US10229690B2
A method, system, and computer program product for processing an encoded audio signal is described. In one exemplary embodiment, the system receives an encoded low-frequency range signal and encoded energy information used to frequency shift the encoded low-frequency range signal. The low-frequency range signal is decoded and an energy depression of the decoded signal is smoothed. The smoothed low-frequency range signal is frequency shifted to generate a high-frequency range signal. The low-frequency range signal and high-frequency range signal are then combined and outputted.
US10229679B1
A natural language user interface for computer-aided design systems (CAD) comprises a natural language command module including a parser, language database and a CAD model analyzer, and a natural language server module including a second, increased capability parser, a second, preferably larger language database and a CAD context database. The CAD model analyzer analyzes and retrieves associated CAD model information related to a parsed voice command and the CAD context database provides specific CAD related contextual information to facilitate parsing and interpreting CAD specific commands. The natural language server program module may also include an artificial intelligence based query generator and communicate through a network or cloud with resource providers such as third party market places or suppliers to generate queries for retrieval of third party supplied information necessary to respond to or execute CAD specific voice commands.
US10229677B2
A computer-implemented method and system launches an application with a preferred user interface (UI) language on a device. The method and system receive a voice command from a user to open an application on a device having a computer. The voice command is compared to a stored command language in an audio file device. The system and method initiates opening the application, in response to determining that the voice command matches the stored command language. The application is identified based on the voice command. The system and method determines a preferred language for the software application based on a language file stored on the computer readable medium and the language file being associated with the stored audio file. The method and system opens the application in response to the voice command, and sets the preferred language for a user interface (UI) of the device in response to the determined preferred language.
US10229675B2
This document generally describes systems and methods for dynamically adapting speech recognition for individual voice queries of a user using class-based language models. The method may include receiving a voice query from a user that includes audio data corresponding to an utterance of the user, and context data associated with the user. One or more class models are then generated that collectively identify a first set of terms determined based on the context data, and a respective class to which the respective term is assigned for each respective term in the first set of terms. A language model that includes a residual unigram may then be accessed and processed for each respective class to insert a respective class symbol at each instance of the residual unigram that occurs within the language model. A transcription of the utterance of the user is then generated using the modified language model.
US10229663B2
With reference to FIG. 7a the present invention relates to transducer apparatus (200) for use with a reed instrument (201) having an air chamber (15) forming a resonant cavity whose resonance characteristics are controlled by opening and closing of tone holes (17A, 17B) connecting the air chamber to the exterior of the reed instrument. The transducer apparatus comprises attachment means (202) for releasably securing the transducer apparatus to a mouthpiece (201) of the reed instrument in place of a reed. A reed replacement section (203) has a housing with an abutment surface for abutting a surface part of the mouthpiece which would be abutted by a reed secured to the mouthpiece. An air passage extends through the housing of the reed replacement section (203) from an air inlet (211) through which a player of the instrument can blow to an air outlet (213) through which air blown by the player is delivered to atmosphere, without passing through the air chamber (15) within the reed instrument. A speaker (208) is supported by the housing and delivers sound to the air chamber (15). An air chamber microphone (209) is supported by the housing and receives sound in the air chamber (15). An electronic processing unit (204) has: an excitation unit (101) which produces an excitation signal for driving the speaker (208); a processor (102) for receiving a measurement signal produced by the microphone and for detecting from the measurement signal a musical note played by the instrument; a synthesizer (220) for generating an electronic signal embodying a musical note which corresponds to the detected musical note; and output means (103) for transmitting the musical note generated by the synthesizer to a receiver external of the transducer apparatus. The invention also relates to a system for representing the sounds of a reed instrument having the components of the transducer apparatus, to an electronic system for determining a musical note played by a reed instrument having the components of the transducer apparatus and to a method of practising playing of a reed instrument comprising use of the components of the transducer apparatus.
US10229655B2
Disclosed herein is a system and method for allowing a user to zoom in and out on a large data set and maintain resolution and understanding on the data. The system monitors how the user uses the data and also detects the user's actions with respect to zooming on the data. Based on the user's interactions and the type of data the system determines for each zoom level what data to display to the user on the display and if the display needs to be modified to maintain usability of the data. In some scenarios a display management component may change the format of the data such that the user may better understand the data.
US10229639B2
The embodiments of the present disclosure relate to display technology and provide a pixel driving circuit and an associated driving method, a display panel and a display apparatus, capable of avoiding influence of a drifting threshold voltage of a driving transistor on a driving current of an active light emitting device. The pixel driving circuit comprises a compensating unit, a data writing unit, a driving unit, a first energy storage unit, a second energy storage unit and a display unit. The embodiments of the present disclosure are applicable to display manufacture.
US10229625B2
The liquid crystal drive apparatus controls application of a first or second voltage to each pixel of a liquid crystal element in respective sub-frame periods in one frame period to cause that pixel to form a tone. The sub-frame period where the first voltage is applied to the pixel is referred to as an ON period, the sub-frame period where the second voltage is applied to the pixel is referred to as an OFF period. The sub-frame period corresponding to the ON and OFF periods respectively for first and second pixels of two mutually adjacent pixels is referred to as an ON/OFF adjacent period. The apparatus provides, when causing the first and second pixels to form tones adjacent to each other, a plurality of the ON/OFF adjacent periods each being 1.0 ms or less separately from each other in the one frame period.
US10229623B2
An image display apparatus according to the present invention includes: a display panel configured to display an image; a light emitting unit configured to emit light onto the display panel; an acquisition unit configured to acquire an expansion parameter to expand a reproducible color gamut, which is a range of colors that the image display apparatus can reproduce, from a reference color gamut to an expanded color gamut; and a conversion unit configured to generate output image data by performing, on input image data, color conversion processing to convert a color outside the expanded color gamut into a color within the expanded color gamut based on the expansion parameter, wherein the light emitting unit increases an emission brightness of the light emitting unit based on the expansion parameter.
US10229611B2
A device including a nose pad configured to be placed on a nose of a user; and a first visual shield coupled to the nose pad and including a first plurality of hydraulic tubes radially spaced apart from each other and a light-blocking material therebetween, wherein the hydraulic tubes are configured to radially extend in response to hydraulic pressure to selectively restrict the user's peripheral visual field and consequently by elimination of the peripheral vision that distract the user result in increasing the user's concentration; and a hydraulic pump connected to the plurality of hydraulic tubes, the hydraulic pump being coupled to the nose pad and configured to provide hydraulic pressure for radially extending the first plurality of hydraulic tubes.
US10229607B2
Systems and methods for competency training and use authorization for dispensing an agent are described, which include: an agent-dispensing device configured to dispense one or more agents to a user, and including a controllable agent-dispensing mechanism and a receiver configured to receive a signal and to activate or deactivate a locking mechanism coupled to the controllable agent-dispensing mechanism; a computing device having a display and a user interface; and a web-based interactive tool accessible on the computing device, the web-based interactive tool including a training module to provide training to the user in proper use of the agent-dispensing device, a verification module to verify a competency of the user in the proper use of the agent-dispensing device, and an activation module responsive to the verification module and operable to provide an activation signal to deactivate the locking mechanism to allow dispensing of the one or more agents after verifying the competency of the user.
US10229602B2
In one embodiment a transportation request for a sightseeing trip is received from a computing device of a passenger, wherein the transportation request identifies a plurality of sightseeing attractions. One or more drivers are selected, based on availability data associated with a plurality of drivers, to transport the passenger to the plurality of sightseeing attractions. Navigational data is transmitted to the one or more drivers to enable the one or more drivers to transport the passenger to the plurality of sightseeing attractions.
US10229583B2
Systems and methods for using multi-criteria state machines to manage alarming states and pre-alarming states of a hazard detection system are described herein. The multi-criteria state machines can include one or more sensor state machines that can control the alarming states and one or more system state machines that can control the pre-alarming states. Each state machine can transition among any one of its states based on sensor data values, hush events, and transition conditions. The transition conditions can define how a state machine transitions from one state to another. The hazard detection system can use a dual processor arrangement to execute the multi-criteria state machines according to various embodiments. The dual processor arrangement can enable the hazard detection system to manage the alarming and pre-alarming states in a manner that promotes minimal power usage while simultaneously promoting reliability in hazard detection and alarming functionality.
US10229582B2
An embodiment of the invention may include a method, computer program product and computer system for detecting a device. The embodiment may include a computing device that determines a Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) of a beacon of a second device. The computing device may determine a first location of the first device. The computing device may determine whether the UUID of the beacon of the second device matches a UUID in a list of UUIDs, where each UUID in the list of UUIDs corresponds to a beacon associated with a device. The computing device may transmitting the UUID of the beacon of the second device and the first location to a third device, based on determining the UUID of the beacon of the second device matches an entry in the list.
US10229580B1
As disclosed herein a dynamic geo-fencing method includes receiving a plurality of geo-fence extent factors, a plurality of extents, and a plurality of violation responses for a geo-fence, determining a first geo-fence extent factor of the plurality of geo-fence extent factors, selecting a first extent for the geo-fence corresponding to the first geo-fence extent factor, determining that the geo-fence is violated, and responsive to determining that the geo-fence is violated, performing a violation response, of the plurality of violation responses, corresponding to the first geo-fence extent factor. A corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed herein.
US10229578B2
In some embodiments, a method includes establishing a communications link between a computing device and an adapter. The adapter is configured to receive at least a portion of a medicament delivery device. A wireless signal is received to maintain the communications link. A relative position between the computing device and the adapter is determined. An alarm is produced when the wireless signal is not received within a time period. The alarm is based on the relative position between the computing device and the adapter.
US10229576B2
A user equipment, an earthquake alert server and an earthquake alert method thereof are provided. The earthquake alert server divides a map into a plurality of geographic grids and receives earthquake reporting messages from a plurality of user equipments. The earthquake alert server monitors the number of reporting messages of each geographic grid within a time interval to determine candidate earthquake grids, and determines earthquake grids according to the adjacent relationship among the candidate earthquake grids. The earthquake alert server chooses any two of the earthquake grids to classify the earthquake grids into two groups and increases a far value of each earthquake grid in the group whose reporting time is later. After multiple choices, the earthquake alert server labels the earthquake grid having the smallest far value as the epicenter grid and transmits an earthquake alert message to a plurality of remote equipments accordingly.
US10229575B2
An apparatus, system and method surrounding the sensing, recording and communicating information pertaining to users providing a portable identification and diagnostic reporting system configured with data storage, sensors, processing, and transmission means to notify intended recipients of identification, sensed, collected and prewritten user data. Communication of such data, stored on local devices and/or cloud based storage, and executed through means such as UHF, nearfield and other wireless communication protocols. The apparatus, system and method are intended for use in scenarios including but not limited to social, medical and emergency applications.
US10229566B2
An operation method of a first apparatus for supporting disaster communications includes obtaining map information of a disaster area from a server; obtaining information on a location of the first apparatus, and obtaining environmental condition information of the first apparatus indicating a risk of an area to which the first apparatus belongs; obtaining information on a location and environmental condition information of a second apparatus located in the disaster area from the second apparatus; determining a disaster risk level indicating a risk level for each location in the disaster area based on the location and environmental condition information of the first apparatus and the location and environmental condition information of the second apparatus; and updating the map information by reflecting the disaster risk level.
US10229565B2
An electronic device includes a memory, a communication interface capable of performing communication, and a processor electrically connected to the memory and the communication interface. The processor is configured to extract a first audio signal to be output through a speaker, based on audio data received from an external electronic device and/or stored in the memory, to generate a second audio signal obtained by removing the first audio signal from the audio data, and to generate a haptic signal for outputting a haptic effect, based on the second audio signal.
US10229561B2
An exemplary method comprises receiving information associated with a game-playing transaction conducted between a user device and a game-playing terminal, wherein the game-playing transaction is associated with a request for playing a game; determining a location of the user device associated with the game; determining the user device is located in an approved location associated with the game; and processing the game-playing transaction based on determining the user device is located in the approved location associated with the game. The game-playing transaction is conducted on a first communication interface, and the information associated with the game-playing transaction is received on a first or second communication interface.
US10229560B2
A method of operating a video gaming system having program instructions, the programming instructions comprising: providing each player with at least one individual flashboard having suit and value indicia and a game ending pattern outlined thereon; providing a plurality of bingo balls; randomly selecting a first group of bingo balls; displaying to each player the markings associated with each selected bingo ball of the first group of bingo balls; marking each square associated with each of the first group of bingo balls on each individual flashcard; selecting a second group of bingo balls, wherein a total number of bingo balls in the first group and the second group is equal to a least amount of balls needed to completely fill the game ending pattern; displaying to each player the markings associated with each selected bingo ball of the second group of bingo balls; and determining any winning flashboard.
US10229554B2
On a network of electronic gaming machines, data regarding the performance of the machines or the players of the machines is collected and processed to make predictions of future jackpots and recommendations of games to play. The predictions and recommendations are delivered via at least one virtual persona that communicates with players or potential players via displays in a casino or on a web browser, via smartphone. Players can conduct conversations with the persona using cellular telephone, text messaging, or other types of Internet communications.
US10229553B2
A method of managing bets is provided. The method includes receiving one or more bets. Each bet comprises a selection of a first number of events selected from a group of events, a selection of a respective participant for each of the first number of events selected and a bet amount. The method also includes combining each bet amount to form a betting pool and determining an amount of a total payout based at least in part on the betting pool.
US10229550B1
A lockbox is provided. The lockbox includes a compartment that has a door and a door locking mechanism controlling operations of the door. The lockbox includes a memory storing a time access period. The lockbox includes a transceiver that automatically activates and manages a wireless communication mechanism based on the time access period. The transceiver also detects a user device on the wireless communication mechanism. The lockbox includes a processor, which is electrically coupled to the memory and the transceiver. The processor automatically authenticates the user device detected on the wireless communication mechanism and disables the door locking mechanism to provide access via the door to the compartment in response to a completed authentication.
US10229547B2
An in-vehicle gateway device according to an embodiment includes a storage unit, a plurality of internal communication processors, a routing processor and a storage controller. The storage unit stores therein data output by an electronic control unit included in the in-vehicle system. The internal communication processors include an internal communication processor to which at least one electronic control unit is connected. The routing processor transfers data among the internal communication processors and outputs at least a part of the transferred data to the storage unit in a form capable of being stored in the storage unit. The storage controller manipulates or filters, in accordance with a certain rule, at least one of the data to store in the storage unit and the data output from the storage unit.
US10229544B2
Embodiments related to efficiently constructing an augmented reality environment with global illumination effects are disclosed. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a method of displaying an augmented reality image via a display device. The method includes receiving image data, the image data capturing an image of a local environment of the display device, and identifying a physical feature of the local environment via the image data. The method further includes constructing an augmented reality image of a virtual structure for display over the physical feature in spatial registration with the physical feature from a viewpoint of a user, the augmented reality image comprising a plurality of modular virtual structure segments arranged in adjacent locations to form the virtual structure feature, each modular virtual structure segment comprising a pre-computed global illumination effect, and outputting the augmented reality image to the display device.
US10229530B2
An image processing device comprises a first input unit configured to input first information indicating a fine irregularity of a surface of a body to be rendered; a generation unit configured to generate, as pieces of information each indicating a tilt of a surface of an object to be rendered, pieces of second information for respective wavelengths from the first information; a rendering unit configured to render objects for the respective wavelengths based on the pieces of second information for the respective wavelengths; and a combining unit configured to generate an image of the body to be rendered by combining the objects for the respective wavelengths.
US10229528B2
A method for visualizing three-dimensional images on a 3D display device, wherein an image to be visualized is supplied as an input image, is characterized in that at least one feature matrix is determined using the input image, the feature matrices defining light/dark information, and in that a display image for reproduction on the 3D display device is produced from the input image using said light/dark information. The invention further relates to a corresponding 3D display device.
US10229520B2
Provided is a feature-value display system which can display a feature value of a node for accurate prediction of a state of the node in a graph structure or a network structure. The feature-value display system 1 displays the feature value of the current node, considering information generated on the basis of attribute information associated with the nodes adjacent to or closer to a current node in the graph structure or the network structure, as the feature value of the current node itself.
US10229513B2
A method for modifying digital media comprises receiving one or more digital media items, determining a plurality of colors and one or more associations between the colors in the one or more digital media items; collecting a color vision profile from one or more color blind individuals in an environment; analyzing the color vision profiles to determine common colors visible by the one or more color-blind individuals; identifying a color scheme for modifying the one or more digital media items to correspond to the common colors visible by the one or more color-blind individuals; and modifying the one or more digital media items using the color scheme.
US10229511B2
A method for determining the pose of a camera relative to a real environment includes the following steps: taking at least one image of a real environment by means of a camera, the image containing at least part of a real object, performing a tracking method that evaluates information with respect to correspondences between features associated with the real object and corresponding features of the real object as it is contained in the image of the real environment, so as to obtain conclusions about the pose of the camera, determining at least one parameter of an environmental situation, and performing the tracking method in accordance with the at least one parameter. Analogously, the method can also be utilized in a method for recognizing an object of a real environment in an image taken by a camera.
US10229507B1
Methods, devices, and systems for expression transfer are disclosed. The disclosure includes capturing a first image of a face of a person. The disclosure includes generating an avatar based on the first image of the face of the person, with the avatar approximating the first image of the face of the person. The disclosure includes transmitting the avatar to a destination device. The disclosure includes capturing a second image of the face of the person on a source device. The disclosure includes calculating expression information based on the second image of the face of the person, with the expression information approximating an expression on the face of the person as captured in the second image. The disclosure includes transmitting the expression information from the source device to the destination device. The disclosure includes animating the avatar on a display component of the destination device using the expression information.
US10229504B2
A method of estimating motion between a pair of image frames of a given scene comprises calculating respective integral images for each of the image frames and selecting at least one corresponding region of interest within each frame. For each region of interest, an integral image profile from each integral image is calculated, each profile comprising an array of elements, each element comprising a sum of pixel intensities from successive swaths of the region of interest for the frame. Integral image profiles are correlated to determine a relative displacement of the region of interest between the pair of frames. Each region of interest is divided into a plurality of further regions of interest before repeating until a required hierarchy of estimated motion for successively divided regions of interest is provided.
US10229502B2
A depth detection apparatus is described which has a memory and a computation logic. The memory stores frames of raw time-of-flight sensor data received from a time-of-flight sensor, the frames having been captured by a time-of-flight camera in the presence of motion such that different ones of the frames were captured using different locations of the camera and/or with different locations of an object in a scene depicted in the frames. The computation logic has functionality to compute a plurality of depth maps from the stream of frames, whereby each frame of raw time-of-flight sensor data contributes to more than one depth map.
US10229500B2
Technology is described for incorporating statistical strength from neighboring voxels in an fMRI image. The method can include the operation of capturing an fMRI image of a human organ and the fMRI image includes statistical values for voxels in order to detect changes associated with blood flow representing organ activity. The statistics of the fMRI image can be upsampled to a larger coordinate size. Another operation can be resampling the statistical values of the fMRI image to improve the statistical strength for target voxels in the fMRI by identifying strong statistical values in neighboring voxels in a defined neighborhood of the target voxels and improving statistical values of the target voxels using the strong statistical values. The statistics of the fMRI image can integrated into a region of interest identified for the human organ to improve data values of the target voxels while retaining regional boundaries.
US10229495B2
A method of operating a data processing system to automatically process a color digital image of a specimen that has been stained with a first dye and a second different dye is disclosed. The method includes receiving a color image that includes a plurality of pixels, each pixel being characterized by a pixel vector having components determined by the intensity of light in each of a corresponding number of wavelength bands. A plurality of pixel vectors of the image are transformed to a hue space divided into a plurality of bins, each bin being characterized by a number of pixels that have been transformed into that bin. The data processing system automatically finds first and second color vectors characterizing the first and second dyes, respectively based on the number of pixels that were transformed into each of the bins.
US10229489B1
A system and a method are described for monitoring a medical care environment. In one or more implementations, a method includes identifying a first subset of pixels within a field of view of a camera as representing a bed. 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. The method also includes determining an orientation of the object within the bed. In implementations, the method further includes issuing an electronic communication alert based upon the orientation of the object, and determining whether to issue future alerts based upon feedback to the alert.
US10229488B2
A method for determining a stage of fibrosis in a liver is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: (1a) obtaining input data relating to the liver, the input data being generated using a second harmonic generation based imaging system; (1b) identifying a plurality of morphological features of the liver from the input data relating to the liver; (1c) generating a plurality of measurements based on the identified plurality of morphological features; and (1d) determining the stage of fibrosis in the liver based, on the generated plurality of measurements.
US10229486B2
A method automatically separates out the defect image from a thermogram sequence based on the physical characteristics of the defect of a conductive material in electromagnetic field. Defect area radiates more heat than other area, when it is mapped to the histogram of the image to be separated, the defect area is located in the top-end of histogram, and the proportion of defect area is smaller to the background or other area. The method equally divides the histogram of the image to be separated into multi groups, and calculates the first derivative ki of total pixel number Si of group i, finds the maximum absolute value of ki, i.e. |ki|max, where i is expressed as imax; if imax is the last group, Wn is regarded as threshold T, otherwise, Wimax+1 is selected as threshold T. The pixels that less than threshold T are removed to obtain the defect image in ECPT.
US10229485B2
Provided is an information processing apparatus including: a photographing information acquisition unit configured to acquire an image at a time of photographing photographed by a camera and a temperature of an illumination light source at the time of photographing; and a correction unit configured to correct a brightness of the image at the time of photographing or an exposure time period of the camera on the basis of the temperature of the illumination light source at the time of photographing, the brightness of the image at the time of photographing, and temperature characteristics of the illumination light source, the temperature characteristics having been prepared in advance.
US10229465B2
Embodiments of the invention leverage mobile proliferation to enable laypersons to initiate a timely and effective emergency response in case of an emergency, such as a medical emergency, e.g., cardiac event. Mobile apps are made available as part of an organization's overall response plan and program, allowing bystanders of emergency events to easily initiate notification of trained responders, for example in their facility, in a timely manner commensurate with the type of emergency specific to their facility. More particularly, embodiments of the invention use mobile applications to alert certified first trainees to respond to the scene of the emergency.
US10229458B2
A computer system is provided that stores reference data records and event data records that each correspond to one of the reference data records. Tokens are generated from the reference data records and sorted into subsets. Each reference data record that has a given token is included in the corresponding subset. A correlation value is calculated between members (e.g., the reference data records) of the subsets. The correlation values are calculated by determining a common time, calculating a reference value, calculating a percentage difference from the reference value, and then determining a correlation value (e.g., a correlation coefficient) using the percentage difference.
US10229450B2
There is provided systems and method for generating sale transaction from voice data input by a user. A user device may receive voice data including a preference for purchasing an item. The user device may convert the voice data to the preferences and perform a search for a sales transaction corresponding to the preferences. The search may include parameters about the user, such as a location. The sales transaction may include purchase prices, times, locations, or other relevant data. A user may accept or decline the sales transaction with additional user data. If the user accepts the sales transaction, the sales transaction may be completed with a payment provider and a transaction history given to the user for later redemption of the item. If the user declines the sales transaction, further sale transactions with additional items may be present to the user.
US10229449B2
A server receives an electronic shopping cart from a client device. The electronic shopping cart describes an item for purchase from a merchant. The server comparison-shops to determine a different merchant offering the same or comparable item for sale. The server sends a notification to the client device describing a lower price offered by the different merchant. The server may then receive an approval to replace the item selected for purchase from the merchant with the item offered by the different merchant.
US10229446B2
A point of sale device according to an embodiment includes a storage unit, an input unit, a display, a communication interface, and a processor. The input unit receives an input of a customer identification code corresponding to a customer that is performing a transaction. The input unit also receives an input of one or more merchandise information codes each corresponding to a merchandise item that the customer has selected for purchase in the transaction. The processor retrieves, based on the input customer identification code, one or more merchandise reservation codes each corresponding to a merchandise item that the corresponding customer has previously reserved. The display provides a notification that the previously reserved merchandise item is available.
US10229440B2
A price calculator may receive a pricing request for at least one item, the at least one item priced in accordance with a pricing schema including a plurality of price components. The price calculator may include a parallel price calculator configured to retrieve a parallel calculation flow handling procedure corresponding to the at least one item and designating at least two price subcomponents common to the price components. The price calculator may then calculate the at least two price subcomponents for the price components in parallel, using the parallel calculation flow handling procedure.
US10229439B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for selecting content items for presentation along with publisher resources. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a request for a content item for presentation at a user device with a publisher resource; receiving, from a content item provider a first selection value for each of a plurality of content items provided by the content item provider; determining, for each of the content items and using accessed distribution parameters, a second selection value distinct from the first selection value; and determining, for each of the content items and independent of a bid corresponding to the content item, a combined selection value based on the first selection value for the content item and the second selection value for the content item.
US10229434B2
Provided is a process, including: receiving, with one or more processors, from a remote user computing device, a geographic location of the user computing device; determining that the user computing device is in a cache geographic area in which information about potentially relevant geographically-targeted offers is to be predictively loaded into memory of the user computing device before the user requests the information about geographically-targeted offers; selecting, with one or more processors, an offer from a repository of offers based on the selected offer being associated with the cache geographic area or a location in the cache geographic area; and in response to the determination, sending, with one or more processors, the selected offer to the user computing device for storage in cache memory of the user computing device before the user requests the selected offer.
US10229421B2
The present invention pertains to a method and apparatus for providing advertisements in virtual world environments. In one embodiment, the method may include providing at least one advertisement to be displayed within a virtual world environment distributed to a plurality of user computer systems. The method may also include determining that a user is interacting with the advertisement in the virtual world environment. In one embodiment, the method may further include tracking one or more factors associated with the interaction.
US10229420B2
The present invention relates to virtual universe product customer support. A method for providing customer service in a virtual universe in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: determining that a real-world product may have a problem; collecting information associated with the product; analyzing the collected information at a support location service in the virtual universe to determine a land location within the virtual universe of a product support center for the product; and providing an avatar with a teleportation invitation to the product support center.
US10229417B2
The on-boarding framework consolidates and ensures consistent implementation of business compliance with regulatory policy across a global business that is required to comply with regulations of international, regional, country specific, local jurisdictions, or the like. The on-boarding framework facilitates the work flow, approvals, documents, reporting, and other information using dynamic rules that dictate the on-boarding elements based on customer type, booking entity, location of the authorized approval, special products, data collected, and the like, which are used to dynamically evaluate the client's on-boarding potential regulatory issues, and the actions used to mitigate potential regulatory issues with the entity being on-boarded.
US10229413B2
Methods and apparatuses for performing mobile returns are disclosed. At least some versions of the disclosed systems enable a return transaction to be performed using a mobile device connected to a network of one or more servers. The disclosed mobile returns systems may increase return transaction efficiency and relieve congestion at conventional customer service registers. The mobile device may be configured to operate in a trained returns mode or an expedited returns mode.
US10229391B2
An effective applied policy configuration associated with a selected policy resource is created responsive to a selection of a policy resource within a service policy visualization interface based upon results of programmatic introspection of the selected policy resource. The effective applied policy configuration includes correlated and combined effects of service policies identified by the programmatic introspection as attached to the selected policy resource within a resource hierarchy associated with the selected policy resource. The effective applied policy configuration associated with the selected policy resource, including the correlated and combined effects of the attached service policies, is displayed within the service policy visualization interface.
US10229389B2
A system and method to manage a community development asset. The system includes an asset polling agent, a nomenclature taxonomy dictionary, and an asset discovery service. The asset polling agent identifies a descriptive term associated with an asset under development. The nomenclature taxonomy dictionary stores a list of synonym terms related to the descriptive term associated with the asset under development. The asset discovery service identifies a reusable asset of a plurality of reusable assets for use with the asset under development based on at least one term, from a combination of the descriptive term and the list of synonym terms related to the descriptive term, extracted from social network data.
US10229388B2
A novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for controlling movement of assets is provided. A method for controlling movement of assets can include reading a first information from a first electronic marker coupled to an asset and reading a second information from a second electronic marker of a transport mechanism in possession of the asset. The method can further include storing in a record the first and second information and a third information comprising a location of the asset. The method can further include retrieving at least one rule comprising at least one value and an action. The method can further include executing a statistical test on the information in the record and executing the action of the at least one rule if a result of the statistical test is outside a predefined confidence level. Information from the record is then added to the empirical data.
US10229383B2
Methods, systems, and devices for implementing and managing order fulfillment processes are generally described. An order fulfillment system may include order management device configured to manage order information associated with a plurality of orders having one or more units orders for the order fulfillment system. The system may also include an order procurement device configured to receive order information from the order management device and to implement the fulfillment of the orders. The order procurement device may transmit completed order information to the order management device. The order management device may assign orders to the order procurement device responsive to receiving an indication that the order procurement device has completed an order. The orders may be assigned based on various order assignment factors, such as travel costs, order ranking, unit characteristics, customer characteristics, or the like.
US10229378B2
A method for providing incentive to mentors of at-risk mentees is described. The method comprises the steps of determining an at-risk mentee's behavior and progress in a period of time, determining the mentee's income and income tax payments during the same period of time, and calculating a financial incentive to the mentee's mentor, wherein the amount of the financial incentive is calculated based on the mentee's behavior and/or income tax payment during the period of time.
US10229374B2
A relevance management system for summarizing relevance of a plurality of project description (PD) documents with respect to a proposal outline comprised of outline sections, the proposal outline associated with a request for proposal (RFP) document comprised of RFP segments; receiving an outline-to-RFP matrix; determining a PD-document-to-RFP-segment relevance for a PD document from the plurality of PD documents and the RFP segments using document similarity processing and a metric; producing a proposal writing plan comprising a first column that represents the outline sections, a second column representing the RFP segments, and a third column representing PD-document-to-RFP-segment relevance; and transmitting the proposal writing plan to an originator of the outline-to-RFP matrix.
US10229369B2
A method for creating predictive damage models includes receiving a first predictive damage model, identifying latent space between a first and a second domain asset, building a regression model from first domain asset projected source data, creating target dependent variables of a second model, applying classification or regression techniques to determine a function expressing the dependent variables, determining data points from the function to develop a second regression model, applying the second regression model to data points to predict target dependent variables, evaluating the second predictive damage model using the predicted target dependent variables, performing a sensitivity study to determine a directionality parameter of the second predictive damage model, and if the results are within an acceptable predetermined range, providing maintenance or servicing recommendations generated by the second predictive model to a user platform display, else repeating the process by rebuilding the regression model to further refine the regression model.
