtual second logical volume correlated with any one of the first logical volumes is created in a storage node in correlation with a storage control module disposed in the storage node, a correspondence relationship between the first and second logical volumes is managed as mapping information, a storage node which is an assigning distribution of an I/O request is specified on the basis of the mapping information in a case where the I/O request in which the first logical volume is designated as an I/O destination is given from the host, the I/O request is assigned to the storage control module of its own node in a case where the specified storage node is its own node, and the I/O request is assigned to another storage node in a case where the specified storage node is another storage node.
US10229020B2
A rework re-timer with forward error correction handling is disclosed. An example first intermediate transceiver includes a first interface to communicatively couple the first intermediate transceiver with a first computing device, a second interface to communicatively couple the first intermediate transceiver to a second intermediate transceiver configured to be communicatively coupled with a second computing device, an auto-negotiation controller to: terminate a first auto-negotiation with the first computing device before the first auto-negotiation is completed, transmit, to the second transceiver, first capabilities of the first computing device determined during the first auto-negotiation, and perform a second auto-negotiation with the first computing device utilizing the first capabilities of the first computing device and second capabilities of the second computing device received from the second transceiver.
US10229017B1
Embodiments for systems and methods of resetting network devices for failover operation, by receiving an operating system panic function call, disabling error reporting for all device ports of a device to be reset to prevent primary interrupts to a disk dump operation, performing a function level reset of the all the device ports to be reset, and performing the reset operation on the device in a single thread context to prevent secondary interrupts to the disk dump process.
US10229010B2
A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and computing device that determines when a software failure associated with a virtual storage controller has occurred. At least a portion of a transaction log corresponding to the virtual storage controller is stored in a stable storage device, when the determining indicates that the software failure associated with the virtual storage controller has occurred. A determination is made when the virtual storage controller has rebooted. The at least a portion of the transaction log is retrieved from the stable storage device, when the determining indicates that the virtual storage controller has rebooted. Thereby, state can be preserved and transactions pending, but not yet committed to storage server devices, can be replayed and proceed with minimal or no impact on the client devices originating the transactions.
US10229009B2
A layout of a file system is optimized to meet storage requirements of a distributed consensus protocol implemented on a plurality of nodes of a cluster. Illustratively, the file system has an on-disk layout representation that enables efficient input/output (I/O) operation performance. The on-disk layout of the file system embodies a plurality of file system objects: membership, snapshot and log objects. Each object is allocated an area or region (e.g., a contiguous storage space) on-disk. In addition, each object has two or more storage container instances, e.g., files. In the case of snapshot and membership objects, the two files of each object are used in a circular (alternating) fashion so that write operations directed to a first file storing a current copy of the snapshot/membership content may be performed without destroying a previous committed copy of the snapshot/membership content stored in a second file.
US10229008B2
Increasing disaster resiliency in one aspect may comprise running an optimization algorithm that simultaneously solves for at least a first objective to increase a spread of a backup of virtual machines from a given site onto other sites in proportion to an amount of available space for backup at each site, a second objective to increase a number of backups at one or more of the other sites with low probability of system crash while reducing backups at one or more of the other sites with higher probability of system crash, and a third objective to minimize a violation of recovery time objectives of the virtual machines during recovery. One or more backup sites and one or more recovery sites in an event the given site crashes may be determined based on a solution of the optimization algorithm.
US10229001B2
A method for execution by a dispersed storage and task (DST) processing unit includes generating a request for mapping parameters for transmission a storage unit in a dispersed storage network (DSN) and receiving mapping parameter data in response. Namespace mapping data is generated, indicating a mapping of possible slice names to a plurality of memory devices of the storage unit by performing a first deterministic mapping function based on the mapping parameter data. Slice name subset data is generated, indicating a subset of the possible slice names based on a health status indicators corresponding to the plurality of memory devices. A slice name corresponding to a first encoded slice of a first data object is selected from the subset indicated by the slice name subset data. A first write request that includes the first encoded slice is generated for transmission via the network to the storage unit.
US10228991B2
Providing hardware-based translation lookaside buffer (TLB) conflict resolution in processor-based systems is disclosed. In this regard, in one aspect, a memory system provides a memory management unit (MMU) and multiple hierarchical page tables, each comprising multiple page table entries comprising corresponding translation preference indicators. The memory system further includes a TLB comprising multiple TLB entries each configured to cache a page table entry. The MMU determines whether a TLB conflict exists between a first TLB entry caching a first page table entry comprising a translation preference indicator that is set and a second TLB entry caching a second page table entry comprising a translation preference indicator that is not set. If so, the MMU selects the first TLB entry for use in a virtual-to-physical address translation operation, based on the translation preference indicator of the first page table entry cached by the first TLB entry being set.
US10228989B2
A computing device operates an application to receive and implement new functionality from a network service. If the new functionality causes the application to fail, the application can automatically discard or ignore the new functionality when the application is re-launched.
US10228984B2
Embodiments directed toward a method, and a system. A method can be directed toward deciding whether to accept a virtual machine migration on a host. The method can include receiving a request to host a migrated virtual machine. The method can include determining if the host is overcommitted. The method can include selecting a low priority virtual machine in response to the host being overcommitted. The method can include determining if a resource for the low priority virtual machine can be reduced to accommodate the migrated virtual machine. The method can include reducing the resources for the low priority virtual machine in response to the resources being able to be reduced. The method can include accepting the request to host the migrated virtual machine in response to the reduction of the resources.
US10228983B2
A virtualized environment includes a pool of VMs, each VM configured to run one or more virtual containers. Each virtual container runs as an isolated process in userspace on a guest operating system. A virtualization management module performs resource management operations to place containers within the pool of VMs according to performance metrics, and also perform high availability functionality for containers with critical containers.
US10228980B2
A computer processing system includes a processor to operate based on an operating system providing an operating system user interface, and to detect when a user session is opened. A memory is coupled to the processor and is configured to store the operating system. A thin client conversion engine is configured to perform, in response to the opened user session and before the user can interact with the operating system setting at least one hook to manage control of user interactions with the operating system, and intercepting at least one shell component of the operating system so that the at least one shell component is not available to the user. State information on the at least one shell component at the time of intercept is saved in the memory. The thin client conversion engine redefines the operating system user interface based on the setting and intercepting without making any changes to the operating system.
US10228978B2
Embodiments of the invention provide for systems and computer program products for the management of logically partitioned computing resources of a data processing system configured with a plurality of hypervisors that each manages one or more logical partitions of the computing resources. A plurality of domains for the data processing system may be determined. For each domain, one or more hypervisors may be allocated to the domain such that one or more logical partitions managed by the hypervisor are allocated to the domain. Usage of the logically partitioned computing resources is based at least in part on the domain of each logically partitioned computing resource, a domain of each hypervisor, and/or a domain of a user.
US10228967B2
A non-repudiable transaction protocol system includes a memory, at least one processor in communication with the memory, an operating system executing on the at least one processor, a resource manager configured to manage a storage system, and a transaction manager. The transaction manager is configured to provide NRO-W evidence of a work request from a client to the resource manager and provide NRR-W evidence to the client that the resource manager has completed initial work for the work request. Additionally, the transaction manager is configured to provide NRO-C evidence to the resource manager that the client requested completion of the initial work and NRR-C evidence to the client that the resource manager promised to execute the completion. Each of the NRO-W evidence, the NRR-W evidence, the NRO-C evidence, and the NRR-C evidence are exchanged to prevent either one of the client and the resource manager from gaining an advantage.
US10228966B2
The present disclosure is drawn to methods and systems for the management of computing devices. Unnecessary and/or idle processes in a primary memory are hibernated. Hibernation is performed by displacing the processes to a secondary memory. Hibernated processes are resumed when needed. The device is still operational while the processes are in hibernation.
US10228957B2
Approaches presented herein enable providing online method handle deduplication by determining whether a method handle to be created is equivalent to an existing method handle in an equivalence pool. Specifically, in response to a request to create a method handle, a set of parameters including a method handle map, a class, and one or more arguments of the method handle to be created are accepted. A method handle of the class is obtained. One or more existing unique method handles found in an equivalence pool are compared to the method handle to be created to determine whether an equivalence exists. When an equivalence is found between an existing unique method handle and the method handle to be created, the existing unique method handle is returned.
US10228955B2
Computer-implemented methods are provided for preparing an application for execution within an application execution environment and for running an application within an application execution environment. The computer-implemented methods create supplementary information for the application. The supplementary information includes an indication of a service request which is to be performed during execution of the application to obtain information from an application service. The computer-implemented methods retrieve the supplementary information for the application, and execute the application within the application execution environment. The methods perform the service request from the application execution environment independently from the execution of the application based on the supplementary information, and receive a response to the service request from the application service at the application execution environment. The method provides the response from the application execution environment to the application in response to a request from the application to perform the service request.
US10228943B2
Discontiguous storage locations are prefetched by a prefetch instruction. Addresses of the discontiguous storage locations are provided by a list directly or indirectly specified by a parameter of the prefetch instruction, along with metadata and information about the list entries. Fetching of corresponding data blocks to cache lines is initiated. A processor may enter transactional execution mode and memory instructions of a program may be executed using the prefetched data blocks.
US10228939B2
Embodiments of a processing pipeline for converting numbers formatted in a machine independent format to a machine compatible format are disclosed. In response to execution of a conversion instruction, the processing pipeline may convert each digit of a number in a machine independent format number to generate converted digits. Using the converted digits, the processing pipeline may generate multiple intermediate products. The processing pipeline may then combine the intermediate products to generate a result number that is formatted with a machine compatible format.
US10228932B2
An example method facilitates verifying behaviors, functionality, and user interface display screens of a post-upgrade software system by comparing output thereof with a pre-upgrade software system. The example method includes accepting a first signal from a user input device to identify, at least in part, a first set of pre-upgrade output data items from the pre-upgrade software system; accepting a second signal from a user input device to identify, at least in part, a second set of corresponding post-upgrade output data items from the post-upgrade software system; and performing a consistency validation check between corresponding output data items in the first set and the second set. Accordingly, output data items in an upgraded system are readily validated against a pre-upgrade system. Plugins, as part of an upgrade verification tool, may implement specific tests. This enables enterprise software customers to automate their on-premise upgrade validation processes and to choose tests.
US10228926B2
A remote support installation mechanism provides for the installation of a remote support client application onto a user device. A server may receive a request for a remote support eligibility status from a device agent application on a user device that is loaded with an installer package for a remote support client application. The remote support client application may be used to initiate a remote support session with a remote support application on a remote support server to provide a computing terminal with remote support access to the user device. The server may determine based on at least one of a device management database or a user account database that the user device qualifies for remote support. Accordingly, the server may send an install command to trigger an installation of the remote support client application on the user device from the installer package.
US10228920B2
An implementation of an abstract data type is automatically selected by a compiler of high-level language source code. The compiler chooses an implementation for each instance of an abstract data type in a program based on operations performed in the instance within the program. The compiler rewrites and compiles the high-level language source code in response to selecting the implementation.
US10228918B2
Processor hardware detects when memory aliasing occurs, and assures proper operation of the code even in the presence of memory aliasing. Because the hardware can detect and correct for memory aliasing, this allows a compiler to make optimizations such as register promotion even in regions of the code where memory aliasing can occur. The result is code that is more optimized and therefore runs faster.
US10228917B2
Techniques for identifying similar software code are provided. In one example, a computer-implemented method comprises: based on detection of an input, determining, by a device operatively coupled to a processor, a user interface functionality associated with a website; and based on a likelihood that the user interface functionality and a result of a query have a defined level of correlation, matching, by the device, the result of the query to the user interface functionality. The computer-implemented method can further comprise mapping, by the device, a vector associated with the website, to an integer value, employing a hash function.
US10228913B2
A method of managing software design specifications with functional rule versioning may include storing references to a plurality of software components in a database system, and storing references to a plurality of functional rules in the database system. In some embodiments, the functional rules may define behaviors that may be assigned to the plurality of software components. The method may also include receiving a selection of one or more software components from the plurality of software components. The one or more software components may define a software product. The method may additionally include receiving assignments of the plurality of functional rules to the one or more software components, and providing an interface for navigating through the one or more software components and editing the assignments.
US10228912B2
A tunable tunnel diode based digitized noise source includes a digitized noise source for producing a sequence of random digital signals. The digitized noise source includes a tunnel diode for providing a current signal that includes quantum shot noise. The digitized noise source can also include a current-to-voltage converter coupled to the tunnel diode for converting the current signal to a voltage signal, a filtering and amplification circuit coupled to the current-to-voltage converter for producing an amplified voltage signal, and a digitization circuit for converting the amplified voltage signal into the sequence of digital signals that represents random bits. The tunable tunnel diode based digitized noise source further includes an entropy estimator coupled to the output of the digitization circuit for estimating an entropy of the sequence of digital signals and for providing a feedback bias voltage to the tunnel diode.
US10228911B2
An apparatus includes a plurality of arithmetic logic units each having an accumulator and an integer arithmetic unit that receives and performs integer arithmetic operations on integer inputs and accumulates integer results of a series of the integer arithmetic operations into the accumulator as an integer accumulated value. A register is programmable with an indication of a number of fractional bits of the integer accumulated values and an indication of a number of fractional bits of integer outputs. A first bit width of the accumulator is greater than twice a second bit width of the integer outputs. A plurality of adjustment units scale and saturate the first bit width integer accumulated values to generate the second bit width integer outputs based on the indications of the number of fractional bits of the integer accumulated values and outputs programmed into the register.
US10228910B2
A circuit is provided which includes arithmetic computation logic configured to add or subtract operands of variable length to produce a result in a sign-magnitude data format. The circuit also includes an overflow detector to provide an overflow signal indicative of whether the result fits within a specified result length l. The overflow detector operates on the operands prior to the arithmetic computation logic producing the result to determine, independent of the result produced by the arithmetic computation logic, whether the result fits within the specified result length l.
US10228909B2
A method of an aspect includes receiving a floating point scaling instruction. The floating point scaling instruction indicates a first source including one or more floating point data elements, a second source including one or more corresponding floating point data elements, and a destination. A result is stored in the destination in response to the floating point scaling instruction. The result includes one or more corresponding result floating point data elements each including a corresponding floating point data element of the second source multiplied by a base of the one or more floating point data elements of the first source raised to a power of an integer representative of the corresponding floating point data element of the first source. Other methods, apparatus, systems, and instructions are disclosed.
US10228906B2
An electronic apparatus and a controlling method thereof are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a communicator configured to communicate with an external apparatus including a microphone, a storage configured to store a voice recognition application and a middleware which relays the voice recognition application, and a processor configured to, in response to receiving an initiation signal from the external apparatus through the communicator, control the communicator to generate a microphone activation signal for activating the microphone using the middleware, transmit the generated microphone activation signal to the external apparatus, generate a voice recognition application signal for loading the voice recognition application, and initiate an operation of the voice recognition application.
US10228903B2
A system of communicating between first and second electronic devices, comprises, in a first device, receiving from a second device, voice representative information acquired by the second device, and connection information indicating characteristics of communication to be used in establishing a communication link with the second device. The system compares the voice representative information with predetermined reference voice representative information and in response to the comparison, establishes a communication link with the second device by using the connection information received from the second device.
US10228889B2
An image processing apparatus that performs print processing based on a job includes a reception unit configured to receive an operation performed by a user, a change unit configured to, in response to the reception unit receiving a predetermined operation, change a job on which the print processing is not yet completed to a suspended state, and a job control unit configured to, when detecting a logout event that causes a user who is logged into the image processing apparatus to log out of the image processing apparatus, resume at least one job and cancel a job or jobs that are not resumed by the job control unit selected from jobs changed by the change unit to be in the suspended state.
US10228888B2
An information processing system includes one or more information processing apparatuses for determining lifetimes of components, to be replaced by preventive maintenance, of respective electric devices. The information processing system includes a leading variable specifying unit configured to specify, based on variables that represent use states of the electric devices and failure data of the electric devices which have been obtained from the electric devices, a plurality of leading variables relevant to the lifetimes of the components; a lifetime matrix creating unit configured to classify a plurality of values of each of the leading variables into sections to create a lifetime matrix in which the lifetimes of the components are set with respect to combinations of the sections each of which relates to a different leading variable; and a lifetime outputting unit configured to determine the lifetimes of the components with respect to the respective electric devices.
US10228887B2
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for considering input/output workload and space usage at a plurality of logical devices to select one of the logical devices to use to store an object. A determination is made of a logical device to store the object based on workload scores for each of the logical devices indicating a level of read and write access of objects in the logical device and space usage of the logical devices. The object is written to the determined logical device.
US10228886B2
A computer program product, according to one embodiment, includes a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to: receive, by the computer, a data set allocation request; determine, by the computer, whether a size of the data set is greater than a threshold; use, by the computer, first key values in a first index to select a volume in response to determining that the size of the data set is greater than the threshold; use, by the computer, second key values in a second index to select a volume in response to determining that the size of the data set is less than the threshold; perform, by the computer, the allocation request in the selected volume; and store, by the computer, control data about the data set in the control data set corresponding to the selected volume.
US10228885B2
Systems and methods are disclosed which facilitate management of thin provisioned data storage. Specifically, portions of thinly provisioned data stores may be deallocated when they contain invalid data, such as data deleted by a user. A user may transmit notifications, which may include delete notifications, such as TRIM commands, to a provider of the data store (or to the data store itself) that data has been deleted. A management component may modify the data store, or metadata corresponding to the data store, to reflect the deletion. The management component may further monitor portions of the data store to determine whether individual portions contain entirely invalid data. If so, the portion may be deallocated from the thin provisioned data store, resulting in more efficient thin provisioning. Deallocation may be enabled even where deletion notifications from a user do not correspond directly to allocated storage portions.
US10228881B2
Techniques for block storage using a hybrid memory device are described. In at least some embodiments, a hybrid memory device includes a volatile memory portion, such as dynamic random access memory (DRAM). The hybrid memory device further includes non-volatile memory portion, such as flash memory. In at least some embodiments, the hybrid memory device can be embodied as a non-volatile dual in-line memory module, or NVDIMM. Techniques discussed herein employ various functionalities to enable the hybrid memory device to be exposed to various entities as an available block storage device.
US10228880B2
The examples described herein discuss various systems, software, devices, and methods for managing a primary command queue by ordering and/or reordering and distributing incoming commands based, at least in part, on positional information of one or more components of data storage devices. More specifically, in some embodiments, the examples discussed herein describe ordering and distributing incoming commands from a primary command queue in a position-aware manner that takes into account disk rotation (e.g., rotational position) and/or actuator head location for the various data storage devices of a data storage system enclosure. Among other benefits, ordering incoming commands at the primary command queue and distributing the ordered commands to individual device queues improves overall command execution latency.
