US10279750B2
A movable device mounted to the interior of a truck bed. The movable device is generally comprised of at least one housing unit, a track mounting system and at least two tracks. The housing unit is capable of traversing from the front end of the truck bed (proximate the cab of the truck) to the rear end of the truck bed (proximate the tailgate). The current invention includes tracks mounted to the bottom surface of a truck bed. The housing unit of the invention is mounted to those tracks by a track mounting system. By translating the housing unit towards the rear end of the truck, the device is capable of forcing contents contained within the truck bed towards the rear end of the truck.
US10279748B2
The present disclosure relates to a low profile, highly aerodynamic swing-in-place style vehicle article carrier system for use on a wide variety of passenger cars and trucks. The system makes use of a pair of side rails that are used to support a pair of cross bars in stowed positions thereon where the cross bars are secured parallel to the side rails, or in operative positions where the cross bars are secured perpendicularly between the side rails. The side rails each incorporate a rotating end support subsystem which automatically elevates one end of its associated cross bar when the cross bar is moved pivotally into its operative position. This enables the cross bars to form a very low profile when in their stowed positions, but to be automatically raised a predetermined distance when moved into their operative positions, to thus provide additional clearance between the cross bars and an outer body surface of the vehicle.
US10279747B2
Rack systems are disclosed for coupling accessories to crossbars on top of a vehicle. A coupling device may include a flexible strap member adjustably anchored at one end of a body. The strap member may be connected to the other end of the body and tightened. A mounting assembly may be provided on the top side of the body for connection to a cargo-specific carrier or accessory. A coupling device may also include a flexible fitting member configured to grip a round or rectangular crossbar. A cap member may be configured to be mounted on the fitting member and have one or more ramp surfaces which form a sliding interface with a corresponding surface on the fitting member, thereby providing a closing or tightening effect on the fitting member with respect to the crossbar. Other coupling devices are configured to grip or clamp a t-slot in the crossbar.
US10279746B2
A glove box arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a glove box and a pivoting element. The pivoting element can be moved between an idle position and an active position and includes an activity surface that is covered toward an exterior space in the idle position and accessible from the exterior space in the active position. In a dashboard arrangement, a crossbeam extends horizontally and transverse to a driving direction and includes a dashboard. A clearance area of the crossbeam extends in an exterior space that surrounds the dashboard and a glove box arrangement is mounted on the crossbeam in the clearance area. In a passenger compartment arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a front passenger seat and a glove box arrangement or with a dashboard arrangement. The glove box arrangement is arranged in the region of the front passenger seat.
US10279745B2
A stowable platform for motor vehicles which extends beyond the vehicle when in use but is stowed beneath the vehicle. The platform is pivotably secured to an elongated arm which is in turn pivotably secured to the vehicle and is positively locked in both positions.
US10279730B1
A signal system for a vehicle has a vehicle mount that is configured to be attached to the vehicle. A power source is arranged through the vehicle mount and electrically coupled to a vehicle power source. A solenoid is electrically coupled to the power source and mechanically coupled to a spring. An arrow main pole is mechanically coupled to the spring, a first head blade and a second head blade. A solenoid controller is electrically coupled to the solenoid. Activating the solenoid controller engages the spring to rotate the arrow main pole approximately 180 degrees in a first direction into an expanded arrangement. Collapsing of this expanded arrangement by hand reloads the rotational energy back into the springs that can produce a future expanded arrangement.
US10279722B2
A vehicle beverage receptacle may include a beverage receptacle including a plurality of fingers protruding radially inwardly into the receptacle to maintain a beverage container within the receptacle, a band arranged around an outer perimeter of the receptacle and engaging a backside of the fingers to apply a radially inward force at the fingers, and a tension adjustment mechanism configured to adjust the tension of the band and adjust the force applied at the fingers.
US10279717B2
An occupant support system includes a vehicle seat and an arm support. The vehicle seat supports an occupant in a vehicle while the vehicle is moving. The arm support supports the occupant's arm.