US10229366B2
A technique relates to quantum error correction. Code qubits are configured as target qubits, and the code qubits have a first dephasing time and a first anharmonicity. Syndrome qubits are configured as control qubits, and the syndrome qubits have a second dephasing time and a second anharmonicity. The target qubits and the control qubits are configured to form one or more controlled not (CNOT) gates. The first dephasing time is greater than the second dephasing time and the second anharmonicity is greater than the first anharmonicity.
US10229364B2
In certain example embodiments, moisture sensors, defoggers, etc., and/or related methods, are provided. More particularly, certain example embodiments relate to moisture sensors and/or defoggers that may be used in various applications such as, for example, refrigerator/freezer merchandisers, vehicle windows, building windows, etc. When condensation or moisture is detected, an appropriate action may be taken (e.g., actuating windshield wipers, turning on a defroster, triggering the heating of a merchandiser door or window, etc.). Bayesian approaches optionally may be implemented in certain example embodiments in an attempt to improve moisture detection accuracy. For instance, models of various types of disturbances may be developed and, based on live data and a priori information known about the model, a probability of the model being accurate is calculated. If a threshold value is met, the model may be considered a match and, optionally, a corresponding appropriate action may be taken.
US10229363B2
Systems, methods, and devices for sensor fusion are disclosed herein. A system for sensor fusion includes one or more sensors, a model component, and an inference component. The model component is configured to calculate values in a joint-probabilistic graphical model based on the sensor data. The graphical model includes nodes corresponding to random variables and edges indicating correlations between the nodes. The inference component is configured to detect and track obstacles near a vehicle based on the sensor data and the model using a weighted-integrals-and-sums-by-hashing (WISH) algorithm.
US10229361B2
The present invention may be a method, computer program product, and system for predicting future safety incidents. The embodiments may receive a first set of incident data about a first safety incident. The first set of data may include a first set of factors and a first severity. The embodiments may create a safety incident model based on the first set of data by correlating the first set of factors with the first severity. The embodiments may receive a second set of incident data, where the second set of data may include a second set of factors. The embodiments may determine a predicted severity of the second set of incident data based on the safety incident model and the second set of factors. The embodiments may display one or more factors from one of the first and second set of factors, having the highest predicted incident severity.
US10229351B2
An identification element has a transponder with a data-emitting transmission unit and with a data-receiving reception unit in order to communicate with a device for registering and/or controlling access authorization to spaces or objects. In addition, a control circuit is provided for the transmission unit and reception unit. The transponder is an optical transponder (1.1), the transmission unit of which is a light-emitting transmission unit (1.3) and the reception unit of which is a light-receiving reception unit (1.4). The optical transponder and an autonomous power supply are integrated into the identification element. The identification element is in the shape of a name plate or of an identification element of comparable size which is assigned to an object or body or is to be supported thereon. By virtue of the fact that the transmission unit (1.3) of the optical transponder (1.1) is operated by the control circuit (2.5) in such a way that it transmits optical pulses of less than or equal to 100 nanoseconds repeatedly per second and that the identification element is batteryless, a very small optical transponder is provided which requires little energy and no batteries.
US10229343B2
Textile matching using color and pattern recognition and methods of use are provided herein. An example method includes analyzing an image (305) of a first article of clothing to obtain color information and pattern information (205-230), comparing the color information and pattern information of the first article of clothing to color information and pattern information for a plurality of other articles of clothing (using Bayesian probability analysis to determine matched pairs, and providing a user with wardrobe suggestions using the matched pairs (705-740).
US10229332B2
The present disclosure discloses a method and an apparatus for recognizing an obstacle to a vehicle. The method comprises: acquiring point cloud data of a target region by a lidar sensor and acquiring image data of the target region by using an image capturing apparatus; recognizing obstacle information in the point cloud data by a preset point cloud recognition model, and labeling a recognition result to obtain a first labeled result; recognizing obstacle information in the image data by a preset image recognition model, and labeling a recognition result to obtain a second labeled result; comparing the first labeled result with the second labeled result to decide whether the first and the second labeled result are identical; and determining a correct labeled result from the first and the second labeled result in response to the first and the second labeled result being not identical and outputting the correct labeled result.
US10229327B2
An analysis control system 100 of the present invention includes: an engine control unit 103 controlling analysis processing operation of a plurality of analysis engines 110 each executing analysis processing on analysis target data; an analysis processing condition acceptance unit 101 accepting input of an analysis processing condition relating to the analysis target data; and a priority setting unit 102 setting a priority of the analysis engine executing the analysis processing on the analysis target data, on a basis of the analysis processing condition. The engine control unit 103 controls the analysis processing operation of the analysis engines in accordance with the priority set by the priority setting unit.
US10229315B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for detecting duplicate copies of a form in an image of a document. An exemplary method generally includes obtaining a first digital image of a document, performing one or more transformations on the first digital image, determining one or more rectangles in the transformed first digital image, identifying at least a first duplicate copy of the form being depicted in the first digital image based, at least in part, on the detected one or more rectangles, and generating, based on the identified duplicate copy of the form, a notification that the first digital image includes at least the first duplicate copy of the form.
US10229313B1
A system configured for tracking a human hand, e.g., in an interactive space, may comprise a distancing device, one or more physical processors, and/or other components. The distancing device may be configured to generate output signals conveying position information. The position information may include positions of surfaces of real-world objects, including surfaces of a human hand. A group of points may be identified that lie on a candidate surface which is a candidate for being the surface of a hand. The edges of the candidate surface may be detected. The points furthest away from the closest edge may be determined. A model may be created by connecting at least some of these points. Sections of the model are identified that may be a digit of the hand. Per section, fingertips and metacarpophalangeal joints may be identified. The model may be analyzed to determine whether the candidate surface is the surface of a hand.
US10229312B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can identify one or more objects depicted in a camera view of a camera application displayed on a display of a user device. An augmented reality overlay is determined based on the one or more objects identified in the camera view. The camera view is modified based on the augmented reality overlay.
US10229310B2
The present technology provides methods, systems, and apparatuses to achieve high throughput and high speed acquisition of partial wave spectroscopic (PWS) microscopic images. In particular, provided herein are high-throughput, automated partial wave spectroscopy (HT/A-PWS) instruments and systems capable of rapid acquisition of PWS Microscopic images and clinical, diagnostic, and research applications thereof.
US10229309B2
A biometric recognition system for a vehicle includes a support portion, a vein reader sensor disposed on the support portion, and a control member configured to control a function of the vehicle. The control member has a top surface and a bottom surface and defines an opening extending through the control member from the top surface to the bottom surface. The control member is moveable relative to the support portion to a first position. The opening is aligned with the vein reader sensor and the top surface is a first distance from the vein reader sensor when the control member is in the first position. The first distance is configured to optimize biometric verification of an operator's hand gripping the control member.
US10229305B2
The present invention provides a touch screen, a control method thereof and a display device. The touch screen comprises a touch area used for touch display. A plurality of fingerprint identification elements are provided in the touch area and are configured to identify a fingerprint. The touch area includes a plurality of sub-areas, and the fingerprint identification elements located in each sub-area independently identify a fingerprint or a part of a fingerprint in the sub-area.
US10229301B2
In a method and system for acquiring image data for detection of optical codes located on objects carried by a conveyor system, a conveyor system has an imager that includes a sensor and an optics arrangement disposed with respect to the sensor to direct light from a field of view to the sensor so that the sensor outputs image data. A processor system receives image data. The processor system determines a position of an object in a field of view with respect to the conveyor's direction of travel, based upon the determined position of the object in the field of view, and upon a predetermined distance between the object and the optics, defines a region that bounds the image data at least with respect to the direction of travel, and that encompasses a position the object would have in the image data if the object is at the determined position in the field of view and at the distance from the optics, with respect to the object.
US10229295B2
A system, exhibiting a communication station for communicating with a number of radio tags in a time slot communication process, in which a number of time slots per time slot cycle in a repeating sequence are available for communication, and each time slot is characterized by a distinct time slot symbol, wherein the communication station is designed to send out a synchronization data signal exhibiting the time slot symbol for the currently present time slot, and wherein a radio tag is designed for changing from a sleep state into an active state at a wakeup instant, and for receiving the synchronization data signal in the active state and, if the received time slot symbol indicates a time slot intended for it, for defining a new wakeup instant corresponding to the next appearance of the time slot intended for it in a time slot cycle that follows the currently present time slot cycle.
US10229288B2
A method for providing data security comprises operatively connecting sensing elements with a user, sensing characteristics of the user via the sensing elements, wherein each of the sensing elements comprises at least one unique semiconductor identifier. The at least one unique semiconductor identifier and data concerning the sensed characteristics is transmitted from the sensing elements to a data analytics engine, and at least one unique biological identifier associated with the user is attached to the transmission of the at least one unique semiconductor identifier and the data concerning the sensed characteristics. The method further includes verifying by the data analytics engine that the at least one unique semiconductor identifier of the sensing elements and the at least one biological identifier are valid, analyzing by the data analytics engine the data concerning the sensed characteristics, and generating and transmitting a response based on the analysis.
US10229280B2
A data source owner in a computing system protects that source via a “virtual” or surrogate entity or “avatar.” The entity is an object whose presence in the system is human-like, and it is given the specific task of protecting the data source for the owner. The avatar is associated with (or defined by) a non-human userid that has the same accesses and privileges of all (or defined) users, user groups and other resources that have access to the data source to be protected. During an initial setup, one or more actions to be performed by the non-human userid upon an occurrence of an actionable event with respect to the data source are specified, and a “baseline” associated with the data source is determined. Following setup, a monitor process is executed under the non-human userid, and this process records one or more accesses to the data source. Periodically, or upon a given occurrence, the monitor process spawns one or more ancillary processes to determine whether an actionable event has been triggered. If the avatar's monitoring efforts indicate an actionable event (such as an access violation), an action as defined in an action matrix is taken. The action typically includes reporting to the data source owner and, optionally, a security administrator, and restricting access to the data source.
US10229276B2
Method, apparatus, computer programs and data structures are provided, according to at least one embodiment, wherein an author of digital content identifies at least some trusted code that the author trusts to be used to read digital content, and stores information in the unit of digital content that is capable of identifying the trusted code. In at least some embodiments, the unit of digital content is an electronic document. In other embodiments, a publisher of the trusted code, or an author of the digital content, signs the trusted code with a private key, and a certificate associated with the private key is embedded in the unit of digital content. The certificate may provide public key information associated with the private key. The public key may be used to verify that code is trusted before it is allowed access to the unit of digital content.
US10229272B2
During booting of a computing device, multiple security boundaries are generated. A security boundary refers to a manner of operation of a computing device or a portion of the computing device, with a program executing in one security boundary being prohibited from accessing data and programs in another security boundary. As part of booting the computing device measurements of (e.g., hash values or other identifications of) various modules loaded and executed as part of booting the computing device are maintained by a boot measurement system of the computing device. Additionally, as part of booting the computing device, public/private key pairs of one of the security boundaries is generated or otherwise obtained. Private keys of the public/private key pairs are provided to the one security boundary, and the public keys of the public/private key pairs are provided to the boot measurement system.
US10229271B2
A system-on-chip (SoC) includes an application processor (AP) including a secure module and a non-secure module, a communication processor (CP), a volatile memory having a first area accessible by the CP, a second area accessible by only the AP, and a third area accessible by the CP and the AP, and non-volatile memory storing a boot loader and a firmware image. Upon power-up of the SoC, the AP copies the boot loader and firmware image from the non-volatile memory to the first area using the non-secure module, switches the first area from a normal mode to a secure mode using the secure module, and verifies integrity of the first firmware image to activate a reset signal. The CP then performs a CP boot operation using the boot loader and firmware image stored in the first area in response to the activated reset signal.
US10229268B2
System, method and media are shown for detecting potentially malicious code by iteratively emulating potentially malicious code, that involve, for each offset of a memory image, emulating execution of an instruction at the offset on a first platform and, if execution fails, determining whether the instruction at the offset has relevance to at least a second platform and, if so, emulating execution of the instruction at the offset on the second platform. If execution succeeds, it involves checking the behavior of the executing code for suspect behavior, and identifying the executing code as malicious code if suspect behavior is detected. Refinements involve applying this process to also determine aspects of information related to the target of any discovered code, malicious or otherwise.
US10229266B2
Corruption of call stacks is detected by using guard words placed in the call stacks. A store guard word instruction is used to store a guard word on a stack frame of a caller routine, and a verify guard word instruction issued by one or more callee routines is used to verify the guard word is an expected value. If the guard word is an unexpected value, corruption is indicated.
US10229263B1
A system and method for Media Resource Control Protocol (MRCP) access control for a mobile device. An entity requesting to utilize MRCP resources establishes a relationship with a MRCP resource provider. The MRCP resource provider maintains account information for the entity, and the entity receives a unique account number for identification purposes. The entity requests from the MRCP resource provider generation of at least one MRCP access PIN associated with the account information, and provides a data string associated with the MRCP access PIN to the MRCP resource provider.
US10229258B2
A method, performed by a device, of providing security content includes receiving a touch and drag input indicating that a user drags a visual representation of a first application displayed on a touch screen of the device to a fingerprint recognition area while the user touches the visual representation of the first application with a finger; performing authentication on a fingerprint of the finger detected on the touch screen using a fingerprint sensor included in the fingerprint recognition area; and when the performing authentication on the fingerprint is successful, displaying the security content associated with the first application on an execution window of the first application.
US10229246B2
A mapping system provides a graphical editor, consisting of a visual channel editor and a node configuration panel, for graphically defining channels for processing messages. Within the visual channel editor, the user is able to create a graphical representation of a channel by interconnecting representations of a source node, mapping nodes, condition nodes, and destination nodes. When a node is selected in the visual channel editor, the node configuration panel displays user interface controls in which the user specifies parameters for the selected node. The mapping system automatically generates scripts for implementing the functionality defined by the user input. In this manner, a user need not have any knowledge of scripting to define mappings to apply to messages. The mapping system may be used to perform mappings of messages of virtually any type, but has specific applicability to mapping messages between Health Information. Technology (HIT) systems.
US10229243B2
A method and system create a model of a set of relationships between a set of parent computer network objects and a set of corresponding child computer network objects, over a period of time, and output a user interface graphing the model in a single view to illustrate the set of relationships over the period of time. The parent computer network objects include virtual machines and the child computer network objects include hosts. The user interface includes a search option to provide for a search of problems with the child computer network objects over the period of time.
US10229238B2
Embodiments relate to managing layer promotion of interconnects in the routing phase of integrated circuit design. An aspect includes a system to manage layer promotion in a routing phase of integrated circuit design. The system includes a memory device to store instructions, and a processor to execute the instructions to identify a set of candidate interconnects for layer promotion, score and sort the set of candidate interconnects according to a respective score to thereby establish a respective rank, assess routing demand and resource availability based on layer promotion of the set of candidate interconnects, and manage the set of candidate interconnects based on the respective rank and the resource availability, the processor assessing the routing demand and resource availability and managing the set of candidate interconnects iteratively, wherein the processor, in at least one iteration, generates a second set of candidate interconnects by reducing the set of candidate interconnects.
US10229234B2
A method facilitates simulating a plurality of circuit elements connected to a multiport interconnect structure having a first set of ports. The method includes: receiving a first set of data that models electrical behavior of the first set of ports and a first portion of the plurality of circuit elements; determining a first subset of the first data, which models electrical behavior of a set of exposed ports of the first set of ports, and a second subset of the first data, which models electrical behavior of a set of non-exposed ports of the first set of ports and the first portion of the plurality of circuit elements; and combining the second subset of the first data into the first subset of the first data to generate a second set of data that models electrical behavior of a second interconnect structure having fewer ports than the multiport interconnect structure.
US10229233B2
Metal forming tool design or metal forming manufacture utilize computer aided design to generate initial tool geometry and/or to optimize or investigate possible changes in the parameters. Such computer models utilize friction parameters in combination with material characteristics of the tool and blank to assess the process before actual testing. It has been found that such models and assessment possible with such models can be significantly improved by use of a friction parameter representative of the mixed film stage of the lubricant. In a preferred embodiment an approximate average of the mixed film range is used to determine a coefficient of friction used in a computer aided design model that includes a finite element analysis procedure.
US10229229B2
A driving model generation device is provided that enables driving evaluation according to a traveling situation of a vehicle. A vehicle is provided with a vehicle state detector, which detects a vehicle state quantity that changes according to a driving operation by a driver. A model generator generates a driving model, which is a reference related to a specific driving operation, based on the vehicle state quantity at the time the driver starts the specific driving operation and the vehicle state quantity at the time the specific driving operation is finished. A driving evaluator evaluates the driving skill of the driver by comparing the driving operation of the driver presented by a detection result of the vehicle state detector to the driving model generated by the model generator.
US10229228B2
A computer-implemented method for simulating an assembly of fabric pieces can include providing a plurality of parallel solvers, a first solver simulating at least one first fabric piece and a second solver simulating at least one second fabric piece. The computer-implemented method can further include maintaining the first and the second fabric pieces tight by computing a common frontier by the first and second solvers.
US10229222B2
Provided are systems and methods for dynamic optimization of content on a client device. In one example, a method for dynamic optimization of content is based on receiving the content and parameters of a display area associated with the content from an enterprise system. The enterprise system is pre-configured based on predetermined business rules. The content is analyzed to determine properties associated with the content and selectively optimized based on the parameters of the display area and the properties associated with the content. Thereby, optimized content is produced. The optimized content is selectively rendered on the client device, thereby providing for selective optimization and rendering of the content without reconfiguring the enterprise system.
US10229220B2
A method and system for a translation manager system are described. The translation manager system allows a web translation application to insert the proper translations into web pages generated by the translation manager system. The translation manager system properly identifies how a page is reached by the user, as well as where in the page the user has selected to make their suggestion. The translation manager system uses key-locations to identify different areas where the user may make a suggestion and the web page may include multiple key-locations.
US10229218B1
A method and system for identifying relevant messages in a conversation graph includes identifying a context message within the conversation graph. The context message is marked as relevant and additional messages are marked as relevant based on various criteria. A plurality of authors of messages marked as relevant is identified and a plurality of unmarked messages authored by the plurality of authors is marked as relevant. In addition, a plurality of parent messages of messages marked as relevant are identified and marked as relevant. A list comprising messages marked as relevant is then provided to a user. Multiple steps can be repeated until convergence after which the list can be provided to the user.
US10229217B2
A light receiver of a communication apparatus receives light from an LED that emits light based on a light-emission pattern defined by an ID. An ID acquirer specifies the light-emission pattern from light received by the light receiver and acquires the ID. A transceiver transmits the acquired ID to a service server that stores an ID/URL table associating together the ID and a URL of information relating to equipment equipped with the LED, and receives a corresponding URL. An information acquirer acquires the information relating to the equipment based on the URL received by the transceiver.
US10229211B2
A method includes receiving a user inputted lower-level hierarchical filter key, processing filter key relational data to identify higher-level filter criteria keys associated with the user inputted lower-level hierarchical filter key, updating higher-level filter criteria to include the identified higher-level filter criteria keys, and generating a list of results according to the updated filter criteria. A computer program product and computer system corresponding to the method are also disclosed.
US10229210B2
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with search query task management for search system tuning are described. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving interaction data that describes an interaction with a search system. The search system includes a search engine configured to process search queries to return results that include a ranked set of documents that are relevant to respective search queries. A search query to be used as a basis for search engine tuning is identified based on at least the interaction data. Request data describing a tuning request for the identified search query is transmitted to a search query tuning system. In response to the tuning request for the identified search query, the search query tuning system adds the identified search query to a set of search queries that are candidates for use as a basis for search engine tuning.
US10229209B2
A server device obtains a search term from a client device that is managed by an enterprise. A user associated with the client device is identified. Data that indicates a role of the user for the enterprise is obtained. Search index data that specifies a location for a term and a contextual boundary for the term is obtained. A search result that is based on the search index data and the role of the user for the enterprise is generated.
US10229208B2
Various embodiments are disclosed for optimizing the execution of a query to retrieve data associated with multiple entities from a database server system, where the entities are associated with a user of a social networking system. At least one embodiment includes analyzing parameters of the query to identify one or more databases at which to execute the query, determining whether to execute constraint type parameters on the data retrieved at a frontend or backend server of the server system, and separating the performance of privacy checks on the data retrieved from the execution of the query. The embodiment further includes executing, based on the databases identified, the query in parallel threads to retrieve individual data sets of a result set, where a particular individual data set is associated with a particular entity.
US10229197B1
A system and method for searching using a user device associated with a display includes a controller displaying a plurality of search screens on the display device, each of the plurality of search screens perform a content search. The user device also includes a search module generating respective search results from each of the plurality of search screens and a search retention module storing the respective search results in a memory of the user device and retrieving saved search results from the memory corresponding to the previously accessed search screen when a previously accessed search screen is displayed. The controller displays the saved search results.
US10229191B2
A system for identifying data of interest from among a multiplicity of data elements residing on multiple platforms in an enterprise, the system including background data characterization functionality characterizing the data of interest at least by at least one content characteristic thereof and at least one access metric thereof, the at least one access metric being selected from data access permissions and actual data access history and near real time data matching functionality selecting the data of interest by considering only data elements which have the at least one content characteristic thereof and the at least one access metric thereof from among the multiplicity of data elements.
US10229187B2
Aspects include determination of automated response follow-up. A response to a question is received at a response follow-up system. The response follow-up system analyzes the response using natural language processing to identify one or more response terms. The response follow-up system determines one or more follow-up questions based on the one or more response terms. The response follow-up system modifies an aspect of a user interface based on the one or more follow-up questions.
US10229183B2
A server is configured to generate a document tag identifying at least one of a first association and a second association for the document, the first association being an association between the document and at least one of a plurality of groups, the second association being an association between the document and one of a plurality of document types, generate a user tag identifying at least one of a third association and a fourth association for a user, the third association being an association between the user and at least one of the plurality of groups, the fourth association being an association between a type of a document requested by the user and at least one of the plurality of document types, and provide access to the requested document based on at least one of the first and second associations and at least one of the third and fourth associations.
US10229182B2
A method for identifying at least one contact associated with a user and an online communication network. The method may include receiving at least one search term or a social media post entered by the user. The method may also include performing text analytics on the received search term or the social media post to determine at least one subject. The method may further include identifying a plurality of contacts associated with the user, whereby the user and the plurality of contacts are associated with the online communication network. The method may additionally include performing text analytics on a plurality of communications associated with the identified plurality of contacts to determine a plurality of context information. The method may include comparing the determined subject to the determined plurality of context information. The method may include identifying at least one contact within the identified plurality of contacts based on the comparing.
US10229179B2
In the proposed approach cluster elements (bins) are made available as a keypad in the form of a cluster map. The user directly selects the cluster element (bin) with a mouse, touch or actual keypad. For each of the associated attributes, a cluster map is available that orders the attributes from high-to-low by color or shade intensity. When a cluster element is selected in one cluster map, that same cluster element is also highlighted in other cluster maps. For each of the cluster maps, a value axis is available which shows the value of the parameter for the selected cluster element. In the case of numerical values, the high/low attribute pattern across the cluster maps is easily visible. The selected data objects in the cluster map are displayed in a separate widget.
US10229168B2
A computer-implemented method is provided that includes identifying an input dataset formatted as an input matrix, the input matrix including a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns. The computer-implemented method also includes dividing the input matrix into a plurality of input matrix blocks. Further, the computer-implemented method includes distributing the input matrix blocks to a plurality of different machines across a distributed filesystem, and sampling, by at least two of the different machines in parallel, at least two of the input matrix blocks. Finally, the computer-implemented method includes generating at least one sample matrix based on the sampling of the at least two of the input matrix blocks.
US10229165B2
A method for presenting tasks is provided. The method includes: acquiring an active index of each of tasks which are currently in operation in a terminal; ranking the tasks based on the active indices; and presenting the tasks according to a result of the ranking, wherein the active index is a frequency of the task being operated in the terminal.
US10229158B2
Approaches, techniques, and mechanisms are disclosed for ensuring that a database command is executed according to a query plan that has been verified to be actually optimal. Except in rare circumstances, a database server does not execute a query plan unless it is first verified by the database server. The database server receives a request to execute a database command. The database server determines an unverified plan is the best plan for satisfying the request. Rather than risk the unknown behavior of an unverified plan, the database server instead satisfies the request according to a verified plan. Subsequently—for example as part of a scheduled job—the database server executes the unverified plan to determine performance statistics. Based at least on the performance statistics, the database server determines whether or not to verify the unverified plan. Techniques for concurrent and optimistic verifications are also disclosed.
US10229151B2
Embodiments include a method, system, and computer program product for acquiring a data repository, the data repository being associated with a log configured to receive metadata. Then, a content of the log with respect to at least one manipulation of the data repository is modified by adding first metadata of the metadata. Further, signatures that identify control statements configured to govern the at least one manipulation of the data repository are collected by adding second metadata of the metadata into the log.
US10229148B1
A data analysis system stores in-memory representation of a distributed data structure across a plurality of processors of a parallel or distributed system. Client applications interact with the in-memory distributed data structure to process queries using the in-memory distributed data structure and to modify the in-memory distributed data structure. The data analysis system creates uniform resource identifier (URI) to identify each in-memory distributed data structure. The URI can be communicated from one client application to another application using communication mechanisms outside the data analysis system, for example, by email, thereby allowing other client devices to interact with a particular in-memory distributed data structure. The in-memory distributed data structure can be a machine learning model that is trained by one client device and executed by another client device. A client application can interact with the in-memory distributed data structure using different programming languages.
US10229145B2
A method, a computer system, and/or a computer program product are disclosed. One computer-implemented method for building a hash table includes dividing a hash table into plural blocks; and dividing each block into plural sub-blocks. A certain sub-block uses a first pattern of association between a key and a location for storing the key. Another sub-block which belongs to the same block having the certain sub-block uses a second pattern which is different from the first pattern. The method may further include building a hash table by using memory blocks in a Field Programmable Gate Array.
US10229144B2
In an embodiment, a method of updating a memory with a plurality of memory lines, the memory storing a tree, a plurality of buckets, and a plurality of rules, can include maintaining a copy of the memory with a plurality of memory lines. The method can further include writing a plurality of changes to at least one of the tree, the plurality of buckets, and the plurality of rules to the copy. The method can additionally include determining whether each of the plurality of changes is an independent write or a dependent write. The method can further include merging independent writes to the same line of the copy. The method further includes transferring updates from the plurality of lines of the copy to the plurality of lines of the memory.
US10229139B2
A system, apparatus, and method are provided for receiving one or more incremental updates including adding, deleting, or modifying rules of a Rule Compiled Data Structure (RCDS) used for packet classification. Embodiments disclosed herein may employ at least one heuristic for maintaining quality of the RCDS. At a given one of the one or more incremental updates received, a section of the RCDS may be identified and recompilation of the identified section may be triggered, altering the RCDS shape or depth in a manner detected by the at least one heuristic employed. The at least one heuristic employed enables performance and functionality of an active search process using the RCDS to be improved by advantageously determining when and where to recompile one or more sections of the RCDS being searched.
US10229125B2
Protecting and restoring data within a networked (e.g. cloud) storage computing environment through asynchronous replication and remote backup of data and its associated metadata. Data backup and recovery functionality provides data backups by detecting incremental updates to the data and its associated metadata at specific points in time determined by policies. The policies are configurable based on user requirements. Multiple copies of the data backups can be made and stored in separate compressed files at backup/disaster recovery locations. The backups of data and its associated metadata, which includes file system configuration information can be used to restore the state of a computer file system to that of a given point-in-time. Accordingly, a data protection approach is disclosed for protecting data at both the file system level and application level.
US10229103B2
A data grid software component has data cells with a style that may be template-based or individual. A data cell may include a software component to show and interact with a bitmap, a graph, a chart, streaming graphics, or streaming bitmaps. The data grid may have footers, headers, and corner cells each capable of holding another software component to show and interact with several data forms. A header, a footer, and a corner cell can each have a style that is template-based or individual. Headers and footers may have multiple levels. Header parts and footer parts at different levels may have a style that is template-based or individual.
US10229093B2
Disclosed are methods and systems for developing web services for a plurality of platforms utilizing a plurality of web service specification languages. A common data layer is used to map classes of different web service specification languages to a common class hierarchy. This allows for the creation of data layers independent of each individual web service specification language, reducing the requirement to implement duplicate data controls for each web service specification language.
US10229076B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure use vendor defined messages (VDMs) to send high priority information (e.g., cache writebacks) on a designated channel that is separate from a channel used for other commands (e.g., normal memory write commands). By using VDMs and a designated channel to send cache writebacks, the cache writebacks will not be blocked by normal memory write commands. For example, an endpoint device may encode cache writebacks as VDMs to be sent to a root complex. The root complex may store the VDMs in a dedicated VDM buffer and send the VDMs on a dedicated VDM channel.
US10229074B2
A technique for handling interrupts in a data processing system includes receiving, at an interrupt presentation controller (IPC), an event notification message (ENM) that specifies an event target number and a number of bits to ignore. In response to a slot being available in an interrupt request queue, the IPC enqueues the ENM in the slot. In response to the ENM being dequeued from the interrupt request queue, the IPC determines a group of virtual processor threads that may be potentially interrupted based on the event target number and the number of bits to ignore specified in the ENM. The event target number identifies a specific virtual processor thread and the number of bits to ignore identifies the number of lower-order bits to ignore with respect to the specific virtual processor thread when determining a group of virtual processor threads that may be potentially interrupted.
US10229057B2
In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a storage device comprising a NAND flash memory device comprising a plurality of NAND flash memory units. The storage device is to determine that the NAND flash memory device did not pass an initialization procedure; identify a first addressing scheme that is implemented by one or more of the NAND flash memory units that initialized properly; and after the initialization procedure, instruct each of the plurality of NAND flash memory units to implement the first addressing scheme.