US10228879B1
Methods, system and computer program product for backup and restore of mainframe computer, the method for backup comprising: receiving a request for backing up a mainframe volume associated with a mainframe computer, the mainframe volume operating in the Count Key Data (CKD) architecture, the mainframe volume having a volume serial number, referred to as a volume name; taking a snapshot of the volume, thereby creating an offline copy of the volume; generating a temporary name for the offline copy, the temporary name different from the volume name; reformatting the offline copy to change its name to the temporary name; storing in a repository at least the name and the temporary name; bringing the offline copy with the temporary name to an online state; and backing up the copy to an external storage.
US10228871B2
One or more techniques and/or computing devices are provided for utilizing snapshots for data integrity validation and/or faster application recovery. For example, a first storage controller, hosting first storage, has a synchronous replication relationship with a second storage controller hosting second storage. A snapshot replication policy rule is defined to specify that a replication label is to be used for snapshot create requests, targeting the first storage, that are to be replicated to the second storage. A snapshot creation policy is created to issue snapshot create requests comprising the replication label. Thus a snapshot of the first storage and a replication snapshot of the second storage are created based upon a snapshot create request comprising the replication label. The snapshot and the replication snapshot may be compared for data integrity validation (e.g., determine whether the snapshots comprise the same data) and/or quickly recovering an application after a disaster.
US10228868B1
Systems and methods for managing content in a flash memory and to managing a lifespan of the flash memory. The lifespan is managed by throttling writes when usage exceeds certain quotas. The throttling may be performed in a cooperative manner such that the clients writing to the flash memory can implement their own throttling. The quotas are not rigid and allow flexibility to certain situations. When excessive quota is used, future quotas can be managed to bring the overall usage into an expected range.
US10228856B2
A storage space management system for a thin provisioned virtual environment may comprise an over-allocation computation engine to compute an over-allocation metric for a virtual datastore. The over-allocation metric may be computed based on virtual storage space allocated to corresponding virtual machines and actual physical storage allocated to the virtual datastore. Further, the over-allocation metric may indicate extent of over-allocation of the actual physical storage to the virtual datastore. An available space computation engine may determine an available space metric for the virtual machines based on available datastore space and available physical storage space. An analysis engine may obtain a time value indicating time left within which storage space available for the virtual machines would be utilized. Further, the analysis engine may provide the over-allocation metric, the available space metric, and the time value to a capacity planning unit for storage space management in the virtual environment.
US10228849B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes at least one display, a memory configured to store an application and a database including information on a plurality of controllers, and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to display a content including at least one object in relation to an execution of the application in a first area of the display, determine a controller corresponding to the application based on the database, and output the determined controller to a second area of the display.
US10228847B2
An electronic device and a method for displaying content on a touch screen of the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a touch screen configured to selectively display a keypad and a search list area, wherein a search list present in the search list area is generated according to data entered via the keypad; and a processor coupled to the touch screen. The processor is configured to, in response to an input signal generated in the search list area and received by the touch screen, control the touch screen to hide the keypad that is currently displayed on the touch screen and enlarge the search list area.
US10228835B2
The present application provides a method for displaying information, and a terminal equipment. The method for displaying information comprises: detecting whether a display screen of a terminal equipment switches from a screen-off state to a screen-on state when the display screen is in the screen-off state; displaying at least one information card on the display screen after it is detected that the display screen switches from the screen-off state to the screen-on state, wherein, the at least one information card includes information for informative purpose obtained from a network side, and the size of the at least one information card is smaller than that of the display screen. In the present solution, information for informative purpose is pushed to a user in the form of cards when a screen switches from a screen-off to a screen-on, such that the user can browse the information for informative purpose during the fragmented spare time when the screen switches between the screen-on and the screen-off, thereby improving the usage of fragmented spare time of users.
US10228831B2
According to some implementations of the present disclosure, a method is provided. The method includes presenting a state of a first application and obtaining state indication data corresponding to the state of the first application. The method further includes transmitting the state indication data to a card system and receiving an availability indicator indicating whether the card system can provide a card corresponding to the state of the first application. The method includes displaying a first selection element overlaying a graphical user interface of the first application when the availability indicator indicates that the card system can provide the card and displaying a second selection element overlaying a graphical user interface of the first application when the availability indicator indicates that the card system cannot provide the card.
US10228825B1
In accordance with the teachings of the present disclosure, a method of generating a graphical user interface is disclosed. The method includes monitoring a plurality of elements of a computer system and collecting data related to a monitored characteristic of each element of the plurality of elements. The method also includes analyzing the collected data at a first time to identify a pattern and analyzing the collected data at a second time to determine whether the collected data has deviated from the identified pattern. The method further includes generating an alert record in response to a determination that the collected data has deviated from the identified pattern and storing the alert record. Additionally, the method includes generating graphical display information related to the alert record.
US10228822B2
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for optimizing information presentation. In one aspect, there is provided method, which may include receiving, by a monitoring engine, one or more messages sent from one or more runtime instances of a system being monitored by the monitoring engine; storing, by the monitoring engine, the received one or more messages; prioritizing, by the monitoring engine, the one or more runtime instances for presentation at a user interface view by determining, based on the received one or more messages, a rating for each of a plurality of categories associated with the one or more runtime instances; selecting, based on the prioritizing, information indicative of the state of the prioritized one or more runtime instances; generating a user interface view including the selected information; and displaying the generated user interface view. Related methods, systems, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed.
US10228818B2
Content that is significant to a user may be determined. An indication that a user finds content within a document significant may be received. In response to the received indication, the document may be analyzed to identify a set of topics associated with the content of the document. From the set of topics, a subset of topics responsible for the user finding the document significant may be identified. A user profile associated with the user may be updated based on the subset of topics.
US10228816B2
A method and system are presently disclosed. The method discloses providing tracking program code to a visitor console, process action data from the visitor console, wherein the tracking program generates the action data based on a webpage of a website displayed on the visitor console, display a three dimensional graphical representation of the website to a user console, display at least one computer generated character interacting with the three dimensional graphical representation of the website, wherein the at least one computer generated character interacts with the three dimensional graphical representation of the website based on the action data.
US10228814B1
Disclosed are methods for creating, applying, using and retrieving profile information that includes attributes that may be stored separately from, or with, the content to which the profiles are being applied. In this manner, profiles can be shared in various environments and across various applications. Attributes that have corresponding attributes in other content can be applied to the other content, as long as each of the attributes is valid. In vehicle applications, the profile can be generated in a first vehicle, stored in a profile repository, and subsequently applied to a second vehicle.
US10228808B2
A touch sensitive device includes a plurality of sense electrodes arranged in a pattern to receive charge from drive electrodes. The pattern of sense electrodes has extreme portions having worst case charge transfer times, wherein the worst case charge transfer time at multiple extreme portions is substantially equal.
US10228807B2
A functional panel is provided. The functional panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a bonding layer, a functional element, a protective layer, and a terminal. The bonding layer is positioned between the first and second substrates. The functional element is surrounded by the first substrate, the second substrate, and the bonding layer. The terminal is electrically connected to the functional element and provided not to overlap with one of the first and second substrates. The protective layer is provided to be in contact with side surfaces of the first and second substrates and an exposed surface of the bonding layer. A surface of the terminal is partly exposed without being covered with the protective layer. The surface of the terminal partly includes a material having a lower ionization tendency than hydrogen.
US10228805B2
An input device and related method and processing system are disclosed. The input device comprises a sensing assembly attached with a conductive reference element, the sensing assembly comprising a plurality of sensor electrodes capacitively coupled with the conductive reference element and defining a surface. The input device further comprises a switching element configured to couple the conductive reference element with a selected one of a plurality of reference voltages. A first capacitive measurement is acquired while the conductive reference element is coupled with a first reference voltage, and a second capacitive measurement is acquired while the conductive reference element is coupled with a second reference voltage.
US10228804B2
A mobile device includes an acceleration sensor, a touch screen and a controller. The acceleration sensor is capable of detecting a direction and a magnitude of acceleration acting on the mobile device. The touch screen is capable of measuring electrostatic distribution. The controller is capable of executing an estimation whether the mobile device is being immersed in water based on the electrostatic distribution. The controller periodically executes the estimation upon determining that the mobile device is moving in a direction opposite to a gravity direction based on the direction and the magnitude of the acceleration when estimating that the mobile device is being immersed in water.
US10228801B2
Systems and methods for proximity-based position, movement and gesture detection are provided that utilize capacitive sensor arrays. In one embodiment, the system utilizes textile-based capacitive sensor arrays that can be integrated into other textiles, such as clothing, bed linens, etc., or that can be integrated into the environment (e.g., furniture, wheelchairs, car seats, etc.). The system recognizes gestures from detected movement by utilizing hierarchical signal processing techniques.
US10228793B2
The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates the use of a portable electronic device. During operation, the system detects a coupling of a power supply to the portable electronic device through a set of wires. Next, the system uses the set of wires to identify a type of the power supply. The system then periodically determines a switching frequency of the power supply based on the type of the power supply and a current drawn from the power supply. Finally, the system uses the switching frequency to facilitate the operation of a touch control in the portable electronic device. For example, if the switching frequency corresponds to a sensing frequency of the touch control, the system may change the sensing frequency to an alternative sensing frequency.
US10228790B2
A display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate includes a first base substrate, a drive layer, and an optical layer, and is divided into a display area, and a non-display area. A first connection pad and a second connection pad are disposed in the non-display area. The second substrate is disposed facing the first substrate, and includes: a second base substrate including a sensing area, and a non-sensing area; and a touch sensor disposed on the second base substrate. The touch sensor includes a touch sensing electrode, a touch pad, and a sensing line electrically coupling the touch sensing electrode with the touch pad. The non-display area of the first substrate is bent so that the first connection pad is electrically coupled with the second connection pad, and the second connection pad is electrically coupled with the touch pad.
US10228787B2
A display device is provided. The display device includes a first substrate, wherein the first substrate includes: a scan line extending along a first direction; a thin-film transistor, including a source electrode, a drain electrode and a channel region disposed between the source electrode and the drain electrode; a data line intersecting with the scan line and extending along a second direction, wherein the source electrode is a portion of the data line, and the thin-film transistor is coupled to the data line and the scan line; and a touch signal line is disposed above the data line, wherein the touch signal line does not overlap with the channel region; a second substrate; and a display medium disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate.
US10228785B2
An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes a touch interface configured to display a screen comprising an ultrasound image of an object, and receive a user touch on the ultrasound image; and a controller configured to acquire a seed point, at which the user touch is sensed, acquire shape information of the object, and perform a control to display, on the ultrasound image, a touch point corresponding to the user touch, the touch point being determined based on the seed point and the shape information.
US10228775B2
A computing device includes a digital ink system that provides digital ink support to applications on the computing device. Digital ink inputs are received by the digital ink system, which provides ink stroke data for the digital ink inputs to the application for storage in a manner and format the application desires. The digital ink system also generates a digital ink container associated with the digital ink input, and communicates the digital ink container to a digital ink repository. The digital ink repository stores digital ink containers for multiple applications, and can be searched from a computing device to identify digital ink input to an application regardless of which application the digital ink was input to.
US10228773B2
There is disclosed an apparatus comprising processor and memory and a three-dimensional object bearing at least two, unique fiducial markers, the processor executing instructions which cause the processor to generate a three-dimensional environment including a user interface element for interacting with the three-dimensional environment, detect rotational movement of the three-dimensional physical object using the at least two unique fiducial markers, and update the user interface element within the three-dimensional environment based upon the rotational movement of the three-dimensional physical object.
US10228764B2
A system is provided that automatically adjusts a haptic effect. The system generates a haptic effect based on one or more haptic parameters. The system measures an affective state of a user that experiences the haptic effect. The system adjusts at least one haptic parameter of the one or more haptic parameters based on the measured affective state. The system generates a new haptic effect based on the one or more haptic parameters, where the at least one haptic effect parameter causes the new haptic effect to be different from the haptic effect.
US10228762B2
The disclosure describes systems and methods of analyzing interactions with a user interface for an application, where the user interface is implemented at least partly within a virtual reality environment. Certain embodiments provide for receiving interactions that include gestures, spatial contexts, and applications contexts, and receiving results from the application, such as application behavior or error conditions. The user interface interactions and the application results are analyzed. Events, metrics, and relationships are determined based on the analysis. In some cases, additional data (such as historical interactions and results, system environment data, or system configuration data) are received and analyzed, and the determined relationships are further based on the additional data.
US10228752B2
A voltage scaling system can scale a supply voltage while preventing processor access of system components that are rendered unstable from the scaling. A processor receives an instruction to scale a system supply voltage to a target supply voltage. The processor executes the instruction and enters into a sleep mode. The processor can send, to a controller that saves power, an indication that the processor is in the sleep mode. When the processor is in the sleep mode, the processor becomes inactive and cannot access any components, e.g., Flash memory data, of the voltage scaling system. The controller can configure a voltage regulator to scale the system supply voltage to the target supply voltage. Once the target supply voltage is reached, the voltage regulator sends an interrupt to the processor, thereby waking up the processor from the sleep mode.
US10228747B2
This document describes techniques and apparatuses for suppressing power spikes. In some embodiments, these techniques and apparatuses determine an available amount of power that a battery is capable of providing while maintaining a particular voltage level and a requisite amount of power that components will consume to perform a task. When the requisite amount of power exceeds the available amount of power, execution of the task or other tasks can be rescheduled effective to enable the battery to maintain the particular voltage level.
US10228746B1
An apparatus includes a circuit and a voltage regulator having a first output terminal that is coupled to provide electrical power to the circuit. The voltage regulator is configured to provide the electrical power in a supply voltage range. The voltage regulator has a second output terminal configured to provide an indicator of electrical current provided by the first output terminal for control of the circuit.
US10228738B2
Methods and systems to adjust a resistance between a supply grid and a power-gated grid during an active state of a power-gated circuitry in response to load changes in the circuitry to maintain a relatively consistent IR droop. Subsets of power gates (PGs) may be selectively enabled and disabled based on changes in a load factor, such as a voltage, which may be monitored at a gated power distribution grid and/or proximate to a transistor gate within the power-gated circuitry. The adjusting may be performed to minimize a difference between the monitored voltage and a reference, such as with successive approximation or CMS software. PG subsets may be distributed within one or more layers of an integrated circuit (IC) die and may be selectively enabled/disabled based on location. PGs may be embedded within lower layers of an integrated circuit (IC) die, such as within metal layers of the IC die.
US10228734B1
A removable hard disk carrier includes an L-shaped support, a flexible support, and a side support. The flexible support is fixedly connected to an end portion of the L-shaped support. The side support is fixedly connected to an end portion of the flexible support and is detachably engaged with another end portion of the L-shaped support. Therein, after the side support is detachably engaged with the L-shaped support, the L-shaped support, the flexible support, and the side support form an accommodating space therebetween and can fix a hard disk in the accommodating space. When the side support and the L-shaped support are not engaged, the side support can move away from the L-shaped support due to the resilient deformation of the flexible support, so that the hard disk can be detached from the removable hard disk carrier.
US10228727B1
Embodiments relate to adjustable arms in a head-mounted display. Each adjustable arm includes three separate links that are configured to allow a user to move a front end assembly in numerous ways in order to promote eye relief. Each adjustable arm is composed of a front end assembly link, an interlink, and a back end assembly link. These three links connect to each other in a rotatable manner, allowing a user to adjust the front end assembly into a position that provides the greatest degree of eye relief.
US10228726B2
An information processing apparatus 100 includes a first display unit 16a, a second display unit 16b, a first display control unit 17, a second display control unit 18, and a cooperative processing unit 11g. The first display control unit 17 displays the first information on the second display unit 16b. The second display control unit 18 displays, on the first display unit 16a, at least a part of time information (the first information) and various types of display information (the second information) undisplayable on the second display unit 16b. The cooperative processing unit 11g alternatively selects the control by the first display control unit 17 or the second display control unit 18.
US10228724B2
A portable information device is provided. The portable information device includes a first chassis and a second chassis, a display, a back part and a movable back plate. The display, which is configured to be foldable in half, is disposed over inner faces of the first and second chassis. The back part, includes a movable hinge configured to join the first and second chassis rotatably. When the first and second chassis are folded towards each other, the movable hinge moves on the inner faces of the chassis in a direction from open ends of the chassis to the back part that is located on an opposite side of the open ends. The movable back plate configured to support a rear face of the display at a part corresponding to the back part. When the first and second chassis are folded towards each other, the movable back plate moves in a direction from the open ends to the back part together with the movable hinge.
US10228717B2
A method for stabilizing the clock frequency of a microcontroller associated with a field device of automation technology. The field device as a function of application is exposed to different process conditions, wherein the clock frequency of the microcontroller is ascertained at least two different temperature values, and/or at least two different voltage values. Based on the ascertained values, the dependence of the clock frequency of the microcontroller on temperature over a predetermined temperature- and/or frequency range and/or the dependence of the clock frequency of the microcontroller on voltage over a predetermined voltage- and/or frequency range is ascertained. The ascertained values are stored, and the influence of temperature and/or voltage on the clock frequency of the microcontroller is at least approximately compensated taking into considering the ascertained temperature dependence and/or the ascertained voltage dependence.
US10228705B2
A computer-implemented method of performing an automated maintenance operation on a piece of equipment includes determining, using a processor system, a diagnostic status of the piece of equipment using a first unmanned vehicle, and determining, using the processor system, a maintenance condition of the piece of equipment. A maintenance operation and a safety operation to be performed are identified based on the diagnostic status of the piece of equipment. A second unmanned vehicle is dispatched, using the processor system, to perform the maintenance operation and a third unmanned vehicle is dispatched, using the processor system, to perform the safety operation.
US10228701B2
A mining machine management system includes a detection unit mounted on a mining machine that travels in a mine in which a plurality of landmarks is installed, and which detects a position of the landmark with respect to the mining machine in a non-contact manner, and a traveling control unit which corrects a current position of the mining machine based on a position of the landmark, the position having been obtained in advance, and the position of the landmark obtained by the detection unit and causes the mining machine to travel by dead reckoning navigation, and which does not use at least the position of the landmark detected by the detection unit in causing the mining machine to travel by the dead reckoning navigation, when a vehicle traveling in the mine exists around the position of the landmark detected by the detection unit.
US10228698B2
One object is to enable a preparation period for switching between modes in automated driving to be provided for a vehicle occupant. A vehicle control system includes an automated driving control unit that automatically controls at least one of acceleration/deceleration and steering of a host vehicle, the automated driving control unit performing automated driving control in any one of a plurality of modes having different degrees of automated driving, a detection unit that detects a state of an occupant in the host vehicle, an output unit that outputs notification information on the automated driving control, and a notification condition changing unit that changes a notification condition for outputting the notification information according to the state of the occupant detected by the detection unit.
US10228696B2
Example wind detection systems and methods are described. In one implementation, a method receives data from a vehicle-mounted sensor and determines whether airborne particles are identified in the received data. If airborne particles are identified in the received data, the method determines a wind speed and a wind direction based on movement of the airborne particles and determines a best action to avoid or mitigate the impact of the wind.