US10279710B2
A motor vehicle includes a passenger compartment having at least one vehicle seat and a fixation element fixing a child seat with a counter-fixation element. A flap with a front side and back side that can be moved between a closed position and an open position, so that the fixation element is inaccessible for the counter-fixation element in the closed position of the flap, and the fixation element is accessible for the counter-fixation element in the open position of the flap. The flap is mounted in such a way that, in the open position of the flap, a back side of the flap forms a ramp for the counter-fixation element to mechanically guide the counter-fixation element to the fixation element.
US10279706B2
An adjusting device for longitudinal adjustment of a vehicle seat comprises a first rail 2 and a second rail 1 movably guided relative to the first rail 2. A linear guide 5 extending in the longitudinal direction is disposed between the two rails 1, 2 in a bearing area, wherein the linear guide 5 comprises a retainer 6 and a plurality of rolling elements 70, 71. The retainer 6 comprises a side wall 60, a plurality of recesses 66 being formed in the side wall 60. The rolling elements 70, 71 are supported in the recesses 66 of the retainer 6 spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction. According to the invention the rolling elements include a set of rolling elements consisting of at least one roller 71 and at least one ball 70.
US10279695B2
An electric vehicle (EV) parallel charging method may comprise determining whether a parallel charging input is detected or not, the parallel charging input being an input that both a conductive charging input and an inductive charging input are sensed; in response to determining that the parallel charging input is detected, comparing a power of the conductive charging input with a power of the inductive charging input; selecting an input applied to a high-voltage battery and an input applied to at least one of an auxiliary battery and a load based on a result of the comparison; and performing a parallel charging operation for the high-voltage battery and at least one of the auxiliary battery and the load by using powers supplied from the selected inputs.
US10279692B2
The electricity supply device (100) supplies electricity using electromagnetic force and opposes an external electricity reception coil (153a). An electricity supply coil (102a) has a hollow section (102b), and has a spiral shape. A reader (103) has an antenna disposed in the projected space resulting from projecting the hollow section (102b) in the central axial direction of the electricity supply coil (102a) and at a position more separated from the electricity reception coil (153a) than the opposing surface that opposes the electricity reception coil (153a) and is of the electricity supply coil (102a), and ID data transmitted by an RF tag (154) installed proximally to the electricity reception coil (153a) is received and detected by the antenna. An electricity-supply-side control unit (104) determines the presence/absence of an electricity reception coil (153a) on the basis of the ID data detected by the reader (103).
US10279686B2
Locomotive regenerative electric energy feedback system with ice melting function and control method
A locomotive regenerative electric energy feedback system with an ice melting function, comprising two regenerative electric energy feedback devices (1). A direct-current side positive electrode of the regenerative electric energy feedback device (1) is connected to a positive electrode bus of a subway traction network, wherein the positive electrode bus is connected to an uplink contact network and a downlink contact network respectively via a first switching switch (4) and a second switching switch (5). A direct-current side negative electrode of the regenerative electric energy feedback device (1) is connected to the downlink contact network or the uplink contact network via a third switching switch (2), and the direct-current side negative electrode is connected to a negative electrode bus of the subway traction network via a fourth switching switch (3). Further disclosed is a control method corresponding to the system. In the system and method, the ice melting function on a contact network circuit between two traction stations is achieved by means of switch switching and a control method for adjusting the regenerative electric energy feedback devices, and an original regenerative electric energy feedback device is used without adding an additional device, so that the reliability is high.
US10279685B2
A battery control system includes a main battery and an auxiliary battery, a direct current DC-DC converter for converting a high voltage output from the main battery into a low voltage between the main battery and the auxiliary battery and supplying the converted low voltage to the auxiliary battery or an electronic load, a relay for intermitting a voltage of the auxiliary battery, and a battery management system for controlling the relay to be turned off in a state in which the DC-DC converter is operated in a constantly ON state, comparing an output voltage of the DC-DC converter and a summation of cell voltages of the auxiliary battery, and detecting a fusion state of the relay according to a comparison result.