US10229046B2
Separating data of trusted and untrusted data types in a memory of a computer during execution of a software program. Assigning mutually separated memory regions in the memory, namely, for each of the data types, a memory region for storing any data of the respective data type, and an additional memory region for storing any data which cannot be uniquely assigned to one of the data types. For each allocation instruction, performing a memory allocation including linking the allocation instruction to at least one data source, generating instruction-specific context information, evaluating the data source to determine the data type, associating the data type with the context information, based on the context information, assigning the allocation instruction to the memory region assigned to the evaluated data type, and allocating memory for storing data from the data source in the assigned memory region.
US10229043B2
Methods of requesting memory spaces and resources using a memory controller are provided. A particular method may include communicating, by a memory controller, a request to a computer program for a resource, and using the resource in response to an indication from the computer program that the resource is available. Another particular method may include communicating a request to a memory controller for at least one of a memory space of a memory or a second resource. The memory controller may be configured to communicate the request from the first resource to a computer program. Another particular method may also include using, by the first resource, at least one of the memory space or the second resource in response to an indication that the memory space or the second resource is available.
US10229036B2
A method operates a safety-critical system, which system contains at least one first data device having approved, safety-relevant software and at least one reference data device having the same approved, safety-relevant software. In the method, after a type check of the system, the at least one first data device is equipped with at least one piece of non-safety-relevant additional software and the at least one reference data device is blocked from software modifications. Before safety-related data information is output, output information of the at least one first data device and of the at least one reference data device are checked for a match with regard to the safety-relevant software by a comparison device, and the safety-related data information is output in the case of a match.
US10229026B1
A computer system-based method and system for modeling, planning and analyzing distributed systems in view of environmental considerations in the deployment of said distributed system is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of representing selected ones of a plurality of components and relationships among selected components with said distributed system, wherein said representation includes attributes and characteristics associated with environmental considerations, identifying a location of each of said selected components in said distributed system determining an environmental aspect of each of said identified locations, and providing a recommendation based on said environmental aspects. In one aspect of the invention, an analysis is performed that determines a cause of changes in environmental conditions and a recommendation is made to correct the cause of the environment changes. In another aspect of the invention an analysis may be performed that considers environmental aspects in adjusting economic consideration for storing data in a data center.
US10229023B2
A computer-implemented method for managing storage devices in a storage subsystem having an array of storage devices, according to one embodiment, includes determining that at least one storage device in the array of storage devices has failed. Storage device characteristics of the failed storage device are compared with storage device characteristics of each of a plurality of candidate devices, and an attempt is made to identify a first candidate storage device having storage device characteristics that match the storage device characteristics of the failed storage device. A second candidate storage device having storage device characteristics most similar to the storage device characteristics of the failed storage device is identified in response to not identifying a candidate device that matches the failed storage device.
US10229018B2
A DIMM includes first and second DRAM devices, each configured to perform memory transactions for memory locations associated with the DRAM device via a respective first and second memory channel. The DIMM also includes a non-volatile memory device and a DIMM controller. The DIMM controller stores data from the first and second memory locations to the non-volatile memory device in response to a save data operation, receives an indication that communication via the first memory channel has failed, stores the first data from the non-volatile memory device to the second DRAM device in response to the indication and a restore data operation, provides an indication that the data is stored on the second DRAM device, receives an indication that the data has been read, stores the second data from the non-volatile memory device to the second DRAM device, and provides an indication that the second data is stored on the second DRAM device.
US10229016B2
A redundant computer system utilizing comparison diagnostics and voting techniques includes a plurality of redundant channels. Each pair of the processors receives/obtains process information from I/O modules via dual redundant sensors (DRS). The processors execute an application program, whereby output module is utilized for comparing output data of the two processors. Output module receives output data from neighboring modules, if there is a deviation or other disparity in the output data. Each pair of processors, a voter and an improper sequence detector component disables the output module, if a majority of signals vote that output module fails. In addition, the system uses 2-of-3 voting, the system remains operational in the presence of up two transient or hard failures.
US10229006B1
In one aspect, a method includes receiving an I/O to write data to a volume stored, increasing a hash reference count for a hash of the data in response to receiving the I/O, periodically generating snapshots of the volume, adding metadata on the I/O and a timestamp to a metadata journal and increasing the reference count value in response to adding the metadata.
US10228987B2
Method to assess uncertainties and correlations resulting from multi-station analysis of survey data
A system, method and computer-readable medium for a drilling a borehole is disclosed. Errors associated with multi-station survey measurements are obtained and partitioned into a set of estimated errors and a set of considered errors. A post-fit covariance matrix is determined from the estimated errors and includes the effects of the considered errors on the estimated errors. A drilling parameter of a drill string in the borehole may be altered using the determined post-fit covariance matrix.
US10228981B2
Techniques for scalable virtualization of an Input/Output (I/O) device are described. An electronic device composes a virtual device comprising one or more assignable interface (AI) instances of a plurality of AI instances of a hosting function exposed by the I/O device. The electronic device emulates device resources of the I/O device via the virtual device. The electronic device intercepts a request from the guest pertaining to the virtual device, and determines whether the request from the guest is a fast-path operation to be passed directly to one of the one or more AI instances of the I/O device or a slow-path operation that is to be at least partially serviced via software executed by the electronic device. For a slow-path operation, the electronic device services the request at least partially via the software executed by the electronic device.
US10228979B1
A timer service receives timer creation requests from clients and fires those timers upon their expiration by returning to the requesting clients payloads provided with the timer creation requests. A timer creation request includes a client identifier, a timer expiration time, and a payload. The timer service queues timer creation requests, a creation worker adds timer records to a timer store in response to requests and manages virtual partitions of the timer store, and sweeper workers, one per virtual partition, sweep timers into a second queue. A firing worker reads timer index records from the second queue, determines the timers referenced in those timer index records and executes the payloads of those timers. The timer store can be tiered, with virtual partitions different storage priorities based on the timer expirations of the timers in the virtual partitions.
US10228976B2
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for balancing incoming connections across multiple cores are disclosed. According to one method, the method occurs at a first processor of a multi-core connection server. The first processor is one of multiple processors of the multi-core connection server configured to receive notification of incoming connection requests associated with a socket and to request the connection requests from a queue. The method includes accepting a first connection request from a queue. The method also includes determining whether a connection quota has been reached. The method further includes in response to determining that the connection quota has been reached, performing an appropriate action based on state information associated with other processors.
US10228973B2
In one embodiment, during execution of a current workload being processed by the kernel, the method searches policy storage for a similar workload that has been previously optimized, wherein the sensor is used to compare the current workload to workloads in the policy storage. When the similar workload is found, the method optimizes different parameter values in a parameter value range specified in the policy specification for the parameter while the current workload is being processed by the kernel, wherein a parameter setting for the similar workload is used in the optimizing. When the similar workload is not found, the method optimizes different parameter values based on the parameter value range specified in the policy specification for the parameter while the current workload is being processed by the kernel. The method then evaluates the optimizing based on the optimization target.
US10228972B2
In some embodiments, the present invention provides an exemplary computing device, including at least: a scheduler processor; a CPU; a GPU; where the scheduler processor configured to: obtain a computing task; divide the computing task into: a first set of subtasks and a second set of subtasks; submit the first set to the CPU; submit the second set to the GPU; determine, for a first subtask of the first set, a first execution time, a first execution speed, or both; determine, for a second subtask of the second set, a second execution time, a second execution speed, or both; dynamically rebalance an allocation of remaining non-executed subtasks of the computing task to be submitted to the CPU and the GPU, based, at least in part, on at least one of: a first comparison of the first execution time to the second execution time, and a second comparison of the first execution speed to the second execution speed.
US10228971B2
Methods and systems disclosed herein relate generally to evaluating resource loads to determine when to transform queues and to specific techniques for transforming at least part of queues so as to correspond to alternative resources.
US10228969B1
Techniques for optimistic locking of virtual machine instances during a migration are described herein. Application programming interface requests are classified by type. When a request such as an application programming interface request is received during the migration of a virtual machine instance from a source location to a target location, the request is classified according to the type and according to the state of the migration. Based on that classification, it is determined whether to block the request, allow the request, or cancel the migration.
US10228961B2
Implementations of the disclosure provide for live storage domain decommissioning in a virtual environment. A method of the disclosure includes identifying, by a processing device, a storage domain to decommission from a storage system. The storage domain comprises a plurality of disk images. It is determined whether the disk images are associated with a virtual machine. Thereupon, the disk images are hot-unplugged from the virtual machine. Responsive to detecting that the disk images are unplugged from the virtual machine, the disk image is deleted from the storage domain and the storage domain is removed from the storage system.
US10228959B1
Systems and techniques are described for virtual machine communication and migration. A described technique includes operating server systems that are configured to run virtual machines and providing a virtual network for Internet Protocol (IP) based communications to the virtual machines. The virtual machines can be assigned network addresses, such as IP addresses, on the virtual network. Providing the virtual network can include using separate IP tunnels to effect delivery of IP packets on the virtual network to the virtual machines, respectively. The technique includes migrating a virtual machine running on a first server system to a second server system. The migrated virtual machine can maintain its assigned IP address. The technique includes updating a tunnel endpoint destination associated with the assigned IP address of the migrated virtual machine. The updated tunnel endpoint destination can be based on a network address associated with the second server system.
US10228953B2
A method, computer program product, and system identify a low-cost time to re-boot a system. The method includes a processor obtaining a request for a re-boot of a system. The processor obtains identifiers of uncompleted tasks executing in the system. Based on obtaining the identifiers, the processor obtains a task cost of each task of the uncompleted tasks, where a value of the task cost of each task relates to a portion of each task completed by the processor at a given time. The processor determines, based on the task costs associated with the uncompleted tasks, a re-boot cost for re-booting the system at the given time. The processor determined a system cost for not re-booting the system at the given time. The processor compares the re-boot cost to the system cost to determine whether to re-boot the system at the given time in response to the request.
US10228945B2
A circuitry is provided. The circuitry comprises a signature memory having stored thereon a plurality of stored signatures. Moreover, the circuitry comprises a signature generator configured to receive one or more monitored signals, and to generate a generated signature depending on at least one of the one or more monitored signals. Furthermore, the circuitry comprises one or more subunits configured to be accessed depending on at least one of the one or more monitored signals. Moreover, the circuitry comprises a protection unit configured to restrict access on the one or more subunits. Furthermore, the circuitry comprises a decision controller configured to compare the generated signature with a stored signature of the plurality of stored signatures to obtain a comparison result. The protection unit is configured to provide access to one of the one or more subunits depending on the comparison result.
US10228942B2
A data processing apparatus (4) includes processing circuitry (6) for executing program instructions that form part of a transaction which executes to generate speculative updates and to commit the speculative updates if the transaction completes without a conflict. Instruction sampling circuitry (44) captures instruction diagnostic data (IDD) relating to execution of a sampled instruction. Transaction tracking circuitry (46) detects if the sampled instruction is within a transaction and if so, tracks whether the speculative updates associated with the transaction are committed and captures transaction diagnostic data (TDD) indicative of whether or not the speculative updates were committed. Thus, both instruction diagnostic data relating to a sampled instruction and transaction diagnostic data relating to the fate of a transaction containing a sampled instruction are captured.
US10228941B2
A processor of an aspect includes a set of registers capable of storing packed data. An execution unit is coupled with the set of registers. The execution unit is to access the set of registers in at least two different ways in response to instructions. The at least two different ways include a first way in which the set of registers are to represent a plurality of N-bit registers. The at least two different ways also include a second way in which the set of registers are to represent a single register of at least 2N-bits. In one aspect, the at least 2N-bits is to be at least 256-bits.
US10228940B1
A system that includes an XOR logic gate, a shift register, and a counter. The XOR logic gate is configured to receive a pair of correlithm objects, to perform an XOR operation on the pair of correlithm objects to generate a binary string, and transfer the binary string to the shift register. Each correlithm object is a point in an n-dimensional space represented by a binary string. The shift register is configured to bitwise shift the binary string to the counter. The counter is configured to sequentially receive each bit of the binary string and determine whether a received bit has a logical high value. The counter is configured to increment a count value in response to determining the received bit has a logical high value and output the count value which indicates the distance between the pair of correlithm objects.
US10228936B2
Examples described relate to managing a software delivery pipeline. In an example, a modified software may be identified. Further, a modification in the modified software may be identified. Further, a type of the modification may be identified. Further, a stage of a software delivery pipeline management system may be identified based on the type of the modification. Further, the modified software may be placed in the identified stage of the software delivery pipeline management system.
US10228933B2
Architecture that facilitates the package partitioning of application resources based on conditions, and the package applicability based on the conditions. An index is created for a unified lookup of the available resources. At build time of an application, the resources are indexed and determined to be applicable based on the conditions. The condition under which the resource is applicable is then used to automatically partition the resource into an appropriate package. Each resource package then becomes applicable under the conditions in which the resources within it are applicable, and is deployed to the user if the user merits the conditions (e.g., an English user will receive an English package of English strings, but not a French package). Before the application is run, the references to the resources are merged and can be used to do appropriate lookup of what resources are available.
US10228929B2
A computer system having a system memory and being arranged to permit a target program (90) installed on the system to be modified in a trusted manner. The system comprises a White-list Management Agent, WMA, module (10) for receiving, at a notification receiver (12), a notification that the target program (90) which is loaded into the system memory of the computer system has performed an update operation on the target program resulting in the generation and storage of a modified version of the target program on a storage device associated with the computer system. The WMA module is operable, upon receipt of a target program update notification, to determine if the program (90) as loaded into the system memory is in a trusted state by measuring the program (90) using a program measurer module (14) and comparing this, using a comparator (16), with a pre-stored value contained in a program whitelist (30), the pre-stored value being obtained from the program whitelist (30) using a whitelist reader/writer (18). If the determination is positive, the WMA module (10) generates a hash code of the modified version of the target computer program as stored on the storage device using the program measurer module (14) and stores this generated hash code as a new trusted hash code for the target program in the program whitelist (30), in order to permit subsequent verification of the modified version of the target program as being in a trusted state.
US10228927B2
Disclosed is a method for distributing, installing, and operating a software-defined radio-based radio application independent of hardware and a user application. A radio application distribution method for installing a radio application in a user terminal using a radio application package comprises the steps of: generating a radio application package including a radio controller code, compiled by an application processor compiler, and a user-defined function block; and uploading the radio application package to a server, wherein the radio controller code is in the form of an execution code executed by an application processor or radio computer of the user terminal, and provides a user application of the user terminal with context information of a radio application to be installed in the user terminal or defines a radio controller for transmitting and receiving data with a networking stack of a communication service layer located in the application processor.
US10228919B2
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for reducing sign-extension instructions (SEIs) included in a computer program, the technique involves receiving intermediate code that is associated with the computer program and includes a first SEI that is included in a loop structure within the computer program, determining that the first SEI is eligible to be moved outside of the loop structure, inserting into a preheader of the loop a second SEI that, when executed by a processor, promotes an original value targeted by the first SEI from a smaller type to a larger type, and replacing the first SEI with one or more intermediate instructions that are eligible for additional compiler optimizations.
US10228907B2
A first record group and a second record group having a tree structure are merge-sorted. The first record group and the second record group are acquired, and depth information indicative of the hierarchical depth of the tree structure is attached as metadata to key information on each node of each record included in the acquired first record group and second record group. The depth information is compared in preference to the key information to perform merge sort sequentially.
US10228905B2
A pointing support apparatus includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to detect a line-of-sight position of a user on a screen, extract a command included in a search range of the screen with reference to the line-of-sight position, generate a table in which the command and speech information of the command are associated with each other, and decide, when speech information from outside is accepted, a command based on comparison of the recognized speech information and the speech information of the table.
US10228904B2
One embodiment provides a method, involving: detecting, at an electronic device, a location of user gaze; activating, based on the location of the user gaze, a voice input module, wherein the activating is based on a command input using a modality that detects an input in combination with the location of the user gaze, the modality comprising a change in velocity of the device; detecting, at the electronic device, a voice input; evaluating, using the voice input module, the voice input, and performing, based on evaluation of the voice input, at least one action. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US10228899B2
Various embodiments provide a communication system that monitors environmental noise at a computing device. The communication system additionally monitors call audio received at the computing device. Based on the environmental noise and the received call audio, the communication system determines that a user of the computing device is unlikely to hear the received call audio when played back by the computing device. In response to determining that the user of the computing device is unlikely to hear the received call audio, the communication system visually displays a transcription of at least a portion of the received call audio.
US10228895B2
An image display device which is used by being mounted on the head or face of a user includes a display unit which displays an image; an information maintaining unit which maintains user information of the user; a region specifying unit which specifies an attention region from a field of vision of the user based on the user information; an image processing unit which performs image processing with respect to the attention region; and a display control unit which displays the attention region after being subjected to the image processing on the display unit.
US10228883B2
A storage device includes a non-volatile storage, and a controller configured to carry out, in parallel, operations in response to a plurality of commands received from a host and queued in a command queue. When the controller receives, from the host, a read command and then a subsequent command before all data read from the non-volatile storage are transmitted to the host in response to the read command, the controller transmits a response to the subsequent command after part of the data read from the non-volatile storage are transmitted to the host and before the all data read from the non-volatile storage are transmitted to the host.
US10228877B2
A storage device or storage system includes a transient compression layer that is established based on a level of finishedness of the capacity of the storage device or storage system. Data may be compressed and written to the transient compression layer until the capacity is sufficiently finished, after which the compressed data may be destaged and written to the capacity. The transient compression layer may be established on a hard disc media of the storage system or in a SSD of the storage system.
US10228872B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a non-volatile memory, a temperature measurement circuit that measures a temperature of the non-volatile memory, and a controller. The controller also writes information about the temperature which is measured by the temperature measurement circuit in the non-volatile memory together when writing data in the non-volatile memory. Further, the controller performs write-back processing of writing data, which is written at a temperature in a rewriting temperature range, back when the temperature measured by the temperature measurement circuit is not in the rewriting temperature range.
US10228870B2
Systems and methods for redundant write transfer detection are described. In one embodiment, the systems and methods may include identifying a starting logical block address (LBA) associated with a request to write a first data set to the storage device, storing the first data set on a storage medium of the storage device, storing the identified starting LBA of the first data set in a memory associated with the storage device, identifying a starting LBA associated with a request to write a second data set to the storage device, comparing the starting LBA of the second data set to the starting LBA of the first data set stored in the memory, and upon identifying a match between the starting LBA of the second data set and the starting LBA of the first data set, suspending the request to write the second data set to the storage device.
US10228864B1
Systems and methods for pre-fetching data based on memory usage patterns. An example method comprises: receiving a first memory access request identifying a first memory block; receiving a second memory access request identifying a second memory block; update a memory access tracking data structure by incrementing a sequence counter corresponding to a memory access sequence that references the first memory block and the second memory block; receive a third memory access request identifying a third memory block; identifying, based on the memory access tracking data structure, a sequence counter having a maximal value among sequence counters associated with memory access sequences that reference the third memory block; and pre-fetching a fourth memory block corresponding to the identified sequence counter.
US10228862B2
A data storage device includes a nonvolatile solid-state memory comprising a plurality of blocks and a controller configured to maintain age data associated with each of a plurality of memory units, wherein each memory unit comprises one or more of the plurality of blocks, determine a capacity of the nonvolatile solid-state memory, and perform a wear leveling operation on a first memory unit of the plurality of memory units based at least in part on the age data associated with the first memory unit and the capacity of the nonvolatile solid-state memory.
US10228861B2
A processor includes a first memory interface to be coupled to a plurality of dual in-line memory module (DIMM) sockets located off-package, a second memory interface to be coupled to a non-volatile memory (NVM) socket located off-package, and a multi-level memory controller (MLMC). The MLMC is to: control the DIMMs disposed in the plurality of DIMM sockets as main memory in a one-level memory (1LM) configuration; detect a switch from a 1LM mode of operation to a two-level memory (2LM) mode of operation in response to a basic input/output system (BIOS) detection of a low-power DIMM disposed in one of the DIMM sockets and a NVM device disposed in the NVM socket in a 2LM configuration; and control the low-power DIMM as cache in the 2LM configuration in response to detection of the switch from the 1LM mode of operation to the 2LM mode of operation.
US10228859B2
An aspect includes a method for sharing memory in a computer system that includes receiving a request, from a logical partition (LPAR) executing on a processor, for a page in a shared physical memory to be moved into a logical page of a logical memory of the LPAR. It is determined, by the hypervisor, that the page is physically located in a hypervisor paging device. It is determined whether the request is from a paging process executing at the LPAR to migrate the logical page to a local paging device to make room for an other logical page in the logical memory. Based on determining that the request is from the paging process, the logical page is marked to indicate that the physical page is on the hypervisor paging device and a new logical page is added to the logical memory for the other logical page.
US10228858B1
A method of managing a memory system is described, the memory system having a processor with a client interface, a buffer memory, and a storage memory. A LUN (logical unit) is exposed to the client, the LUN having a memory size, and QoS specification. When the processor receives a command from the client to write data to the LUN, determining if the QoS specification includes deduplication and: if the QoS does not include deduplication, processing the command by storing the data in the storage memory and creating metadata uniquely referencing a storage location of the data that is written; or if the QoS includes deduplication, determine if deduplication is possible while meeting a latency value as specified in the QoS specification and performing deduplication.
US10228857B2
A set of data storage values is received. It is determined that a data storage value in the set will not fit in an available memory segment including variable data column widths based at least in part on data sizes specified in a plurality of segment layout maps. A memory segment is selected for which a column width of a column will be expanded. A column width of the selected memory segment is expanded. A segment layout map corresponding to the selected memory segment is updated. The set of data storage values is stored in the selected memory segment.
US10228852B1
Disclosed herein are methods and apparatuses related to the use of counter tables. A counter table can comprise a plurality of lower-level counters and an upper-level counter. A range of values capable of being represented by a lower-level counter from the plurality of lower-level counters can be enlarged by associating the lower-level counter with the upper-level counter. A counter table can be associated with a network device.
US10228848B2
Projected input and output devices adapt to a desktop environment by sensing objects at the desktop environment and altering projected light in response to the sensed objects. For instance, projection of input and output devices is altered to limit illumination against and end user's hands or other objects disposed at a projection surface. End user hand positions and motions are detected to provide gesture support for adapting a projection work space, and configurations of projected devices are stored so that an end user can rapidly recreate a projected desktop. A projector scan adjusts to limit traces across inactive portions of the display surface and to increase traces at predetermined areas, such as video windows.
US10228844B2
When a lateral sliding operation is executed starting from a position on a touch panel corresponding to a specific icon being shown, at least one processor shrinks and moves an image being shown in a direction toward an end point of the lateral sliding operation in a showable area. The specific icon includes an icon, when pressed and held, not causing a mobile terminal to perform an operation.
US10228840B2
A method for operating an electronic device is provided. The method includes detecting at least one first touch on a displayed content region, determining an area of a first rectangle formed by the at least one first touch, determining an area of a second rectangle formed by at least one second touch moved from the at least one first touch, comparing the area of the first rectangle with the area of the second rectangle, determining a function of the touch on the content region, and displaying the content region corresponding to the determined function of the touch.
US10228839B2
In some implementations, a computing device may include a first display device and a second display device that are both touch sensitive devices. An auto-scroll module executing on the computing device may create an input area on at least one of the first display device or the second display device based on an orientation of the computing device. The auto-scroll module may automatically scroll the input area as input is received in the input area. The automatic scrolling may include removing a portion of the input being displayed in the input area, recognizing text in the portion of the input, and displaying the text in a text area of a window associated with an application.
US10228836B2
A system includes one or more hardware processors, a memory storing vosset data for a virtual object, the vosset data including a first displacement threshold and a first component, and a vosset module executable by the one or more hardware processors. The vosset module is configured to display the first component of the virtual object to a user in a virtual environment, display a manipulator object adjacent to the virtual object in the virtual environment, the manipulator identifies a pre-determined direction of displacement, detect a displacement event associated with the manipulator object, the displacement event being initiated by the user performing a grab event on the manipulator object and extending the manipulator object a displacement distance in the direction of displacement, determine that the displacement distance exceeds a displacement threshold, and alter the virtual object based on detecting the determining that the displacement distance exceeds the displacement threshold.
US10228834B2
A horizontal toolbar presents a hierarchical path terminating at a currently-selected element, beginning at a root element, and including intermediate elements from a hierarchically-related subset of elements having parent-child relationships. A tree representation, provided simultaneously with the horizontal toolbar, includes nodes matching the elements included in the hierarchical path. The tree representation uses branches connecting adjacent parent-child nodes to indicate parent-child relationships and highlights a current node-of-interest in relation to other displayed nodes and matching the currently-selected element in the horizontal toolbar. A side panel, provided simultaneously with the horizontal toolbar and tree representation, presents side panel entries corresponding to elements displayed in the hierarchical path and nodes displayed in the tree representation, and identifies a currently-selected entry matching the currently-selected element in the horizontal toolbar and the current node-of-interest in the tree representation. Updates in one area automatically update the other areas.
US10228829B1
Provided herein are systems, methods and computer readable media for providing an interface configured to provide a consumer with a number of promotions. In providing such functionality, the system can be configured to, for example, monitor and detect a consumer's selection of a preferred promotion. Upon determining the selection of a preferred promotion, a interactive feedback overlay may be configured to provide an indication acknowledging the consumer's selection of the preferred promotion. In some embodiments, the system may be configured to receive an indication corresponding to a user's desire to remove a particular promotion from a promotional interface.
US10228827B2
Techniques and systems for receiving and using a customization file are provided, including a computing device, a method, or a computer-program product. For example, a method may include receiving a customization file that includes customized content for customizing a communication interface overlay. The method may further include accessing native application code and executing the native application code to run a native application. The method may further include accessing a compiled set of code that is separate from the native application code. The compiled set of code is accessible by the native application code. The method may further include executing the compiled set of code, wherein a default file of the compiled set of code provides a native communication interface overlay, wherein the native communication interface overlay is overlaid over a graphical interface of the native application, and wherein the native communication interface overlay allows communication with a resource of a third-party. The method may further include executing the received customization file, wherein executing the received customization file customizes the compiled set of code, and wherein the customized compiled set of code customizes the native communication interface overlay to provide a customized communication interface overlay.
US10228823B2
Some embodiments of the disclosed systems and methods for managing zones of a multi zone media playback system include displaying a plurality of zone icons in a first zone group display region, receiving a first drag and drop input that selects the second zone icon and drags the second zone icon from inside the first zone group display region to outside the first zone group display region, and after the first drag and drop input, (i) causing one or more zone players identified by the second zone icon to be disassociated with the first zone group, (ii) displaying the second zone icon outside the first zone group display region; and (iii) displaying a second status icon representative of a second playback status of the one or more zone players identified by the second zone icon.
US10228820B2
A display apparatus and a displaying method thereof are provided. A storage unit stores installed items, a UI generator generates a UI including a first area to display the installed items and a second area to display installable items, a display unit displays the generated UI, and, if one of the items displayed on the second area is selected, a controller displays a process of moving the selected item moved to the first area.
US10228813B2
In a system for triggering generation of an alert for delivery to a remote device, the system can include memory having a user profile database, and a content library database. The system can include a recipient user device having a network interface and a recipient I/O subsystem. The system can include a supervisor device having a network interface and a supervisor I/O subsystem. The system can include a content management server than can direct the generation of a placement interface in the graphical user interface by the recipient I/O subsystem, direct the generation of a presentation interface direct the generation of a coupling interface at each of the recipient user device and the supervisor user device, and generate and send an alert to the recipient user device and the supervisor device.
US10228811B2
Systems and methods for providing feedback to a user are described. One of the methods includes sending interactive data for rendering on a head mounted display (HMD). The HMD is configured for attachment to a head of a user for playing a game. The method further includes receiving image data associated with a body part of the user while the HMD is worn by the user and the HMD renders interactive content. The method includes tracking a spatial position associated with the body part of the user from the image data of the user. In the method, physical placement of a remote-controlled device at the spatial position associated with the body part of the user is rendered in the HMD as virtual contact with an object in the interactive content.
US10228810B2
A method of transmitting an inquiry message, performed by a display device, includes operations of reproducing content in the display device; receiving an input from a user, wherein the input from the user is related to the content; generating an inquiry message about the content, based on the input from the user; extracting information, which is related to the input from the user, from the content; and transmitting the extracted information and the inquiry message to an external device that is connected with the display device.
US10228794B2
An embodiment of a computer implemented method of performing a processing action includes detecting an input from a user via an input device of a processing device, the input including a touch by at least one finger of a plurality of fingers of the user, estimating a gesture performed by the at least one finger based on the touch, measuring at least part of a fingerprint of the at least one finger, and identifying the at least one finger used to apply the input by the user based on stored fingerprint data that differentiates between individual fingers of the user. The method also includes identifying an action to be performed based on the estimated gesture and based on the identified at least one finger, and performing the action by the processing device.
US10228782B2
A transparent conductive film having a transparent resin film containing a cyclic olefin resin and a conductive layer and having a thermal dimensional change rate in hot water at 100° C. for 60 seconds of from 0.01 to 0.2%, shows excellent adhesion between the transparent resin film and the conductive layer.
US10228772B2
There is provided an optical pointing system including at least one reference beacon, an image sensor, a storage unit and a processing unit. The image sensor is configured to capture an image frame containing a beacon image associated with the at least one reference beacon. The storage unit is configured to save image data of at least one object image in the image frame. The processing unit is configured to sequentially process every pixel of the image frame for identifying the object image and real-timely remove or merge the image data, saved in the storage unit, associated with two object images within a pixel range of the image frame thereby reducing the used memory space.
US10228771B2
The present invention relates to a method and system for determining an optical property of a pointer used in an interactive touch system. The interactive device having a touch area; a plurality of emitters on the periphery of the touch area; the emitters emitting an intensity of light into the touch area; a plurality of pointers having a distinct optical property responsive to the light; at least one detector having a field of view of the touch area. The processing structure, in communication with the emitters and the at least one detector, executes instructions from a memory to: transmit an emitter signal to at least one of the emitters initiating emission of light at the first frequency; receive at least one detector signal from the at least one detector; and determine the distinct optical property from the at least one detector signal.
US10228769B2
An equipment control device includes a receiver that receives sensing result information including a position, a shape, and a movement of a predetermined object and including a position of an eye point of a person, and a controller that, when the sensing result information indicates that the eye point, equipment placed at a predetermined position, and the object align and that the object is in a predetermined shape corresponding to the equipment in advance, determines command information causing to operate the equipment in accordance with the movement of the object in the predetermined shape to an equipment operating device.