US10228695B2
In one general aspect, a drone control device includes a body, a motor that is configured to move the body, a network module, an input module, and a processor. The network module is configured to communicate with a security system that monitors a property and receive data associated with a location within the property. The input module is configured to receive user input. The processor is configured to perform operations that include: determine, from among the location within the property and other locations within the property, a target location within the property; move the body to the target location within the property by providing a signal to the motor; receive, from the input module, input data that is associated with an operation of the security system; and in response to receiving the input data, perform the operation of the security system.
US10228694B2
A system may be configured to manage at least one robotic device. The system may comprise one or more databases and one or more processors in communication with the one or more databases. The one or more processors may be configured to provide an operating system for the at least one robotic device, control motion of the at least one robotic device, configure at least one sensor removably coupled to the at least one robotic device, process data collected by the at least one sensor, and/or perform localization and/or area mapping for the at least one robotic device by comparing data collected by the at least one sensor with data in the one or more databases to generate localization and/or area mapping data.
US10228688B2
The present invention relates to a drone controller capable of controlling a movement and a rotation of a drone. The present invention discloses a drone controller capable of controlling a rotation and a movement of a drone, the drone controller including: a main body which is formed in a cylindrical shape and may be held by a user with one hand; a lever which is disposed at one side of the main body, formed such that the user's finger may be inserted into the lever, and operated to move the drone in front and rear directions or left and right directions; and a button unit which is disposed at a predetermined portion of the main body, and operated so that the drone may be rotated.
US10228685B2
A computer-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product controls manufacturing devices in a manufacturing environment. One or more processors receive sensor readings, which detect conditions that are unique to different areas within the manufacturing environment, in order to generate models of operations for each area in the manufacturing environment. One or more processors generate an ensemble model by extracting information from the models to describe a relationship between the conditions. One or more processors generate a device control signal, based on the ensemble model, that adjusts operations in the different areas in order to ameliorate the detected conditions.
US10228682B2
Methods and systems for manufacturing a piece or apparel. According to an aspect of the invention, a method for the manufacture of a piece of apparel comprises the steps of: (a) obtaining body data corresponding to at least one dimension of at least a part of the user's body, (b) obtaining pattern data corresponding to at least one pattern of the piece of apparel to be manufactured, (c) generating, based on the body data and the pattern data, manufacturing data adapted to be processed by a manufacturing machine, and (d) transmitting the manufacturing data to a manufacturing machine. When the manufacturing data is received at the manufacturing machine, the manufacturing data is processed and at least part of the piece of apparel is manufactured.
US10228681B2
A method of generating a machining program that can be interpreted by a physical controller of a numerical control machine tool. The machining program is generated from a prerecorded set of machine parameters representative of the machine tool, and a prerecorded set of machining sequences on the basis of at least some of the said machine parameters and of at least some of the machining sequences, a computer simulation program carries out machining feasibility tests (TST), the machining program being generated in a format that can be executed by the said physical controller only if it passes the machining feasibility tests beforehand.
US10228666B2
A material modification assembly comprises an energy source for generating light beams to modify a substrate. A computing device generates pattern script(s) based on at least one parameter of the modification. The computing device also generates process script(s) including a type of pulse scripts to be used with the light beams and are based on at least one parameter of the interaction between the energy source and the substrate. The computing device combines the pattern script(s) with the process script(s) and generates command signals based on the combination. The computing device transmits the command signals to one or more additional devices of the material modification assembly to facilitate modifying the light beams for the modification to the substrate such that the modification includes a pattern on at least a surface of the substrate having dimensions and includes two or more discrete material alterations or changes spatially overlapped within the pattern.
US10228663B2
Apparatus are provided for motor control systems and related medical devices. In one embodiment, a control system includes a motor having a rotor, a sensor to obtain a measured displacement that is influenced by rotation of the rotor, and a control module coupled to the sensor. The control module adjusts a duty cycle for a modulated voltage applied to the motor in response to a difference between an expected displacement and the measured displacement. The expected displacement is influenced by or otherwise corresponds to a commanded rotation of the rotor.
US10228660B2
A proposed electronic apparatus is capable of charging a secondary battery and performing data communication using a solar cell while suppressing effects of ambient light even when the intensity of light radiated to the solar cell is low. The electronic apparatus includes a control circuit 202 and a resistance 205. The control circuit 202 receives data based on an output voltage of a solar cell 201. The resistance 205 is connected between electrodes of the solar cell 201. The control circuit 202 controls a resistance value of the resistance 205 based on whether during an operation of receiving data or not.
US10228652B2
A cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, the cartridge includes (i) a rotatable developing roller for developing a latent image formed on a photosensitive member; (ii) a first drive transmission member capable of receiving a rotational force originated by the main assembly; (iii) a second drive transmission member capable of coupling with the first drive transmission member and capable of transmitting the rotational force received by the first drive transmission member to the developing roller; and (iv) a coupling disconnection member including a force receiving portion capable of receiving the force originated by the main assembly, and an urging portion capable of urging at least one of the first drive transmission member and the second drive transmission member by the force received by the force receiving portion to separate one of the first drive transmission member and the second drive transmission member from the other, thereby disconnecting the coupling.
US10228650B2
An image forming apparatus includes: an apparatus body; a photosensitive drum defining an axis extending in a first direction; a support member movable between an inside position and an outside position relative to the apparatus body; a cleaner for removing waste toner from the photosensitive drum; a first conveyer for conveying the waste toner in the first direction; a conveying unit; and a container for storing the waste toner conveyed by the conveying unit. The conveying unit includes a second conveyer for conveying the waste toner conveyed by the first conveyer in a second direction intersecting with the first direction; and a conveying pipe accommodating the second conveyer and connectable to the container. The conveying pipe includes a shutter for opening and closing a conveyer-side opening formed in a downstream end portion of the conveying pipe in the second direction.
US10228649B2
The power supply apparatus is configured to detect the output voltage of a piezoelectric transformer and controls the frequency of a pulse signal to drive the piezoelectric transformer based on the detected output voltage and a preset target voltage so as to perform feedback control of the output voltage of the piezoelectric transformer, the gain when performing the feedback control is switched in accordance with the target voltage.
US10228645B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a printing unit for making printing on a print medium; a communicating unit for communicating with an external apparatus; a controlling unit for controlling the image forming apparatus; a storing unit for storing print data which is used by the printing unit; and a power controlling unit for transferring the image forming apparatus to a power saving state in which power supply to the controlling unit and the storing unit is stopped. The communicating unit outputs a first signal to the power controlling unit in a case where a destination port number of data received from the external apparatus in the power saving state is a predetermined port number, and the power controlling unit supplies power at least to the storing unit in response to input of the first signal.
US10228644B2
Provided is an electrophotographic member, the member including an elastic layer that is formed by graphite particles dispersed in a silicone rubber and has high thermal conductivity in the thickness direction. The electrophotographic member has a substrate and an elastic layer on the substrate, in which the elastic layer contains a cured product of an addition-curable liquid silicone rubber mixture including graphite particles, the dibutyl phthalate (DBP) oil absorption number of the graphite particles is from 80 cm3/100 g to 150 cm3/100 g, the thermal conductivity in the thickness direction of the elastic layer is from 1.1 W/(m·K) to 5.0 W/(m·K), and the modulus in tension of the elastic layer is from 0.1 MPa to 4.0 MPa.
US10228637B2
Method and system for converting a toner cartridge printer to a metallic or light toner printer. The method may comprise the steps: providing a printer having one or more toner cartridges; removing at least one of the one or more toner cartridges; disassembling the one or more removed toner cartridges; cleaning the one or more removed toner cartridges; filling the one or more removed toner cartridges with a white, clear, metallic or light toner; and installing the one or more removed white, clear, metallic or light toner cartridges into the printer.
US10228635B2
A developer container includes: a housing chamber 147 which includes an opening 145 and which houses developer; a stirring member 160 which includes a sheet-like stirring portion 160b and a rotary shaft 160a to which the stirring portion 160b is attached; and a first electrode 143 and a second electrode 144 which are used to detect an amount of the developer and which are arranged with an interval therebetween, wherein an area X1 between the first electrode 143 and the second electrode 144 in the housing chamber 147 is positioned below the rotary shaft 160a of the stirring member 160, and the sheet-like stirring portion 160b comes into contact with the area X1 due to rotation of the stirring member 160.
US10228628B2
A toner in which the content of polysiloxane is 1% by mass or more and 15% by mass or less based on the total mass of toner particles, the polysiloxane is present in the toner as a domain of 10 nm or more and 500 nm or less, and Siloxane index (Ge)/Siloxane index (D) of the toner particles is 1.0 or less.
US10228626B2
A movable support configured to support an object, the support including: a support plane to support the object, an actuator assembly to move the movable support in a first direction and in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the first direction and the second direction extend in a plane parallel to the support plane, wherein the actuator assembly includes: a first actuator configured to exert a first actuation force in a first actuation direction, the first actuation direction being parallel to the support plane, a second actuator configured to exert a second actuation force in a second actuation direction, the second actuation direction being parallel to the support plane, wherein the first actuation direction and the second actuation direction are arranged non-parallel and non-perpendicular with respect to each other.
US10228611B2
A projection system includes a projector and a light emitting device that emits detection light in a direction in response to a screen. The projector detects an operation to the screen based on detection light of the light emitting device by a position detection section and switches the light emitting device between an emission mode and a non-emission mode thereof in response to state of the projector.
US10228608B2
A camera slider assembly for supporting a camera thereon including a frame with a pair of rails and a carriage body that rolls longitudinally along the rails upon which a camera can be supported. A flywheel is supported on the carriage body for rotation relative to the carriage body about a flywheel axis which is movable with the carriage body in the longitudinal direction relative to the frame. A pulley cable is connected between the flywheel and one of the wheels of the carriage body to rotate the flywheel responsive to rolling of the wheels of the carriage body along the rails. A brake member on the carriage body is pivotal on the carriage body between braking and released positions about the same axis as the flywheel. The flywheel can accordingly be rotatably supported upon the brake member to support the flywheel on the carriage body.
US10228606B2
The present disclosure provides a display panel, a driving method thereof and a display apparatus. The display panel includes display areas arranged in array, each display area including at least two pixels having different domain tilt directions and strip electrodes in the pixels having different tilt directions. The pixels having different domain tilt directions in each display area are electrically connected with different gate lines, and the pixels in each display area are electrically connected with a same data line. Each pixel is configured to drive, under a control of the gate line electrically connected with the pixel, liquid crystal molecules in the pixel to create a corresponding liquid crystal prism according to amplitude of data voltage input through the data line, so as to control light emergent direction at a position where the pixel is located. The display panel is capable of performing single or multiple view display.
US10228600B2
A light controlling apparatus includes first and second substrates facing each other; a first electrode on the first substrate; a second electrode on the second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the liquid crystal layer including cholesteric liquid crystals, wherein the cholesteric liquid crystals have a focal conic state in a light shielding mode in case where no voltage is applied, and have a homeotropic state in a transparent mode in case where a voltage is applied.
US10228597B2
Provided is a thin film transistor (TFT) liquid crystal display device, which is characterized in that an upper substrate is a substrate on which a series of TFT circuits are arranged, and a lower substrate is a thin film transistor TFT substrate. Common electrodes and pixel electrodes of the upper substrate and the lower substrate are alternately configured. The common electrode and pixel electrode of the upper substrate are respectively overlapped with the pixel electrode and common electrode of the lower substrate, so that positions of data lines and scanning lines of the upper substrate and positions of data lines and scanning lines of the lower substrate are overlapped. Thus, in an area corresponding to one scanning line and one data line originally, an original situation that only one pixel may be driven is changed into a situation that the upper and lower substrates both may drive one pixel, so that under the condition that resolutions are the same, the area occupied by the scanning line and the data line is reduced, thereby improving the aperture ratio.
US10228588B2
Provided is an image source unit including a layer including a light transmissive portion and an in-between portion, which can improve the use efficiency of light from a light source and improve the quality of display, including a liquid crystal panel and an optical sheet arranged on a lower polarizing plate side from the liquid crystal panel, wherein: the optical sheet includes a base material layer, an optical functional layer, and an adhesive layer; the optical functional layer includes a plurality of light transmissive portions having one extending direction along a face of the base material layer having a predetermined cross section, arranged in a different direction from the extending direction at predetermined intervals, and a plurality of in-between portions formed in the intervals of the adjacent light transmissive portions; and the lower polarizing plate and the optical sheet are adhered to each other by the adhesive layer.
US10228587B2
Provided are a liquid crystal display panel and a manufacturing method thereof, and more particularly, a liquid crystal display panel including white pixels and a manufacturing method thereof. The liquid crystal display panel includes: a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other; a liquid crystal layer positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate; a plurality of color filters positioned on the first substrate and representing different colors from each other, in which at least two of the plurality of color filters overlap with each other on the first substrate to form an overlapping portion, and the overlapping portion forms a first spacer; a transparent filter positioned on the first substrate and positioned in a transmitting area of a white pixel; and a second spacer including the same material as the transparent filter.
US10228586B2
A color filter includes a substrate including a pixel area and a light-blocking area surrounding the pixel area, a color conversion layer above the pixel area and converting incident light into light of different color, and a color filter layer including a first portion between the color conversion layer and the substrate, and a second portion surrounding side surfaces of the color conversion layer, and selectively transmitting the light of different color.
US10228585B2
A color filter substrate and a liquid crystal display are provided. The color filter substrate has a substrate, a light shielding array and a plurality of color resist units. A projection of the light shielding array on the substrate and a projection of the color resist units on the substrate are connected to each other without intersecting each other. The light shielding array has a plurality of light reflecting units and a plurality of light absorbing units. The light reflecting units are configured to reflect light and are disposed on disposed above the substrate, and the light absorbing units are configured to absorb light and disposed on the light reflecting units.
US10228584B2
A light source includes a light emitting element which emits light, and a light conversion layer which converts the light emitted from the light emitting element into white light and emits the white light, where the light conversion layer includes a resin and a quantum dot material mixed with the resin, and a red apex of a color region of the white light is positioned in a region of 0.65
US10228581B2
A portable device and method of manufacturing a display device includes a display panel having a glass substrate and a polarizer adhered to the glass substrate, a touch panel which is made of resin material and adhered to the polarizer of the display panel by a first adhesive material, and a front window which is made of glass and adhered to the touch panel by a second adhesive material. One of the first adhesive material and the second adhesive material is an adhesive sheet, and an other of the first adhesive material and the second adhesive material is an ultraviolet-curing adhesive material.
US10228580B2
The present invention relates to a touch panel and, more particularly, to a touch panel comprising: a substrate, which is divided into a valid area and an invalid area; sensing electrodes disposed in the valid area, thereby sensing a first input; touch electrodes disposed in the valid area so as not to overlap with the sensing electrode, thereby sensing a second input; first wirings disposed in the invalid area and connected to the sensing electrodes; and second wirings disposed in the invalid area and connected to the touch electrodes, wherein the touch electrodes are mesh form and disposed between the sensing electrodes, and each second wiring surrounds at least one sensing electrode and is electrically connected in a loop form.
US10228569B2
A display device includes a display unit in which pixels having first and second regions are arrayed in a matrix, the first region emitting first color light for displaying a stereoscopic image including images of a plurality of viewing points and the second region emitting second color light in order to display the stereoscopic image. A separation unit separates optically the images of the respective viewing points from each other so that the images of different viewing points are observed by different eyes of a viewer, wherein in a region on the display unit in which the image of a predetermined viewing point is displayed, widths of the first and second regions in a parallax direction of the stereoscopic image are approximately the same and widths of the first and second regions in a vertical direction, which is approximately perpendicular to the parallax direction, are different.
US10228565B1
A waveguide display presents media to users. The waveguide assembly includes a light source, a source waveguide, an output waveguide, an actuator assembly, and a controller. The light source emits image light based on scanning instructions from the controller. The source waveguide receives the emitted image light, expands the image light in at least one dimension, and outputs an expanded image light to the output waveguide at an input area. The output waveguide outputs the expanded image light from a portion of an output area. The actuator assembly adjusts a first curvature of the source waveguide with a first set of actuators and adjusts a second curvature of the output waveguide with a second set of actuators, where the first curvature is orthogonal to the first curvature.
US10228564B2
Implementations of an augmented reality (AR)-capable display device for displaying polarized light generated by a display onto a predefined field of view are disclosed herein. The display device comprises an optical arrangement having a predefined arrangement relative to a predefined position of the display and defining the field of view. The optical arrangement comprises a mirror element disposed within the field of view and at least partially transmissive of ambient light incident on a first surface and at least partially reflective of light incident on an opposite second surface, a polarized beam splitter element disposed within the field of view and closer to the second surface of the mirror element than the first surface, a half-wave plate element disposed between the polarized beam splitter element and the display and outside the field of view, and a quarter-wave plate element disposed between the polarized beam splitter element and the mirror element.
US10228563B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an optical medium, for enabling increase in the viewing field angle without increasing a thickness of a device. The optical medium includes: a substrate having an upper interface and a lower interface parallel to each other; a first anisotropic partially-reflective film and a second anisotropic partially-reflective film being parallel to each other and arranged between the upper interface and the lower interface of the substrate in an inclined way; and a total reflection film arranged within the substrate in a direction of inclination opposite to that of the first and second anisotropic partially-reflective films. Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide glasses including the optical medium and an imaging method for the glasses.
US10228552B2
In order to realize a high-speed switching of structured pattern, a structured illuminating microscopy includes a driving unit generating a sonic standing wave in a sonic wave propagation path by giving a driving signal for vibrating a medium of the sonic wave propagation path to a light modulator, an illuminating optical system making at least three diffracted components of the exit light flux passed through the sonic wave propagation path to be interfered with one another, and forming interference fringes on an observational object, an image-forming optical system forming an image by an observational light flux from the observational object on a detector, and a controlling unit controlling a contrast of an image by modulating at least one of an intensity of the exit light flux, an intensity of the observational light flux, and the detector with a modulating signal of 1/N frequency of the driving signal.
US10228551B1
A chromatic confocal measuring device includes a light source, which emits light of a plurality of wavelengths, and a first beam splitter, via which the light from the light source into an imaging optical unit having chromatic aberration on. Light reflected from the measurement object is imaged by the imaging optical unit and the first beam splitter onto a first confocal detection stop arrangement, such that the first confocal detection stop arrangement functions as a confocal aperture. Light incident through the first detection stop arrangement is detected and evaluated by a first detection device. The measuring device has a first slit stop, which functions as a confocal aperture of the measuring device. The measuring device additionally includes a second detection device and a second beam splitter, wherein the second beam splitter splits the light reflected from the measurement object into a first and a second partial beam, which image the same spatial region of the measurement object. The first detection device detects light of the first partial beam by a linear detector and evaluates total intensities over all wavelengths in order to create a total intensity profile and/or a total intensity image therefrom. The second detection device at the same time spectrally splits light of the second partial beam and evaluates intensities of the light of a plurality of individual wavelengths.