US10279677B2
A motor vehicle undertray trim panel having an air inlet delimited toward the vehicle and toward the roadway by upper and lower flat elements, respectively, which extend arcuately rearward and upward in the direction of a vehicle engine compartment for air flow cooling. The rear end of the upper flat element is adjoined by a planar air ram plate which runs by a small amount substantially vertically upward, and ends substantially freely in the engine compartment. The air inlet contains eddy producing structures. The structures may be a plurality of air guiding plates which extend along the vehicle vertical axis and the vehicle longitudinal direction in the air inlet and which are curved transversely such that the overall flow cross section in the vehicle longitudinal direction is substantially constant, or a plurality of small air inlets which are integrated into the air inlet.
US10279675B2
An in-wheel motor drive device includes: a motor part; a speed reduction part; a wheel bearing part; and a casing, the motor part including: a stator, which is fixed to the casing; a rotation shaft of a motor, which is rotatably supported on the casing through intermediation of a plurality of rolling bearings; and a rotor, which is mounted to the rotation shaft of the motor, the rotation shaft of the motor being configured to rotationally drive an input shaft of a speed reducer, the speed reduction part being configured to reduce a speed of rotation of the input shaft of the speed reducer to transmit the rotation to an output shaft of the speed reducer, the wheel bearing part being connected to the output shaft of the speed reducer, the rotation shaft of the motor being made of case hardening steel and subjected to carburizing, quenching, and tempering.
US10279668B2
The present invention relates to a novel rooftop shading system for recreational vehicles (RVs) and a method of installing the same. The shading system comprises a sheet of material generally sized to cover the roof of an RV. The sheet is supported over the roof with support rods which extend across the width of the roof and maintain a curved shape of the sheet. The sheet is secured to the RV by two strap systems which extend from the front end and rear end of the sheet. This system allows the sheet to be secured to and elevated from the roof of the RV providing space and producing shade to the rooftop of the trailer body or RV.
US10279653B2
The present invention aims to suppress a coolant from bypassing a non-cooling unit without lowering the productivity.The power converter according to the present invention includes: a power semiconductor module; and a flow path forming body having a flow path in which the power semiconductor module is disposed and an opening which is connected with the flow path, wherein the power semiconductor module includes a first fin formed on one surface and a second fin formed on another surface which faces the one surface so as to sandwich the semiconductor element, the flow path forming body has a first coolant control unit and a second coolant control unit which are arranged so as to sandwich the first fin, the first coolant control unit and the second coolant control unit are formed to be overlapped with a region of the power semiconductor module where the first fin is not formed, and a first flow path is formed along the first coolant control unit and the second coolant control unit.
US10279649B2
A transportation refrigeration system is provided including a tractor cabin having an engine and an engine cooling system. A trailer is operably coupled to the tractor cabin. A transport refrigeration unit is configured to maintain a controller temperature environment of a portion of the trailer. The transport refrigeration unit is mounted to a front surface of the trailer adjacent the truck. A shield (50) is mounted to at least one of the tractor cabin, trailer, and transport refrigeration unit. The shield is configured to block an air flow path between an area (42) of discharge air from the engine cooling system and a condenser air inlet (32) of the transport refrigeration unit.
US10279644B2
A system, apparatus and method for providing task-specific ride-height control in a self-propelled agricultural product applicator utilize a controllable ride-height trailing arm suspension system for independently joining each wheel to a frame of the applicator. Each trailing arm suspension system includes upper and lower suspension arms, an extensible air strut, and an angular position sensor operatively interconnected to one another and disposed between a rolling axis of the ground engaging wheel independently supported by that suspension system and a point of attachment of the suspension system to the frame, such that the position sensor detects a relative angular position between the upper and lower suspension arms at a present extension of the air strut. An electronic control unit utilizes the angular positions detected by the sensors, in conjunction with a desired task input, to control the air struts in a manner providing a ride-height corresponding to the desired task input.
US10279639B2
An amphibious vehicle according to the present invention includes a vehicle body, a traveling portion which causes the vehicle body to travel on land, a propulsion portion which causes the vehicle body to travel on water, a power portion which provides power to the traveling portion and the propulsion portion, and a cooling portion which cools the power portion. The cooling portion includes a first cooling source introducing portion which takes in air from the outside and a second cooling source introducing portion which takes in water from the outside. The second cooling source introducing portion includes an opening which takes in water. The opening is opened on a rear side of a center of gravity of the entire vehicle body and in a draft portion in an outer surface of the vehicle body.