US10228745B2
As part of starting a system including a system-on-a-chip (SoC) device from a mode in which power is removed from the system, the SoC device determines, based on the metadata, whether to resume the system to a prior system state. In response to the metadata indicating that the system is to be resumed to the prior system state, the system is resumed to the prior system state using system state information stored in the on-chip non-volatile memory.
US10228739B2
Provided is a technique for efficiently securing power when a predetermined natural phenomenon occurs. In order to solve such a problem, there is provided a power management apparatus (1) including an event information acquisition unit (10) that acquires event information indicating the occurrence of a predetermined event relating to a natural disaster and the detail of the event, a grouping unit (20) that divides a plurality of storage batteries as managing targets into a first group and a second group on the basis of the event information acquired by the event information acquisition unit (10), and a storage battery control unit (30) that controls an charging operation of the storage battery for each group.
US10228730B2
A device includes a flexible display for displaying media; an actuator for changing a shape of the flexible display; and a processor executing a shape determination application to apply a rule to a shape input to determine a desired shape for the flexible display in response to the shape input; the processor generating a command signal and providing the command signal to the actuator to place the flexible display in the desired shape.
US10228725B2
A flexible band wearable electronic device includes a plurality of rigid links. The flexible band wearable electronic device also includes a number of pivot joints coupling the plurality of rigid links together. The flexible band wearable electronic device further includes a first electronic device on a first of the plurality of rigid links, and a second electronic device on a second of the plurality of rigid links. The flexible band wearable electronic device still further includes an electrical communication pathway between first electronic device and the second electronic device and through at least a portion of one of the number of pivot joints.
US10228723B2
An electronic device and method of controlling the electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display that includes a flat region and at least one curved region, an input device that receives a user manipulation, at least one pressure sensor that senses a pressure applied to the electronic device. The electronic device also includes a processor that performs an operation corresponding to the user manipulation based on the result of the sensed pressure caused by the user manipulation inputted on the curved region.
US10228712B2
This document discusses, among other things, a signal receiving circuit, configured to receive an input voltage signal. The signal receiving circuit can comprise an input voltage regulating circuit and a comparing circuit. The input voltage regulating circuit can carry out a waveform pre-regulation for the input voltage signal to obtain a first voltage signal, and the comparing circuit can compare the first voltage signal with a second voltage signal, and output a comparison voltage signal having a pulse width that satisfies a first predetermined condition indicative that the input voltage signal is correctly identifiable. The present document further discusses a signal detecting circuit and a signal receiving method.
US10228708B2
The invention relates to a method for optimizing a mixture of components for the production of a target product by means of spectral analysis, preferably by means of spectral analysis (topological) in the near infrared region (NIR). The aim of the method is to produce a target product by batch mixing and/or continuous mixing of the “n” components thereof, on the basis of different flows of said components with controlled concentrations and/or flow rates, said target product requiring a set of ranges of values of physiocohemical characteristics for the commercialization thereof. According to the method, a batch mixer or a continuous mixer is supplied with said components with controlled concentrations and/or flow rates.
US10228699B2
In an image generation apparatus, an image of a periphery of an own vehicle is captured using an imaging operation of a camera mounted in the own vehicle in a first state that is suitable for capturing an image for recognizing information illustrated on a display board, at a predetermined first timing, and a first captured image is generated from the image captured in the first state. An image of the periphery of the own vehicle is captured using an imaging operation of the camera in a second state that is suitable for capturing an image for recognizing information displayed by light emitted from an electronic display apparatus, at a predetermined second timing, and a second captured image is generated from the image captured in the second state. A process using the first captured image and the second captured image is performed.
US10228697B2
The extent of the movement area of an autonomous mobile object is appropriately fed back for the extent of the movement area in the next operation at a low cost. An autonomous mobile object (1) includes an operation result map creation unit (21) that creates, on the basis of a log of the position of a cleaning brush (9), an operation result map in which a cleaned area is indicated, and a next-cleaning-area setting unit (22) that sets a next cleaning area on the basis of the operation result map displayed on an operation panel (13).
US10228693B2
A scenario is defined that including models of vehicles and a typical driving environment. A model of a subject vehicle is added to the scenario and sensor locations are defined on the subject vehicle. Perception of the scenario by sensors at the sensor locations is simulated to obtain simulated sensor outputs. The simulated sensor outputs are annotated to indicate the location of obstacles in the scenario. The annotated sensor outputs may then be used to validate a statistical model or to train a machine learning model. The simulates sensor outputs may be modeled with sufficient detail to include sensor noise or may include artificially added noise to simulate real world conditions.
US10228692B2
Systems and aircraft are provided. An avionics system for an aircraft includes: a trajectory selection module configured to select a potential aircraft path relative to a current aircraft flight condition; a trajectory flight condition module configured to estimate a modeled flight condition of the aircraft along the potential aircraft path; a limit comparison module configured to determine whether the modeled flight condition violates aircraft limits; and a violation indicator module configured to generate an indication of impending violation.
US10228675B2
At least some of plural control target devices are classified so as to belong to one of plural groups. A control device holds identification information specifying a belonging control target device and information about a behavior of a remaining control target device in detecting an abnormality of a control target device belonging to an identical group with respect to each group. The control device detects the abnormality of each of the plural control target devices based on data exchanged with the plural control target devices in executing a user program. When the abnormality is detected in one of the plural control target devices, the control device refers to the identification information to specify an abnormal group to which the control target device in which the abnormality is detected belongs, and the control device refers to the information about the behavior to control action of the abnormal group.
US10228661B2
A chronometric testing or chronometric certification method for a timepiece (1), comprising at least two status reports of the timepiece before and after at least a first static storage cycle in one or multiple predefined positions of the timepiece, said first static storage cycle comprising at least a first inclined position (γ) of the timepiece.
US10228659B2
Mechanism for regulating energy to achieve the function of a timepiece mechanism including a functional mobile component, controlling a dissipation of energy through eddy currents in the event of racing by this mobile component, including a magnetically permeable or magnetized rotor kinematically connected to this mobile component, and a magnetized or respectively magnetically permeable stator, facing this rotor in an annular area where these eddy currents develop, this rotor and this stator are external to each other, this rotor and/or this stator including an alternation of raised areas where it can move into superposition with the other in an interaction generating eddy currents, and hollow areas in which it cannot move into superposition with the other.Escapement mechanism including such a regulating mechanism, limiting the effect of accelerations on an escape wheel.
US10228658B2
A motorization group including power and control devices, and a motor module for watches, with a motor with a coil driving an output wheel set on an output arbor, this motor module includes main mechanical and electrical connectors to a structure or another motor module, and flat links cooperating with another motor module, each coil being electrically connected to two main connectors or to two flat links, more particularly, the flat links of the motor modules are arranged for an electrical connection, a main motor module carrying a main arbor parallel to each output arbor, electrically connected by main connectors or flat links, either to the structure, or to another motor module.
US10228654B2
There is provided a lighting device arranged to produce a controllable light beam for illuminating a scene. The device comprises an addressable spatial light modulator arranged to provide a selectable phase delay distribution to a beam of incident light. The device further comprises Fourier optics arranged to receive phase-modulated light from the spatial light modulator and form a light distribution. The device further comprises projection optics arranged to project the light distribution to form a pattern of illumination as said controllable light beam.
US10228643B2
An image heating apparatus includes an endless belt and a rotatable member configured to form a nip for heating a toner image on a recording material therebetween, a substantially stationary pad member and a movable pad member provided along a feeding direction of the recording material and configured to press the endless belt toward the rotatable member from an inside of the endless belt, a moving mechanism configured to move the movable pad member between a first position at which the movable pad member presses the endless belt toward the rotatable member and a second position at which the movable pad member does not press the endless belt toward the rotatable member, and a sheet-like member configured to cover such a surface of the stationary pad member as is opposite to the rotatable member and such a surface of the movable pad member as is opposite to the rotatable member.
US10228638B2
An image forming apparatus that determines presence or absence of bubbles with a simple configuration. The image forming apparatus forms an image on a sheet using a liquid developer including toner and carrier liquid. An exposure unit exposes a photosensitive member charged by a charging unit to form an electrostatic latent image. A development unit stores the liquid developer and develops the electrostatic latent image using the liquid developer. A supplying unit supplies toner and carrier liquid to the development unit. A light receiving unit receives light that is emitted from a light emitting unit and passes through the liquid developer in the development unit, and to output an output value based on a light receiving amount. A controller determines whether a bubble is generating in the liquid developer according to a period after the output value exceeding the first threshold until falling below a second threshold.
US10228636B2
A toner container according to one example embodiment includes a housing having a reservoir for storing toner and a drive shaft positioned in the reservoir. The drive shaft is rotatable about a rotational axis in an operative rotational direction. A toner agitator extends from the drive shaft in the reservoir. The toner agitator is rotatable around the rotational axis of the drive shaft as the drive shaft rotates. The toner agitator folds relative to the drive shaft counter to the operative rotational direction if resistance to rotation of the toner agitator provided by toner in the reservoir exceeds a threshold amount. The toner agitator is biased relative to the drive shaft in the operative rotational direction. A radial length of the toner agitator decreases when the toner agitator folds relative to the drive shaft counter to the operative rotational direction.
US10228634B2
A cartridge for use with an image forming apparatus. The cartridge includes a container configured for storing a volume of particulate image forming material and a dispensing port in communication with the container. The dispensing port includes a perimeter lip extending around a delivery passage. A dispensing spindle is rotatable relative to at least the dispensing port. The dispensing spindle includes a spindle core a plurality of arms extending from the spindle core. Each of the arms includes a sweeping face configured to sweep across the perimeter lip to convey a quantity of the particulate image forming material to the dispensing port.
US10228631B2
An image forming apparatus, having a photosensitive drum assembly, an exposure head, and a bearing, is provided. The photosensitive drum assembly includes a photosensitive drum and a flange disposed at an end of the photosensitive drum in an axial direction of an axis of the photosensitive drum. The flange contacts an inner surface of the photosensitive drum. The exposure head includes a plurality of light emitters aligned along the axial direction of the photosensitive drum, a lens array focusing light from the light emitters on the photosensitive drum, and a head frame to support the light emitters and the lens array. The bearing has a first contact face to contact the exposure head to define a distance between the lens array and the photosensitive drum along a direction of an optical axis of the light.
US10228627B2
Provided is a toner containing a toner particle including a binder resin, a wax, and a colorant. The softening point of the toner is at least 80° C. and not more than 140° C. The average circularity of the toner is at least 0.940. The integrated value of stress in the toner at 150° C. which is measured by using a tackiness tester is at least 78 g·m/sec.
US10228624B2
A lithography apparatus transfers a pattern of an original to a substrate. The apparatus includes an electrode structure arranged so as to surround a side surface of one of the substrate and the original, and a power supply configured to supply an alternating voltage to the electrode structure. The electrode structure includes a plurality of electrode groups electrically insulated from each other, each electrode group including a plurality of electrodes electrically connected to each other, and the power supply supplies alternating voltages having different phases to the plurality of electrode groups.
US10228617B2
A semi-submersible microscope objective includes a microscope objective having a protective barrel with an optical inlet and optical outlet, and a protective element affixed to the microscope objective, sealing the optical exit but not the optical inlet. A transparent portion of the protective element is aligned with the optical exit. The protective element is separable from the microscope objective without damaging the microscope objective. Use of the semi-submersible microscope objective in a multiphoton imaging method is also disclosed.
US10228616B2
The present invention provides an imprint apparatus which performs an imprint process of forming a pattern on a substrate by molding an imprint material on the substrate using a mold, the apparatus including a measurement unit configured to measure relative positions of the mold and the substrate, a light source unit configured to emit light for curing the imprint material, a scanning unit configured to scan light from the light source unit on the substrate, and a control unit configured to control the imprint process, wherein the control unit performs the imprint process by causing the scanning unit to scan the light while partially aligning the mold and the substrate with each other based on a measurement result of the measurement unit.
US10228614B2
Systems and methods for more effectively locating cameras, controllers, and other interactive devices in conjunction with projection screens. A projection screen includes a screen presenting a surface suitable for projecting an image thereon, the screen having a bottom rail and an interactive device operably coupled to the bottom rail of the screen, the interactive device communicatively coupled to a communicating device. The interactive device may be a video camera, a sensor, or a controller.
US10228613B2
A light source system comprises: a light-emitting device for emitting a first light and a second light in sequence; a beam splitting system with which the first light is divided into one beam in a first range of wavelength and the other beam in a second range of wavelength, respectively emitted along a first optical path and a second optical path, and also with which at least a part of the second light is emitted along the first optical path; a first spatial light modulator for modulating the beam emitted from the beam splitting system along the first optical path; a second spatial light modulator for modulating the beam emitted from the beam splitting system along the second optical path. The light source system has the advantages of high light-emitting efficiency and low cost. A projection system comprising the aforementioned light source system is also provided.
US10228609B2
A gimbal mount system is configured to a couple to a gimbal coupled to and securing a camera. The gimbal mount system includes a handle, a power source, a user interface, a mounting interface, a communication interface, and a communication bus. The mounting interface is located within an end of the gimbal mount system and includes an opening configured to receive a reciprocal mounting protrusion of the gimbal. A locking mechanism removably couples the gimbal to the gimbal mount system. The communication interface is located within the mounting interface and is configured to couple to a reciprocal communication interface of the gimbal. The communication bus is coupled to the power source, user interface, and communication interface and is configured to provide power from the power source to the gimbal. The communication bus may provide instructions to the gimbal based on user input received via the user interface.
US10228607B2
A second harmonic generator may include a combiner to combine a fundamental optical beam with a residual fundamental optical beam. The second harmonic generator may include a second harmonic crystal, coupled to the combiner, to generate a second harmonic optical beam from the fundamental optical beam and the residual fundamental optical beam. Upon generation of the second harmonic optical beam, the residual fundamental optical beam may exit the second harmonic crystal.
US10228604B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for borderless display stacks for use with electronic devices. In one embodiment, a display stack may include a thin film transistor (TFT) layer comprising an active area, an electrophoretic layer coupled to the TFT backplane, and an electrode coupled to a perimeter portion of the electrophoretic layer. The electrode may extend beyond peripheral edges of the electrophoretic layer. A portion of the electrode may be positioned between the electrophoretic layer and the TFT backplane, and the electrode may surround the active area. The display stack may include a cover layer coupled to the electrophoretic layer.
US10228603B2
An electro-chromic panel includes a detection layer, and an electro-chromic layer configured to switch an operational mode of a selected area according to a signal provided from the detection layer. A method of operating an electro-chromic panel includes detecting a first signal provided to a detection layer, and switching an operational mode of a first area of an electro-chromic layer according to the first signal provided from the detection layer.
US10228601B2
The embodiments herein relate to electrochromic stacks, electrochromic devices, and methods and apparatus for making such stacks and devices. In various embodiments, an anodically coloring layer in an electrochromic stack or device is fabricated to include nickel-tungsten-niobium-oxide (NiWNbO). This material is particularly beneficial in that it is very transparent in its clear state.
US10228598B2
A provided is a display device. The display device in which a plurality of pixels comprising a first pixel for displaying a first color is defined, the display device comprises: an insulating substrate; and a color adjustment pattern which is disposed in a first pixel on the insulating substrate, emits incident light by adjusting the color of the incident light, and has a first stepped portion formed on at least a part of an edge.
US10228595B2
In a display device having a layered wiring structure of P layers, and employing a Q-column reversal driving method in which a polarity of a video signal is reversed every Q source bus lines, the plurality of source bus lines are wired to the plurality of layers such that taking source bus lines of a number equal to a double of a least common multiple of P and Q as one group, the number of source bus lines to which positive video signals are applied matches the number of source bus lines to which negative video signals are applied in each of the layers in each of horizontal scanning periods.
US10228593B2
A liquid crystal display device includes a TFT substrate and a counter substrate with liquid crystal sandwiched therebetween. The TFT substrate has scanning lines 10 extending in a first direction and arrayed in a second direction and video signal lines 20 extending in the second direction and arrayed in the first direction. The TFT substrate has a display area 500 in which TFT pixels are arrayed in a matrix pattern, and a frame area 600 surrounding the display area. In the frame area 600, common bus wires 521 are formed in the same layer and with the same material as the video signal lines 20 and are impressed with a common voltage. Dummy TFTs are formed in a layer under the common bus wires 521. The scanning lines 10, extending over the frame area 600, are divided outside the display area and are interconnected by bridging wires 170.
US10228590B2
According to one embodiment, A display device includes a first substrate includes an inorganic insulating film, a first wiring formed above the inorganic insulating film, an organic insulating film located above the inorganic insulating film and the first wiring, and a driver electrically connected to the first wiring, a second substrate opposing the first substrate, and a sealant fixing the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the sealant comprises a first seal portion formed along a first edge of the first substrate and a second seal portion which crosses the first seal portion, and the first seal portion has a first width, and the second seal portion has a second width, the first width being greater than the second width.
US10228582B2
A curved display device includes a main display unit; a corner portion positioned at a corner of the main display unit; a first light blocking member positioned in the main display unit; and a second light blocking member positioned in the corner portion, wherein a first flat shape of the first light blocking member is different from a second flat shape of the second light blocking member.
US10228578B2
The present invention relates to a display apparatus and a housing thereof. According to one aspect of the present invention, the housing includes a case top including a bezel part to cover edges of a front surface of a display panel, an upper side wall bent in a rear direction from an outer portion of the bezel part to cover an upper portion of a lateral side of a display apparatus, a link wall part bent inward from the upper side wall part, and a lower sidewall part extending in the rear direction from the link wall part, a cover bottom including a bottom part to cover a rear surface of the display apparatus and an inner sidewall part extending in a forward direction from an outer portion of the bottom part, and screw-coupled to an inner portion of the lower sidewall part to be provided in a shape of an open box, and a side frame provided at an outer portion of the lower sidewall part to cover a lower lateral side of the display apparatus to prevent the screw-coupling from being viewed through an outer portion of the display apparatus.
US10228577B2
There is disclosed a mobile terminal comprising a panel assembly comprising a display panel and a support plate provided in a rear surface of the display panel; a film portion which covers a lateral end of the panel assembly to locate one end connected with a front surface of the display panel and the other end behind the support plate; a drive chip provided in one surface of the film portion which faces a rear surface of the support plate; and a supporting portion provided in a first area near the drive chip and configured to form a spaced gap between the rear surface of the support plate and the drive chip.
US10228568B2
A photostructurable ceramic is processed using photostructuring process steps for embedding devices within a photostructurable ceramic volume, the devices including chemical, mechanical, electronic, electromagnetic, optical, and acoustic devices, all made in part by creating device material within the ceramic or by disposing a device material through surface ports of the ceramic volume, with the devices being interconnected using internal connections and surface interfaces.
US10228562B2
Systems and methods include receiving an image for presenting on a display screen of a head mounted display (HMD). The image is provided by an application. The received image is pre-distorted to enable optics provided in a HMD to render the image. An alignment offset is identified for an eye of a user wearing the HMD by determining a position of the eye relative to an optical axis of at least one lens of the optics of the HMD. The pre-distorted image provided by the application is adjusted to define a corrected pre-distorted image that accounts for the alignment offset. The corrected pre-distorted image is forwarded to the display screen of the HMD for rendering, such that the image presented through the optics of the HMD removes aberrations caused by the alignment offset.
US10228561B2
An example see-through head-mounted display system includes a freeform prism and a display device configured to emit display light through the freeform prism to an eye of a user. The see-through head-mounted display system may also include an imaging device configured to receive gaze-detection light reflected from the eye and directed through the freeform prism.
US10228559B2
There is provided a method of projection using an optical element (502,602) having spatially variant optical power. The method comprises combining Fourier domain data representative of a 2D image with Fourier domain data having a first lensing effect (604a) to produce first holographic data. Light is spatially modulated (504,603a) with the first holographic data to form a first spatially modulated light beam. The first spatially modulated light beam is redirected using the optical element (502,602) by illuminating a first region (607) of the optical element (602) with the first spatially modulated beam. The first lensing effect (604a) compensates for the optical power of the optical element in the first region (607). Advantageous embodiments relate to a head-up display for a vehicle using the vehicle windscreen (502,602) as an optical element to redirect light to the viewer (505,609).
US10228556B2
According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, apparatus and process for providing at least one radiation can be provided. For example, with at least one multi-mode waveguide, it is possible to transmit the radiation(s). In addition, with a shape sensing arrangement, it is possible To dynamically measure a shape of the multi-mode waveguide(s). Further, with a specifically programmed computer arrangement, it is possible to control a light modulator arrangement based on the dynamically-measured shape to cause the radiation(s) transmitted through the multi-mode waveguide(s) to have at least one pattern.
US10228555B2
The present disclosure provides a system and method for controlling operation of a resonance MEMS mirror. The system and method includes activating either an in-plane or staggered MEMS mirror via sets of activation pulses applied to the MEMS mirror, detecting current at the MEMS mirror, generating a window for detecting a change in a direction of the current at the MEMS mirror, and terminating the window and the activation pulse if a change in the current direction is detected during the window. In some embodiments, two sets of activation pulses are applied to the MEMS mirror.
US10228554B2
A system and method for incorporating partially coherent illumination models into the problem of phase and amplitude retrieval from a stack of intensity images. The recovery of phase could be realized by many methods, including Kalman filters or other nonlinear optimization algorithms that provide least squares error between the measurement and estimation.
US10228546B2
An optical system includes a reflective optical system on a magnification side along an optical path of the projection optical system and a refractive optical system on a reduction side along the optical path. The reflective optical system includes one reflective optical element having a power. The refractive optical system includes a front group on the magnification side and a rear group on the reduction side. The front group having, in order from the magnification side toward the reduction side, a first lens group with a positive or negative refractive power, a second lens group, and a third lens group with a positive refractive power. The rear group has a positive refractive power. The first lens group moves to the magnification side, and the second lens group and the third lens group move to the reduction side in a change in focus from a long distance to a short distance.
US10228545B2
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 to an image side, 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.
US10228543B2
A zoom apparatus for a camera of a game system is disclosed. The zoom apparatus has a body structure formed to fit over the camera. The zoom apparatus includes a zoom lens disposed within the body structure so as to be positioned in front of a lens of the camera when the body structure is attached to the camera. The zoom apparatus also includes an optical waveguide disposed within the body structure. The optical waveguide is formed to have an optical input and an optical output. The optical waveguide is formed to receive light into the optical input from a light source on the camera when the body structure is attached to the camera. The optical waveguide is formed to emit light from the optical output into a designated area within a field of view of the lens of the camera when the body structure is attached to the camera.
US10228532B2
A camera lens module includes an image sensor and a lens assembly. The image sensor includes a photosensitive chip defining a photosensitive path, wherein the lens assembly is coupled to the image sensor along the photosensitive path of the photosensitive chip. The lens assembly includes at least one optical lens module and an aperture member coupled at the optical lens module, wherein the optical lens module includes a lens barrel and at least an optical lens supported within the lens barrel. A relative position of the lens assembly with respect to the image sensor is adjustable for calibration and the relative position of the optical lens module is permanently fixed after calibration.
US10228529B2
Cables jacket are formed by extruding discontinuities in a main cable jacket portion. The discontinuities allow the jacket to be torn to provide access to the cable core. The armor cables have an armor layer with armor access features arranged to work in combination with the discontinuities in the cable jacket to facilitate access to the cable core.
US10228521B2
Various embodiments disclosed herein are directed to a Network system including: a connector comprising a housing comprising a groove running widthwise on a surface of the housing; and a push-pull tab comprising a complementary groove, wherein the push-pull tab is detachably connected to the housing; and a receiver device comprising one or more ports for receiving the connector, the one or more ports having an interchangeable anchor device including a first portion and a second portion; wherein the groove is configured to receive the first portion of the interchangeable anchor device when the connector is inserted into the receiving element, and wherein the complimentary groove is configured to receive the second portion of the interchangeable anchor device when the connector is inserted into the receiving element, the push-pull tab being configured to disengage the second portion of the interchangeable anchor device from the complementary groove when the push-pull tab is moved in a direction away from the connector, thereby disengaging the first portion of the interchangeable anchor device from the grove of the connector. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US10228519B2
An optical connecting system for connecting a first and a second optical device includes a first and a second multi-fiber device connector included in the first and second optical device and a multi-fiber optical connection cable including a plurality of optical fibers and having a first and a second multi-fiber cable connector at a first and second end thereof and being adapted to be connected to the first and second multi-fiber device connector. The optical devices are configured to transmit to and/or receive from the other optical device wanted optical data signals via optical fibers of the multi-optical fiber connection cable.
US10228512B2
Provided is a wavelength filter including: an optical waveguide core that includes n (n is an integer greater than or equal to 2) number of mode conversion parts and n−1 number of cavity parts that are alternately connected to each other in series; and cladding that surrounds the optical waveguide core. The mode conversion parts convert light having a specific wavelength of a p-order mode (p is an integer satisfying p≥0) into light of a q-order mode (q is an integer satisfying q>p) and reflect the light. The cavity parts match phases of the light having the specific wavelength of the p-order mode propagating through the cavity part.
US10228511B2
A slot waveguide for electro-optic modulation is provided. The slot waveguide includes a slot and Bragg gratings defined by outer walls of the slot. The Bragg gratings are configured to slow an optical signal. The slot defines a low-refractive index region and the Bragg gratings spaced apart by the slot define a high-refractive index region. The slot waveguide includes a pair of electrodes extending parallel and adjacent to the slot waveguide. The electrodes are configured to carry an electrical modulation signal to induce a change in a phase of the optical signal. The slot of the slot waveguide is at least partially filled with an electro-optic polymeric material poled in a direction orthogonal to a direction of propagation of the optical signal in the slot waveguide.
US10228509B2
A single mode optical fiber having a core made from silica and less than or equal to about 6.5 weight % germania and having a maximum relative refractive index Δ1MAX. The optical fiber also has an inner cladding surrounding the core and having a minimum relative refractive index Δ2MIN. A difference between a softening point of the core and a softening point of the inner cladding is less than or equal to about 20° C., and Δ1MAX>Δ2MIN. The single mode optical fiber may also have an outer cladding surrounding the inner cladding made from silica or SiON. The outer cladding has a maximum relative refractive index Δ3MAX, and Δ3MAX>Δ2MIN. A method for manufacturing an optical fiber includes providing a preform to a first furnace, the preform, drawing the optical fiber from the preform, and cooling the drawn optical fiber in a second furnace.
US10228507B2
Disclosed herein is an optical device having a light source and a viscoelastic lightguide. Light from the light source enters the viscoelastic lightguide and is transported within the lightguide by total internal reflection. The viscoelastic lightguide may comprise a pressure sensitive adhesive. The optical device may be used in a variety of constructions wherein the device emits light being transported within the viscoelastic lightguide. Constructions include those used for signs, markings, illumination devices, display devices, keypad assemblies and tail light assemblies for vehicles.
US10228503B2
A light guide plate, a fabricating method thereof, a backlight source, and a display device. The light guide plate comprises a light guide plate main body, with the surface of the light guide plate main body being provided with a blue coating. The blue coating mixes with yellow light strengthened gradually from a light entrance end to a light remote end of the light guide plate main body to form white light. The fabricating method of the light guide plate comprises: providing a light guide plate main body; forming a blue coating on a surface of the light guide plate main body; and curing the light guide plate main body provided with the blue coating. The present disclosure further provides a backlight source and a display device. The backlight source comprises the above light guide plate, and the display device comprises the above backlight source.
US10228498B2
An optical-diffusion film for display which, particularly when applied to a display device using a collimated backlight as a backlight for the display panel, can efficiently diffuse and emit a highly directional light emitted from the collimated backlight toward the front of the display device as image display light, without allowing straight transmission of the highly directional light, and a display device using the optical-diffusion film for display are provided.Disclosed is a single layered optical-diffusion film having a columnar structure in which plural pillar-shaped objects having a relatively high refractive index are arranged to stand close together in a film thickness direction in a region having a relatively low refractive index, in which the film thickness of the optical-diffusion film has a value within the range of 60 to 700 μm, and the haze value obtainable in the case in which light is made incident in the normal line direction of the film plane has a value of 80% or more.
US10228492B2
The antireflection film is provided on a surface of a light-transmitting substrate and includes a thin multi-layer film and a fine unevenness layer that are laminated in this order from the substrate side. The thin multi-layer film includes multiple layers. The fine unevenness layer has a structure in which an uneven structure having a shorter average pitch than a wavelength of used light is provided and in which a refractive index to the used light changes continuously depending on a continuous change in a space occupation of the uneven structure in a thickness direction of the thin multi-layer film. The multiple layers include: an oxide film having a relatively high refractive index that is formed of at least two metal elements or is formed of silicon and at least one metal element; and an oxynitride film having a relatively low refractive index.
US10228488B2
Based on a relationship between measurement data from at least one sensor and a baseline, a load status of a platform is determined. In response to the determined load status, such as determining that the platform is empty, the baseline is refined using a baseline estimator to produce a refined baseline that can be used to determine a further load status of the platform.
US10228484B2
Methods and systems for characterizing a subterranean formation using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements are described herein. One method includes locating a downhole logging tool in a wellbore that traverses the subterranean formation, and performing NMR measurements to obtain NMR data for a region of the subterranean formation. The NMR data is processed by employing sparse Bayesian learning (SBL) to determine a multi-dimensional property distribution of the NMR data (e.g., T1-T2, D-T2, and D-T1-T2 distributions). The sparse Bayesian learning can utilize Bayesian inference that involves a prior over a vector of basis coefficients governed by a set of hyperparameters, one associated with each basis coefficient, whose most probable values are iteratively estimated from the NMR data. The sparse Bayesian learning can achieve sparsity because posterior distributions of many of such basis coefficients are sharply peaked around zero.
US10228480B2
A seismic data acquisition system comprising a composite marine seismic cable and a winch, the composite marine seismic cable comprising a sensor cable and a lead-in cable for providing electrical connections to the sensor cable, and the winch comprising a first cable compartment for the lead-in cable and a second cable compartment for the sensor cable, wherein the lead-in cable and the sensor cable may be deployed or recovered independently of each other. There is also a method of deploying a composite seismic cable comprising a lead-in cable and a sensor cable.