US10228550B2
Certain embodiments pertain to laser-based Fourier ptychographic (LFP) imaging systems, angle direction devices used in the LFP imaging systems, optical switches used in the LFP imaging systems, and LFP imaging methods. The LFP systems include an angle direction device for directing laser light to a sample plane at a plurality of illumination angles at different sample times. The LFP systems also include an optical system and a light detector. The optical system receives light issuing from the sample being imaged and propagates and focuses the light to the light detector acquiring raw intensity images.
US10228548B2
A catadioptric photographic lens include; a first reflecting mirror, a second reflecting mirror, and a lens group, arranged in order from an object so that light reflected by the first reflecting mirror is reflected by the second reflecting mirror before passing through the lens group and forms an image of the object upon a predetermined image plane wherein; the first and the second reflecting mirror are off-center on the reference plane; reflection surfaces of the first and the second reflecting mirror are rotationally asymmetric aspheric surfaces; the reflection surface of the first reflecting mirror is concave toward the object on the reference plane and on the first orthogonal plane; and the surface closest toward the second reflecting mirror in the lens group having two lenses made from the same optical material as one another is a rotationally asymmetric aspheric surface.
US10228542B2
A four-piece infrared single wavelength lens system includes, in order from the object side to the image side: a first lens element with a positive refractive power, a stop, a second lens element with a refractive power, a third lens element with a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens element with a negative refractive power. The focal length of the first lens element is f1, the focal length of the second lens element and the third lens element combined is f23, and they satisfy the relation: 0.05
US10228539B2
The invention discloses a six-piece optical lens for capturing image and a six-piece optical module for capturing image. In order from an object-side surface to an image-side surface, the optical lens along the optical axis comprises a first lens with refractive power; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; a fourth lens with refractive power; a fifth lens with refractive power; a sixth lens with refractive power; and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the six lens elements is aspheric. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.
US10228531B2
A method of aligning a lens device includes: coupling an optical free-space beam that propagates along a first direction into an access port of an optoelectronic component, the first, a second, and a third direction being mutually perpendicular; positioning the lens device inside a free-space beam path, the lens device having an adjustment lens configured to focus radiation in only the second direction; moving the lens device along the second direction to align the adjustment lens with respect to the access port at an initial aligned position at which the optical free-space beam is one-dimensionally focused by the adjustment lens and at least a portion of a resulting one-dimensionally focused beam is input into the access port; and starting from the initial aligned position, moving the lens device in the second and/or third directions to position an optical element of the lens device in front of the access port.
US10228527B2
A gimbal transmission cable management system is disclosed. The system can include a first gimbal portion and a second gimbal portion rotatable relative to one another to provide rotation about a gimbal axis. The system can also include a cable retainer fixed relative to one of the first and second gimbal portions and defining a cable volume between the cable retainer and at least one of the first and second gimbal portions. In addition, the system can include a transmission cable coiled about the gimbal axis within the cable volume. Bi-directional relative rotation of the first and second gimbal portions can alternately coil and uncoil a portion of the transmission cable about the gimbal axis within the cable volume.
US10228524B2
The invention discloses an optical device and an optical module, the optical device includes a collimation lens arranged on an outer surface for converting incident light from a light source to parallel light, further includes a transmission light total reflection surface for totally reflecting a part of the parallel light at a first angle so that the part of the parallel light is finally coupled to an external optical fiber, a detection light total reflection surface for totally reflecting a part of the parallel light at a second angle so that the part of the parallel light is finally coupled to an external optical detector, and at least one attenuation light reflection surface for totally reflecting parallel light to be attenuated at a third angle before the parallel light leaves the optical device. The invention achieves the light intensity attenuation while realizing the direction-changing transmission of light signals.
US10228523B2
An optical module includes a first optical block and a second optical block. The first optical block includes a base part, two extending parts which extend in a first direction, locking parts, and a first reference surface. The second optical block includes a holding part, two arm parts, spring pieces which extend in the first direction, locked parts which are formed on the spring pieces, and a second reference surface. In a state that the first optical block and the second optical block are assembled with each other, the locking parts are hooked on the locked parts, the second reference surface is pressed against the first reference surface by a spring force of the spring pieces so as to realize positioning in the assembling direction, and an optical path between the base part and the holding part is parallel to the first direction.
US10228522B2
Realized is a bonding method which makes it possible to cause an angle formed between a front surface of an optical element and an upper end surface of a housing side wall to accurately match a design objective value. The bonding method includes the steps of (a) placing an optical element (12) on a jig (2) so that a front surface (12a) of the optical element (12) is in surface contact with a first flat surface (23a) of the jig (2); and (b) placing a housing (11) on the jig (2) so that (i) an upper end surface (11a1) of a side wall (11a) of the housing (11) is in surface contact with a second flat surface (21a) of the jig (2) and (ii) a bottom plate (11b) of the housing (11) is in contact with a back surface (12b) of the optical element (12) via an adhesive (15).
US10228516B2
A fiber optic connector includes a boot receiving an optical fiber; a connector body for receiving the optical fiber and terminating the optical fiber; and a latch coupled to the connector body, the latch for engaging an adapter for receiving the fiber optic connector, the latch repositionable relative to the connector body to enable polarity change of the fiber optic connector without changing a relative position of the connector body and the optical fiber.
US10228513B2
A spectrometer includes a one or more Arrayed Waveguide Gratings (AWGs), which have output waveguides which are non-uniformly spaced at the output slab and/or with different passband widths. AWGs can be cascaded, each receiving a different portion of the spectrum passing through an upstream AWG, for further processing and/or detection.
US10228502B2
The present disclosure is directed to optical bodies including a first optical film, a second optical film and one or more strippable boundary layers disposed between the first and second optical films. Each major surface of a strippable boundary layer may be disposed adjacent to an optical film or another strippable boundary layer. At least one of the first and second optical films may include a reflective polarizer. The present disclosure is also directed to methods of processing such optical bodies.
US10228500B2
An optical filter includes: an absorption layer containing a first near-infrared absorbent having a maximum absorption in a wavelength of 660 to 785 nm, and satisfying (i-1) in 620 to 670 nm, on a shorter wavelength side of a wavelength λ (DA_Tmin) exhibiting the maximum absorption, there is a wavelength λSh (DA_T50%) at which a transmittance becomes 50%; and a reflection layer formed of a dielectric multilayered film satisfying (ii-1) in 670 to 1200 nm, there is a near-infrared reflection band in which a transmittance with respect to light at an incident angle of 0° becomes 50% or less, and a wavelength λSh (A2_Ts50%) at which a transmittance of light of an s polarization component out of light at an incident angle of 30° becomes 50%, on a shorter wavelength side of the near-infrared reflection band, is positioned on a longer wavelength side of the wavelength λSh (DA_T50%).
US10228497B2
A light blocking sheet having a central axis includes a central hole and a plurality of inner extended portions. The central axis passes through the central hole, which is enclosed by a hole inner surface. The hole inner surface has a first corresponding circle and a second corresponding circle, wherein a diameter of the first corresponding circle is greater than a diameter of the second corresponding circle. The inner extended portions are adjacent to and surround the central hole, wherein each of the inner extended portions is extended and tapered from the first corresponding circle towards the second corresponding circle and includes an inner surface, and the inner surface includes a line pair. The line pair includes two line sections, wherein one end of one line section thereof and one end of the other line section thereof are towards the second corresponding circle and approach to each other.
US10228495B2
A method of coating an optical substrate with a transparent, electrically conductive coating includes depositing a semiconductor coating over a surface of an optical substrate. The semiconductor coating has broadband optical transmittance. Channels are formed in the semiconductor coating. The method includes coating over the semiconductor coating and filling the channels with a doped semiconductor. The doped semiconductor is removed from the semiconductor coating, leaving the doped semiconductor in the channels.
US10228493B2
An optical component has a surface including an optically effective area having an antireflection coating arranged thereon and an adjoining optically non-effective area having a light-shielding coating film arranged thereon. An edge portion of the antireflection coating and an edge portion of the light-shielding coating film overlap with each other to form an overlap area having a width between 0.5 μm and 50 μm. The antireflection coating is formed so as to show a thickness decreasing toward an edge thereof in the overlap area.
US10228476B2
A method for survey data processing compensates for visco-acoustic effects in TTI medium in an RTM method. This method employs propagating in conjugate medium to yield correct phase, and acoustic wave propagation to yield correct amplitudes through adaptive matching filtering.
US10228463B2
In a ranging device, a controlling unit alternatively switches orders in time series of a first pulse-transfer-signal and a second pulse-transfer-signal per frame term and outputs the first and second pulse-transfer-signals. Furthermore, an arithmetic unit arithmetizes a distance to an object based on total quantities of charges of signal charges, in two frame term consecutive in the time series, accumulated in a first charge-accumulating region and a second charge-accumulating region in accordance with the first and second pulse-transfer-signals having an identical phase.
US10228462B2
Disclosed herein is an ultrasonic imaging apparatus including: an ultrasonic probe configured to receive ultrasonic waves reflected from an object, and to convert the ultrasonic waves into electrical signals; a beamformer configured to perform beamforming on the electrical signals to thereby generate resultant signals, and to output the resultant signals; an image restorer configured to estimate a first Point Spread Function (PSF) based on an ultrasound image corresponding to the outputted signals, to determine a situational variable of the ultrasound image using the first PSF, to estimate a second PSF based on the situational variable of the ultrasound image, and to generate a restored image for the ultrasound image using the second PSF; and an image filter configured to filter the restored image based on the situational variable of the ultrasound image, and to output the filtered image.
US10228441B2
Embodiments for accurately tracking objects in three-dimensional space by at least one processor device. Inter-device communications are sent between a plurality of stationary radio frequency elements to triangulate a three-dimensional position between the plurality of stationary radio frequency elements and a tracking element registerable to a user, the tracking element also in radio frequency communication with the plurality of stationary radio frequency elements. The tracking element moves, and is tracked by, the plurality of stationary radio frequency elements through the three-dimensional space.
US10228437B2
Wireless electronic devices suitable for tracking a terrestrial object within a close range, and more particularly, an object in continuous or intermittent movement which is bearing a specific device. A device and method for tracking the bearer of a specific electronic device, in an open or closed space using a second device connected to the first by a data link. Methods for determining the exact coordinates of the bearer in movement in a Cartesian plane centered on the second device which may also be itself in movement.
US10228430B2
A method for the transmission/reception of RF signals for NMR measurements uses a heat exchanger (1) for cooling heat sources (5), the heat exchanger having a contact element (4.2) for thermal connection between a cryogenic fluid and the heat source, is characterized in that the heat exchanger comprises a container having an interior volume VB into which a first cryogenic fluid F1 that has a liquid component F1L and a gaseous component F1G flows through an inflow conduit (8) and from which a second cryogenic fluid F2 that has liquid component F2L and a gaseous component F2G flows out through an outflow conduit (9). The inflow conduit has a flow cross-section QZ and a circumference UZ from which an associated parameter VZ=4·Q2Z/UZ results, wherein VB>10·VZ, and the outflow conduit has a flow diameter QA wherein QA≥QZ. The contact element is in close thermal contact with both the liquid volume component VL of the cryogenic fluid and with the heat source. A device for setting the inflow quantity of the first cryogenic fluid F1 into the container is provided that ensures a state F1L/F1G>F2L/F2G during operation. In this way, vibrations due to the cooling process can be largely reduced and the consumption of cryogenic fluid minimized.
US10228429B2
The present disclosure relates to apparatuses and methods for stimulating a magneto-optical defect material with defect centers in a magnetic detection system using a stimulation process to significantly increase magnetic sensitivity of the detection system. The system utilizes a modified Ramsey pulse sequence pair or a shifted magnetometry adapted cancellation (SMAC) pair to detect and measure the magnetic field acting on the system resulting in mitigation of low-frequency noise sources to provide improved sensor sensitivity. For a SMAC pair measurement, two different values of tau are used as well as two different values of the microwave pulse width.
US10228424B2
The present application discloses an integrated direct current (DC) subsystem monitoring system for monitoring and reporting status of a utility substation, the DC subsystem monitoring system having the ability to actively monitor and report on changes in the float current and current capacity of the system, as well as to monitor for ground faults.
US10228422B2
An aspect includes driving a plurality of commands to an interface unit of a circuit design in a hardware-accelerated simulator to dynamically initialize the circuit design to run one or more test cases based on an initialization sequence with breakpoint support. A state of the circuit design is examined through the interface unit based on triggering of a breakpoint on the hardware-accelerated simulator. A next action to perform in the initialization sequence is determined based on the state of the circuit design as determined through the interface unit. Execution of one or more scripts select the initialization sequence from a plurality of test cases, set the breakpoint, modify a state of the circuit design as the next action to perform, and capture a plurality of test results based on execution of the initialization sequence through the interface unit.
US10228421B2
Disclosure is related to a method and a system for intelligent defect classification and sampling, and a computer-readable storage device. The computer-implemented method acquires in-line defect inspection file, and retrieves the defect patterns over a device under test, e.g. a wafer from a fab. The system incorporates a defect pattern recognition engine to recognize the defect signature patterns from the defect patterns. A sampling scheme is performed to acquire weak defect patterns. A critical area analysis based on failure probability of weak patterns is incorporated to performing the sampling. The defect layout pattern groups probably causing the open or short failure can be obtained. The defect signature patterns through sampling are then displayed using a browsing system. Through a user interface, the user can perform functions, such as filtering, selection and merging, onto the defect patterns.
US10228420B2
A test circuit receives LBIST and ATPG mode signals, and generates a first output as high when in ATPG or LBIST, and a second output as low when in ATPG or LBIST. A multiplexing circuit receives an ATPG clock and functional clock, and outputs one. A clock gate circuit includes a first latch receiving the second output, and an enable input receiving an inverse of the ATPG clock or functional clock. A second latch receives the first output, and has an enable input receiving the inverse of the ATPG clock or functional clock. The clock gate circuit includes a first AND gate receiving output of the first latch and ATPG clock or functional clock, a second AND gate receiving output of the second latch and the ATPG clock or LBIST clock, and an OR gate receiving outputs of the first and second AND gates, and generating a test clock.
US10228414B2
Sensor devices and methods are provided where a test signal is applied to a capacitive sensor. Furthermore, a bias voltage is applied to the capacitive sensor via a high impedance component. A path for applying the test signal excludes the high impedance component. Using this testing signal, in some implementations a capacity imbalance of the capacitive sensor may be detected.
US10228395B2
In a non-contact voltage measurement device that can precisely measure an alternating-current voltage with a simple structure, a first capacitor and second capacitor, having mutually correlated capacitances, are respectively formed between a first electrode and a conductor and between a second electrode and the conductor. An alternating-current signal is given between the first electrode and a first reference potential. When a switch is off, a first charge detecting signal matching charges accumulated in the second capacitor by the alternating-current signal is created with the second electrode kept at the first reference potential. When the switch is on, a second charge detecting signal matching charges accumulated in the second capacitor by the alternating-current voltage is created with the second electrode kept at a second reference potential. A measurement of the alternating-current voltage is calculated in a calculating unit, according to the first charge detecting signal and second charge detecting signal.
US10228393B2
A multifunction testing and measuring device having a probe body with an elongated portion extending outward from a rearward main body portion to a hook-shaped forward end, the hook-shaped end useful for isolating a conductor under test, a slide closure member adapted to slide longitudinally forward from a rearward open position to a forward closed position, the closed position useful to capture the conductor under test within a space encircled by the combination of the hook-shaped end, the closed slide closure member, and the rearward main body, with the space encircled including a current sensing zone, and having test leads integral to and stowable on the main body. The multi tester comprises circuitry adapted for detecting a magnetic flux generated by an electric current passing through the conductor under test positioned within the current sensing zone, for sensing current and inrush current, as well as selectably measuring voltage, continuity, and resistance between the test leads.
US10228389B2
System and method for measuring an optical property of a sub micrometer region of a sample including interacting a probe tip of a probe microscope with a region of the sample, illuminating the sample with a beam of light from a radiation source such that light is scattered from the probe-sample interaction region, interfering a reference beam with the scattered light wherein the reference beam has an adjustable optical phase, measuring with a detector at least a portion of the light scattered from probe-sample and background regions at a substantially constant reference phase, and constructing a signal indicative of the optical property of the sample wherein contributions from background scattered light are substantially suppressed.
US10228388B2
Methods and apparatus for obtaining extremely high sensitivity chemical composition maps with spatial resolution down to a few nanometers. In some embodiments these chemical composition maps are created using a combination of three techniques: (1) Illuminating the sample with IR radiation than is tuned to an absorption band in the sample; and (2) Optimizing a mechanical coupling efficiency that is tuned to a specific target material; (3) Optimizing a resonant detection that is tuned to a specific target material. With the combination of these steps it is possible to obtain (1) Chemical composition maps based on unique IR absorption; (2) spatial resolution that is enhanced by extremely short-range tip-sample interactions; and (3) resonant amplification tuned to a specific target material. In other embodiments it is possible to take advantage of any two of these steps and still achieve a substantial improvement in spatial resolution and/or sensitivity.
US10228387B2
This disclosure provides systems and methods for a two-dimensional material-based accelerometer. In one embodiment, an accelerometer comprises a substrate; a membrane suspended over an opening in the substrate to form a suspended membrane, wherein the membrane is composed of a two-dimensional material; a mass structure coupled to the suspended membrane; and wherein the mass structure distorts the suspended membrane about a first axis in response to an applied acceleration providing a first change in a conductance of the suspended membrane so that the applied acceleration along the first axis can be detected.
US10228385B2
A substrate for a sensor includes: a base section; a movable section connected to the base section; an arm portion as a support portion extending along the movable section from the base section; a first gap portion having a protrusion portion in which one of the movable section and the arm portion protrudes toward the other of the movable section and the arm portion, and having a predetermined gap between the protrusion portion on one side and the other of the movable section and the support portion; and a second gap portion which is located further toward the base section side than the first gap portion has a gap wider than the predetermined gap, in which in the first gap portion, one of the movable section and the arm portion has a ridge portion on the side facing the first gap portion.
US10228383B2
A test apparatus for measuring the temperature of a reactor using a thermochromic pigment, and a method for controlling the test apparatus are disclosed, based on a technology for irradiating light of different wavelengths on a thermochromic pigment accommodated in a reactor and estimating temperature of the reactor using a difference between absorbance values corresponding to the light of the different wavelengths. The test apparatus includes at least one light emitter configured to irradiate light of different wavelengths onto a chamber included in the reactor, a light receiver configured to receive the light that propagates through the chamber, and a controller configured to measure absorbance values of the thermochromic pigment in correspondence to the different wavelengths of the light, to calculate a difference between the measured absorbance values, and to determine a temperature of the reactor in correspondence to the calculated difference between the absorbance values.