US10279630B2
The present invention provides a cold weather tire achieving a balanced improvement in conductivity, fuel economy, performance on ice and snow, high speed performance (handling stability, grip performance) on snow- and ice-free cold roads, and road noise performance. Provided is a pneumatic tire including: a two-layer tread including a base tread and a cap tread, the base tread being formed of a rubber composition for base treads containing: predetermined amounts of a rubber component including natural rubber and/or polyisoprene rubber, and a filler including silica and carbon black, the cap tread being formed of a rubber composition for cap treads containing a predetermined amount of silica, the cap tread having cells and/or voids.
US10279626B2
The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire having a tread comprising a vulcanizable rubber composition comprising, based on 100 parts by weight of elastomer (phr), (A) from about 50 to about 90 phr of a solution polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber having a glass transition temperature (Tg) ranging from −65° C. to −55° C. and functionalized with an alkoxysilane group and at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of primary amines and thiols; (B) from about 50 to about 10 phr of polybutadiene having a cis 1,4 content greater than 95 percent and a Tg ranging from −80 to −110° C.; (C) from 30 to 80 phr of a combination of a resin having a Tg of at least 30° C. and an oil, wherein the weight ratio of resin to oil is greater than 1.
US10279609B2
An ink jet printhead, an ink-jet printing device and a display manufacturing device are provided for eliminating or reducing droplets on areas outside of the printing area during the ink-jet printing process, thereby improving product quality. The ink jet printhead provided in the disclosure comprises at least one nozzle and a droplet removing component disposed in at least one edge area around the area where the at least one nozzle is located, the droplet removing component being used for eliminating or reducing droplets at positions corresponding to the edge area where the droplet removing component is located.
US10279608B2
In wide format web printing the loading of a new web medium is a cumbersome process, requiring the operator to raise a very wide flexible web from the supply roll up to the print surface. The present invention provides a simple apparatus to aid in the manual loading process. The web transport assembly of the apparatus comprises a supply unit arranged for supplying the web from a media roll to a transport path and a pick-up device comprising a pick-up surface and a holding mechanism configured for releasably holding a leading edge section of the web onto the pick-up surface, wherein the pick-up device is moveable between a first position near the supply unit for attaching the leading edge section and a second position near the print surface. The leading edge section is moved upwards towards the print surface while held by the holding mechanism.
US10279592B2
In an example, a print apparatus may include a print head assembly and a maintenance cartridge. An example maintenance cartridge may include a wiper system. An example wiper system may include a web wipe and a plurality of independently biased members adjacent each other with respect to a width of the web wipe. Another example wiper system may include a plurality of bias members, a plurality of carriers coupled to the plurality of bias members, and a plurality of rollers coupled to the plurality of carriers and located along a width of a wiping area.
US10279591B2
A discharge channel and a non-discharge channel are formed to have a similar shape, that is, to include extension portions and raise-and-cut portions continuing from end portions of both the extension portions, respectively. Then, imparting of a catalyst, washing of an unnecessary catalyst, plating, and the like are performed on a target surface, as a plating step. In an embodiment, an electrode clearance groove is formed after the plating step. Since channel grooves for the discharge channel and the non-discharge channel have a similar shape, it is possible to cause a water flow to uniformly flow in the channels when washing is performed, and thus to avoid an occurrence of a situation in which a lump is formed in the channel groove by plating.
US10279586B2
A method of printing a test pattern in a printer includes printing a related-information acquisition pattern as the test pattern in a particular state by driving a plurality of drive elements of a liquid ejection head to eject a liquid droplet from a plurality of nozzles based on a temperature detected by a temperature sensor. The related-information acquisition pattern is a pattern for acquiring related information relating to at least one of an ejection amount and a liquid droplet landing position of the liquid droplet ejected from each of the plurality of nozzles. The liquid droplet landing position is a position at which the liquid droplet ejected from each of the plurality of nozzles lands on a recording medium. The particular state is a state where a temperature difference between the temperature detected by the temperature sensor and an actual temperature of the liquid ejection head is constant.