US10228474B2
An apparatus, method and a computer program are provided. The apparatus includes: an array of pixels, configured to detect radiation, provided on a flexible substrate; a conductive shape memory material coupled to the flexible substrate; and drive circuitry configured to apply a current to the conductive shape memory material in order to change a shape of the conductive shape memory material and the flexible substrate.
US10228473B2
Disclosed herein is a method of making an apparatus suitable for detecting x-ray, the method comprising: obtaining a substrate having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the substrate comprises an electronic system in or on the substrate, wherein the substrate comprises a plurality of electric contacts are on the first surface; obtaining a first chip comprising a first X-ray absorption layer, wherein the first X-ray absorption layer comprises an electrode; bonding the first chip to the substrate such that the electrode of the first X-ray absorption layer is electrically connected to at least one of the electric contacts.
US10228464B2
A method and circuit are provided for implementing enhanced CMOS inverter based optical Transimpedance Amplifiers (TIAs). A transimpedence amplifier (TIA) includes a photo-detector, and the TIA is formed by a first TIA inverter and a second TIA inverter. The first TIA inverter has an input from a cathode side of the photo-detector and the second inverter has an input from an anode side of the photo-detector. A replica TIA is formed by two replica inverters, coupled to a respective input to a first operational amplifier and a second operational amplifier. The first operational amplifier and the second operational amplifier have a feedback configuration for respectively regulating a set voltage level at the cathode side of the photo-detector input of the first inverter and at the anode side of the photo-detector input of the second inverter.
US10228450B2
A radar apparatus detects a target that has reflected radar waves on the basis of each of object signals that have been passed, and detects a detection angle that is an angle formed between the target and a specified reference axis. The radar apparatus determines, as an angle correction value, for a target which is disposed at a set distance from the radar apparatus in such a manner that an angle formed between the target and the reference axis becomes a specified angle, a difference between the specified angle and a detection angle that is detected based on a plurality of object signals that pass through the filters by transmitting and receiving radar waves for the target, and stores the determined angle correction value in a storage unit.
US10228443B2
The various embodiments herein provide a Uniform Circular Displaced Sensor Array (UC-DSA) system and method for measuring/estimating Direction of Arrival (DOA) of a wireless signal. The UC-DSA system comprises at least a set of two circular antenna arrays. The two circular antenna arrays have a number of elements. A Radio frequency (RF) receiver captures a wireless signal incident on a circular antenna array. A Direction of Arrival (DOA) estimator processes a received input signal and a Triangulation system provides the exact location of the source of the wireless signal. The two circular antenna arrays with the same number of elements are placed on different radii, and are shifted to have equal separation between inner elements and outer elements.
US10228439B1
In a general aspect, motion is detected based on statistical parameters of received wireless signals. In some aspects, signals are obtained. The signals are based on wireless signals transmitted through a space and received at a wireless communication device. Values of a set of statistical parameters are computed for each signal, and filtered values are obtained by applying a filter to the values of the statistical parameters. The filter includes parameters based on a signal quality analysis of the wireless signals. A motion detection process is executed to determine, based on the filtered values, whether an object moved in the space.
US10228436B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide phantoms, and associated methods of calibration which are suitable for use in both medical resonance imaging and radiographic imaging systems. A phantom for calibration of a medical imaging system, comprises a first component having a first outer shape, a portion of which defines part of at least one pocket; and a second component coupled to the first component and having a second outer shape, a portion of which defines another part of the at least one pocket. At least one of the first and second components comprises a reservoir, the reservoir having a shape at least a portion of which locates a center of the at least one pocket.
US10228433B2
On the basis of a user interaction, values of measurement parameters of a magnetic resonance measurement sequence are established. A physical-technical limit value is computed for at least one selected measurement parameter.
US10228419B2
An apparatus for performing scan test of IC chip includes a shift-frequency searching unit that searches usable shift frequency for a target scan section among at least one scan section each including whole or part of at least one scan pattern inputted to a scan path. When searching usable shift frequency for the target scan section, the shift-frequency searching unit scales shift frequency of the target scan section differently from that of at least one scan section among scan sections shifted before or after the target scan section or sets shift frequency of the target scan section differently from that of the at least one scan section among the scan sections shifted before or after the target scan section, and searches shift frequency with which result of the scan test indicates pass or shift frequency with which result of the scan test indicates fail.
US10228417B2
An IC test device includes a test circuit board and a test fixture. The fixture includes an interposer, a test socket, and a fastener. A protrusion is formed at a bottom face of the interposer, and a space is formed besides the protrusion. A plurality of first contacts is formed at the bottom of the protrusion for soldering with corresponding pads of the test circuit board. A plurality of second contacts is formed on a top face of the interposer and electrically connected to the first contacts. The socket defines a guide groove for receiving an IC. A plurality of conductors are arranged corresponding to the guide groove and extend through the test socket. Each conductor has a bottom end electrically connected to one corresponding second contact and a top end for contacting a pin of the IC. The fastener is mounted on the test socket to press the IC.
US10228415B1
Test circuitry for providing security in an integrated circuit includes a control circuit and a test power-on-reset circuit. The control circuit determines whether the integrated circuit is configured in a non-secure condition, and that generates a control signal in response to the non-secure condition. Accordingly, the test power-on-reset circuit selectively disables a power-on-reset circuit on the integrated circuit in response the control signal during test operations. The test power-on-reset circuit receives control instructions from the control circuit, and produces a test power-on-reset output according to the control instructions. The integrated circuit includes a logic gate that receives the test power-on-reset output and a power-on-reset signal from the power-on-reset circuit and generates an output signal for bypassing operations of the power-on-reset circuit on the integrated circuit.
US10228412B2
A purpose of the present invention is to provide a technique capable of suppressing an electric discharge during evaluation. A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor base body having an element region and a terminal region; a plurality of electrode pads disposed in an area that is in the element region of the semiconductor base body and is separated from the terminal region, an insulating protection film having an opening provided above each of the electrode pads; and a plurality of conductive layers disposed on the protection film and electrically connected to the plurality of electrode pads, respectively, through the opening. In a planar view, each of the conductive layers is extended to the terminal region or the vicinity of the terminal region.
US10228400B2
According to various embodiments, there is provided an electric meter including a sensor circuit configured to provide a plurality of instantaneous magnetic field measurements; a processing circuit configured to generate a time-series of magnetic field vectors, each magnetic field vector of the time-series of magnetic field vectors including the plurality of instantaneous magnetic field measurements; and a total current determination circuit configured to determine a total current, wherein the total current is a sum of currents of each branch of a plurality of branches of a power distribution network; wherein the processing circuit is further configured to compute a de-mixing matrix based on the determined total current and the time-series of magnetic field vectors, and further configured to linear transform each magnetic field vector using the de-mixing matrix to determine a current of each branch.
US10228392B2
A contact probe of a testing head of a testing apparatus of electronic devices comprises respective end portions adapted to contact respective contact pads and a body essentially extended in a longitudinal direction between the end portions, at least one end portion comprising an insert made of a first conductive material having a hardness being greater than a second conductive material making the contact probe which is supported by a section of the end portion, the section being made of the second conductive material and being shaped in a complementary way with respect to the insert and having respective abutting surfaces facing and adhering to respective abutting surfaces of the insert.
US10228391B2
A two-piece spring probe in electrical contact with a piece of testing equipment is used for probing an object to be tested. The two-piece spring probe includes a coiled compression spring and a conductive element. The coiled compression spring has a non-uniform outer diameter and is used to electrically contact the object. The conductive element is directly connected to the coiled compression spring and in electrical contact with the testing equipment.
US10228390B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide an improved cable assembly for connecting an electrical test and measurement probe to a device under test. One end of the probe is connected to a device under test (“DUT”), while the other end is connected to the instrument through one or more cables. To prevent mechanical stresses to the probe-DUT interface caused by the cables' resistance to bending and twisting, embodiments of the improved cable assembly use one or more pliable spines to hold the cable assembly in position after it has been bent or twisted. This provides a more secure connection to the DUT and prevents damage to the probe-DUT interface. Each spine is anchored to the tip of the probe, and may be further secured by an outer housing or additional anchors. A flexible boot may surround the cable assembly and/or outer housing, further protecting the cables from damage. Alternatively, one or more spines may be placed inside the boot.
US10228386B2
A physical quantity sensor has a first movable section, a second movable section that has a rotational moment, which is generated when acceleration is applied, that is different from the first movable section, a movable section that is supported so as to be able to rock about an axis which is positioned between the first movable section and the second movable section, a first detection electrode which is arranged so as to oppose the first movable section, a second detection electrode which is arranged so as to oppose the second movable section, and a frame-form section which is arranged so as to surround at least a portion of the periphery of the movable section in planar view of the movable section and which has the same potential as the movable section.
US10228384B2
A method of rotating a sample container carrier on a transport plane of a laboratory sample distribution system is presented. The sample container carrier is rotated by using a movement relative to a number of rotator elements. A laboratory sample distribution system being able to perform such a method and a laboratory automation system comprising such a laboratory sample distribution system are also presented.
US10228375B2
Water soluble light harvesting multichromophores that have an ultraviolet absorption maximum are provided. In some embodiments, the multichromophores include a conjugated segment including a fused 6-5-6 tricyclic co-monomer and a UV absorbance-modifying co-monomer. The multichromophores may include an acceptor chromophore covalently linked to the multichromophore in energy-receiving proximity therewith. In some embodiments, a specific binding member is covalently linked to the multichromophore. Also provided are methods of evaluating a sample for the presence of a target analyte and methods of labelling a target molecule using compositions including the light harvesting multichromophores. Kits and systems for practicing the subject methods are also provided.
US10228373B2
Disclosed are: a kit and a method for diagnosing or monitoring a liver disease, comprising a detection reagent for one or more markers of cytosolic aspartate aminotransferase (cAST) and mitochondrial aspartate aminotransferase (mAST) as biomarkers in a biological sample; and an antibody used for the detection. Compared to the conventional enzyme activity measurement method, the method according to the present application can more accurately measure diagnosis or prognosis of a liver disease with high sensitivity through measurement of the amount of mAST or cAST present in the biological sample, in particular, in a blood sample.
US10228355B2
There is provided a system for performing a chromatographic separation of an analyte, methods of using the system to separate at least one component of an analyte and an eluent generator of use in the system. An exemplary system comprises: (a) an eluent generator comprising: (i) a housing configured to be pressurizable by gas, comprising an annular void defined by the housing, and a gas inlet for the gas and a gas outlet for the gas in fluid communication with the annular void; (ii) a membrane permeable to the gas defining an eluent flow channel disposed within the annular void, the eluent flow channel having an eluent precursor fluid inlet and an eluent outlet; (iii) a source of gas in fluidic communication with the gas inlet; (iv) a source of the eluent precursor fluid; and (b) a chromatography column disposed downstream of and in fluidic communication with the eluent outlet.
US10228351B2
An acoustic measurement system for an industrial process asset includes a process measurement device providing a value representative of an acoustic signal near the industrial process asset based in part on a signal from an acoustic sensor positioned near the industrial process asset. A second acoustic sensor provides an acoustic value and a noise reduction component uses the acoustic value from the second acoustic sensor to affect the value provided by the process measurement device so that the value provided by the process measurement device is more representative of an acoustic signal generated by the industrial process asset.
US10228350B2
A sensor apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an element substrate, an element electrode located on an upper surface of the element substrate, an insulating member covering at least a part of the element electrode, and a detection part that includes an immobilizing film located on the upper surface of the element substrate or an upper surface of the insulating member, and performs a detection of a detection object contained in a specimen. A surface roughness of the immobilizing film is smaller than a surface roughness of the element electrode. In a sensor apparatus of other embodiment of the present invention, an amount of oxygen in a surface layer part of the immobilizing film is smaller than an amount of oxygen in a surface layer part of the element electrode.
US10228346B2
A sensor element includes a sensor element main body a including an oxygen ion-conductive solid electrolyte layer and a porous protective layer covering at least part of the sensor element main body. Then, the porous protective layer has the value of the number of interfaces in a unit thickness direction, which is the number of particle interfaces of constituent particles every 100 μm in the thickness direction, of 15 or more and 250 or less.
US10228341B2
A biosensor includes a plurality of electrodes including a working electrode, and a detection layer which is immobilized on the working electrode and contains a crosslinking agent, an electrically conductive macromolecule and an enzyme transferring and receiving electrons to and from the working electrode. The working electrode is in an open system.
US10228337B2
The present invention provides a method for determining the 3-dimensional or 3-D atomic resolution structure of a biomolecule using chemical shift data obtained from the biomolecule having one or more selectively isotopically labeled biomolecule monomers and interrogation of same using an NMR device. Methods also comprise use of a low-field NMR device and structure determination method to determine the 2-D and 3-D structure of the biomolecule, for example, a polynucleotide.
US10228330B2
A gemstone testing apparatus with an apparatus body, a reflector housing with a light reflective layer at its interior surface, a transparent housing portion that is transparent for ultraviolet light, and a detector probe that is protruding from the transparent housing portion. An UV light emitter is provided within the reflector housing, which is adapted for directing the UV light through the transparent housing portion into the vicinity of a tip of the detector probe.
US10228327B2
There is provided a data processing apparatus including: a data determination portion that specifies, in each of first and second light intensity distribution data, an analysis range corresponding to a storage area for storing a detection target, the first and second light intensity distribution data being acquired on the basis of light emitted from first and light sources to a detection area; and a mode selection portion that selects an operation mode of the data determination portion. The mode selection portion selects one of a first mode in which the data determination portion specifies the analysis range in each of the first light intensity distribution data and the second light intensity distribution data, and a second mode in which the data determination portion specifies the analysis range in the second light intensity distribution data on the basis of information on the analysis range of the first light intensity distribution data.
US10228316B2
A condensation particle counter comprising a saturation unit (1) and a downstream condensation unit (2), through which at least one channel (5) for an aerosol flow passes between an inlet (3) and an outlet (4) that leads to a counting unit (16). The saturation unit (1) and the condensation unit (2) comprise a shell sleeve (12) having an inner shell wall (21) that is penetrated by a core (6), the core wall (20) and the inner shell wall (21) delimiting a channel (5) formed therebetween.
US10228305B2
There is described a shaft shear event detection method. The method comprises obtaining a demodulated waveform of a shaft oscillation wave superimposed on a shaft rotational speed signal, comparing the amplitude to an amplitude threshold, detecting oscillation when the amplitude threshold is exceeded for a plurality of samples, and detecting a shaft shear when oscillation continues for a predetermined time limit.
US10228275B2
An application relates to a system and a method for non-intrusive and continuous level measurement in a cylindrical vessel. The system comprises an ultrasonic transducer for generating an ultrasound wave and for emitting it into the vessel wall, and an electronic control and data processing unit (ECDP) for controlling operation of the transducer and for determining the liquid level from a time of flight of the ultrasound wave. The transducer emits the ultrasound wave as a primary Lamb wave into the vessel wall so that a part of the primary Lamb wave leaks into the liquid. The ECDP changes the ultrasonic frequency of the transducer until the transducer receives a reflection of the emitted ultrasound wave in form of a reflection of the pressure wave, determine the corresponding time of flight, and determine the liquid level from the time of flight and from parameters of the ultrasound waves.
US10228269B2
A sensor unit includes: a sensor device including an inertial sensor; a substrate to which the sensor device is bonded; a case member accommodating at least the sensor device; and an adhesive member provided to cover, in a plan view of the substrate as viewed from the case member side, an outer periphery of the sensor device and so as to connect the sensor device with the case member.
US10228267B2
A magnetic sensor for the absolute counting of revolutions or linear distances includes a soft magnetic loop structure, which is populated with a predeterminable number of magnetic domains and provided with GMR or TMR layer assemblies, in which at least two separate coplanar loops having predominantly straight subsegments extending in a rhombus-like arrangement with respect to each other are provided, and the at least two loops are connected to each other via a shared intersecting point, wherein directly in front of each intersecting region in which, and after which, the domains can change from one loop to the neighboring loop, these sections of the loop structure are bent away from the conductor guidance and are curved in a siphon-like manner in this region so as to be directed into the interior of the loop structure, wherein the conductors in respective siphon-like troughs intersect each other perpendicularly.
US10228265B2
A system for analyzing energy usage measures one or more parameters indicative of energy usage for a plurality of sub-circuits, where the sampling rate for the measuring is substantially continuous, and automatically transmits information related to at least one of the measured parameters at a rate that enables monitoring of current energy usage. The system further detects a significant change in a measured parameter, determines whether the significant change in the measured parameter is caused by a change in energy usage, and automatically transmits information related to the significant change in the measured parameter caused by the change in energy usage after detecting the significant change.
US10228264B2
One embodiment describes an inertial system. The system includes a gyroscope system comprising a plurality of gyroscopes. The gyroscope system can be configured to provide rotation rate data associated with rotation of the plurality of gyroscopes about a respective plurality of sensitive axes. The system also includes a rotation sensor system configured to calculate navigation data based on the rotation rate data. The rotation sensor system includes a self-calibration component configured to designate a first gyroscope of the plurality of gyroscopes for self-calibration during operation of the inertial system and to inject a calibration input signal into the first gyroscope. The self-calibration component being configured to calibrate the first gyroscope based on the rotation rate data of the first gyroscope corresponding to the calibration input signal relative to the rotation rate data associated with a remaining at least one of the plurality of gyroscopes.
US10228260B2
A system and method for recommending one or more relevant tasks based on the two or more relevant information associated to the user and traffic. The proposed system and method retrieves all the possible information associated to the traffic and the user and consolidates the information to determine the relevant tasks based on the one or more criteria.
US10228259B2
A method for providing path attributes to controllers in a vehicle includes receiving drive history data for a future driving path of the vehicle, wherein the drive history data comprises a first data format. The method includes generating a message for a controller comprising path attributes from the drive history data according to a subscription list, wherein the message comprises a controller data format based on an indication by the subscription list. The method further includes providing one or more data packets comprising the message to the controller.
US10228251B1
Where a mobile computer device having a position sensor, such as a GPS sensor, and an accelerometer is configured to estimate a geographic position of the mobile computer device using the position sensor, the accuracy of such positions may be enhanced by correlating accelerations of the mobile computer device, as determined by the accelerometer, against the positions of known surface features within a vicinity of the estimated positions. If the observed accelerations are consistent with one of the known surface features, the location of the mobile computer device may be correlated with the location of the one of the known surface features.
US10228249B2
A gyroscope system comprises a MEMS gyroscope coupled to a drive system and a sense system. The drive system maintains the MEMS gyroscope in a state of oscillation and the sense system for receiving, amplifying, and demodulating an output signal of the MEMS gyroscope that is indicative of the rate of rotation. The gyroscope system further includes a phase-locked look (PLL) which receives a reference clock (REFCLK) from the drive system and produces a system clock (CLK). Finally, the gyroscope system includes a controller operating on the system clock sets an operating state of the drive system and the sense system and also controls a state of the PLL. One or more system state variables are maintained in a substantially fixed state during a protect mode thereby enabling rapid transitions between a low-power mode and a normal operating mode of the gyroscope system.
US10228239B2
Provided is a measuring apparatus which includes an imaging device configured to image an object to obtain image data and a processor configured to process the image data to recognize a region of the object. The processor is configured to perform feature extraction on the image data to obtain first feature data, perform projection of a three-dimensional model of the object, whose region is recognized based on the image data, onto a predetermined surface and perform the feature extraction on image data obtained by the projection to obtain second feature data, and perform determination of whether there is an unrecognized object based on the first feature data and the second feature data.
US10228238B2
This disclosure relates to methods of evaluating the shape of a gemstone, such as a diamond, ruby, emerald, or sapphire. Also provided are methods of identifying gemstone shape.
US10228233B2
A rotation-detecting apparatus includes the following: a rotor coil provided on a rotor; detection coils provided on stators; a control circuit that detects the relative rotational angle between the rotor and the stators by processing detection signals induced in the detection coils as a result of the rotor coil being excited by an excitation signal; and a communicating means for performing data communication with an external device. The control circuit in the rotation-detecting apparatus has functionality whereby a switch signal that turns on and off at preset rotational angles is outputted on the basis of the aforementioned detection signals. Also, the control circuit is designed such that the set rotational angles for the aforementioned switch signal can be changed by the external device via the abovementioned communicating means.
US10228221B2
A toy may include a target having a target magnet and a first color configured to become a second color when the target is activated. The toy also may include a backing having a backing magnet configured to be mounted to an interior of a garment. The backing may be magnetically attracted to the target magnet through the garment when the target is on an exterior of the garment. The target may be configured to be retained on the garment only via magnetic force between the target magnet and the backing magnet. The target and the backing may be configured to be readily removed from the garment and have numerous re-uses for future play.
US10228211B2
A portable, firearm support stand. The stand has a foldable, collapsible and expandable leg system, a handle connected to the leg system, and a firearm support also connected to the leg system. The foldable leg system includes first, second, third and fourth legs, each leg having a bottom, a top region and a midpoint region. The top regions of the first and third legs are pivotally connected to each other. The top regions of the second and fourth legs are pivotally connected to each other. The midpoint regions of the first and second legs are pivotally connected to each other. And the midpoint regions of the third and fourth legs are pivotally connected to each other. The handle is disposed at the top region of one leg. The firearm support is disposed at the top region of one leg.
US10228205B2
A firearm apparatus is described comprising a firearm upper assembly and a firearm lower assembly, the firearm lower assembly comprising a firearm magazine container, wherein swapping of or refilling of a firearm magazine that is resident within the magazine container necessitates at least partial removal of the firearm upper assembly or may require complete removal of the firearm upper assembly from the firearm lower assembly. Further, such an apparatus requires removal of a firearm magazine retaining device that secures a firearm magazine lock wherein the retaining device is inaccessible without the at least partial removal of the firearm upper assembly from the firearm lower assembly. The firearm lower assembly may have a firearm magazine container that has a closed or partially closed bottom end to prevent switching out of a firearm magazine and the firearm lower assembly may have an opening in the top end sized for receiving a firearm magazine. A new firearm lower assembly is described that has no magazine position button as well as a conversion kit and a method of using a conversion kit to convert a semi-automatic firearm with a readily detachable firearm magazine into a firearm having a non-readily detachable firearm magazine.
US10228203B2
A case discharge device having a case ejector for ejecting a case or a misfire for a weapon having a bolt with a bolt head, wherein a munition is supplied to a weapon barrel of the weapon by the bolt and the case or the misfire is pulled out of the weapon barrel. The case discharge device is characterized in that, now, in the bolt head, there is situated a groove into which a case ejector which is static with respect to a weapon housing engages. During the return of the bolt, the case ejector which is static with respect to the weapon housing slides within the groove and engages on the bottom of the case in order to release the latter from the bolt and, after the release, discharge said case.
US10228193B2
The cooling system comprises: at least one plate member forming a wall of a casing inside which the electronic apparatus to be cooled is accommodated in use, the plate member having a first side facing in use towards the apparatus and a second side opposite to the first side; and a fluid circuit formed in the plate member, wherein the fluid circuit comprises a first duct formed on the first side of the plate member and extending along a first labyrinth path and a second duct formed on the second side of the plate member and extending along a second labyrinth path. The plate member has a first through hole and a second through hole through which the first duct and the second duct are in in fluid communication with each other.
US10228190B2
A tubeless heat exchanger for heating a production fluid disposed in a vessel, including: a tubeless heat exchanger core disposed at least partially within the vessel, the tubeless heat exchanger core comprising an inner casing and an outer casing disposed around the inner casing, the inner and outer casings defining therebetween a flow passage for a thermal transfer fluid to flow, the tubeless heat exchanger core further comprising a core inlet arranged to receive the thermal transfer fluid and a core outlet arranged to provide the thermal transfer fluid, the core inlet and core outlet being fluidically connected to the flow passage, wherein each of the outer casing and the inner casing has an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the respective inner surfaces face each other and define therebetween the flow passage for the thermal transfer fluid to flow and wherein at least a portion of the respective outer surfaces are arranged to be contacted by the production fluid, wherein the flow passage defines a path comprising at least one pass around a perimeter of the heat exchanger core, and wherein, in use, the thermal transfer fluid in the heat exchanger core transfers heat from the thermal transfer fluid to the production fluid through at least a portion of both the inner and outer casings.
US10228187B2
A refrigerator includes a storage compartment formed in a cabinet of the refrigerator by a fixed insulation wall, the storage compartment being provided with an access opening. The refrigerator also includes a door rotatably provided to the cabinet to open and close the access opening, a drawer provided in the storage compartment, a camera fixed to a ceiling of the storage compartment to photograph both a first region for storing of food arranged in an external space of the drawer and a second region for storing of food arranged in an internal space of the drawer, and a controller configured to separate, through a capturing time of a picture containing both the first region and the second region, a first region picture and a second region picture from the picture to individually divide and store the first region picture and the second region picture.
US10228183B2
A refrigerator comprises a cabinet having a storage compartment, a main door rotatably coupled to the cabinet and opening and closing the storage compartment, a door opening provided in the main door and in communication with the storage compartment, a sub door opening and closing the door opening, and a basket assembly provided in the door opening and comprising a basket movable forward and backward, wherein the basket assembly comprises a front plate provided under the basket, a front assembly provided under the front plate and configured to move the front plate forward, a rear plate provided under the front rail assembly, and a rear rail assembly provided under the rear plate and configured to move the rear plate backward.
US10228182B2
A door for a home appliance, a home appliance, and a method for manufacturing the same, are disclosed. The door for a home appliance comprises a panel assembly; and a frame assembly defining a predetermined space having an opening connected with an edge of the panel assembly, and making a foaming space for receiving a thermal insulator by means of the predetermined space of the frame assembly and the edge of the panel assembly, wherein a foaming injection hole through which the thermal insulator is injected is provided on at least one of ends of an upper surface, a lower surface, a left side and a right side of the frame assembly.
US10228179B2
A refrigerator is provided that includes a cabinet defining an interior volume and at least one door for providing access to the interior volume. An automatic ice maker assembly is disposed within the interior volume and configured to harvest a plurality of ice cubes. The automatic ice maker assembly has an automatic ice maker, a mounting plate and an ice maker receiving space. The mounting plate defines a plurality of engagement features extending into the ice maker receiving space. A rail system is disposed on opposite sides of the ice maker receiving space and an ice storage bin is removably positioned within the ice maker receiving space. The ice storage bin has an ice bin wall positioned on an ice bin base, and a latch slidably disposed along a bottom surface of the ice bin base. The latch has a plurality of retention features, configured to engage the engagement features.
US10228176B2
An ice maker includes a casing that defines a chamber. The casing extends between a top portion and a bottom portion. An extruder die is mounted to the casing at the top portion of the casing. A motor is positioned above the extruder die. An auger is disposed within the chamber of the casing. The auger is coupled to a shaft of the motor with a threaded connection such that the auger is rotatable with the motor along a rotational direction within the chamber of the casing. The threaded connection between the auger and the shaft of the motor is wound opposite the rotational direction of the auger. A related refrigerator appliance is also provided.
US10228173B2
A compressor for a refrigerating plant comprising at least one cylinder (12); at least one piston (13), which slides alternately inside the cylinder (12); at least one head (18a) provided with a suction chamber (19), connected to a suction line (9) of the plant (1) and to the cylinder (12) to supply the cylinder (12) with a refrigerating fluid, and with a suction valve (25a), configured to regulate the flow rate of refrigerating fluid; the suction valve (25a) is movable between a first position, wherein is defined a first flow area which allows the suction of a first flow rate of refrigerating fluid, and a second position wherein is defined a second flow area smaller than the first flow area which allows the suction of a second flow rate of refrigerating fluid lower than the first flow rate.
US10228169B2
A refrigerator includes an inner case, an outer case, a vacuum space, and a liquid-gas interchanger. The inner case defines an exterior appearance of a storage space. The outer case is spaced apart a predetermined distance from the inner case. The vacuum space is provided between the inner case and the outer case, and maintains a vacuum to insulate the inner case from the outer case. The liquid-gas interchanger is arranged in the vacuum space to generate heat exchange between a refrigerant after it is exhausted from an evaporator and a refrigerant before it is drawn into an evaporator.
US10228165B2
A thermoelectric device comprising an elongated panel of two foam layers, and having an inserted thermoelectric string is incorporated into a seat cushion, planting pot, and battery thermal manager. Several enhancements to the string and the panel improve its durability, visual appeal, and tactile appeal over the prior art.
US10228162B2
The present provides a condensing heat exchanger assembly that includes a plurality of heat exchanger passes. The condensing furnace includes a burner assembly having a combustion air device and further includes a frame having primary heat exchanger with a first pass and a second pass. A secondary heat exchanger having a third pass and a fourth pass. The primary heat exchanger assembly may be generally parallel to the secondary heat exchanger assembly such that supply airflow may traverse over the primary and secondary heat exchangers simultaneously in both a first direction and in an opposite second direction. The first pass may include a single drum. The second pass, third pass and fourth pass may include a plurality of aligned tubes.
US10228160B2
A furnace has a cabinet having at least one wall at least partially defining an interior space of the cabinet, a heat exchanger disposed in the interior space, and a protrusion formed integrally with the at least one wall, the protrusion extending generally inward into the furnace to at least partially obstruct a circulation airflow through the cabinet.
US10228155B2
A duct plug for use with a duct opening of a heating, ventilation or air conditioning duct system comprises a first frame member, a second frame member, and a filter member disposed between the first frame member and the second frame member. The first frame member is releasably coupled to the second frame member.
US10228154B2
A control apparatus that controls, based on a temperature of a predetermined space measured by a plurality of temperature sensors associated with a plurality of air conditioning apparatuses, the air conditioning apparatuses so that the temperature of the predetermined space becomes a set target temperature, comprises: an air conditioning controller that performs control such that the air conditioning apparatus operates, and a determiner that causes one of the plurality of air conditioning apparatuses to perform a predetermined operation, and decides a temperature sensor that is fastest in a change rate of the measured temperature among the plurality of temperature sensors as a temperature sensor to be associated with the one air conditioning apparatus.
US10228149B2
An outdoor unit of an air conditioner which is capable of increasing mechanical strength of a fan guard to suppress deformation of the fan guard, and further, is capable of preventing generation of a chattering sound is provided. A diameter of wire rods which configure a lateral rail portion of the fan guard is greater than a diameter of wire rods which configure a longitudinal rail portion of the fan guard, cross-sectional crank shaped fixing plates are provided on both left and right end portions of the lateral rail portion, and the fan guard is screwed to the top panel via the fixing plates.