US10228377B2
Test devices to detect pregnancy in a human female subject are provided. In various embodiment, test devices include an assay means to measure the absolute or relative amount of hCG in a sample from the subject; an assay means to measure the absolute or relative amount of FSH in a sample from the subject; and an assay means to measure the absolute or relative amount of one or more progesterone metabolites in a sample from the subject.
US10228372B2
A nanoplasmonic platform can be used for the detection and quantification of multiple HIV subtypes in whole blood with localized surface plasmon resonance. Among other things, this nanoplasmonic platform provides a viable way to detection and quantification of viral load at a point of care with significantly less cost, time, and laboratory resources than existing methods of detection. Although an example of HIV detection in whole blood is provided, the nanoplasmonic platform is adaptable to detect other pathogens and infectious agents or macromolecules.
US10228363B2
Disclosed is a sample dispensing method. The method comprises: suctioning a urine sample from a sample container by a first nozzle; moving the first nozzle to a holding chamber after the first nozzle has suctioned the urine sample from the sample container, and discharging the urine sample into the holding chamber; moving the first nozzle to a first wash tank and washing the first nozzle in the first wash tank after the first nozzle has discharged the urine sample into the holding chamber; and moving a second nozzle to the holding chamber after the first nozzle has started moving to the first wash tank, and moving the second nozzle which has suctioned the urine sample from the holding chamber to respective plurality of processing chambers and discharging a part of the urine sample to the respective plurality of processing chambers.
US10228357B2
An egg flat identification system for identifying an egg flat among a collection of egg flats is provided. Such a system includes a first measurement device configured to determine a first measurement of a plurality of eggs carried by an egg flat. A processor is in communication with the first measurement device. The processor is configured to receive the first measurements from the first measurement device. A second measurement device is configured to determine a second measurement of the eggs in the collection of egg flats. The second measurement device is in communication with the processor such that the processor is capable of receiving the second measurements. The processor compares the second measurements with the first measurements so as to identify a respective egg flat among the collection of egg flats.
US10228353B2
Micromachined ultrasonic transducers integrated with complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) substrates are described, as well as methods of fabricating such devices. Fabrication may involve two separate wafer bonding steps. Wafer bonding may be used to fabricate sealed cavities in a substrate. Wafer bonding may also be used to bond the substrate to another substrate, such as a CMOS wafer. At least the second wafer bonding may be performed at a low temperature.
US10228344B2
A sensor element includes a first conductive electrode having a first conductive member electrically coupled thereto; an absorptive dielectric layer comprising a polymer of intrinsic microporosity; and a second conductive electrode having a second conductive member electrically coupled thereto. The second conductive electrode comprises at least one noble metal, has a thickness of from 4 to 10 nanometers and is permeable to at least one organic vapor. The absorptive dielectric layer is at least partially disposed between the first conductive electrode and the second conductive electrode. A method of making the sensor element, and sensor device containing it, are also disclosed.
US10228338B2
A measuring device for determining a gas concentration includes a gas-sensitive element, a sensing device, a stimulation unit, and a processing unit. The gas-sensitive element is configured to absorb a gas. The sensing device is configured to determine a parameter of the gas-sensitive element in a predetermined time period, where the parameter depends on an absorbed quantity of the gas. The stimulation unit is configured to stimulate the gas-sensitive element and accelerate desorption of the gas out of the gas-sensitive element. The processing unit is configured to determine a rate of change of the parameter, to control the stimulation such that a concentration of the gas in the gas-sensitive element lies outside of an equilibrium state, and to determine the gas concentration based on the rate of change.
US10228336B2
An NMR sensor and method is disclosed for analyzing a core sample from a subsurface formation. Embodiments of the method utilize two or more magnets disposed proximate to each other. The configuration of the magnets allows for increased detection frequency, and creates a strong field with much finer resolution than existing designs. In addition, embodiments of the sensor may be used at the well site due to its small size and simple hardware. Further details and advantages of various embodiments of the method are described in more detail herein.
US10228333B2
A method is disclosed for determining the speed of a rolling stock, for example the belt speed of a rolling belt, wherein electromagnetic radiation in the microwave range is transmitted to the rolling stock by at least one transmitting and receiving device and the belt speed is determined on the basis of the reflected and received reflection signal in an evaluation device. A device for carrying out such method is also disclosed.
US10228332B2
A defect inspection method includes irradiating a sample with laser, condensing and detecting scattered light beams, processing signals that detectors have detected and extracting a defect on a sample surface, and outputting information on the extracted defect. Detection of the scattered light beams is performed by condensing the scattered light beams, adjusting polarization directions of the condensed scattered light beams, mutually separating the light beams depending on the polarization direction, and detecting the light beams by a plurality of detectors. Extraction of the defect is performed by processing output signals from the detectors by multiplying each detection signal by a gain, discriminating between a noise and the defect, and detecting the defect.
US10228324B2
Presented herein are systems and methods for quantifying trace and/or ultra-trace levels of a species—for example, H2S or H2O—in a natural gas line. The systems and methods employ a tunable laser, such as a tunable diode laser, vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL), external cavity diode laser or a vertical external-cavity surface-emitting laser (VECSEL) or a tunable quantum cascade laser (QCL). The laser produces an output beam over a set of one or more relatively narrow, high resolution wavelength bands at a scan rate from about 0.1 Hz to about 1000 Hz. A natural gas sample comprising a trace level of a species of interest passes through a flow cell into which the output beam from the laser is guided. An optical detector receives light from the flow cell, producing a signal indicative of the absorption attenuation from which the concentration of the trace species is determined.
US10228320B1
Target design methods, targets as well as scanner aberration methods and device design improvements are provided. Metrology targets may be designed by identifying at least two geometric elements in a specified device design, and designing corresponding at least two target cells of an overlay metrology target to have structures related to the at least two geometric elements. Non-printed filling elements may be added to target or device designs which exhibit large spaces (e.g., larger than twice the minimal design rule pitch) in order to avoid placement error and other inaccuracies. Scanner aberrations themselves may be measured using corresponding targets as well.
US10228319B2
Some aspects of the present disclosure feature a system for sensing a change in environment comprising a MMR sensor and a reader. The MMR sensor is configured to be disposed in the environment. The MMR sensor comprises a magnetic bias layer, a resonator, a spacer, and an environmental change receptor. The reader is configured to measure a frequency characteristic of the MMR sensor after the environmental variable changes and the change to the environmental variable is evaluated based on the frequency characteristic.
US10228317B1
Systems and methods for sorting particles are described. In one implementation, a system for sorting particles include a microfluidic device, a detection system, and an optical switching system. The microfluidic device includes a sample channel for passing through the particles in a fluid medium, a plurality of output channels fluidly connected to the sample channel at a plurality of junctions, and an actuation channel. The detection system detects a particle passing through the sample channel. The optical switching system deflects the particle to a target output channel based on results detected by the detection system. The optical switching system includes a modulation device configured to direct a laser pulse to an actuation region in the actuation channel corresponding to the target output channel. Advantageously, the systems and methods allow for accurate and dynamic sorting of a mixture of cells into a plurality of subpopulations using a simple microfluidic device.
US10228315B2
A method for measuring particle size distribution in a fluid material, involving inserting a laser beam instrument directly in the fluid flow line, wherein the laser beam instrument focuses a laser beam on a window directly coupled with the fluid flow line, wherein the fluid flow line comprises a fluid having a plurality of particles of different sizes, measuring a diameter of at least one particle in the fluid flow line by reflectance of the at least one particle as the at least one particle passes through the focused laser beam, and determining a duration of reflection of the at least one particle, and obtaining a count of particles in each of a pre-set range group of particle sizes, wherein the count of particles is used to determine particle size distribution in the fluid flow line.
US10228311B2
An embodiment of the method of the invention is a method of automating information flow in a laboratory performing tissue staining comprising positioning a networked label printer adjacent to a cutting station, the printer configured to access patient data directly or indirectly from the hospital LIS, the printer being configured with a data element scanner in electronic communication with said printer; inputting data from a tissue cassette-associated data element at said printer, whereby inputting data comprises reading the data from the cassette-associated data element and uploading the cassette data to the LIS; identifying the corresponding test protocol identifier and then downloading the test protocol data to the printer; printing information on labels corresponding to each test specified in the LIS for the patient; attaching a single label to each slide; and cutting a tissue section for each labeled slide and mounting the section on the slide.
US10228309B2
A system, apparatus, and method for sampling of liquid products. The system includes a portable, releaseably connected product sample receiving assembly and a plurality of product sampling and mixing assemblies. The product sample receiving assembly can be attached and detached from two or more the product sampling and mixing assemblies, so that a single product sample receiving assembly can be used to service multiple product sampling and mixing assembly locations at different times. The product sample receiving assembly may include a slip-stream configuration or in-line configuration. The product sampling and mixing assemblies may be unidirectional or bidirectional.
US10228304B2
There is described a shaft shear event detection method. The method comprises storing in memory a shaft oscillation signature determined as a function of known characteristics of the shaft and associated with a shaft shear event; monitoring a rotational speed of the shaft; detecting from the rotational speed an oscillation wave superimposed on the rotational speed, the oscillation wave having a wave modulation frequency and a wave modulation amplitude; comparing the oscillation signature to the oscillation wave; and detecting the shaft shear event when the oscillation wave corresponds to the oscillation signature.
US10228301B2
This invention provides a water-leakage state estimation system configured to estimate a state of a water leakage in a specific area of a water distribution network. A learning unit is configured to: receive labeled data, which is labeled so as to separate past flow rate data into abnormal values and normal values, and past environment state condition data; build a prediction model for predicting the normal values in the labeled data through learning; and determine a score parameter defining a length of a period involving data to be verified through learning as well. A water-leakage estimation unit is configured to: compare predicted flow rate data obtained by supplying current environment condition data into the prediction model and current flow rate data to produce error values; and calculate an average value of the error values in the period of a window width defined by the score parameter to estimate a water-leakage score representing a state of the water-leakage in the specific area.
US10228300B2
An apparatus for evaluating a watertight state of a vehicle and a method for controlling the apparatus may include an automatic ejection device having a plurality of nozzles to automatically eject water to the glass on the inside of the vehicle, an additional ejection device configured to additionally eject water separately from the automatic ejection device, a plurality of cameras configured to photograph flows of the water when water is ejected by the automatic ejection device and the additional ejection device, so that evaluation of a watertight state between the vehicle body and the glass may be preliminarily verified by allowing the water to a lower end portion of the glass through the automatic ejection device and the additional ejection device, photographing the flows of the ejected water through the cameras, and detecting whether water is introduced into the internal of the vehicle.
US10228298B2
A torque sensor coil includes a non-magnetic bobbin that includes first inclined grooves inclined at a predetermined angle relative to an axial direction and second inclined grooves inclined at the predetermined angle relative to the axial direction in a direction opposite to the first inclined grooves, a first detection coil formed by winding an insulated wire around the bobbin along the first inclined grooves, and a second detection coil formed by winding an insulated wire around the bobbin along the second inclined grooves. The bobbin is divided into plural regions along the circumferential direction, side walls of the first and second inclined grooves in each region are all parallel to a mold draw direction set to be different for each region or are inclined with respect to the parallel direction in such a manner that the first and second inclined grooves are widened toward the outside in a radial direction.
US10228291B2
A thermocouple includes: a temperature measuring portion configured to measure an internal temperature of a reaction tube; a main body portion provided therein with a wire which constitutes the temperature measuring portion; and a cushioning portion attached to the main body portion at least in the vicinity of the temperature measuring portion, wherein the thermocouple is fixed to an outer surface of the reaction tube in a state in which the thermocouple makes contact with the reaction tube through the cushioning portion.
US10228284B2
A device, and corresponding method, can include a pump light source configured to be modulated at a pump modulation and to irradiate a target specimen. The device can also include a probe light source arranged to generate a speckle pattern from the target specimen, as well as a sensor configured to detect changes in at least one of position and intensity of one or more speckle lobes of the speckle pattern having correlation with the pump modulation. The device and method can be used for non-contact monitoring and remote sensing of surfaces, gases, liquids, particles, and other target materials by analyzing speckle pattern changes as a function of pump light irradiation. Advantages can include much higher sensitivity than existing methods; the ability to use visible probe wavelengths for uncooled, low-cost visible detectors with high spatial resolution; and the ability to obtain target material properties without detecting infrared light.
US10228281B2
In an optical sensor, a detecting part includes detecting elements, and a light-shielding portion providing directional characteristics of light to the detecting elements such that the detecting elements indicate different intensities of light received in a specified direction. A signal processing part has an adjustment value for processing detection signals. The adjustment value is set as follows. Based on information of an inclination angle of a window glass of a vehicle to which the detecting part is attached, from the detecting elements, a detecting element having a directional characteristic of light suitable for the inclination angle is selected. The adjustment value is then set so as to coincide a signal value of a detection signal of the selected detecting element with a target value, when the detecting part is irradiated with light in a predetermined direction in a state where the detecting part is inclined at the inclination angle.
US10228280B2
An optical sensor includes an interaction region configured to comprise an analyte and an illumination source configured to illuminate the interaction region with an optical input signal. The optical sensor further includes an optical coupling structure configured to collect transmitted parts of the optical input signal from the interaction region and an optical neuromorphic network that is directly optically coupled to the optical coupling structure and is configured to receive and process the transmitted parts of the optical input signal in the optical domain. The invention further concerns a related method for analyzing an analyte by an optical sensor.
US10228279B2
A radiance sensor includes a memory and a microprocessor. The memory stores non-transitory computer-readable instructions and adapted to store a plurality of electrical signals output from a photodetector array in response to electromagnetic radiation transmitted through a lenslet array and incident on the photodetector array. The microprocessor is adapted to execute the instructions to (i) determine irradiance of the electromagnetic radiation in a detector plane from the plurality of electrical signals, each electrical signal having generated by a respective one of a plurality of photodetectors of the photodetector array, and (ii) reconstruct, from the determined irradiance, the 4D-radiance in an input plane, the lenslet array being between the input plane and the detector plane.
US10228271B2
A method, computer program product, and system for suppressing rerouting in a navigational system which includes a processor monitoring movements of a vehicle relative to a planned route generated by a navigational system, where the planned route includes a trip from a point of origin to a destination and the navigational system includes program(s) providing navigational assistance to a driver during the trip. The processor detects a first movement of the vehicle which is a deviation from the planned route. The processor determines that the deviation is based on an intentional circumstance. The processor suppresses execution of rerouting functionality of the navigational system and pauses the program(s) providing navigational assistance. The processor detects a second movement of the vehicle that includes a resumption of the planned route and resumes the program(s) providing navigational assistance.
US10228270B2
A measuring tube for insertion in a measuring tube receptacle of a magnetic-inductive flowmeter and for guiding a medium, with two electrodes for tapping a voltage induced in the medium, wherein the electrodes each extend at least from a medium contact area to a connecting contact area on one end for connection to an evaluating unit. The electrodes are arranged on both sides of the measuring tube in an electrode plane situated perpendicularly on the longitudinal axis of the measuring tube and the electrodes extend parallel to one another and tangential to the measuring tube. The connecting contact areas on the ends of both electrodes are arranged on one side of a reference plane, which is situated perpendicularly on the electrode plane, and wherein the medium contact areas are located at least partially in the reference plane.
US10228268B2
A sensor device (2) is removably attachable to a drug delivery device (12). The sensor device comprises an array (20) of optical sensors arranged within the sensor device such that, when the sensor device is attached to the drug delivery device, the drug delivery device having a first movable element (14) which is configured to move along a path parallel to the longitudinal axis of the drug delivery device, each optical sensor is operable to detect light received at different locations along the linear path and to output a signal indicative of an amount of detected light; and circuitry (21) configured to receive the signals output from the optical sensors and, based on the received signals, to determine information associated with a location along the path of the first movable element.
US10228263B2
A system and method for attitude correction is provided. An acceleration and an attitude of an electronic device are detected. A period of time where a velocity of the electronic device at the beginning of the period of time and a velocity of the electronic device at the end of the period of time are equal is identified. An attitude correction is calculated based on the identified period of time and the detected acceleration of the electronic device during the period of time. The detected attitude of the electronic device is corrected with the calculated attitude correction.
US10228254B2
The present disclosure relates to a computer implemented method, a computer program product, and a computer system for verifying the road network of map. An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for verifying a road network of a map. The method comprises: determining, based on locations of a set of points in the map, a trajectory distance of a trajectory between a start point and an end point in the set of points on the map; determining a route distance between the start point and the end point in the road network of the map; and verifying the road network by comparing the trajectory distance and the route distance.
US10228250B2
An optical system is provided having a laser configured to generate light having a first laser spectrum with a first linewidth, a waveform generator configured to produce a noise waveform, and an electro-optic phase modulator in optical communication with the laser and in electrical communication with the waveform generator. The electro-optic phase modulator is configured to receive the light having the first laser spectrum, to receive the noise waveform, and to respond to the noise waveform by modulating the light to produce light having a second laser spectrum with a second linewidth broader than the first linewidth.
US10228246B2
A method for calibrating a measurement device by a target object is disclosed. Prior to calibrating the measurement device the suitability of the target object is inspected by multiple evaluation criteria. The calibration of the measurement device by the target object is only performed if the target object meets all evaluation criteria. To evaluate the target object, a camera device takes an image of the target object without using a laser beam and an image of the target object with using a laser beam, with the images then evaluated by image processing and object identification procedures.
US10228222B2
An archery shaft for an arrow is disclosed herein. The archery shaft, in an embodiment, includes an elongated member formed from a compound. The compound includes a thermoplastic material and a plurality of reinforcement fibers embedded therein. The plurality of reinforcement fibers are positioned so as to be parallel to each other.
US10228218B2
A bow sight for recurve and compound bows includes a cylindrical housing, an exterior sight pin, and a rheostat cover to control the illumination of the sight pin. The sight pin is part of a ring pin assembly that mates with one end of the housing. An optical fiber is mounted on the external surface of the ring pin assembly and connected with the sight pin to illuminate the pin. The cover rotates about the housing and includes a portion that extends over the ring pin assembly to control the exposure of the optical fiber to ambient light to thereby control the intensity of illumination of the pin.
US10228217B2
A dot sighting device includes a housing, a light source, a beam splitter and a reflective element. The housing has a first opening and a second opening. A first axis is defined from the first opening to the second opening. The light source emits light. The beam splitter includes a surface that reflects at least a portion of a first light component and transmits at least a portion of a second light component. The second light component is defined as light that enters the housing through the first opening.
US10228215B2
A bayonet mounting fixture can adapt a rifle having a mounting rail to also have a bayonet mount. Previously, bayonets were often mounted to a firearm by passing the barrel through a hole in the guard and then attaching the rear end of the bayonet to a bayonet mount or mounting lug further back. The bayonet mounting fixture can have a forward mount and a rear mount attached to the mounting rail. The forward mount has a round piece that can go inside the hole in the bayonet's guard. The rear mount can have a mounting lug to which the rear end of the bayonet is attached.