US10279581B2
The invention relates to articles of footwear having traction elements, and systems and methods for manufacturing same. An example shoe includes an upper and a sole plate, the sole plate including a lower surface adapted for ground contact having a first sole portion including first traction elements, the first traction elements having a distal end and a side wall with extensions extending from a central core, and a second sole portion including second traction elements, the second traction elements having at least one geometrical feature differing in one or more aspects from a corresponding geometrical feature of the first traction elements.
US10279577B2
A 3-D printer includes development stations that electrostatically transfer first and second materials to an intermediate transfer surface. The development stations can each include a photoreceptor supplying the materials to the intermediate transfer surface, and a boosted developer roll supplying the materials to the photoreceptor. The boosted developer roll comprises an outer roll rotating in a first rotational direction to move with movement of the photoreceptor, and a magnetic roll within the outer roll rotating in a second rotational direction opposite the first rotational direction. The magnetic roll comprises alternating permanent magnets. The intermediate transfer surface transfers a layer of the materials to a platen each time the platen contacts the intermediate transfer surface to successively form a freestanding stack of layers on the platen. A bonding station is positioned to apply light and/or heat to the freestanding stack to bond the layers to one another.
US10279571B2
The present invention provides a decorative melamine board that maintains the surface hardness associated with melamine resin while having superior non-combustibility, being able to accommodate reductions in thickness and having superior bending workability at normal temperatures. The decorative melamine board has a structure obtained by laminating a surface layer and a core layer. The surface layer includes a surface layer material composed of a surface layer base material that carries a resin containing a melamine resin on a first surface side serving as a design surface, and carries a solid content of a thermoplastic resin emulsion on a second surface side that contacts the core layer. The core layer includes a core layer material composed of glass cloth or a prepreg having glass cloth as a base material thereof.
US10279568B2
Provided is a laminate (1) obtained by integrally laminating glass sheets (4) on both surfaces of a resin sheet (2). The glass sheets (4) have a thickness of 300 μm or less and end surfaces (4a) of the glass sheets (4) are chamfered.
US10279562B2
An apparatus including a fine-array porous material with a specific surface area higher than 10/mm, the specific surface area depending on different pore sizes, wherein the porous material comprises a plurality of pores having a substantially uniform size with a variation of less than about 20%, wherein the size is larger than about 100 nm and smaller than about 10 cm. The high-buoyancy apparatus can be part of a water vehicle such as a boat or a submarine, and the fine-array porous material is configured to reduce friction and/or control buoyancy. A conduit is also provided employing a fine-array porous material to reduce friction and/or control buoyancy. A garment is provided taking advantage of water repellant and/or UV/IR reflection properties of the fine-array porous material.
US10279552B2
A manufacturing method of a side view type light emitting device including a package body made of a synthetic resin material, the manufacturing method includes: providing an injection molding mold, for injection-molding the package body, including: a first mold provided with a first convex part for forming an upper surface side flat part on an upper surface of the package body; and a second mold provided with a first concave part for forming the upper surface side flat part; and fitting the first concave part around the first convex part so as to enter a liquid tight state with no space, injecting the synthetic resin material into each of the first and second molds so as to be filled therein, and hardening the synthetic resin material to form the package body in a state in which the first mold and the second mold are aligned with each other.
US10279546B2
In structural body formation, influence of misalignment between an in-process structural body layer and a support member layer on the shape accuracy is reduced.A method for manufacturing a structural body includes: forming a model forming layer from a liquid model forming material on an existing surface formed of at least one of prepared model forming layer and support member; while a defining surface of a defining member defining the upper surface of the model forming layer is in contact therewith; supplying a support material to fill between the existing surface and the defining surface and solidifying the support material into a support member to form a layer of the model forming layer and the support member; removing the defining member; and providing a layer of a model forming layer and a support member on the surface of the layer exposed by removal of the defining member.