US10228146B2
A cooking apparatus with a cooktop composed of a glass or glass-ceramic material is provided. The cooking apparatus includes a heating element and a lighting element that are disposed in the region below the underside of the cooktop. The heating element is applied to the underside of the cooktop indirectly by a pressing device or directly by pre-stressing one or a plurality of spring elements. The lighting element and the heating element are disposed on a common support section of the pressing device in such a way that they are adjustable with an oscillation of the cooktop.
US10228145B2
A cooking appliance includes a cooking chamber having a loading opening which is closable by a door. A light pattern projector is arranged in a fixed manner relative to the cooking chamber and configured to generate and radiate a light pattern into the cooking chamber. A camera captures images from a region being irradiated by the light pattern projector when the cooking chamber is closed, and is arranged in a fixed manner relative to the cooking chamber, Coupled to the camera is an analysis facility which repeatedly calculates a three-dimensional shape by light pattern analysis of an object located in the region being irradiated by the light pattern projector during operation of the cooking appliance.
US10228141B2
An axial fuel staging (AFS) system for a combustor is provided. The AFS system includes a secondary fuel injector, an injector housing surrounding the secondary fuel injector, and a conduit assembly in flow communication with the secondary fuel injector. The conduit assembly includes a first conduit for conveying fuel to the secondary fuel injector, and a second conduit circumscribing the first conduit such that a channel is defined between the first conduit and the second conduit. The first conduit and the second conduit terminate within the injector housing.
US10228140B2
A gas-only cartridge for a fuel nozzle includes a flange that defines a plurality of apertures for receiving a gaseous fuel, an outer tube that is coupled to the flange and an inner tube that extends axially within the outer tube. The inner tube and the outer tube define a fuel passage therebetween and the fuel passage is in fluid communication with the plurality of apertures of the flange. A fuel distribution tip is disposed at a downstream end of the gas-only cartridge and defines a plurality of fuel ports circumferentially spaced along and annularly arranged about an outer surface of the fuel distribution tip. The fuel ports are in fluid communication with the fuel passage.
US10228132B2
A control system for adjusting total air flow or oxygen in flue gas for a fossil fired power generating or steam generating unit, that includes a plurality of sensors that supply data to a tunable controller adapted to sense total air flow and/or oxygen flow; with the sensors also supplying data relating to carbon monoxide (CO) and/or combustibles and/or loss of ignition (LOI) and/or carbon in ash (CIA), and where the tunable controller can set a desired target or target range for at least one of CO, combustibles, CIA, or LOI and adjust the total air flow and/or O2 via direct control or bias signals. The system can respond to discrete events, analog events and/or thresholds.
US10228131B2
Method for the production of ammonia, and optionally urea, from a flue gas effluent from an oxy-fired process, wherein the production of ammonia and optionally urea includes a net power production. Also provided is a method to effect cooling in an oxy-fired process with air separation unit exit gases utilizing either closed or open cooling loop cycles.
US10228123B2
A laminate having an electroluminescent element disposed within the laminate is disclosed. The laminate includes a first paper layer having at least first and second vias through the first paper layer; a first electrically-conductive layer comprising an electrically-conductive material, the first electrically-conductive layer being disposed over the first paper layer; a dielectric layer disposed over the first electrically-conductive layer; a light emissive layer comprising an electroluminescent material, the light emissive layer being disposed over the dielectric layer; a second electrically-conductive layer comprising a translucent electrically-conductive material, the second electrically-conductive layer being disposed over the light emissive layer; an insulating layer disposed over the second electrically-conductive layer. The first paper layer and the insulating layer encapsulate the first electrically-conductive layer, the dielectric layer, the light emissive layer, and the second electrically-conductive layer.
US10228118B2
A vehicular lamp includes a projection lens made of resin; a light source that is disposed behind the projection lens, the vehicular lamp being configured such that light from the light source is emitted forward through the projection lens; a wind generator configured to generate wind; and a wind guide path configured to guide wind generated by the wind generator to a position where the wind hits a surface of the projection lens.
US10228117B2
An LED panel includes a support having a first side, a second side opposite the first side, and a window that extends from the first side to the second side. An LED is affixed to the first side. A diverter affixed to the second side. The diverter includes an angled portion, wherein the angled portion extends over a window portion that is less than all of the window.
US10228110B1
An handheld illuminating device with orb-shaped lens for enhancing forward and lateral visibility including a flashlight having at least one light source that emits light rays through an orb-shaped lens. The orb-shaped lens is semi-spherical and adapted to disperse the light rays through a substantially 270° arc of uniform light for illuminating more than one area around the user, diffusing the light rays to soften the illumination from the light source, and eliminates shadows that are inherent in flat or curvilinear lenses. A reflector reflects light rays from the light source to the orb-shaped lens. A power supply powers the light source. A switch regulates power and intensity of the light source. A transparent cover protects the orb-shaped lens from physical damage.
US10228095B2
An LED bulb applicable for industrial automated production includes a bulb body, a lamp holder, an LED driving module, a lamp pole, and a light strip. The bulb body is coupled to the lamp holder. The bulb body is made of a transparent material and in a hollow spherical shape. The lamp pole is installed and integrally fixed into the bulb body. The light strips are installed on the lamp pole and formed into a lamp module, and the light strips are connected in series or in parallel with each other. The LED driving module has a hole at the center sheathed on the lamp pole, so that the LED driving module is disposed in the bulb body. The invention has a simple structure and builds in the LED driving module to simplify the manufacturing procedure and lower the level of difficulty of the manufacture.
US10228090B2
A foldable arm is provided including a central member with a longitudinal body having a proximal end and a distal end opposite the proximal end. A first member is pivotally connected to the proximal end of the longitudinal body of the central member and movable between a stored position substantially adjacent to the central member and a deployed position extending away from the central member. A second member is pivotally connected to the distal end of the longitudinal body of the central member and movable between a stored position in which the second member is nested within a recess define along the longitudinal body of the central member and a deployed position in which the second member extends away from the central member.
US10228089B1
A steel stand for supporting heavy structures such as road construction and excavating equipment, either with or without a jacking device, wherein the stand has a central tubular steel core member welded at its ends to parallel steel plates, and having a perimetrically positioned plurality of steel, vertical side members spaced substantially circumferentially around the plates.
US10228084B2
The clamping system comprises a collar (10) having a band (12) that has two flanks (13A, 13B), between which an inside trough (14) is defined that receives projecting clamping surfaces (1A, 2A) of two tubes (1, 2) to be assembled together. The system further comprises a plurality of individual retaining clips (20) distributed angularly around the first flank (13A), each clip having an inside branch (30) and an outside branch (32) facing each other, and between which the first flank is pinched, and a retaining portion (34) that, in the pre-attached state, is suitable for co-operating with the clamping surface (1A) of the first tube (1), one of the branches carrying a first bearing zone (36) that co-operates with a first bearing surface (13′A) of the collar that faces towards the axis (A) of said collar.
US10228080B2
Bracket for mounting a pipe away from a vertical wall having a linear support to be secured to a vertical wall and a pipe receptacle for receiving and supporting the pipe. The pipe receptacle includes a segment of a circle configuration, and an extension is connected between the linear support and the pipe receptacle, wherein the extension extends upward, non-horizontally, non-vertically, and away from the pipe receptacle toward the linear support so as to position a pipe within the pipe receptacle a distance away from the linear support. A brace is connected between the linear support and a lower portion of the pipe receptacle to provide additional support to position the pipe receptacle a distance away from a wall to which the linear support is to be secured.
US10228070B2
A check valve comprises a valve housing defining a valve opening and a web extending across the valve opening. First and second mounting posts are provided on the valve housing on opposite sides of the opening and extend away from the opening. Each mounting post has a transverse bore formed therein.
US10228069B2
A rupture disc device and method of assembly thereof are provided. The rupture disc device has a device body formed so that there are no leakage pathways to the radially outer surface thereof. The rupture disc is welded to the device body so that the weld joint therebetween is not relied upon to provide structural support, and instead strictly acts as a seal. In one form, the weld joint is formed with the weld beam directed axially transverse to thickness of the rupture disc to minimize unwanted variances in the rupture disc burst pressure that otherwise may be created due to the heat generated during weld joint formation.
US10228064B2
A refrigeration valve having a valve body having an inlet, an outlet, and a flow passage defined therebetween, an expansion valve in the flow passage, a first hand valve between the inlet and the expansion valve, and a second hand valve between the outlet and the expansion valve. The first and second hand valves are provided at a top of the valve body and are movable in a first direction for preventing fluid flow through the flow passage. By providing the first and second hand valves at the top of the valve body rather than at a bottom of the valve body, valve life is increased and the valves are not prevented from operating due to particulate build up in the valves.
US10228056B2
A seal has a seal body with an axis and axial-facing surfaces. The seal body is configured to be mounted to a tubular member, and seal between the tubular member and a second tubular member. A visual indicium can be located on only one of the axial-facing surfaces. Prior to assembly of the tubular member and the second tubular member, the visual indicium is configured to be visible to a user after being correctly mounted to the tubular member without the user physically contacting the seal body.
US10228052B2
A gear box assembly includes an outer housing and a gear box shaft at least partially disposed in the outer housing. The gear box shaft includes an interior region, a reservoir dam that separates the interior region into a reservoir volume and a spline volume and one or more gear box shaft venting holes formed through the gear box shaft near an end thereof. The assembly also includes a regulator disposed at least partially within the gear box shaft, the regulator including one or more regulator vent holes, wherein at least one of the regulator venting holes is in fluid communication with one of the one or more gear box shaft vent holes.
US10228037B2
A compression-type mass damper may include a damping mass formed with an open space, the damping mass enclosing an outer surface of a target through the open space and absorbing vibration of the target, a weight body enclosed by the damping mass, the weight body applying weight to the damping mass, anda compression plate enclosed by the damping mass, the compression plate applying a fixing force to the open space.
US10228031B2
The invention relates to an electrohydraulic brake release device (1) comprising an actuating cylinder arrangement (400), a tank module (300) for receiving a hydraulic medium, an electric drive unit (200) and a functional unit (100) having a pump assembly (113). The pump assembly (113) is arranged in a recess (111) provided in the functional unit (100), which recess is in communication with the tank module (300), is functionally connected to the actuating cylinder arrangement (400) by way of a conduit arrangement (150, 160, 170, 171, 172, 180, 190) and by way of a bearing carrier cover (115) is sealed off from a dry-running drive motor (210, 211) of the electric drive unit (200). The invention further relates to a brake system comprising a brake release device of this kind.
US10228016B2
In an embodiment, a bearing including a generally cylindrical sidewall having a thickness, tSW; a circumferentially extending feature projecting radially outward from the generally cylindrical sidewall, wherein the circumferentially extending feature has an axial height of at least about 2.0 tSW; and a flange disposed at an axial end of the generally cylindrical sidewall and spaced apart from the circumferentially extending feature. In another embodiment, an assembly including a first component comprising an aperture; a second component coaxial with respect to the first component; and a bearing disposed axially between the first and second components and at least partially within the aperture of the first component, wherein the first and second components are spaced apart from one another by a distance, D, and wherein the bearing is visible from a side elevation view along the entire distance, D.
US10228007B2
A panel fastener and panel fastening system are provided. The panel fastener includes a body having a collar and an elongated shank extending from the collar. The elongated shank defines an interior space and having a penetrating tip disposed at an end opposite of the collar. The panel fastener also includes a substrate fastening portion configured to be driven into a substrate and a holding mechanism connected to the substrate fastening portion and configured to engage the substrate.
US10228003B2
A threaded adjustable-height insert may be installed in a bore of a sandwich panel, such that the insert may be configured to transfer a load to the sandwich panel. The threaded adjustable-height insert may include a first insert part and a second insert part that may be selectively operatively positioned with respect to each other. The overall height of the threaded adjustable-height insert may be adjusted by longitudinally sliding the second insert part with respect to the first insert part and rotating the second insert part with respect to the first insert part. Presently disclosed threaded adjustable-height inserts may be configured for flush installation in a sandwich panel. Methods of installing such threaded adjustable-height inserts and adjusting the height of the same are also disclosed.
US10228002B2
This disclosure describes a clamp system comprised of: (i) a first jaw having two matching notched edges and a first cylindrical opening; (ii) a second jaw having two matching curved edges and a second cylindrical opening, wherein the second jaw and the first jaw are not the same length or width; (iii) at least one pivot pin; (iv) a long fastening element, preferably a long socket cap screw; (v) a plurality of short fastening elements, preferably short socket cap screws; (vi) a primary affixing element, preferably a threaded stud; (vii) optionally, a secondary affixing element, preferably a flanged nut; (viii) a plurality of washers and/or (ix) a plurality of retaining rings, (x) optionally, a rubber coating or covering on the first jaw and the second jaw; and, in one embodiment, both (xi) a compound swivel; and, (xii) a compound knuckle.
US10228001B2
Disclosed herein is a suspension clamp connecting assembly. The suspension clamp connecting assembly includes a clamping unit, a support member, and a corona ring. The clamping unit includes a base section, extending arms, and clamp contact portions. The extending arms are between the clamp contact portions and the base section. The clamping unit is configured to clamp on to a suspension clamp. The support member has a first end and a second end. The first end of the support member is connected to the base section. The support member is configured to support an electronics housing. The corona ring is connected to the second end of the support member.
US10227988B2
A blower, comprising: a housing comprising an air inlet, a motor disposed in the housing, an axial fan configured to be driven to rotate about a fan axis and generate an air flow by the motor, a blowing tube configured to be coupled to the housing and comprising an air outlet, a duct configured to guide the air flow to the air outlet, the housing and the blowing tube comprises an air passage which comprises an upstream region between the inlet and the axial fan and a downstream region between the axial fan and the air outlet, the motor is disposed in the upstream region and the duct is disposed in the downstream region.
US10227983B2
A scroll compressor is provided that may include a casing; a drive motor; a fixed scroll that forms a compression space by being coupled to the orbiting scroll; and a discharge cover provided at an inner space of the casing, the discharge cover having a space that communicates with the compression space and separated from the inner space of the casing, and having one or more discharge hole on a side surface thereof, the one or more discharge hole providing communication between an inside and an outside of the space. With such a configuration, vibration noise of the scroll compressor may be more reduced in comparison with a case in which an oil separator is provided outside of the casing. Further, as an area of the one or more discharge hole and a volume of the space are optimized, efficiency of the scroll compressor may be enhanced.
US10227975B2
A compressor includes a cylinder crankcase defining a cylinder which is closed by a valve plate provided with at least one discharge orifice associated with a discharge valve and defining, with the cylinder, a compression chamber; a cylinder cap seated against the valve plate and inside which is defined a discharge chamber. A portion of the cylinder cap is dimensioned to receive the entire flow of refrigerant gas released through the discharge orifice and accelerate said gas flow so as to produce an instantaneous reduction in the pressure gradient between the upstream and downstream sides of the discharge valve, in the moment the latter opens.
US10227967B2
A conveying device at least for conveying a conveying medium, includes at least one first conveying space, with at least one second conveying space, with at least one elastically deformable conveying element which delimits at least the first conveying space, and with at least one third conveying space. The at least the conveying element is embodied in spring-elastic fashion.
US10227957B2
In a saddle-ride type vehicle in which a cleaner case of an air cleaner is configured with first and second case half bodies coupled to each other and arranged in a vehicle width direction, and is arranged in a space surrounded by a vehicle body frame, a first case half body is provided with: a cleaner element insertion/removal port opened outward so as to permit insertion and removal of a cleaner element therethrough; a purified air outlet connected with a connecting tube for guiding purified air to an engine body side; and an outside air suction port for introducing air from an outside into the cleaner case.
US10227955B1
An exhaust gas recirculation system includes an intake manifold, an exhaust manifold, an EGR cooler, an EGR exhaust conduit and an EGR intake conduit having a diffuser. The intake manifold and the exhaust manifold are affixed to an engine head. The intake and exhaust manifolds are each in fluid communication with a plurality of combustion chambers defined by the engine head and an engine block. The EGR cooler includes a EGR cooler inlet and a EGR cooler outlet wherein the EGR exhaust conduit fluidly couples the exhaust manifold to the EGR cooler inlet. The EGR intake conduit includes a first end and a second end wherein the first end is affixed to the EGR cooler outlet and the second end is affixed to an intake passageway for the intake manifold. The diffuser includes a plurality of fins affixed to the second end and extending into the intake passageway.
US10227945B2
An optimized port plus direct injection (PFI+DI) fueling system for reducing DI-generated particulates from a spark ignition gasoline engine is disclosed. It uses information from a computational model that includes piston wetting. Means for DI particulate reduction include control of DI timing and duration as a function of various parameters. Illustrative computational results for decreasing particulates in various drive cycles are presented. These calculations illustrate large potential particulate reductions (e.g. 95%) that can be obtained relative to DI operation alone. The optimized PFI+DI system could provide DI generated particulate reduction, efficiency and cost advantages relative to operation of a DI alone engine with a gasoline particulate filter (GPF). Alternatively, it could be used in combination with a GPF to ease GPF operation requirements and provide additional particulate reduction. Techniques for reducing piston wetting generation of particles from use of DI alone are also described.
US10227939B2
A cylinder control module: selects one of N predetermined cylinder activation/deactivation patterns as a desired cylinder activation/deactivation pattern for cylinders of an engine, wherein N is an integer greater than two; and activates and deactivates opening of intake and exhaust valves of first and second ones of the cylinders that are to be activated based on the desired cylinder activation/deactivation pattern, respectively. A fuel control module provides fuel to the first ones of the cylinders and disables fueling to the second ones of the cylinders. The cylinder control module further: determines M possible ones of the N cylinder activation/deactivation patterns, wherein M is an integer greater than or equal to one; selectively compares the M possible cylinder activation/deactivation patterns with the desired cylinder activation/deactivation pattern; and selectively updates the desired cylinder activation/deactivation pattern to one of the M possible cylinder activation/deactivation patterns.
US10227938B2
A method for controlling a supercharger of a vehicle includes: determining, at a first determination step, whether or not an engine operates in a cylinder deactivation (CDA) mode; calculating, at a second determination step, a difference value between a target boost pressure of a turbocharger and a current boost pressure of intake air boosted by the turbocharger, and determining whether or not the difference value is equal to or greater than a reference difference value; determining, at a third determination step, based on a current operating condition of the engine whether or not the supercharger is allowed to operate; determining, at a fourth determination step, a target rpm of the supercharger, and determining whether or not the target rpm is equal to or greater than a reference rpm; and operating the supercharger at an operating step.
US10227937B2
Various methods and systems are provided for detecting a change in turbocharger performance. In one example, a method comprises determining a level of turbocharger imbalance based on output from a turbine speed sensor and generating a signal related to a change in a performance level of the turbocharger if the level of turbocharger imbalance is greater than a threshold.
US10227936B2
Systems and methods for operating an engine with deactivating and non-deactivating valves are presented. In one example, a position of an engine air intake throttle is adjusted during cylinder deactivation to control intake manifold pressure for cylinder reactivation. Closing of the throttle may be timed based on an actual total number of cylinder induction events expected to provide a desired engine intake manifold pressure.
US10227932B2
Systems and methods for regulating fuel at a power plant are provided. One example aspect of the present disclosure is directed to a method for regulating fuel at a power plant. The method includes receiving data from an engine. The engine includes an A-ring, a B-ring, and a C-ring. The method includes updating a plurality of models based on the received data. The method includes predicting a plurality of outputs using the plurality of models for a plurality of fuel splits. Each fuel split includes a fuel amount associated with the A-ring. Each fuel split includes a fuel amount associated with the C-ring. The method includes selecting an actual fuel split based on the plurality of outputs.
US10227926B2
An exhaust gas abatement system includes an exhaust gas abatement section configured to abate exhaust gases by utilizing thermal energy and to cool the abated gases by using a liquid, a circulating section configured to circulate the liquid within a circulation path as a circulating liquid, a heat exchange tube configured to cool the circulating liquid and to executes a heat exchange between a cooling liquid which flows in an interior of the heat exchange tube and the circulating liquid which flows outside the heat exchange tube, and a circulating liquid storage portion configured to store the circulating liquid. The heat exchange tube is disposed in a heat exchange tube installation space which is in at least part of an interior of the circulating liquid storage portion.
US10227921B2
A system includes a plurality of interconnected mixing assemblies configured to mix a first fuel and water to generate a first mixture, and mix a second fuel and the water to generate a second mixture. The first and second fuel mixtures are configured to combust in a plurality of combustors of a gas turbine. The interconnected mixing assemblies include first and second fuel passages, a water passage, first and second mixers, first and second fuel valves, and first and second water valves disposed in an integrated housing. The first fuel valve has a first fuel flow coefficient between approximately 1.0 to 1.5, the second fuel valve has a second fuel flow coefficient between approximately 3.0 to 5.0, the first water valve has a first water flow coefficient between approximately 0.4 to 0.55, and the second water valve has a second water flow coefficient between approximately 3.5 to 5.0.
US10227920B2
In one embodiment, a system includes a gas turbine system, having: a turbine driven by combustion products produced by a turbine combustion system; and a separation unit positioned between turbine stages of the turbine, wherein the separation unit separates oxygen out of the combustion products. The separation unit may include an ion transport membrane.
US10227904B2
The invention refers to the use of lubricants in a mounting mat, wherein the mounting mat is made for mounting a pollution control element into a housing, to reduce the cold peak pressure or compression of the mounting mat, the mounting mat comprising: a non-woven mat of inorganic fibers, wherein the lubricants are distributed in the mat, and wherein the lubricants belong to a group consisting of: saturated hydrocarbons (linear and/or branched and/or cyclic, olefinically unsaturated hydrocarbons (linear and/or branched and/or cyclic), fatty alcohols and fatty acids (linear and/or branched and saturated and/or olefinically unsaturated), carboxylic acid esters carbonic acid esters and/or silicone oils and/or organofunctional silanes, silioxanes.
US10227901B2
One embodiment relates to a methanation method comprising the conversion into methane (CH4) of CO2, in particular CO2 gas, originating from, in particular diverted or obtained from, power plant flue gas from a power plant fired with carbon-containing fuel, in particular carbon-containing gas, and having a connected water/steam circuit, said method being performed in a methanation plant. Some embodiments provide a solution that makes it possible to couple a power plant and a methanation plant to one another in an energetically favorable manner.
US10227891B2
A wash system for a gas turbine engine includes a foam generating device configured for receiving and aerating a flow of wash fluid to generate a flow of foamed wash fluid having particular foam characteristics. The flow of foamed wash fluid passes through a distribution manifold where it is selectively directed through a plurality of wash lines to desired portions of the gas turbine engine. The wash system further includes a controller configured for manipulating the foam characteristics of the flow of foamed wash fluid and using the distribution manifold to selectively direct the flow of foamed wash fluid to desired portions of the gas turbine engine for optimal cleaning and improved engine efficiency.
US10227877B2
A cooling circuit for a multi-wall blade according to an embodiment includes: a pressure side cavity with a surface adjacent a pressure side of the multi-wall blade; a suction side cavity with a surface adjacent a suction side of the multi-wall blade; a first leading edge cavity with surfaces adjacent the pressure and suction sides of the multi-wall blade, the first leading edge cavity located forward of the pressure and suction side cavities; and a second leading edge cavity with surfaces adjacent the pressure and suction sides of the multi-wall blade, the second leading edge cavity located forward of the first leading edge cavity.
US10227873B2
A steam turbine has a single-shell turbine casing and specific inner casings arranged inside the turbine casing. The steam turbine has a turbine casing with an outer wall, a turbine shaft mounted rotatably about a turbine axis in the turbine casing, a first turbine part, and at least one second turbine part which is arranged downstream of the first turbine part in the axial direction of the turbine shaft, wherein the expansion direction for steam conducted through the steam turbine runs from the first turbine part to the second turbine part, wherein between the first turbine part and the second turbine part, a sealing shell is arranged on the turbine casing, in particular on the inner side of the outer wall for rotation therewith, the sealing shell being formed in a sealing manner with respect to the turbine shaft via sealing elements.
US10227865B2
Systems and methods compute dysfunctions via mapping of tri-axial accelerations of drill pipe into drill-string motions. The methods remove gravitational and centripetal accelerations to yield corrected acceleration data due to the vibration only, transform the corrected acceleration data, and maps resulting transformed acceleration data into continuous drill-string positions. The maps provide 2D/3D visualization of drill-string motions to enable real-time optimization and control of well drilling operations and other scenarios where proactive detection of temporal events in automated systems may aid in avoiding failures.
US10227862B2
A method for determining position of a wellbore in the Earth's subsurface can include: actuating a seismic energy source at a selected location along the wellbore; detecting seismic energy with sensors located at known geodetic positions along the wellbore, the detected seismic energy being at least partially reflected by a casing of an adjacent wellbore; and determining the geodetic position of the wellbore at the selected location from the detected seismic energy.
US10227861B2
Tools, systems, and methods are disclosed for multi-component induction logging with iterative analytical conversion of tool measurements to formation parameters. At least some system embodiments include a logging tool and at least one processor. The logging tool provides transmitter-receiver coupling measurements that include at least diagonal coupling measurements (Hzz, Hxx, and/or Hyy) and cross-coupling measurements (Hxy, Hxz, and Hyz). The processor employs an iterative analytical conversion of the cross-coupling measurements into formation resistive anisotropy and dip information. The processor may further provide one or more logs of the resistive anisotropy and/or dip information.
US10227852B2
A reclaiming machine for fluids in wells, which performs strokes on a cyclical basis up to the bottom of the casing pipe of the well, collecting fluids brought to the surface and drawing them from the well by gravity. The reclaiming basket is the component performing the downstroke towards the bottom of the casing pipe of the well, to submerge in the hydrocarbon to be collected, and then begin the upstroke with the hydrocarbon collected, stored at the top of the pickup basket, to draw it from the well by gravity through the unloading head. Included in an embodiment is a pickup basket having communication ports, a positive check valve, and a gear motor. When the upstroke concludes, the collected fluid is directed through an unloading coupling and stored in a unloading tank and directed where it is required.
US10227851B2
An apparatus and method for specialized shaped charges that perforate similar sized diameter holes regardless of the fluid gaps between the shaped charge and the casing wall. Shaped charges having three conical or frusto-conical liner sections are disclosed, where the apex liner section has a larger conical angle than the outer liner section are disclosed.
US10227844B1
A pressure response fracture port tool and method for its use reliably provides a noticeable indication at surface to an operator as to when the flow port is opened. The tool includes an outer housing and a sliding sleeve which resides within the outer housing. The outer housing has a first and second set of flow ports. The inner mandrel moves between a first position and a third position to expose the flow ports to the wellbore. The first set of flow ports, with its smaller area relative to the second set of flow ports, creates a noticeable pressure increase or spike that can be observed at surface when exposed to the wellbore. The second set of flow ports creates a noticeable pressure drop when it is exposed to the wellbore.
US10227834B2
A drive of a slide which can move back and forth of an earth drilling device to move a drill string, wherein a rod, which can move relative to a cylinder, and tension transmitting means are provided in a frame and act on the slide, wherein the rod is connected to the frame, and deflection rollers are provided for the tension transmitting means on the frame and on the cylinder.
US10227830B2
A system for determining a location and a diameter of a pipe deployed in a bore includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced acoustic transmitters and a plurality of circumferentially spaced acoustic receivers deployed in a wall of the bore. A processor is configured to identify and process received acoustic waveforms that are reflected by the pipe to compute the location and the diameter of the pipe. The system may include a drill string deployed in a drilling riser.
US10227820B2
A daylighting slat (4) includes: a daylighting plate (51); and a support member (24) that supports the daylighting plate (51), in which the daylighting plate (51) includes; a base that has light transparency; and a plurality of daylighting parts that are provided on a first surface of the base, have light transparency, and form a gap portion between the plurality of daylighting parts, in which a part of a side surface of a daylighting part, which is in contact with the gap portion, functions as a reflecting surface that reflects light entering the daylighting part, and the support member (24), at least a part of which has light transparency, includes a gripping portion (25) that grips at least a part of a peripheral part of the daylighting plate (51) and has light absorbability, and a protective plate (26) formed of a plate body that is provided so as to face a first surface or a second surface of the daylighting plate (51).
US10227805B2
A pre-hung barn door hardware system is disclosed. The -hung barn door hardware system includes a rail having a plurality of rail holes disposed along a length of the rail; a plurality of spacers each of the plurality of spacers having a spacer hole; a track having a plurality of track holes disposed along the length of the track; a plurality of bolts, each of the plurality of bolts extending through one of the plurality of rail holes, a spacer hole in one of the plurality of spacers, and one of the plurality of track holes; and a plurality of nuts, each one of the plurality of nuts being coupled with a corresponding one of the plurality of bolts.
US10227804B2
According to an aspect, a device may include a deployable rolling joint having a first deployable joint member, a second deployable joint member, and a plurality of flexures coupled to the first deployable joint member and the second deployable joint member. The deployable rolling joint may move from an undeployed state to a deployed state in which the first deployable joint member forms a convex surface portion and the second deployable joint member forms a convex surface portion. When the deployable rolling joint is in the deployed state, the convex surface portion of the first deployable joint member may roll with respect the convex surface portion of the second deployable joint member, and the plurality of flexures may hold the first deployable joint member and the second deployable joint member together as the first deployable joint member and the second deployable joint member roll across each other.
US10227798B2
A handle assembly for opening and closing a vehicle door wherein the handle assembly includes: a recess in an exterior surface of the vehicle door; a cover over the recess wherein the cover is coupled to the vehicle door and is moveable between an open position and a closed position; and a handle member coupled to the cover and retained in the recess when the cover is in the closed position and released from the recess when the cover is in the open position.
US10227787B2
We disclose a portable protection shelter that may be easily transported and set up as needed. The shelter provides protection from deadly weather, including storms, hail, hurricanes, and tornados. Additionally, it may be used as a survival pod or as protection from assailants or aggressive animals. The shelter can be transported as required, including through doors, and assembled and disassembled on demand using common handheld tools.