US10228212B1
A toy gun and a fast piercing structure for an air bottle thereof is provided. The air cylinder has a shell body and a receiving space; the shell body forms a first connecting opening and a second connecting opening. The valve seat is disposed at the first connecting opening and has an air channel. The bottle lid is assembled to the second connecting opening and has a throughhole. The piercing pin is disposed in the throughhole. The press set has a base holding the bottle lid, an elastic part, and a plug; the plug is disposed passing through the piercing pin and the base. In this way, the fast piercing structure for an air bottle is provided.
US10228201B2
An integrated magazine and bolt release mechanism that is intended to automate the operations of magazine release when empty, and bolt release when a loaded magazine is inserted into the rifle. The release mechanism may include a mechanical switch device. The mechanical switch device may be a lever that is able to identify the presence of ammunition. By way of mechanical linkage, the system is able to control the magazine catch surface to either maintain or expel a magazine. The linkage facilitate the transition of vertical motion, imparted by the magazine body and follower to the lever into horizontal motion of an arm to move the magazine catch in and out of engagement with the magazine's locking surface. Upward vertical motion of the lever may actuate the bolt catch surface by means of a mechanical link that serves to reverse the direction of vertical motion. As the magazine body moves upward, the lever impinges on the arm that forces the bolt catch downward, to release the locked bolt group.
US10228200B2
An installation element for use in cooling technology, in water treatment, or in mass transfer and a method for producing such an element. The installation element is sell supporting and is composed of a plurality of plies which are at least partially spatially structured and which are connected to each other. Adjacent plies form flow paths for a liquid and/or a gaseous medium between the adjacent plies. The installation element has at least some of the plies being composed of an at least three-layer coextruded plastic film, a center layer of the three-layer plastic film being a mechanically supporting layer, and the two outer layers are composed of a plastic having application-specific properties or are layers each having at least one additive which is added to the plastic and which gives application specific properties to the outer layers.
US10228199B2
A cooling apparatus for cooling a fluid by surface water includes at least on tube for containing and transporting the fluid in its interior, the exterior of the tube being in operation at least partially submerged in the surface water so as to cool the tube to thereby also cool the fluid. The cooling apparatus also includes at least one light source for producing light that hinders fouling on at least part of the submerged exterior.
US10228196B2
A heat exchanger core assembly includes a frame assembly and a plurality of core bundles positioned within the frame assembly. Each core bundle includes at least one row of tubing defining at least one end of the core bundle, an edge seal gasket to seal the core bundle from an adjacently placed core bundle, and an indoor face seal gasket to seal the end with respect to the frame assembly. A method of replacing a core bundle of a heat exchanger core assembly includes identifying a core bundle requiring replacement, removing the core bundle by accessing the core bundle and sliding the core bundle with respect to the remaining plurality of core bundles from the frame assembly, and inserting a replacement core bundle in a space defined by the removed core bundle.
US10228195B2
A chemical heat storage device includes a reactor which has a heat storage material which generates heat by a chemical reaction with a reactive medium and desorbs the reactive medium by heat absorption, and a receptacle which houses the heat storage material therein; a reservoir which stores the reactive medium; a connecting pipe through which the reactor and the reservoir communicate with each other and the reactive medium is allowed to flow between the reactor and the reservoir, wherein the reactive medium is ammonia, the receptacle is made of a metallic material (for example, stainless steel), and at least a portion of an inner surface of the receptacle which comes into contact with the ammonia is formed with a nickel layer containing 90% nickel by mass or more.
US10228191B2
The invention relates to a high-pressure plate heat exchanger having a polygonal plate packet that is arranged in a pressure chamber created by a housing, the housing having convexly curved flange covers. Said heat exchanger is characterized in that at least one of the flange covers has a polygonal opening for receiving the plate packet.
US10228175B2
A liquid temperature control apparatus including a heat medium circulation apparatus equipped with a cooling unit having a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and a plurality of cooling heat exchangers, and equipped with a heating unit configured to allow a portion of a heat medium flowing out from the compressor toward the condenser to be branched and return the portion of the heat medium to flow into the condenser on the downstream side of the compressor via a heating heat exchanger and a heating amount adjustment valve; and a liquid flow apparatus. A first liquid flow path of the liquid flow apparatus is connected to the first cooling heat exchanger and to the heating heat exchanger. A second liquid flow path is connected to the second cooling heat exchanger. Moreover, an electric heater for heating the liquid allowed to flow is provided in the second liquid flow path.
US10228174B2
Provided is a compressor over-load protection control method. The method includes that: the state of a compressor is detected (S101); it is judged whether the compressor is under over-load protection (S102); and when the compressor is under the over-load protection, fluorine shortage protection is shielded (S103). A compressor over-load protection control apparatus includes: a detection unit (10), configured to detect the state of a compressor; a judgement unit (20), configured to judge whether the compressor is under over-load protection; and a shielding unit (30), configured to shield fluorine shortage protection when the compressor is under the over-load protection. Through the method and apparatus, the problem in the relevant art that a fluorine shortage false alarm is easily triggered is solved, thereby achieving the effect of preventing the fluorine shortage false alarm when the compressor is under the over-load protection.
US10228172B2
A refrigeration system includes a refrigerant vapor compression unit including a compressor and one or more current sensors to determine a total system current draw. One or more pressure sensors are positioned to determine a refrigerant pressure in the refrigerant vapor compression unit. A controller compares the current draw on the system and the refrigerant pressure to selected acceptable ranges and determines a level of refrigerant charge in the refrigerant vapor compression unit. A method of determining a level of refrigerant charge in a refrigeration system includes measuring a refrigerant pressure in the refrigeration system and sensing a current draw of the refrigeration system. A level of refrigerant charge in the refrigeration system is calculated from the refrigerant pressure and the current draw.
US10228170B2
Embodiments of a refrigerant distributor for a micro-channel heat exchanger (MCHEX) are described. The refrigerant distributor may be configured to have orifices and/or a flow valve that are inside a header of the MCHEX. The MCHEX can be used as an evaporator in a cooling cycle, where refrigerant is distributed into the header(s) through the orifices and the flow valve may be generally in a closed state that generally prevents a refrigerant flow through the flow valve. In a heating cycle, the flow valve of the refrigerant distributor may be configured to be in an open state that allows the refrigerant to flow into the refrigerant distributor and to be directed out of the MCHEX through the refrigerant distributor. In some embodiments, the refrigerant distributor may be configured to receive liquid refrigerant, so as to eliminate the need of an expansion valve in a HVAC system.
US10228166B2
According to certain embodiments disclosed in the present application, a climate controlled seating assembly includes a thermal module. The thermal module comprises at least one inlet channel, at least one outlet channel and a thermoelectric device (e.g., Peltier circuit) positioned upstream of the outlet channel. In one embodiment, the seating assembly includes a sensor positioned within an interior of the thermal module and configured to detect the presence of a liquid, such as water, condensation or other fluids, on or near said sensor. In certain arrangements, the sensor is configured to detect the presence of a liquid by measuring an electrical resistance or capacitance across a portion of the sensor. A climate control system can include a separator gasket located within a housing of a fluid module and at least partially between the cold passage and the hot passage. In some embodiments, the separator gasket comprises one or more wicking materials. The separator gasket can be configured to transport liquids from the cold passage to the hot passage.
US10228164B2
In a Stirling refrigerator, a regenerator has a low-temperature end and a high-temperature end. A plurality of protrusions, which thermally contact with the low-temperature end of the regenerator, are formed on a low-temperature heat exchanger. The low-temperature heat exchanger has a recess between the protrusions, and the recess forms a flowing groove through which a working gas flows. The regenerator may contain a mesh regenerator material.
US10228163B2
Provided are a heliostat calibration, device and a heliostat calibration method that can suppress time-change-dependent control error increases and can reduce calibration frequency. The present invention is provided with: an initial position information acquisition unit that acquires initial position information for a heliostat; a theoretical value calculating unit that calculates from the heliostat initial position information and sun position information a theoretical value that is related to the orientation of the heliostat; a deviation calculation unit that, using as input an actual measured value for the orientation of the heliostat, calculates the deviation between the theoretical value and the actual measured value at least two times a day; and a coordinate calibration unit that, when the deviation exceeds a threshold value, calibrates the coordinates of the heliostat such that the deviation is at or below the threshold value.
US10228159B2
A heater, for an incubator for infants, has a housing structure with an upper housing surface and a lower housing surface, at least one air inlet for an inflowing air stream, at least one air outlet for an outflowing air stream, at least one fan impeller, at least one heating element and at least one heat transfer element. The upper housing surface and the lower housing surface delimit a flow space. The heat transfer element is a plate with a flat surface that is arranged horizontally during operation of the heater. An incubator for infants having such a heater is also provided.
US10228157B2
A centrifugal pump for household appliances comprising a cover (1) having:—a first face internal to the pump adapted to be in contact with an operating fluid, and a second face external to the pump, opposite to the first face and provided with an annular groove (16) forming a projection inwards of the pump,—a heating element (11) fixed in the annular groove (16),—a first support element (21) arranged on the second face and provided with a first constraint (31) adapted to be fixed to a first safety device (41), said first support element (21) being in thermal contact with said operating fluid, whereby the first safety device (41) is adapted to come in thermal contact with the operating fluid,—a second support element (22) arranged on the second face, distinct from the first support element (21) and provided with a second constraint (32) adapted to be fixed to a second safety device (42), said second support element (22) being in thermal contact with said heating element (11), whereby the second safety device (42) is adapted to come in thermal contact with the heating element (11).
US10228156B1
A condenser unit housing of a refrigeration system has an outer walls and a top cover. An opening formed in one of the outer walls and framed by the top cover and sidewalls, the opening having a width W1 between the sidewalls. The housing includes a swing gate positioned within the opening when in a closed position and contacting the top cover when in an open position. The swing gate includes first rods having a width W2 less than the width W1, second rods coupled to the first rods, the second rods extending in a direction different than the first rods, and a pivot rod. The second rods include a straight section and a curved section. The pivot rod is coupled to the curved section and has a width W3 greater than the width W1. The pivot rod is below the top cover in both the open position and the closed position. Other embodiments are presented.
US10228150B2
Disclosed herein are a humidifying apparatus which may be prevented from being contaminated. A humidifying apparatus comprises a water tank configured to store water, a filter assembly configured to filter the water stored in the water tank and a humidifying assembly configured to perform humidification by absorbing and vaporizing the water filtered by the filter assembly, a drain flow passage provided at a lower surface of the humidifying assembly, wherein residual water remaining after being absorbed in the humidifying assembly is recovered in the water tank via the drain flow passage, and a guide rib configured to guide the water recovered in the water tank is provided in the water tank.
US10228144B2
A burner assembly for a cooktop includes a housing that defines first and second concentric outlet sections, the first outlet section being inset relative to the second outlet section. The housing further defines a first aperture between the first outlet section and the second outlet section. A first switch assembly is mounted within the housing and includes a lever coupled with the housing and a first pin extending from the lever and upwardly through the aperture to an end positioned above the housing. The end of the pin is moveable in a first direction inward and outward with respect to the housing by rotation of the lever to control a flow of energy to the second outlet section.
US10228134B2
The present invention generally relates to a gas turbine and more in particular it is related to a damper assembly for a combustion chamber of a gas turbine. According to preferred embodiments, the present solution provides a damper assembly including protrusions on a wall of the neck. These protrusions result in a side wall reactance to the acoustic field that has the effect of decreasing the effective speed of sound in the neck. The decrease of the effective speed of sound in the neck is equivalent to an increase of the effective neck length.
US10228133B1
In one embodiment, a fire starter comprises a main housing having a cavity therein. A striker is mounted on an end of the main housing and positioned to extend over at least a part of the opening of the cavity. A spark producing rod is slideably and rotatably disposed in the cavity of the main housing. A biasing element is mounted around the spark producing rod to urge a first end of the spark producing rod into contact with the striker. A torque mechanism is attached near a second end of the spark producing rod to cause rotation of spark producing rod, the second end of the spark producing rod being an end opposite the first end of the spark producing rod.
US10228121B2
The present invention relates to an LED flat lighting device which facilitates heat emission, while being used in a small and medium imaging device for taking a picture or an image, and which is also formed into a thin and small size. The LED flat lighting device includes an LED module which emits light toward the front side; a flat-shaped first housing which is spaced apart from the LED module so as to form a convection part for discharging heat generated from the LED module; a fixing member which couples the LED module and the first housing to each other; and a circuit board which controls the LED module and which is installed at the first housing spaced apart from the LED module so that the convection part is interposed therebetween.
US10228106B2
Various embodiment may relate to a luminaire, including at least one light source, in particular a semiconductor light source, for emitting a primary light beam onto at least one spaced-apart luminescent body, wherein the luminescent body includes at least one hole and a direct light component of the respective primary light beam can be radiated through the at least one hole.
US10228105B2
The present invention concerns a lighting and/or signaling device (10) for a motor vehicle, said lighting and/or signaling device (10) comprising: a housing (1); an outer lens (3) designed to close the housing (1); at least one light module (5) housed inside said housing (1) comprising: at least one optical surface (9, 9′, 9″); at least one light source (7, 7′) interacting with said optical surface (9, 9′) to form a light beam; a heat sink (11) comprising a plurality of fins (13); an air flow generator (15) designed to generate an air flow (17) towards the heat sink (11), said air flow (17) passing through the fins (13) of the heat sink (11); and a light module holder (19) comprising a front part (20a) oriented toward the outer lens (3) with a plurality of gaps (21) designed to direct the air flow (17) coming from the heat sink (11) towards the outer lens (3).
US10228102B2
A light-emitting birdbath basin having a body and a light-emitting body. A bottom portion of the body protrudes inwardly into the body to form a chamber. The light-emitting body is provided inside the chamber. Chamber walls of the chamber are formed as a first luminous body which is translucent. Lights emitted by the light-emitting body may brighten the hollow chamber to form a luminous chamber, and be configured to converge and focus on the surfaces of inner walls of the body after passing through the first luminous body. The basin-shaped body is placed outdoors. Water and bird food can be held in the basin. In daytime, the light-emitting body does not light up. Birds can clean their feathers and peck at the bird food in the basin, which is environmentally friendly and energy saving.
US10228101B2
An LED light fixture that replaces a par 36 lamp includes a body casting having an LED mounting area with an outer perimeter surrounded by an outer ring, and a shroud covering a portion of the outer perimeter of the LED mounting area. The body casting has elongated slots that extend between the LED mounting area and the outer ring. The outer ring has internally threaded openings that extend through the outer ring and that are spaced from one another around the outer ring. The light fixture includes ground mounting pins having first ends with external threads that are adapted to mesh with the internally threaded openings in the outer ring. The pins may be affixed for ground mounting and removed for disposing the light fixture in a well housing disposed in the ground. An LED circuit board containing one or more LEDs overlies the LED mounting area.
US10228098B2
A lighting system (1) includes six equally circumferentially spaced apart and radially diverging light modules (3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8) for emitting light. The modules are disposed closely adjacent to each other and the light collectively defines a beam of light that is directed along a primary axis (9) in a first axial direction (10). A plurality of heat conductors, in the form of six like sets (13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18) of heatpipes, allow heat to be drawn away from respective modules (3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8). Each set of heatpipes includes eight separate continuous heatpipes, and each heatpipe in each set includes a first end (19) that is thermally connected to the relevant module and a second end (20) that is radially spaced apart from the first end (19). Six heat exchange elements, in the form of six respective like segmented arrays (23, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28) of radially diverting heat exchange fins, are radially spaced apart from the modules and are thermally connected with the second ends (20) of the heatpipes in the relevant sets for allowing the heat to be dissipated from those heatpipes. The arrays (23, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28) of heat exchange fins extend radially away from the respective modules (3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8).
US10228086B2
A portable assembly for securing a plastic fitting to a plastic pipe by employing fusion or thermal sealing is disclosed. The assembly is secured to the outer circumference of a plastic pipe at a desired location. The assembly can be secured at any longitudinal and lateral position along a plastic pipe. A heater heats both the pipe and the fitting to the point where they begin to melt. The heater is then removed and the fitting is pressed onto the surface of the pipe, thus fusing the fitting to the pipe. After cooling, the assembly is removed and the surface of the pipe within the interior of the fitting is drilled or removed. This now enables fluid within the pipe to be sent to the fitting and onto distribution lines which are connected to the fitting.
US10228085B2
A coupling device for sealingly coupling a first wall defining a flexible pipe (11) to a tubular nozzle (9) of a connector (1) in a biopharmaceutical assembly, the coupling device including the connector (1) including the tubular nozzle (9), on which one end of the pipe can be inserted along an axis A, a plurality of flexible tabs (3) extending from an intermediate area (7) of the coupling body toward the free end (1a) of the nozzle, an abutment clamp (16), a connection interface (6), a separate ring (2), axially movable between an inoperative position and an operative position, for covering the flexible tabs (3) such as to push same radially inward in order to press the pipe onto the nozzle in the operative position, the tabs extending substantially parallel to the axis (A) when the ring (2) is in the operative position.
US10228082B2
An extensible hose, comprising an inner tubular element (2) suitable, in use, for being passed through by a fluid, said inner tubular element (2) being made from a first elastically extensible material and suitable for lengthening and widening under the action of the pressure of the fluid. The hose (1) also comprises at least one extensible outer tubular element (3) overlying, and coaxial to, said inner tubular element (2), comprising at least one surface portion (4) made from a second material resistant to external stresses, and the like.
US10228057B2
A self-adjusting seal for sealing a joint. The joint includes a support member, a mis-alignable component, and a changeable gap between the support member and the mis-alignable component. The seal includes a first part having a generally annular configuration formed of a resiliently crushable material and defining a planar outer seal face to statically seal to the support member and a first seal part opening extending therethrough. A second seal part axially adjoins the first part. The second seal part has a generally annular configuration formed of a rigid material and a second seal part opening extending therethrough in axial alignment with the first seal part opening. The first and second seal part openings define a non-rotation feature to prevent rotation of the seal on the support member, the second seal part defining a planer inner seal face configured to dynamically and sealingly interface with the mis-alignable component.
US10228051B2
A two piece pulley is provided in which the pulley main housing and the outer pulley shell are molded without the bearing in place, thus eliminating an over-molding process. The pulley main housing is molded with a bear slip fit pocket. At least one of the bearing races of the bearing assembly includes an axially-protruding raised surface such as knurls or bumps. Each of the pulley main housing and the outer shell includes a bearing shield. On assembly, the bearing is slipped into the pocket on the pulley main housing and the outer shell is then ultrasonically welded to the main housing, thereby compressing the pulley material axially into the raised surface of the bearing race, locking the outer race of the bearing to the pulley in an axial direction. The raised surface on the bearing race allows the bearing assembly to grip the pulley in an axial direction.