US10279543B1
A method of manufacturing a light plate includes defining a three-dimensional model of the light plate. The model includes a translucency map configured to light balance the light plate. The translucency map defines a first portion having a first translucency. The method includes providing the model to an additive layer device; selecting at least one material based on the model; and depositing the at least one material in a layer based on the model. The method includes at least one of adhering the at least two layers of material with one another and cross-linking the at least two layers of material with one another to form a first region of the light plate corresponding to the first portion of the translucency map.
US10279542B2
An ultrasonic sealing anvil is provided which is capable of applying an optimal pressure to an overlap part in the absence of misalignment between the overlap part and the anvil, and preventing application of an excessive pressure in the occurrence of misalignment. An ultrasonic sealing anvil is configured to seal a tubular material having an overlap part extending in one direction, in a sealing direction crossing the overlap part. The anvil is provided with a step that can be abutted with the overlap part R, and a pair of grooves arranged sandwiching the step in the sealing direction.
US10279541B2
Techniques are disclosed for additive manufacturing systems and methods to form reinforced additive manufactured objects. A method for forming a reinforced additive manufactured object includes forming a first structural layer with a first void that extends partially through the first structural layer, forming a second structural layer with a second void that extends fully through the second structural layer to a border between the first structural layer and the second structural layer, where the first void and the second void align to form a cross-load void across the border between the first and second structural layers, and filling the cross-load void with a reinforcing material to form a cross-load member.
US10279540B2
A two-dimensional nano-sheet that is foldable in response to a surrounding pH value includes a polyethyleneimine (PEI) chain taking a two-dimensional form; and a plurality of domains made of gold, attached to the PEI chain, the plurality of domains of gold forming a percolating gold film on the PEI chain.
US10279536B2
Pipe corrugators having opposed series of pushed mold blocks forming a moving mold tunnel are subject to significant thermal expansion and are designed with a thermal expansion gap. The present invention provides a method and apparatus for measuring changes in this expansion gap and preferably recognizing potential thermal issues before serious problems occur. A sensor is provided adjacent a mold block drive that preferably detects a time duration between sensing a trailing portion of a lead mold block and a leading edge of a following mold block separated from the lead mold block by the thermal expansion gap. This time duration in combination with a speed of the pushed mold blocks is used to calculate the size of the thermal expansion gap.
US10279535B2
Methods and apparatuses for deforming a web are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method involves feeding a web into a nip that is formed between at least two intermeshing rolls. The rolls are configured for deforming a web with at least two sets of deformations that are oriented in different directions relative to the surfaces of the web.
US10279534B2
The invention relates to a device (1) for producing a curved preform (9) from flat semi-finished fiber material (8), comprising a shearing unit (2), which has at least two rotating rolling elements (3a, 4a), arranged spaced apart in a conveying direction (11), and a control unit (6) connected to the rolling elements, wherein at least one of the rolling elements is formed in a pivotal or tilting manner and a semi-finished fiber material sensing device (7) is provided, which is formed for sensing position information of the semi-finished fiber material conveyed through the shearing unit, wherein the control unit is further arranged for pivoting or tilting the at least one rolling element during the conveyance of the semi-finished fiber material, depending on the sensed position information from the semi-finished fiber material sensing device.
US10279530B2
A plastic container having a sidewall defining a chamber and having a first end and a second end and an opening at the first end into the chamber. A base of the container extends from the sidewall and closes the second end, the base having an outer perimeter portion defining a support structure, an axially inwardly extending perimeter wall spaced radially inwardly from the support structure forming an angle with a horizontal line of greater than about 80°, a centrally disposed pushup section in the shape of an axially inwardly extending truncated cone, and a toroidal-shaped channel circumscribing and connecting the perimeter wall to the pushup section. The toroidal-shaped channel has a surface that is asymmetrical about a central axis of the container when the container is under static pressure conditions.
US10279525B2
A carousel-like continuous co-injection molding system includes an arrangement of upper and lower inclined feed channels. Each of the feed channels has a valve therein positioned upstream of an inlet to an associated mold cavity. The valve is controllable so that adjustments may be made in real time to achieve or maintain delivery of molten polymeric material to the mold cavity at constant pressure.