US10227777B2
The present invention relates to a method of producing a concrete component (15), to a prefabricated structural element (3), which serves as a semi-finished product for the production of the concrete component (15) made in this way, and to a corresponding concrete component (15). The method claimed involves the following steps: producing a prefabricated structural element (3) comprising first reinforcement structures (18), which feature textile reinforcement structures, and first thermal insulation elements (6), pouring concrete into a shell mold (13) to form a first concrete layer (11), lowering the prefabricated structural element (3) onto the first concrete layer (11).
US10227775B2
A fire-rated receiver channel includes at least one intumescent or other fire-resistant material strip. The receiver channel can nest with a framing member, such as metal tracks, headers, header tracks, sill plates, bottom tracks, metal studs, wood studs or wall partitions, and placed at a perimeter of a wall assembly to create a fire block arrangement. In other arrangements, a track assembly includes two nested tracks, an inner track and outer track. The assembly is designed so that the outside width of the outer track is equal to or less than the outside width of the inner track to present a substantially flush external surface for attachment of exterior sheathing elements when the assembly is used in an external wall.
US10227774B2
An apparatus for protection of an elongated structural support from impact, the apparatus includes an elongated impact protection component in the form of a unitary part having an inner surface, an outer surface, and a plurality of orthogonally-oriented projections spaced along a length of the elongated impact protection component. The projections of the elongated impact protection component include integrally formed connectors for interlocking connection to other same type impact protection components.
US10227773B2
A new concept wall system is provided, wherein the Exterior Insulation and Finish System cladding is created using components with no water absorption, a very low vapor permeability and sealing properties, accommodated with an installation technology which extend the materials properties to the assembly, together with bonding and sealing the intersections and terminations, creating a Non-Permissive to water and vapor diffusion, Exterior Insulation and Finish System (NP-EIFS). The present invention relates to an EIFS cladding having two air and vapor barriers, one applied to the substrate, a continuous liquid membrane with sheathing joints sealed to be moisture barrier for inside vapors, and an exterior weather and vapor barrier which is created using closed cell extruded polystyrene insulation boards, special assembled with joints sealed, to create a non-permissive insulation envelope of the enclosure. Another object of the invention is to provide waterproof and air/vapor-proof details, a new concept of flashing and sealant application around windows/doors and other constructive elements to avoid thermal bridges and air leakage inside thermal envelope and wall assembly. Methods of installation are included.
US10227770B2
The invention relates to a structure comprising at least four wooden beams attached to one another by means of connection parts, said metal connection parts (1) having flats that are supported on the faces of a longitudinal channel (G1 or G2) of a first I-shaped or U-shaped beam (PU, PI) and at least one flat supported on at least the central web (2) of another beam (P).
US10227766B1
An underground stormwater management system includes a first-flush chamber that receives the first flush. The chamber removably holds filter cartridges that close the chamber and filter the first flush as the first flush drains out of the chamber and into an underlying porous substrate. When the filter cartridges are used up, they can be replaced with new filter cartridges.
US10227752B2
An aero-excavation apparatus for collecting a fractured soil material using a vacuum hose, the apparatus comprising: a main frame; a motor mounted on the main frame; a traction and direction system in driving arrangement with the motor for driving and operating the main frame; and a blower in driving engagement with the motor; wherein the blower is in fluid communication with the vacuum hose for collecting the fractured soil material.
US10227751B2
A sectional plow is provided. The sectional plow includes a plow body or blade. It also includes a first side plate attachable to a first side of the plow body, and a second side plate attachable to a second opposite side of the plow body. The sectional plow also includes a first thrust arm attachable to the plow body and the first side plate, and a second thrust arm attachable to the plow body and the second side plate. In an embodiment, the thrust arm is a pair of thrust arms. The plow also includes extensions of different sizes that are insertable between the plow body and the side plates to extend the width of the plow and provide at least three alternative plow widths. Significantly, the plow can be easily assembled and disassembled. It is designed to be bolted together as opposed to welded together.
US10227745B2
The present invention relates to a method for repairing an intake for a storage dam, which comprises; constructing a cabin for controlling sediment, formed by modular rings that are 12 m in diameter and 3 m high, to allow the demolition of the old intake without draining the area; prefabricating elements for extending the new intake in situ by means of metallic formwork for setting the modular elements which are subsequently steam-cured and transferred to a final location by means of a barge and cranes. The final assembly is carried out using divers and cabin equipment, such as lighting, closed-circuit cameras, monitoring, emergency stairs and an elevator or service elevator, ensuring a reduction in the time and cost of repairing an intake in storage dams.
US10227737B1
A compaction machine includes a frame and a compactor drum. The compactor drum includes a vibratory system and a support structure. The vibratory system includes a vibratory mechanism coupled to the support structure. The vibratory mechanism includes a cavity having a radial outer wall. The radial outer wall is curved and is eccentric with respect to an axis of rotation of the vibratory system. Further, the radial outer wall extends around the axis of rotation. The vibratory mechanism also includes a non-fixed weight provided within the cavity. The non-fixed weight is adapted to move within the cavity. A movement of the non-fixed weight within the cavity generates multiple vibration amplitudes as the vibratory system rotates in a first direction and a second direction. The first direction is opposite to the second direction.
US10227733B2
A rail vehicle includes a milling device for finishing the running surface of track rails during the travel of the rail vehicle along the track rails. The rail vehicle has a chassis frame having wheel sets. The milling device is provided with a milling head, and includes a framework arranged on the chassis frame having a milling head receptacle, which is displaceable vertically and transversely in relation thereto. The milling head receptacle can be supported for the vertical guiding via a guide shoe on the running surface and for transverse guiding in parallel to the milling head shaft via a guide stop laterally on the railhead. The milling head receptacle forms a transverse carriage, which supports the guide shoe and the guide stop, and the guide path of which, which is vertically displaceable, is provided on the side of the milling head receptacle facing toward the guide shoe.
US10227732B2
Railway comprising sleepers and rails supported thereby, wherein each sleeper has a holding piece anchored in or to the sleeper, and a clip or spring is connected to the holding piece and simultaneously presses on the rail to provide a downward holding force to the rail and maintain it on the sleeper. The holding piece and the clip or spring are supplemented with a mounting body and a mounting piece, which mounting body is placed over or adjacent to said holding piece, and which mounting body is arranged to cooperate with said mounting piece.
US10227731B2
The present disclosure provides for a method of preparing and using an emulsion for treating a papermaking process. The emulsion is an oil-in-water emulsion of alkenyl succinic anhydride emulsified with a polymer comprising at least one primary or secondary amine containing monomer. The method comprises adding an oil-in-water emulsion to the papermaking process; wherein the oil-in-water emulsion comprises alkenyl succinic anhydride emulsified with a polymer comprising at least one primary or secondary amine containing monomer; and wherein the oil-in-water emulsion is added in an amount sufficient to improve sizing of the paper produced by the papermaking process. The primary or secondary amine may be a secondary amine comprising diallylamine, and the polymer may be a diallylamine-acrylamide copolymer.
US10227730B2
A process to manufacture a mixture of p-aramid pulp with chopped fibers, wherein the process includes: providing a first mass that includes p-aramid pulp, providing a second mass that includes chopped fibers, guiding the first mass and the second mass into a mixing device, wherein the first mass and the second mass are mixed to yield a mixed mass, guiding the mixed mass on a dewatering device, whereupon the mixed mass is dewatered to yield a dewatered cake, guiding the dewatered cake, either directly or via a passage, through a cake breaker into a drying atmosphere to yield a dried intermediate, and guiding the dried intermediate, either directly or via a passage, through a homogenizing device into an opening device, wherein the dried intermediate is opened to arrive at an opened mixture of p-aramid pulp and chopped fibers. The mixture and its use are also described.
US10227727B2
A rope and a method of constructing the rope. The rope may be of 12×12 braided construction and include a core for its length. The rope includes a plurality of primary strands, and each of the primary strands includes a plurality of fibers which may be made of a high-friction material. The rope also includes a secondary strand surrounded by the plurality of primary strands. The secondary strand includes a plurality of fibers which may be made of a low-friction material.
US10227725B2
Described herein is a continuous process for modifying the properties of polyester and polyester based fibers, such as a poly(butylene terephthalate) (PBT) fiber, comprising subjecting the PBT fiber to alkaline hydrolysis, and optionally further comprising functionalizing the PBT fiber by solution grafting such as fluorination. The alkaline hydrolysis and optionally subsequent functionalization such as fluorination process can be continuous, following the melt blowing/spinning or spun-bonding process. Also described is a nonwoven PBT fiber mat obtained by the surface modification process. Further described is a filtration device comprising the nonwoven PBT fiber mat.
US10227724B2
A removable hanging laundry storage container such as a bag or hamper including a pair of substantially C-shaped handles extending upwards from opposites sides of the top of the hamper or bag. The C-shaped handles define interior regions for receiving a horizontal support to hang the hamper or bag thereon. The handles are sized and shaped to provide for a grasping surface on the opposite side of the handle end to allow the handle to be readily grasped when the storage container is hanging from a horizontal support to facilitate the lifting of the handle and hamper off the horizontal support. The hamper or bag may have cut-away sections matching the interior of the handles to provide an open area to facilitate placement and removal of the hampers on the horizontal support.
US10227723B2
The bottom of a washing machine is provided with feet that compromise a fixed part and a movable part, and a hollow chamber is formed between the fixed part and the movable part. The hollow chamber is provided with a hydraulic medium. The feet are connected by high-pressure oil pipes, to communicate hollow chambers of the feet. Under the action of pressure, the hydraulic medium can be circulated between hollow chambers of connected feet to realize the expansion and contraction of the movable part, to execute automatic leveling. Under different pressures, the foot is made to automatically adjust adaptively due to the fluidity of the hydraulic medium. The hydraulic medium can flow between the feet, so the adjusting range is larger and can achieve better results.
US10227722B2
A laundry machine having a refreshing operation and a control method of the same are disclosed. The disclosed method comprises a steam water supply operation of supplying wash water to a tub up to a water level for generation of steam while preventing the wash water to pass through a drum, when the refreshing course is selected, a steaming operation of heating the wash water by driving a washing heater, thereby generating steam, and a refreshing operation of refreshing the laundry by alternately executing, after the steaming operation, a tumbling driving operation to tumble the laundry within the drum through rotation of the drum and a spin driving operation to rotate the laundry within the drum in close contact with an inner surface of the drum, in accordance with high-speed rotation of the drum.
US10227716B2
An artificial turf mat includes a backing and a plurality of protruding artificial grass blades divided into rows and connected to the backing. The mutual distance between successive blades in a row is substantially equal to the distance between adjacent rows and is at least 10 mm. The backing and the blades may be formed and mutually connected by weaving. A method for forming an artificial turf mat includes supplying a backing material, supplying an artificial turf material, forming a backing from the backing material, and connecting blades of the artificial turf material divided into rows to the backing. The blades may be connected to the backing such that their mutual spacing in a row is substantially equal to the mutual distance between adjacent rows and is at least 10 mm.
US10227715B2
The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a refrigerant fabric using warps and wefts in which Z-twist yarns and S-twist yarns are arranged at a ratio of 1:1 in the warps and the wefts and the refrigerant fabric manufactured by the method. The method includes: a Z-twist yarn manufacturing step of manufacturing Z-twist yarns with Z-twist using fibers; a S-twist yarn manufacturing step of manufacturing S-twist yarns with S-twist using fibers; a warp arrangement step of alternating the manufactured Z-twist yarns and S-twist yarns and arranging them as warps; a weft arrangement step alternating the manufactured Z-twist yarns and S-twist yarns and arranging them as wefts; and a fabric weaving step of weaving a fabric using the arranged warps and wefts.
US10227710B2
A manufacturing method of a silicon monocrystal uses a monocrystal pulling-up apparatus including: a chamber; a crucible disposed in the chamber and configured to receive dopant-added melt; a pulling-up portion that pulls up a seed crystal after the seed crystal is in contact with the dopant-added melt; a cooler disposed above the crucible to cool a monocrystal that is being grown; and a magnetic field applying unit disposed outside the chamber to apply a horizontal magnetic field to the dopant-added melt. The method includes: during a formation of a shoulder of the silicon monocrystal, starting the formation while moving the cooler downward; stopping the cooler from moving downward at a stop position before a top of the shoulder reaches a level of a lower end of the cooler; and continuing the formation of the shoulder while the cooler is kept at the stop position.
US10227709B2
A method of growing a rare-earth oxyorthosilicate crystal, and crystals grown using the method are disclosed. The method includes preparing a melt by melting a first substance including at least one first rare-earth element and providing an atmosphere that includes an inert gas and a gas including oxygen.
US10227707B2
An electroplating processor has a vessel holding an electrolyte. An inert anode in the vessel has an anode wire within an anode membrane tube. A head for holds a wafer in contact with the electrolyte in the vessel. The wafer is connected to a cathode. A catholyte replenisher is connected to the vessel. The catholyte replenisher adds metal ions into the catholyte by moving ions of a bulk metal through a catholyte membrane in the catholyte replenisher.
US10227704B2
An airfoil is disclosed. The airfoil may comprise a leading edge, a body portion and a trailing edge formed from a high-modulus plating. The body portion of the airfoil may be formed from a material having a lower elastic modulus than the high-modulus plating. The high-modulus plating may improve the stiffness of the trailing edge, allowing for thinner trailing edges with improved fatigue life to be formed.
US10227691B2
A magnetically enhanced low temperature high density plasma chemical vapor deposition (LT-HDP-CVD) source has a hollow cathode target and an anode, which form a gap. A cathode target magnet assembly forms magnetic field lines substantially perpendicular to the cathode surface. A gap magnet assembly forms a magnetic field in the gap that is coupled with the cathode target magnetic field. The magnetic field lines cross the pole piece electrode positioned in the gap. The pole piece is isolated from ground and can be connected to a voltage power supply. The pole piece can have negative, positive, floating, or RF electrical potentials. By controlling the duration, value, and sign of the electric potential on the pole piece, plasma ionization can be controlled. Feed gas flows through the gap between the hollow cathode and anode. The cathode can be connected to a pulse power or RF power supply, or cathode can be connected to both power supplies. The cathode target and substrate can be inductively grounded.
US10227684B2
Process for depositing a coating on a substrate having at least one cavity, comprising a step of mixing ground powders of an activating agent and a powder of the metal or of the alloy to be deposited on the substrate that were ground in step a) and a liquid so as to form a suspension, and a step of applying the suspension to the portion of the substrate to be coated.
US10227681B2
A high manganese steel with improved wear and impact characteristics is disclosed. The steel includes a composition comprising, on a weight basis, 25-35 percent manganese, 0-9 percent aluminum, 0.9-2 percent carbon, 0.5-2 percent silicon, 0-1 percent molybdenum, less than 0.03 percent phosphorus, and less than 0.03 percent sulfur, with a balance of iron and incidental impurities.
US10227662B2
Methods and systems are provided for packaging reporter nucleic acid molecules into non-replicative transduction particles for use as reporter molecules. The non-replicative transduction particles can be constructed from viruses and use viral transduction and replication systems. The reporter nucleic acid molecules include a reporter gene, such as a reporter molecule or selectable marker, for detecting target genes or cells. Methods and systems are provided for detection of cells and target nucleic acid molecules using the non-replicative transduction particles as reporter molecules.
US10227653B2
The invention relates to polypeptides containing a cytoplasmic domain ending with a MAST-2 binding domain, from 11 to 13 residues, the first two residues of which are S and W, and the last four residues of which are Q, T, R and L, the polypeptides presenting a high affinity for the PDZ domain of the human MAST2 protein. The invention also relates to polynucleotides, vectors, lentiviral particles, cells as well as compositions containing the same. The invention is also directed to the use of the polypeptides, polynucleotides, vectors, lentiviral particles, cells and compositions in the treatment and/or prevention of a disease, disorder or condition, which alters the Central Nervous System (CNS) and/or the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS). The invention also concerns molecular signatures of cellular genes to determine the neurosurvival and/or neuroprotection activity of a molecule.
US10227647B2
This application discloses methods of producing a DNA strand for sequencing, as well as genetic constructs, libraries, and arrays using DNA strands produced according to these methods. The application also discloses methods of sequencing using the DNA strands, genetic constructs, libraries, and arrays produced. In certain aspects, DNA being sequenced includes a target sequence and at least one adaptor sequence.
US10227643B2
The present invention provides DNA polymerases and their use in various applications. The present invention also relates to uses and methods utilizing the DNA polymerase of the present invention for discriminating between matched and mismatched primers or detecting SNP or methylated cytosine. The present invention also relates to kits comprising such DNA polymerases.
US10227639B2
The inventions provided herein relate to detection reagents, compositions, methods, and kits comprising the detection reagents for use in detection, identification, and/or quantification of analytes in a sample. Such detection reagents and methods described herein allow multiplexing of many more labeled species in the same procedure than conventional methods, in which multiplexing is limited by the number of available and practically usable colors.
US10227637B2
Provided are a PNA probe for detecting nucleotide polymorphism of a target gene, a melting curve analysis method for detecting the nucleotide polymorphism of the target gene using the same, a nucleotide polymorphism analysis method of a target gene including the melting curve analysis method, and a kit for detecting the nucleotide polymorphism of the target gene containing the PNA probe. It is characterized that the PNA probe according to the present invention contains negative charge molecules. The modified PNA probe according to the present invention contains the negative charge molecules to have a high recognition ability with respect to a target DNA and a high coupling ability to the target DNA and to be rapidly dissociated by heat, such that the nucleotide polymorphism analysis may be relatively easily performed even in a heterozygous sample showing two melting curve graphs, and two or more adjacent single nucleotide polymorphisms may be simultaneously analyzed.
US10227628B2
The present invention relates to a device for detecting a fungal contamination in an internal environment, to the use thereof and also to a method for detecting a fungal contamination in an internal environment using such a device.
US10227625B2
A method for engineering and utilizing large DNA vectors to target, via homologous recombination, and modify, in any desirable fashion, endogenous genes and chromosomal loci in eukaryotic cells. These large DNA targeting vectors for eukaryotic cells, termed LTVECs, are derived from fragments of cloned genomic DNA larger than those typically used by other approaches intended to perform homologous targeting in eukaryotic cells. Also provided is a rapid and convenient method of detecting eukaryotic cells in which the LTVEC has correctly targeted and modified the desired endogenous gene(s) or chromosomal locus (loci) as well as the use of these cells to generate organisms bearing the genetic modification.
US10227619B2
The present invention provides mutant microorganism that have higher lipid productivity than the wild type microorganisms from which they are derived while biomass at levels that are within approximately 50% of wild type biomass productivities under nitrogen replete conditions. Particular mutants produce at least twice as much FAME lipid as wild type while producing at least 75% of the biomass produced by wild type cells under nitrogen replete conditions. Also provided are methods of producing lipid using the mutant strains.
US10227612B2
A device for continuous dry methanation in a fermenter having a closed tank having at least one compartment to ferment the slurry comprising at least 17% dry matter. An injector to inject pressurized gas close to the bottom of the compartment via at least one chimney that descends through the compartment. The injected gas rising through the slurry creates a convective movement in the slurry around the chimney to stir the matter at the bottom of the compartment. The tank can include a first compartment into which the slurry is introduced and a second compartment into which the hydrolyzed slurry flows after hydrolysis and acidogenesis in the first compartment. Methanogenesis takes place in the second compartment.
US10227601B2
This disclosure provides genetically modified plants having desirable levels of sugar release, cellulose content and reduction of recalcitrance; methods of genetically modifying plants to modulate sugar release, cellulose and lignin contents; and uses of such plants. The inventors have determined that genetic modification of PdDUF266A from Populus, encoded by locus Potri.011G009500 resulted in transgenic Populus trees with changes in lignin and cellulose content as well as altered sugar release phenotypes. Plants with altered sugar release, cellulose and lignin content, based on modulation of the expression or activity of the PdDUF266A gene, have diverse uses including pulp and paper production, and biofuel and bioproducts production.
US10227583B2
High-throughput methods for screening large populations of variant proteins are provided. The methods utilize large-scale arrays of microcapillaries, where each microcapillary comprises a solution containing a variant protein, an immobilized target molecule, and a reporter element. Immobilized target molecules may include any molecule of interest, including proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, and other biomolecules. The association of a variant protein with a molecular target is assessed by measuring a signal from the reporter element. The contents of microcapillaries identified in the assays as containing variant proteins of interest can be isolated, and cells expressing the variant proteins of interest can be characterized. Also provided are systems for performing the disclosed screening methods.
US10227578B2
The invention is directed to novel glucoamylases.
US10227576B1
The present disclosure provides engineered Class 1 Type I CRISPR-Cas (Cascade) systems that comprise multi-protein effector complexes, nucleoprotein complexes comprising Type I CRISPR-Cas subunit proteins and nucleic acid guides, polynucleotides encoding Type I CRISPR-Cas subunit proteins, and guide polynucleotides. Also, disclosed are methods for making and using the engineered Class 1 Type I CRISPR-Cas systems of the present invention.
US10227573B2
The present invention provides for dominant negative mutations of Arabidopsis REDUCING WALL ACETYLATION (RWA).
US10227568B2
The development and construction of implantable artificial organs, and a process for manufacturing three-dimensional polymer microscale and nanoscale structures for use as scaffolds in the growth of biological structures such as hollow organs, luminal structures, or other structures within the body are disclosed.
US10227565B2
Compositions and methods are described herein for inducing reprogramming of non-pluripotent cells across lineage and differentiation boundaries to generate endodermal progenitor cells and hepatocytes. Compositions and methods for expansion of endodermal progenitor cells without loss of phenotype are also described herein.
US10227557B2
A method for producing astaxanthin incorporates a method for producing astaxanthin-rich algae cells and a method for extracting astaxanthin therefrom. An initial feedstock comprises healthy algae, water, and nutrients. During a growth phase, carbon dioxide and light from a light source are supplied to the feedstock, thereby amplifying the algae. At least a portion of the nutrients remaining after amplification of the algae are separated from the amplified algae. During a stress phase, carbon dioxide and light are supplied to the amplified algae, thereby promoting production of astaxanthin by the amplified algae. The amplified algae and a cover are placed within an interior of an attrition mill having interior surfaces and media which are substantially non-reactive to astaxanthin and milled to release the astaxanthin from the algae. The cover limits oxidation of the released astaxanthin.
US10227556B2
Cell culture devices and methods of their use are provided according to aspects of the present invention which include a base having a pair of spaced apart wells and at least one fluid port defined from an exterior of the base to each of the wells, each fluid port being spaced above the base sheet by a distance sufficient to introduce a material above a matrix deposited on the base sheet in the wells; and a cover having a pair of spaced apart well covering portions that are each disposed above a respective one of the one spaced apart wells of the base body when the cover is covering the upper surface of the base body and having a gas passage defined between the spaced apart well covering portions and at least one gas port defined from an exterior of the cover to each of the well covering portions.
US10227553B2
A dishwashing composition including a copolymer which includes polyalkylene oxide groups and quaternary nitrogen atoms.
US10227551B2
Methods for using sulfur-containing compounds comprising short chain aliphatic ester or amide moieties as solvents and compositions comprising these compounds are provided.
US10227550B2
A cleaning composition comprising a surfactant combination which comprises an amine oxide amphoteric surfactant; a first anionic surfactant comprising a poly(oxyalkylene) alkyl ether sulfate: and a second anionic surfactant comprising an alkyl ethoxy carboxylate. The combination provides increased foaming.
US10227547B2
The invention belongs to the field of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), and in particular relates to an astragalus membranaceus seed raw oil and refined oil extracted from astragalus membranaceus seeds by using a supercritical extraction method, and to a use thereof in the preparation of health-care products. The astragalus membranaceus seed raw oil is obtained by supercritical CO2 fluid extraction on the astragalus membranaceus seeds; and the astragalus membranaceus seed refined oil is obtained by physically refining the astragalus membranaceus seed raw oil. The astragalus membranaceus seed raw oil and refined oil have the effects of preventing thrombosis and dilating blood vessels, can also prevent diseases such as atherosclerosis, hypertension, hyperglycemia and high cholesterol, and can be used as a long-term dietary health-care oil product for cardiovascular patients.
US10227539B2
Methods are provided for modifying hydrogenation catalysts having silica supports (or other non-alumina supports) with additional alumina, and using such catalysts to achieve unexpectedly superior hydrogenation of feedstocks. The modified hydrogenation catalysts can have a relatively low cracking activity while providing an increased activity for hydrogenation.
US10227535B2
Methods are provided for modifying hydrogenation catalysts having silica supports (or other non-alumina supports) with additional alumina, and using such catalysts to achieve unexpectedly superior hydrogenation of feedstocks. The modified hydrogenation catalysts can have a relatively low cracking activity while providing an increased activity for hydrogenation.
US10227514B2
The present invention relates to an adhesive composition, an adhesive film, a method of manufacturing the adhesive film and an organic electronic device (OED) that are used to encapsulate an organic electronic element. The adhesive composition can form an encapsulant layer having an excellent adhesive property, impact resistance, heat-protecting property and moisture blocking property, so that an OED that includes an element encapsulated with the adhesive composition can exhibit an excellent lifespan property and durability.
US10227511B2
This invention relates to a heat sealable adhesive composition for packaging for moderate to high moisture food products. The adhesive comprises latex in water with a minimum film formation temperature near or below 25° C. and an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer dispersion in water, blocking resistance up to 50° C., heat seal-ability under reasonable conditions of contact time, temperature and pressure, good adhesive properties, and approval for food contact.
US10227506B2
Disclosed herein is a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) composition (Q) containing (A) inorganic particles, (B) a compound of general formula (I) below, and (C) an aqueous medium, in which the composition (Q) has a pH of from 2 to 6.
US10227487B2
A polyolefin additive comprising chlorinated polyolefin grafted with an alkyl (meth)acrylate, wherein the alkyl has greater than 10 carbon atoms is provided. Further provided are a method for improving the sag resistance of polyolefins and sag resistant polyolefins.
US10227486B2
A contacting part made of a thermoplastic resin composition is provided, which is characterized in that generation of squeaking noises that are generated when members rub against each other is remarkably reduced, that an effect of reducing squeaking noises is maintained without deterioration even when being placed under high temperatures for a long time, and further that not only heat resistance, impact resistance, and moldability are superior, but also safety at the time of collision is superior because of ductile fracture.The contacting part made of a thermoplastic resin composition [X] is composed of 20 to 65 parts by mass of a rubber-reinforced vinyl resin [A]; and 35 to 80 parts by mass of a polycarbonate resin (provided that the total amount of [A] and [B] is 100 parts by mass); wherein: the rubber-reinforced vinyl resin [A] comprises a rubber-reinforced vinyl resin [A1] obtained by polymerizing a vinyl monomer [c1] in the presence of an ethylene-α-olefin rubber polymer [a1] all having Tm (melting point) of 0° C. or higher; and the amount of the ethylene-α-olefin rubber polymer [a1] is 5 to 30% by mass based on 100% by mass of the thermoplastic resin composition [X].
US10227477B2
A glass mat includes an assembly of glass fibers, a binder composition and an asphaltic coating. The binder composition includes an organic resin and an adhesion promoter. The glass mat has an at least 2% increase in tear strength as measured using the methods specified in ASTM D3462, compared to an asphaltic coated glass mat having a binder composition without the adhesion promoter. Further provided is an asphalt roofing product including the glass mat and a method of increasing tear strength in an asphalt roofing product.
US10227476B2
Prepreg, fiber-reinforced composite material, method for producing same, and epoxy resin composition
The present invention pertains to a prepreg containing reinforcing fibers and an epoxy resin composition. Said prepreg is sandwiched between dies preheated to 140.degree.C. and pressurized to MPa and held for five minutes at this temperature to obtain a cured article having a G′Tg of at least 150.degree.C. The present invention also pertains to a fiber-reinforced composite material and a method for producing same. According to this invention, it is possible to provide a prepreg which is well suited to press-molding, particularly to high-cycle press-molding. It is also possible to provide a fiber-reinforced composite material which can be heat-cured at a lower temperature and over a shorter time than conventional methods, with which it is possible to minimize excessive flow of resin in hot-press curing, and which is resistant to performance defects such as fiber meandering and defects in surface appearance. A method for producing the same can also be provided.
US10227472B2
The present disclosure provides an aerogel composition which is durable and easy to handle, which has favorable performance in aqueous environments, and which also has favorable combustion and self-heating properties. Also provided is a method of preparing an aerogel composition which is durable and easy to handle, which has favorable performance in aqueous environments, and which has favorable combustion and self-heating properties. Further provided is a method of improving the hydrophobicity, the liquid water uptake, the heat of combustion, or the onset of thermal decomposition temperature of an aerogel composition.
US10227470B2
Methods of producing particles of fiber and resin from fiber-resin composite materials are disclosed. The particles may be combined with a resin system and optionally combined with fillers, binders or reinforcements to produce new cured solid composite products.
US10227464B2
Provided is a fiber-reinforced plastic shaped product constituted by a fiber-reinforced resin material including reinforcing fibers and a thermoplastic resin, characterized in that the reinforcing fibers include short fibers and include reinforcing fibers which have been arranged in a wavy arrangement in the thickness direction. This fiber-reinforced plastic shaped product hence has improved thickness-direction mechanical strength while retaining intact in-plane-direction mechanical strength.
US10227462B2
The invention pertains to a process for manufacturing a fluoropolynner film comprising a fluoropolymer hybrid organic/inorganic composite, said process comprising the following steps: (i) providing a mixture of: —at least one fluoropolymer [polymer (F)]; —at least one metal compound [compound (M)] having formula: X4-mAYm wherein m is an integer from 1 to 4, A is a metal selected from the group consisting of Si, Ti and Zr, Y is a hydrolysable group and X is a hydrocarbon group, optionally comprising one or more functional groups; —a liquid medium consisting essentially of at least one ionic liquid (IL) and, optionally, at least one additive (A); —optionally, at least one electrolytic salt (ES); and —optionally, at least one organic solvent (S); (ii) hydrolyzing and/or polycondensing said compound (M) to yield a liquid mixture comprising fluoropolymer hybrid organic/inorganic composite comprising inorganic domains and incorporating said liquid medium; (iii) processing a film from the liquid mixture obtained in step (ii); and (iv) drying and then, optionally, curing the film obtained in step (iii) for obtaining the fluoropolymer film. The invention also pertains to the fluoropolymer film obtained from said process and to use of said fluoropolymer film in electrochemical and photo-electrochemical devices.