US10228042B2
There is provided a vibration damper which is capable of damping torsional vibrations by pendulum movement of a plurality of inertial masses, and damping vibrations of plurality of order without letting the inertial masses to interfere.A distance between a center of curvature of an inner surface of a first through-hole and a center of curvature of an inner surface of a second through-hole formed in a rotary member is shorter than a distance between a center of curvature of an inner surface of a fifth through-hole and a center of curvature of an inner surface of a sixth through-hole formed in a first inertial mass. Moreover, a distance between a center of curvature of an inner surface of a third through-hole and a center of curvature of an inner surface of a fourth through-hole in a rotary member is longer than a distance between a center of curvature of an inner surface of a seventh through-hole and a center of curvature of an inner surface of an eighth through-hole formed in a second inertial mass.
US10228040B2
A vibration damper with at least with at least two tube elements that are arranged one inside the other and a piston rod that is movable in a piston rod guide. A valve having a valve slide for at least partially closing at least one flow path of a fluid flowing through the valve is arranged in a region of one end of the piston rod guide. The valve has an input side and an output side. Pressure impingement areas of the valve slide are substantially the same size for an opening pressure and for a closing pressure, and the valve has a constriction via which a pressure difference between opening pressure and closing pressure can be generated.
US10228039B2
An air bleed system for a suspension fork or shock absorber includes: a fluid passage between an interior of the suspension and an exterior of the suspension; and a manually operable valve having a first position substantially closing the fluid passage and a second position allowing fluid flow between the interior and the exterior.
US10228036B2
There is provided an impact diffusing apparatus for diffusing force on an object being impacted, the apparatus having a body intersected by a plane having a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The body has a first collapsible structure on the first side of the plane and a second collapsible structure on the second side of the plane, each collapsible structure having an interior surface and an exterior surface. The interior surfaces of the collapsible structures are shaped to define an interior cavity. The apparatus has air passages communicating between the interior cavity of the collapsible surfaces and an external environment, as well as a mounting structure for mounting the body to the object.
US10228035B2
A clutch actuator assembly includes a drive member, a threaded rod including a first end operatively connected to the drive member, a second end, and an intermediate portion including a plurality of threads extending therebetween. A member is threadably engaged with the plurality of threads of the threaded rod, a clutch actuator member is arranged at the second end of the threaded rod, and a velocity brake is operatively coupled to the threaded rod. The velocity brake decelerates rotation of the threaded rod.
US10228029B2
A control apparatus controls a driving force transmission device including: an electric motor; a pressing mechanism to convert the rotational force of the motor into an axial pressing force; friction clutches including friction members configured to come into frictional engagement with each other by the pressing force provided by the pressing mechanism. The driving force transmission device is configured to transmit a driving force between a pair of rotary members by the friction clutches. The apparatus includes: a target current calculating circuit to calculate a target current to be supplied to the motor; and a correction circuit to correct a voltage to be applied to the motor so as to reduce a difference between the target current and an actual current supplied to the motor. The correction circuit increases or reduces, in accordance with the actual current, the amount of correction of the voltage to be applied to the motor.
US10228025B2
A flexible coupling assembly for connecting two shafts in a coaxial alignment has a flange including a hub with axially opposite first and second ends and a plurality of radial grooves angularly spaced about a periphery of the hub. The radial grooves have crests and roots. The radial grooves extend axially along a length of the hub and are shaped in a manner such that a diameter of the crests at a position on the hub adjacent to the first axial end of the hub is greater than a diameter of the crests at a position of the hub adjacent to the second axial end. The coupling includes a flexible insert comprising a resilient member having an inner surface and an outer surface. The flexible insert inner surface has a plurality of notches adapted to cooperate with the flange hub radial grooves.
US10228014B2
A semicircular tube-shaped bearing has a bearing main body formed from a resin, an inner circumferential surface that slides over an opposing shaft, and an outer circumferential surface contacting a housing. The semicircular tube-shaped bearing may have a laminated structure including a resin layer and includes at least a portion of the inner circumferential surface, and a reinforcing layer that is in close contact with the resin layer. In this case, the bearing main body has a resin layer that includes the inner circumferential surface, and a reinforcing layer that is in close contact with the resin layer. The reinforcing layer has a higher rigidity than the resin layer, and raises the rigidity of the resin layer by being in close contact with the resin layer. The material forming the reinforcing layer is a metal such as iron, aluminum, or stainless steel.
US10228013B2
A hydraulic unit includes a housing, a pump located in the housing, and a motor located in the housing and operably connected to the pump such that the motor is driven in response to fluid pressure delivered to the motor from the pump. An output shaft is operably connected to and driven by the motor and includes a body having a first end and a second opposite end, and a first flange and a substantially identical second flange integrally formed with the body of the shaft adjacent the second end. A relief is formed about a circumference of the body. A plurality of first splines are integrally formed with an exterior of the body between the second portion and the third portion, and a plurality of second splines are integrally formed with an interior surface of the body adjacent the second end.
US10228011B1
A lockout device configured to prevent access to a pipe flange connection comprises a bar, a pair of opposed cup sections, and an engagement mechanism. The pair of opposed cup sections may each include a main cup segment coupled to the bar and a hinged cup segment hingedly coupled to the main cup segment. One or more of the main cup segments can be slidably coupled to the bar and the engagement mechanism can be configured to selectively prevent the main cup segments(s) that is/are slidably coupled to the bar from sliding relative to the bar. This engagement mechanism or latch can be hinged on a side of the bar opposite a side of the bar on which the engagement mechanism includes openings for receiving one or more locks.
US10228009B2
Fasteners and fastener systems that can act as air vents for enclosures are described. The fasteners can be configured to secure a component to a wall of an enclosure, while at the same time providing a passageway for air to pass between an internal cavity of the enclosure and an outer environment. The venting feature of the fastener can serve to equalize pressures between the internal cavity and outer environment so as to prevent pressure build up or condensation within the internal cavity. The dual functionality of the fasteners is suitable for use in portable electronic devices where compactness and space saving measures can be of importance.
US10228004B2
A fastener comprises a housing, a socket, a pintle and a locking feature. The housing includes a shaft, a central bore that extends axially at least partially through the housing and a ball lock aperture extending from the bore. The socket extends into the housing adjacent to the first end face, and is configured such that rotation of the first socket rotates the fastener. The pintle is positioned within the bore and includes an actuation end and a rod that extends axially from the actuation end. The rod includes a ball transitioning surface and a ball locking surface. The pintle is moveable axially within the bore between a designated lock position where the ball locking surface of the pintle is aligned in register with each ball lock aperture, and a designated unlocked position where the ball lock surface of the pintle is moved axially away from each ball lock aperture.
US10227995B2
Provided are a turbo compressor which is provided with an impeller rotating about a rotating shaft, and a seal part having a facing portion which faces an outer diameter portion of a hub of the impeller in a radial direction, in which a shunting groove for foreign matter which has infiltrated between the outer diameter portion and the facing portion is formed in the seal part, and a turbo refrigerating machine which is provided with the turbo compressor.
US10227993B2
A blower apparatus includes a motor portion having a central axis extending in a vertical direction; an impeller arranged above the motor portion, joined to a rotating portion of the motor portion, and arranged to rotate to send a gas from above radially outward; an impeller cover portion including an inner surface arranged to cover an outer circumference of the impeller and an upper side of an outer edge portion of the impeller, and further including an air inlet defined in a center thereof; a body cover portion joined to the impeller cover portion, arranged to cover an outer circumference of the motor portion, and arranged to define a tubular space between the body cover portion and a housing tubular portion defining an outer surface of the motor portion and extending in the vertical direction to assume a tubular shape; and a plurality of guide vanes arranged in a circumferential direction in the tubular space, and each of which is arranged to extend in a radial direction between an inner surface of the body cover portion and the housing tubular portion. Each of the guide vanes includes a guide vane upper portion arranged on an upper side, and a guide vane lower portion arranged on a lower side of the guide vane upper portion. The guide vane upper portion is inclined to a greater degree with respect to an axial direction than the guide vane lower portion. A lower end of the guide vane is arranged forward of an upper end of the guide vane with respect to a rotation direction of the impeller. The lower end of at least one of the guide vanes is arranged above a lower end of the housing tubular portion.
US10227984B2
A scroll compressor in which a winding angle of a first lap is larger than a winding angle of a second lap, a plurality of compression chambers are formed between the first lap and the second lap, the compression chambers include at least a first compression chamber and a second compression chamber that has a volume smaller than the first compression chamber, a first base plate is provided with a first injection port 16a for injection of refrigerant into the first compression chamber and a second injection port for injection of refrigerant into the second compression chamber, and an injection flow rate of the second injection port is higher than an injection flow rate of the first injection port.
US10227976B2
A pump body includes a pump inserted portion inserted in a pump mount hole. A cylinder has a compression chamber at one end side and opens in an end surface of the pump inserted portion at the other end side. A plunger is actuated by a cam and is movable in the cylinder. A seal member restricts fuel in the compression chamber to leak through a slidable gap between the plunger and the cylinder and restricts lubricating oil flowing through the slidable gap into the compression chamber. A retaining member retains the seal member at a predetermined position in the axial direction and restricts the plunger from falling out of the cylinder. The retaining member is press-fitted to an end of the pump inserted portion.
US10227974B2
A pressure monitoring apparatus for a membrane compressor, with at least one pressure transducer for recording the pressure within a certain volume, with at least one nonreturn valve and with at least one shutoff valve, for blocking of the nonreturn valve, the shutoff valve and the nonreturn valve each being located in a flow path through which a medium can flow between the volume and the pressure transducer. A pressure monitoring unit delivers exact measured values and which can be economically implemented is achieved by there being at least two nonreturn valves which are located anti-parallel in respective flow paths, the first nonreturn valve blocking in the flow direction from the volume to the pressure transducer and the second nonreturn valve blocking in the flow direction from the pressure transducer to the volume, and by there being at least two shutoff valves for blocking a respective flow path.
US10227973B2
The invention relates to a metering pump, for example, for a pipetting apparatus in an automated analysis machine, and to a method for checking the functionality thereof.
US10227970B2
First piston position data of a piston in a displacement unit is obtained based on an output signal from a sensor associated with the displacement unit, the output signal being dependent upon a physical position of the piston in the displacement unit. Second piston position data of the piston in the displacement unit is obtained based on data indicative of a number of revolutions of a hydraulic motor in a hydraulic system, the hydraulic system being operable to drive the piston of the displacement unit. Based on the second piston position data, a flow rate of a fluid pumped by the displacement unit is estimated. A system correction factor is generated based on the first piston position data and the second piston position data. The estimated flow rate is adjusted based on the system correction factor.
US10227963B2
Rotor blade for a wind turbine, including a main blade part (4) with a blade tip (8). The blade tip (8) results in a blade tip vortex downstream of the rotor blade (1) during operation. The blade tip (8) includes a vortex de-stabilizer (7) which is configured to de-stabilize the blade tip vortex during operation of the rotor blade (1). Furthermore, a wind turbine field including a plurality of wind turbines positioned in a grid. One or more wind turbines on a boundary of the predetermined grid (e.g. a front row of the grid) are provided with at least one such rotor blade (1).
US10227959B2
The invention relates to a high pressure fuel pump (10) comprising a housing (12) and a flange (14) by means of which the housing (12) can be fastened to an engine block or cylinder head, the flange (14) being formed of at least two flange parts (26) that are separate from the housing (12) and are separated from each other, and that overlap mutually in the fastened state of the housing (12).
US10227953B2
A starting device for feeding a quantity of fuel from the fixed-quantity fuel chamber to an intake passage during start-up having a manually operated primary pump for suctioning/pumping fuel and arranged on a fuel introduction path connected along a fuel-feeding path; and a fixed-quantity fuel chamber for temporarily storing fuel delivered from the primary pump. An internal wall of the fixed-quantity fuel chamber undergoes elastic displacement, allowing its internal capacity to expand/shrink within a predetermined range; the fixed-quantity fuel chamber is connected to a fuel delivery path that communicates with the intake passage side and has a manually operated open/close valve; the valve is opened in a state in which, due to the primary pump being operated, the fixed-quantity fuel chamber is filled with a predetermined quantity of fuel while enlarging its internal capacity, whereby it shrinks due to an elastic contraction force and the fuel.
US10227951B2
An engine assembly includes a nacelle configured to at least partially surround an engine and a thrust reverser coupled to the nacelle. The thrust reverser includes: a thrust-reversing element movable relative to the nacelle between a stowed position and a deployed position; a hydraulic actuator operably coupled to move the thrust-reversing element; and a fluid control system configured to operate the hydraulic actuator. The fluid control system includes: a directional control unit including a directional control valve operable to selectively route fluid between a pressurized fluid source, the actuator, and a fluid return reservoir; one or more bypass fluid lines providing fluid communication between the actuator and the fluid return reservoir independent of the directional control valve; and a flow limiter residing between the pressurized fluid source and the directional control valve, the flow limiter configured to inhibit a pressure draw by the actuator from surpassing a predetermined threshold.
US10227948B2
A piston for an internal combustion engine is formed from an upper part connected to a lower part. The upper part has a combustion bowl, a top land, and a ring belt extending circumferentially around the piston upper part. The lower part contains pin bosses and a piston skirt. A circumferential cooling channel is formed by joining the upper and lower parts. There is an oil inlet formed in one piece with the piston lower part. The inlet has a lower extremity and an upper extremity that terminates at the floor of the cooling channel. A bore extends through the oil inlet from the lower extremity up though the floor of the cooling channel. The circumference of the bore increases from the upper extremity to the lower extremity, so the oil inlet forms a funnel shape.
US10227946B2
A method for engine drivability robustness includes: dividing, by an engine controller, an engine state into a starting condition, a stop condition, and a deceleration condition; dividing an injection mode index of a fuel injection into a suction compression injection of the starting condition, a suction split injection of the stop condition, and a suction compression split injection of the deceleration condition, respectively, depending on a low volatile fuel condition; and performing a variable indexing mode to prevent an engine off by applying a lambda control factor for a rich lambda control by an increase in fuel amount to the deceleration condition.
US10227943B2
In voltage boosting circuit for performing rapid power supply to a plurality of electromagnetic coils that drive fuel-injection electromagnetic valves, an overcurrent from vehicle battery is suppressed, and continuous noise is prevented from being produced. Each of rapid-power-supply voltage boosting capacitors that are connected in parallel with each other is charged from corresponding one of a pair of induction devices, which are asynchronously on/off-magnetized by first and second voltage boosting control circuits, by way of corresponding one of charging diodes in a pair; when addition value of exciting currents for induction devices in a pair continuously exceeds predetermined value, driving modes of one of and the other one of voltage boosting control circuits are set to large-current low-frequency mode and to small-current high-frequency mode, respectively, so that on/off timing of exciting current becomes irregular even when respective inductances values of induction devices in a pair are close to each other.
US10227942B2
An agricultural vehicle includes an engine, a transmission driven by the engine, and a controller. The controller, in operation, adjusts a gear ratio of the transmission using an algorithm. The algorithm, in operation, performs the following steps: reduce a torque capacity of a first offgoing clutch of the transmission to a first torque target, reduce the torque capacity of the first offgoing clutch to a second torque target while adjusting the torque capacity of a first oncoming clutch of the transmission to a third torque target, such that the gear ratio of the transmission is modified in a first direction, and increase the torque capacity of the first oncoming clutch to a desired torque capacity.
US10227941B2
A vehicle propulsion system includes an internal combustion engine configured to output a primary output torque and at least one fuel injector arranged to supply fuel to a combustion chamber of the engine. The propulsion system also includes at least one exhaust aftertreatment device to capture combustion byproducts within an exhaust flow. The propulsion system also includes an electric machine coupled to the engine to exchange torque. A controller is programmed to supply a baseline fuel injection corresponding to a first engine output to satisfy a driver torque demand and to periodically supplement the baseline target fuel injection quantity to increase engine output torque to overshoot the first engine output thereby increasing combustion byproducts to regenerate the at least one exhaust aftertreatment device. The controller is also programmed to apply a resistive torque from the electric machine such that an overall propulsion system torque remains at the driver torque demand.
US10227924B2
An air-inlet duct includes an outer wall, an inner wall, and a splitter. The splitter cooperates with the outer wall to establish a particle separator which separates particles entrained in an inlet flow moving through the air-inlet duct to provide a clean flow of air to a compressor section of a gas turbine engine.
US10227917B2
A centrifugal compressor for a turbocharger includes a passive inlet-adjustment mechanism in an air inlet for the compressor, operable to move between an open position and a closed position solely by aerodynamic forces on the mechanism. The inlet-adjustment mechanism includes a plurality of flexible vanes collectively forming a duct, and an effective diameter of the air inlet at the inducer portion of the compressor wheel is determined by a trailing edge inside diameter of the duct. The vanes are movable solely by aerodynamic forces exerted on the vanes by the air flowing to the compressor wheel. The duct has a tapering configuration when the vanes are in a relaxed state, but under aerodynamic force the vanes flex outwardly and increase the trailing edge inside diameter of the duct, thereby increasing an effective diameter of the air inlet.
US10227912B2
A gas engine includes a mixing unit for mixing two gas components, which are fed to one or more combustion chambers of the gas engine, in particular for mixing fuel gas and charge air, as well as two compressors. By way of the compressors, the two gas components are separately compressed before the two gas components are fed to the mixing unit. Both compressors are driven by a turbine arranged in the exhaust gas system of the gas engine.
US10227910B2
A cooling device for an engine includes a radiator route passing through a radiator, that are merged together after being branched on the downstream side from the inside of the engine in a coolant circuit configured to allow a coolant to flow from a pump through the inside of the engine and return to the pump. An at-stop control section provided in the cooling device controls a multiway valve that has three discharge ports, including a radiator port connected to the radiator route, so as to close the radiator port and open at least one of the other discharge ports when an ignition switch is turned off.
US10227905B2
Supporting structure having a first side surface and a second, opposite side surface, wherein the supporting structure has an electrical insulation which prevents an electrical current flow from the first side surface to the second side surface; wherein, furthermore, the supporting structure comprises at least one web which bridges or encloses a cross-sectional area, and wherein the supporting structure has a plurality of first pins and second pins which extend on both sides of the cross-sectional area.
US10227902B2
The overhead camshaft engine (10) includes a cylinder block (11), a crankcase (12) attached to a lower part of the cylinder block to define a crankcase chamber (32), a bearing retaining member (60) attached to a part of the cylinder block, a crankshaft (20) rotatably supported by a pair of bearings (21, 22) supported by the cylinder block and the bearing retaining member, respectively, and a crankshaft pulley (53) attached to a part of the end of the crankshaft projecting outward from the bearing supported by the bearing retaining member.