US10279517B2
A glass-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin molding product is provided, which includes a thermoplastic resin, a fibrous filler dispersed in the thermoplastic resin, and at least one of a dye and a pigment having an average particle diameter of at most 30 nm, the fibrous filler including: (A) 40 to 80% of glass fibers each having a length of not less than 0.05 mm and less than 0.5 mm; (B) 15 to 40% of glass fibers each having a length of not less than 0.5 mm and less than 1.0 mm; (C) 2 to 30% of glass fibers each having a length of not less than 1.0 mm and less than 3.0 mm; and (D) at most 1% of glass fibers each having a length of not less than 3.0 mm.
US10279512B2
A method of making a laminated trim component at a molding station is provided. A heated plastic composite sheet is pressed against a heated laminated sheet to bond a plastic cushioning layer of the laminated sheet to the plastic composite sheet at the molding station. The step of pressing compresses a portion of the laminated sheet spaced inwardly from an outer periphery of the laminated sheet to locally compact and thin the cushioning layer at the portion to form a compressed portion of the cushioning layer. A plastic compatible with the plastic of the composite sheet is molded around the composite sheet to form at least one component at the inner surface of the composite sheet at the molding station.
US10279508B1
The present invention is an attachment that reversibly connects to a skid steer, front loader, or other heavy equipment. The attachment allows a user to quickly and efficiently core holes in concrete and asphalt. The attachment comprises a frame assembly that rests upon the surface of concrete being cored and a carriage assembly. The carriage assembly connects a drum saw to the frame assembly. The carriage assembly moves vertically up and down along the length of the frame assembly while coring a hole in concrete. The attachment includes two, three, and four-post embodiments. The three and four-post embodiments provide include a larger frame assembly that provides additional stability to the attachment while allowing the user to quickly reposition the attachment to core additional holes.
US10279506B2
Masonry units, such a blocks, are fabricated in a sequential process, using improved mold structures, such as within a production corridor of a corresponding fabrication system. A compressible masonry feedstock or formula, which can be de-agglomerated before use, is filled within a block mold having releasable elements. The formula is then compressed within the mold structure. The compressed workpiece can be further processed, such as for any of final height adjustment, the establishment of a surface feature, or to remove cores. The block mold, having releasable elements or sides, such as using hinges or springs, is released from the formed block, wherein the formed masonry unit can be removed for curing, and wherein the block mold can be reused to fabricate a subsequent masonry unit.
US10279505B2
A multifunctional end effector includes a support structure configured to be carried by a robotic system and at least two of a fluid stream cutting system, a spindle system and/or a scanning system, each mounted to the support structure. Also described is a fluid stream cutting system having a plurality of fluid stream catchers selectively mountable to the fluid stream system and a mounting arrangement for mounting each fluid stream catcher to the fluid stream cutting system.
US10279499B2
A deflectable lifting device can be mounted to a support form, work surface or other member of a material conveyance system. According to embodiments, the deflectable lifting device can have a base that mounts into the support, and a bendable arm arranged in the pathway of a material conveyance system, such as a paper stripping or paper blanking work station. When a sheet or web of material travels over the deflectable lifting device, the bendable arm can bend and deflect downwards, but still contact the sheet or web with a gently humped or arcuate portion, providing a small margin of elevation or lift to the sheet or web. The sheet or web can therefore be elevated above edges, holes, or other obstructions in the pathway that could jam or snag the delivery of the material.
US10279498B2
Method for selectively feeding rolls of paper coming out of a log saw unit and relative log saw unit
A method for selectively feeding rolls of paper coming out of a log saw unit (10), wherein the log saw unit (10) comprises (n) feeding channels (12) for feeding logs (11) towards a cutting device (13) provided at the outlet with (n) unloading belts (14) in a number equal to the feeding channels (12), comprises a step of generating a stop signal relating to a portion of a packaging unit downstream of the log saw unit (10) further to the detection of accumulation of rolls (11′) and/or of stopping of a packaging machine, as well as a step of attributing said stop signal to a feeding channel/sub-group of feeding channels (12) operatively associated with the portion of the packaging unit, called “feeding channels/sub-groups of feeding channels (12) subject to stopping”, wherein the method—upon receipt of the stop signal—comprises at least the steps of: ending the cutting of the log (11) in progress on all of the (n) feeding channels (12) of the log saw unit (10), selectively stopping the forward movement of a new log (11) towards the cutting device (13) just in the feeding channels/sub-groups of feeding channels (12) subject to stopping through the stopping of the forward movement of the carriers (15) of the carrier device (16) of the feeding channels/sub-groups of feeding channels (12) subject to stopping, proceeding without interruption in the operative feeding channels (12), namely those not subject to the stop signal, with the cutting of the logs (11) in succession.