US10227453B2
A silicone rubber composition is provided comprising (A) an alkenyl-containing organopolysiloxane, (B) reinforcing silica, (C) an inorganic particle-polysiloxane composite comprising inorganic nanoparticles having a polysiloxane containing SiR2R3O2/2 and SiR4R5R6O1/2 units grafted to their surface, and (D) a curing agent. The composition cures into a transparent silicone rubber having UV-absorbing ability and heat resistance.
US10227452B2
This disclosure relates to polyetherimide compositions whose residual phenolic monomers exhibit little or no estradiol binding activity. Also disclosed are methods for making the disclosed polyetherimides and articles of manufacture comprising the disclosed polyetherimides.
US10227442B2
The present invention provides an optical polymerizable composition, an optical composition, a large-area window, a polyisocyanate composition, and eyeglass lens and producing method thereof. The optical polymerizable composition is composed of a polythiol compound and a polyisocyanate compound, and a urethane-based optical lens obtained by reacting the compounds has a low specific gravity and thus is lightweight, and has excellent heat resistance, and particularly, problems of degradation in impact resistance which appear after hard-multi coating are solved. The lens produced using the composition has various excellent optical characteristics including workability such as formability and dyeability, transparency and the like.
US10227440B2
In one or more embodiments, the present invention provides a novel approach to the addition of plasticizers for softening TPUs, i.e., lowering the durometer and the melt viscosity. This approach involves incorporating bonded sulfonate groups with quaternary ammonium counterions into the TPU. In one or more embodiments of the present invention, the softening of TPU is achieved by incorporating an ionic diol, such as N,N-bis (2-hydoxyethyl)-2-aminoethane-sulfonic acid (BES), coupled with various bulky alkyl ammonium cations, during the chain extension step of the TPU synthesis. It is believed that that steric hindrance of the bulky quaternary ammonium groups weakens the dipole-dipole interactions of the sulfonate groups and/or lowers the crystallinity of the hard block, thereby creating additional free volume that softens the polymer and lowers the melt viscosity.
US10227434B2
The invention relates to a composition for use in a Monosil process for the crosslinking of thermoplastic polyolefins which comprises (i) from 5 to 60% by weight content of caprylic acid (H3C(CH2)6COOH), (ii) content of at least one monounsaturated organofunctional alkoxysilane of the general formula I A-SiR2x(OR1)3-x (I), where R1 is mutually independently a linear or branched hydrocarbon moiety having from 1 to 4 C atoms, R2 is methyl and x is 0 or 1 and A is a monovalent olefin group of the formula (R3)2C═C(R3)-Mk-, where k is 0 or 1, in which groups R3 are identical or different and R3 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group and the group M is a group from this list: —CH2—, —(CH2)2—, —(CH2)3— and C(O)O—(CH2)3—, (iii) content of at least one free-radical generator and (iv) optionally content of at least one other component, where the entirety of all components (i) to (iv) gives 100% by weight. The present invention further relates to production processes and to mouldings or, respectively, products obtained therefrom, based on thermoplastic polyolefins, where a composition of the invention is reacted together with at least one thermoplastic polyolefin in a Monosil process. The invention further relates to the use of a composition of the invention in the Monosil process for the crosslinking of thermoplastic polyolefins during the production of products moulded by means of extrusion, based on thermoplastic polyolefins.
US10227432B2
A gaseous p-xylylene monomer, formed by reacting xylene with a monatomic oxygen source, is mixed with a functional gaseous monomer. The resulting mixture may be deposited and solidified on a substrate, which may optionally be exposed to a photoinitiating light energy and/or a permittivity enhancing electric or magnetic field. Alternatively, the resulting gaseous mixture may be trapped and condensed in a condenser, which may contain a solvent to facilitate trapping. The condensate may be mixed with a tertiary substance, e.g., another monomer, a reactive substance or an inert material.
US10227430B2
An aqueous perfluoroelastomer dispersion and method for producing a perfluoroelastomer using a specific fluorosurfactant and capable of achieving a sufficient number of particles and a sufficient polymerization rate. The method includes providing an aqueous dispersion containing perfluoroelastomer particles by emulsion-polymerizing a perfluoromonomer in an aqueous medium in the presence of a specific fluorosurfactant in an amount of 2 parts by mass or more for 100 parts by mass of the aqueous medium.
US10227428B2
Disclosed herein are methods of controlling polymer properties in polymerization processes that use a chromium-based catalyst. An embodiment discloses a method of producing a polyolefin comprising: contacting a reaction mixture and a reduced chromium oxide catalyst in a gas-phase reactor to produce the polyolefin, wherein the reaction mixture comprises a monomer and a co-monomer; and changing a reaction temperature in the gas-phase reactor by about 1° C. or more whereby a gas molar ratio of the co-monomer to the monomer is changed by about 2% or more and a co-monomer content of the polyolefin at substantially constant density is changed by about 2% or more. Additional methods and compositions are also provided.
US10227411B2
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for modulating T cells. The modulation includes suppressing or inducing regulatory T cells or cytotoxic T cells.
US10227408B2
The present invention is directed to anti-PVRIG antibodies and methods of using same.
US10227407B2
Object of the present invention is to provide various anti-podoplanin antibodies useful as a drug or reagent. The present invention provides an anti-podoplanin antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof, each having an epitope in any of the following regions in the amino acid sequence of podoplanin represented by SEQ ID NO: 1: (i) from position 56 to position 80, (ii) from position 81 to position 103, (iii) from position 81 to position 88, and (iv) from position 25 to position 57.
US10227406B2
This disclosure relates to CB1 receptor antigen-binding proteins, e.g. antibodies and methods of using the CB1 receptor antibodies. The CB1 receptor antibodies may comprise an antagonistic antibody to CB1 receptors and may be used to treat various health conditions. The health conditions can comprise obesity or diabetes or any disease that benefits from antagonism of the CB1 receptor.
US10227399B2
Provided herein are Notch1 fusion proteins. These fusion proteins comprise consecutive amino acids the sequence of which, commencing at the N-terminus of the fusion protein, is identical to the sequence of the amino acids in an extracellular domain of a human Notch1 receptor protein and an Fc portion of an antibody. The amino acid sequence of the extracellular domain (ECD) of the human Notch1 receptor protein commences with the amino acid present at the N-terminus of EGF-like repeat 10 and extends at least through the C-terminal amino acid of EGF-like repeat 23. The N-terminal portion of the ECD of the human Notch1 receptor protein may extend up to the C-terminal amino acid of EGF-like repeat 24 or may extend up to the C-terminal amino acid of EGF-like repeat 36. Compositions of these fusion proteins are also provided. Also provided are methods of treating age-related macular degeneration (AMD), diabetic retinopathy and cancer using the fusion proteins described herein.
US10227387B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to compositions comprising a peptide sequence, or a nucleic acid encoding the same, wherein the peptide sequence includes a receptor-binding region of apolipoprotein E (apoE), or a sequence variant or fragment thereof, for directing delivery of a given protein or therapeutic across the blood brain barrier. Embodiments of the invention are also directed to methods of using the compositions for treating or preventing a neurological disorder, disease, or symptom in a subject in need thereof.
US10227384B2
This invention is generally related to small proteins, such as miniature proteins, including avian pancreatic polypeptide (aPP), modified so that the small proteins reach the cytosol. In some embodiments, the modified protein molecules deliver an associated cargo molecule to the cytosol. Other embodiments of the invention relate to modified protein fusion molecules that reach the cytosol.
US10227383B2
This invention relates to an IgG-binding peptide, an IgG-binding peptide modified with a cross-linking agent, a conjugate of the IgG-binding peptide modified with a cross-linking agent and IgG, and a method for producing the conjugate, etc.
US10227379B2
The present invention relates to tripeptide compounds according to the general formula (1) and their use as a medicament, in particular as anti-inflammatory agents.
US10227376B2
The disclosure provides compounds, methods, and kits for diagnosis, detection, screening, and imaging of a disease condition (e.g., infection, cancer, tumor, neoplasia), in vitro, ex vivo, and/or in vivo. Certain embodiments include administering a cationic steroid antimicrobial (a “CSA” or “ceragenin”), the CSA including a steroidal backbone and a heterocyclic ring separated from the steroidal backbone by at least 4 atoms (and up to 24 atoms or more), to a subject having or at risk of having a disease condition in an amount effective to diagnose, detect, screen for or image the disease condition in the subject.
US10227375B2
Compounds are provided according to Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof; wherein R1, R2, R3a, R3b, R4, R5a, R5b, R6a, and R6b are as defined herein. Compounds of the present invention are contemplated useful for the prevention and treatment of a variety of CNS-related conditions.
US10227363B2
A polymer with alternating phenylene silicon and siloxane structure and a method of producing a precursor of the same are introduced to develop an autonomous synthesis process for para-phenylene disilanol monomer compounds and design a technique of purifying the polymer with alternating phenylene silicon and siloxane structure easily, so as to enable mass production of the polymer with alternating phenylene silicon and siloxane structure.
US10227360B2
The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I), or a tautomer, stereoisomer, geometrical isomer, prodrug, carboxylic acid isostere, solvate, polymorph, N-oxide, S-oxide or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which are GPR120 agonists. The present invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition of a compound of formula (I) for the treatment of metabolic disorders, particularly Type 2 diabetes and associated diseases.
US10227358B2
Compounds of formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R13, Ra, Rb, A and n are as defined in the description. Medicinal products containing the same which are useful in treating conditions requiring a pro-apoptotic agent.
US10227355B2
The patent discloses novel quinoline derivatives of formula (I), (Formula should be inserted here) and process for preparing the same. The compounds of formula (I) can be further used for the synthesis of Inhibitors like Kinase Tyrosine Inhibitors.
US10227350B2
The present application provides the compounds of formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, isomers, tautomer, or a mixture thereof, wherein s, t, n, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are as described herein.
US10227343B2
Compounds which are useful as allosteric potentiators/positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 4 (mGluR4); pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of using the compounds, for example, in treating neurological and psychiatric disorders or other disease state associated with glutamate dysfunction.
US10227341B2
Provided are compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and methods for their use and production.
US10227336B2
The present invention is directed to pyrazole compounds which are antagonists of orexin receptors. The present invention is also directed to uses of the pyrazole compounds described herein in the potential treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which orexin receptors are involved. The present invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds. The present invention is also directed to uses of these pharmaceutical compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which orexin receptors are involved.
US10227326B2
Provided herein are dUTPase inhibitors, compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds and compositions.
US10227320B2
Compounds and compositions comprising them are provided. The compounds and compositions are useful for inhibiting transport of heme across membranes in parasitic heme auxotrophic organisms, thereby limiting their growth or killing the parasites.
US10227317B2
Disclosed herein a process for the isolation of intermediate of Vortioxetine in a solid state form and an improved, commercially viable and industrially advantageous process for the preparation of vortioxetine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in high yield and purity.
US10227314B2
Described herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds which inhibit cystathionine-γ-lyase (CSE). Also described herein are methods for using such CSE inhibitors, alone or in combination with other compounds, for treating diseases or conditions that would benefit from CSE inhibition.
US10227313B2
A synthesis process for making a benzoxazine compound containing at least one benzoxazine unit from aromatic amine containing at least one primary amino group, at least one phenolic compound with at least one ortho-hydrogen, and alkyl formcel. In one embodiment, the aromatic amine is reacted with alkyl formcel to generate an alkoxymethyl intermediate compound. Subsequently, the intermediate compound is reacted with a phenol to generate the benzoxazine compound. In another embodiment, the benzoxazine compound is formed by reacting aromatic amine with alkyl formcel and phenol in one reaction step. Also disclosed is a method for isolating the alkoxymethyl compound formed by reacting aromatic amine with alkyl formcel. The isolated alkoxymethyl compound is useful as a reactant in a subsequent reaction.
US10227310B2
The present invention provides novel GOAT inhibitors and their salts and pharmaceutical compositions thereof.
US10227309B2
Disclosed are a method for preparing an imidazole derivative and crystal form A and crystal form B thereof, and also disclosed is a method for preparing a compound of formula (I) and an intermediate thereof.
US10227298B2
The present application discloses solid forms of compound (1) (1), methods for making them, as well as compositions comprising said solid forms.
US10227295B2
Disclosed are selective histone deactylase inhibitors (HDACi) that having Formula I. Methods of making and using these inhibitors for the treatment of cancer, in particular melanoma are also disclosed.
US10227276B2
Disclosed is a process for the preparation of cis-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene comprising contacting 1,1,1-trifluorotrichloroethane with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst comprising ruthenium to produce a product mixture comprising 1316mxx, recovering said 1316mxx as a mixture of Z- and E-isomers, contacting said 1316mxx with hydrogen, in the presence of a catalyst selected from the group consisting of copper on carbon, nickel on carbon, copper and nickel on carbon and copper and palladium on carbon, to produce a second product mixture, comprising E- or Z-CFC-1326mxz, and subjecting said second product mixture to a separation step to provide E- or Z-1326mxz. The E- or Z-1326mxz can be dehydrochlorinated in an aqueous basic solution with an alkali metal hydroxide in the presence of a phase transfer catalyst to produce hexafluoro-2-butyne, which can then be selectively hydrogenated to produce Z-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene using either Lindlar's catalyst, or a palladium catalyst further comprising a lantanide element or silver.
US10227273B2
A process and an apparatus are disclosed for a compact processing assembly to remove C5 and heavier hydrocarbon components from a hydrocarbon gas stream. The hydrocarbon gas stream is expanded to lower pressure and supplied to the processing assembly between an absorbing means and a mass transfer means. A distillation vapor stream is collected from the upper region of the absorbing means and cooled in a first heat and mass transfer means inside the processing assembly to partially condense it, forming a residual vapor stream and a condensed stream. The condensed stream is supplied to the absorbing means at its top feed point. A distillation liquid stream is collected from the lower region of the mass transfer means and directed into a second heat and mass transfer means inside the processing assembly to heat it and strip out its volatile components.
US10227268B2
Methods for oxidative coupling of methane using metal oxide catalysts and a sulfur oxidant.
US10227266B2
This invention relates to detonator-sensitive assembled booster charges for use in blasting engineering. The booster charge comprises nitroalkane and a cavity-forming agent.
US10227256B2
Methods for machining glass structures may be performed on fusion-drawn glass laminates having a core layer interposed between a first cladding layer and a second cladding layer. The core layer may be formed from a core glass composition having a core photosensitivity, the first cladding layer may be formed from a glass composition having a photosensitivity different from the core photosensitivity, and the second cladding layer may be formed from a glass composition having a photosensitivity different from the core photosensitivity. At least one of the core layer, the first cladding layer, and the second cladding layer is a photomachinable layer. The methods may include exposing a selected region of a photomachinable layer in the fusion-drawn laminate to ultraviolet radiation; heating the glass structure until the selected region crystallizes; and removing the crystallized material selectively from the photomachinable layer.
US10227243B2
The present invention provides a system for prevention of adhesion of organisms in water to a substrate in contact with the water, wherein the substrate and the water flowing around the substrate form together a treated region, comprising a generator for producing electromagnetic wave having a time varying frequency, in electrical connection with a first excitation site of the treated region and with an avalanche current suppressor having its another terminal connected with a second excitation site of the treated region. A selected voltage is applied to the generator such that the generator is triggered to produce the electromagnetic wave capable of inducing an avalanche current to shock or kill the organisms. The invention also provides a method for prevention of adhesion of organisms in water to a substrate in contact with the water.
US10227241B2
A storage container includes an input portion for receiving and filtering a source liquid to form an output liquid, a storage portion for storing the filtered liquid, and a base portion disposed below the storage portion including a UV light source for providing transmitted UV light to the filtered liquid, a UV light detector disposed an optical path length away from the UV light source for detecting received UV light through the filtered liquid in response to the transmitted UV light, a processor for determining an absorption or a transmission percentage in response to the transmitted UV light and the received UV light, for determining a safe condition, in response to the absorption or the transmission percentage respectively not exceeding or exceeding predetermined criteria, and one or more indicators for indicating that the liquid is safe for consumption to a user, in response to the safe condition.
US10227239B2
It is an object of the present disclosure to provide a method for inexpensively producing a high-performance barium sulfate powder which is obtained by using inexpensive barium sulfide as a raw material, has a high whiteness degree, and can suppress the generation of volatile components. A method for producing a barium sulfate powder comprises a step of heat treating a raw barium sulfate powders obtained by using barium sulfide as a raw material at 600 to 1300° C., wherein a retention time X (minutes) at a heat treatment temperature of t° C. is more than time expressed by the following general formula: X (minutes)=A×106×e(−0.015×t), where A is 8 or more, and an upper limit of X is 3000 minutes in the formula.
US10227235B2
Provided is a method for efficiently producing tungsten carbide from a raw material mixture comprising at least one valuable containing tungsten. The present invention relates to a method for producing tungsten carbide, comprising the steps of subjecting a raw material mixture comprising at least one valuable containing tungsten to electrolysis using an organic electrolytic solution to dissolve tungsten in the electrolytic solution; and calcining the electrolytic solution containing dissolved tungsten at a temperature of 800° C. or more to obtain tungsten carbide.
US10227215B2
A passenger conveyor (1) comprises at least one transport chain (6) connected to a plurality of transportation elements (4) which are configured for travelling in a closed loop along a pathway; at least one sensor (24), which is arranged in a non-straight portion of the pathway and which is configured for detecting a varying force (F′) exerted by the transport chain (6) and/or by the transportation elements (4) in a direction oriented transversely, in particular orthogonally, to a travelling direction of the transportation elements (4); and a calculation and alarm unit (26).
US10227214B1
An illustrative example passenger conveyor skirt panel mounting assembly includes a first bracket that is configured to be secured to a truss. A second bracket is configured to support a skirt panel. The second bracket is selectively secured in place relative to the first bracket in a second bracket position that establishes a skirt panel position. An eccentric adjustment member is eccentrically moveable to cause an adjustment of the second bracket position.
US10227204B2
A capstan includes a lift motor, a flexible lifting member, and a tether assembly. The lift motor is operatively connected to a shaft. The flexible lifting member includes a first end and a second end. The first end is connected to the shaft. The flexible lifting member connects a lift assembly to the lift motor via the shaft. The tether assembly includes a switch arranged between a portion of the flexible lifting member and a portion of the capstan. The second end is connected to the tether assembly. The switch acts as a safety in case of a broken flexible lifting member and allows for an automated unloading cycle.
US10227203B2
A rotary-type film folding machine comprises a feeding mechanism providing a tubular material for a folding mechanism in an axial direction, with a first driving mechanism driving the feeding mechanism to operate; a folding mechanism folding the tubular material delivered by the feeding mechanism, with a second driving mechanism driving the rotation of an outer sheath of the folding mechanism; a pressing mechanism pressing the tubular material folded by the folding mechanism, with a third driving mechanism driving the rotation of a first inner rotor for rotating the pressing mechanism and the folding mechanism; said pressing mechanism being driven by a fourth driving mechanism to move up and down; and the operations of the first, second, third and fourth driving mechanisms are controlled by a controller.
US10227196B2
A transfer and dispensing apparatus is disclosed for the conveying and separation of packaging material, cushions or pillows when needed by the operator. When a packer working over a conveyor receives a box that requires void fill, an operating switch such as a foot pedal is depressed to dispense pillows from the apparatus and into the box in a connected strip. When the operating switch is released, the apparatus stops dispensing pillows, separates the continuous strip of pillows along a transverse perforation in the strip, and ejects the end of the separated segment. The packer can then complete packing the box by placing the severed end of the pillows into the box, advance to the next box, and repeat the process. The transfer and dispensing apparatus may be positioned in any convenient location including adjacent to, above or attached to the inflation device.
US10227193B2
There is provided a feed apparatus including a support unit, a feed roller, a swingable arm to support the feed roller, a guide unit, a movable member movable to a retracted position and a protruding position at which the movable member can abut against the sheet supported by the support unit, a driving source, driving transmission units; and a contact-separating mechanism to move the feed roller to a separated position and an abutment position at which the feed roller abuts against the sheet supported by the support unit. In a state in which the movable member is the protruding position and the feed roller is the separated position, a time required to start feeding of the sheet by the feed roller moved from the separated position to the abutment position is longer than a time required to shift the movable member from the protruding position to the retracted position.
US10227190B2
Methods and apparatus for monitoring a dock leveler are disclosed herein. One example dock leveler system for use at a doorway of a loading dock, where a body is sometimes present at the loading dock, includes a deck movable between a raised position and a lowered position. The example dock leveler system also includes a sensor having a field of view extending over the deck when the deck is in the lowered position. The sensor is in a normal state when the deck is in the lowered position while the body is off the deck, the sensor is in a triggered state when the deck is in the lowered position while the body is on the deck interrupting the field of view, and the sensor is in the triggered state when the deck is in the raised position with the deck interrupting the field of view regardless of whether the body is on or off the deck.
US10227189B2
The invention relates to a system for blocking a vehicle, a loading-unloading system provided therewith and a method therefor. The system includes a blocking device capable of moving along the vehicle; a blocking element attached to the blocking device capable of being positioned against a vehicle tire such that the vehicle is blocked; a blocking element extension mechanism configured to extend the blocking element from a retracted position to an extended position; height adjusting means for height adjustment of the blocking element; and calculation means for calculating the desired height of the blocking element with the blocking element in an extended position such that the blocking element is used for determining the position of the vehicle tire.
US10227188B1
Pivot structures for use on bin sweeps, for example at the inner end of a bin sweep or along the length of a bin sweep, include a ball and socket. The socket is preferably defined by a collar having opposing open ends through which a shaft extends, with the shaft also extending through the ball such that the ball can slide on the shaft. The collar/socket is then affixed to a section of a sweep, and the shaft is affixed to an adjacent section, or is alternatively defined by a central stanchion within the bin. The pivot allows the sweep section to move in up to four degrees of freedom with respect to the adjacent section, or with respect to the central stanchion.
US10227170B2
A bladder having a fluid impermeable material layer that is compatible with a liquid held in the bladder and at least one impact protection layer that is conformally arranged to span a surface area of the liquid impermeable material.
US10227168B2
A liquid container lid includes a seal arm assembly that stages opening and closing of a vent hole relative to a drink hole so that vapor within the liquid container may be vented to the atmosphere before the drink hole is opened. The liquid container lid and seal arm assembly reduce or eliminate the possibility of a consumer being injured by the hot vapor exiting through the drink hole due to excess gas pressure within the liquid container. The seal arm assembly is operatively connected to a cap of the liquid container lid so that the seal arm assembly is actuated by rotation of the cap. As the cap is turned in one direction, the seal arm assembly opens the vent hole before opening the drink hole. As the cap is turned in a second direction, the seal arm assembly closes the drink hole before closing the vent hole.
US10227165B2
A lid release mechanism and a lid locking mechanism for a food processing apparatus are disclosed. The lid release mechanism facilitates removal of a lid from a container via a camming surface in some embodiments. For removal, the lid may be initially tilted to break the seal between the lid and the container. A lid locking mechanism may be included, and in some embodiments, the motion to unlock the lid (e.g., pivoting an arm) also starts lid removal.
US10227164B2
The invention relates to a rigid shell (10) for a flexible tube (12), which comprises: a body (20) having a longitudinal main orientation, which is made up of an upper wall (26), a lower wall (28) located opposite and separated from the upper longitudinal wall (26), and two side walls (30) connecting the upper wall (26) and the lower wall (28), a rigid head (22) located at a front longitudinal end of the body (20) which includes a central opening (32), the shell being made in a single piece from a rigid material, the rear longitudinal end of each side wall having a boss which projects towards the inside from the inner surface of the side wall.
US10227158B2
An improved drinking can enables a user to have fluid return into the can after drinking The improved drinking can comprises a can body comprising a contoured bottom edge immediately adjacent to a bottom recess. The can body further comprising a can top mechanically coupled to a spout. Where the spout is shaped to funnel fluid back into the can body. The bottom recess is shaped to enable a first improved drinking can to sit upon a second improved drinking can where bottom recess covers can top. This protects the drinking area from becoming contaminated during shipment, storage, and display. The can body is covered with a mural where the mural is covered by a mural cover comprising a tab such that the mural cover can be removed by applying force to the tab displaying the mural.
US10227154B1
A moveable support platform within a container may reduce a distance that items fall into the container when stowed. The moveable support platform is lowered by a movement mechanism as items are placed into the container. The movement mechanism may be a bladder filled with air, a biasing device, a pneumatic device, or a mechanical device. The moveable support platform may form a bottom portion of the container during transport of the container. In some instances, the movement mechanism may lift items out of the container to empty the container at a destination.
US10227137B2
Systems and methods for distributing in an aircraft are provided. More particularly, in one embodiment, a system can include one or more gas turbine engines configured to provide propulsion and electrical power to an aircraft. The system can further include one or more electrical engines configured to provide propulsion for the aircraft. The system can include one or more first electrical power systems configured to provide power to the one or more electrical engines for one or more electrical power propulsion loads for the aircraft. The system can further include one or more second electrical power systems configured to provide power for one or more non-propulsion electrical power loads of the aircraft.
US10227134B2
A method for transporting maintenance personnel at a cell tower includes, responsive to a requirement for a tower climb for one or more of a site survey, a site audit, maintenance, and installation at the cell tower, securing a person in a drone, wherein the drone includes flight components at a substantial length from the person allowing the flight components to fly over a top of the cell tower and to place the person directly adjacent to a desired location on the cell tower; flying the drone up the cell tower to locate the person directly adjacent to the desired location; and performing the one or more of a site survey, a site audit, maintenance, and installation at the cell tower.
US10227131B2
A signal line protection assembly connecting to a propulsion system of an aerial vehicle includes a foot stand and a protection sleeve. The foot stand includes a foot stand sleeve including an electronic speed controller compartment arranged below a motor of the propulsion system and forming a closed space to receive an electronic speed controller of the aerial vehicle. The protection sleeve is configured to receive a power line for the electronic speed controller. At least a portion of the protection sleeve is received in the electronic speed controller compartment.
US10227123B1
A personal watercraft includes a rider operation member operated by a rider to be movable to an acceleration position for providing a forward movement command, a deceleration position for providing a rearward movement command, and a neutral position for providing an idling command, the neutral position being set to a position between the acceleration position and the deceleration position. The first operation section protrudes forward of an axis of the grip and the second operation section protrudes rearward of the axis of the grip. The first operation section and the second operation section are provided on an inner side of the grip, and the tip end of the second operation section is located inward of the tip end of the first operation section in a rightward and leftward direction. The upper end of an operation surface of the second operation section is located below the grip.
US10227115B2
This invention relates to a submersible vessel for dry docking a vessel. The submersible vessel comprises a floating unit, a deck above the floating unit and a number of stabilizing towers arranged on the deck. The deck has a base, a sidewall along a perimeter of the base and a block provided within the sidewall and resting on the base, defining a cavity such that when the vessel is being docked onto the deck, a thruster of the vessel is above the cavity.
US10227112B2
A system stacking and retrieving a crab pot onboard a vessel includes a crane having an end and operable to position the end at a plurality of locations on or near a vessel's deck, and an end effector at the end of the crane, operable to hold a crab pot. The crane is used to grab a crab pot stored on the deck and position the pot on a pot launcher, or to grab a pot on the pot launcher and position the pot on the vessel's deck to secure the pot onboard. The system also includes a connector operable to couple a crab pot with another crab pot, and a controller operable to direct the movement of the crane to position the end of the crane at a plurality of locations on or near a vessel's deck. With the system's controller the crane may be automatically controlled and directed without requiring a deckhand to manually direct the crane to the correct position on the vessel's deck. And, with the connector each crab pot may be secured to an adjacent crab pot during storage of the pots without the need of a deckhand. Thus, the system makes a once very dangerous job for deckhands on a crabbing vessel much safer.
US10227105B2
A vehicle includes a main vehicle body, a suspended assembly that supports the main body of the vehicle, a suspension arrangement for connecting the suspended assembly to the main body of the vehicle, and a steering system for steering the suspended assembly. The suspended assembly assisting in providing directional control of the vehicle and stability in a lateral direction relative to a normal straight-ahead direction of travel for the vehicle. The steering system including a first steering arrangement that controls movement of the suspended assembly relative to the main vehicle body such that the suspended assembly pivots about a first steering axis. The steering system further including a second steering arrangement that controls movement of the suspended assembly relative to the main vehicle body such that the suspended assembly pivots about a second steering axis with the second steering axis being different than the first steering axis.
US10227101B2
A pneumatic and hydraulic elevating seat tube assembly of a bicycle includes an outer tube and a movable inner tube in the outer tube. An elevating adjustment unit in the movable inner tube has a fixed inner tube in the movable inner tube, a fixed piston in the fixed inner tube, a floating piston in the fixed inner tube, and an elastic isolator in the floating piston which is between a bottom end of the movable inner tube and the fixed piston so that a gas chamber is formed between the floating piston and the movable inner tube and a lower oil chamber is formed between the floating piston and the fixed piston. The elastic isolator has first and second annular grooves facing toward the lower oil chamber and the gas chamber respectively. The elastic isolator under pressure is extended radially, thereby effective in isolating oil from gas positively.
US10227094B1
An air flow management system for a rear of a cargo trailer, box car, bus, van, truck, or similar vehicle, having a shaped skin in a three-dimensional surface such as a vertical half of a gas bag envelope of a hot air balloon, and an attachment bracket for the shaped skin to a rear side of the cargo vehicle to reshape and improve the aerodynamics of a vertical planar rear surface of the cargo vehicle by controlling the decompression and expansion of air flow around the rear of the vehicle, which is especially useful for over-the-road cargo trailers having side skirts.
US10227090B2
A hydraulic drive system includes: control valves; solenoid proportional valves outputting pilot pressures to the control valves; a controller controlling each of the solenoid proportional valves; a primary pressure line leading hydraulic oil from an auxiliary pump to the solenoid proportional valves; a solenoid switching valve provided on the primary pressure line; a movement detection line blocked when any of movement detection target control valves has moved; and a movement detection pressure sensor provided on the movement detection line. The controller controls the solenoid switching valve while all of operation devices are outputting electrical signals indicating that their operating levers are in neutral, such that: the solenoid switching valve opens the primary pressure line if a measurement value of the pressure sensor is less than a threshold; and the solenoid switching valve blocks the primary pressure line if the measurement value of the pressure sensor is greater than the threshold.