US10227896B2
Systems and methods for suppressing infrared radiation generated by a turbine engine. A system comprises a primary assembly having a center body, a plurality of vanes extending from the center body, an outer radial duct with the plurality of vanes extending therethrough, a structural baffle, and a mixer. The primary assembly is disposed in the exhaust flow path of a turbine engine and encased in ducting and/or an airfoil. An air flow path defined between the center body and outer radial duct is axially spit by an interface rim and flow segregator. The flow segregator segregates engine core flow from ambient air flow.
US10227883B2
A turbomachine includes a plurality of transition ducts disposed in a generally annular array and including a first transition duct and a second transition duct. Each of the plurality of transition ducts includes an inlet, an outlet, and a passage extending between the inlet and the outlet and defining a longitudinal axis, a radial axis, and a tangential axis, the outlet of each of the plurality of transition ducts offset from the inlet along the longitudinal axis and the tangential axis. The turbomachine further includes a support ring assembly downstream of the plurality of transition ducts along a hot gas path, and a plurality of mechanical fasteners connecting at least one transition duct of the plurality of transition ducts to the support ring assembly.
US10227879B2
A fluid transfer assembly for use in a gas turbine engine includes a rotor shaft, a stationary assembly circumscribing the rotor shaft, and a rotating component coupled to the rotor shaft and positioned radially inward of the stationary assembly. The rotating assembly includes a hub coupled to the rotor shaft, a plurality of rotor blades coupled to the hub, and a shroud coupled to the plurality of rotor blades.
US10227871B2
A mining machine includes a chassis, a cutting assembly coupled to the chassis, and a spray arm coupled to the chassis and positioned proximate the cutting assembly. The chassis includes a first end, a second end, and a chassis axis extending between the first end and the second end. The chassis is movable in a direction parallel to the chassis axis. The cutting assembly includes an arm and a rotatable cutting drum having a plurality of cutting elements. The spray arm includes a first portion, a second portion pivotably coupled to the first portion, and at least one spray nozzle for emitting a fluid spray in a region adjacent the cutting assembly. The first portion is coupled to the chassis and extends away from the chassis along a spray arm axis. The second portion is pivotable relative to the first portion about a wrist axis.
US10227870B2
The invention relates to a chisel (10) having a chisel head (11) and a chisel shaft (17), wherein near its end facing away from the chisel head the chisel shaft has a threaded portion having a thread (19), wherein the chisel head holds a chisel tip (20) made of a hard material, and wherein near the side facing the chisel shaft the chisel head is provided with a supporting surface (15). Especially when superhard hard materials are used for the chisel tip, a load-optimized chisel design is obtained by a domed supporting surface (15).
US10227867B2
A transmitter is carried proximate to an inground tool for sensing a plurality of operational parameters relating to the inground tool. The transmitter customizes a data signal to characterize one or more of the operational parameters for transmission from the inground tool based on the operational status of the inground tool. A receiver receives the data signal and recovers the operational parameters. Advanced data protocols are described. Pitch averaging and enhancement of dynamic pitch range for accelerometer readings are described based on monitoring mechanical shock and vibration of the inground tool.
US10227856B2
The present disclosure is directed to a composition and method of fracturing a formation penetrated by a well-bore. The composition and method comprises providing a fracturing fluid that is liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2) with at least one friction reducing polymer that is a polysiloxane dissolved in the LCO2 at a concentration of about 0.001 to 1.0 weight percent, and a first at least one co-solvent, and optionally a second at least one co-solvent that has a closed cup flash point greater than the first at least one co-solvent, in order to enable dissolution of the polymer in order to effect friction reduction.
US10227846B2
Fouling caused by contaminants onto a metallic tubular, flow conduit or vessel in an underground reservoir or extending from or to an underground reservoir may be inhibited by applying onto the surface of the metallic tubular, flow conduit or vessel a treatment agent comprising a hydrophobic tail and an anchor. The anchor attaches the treatment agent onto the surface of the metallic tubular, flow conduit or vessel.
US10227842B2
A downhole tool includes an upper wedge member and a lower wedge member. The upper and lower wedge members each have a circumferential width that decreases proceeding from an outer axial end thereof to an inner axial end thereof. As the downhole tool actuates from a first state to a second state, the upper and lower wedge members move axially with respect to a central longitudinal axis through the downhole tool, the upper and lower wedge members move radially-outward with respect to the central longitudinal axis, and the upper and lower wedge members remain coupled to one another as the upper and lower wedge members move.
US10227841B2
Downhole tools including a wellbore isolation device that provides a plurality of components including a mandrel, a packer element, and a sealing ball, wherein the mandrel defines a central flow passage that allows fluid flow in at least one direction through the wellbore isolation device, wherein at least a portion of the mandrel is composed of a degradable metal material, at least a portion of the packer element is composed of an elastomer, and at least a portion of the sealing ball is composed of a degradable substance, and wherein the degradable metal material and the degradable substance degrades upon exposure to a wellbore environment.
US10227839B2
A downhole tool including a housing, a first portion of a trigger mechanism disposed in the housing, a degradable-on-command component movably disposed within the housing, a second portion of the trigger mechanism disposed in the component, the component being configured to positionally respond to an external input to dispose the first portion and second portion in operational contact with one another resulting in an initiation of degradation of the degradable-on-command component. A method for removing a component of a downhole tool.
US10227837B2
A method transferring drill cuttings, the method comprising transferring the drill cuttings from a pressurized transference device to a pressurized container; transferring the drill cuttings from the pressurized container to a land-based pit discharging station; and discharging the drill cuttings into the land-based pit discharging station. Also, a system for transferring drill cuttings while drilling, the system comprising a pressurized transfer device; a pressurized container in fluid communication with the pressurized transfer device; a conduit disposed between the pressurized transfer device and the pressurized container; and a land-based pit discharging station in fluid communication with the pressurized container.
US10227828B2
The invention discloses a drill pipe having ultra-high toughness and high strength and comprising the following chemical elements in mass percentage: C: 0.24-0.30%, Si: 0.1-0.5%, Mn: 0.7-1.5%, Cr: 0.7-1.5%, Mo: 0.5-0.75%, V: 0.01-0.10%, Nb: 0.01-0.05%, P≤0.015%, S≤0.005%, and the balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities; and a process of manufacturing the drill pipe having ultra-high toughness and high strength, comprising: heating the drill pipe as a whole to 900-950° C.; subjecting the inner surface of the drill pipe to axial-flow water-spray cooling and the outer surface of the drill pipe to laminar-flow water-spray cooling while controlling the amount of the water sprayed at thickened ends of the drill pipe and that along the pipe body to be different from each other; and controlling the tempering temperature to be 650-675° C. The inventive drill pipe having ultra-high toughness and high strength has a longitudinal full-size impact toughness at −20° C. of at least 100 J and has a strength of 135 ksi.
US10227827B2
A method of forming a polycrystalline diamond compact comprises providing metallized diamond particles including diamond particles including nanograins of a sweep catalyst secured thereto, the sweep catalyst comprising at least one of tungsten and tungsten carbide and constituting between about 0.01 weight percent and about 1.0 weight percent of the metallized diamond particles and placing the metallized diamond particles and a metal solvent catalyst in a container. The metallized diamond particles are subjected to a high-temperature, high-pressure process in the presence of the metal solvent catalyst to form a polycrystalline diamond material having inter-bonded diamond grains and nanograins of tungsten carbide, the nanograins of tungsten carbide covering less than about twenty percent of a surface area of the inter-bonded diamond grains. Polycrystalline diamond compacts and earth-boring tools including the polycrystalline diamond compacts are also disclosed.
US10227826B2
In another embodiment, a method of drilling a wellbore includes running a drilling assembly into the wellbore through a casing string, the drilling assembly comprising a tubular string, an underreamer, and a drill bit; injecting drilling fluid through the tubular string and rotating the drill bit, wherein the underreamer remains locked in the retracted position; sending an instruction signal to the underreamer via modulation of a rotational speed of the drilling assembly or modulation of a drilling fluid pressure, thereby extending the underreamers; and reaming the wellbore using the extended underreamer.
US10227822B2
A home-automation equipment includes a concealing device including a screen, a holding device of the screen, a first motorized drive device and an autonomous electrical energy supply device. The first device includes an electromechanical actuator which makes it possible to raise and lower the screen. The supply device includes a battery arranged on the holding device of the screen, a power supply cable and an electrical connection element that is electrically connected to the battery by the cable, the element being designed to be connected to an external electrical supply source, in order to recharge the battery. The concealing device includes a second motorized drive device including an electromechanical actuator making it possible to wind and unwind the cable on a winding spool.
US10227810B2
A vehicle door system includes a frameless door glass system, a powered latch, electrically-powered door presenter, powered door opening mechanism, and a powered door protector including a protective member that is movably mounted to the door structure. A controller selectively actuates the frameless door glass system, powered latch, powered door presenter, powered door opening mechanism, and powered door protector according to predefined criteria to coordinate the powered door functions and provide seamless powered operation.
US10227803B2
A linkage mechanism is disclosed that produces high travel advantage in one phase of linear actuator motion and high mechanical advantage in another phase of linear actuator motion. The linkage mechanism may be powered by a hydraulic actuator system and is capable of producing high preloads and a high amount of travel with minimal actuator motion or force. The linkage mechanism may be used to secure a hatch door to a pressure vessel housing or may be used in any environment involving high pressure differentials, for example.
US10227800B2
Enclosure comprises a plurality of bar members translatably attached to an interior surface of the door of the enclosure. Each of the plurality of bar members comprises a projection. A plurality of blocks are disposed on a peripheral edge of the opening of the enclosure's body, such that there is a corresponding block for each projection, and wherein each of the plurality of blocks define a channel for receiving and engaging its corresponding projection. When actuated in a first member, an actuator causes each of the plurality of bar members to translate between a first position and a second position. When the door is in a closed position, translation of the bar members to the first position causes each projection to engage with the channel of its corresponding block to thereby hold the door in the closed position. Translation of the plurality of bar members to the second position causes each projection to be translated out of engagement with its corresponding block such that the door can be opened.
US10227799B1
A hinged hatch in a gas containment cover particularly for a sewage treatment tank has a slide bolt contained within a shaped channel of an extrusion of the hatch, positioned to engage the bolt at a mid-level position of the adjacent fixed beam or other member of the tank cover. The position of the bolt enables the hinged hatch to fully seal against a rubber-covered lip of the adjacent structural member, so that the bolt latch does not compromise integrity of the gas seal. As the bolt is slid into locking position it forces the hatch cover down more tightly against the gas seal.
US10227797B2
A door handle device for a vehicle includes: an antenna and a DC driving detection member capable of detecting approach or contact of a person, the antenna and the DC driving detection member being electrically connected to a drive control portion via a first connection line and a second connection line, and being connected in parallel to each other. The antenna is driven by an AC voltage supplied from the drive control portion, the first connection line and the second connection line are respectively connected to a positive DC power source and a ground, and thereby the detection member is driven by a DC voltage supplied from the drive control portion, the antenna includes a resonance capacitor and an antenna coil which are connected in series. The detection member includes a power source terminal, and a ground terminal.
US10227791B2
Embodiments of the invention are generally related to a mobile shelter. In particular, several embodiments relate more particularly to a movable storage container configured for interconversion between various configurations. In several embodiments, the mobile shelter is configured as a shelter adequate for protection of its occupants against the elements. In several embodiments, the shelter optionally converts into a collapsed configuration suitable for transportation.
US10227789B2
A method is described for reinforcing to extend the life of a planted pole, including a metal planted utility pole at risk of, or damaged by corrosion. The method comprising delivering a flowable composition into the hollow of the planted pole, the flowable composition being capable of setting in the hollow at least proximate to the groundline to form a substantially non-flowable composition when set; the set composition comprising reinforcement supports, and being attached to the pole to provide additional support for the planted pole at least proximate to the groundline.
US10227786B2
An elongate member reinforcement system and associated methods are disclosed. The system can include an elongate member, a collar secured about an end portion of the elongate member, a support layer surrounding the end portion of the elongate member, and a structural filler disposed between the support layer and the end portion of the elongate member. The collar can be disposed in the structural filler and can include a structural filler interface feature that mechanically couples the collar to the structural filler to facilitate transferring loads between the elongate member and the structural filler.
US10227784B2
A deck light assembly for attachment to a deck railing includes a C-shaped body with a core nesting within a cover and a top plate extending between two legs. A foot extends inwardly from each of the legs to engage the bottom of the deck railing and secure the deck light assembly thereon. A solar panel on the top plate charges a battery and causes an LED light to illuminate in the absence of ambient light. A shade on the outer surface of one of the legs directs light downwardly. One leg includes a catch with a planar portion biased inwardly to engage the deck railing and configured to flex outwardly to disengage from the deck railing. A nub extends from the catch for application of an outward force to flex the planar portion for attaching or removing the deck light assembly from the deck railing.
US10227780B2
A roofing article comprising (i) an asphaltic substrate; and (ii) a plurality of mullite-containing granules disposed on a surface of the substrate, where said mullite-containing granules include a mullite concentration of at least 35 wt % and at most 63 wt % as determined by quantitative x-ray diffraction.
US10227772B1
A connector assembly for structural members includes a support plate that has a primary portion and a first tab portion extending from the primary portion. A second tab portion also extends from the primary portion, and the primary portion defines at least one through hole that is configured to receive a fastener. A first stirrup plate defines a first slot that is configured to receive the first tab portion such that the first stirrup plate extends from the support plate in a first direction. The first stirrup plate further defines at least one through hole that is configured to receive a fastener. A second stirrup plate defines a second slot that is configured to receive the second tab portion such that the second stirrup plate extends from the support plate in a second direction opposite the first direction.
US10227767B2
A flexible check valve for fluid-handling systems that prevents reverse flow but allows downstream flow of fluid comprises a dome that fits within a pipe and includes a concave surface. The flexible check valve further includes a flexible seat that fits within the pipe and includes a. convex surface. The flexible seat is deformable from a closed position, that prevents reverse flow, to an open position, that allows downstream flow, when an upstream pressure acts on the flexible seat and exceeds a downstream pressure and when, in the closed position, the concave surface of the dome is oriented downstream and the convex surface of the flexible seat is oriented upstream. A housing is connected to the dome and the flexible seat and is connectable to the pipe. A seal is formed between the concave surface and the convex surface when the flexible check valve is in the closed position.
US10227765B2
A toilet bidet system for use on a passenger transportation vehicle. In particular, there is described a bidet rinse ring that converts a standalone toilet to a combined toilet and bidet system. Designs find particular use onboard passenger transportation vehicles, such as aircraft. Such systems benefit from efficient space management and generally cannot support a separate toilet and bidet. The bidet rinse ring described herein may come factory-mounted on the toilet. In other examples, the bidet rinse ring may replace a standard rinse ring in order to retrofit an existing toilet.
US10227755B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to display structures for displaying the wear status of reducing elements (e.g., chisels, teeth, etc.) on a reducing component. In certain examples, the display structure can include a matrix that visually depicts all of the reducing elements of the reducing component in a row and column format. The wear status of the reducing elements can be indicated by techniques such as different colors, different numbers, different letters, shapes, bar codes etc. Another aspect of the present disclosure relates to an autonomous system where a remote party can simultaneously monitor the wear status of the reducing elements of multiple machines on the display structure. For each machine, the remote party (e.g., operator, supply source, supervisor, and main office) can each receive a wireless signal indicating when the reducing elements are approaching a need for replacement.
US10227753B2
A system for an excavating machine comprises a control system operating aspects of the excavation machine; and a monitoring system receiving inputs from one or more sensors determining if the excavating machine is in a first state or a second state. In operation, if the excavating machine is in the first state, then the control system enables the excavating machine to perform a first action; or if the excavating machine is in the second state, then the control system disable the excavating machine to perform the first action.
US10227739B2
The present invention relates to a method for determining and monitoring the mass of the milled material removed by a ground milling machine, comprising mounting a discharge belt on the ground milling machine via a pivot bearing and a tensile connection in such a manner that it can pivot at least about a horizontal axis, determining a tensile force (Fz) exerted by the discharge belt to the tensile connection, calculating a mass flow (qm) of the milled material removed by the ground milling machine from the measured tensile force (Fz) and the conveying speed of the discharge belt, and calculating the loaded mass of the milled material removed by the ground milling machine from the mass flow (qm) and the loading time (t). The present invention further relates to a ground milling machine for milling off ground material, in particular a road milling machine, recycler, stabilizer or surface miner, comprising a drive motor, a milling drum mounted so it is rotatable about a rotational axis in a milling drum box, and a discharge belt for loading milled material, which is mounted on the ground milling machine via a pivot bearing and a tensile connection fixed to the discharge belt such that it can pivot at least about a horizontal axis, the ground milling machine comprising a control device, and the ground milling machine with the control device being configured to carrying out the method according to the present invention.
US10227738B2
A road paver includes a screed for applying a material layer to a foundation and a layer thickness detecting device for detecting the thickness of the applied material layer. The layer thickness detecting device includes a first sensor for detecting a first distance from the applied material layer and a second sensor for detecting a second distance from the foundation. The layer thickness detecting device is securely attached to the screed.
US10227734B1
A foam-based expansion joint seal system packaging which facilitates transport and reduces the need for internal splices.
US10227719B2
Systems and methods are provided for stitching together sheets of interwoven carbon nanotubes. One embodiment is a method that includes providing multiple sheets of interwoven carbon nanotubes, arranging the sheets over a substrate such that interstices of the sheets overlap at a stitch region of the substrate and heating catalysts at the substrate above a threshold temperature to trigger growth of new carbon nanotubes. The method also includes adjusting alignment of an electrical field that defines a direction of growth of the new carbon nanotubes, thereby causing the new carbon nanotubes to grow through the interstices and then stitch the sheets together.
US10227714B2
A conductive monofilament and static dissipative fabric having the same wherein the monofilament includes electrically conductive material and binder and has static dissipation properties.
US10227708B2
An electrode cleaning system includes a medical device including a plurality of electrodes, a fluid reservoir including an electrolytic solution, and a cleaning device. The cleaning device is electrically coupled to the medical device, and is configured to channel a DC current between at least one pair of electrodes of the plurality of electrodes when the plurality of electrodes are submerged in the fluid reservoir.
US10227702B2
A system and method for removing impurities to reconstitute a NaCl stream to a saturated solution salt solution and remove any impurities such as sodium bisulfate (NaHSO3), sodium chlorate (NaClO3) and sodium iodide (NaI) to improve brine quality from an electrolytic cell is disclosed, including an evaporation system connected to the electrolytic cell, a brine treatment system connected to the evaporation system and the electrolytic cell. A waste treatment system is connected to the evaporation system. The evaporation system includes a set of evaporators that concentrates the brine. Sodium chloride is precipitated from the set of evaporators to the brine treatment system. Impurities are precipitated from the set of evaporators. The brine treatment system includes a hydrocyclone and a centrifuge that separates sodium chloride from water. The sodium chloride is mixed with water to create a concentrated and purified brine.