US10279487B2
A foot structure for contacting the ground and connecting to a leg structure of a humanoid robot, includes: a foot assembly for contacting the ground; a first servo mounted on the foot assembly and including a first output shaft; a connecting assembly rotatably connected to the foot assembly and to constitute an ankle portion; and a second servo mounted on the connecting assembly and connected with the leg structure, the second servo including a second output shaft perpendicular to the first output shaft; the connecting assembly being arranged perpendicularly to the foot assembly and including a first connecting structure used to mount the first output shaft and rotatably connected to the foot assembly, and a second connecting structure connected to the first connecting structure and used to mount the second output shaft.
US10279485B2
A robot system includes a robotic arm having a wrist in a tip-end part thereof, the wrist being rotatable on a rotational axis extending in a given direction, an end effector attached to the wrist, and a deformation detecting device configured to detect deformation of the end effector by using a target pin having a target part where a given detection part of the end effector reaches. The target part has an indicate function to indicate that the detection part reaches the target part. The deformation detecting device includes a search part configured to control the robotic arm so that the detection part touches the target pin to search for the target part, and detect that the detection part reaches the target part based on the indicate function, and a deformation detecting part configured to compare an assumed position of the detection part when the detection part reaches the target part with a given reference position, and detect the deformation of the end effector.
US10279481B2
An electronic device to be put on a cradle may include a housing including a part in a hemispherical shape and physically coming into contact with the cradle in an arbitrary position when the electronic device is put on the cradle, a display arranged on another part of the housing, a camera module to obtain an image in a direction that the display faces, a sensor module to sense an orientation of the electronic device; and a processor to determine a target orientation of the electronic device based on the obtained image, and create control data to change the orientation of the electronic device based on the sensed orientation and the target orientation of the electronic device.
US10279466B2
A saw blade caddy to store saw blades therein, the saw blade caddy including a box, a removable lid to attach to a top portion of the box, and a plurality of saw blade slots disposed vertically within the box to store the saw blades vertically therebetween.
US10279465B2
A plier hanger is configured to restrict a locking plier which includes a stationary jaw, a stationary handle, a movable jaw and a movable handle, and the plier hanger including a main body and a restricting member. The main body has a penetration portion, a first engaging portion and an assembling portion. The penetration portion is configured for the stationary jaw to be disposed therethrough and the first engaging portion is configured to engage the stationary handle. The restricting member has a second engaging portion and an installation portion. The installation portion is assembled with the assembling portion and the second engaging portion is configured to engage at one side of the stationary handle opposite to the first engaging portion.
US10279462B1
A multifunctional back tool includes a mounting elbow having a first end and a second end, a first adjustment brace coupled to the first end of the mounting elbow, and a second adjustment brace coupled to the second end of the mounting elbow. The first adjustment brace has a first plurality of slots coupled with an adjustable handle and the second adjustment brace has a second plurality of slots coupled with an adjustable arm.
US10279460B2
A nail feeding device for a magazine of coil nailer, comprising a housing, a handle, a nailer head, a magazine assembly; the magazine assembly comprising a nail receiving chamber, one end of the nail receiving chamber being connected with the handle, and the opposite end thereof being connected with the nailer head; the nail receiving chamber comprising a cover, a nail feeding pallet disposed therein, a post disposed at a center of the nail feeding pallet, and a sliding groove; the sliding groove having an opening; the nail feeding pallet correspondingly comprising an pallet adjuster; wherein the nail feeding pallet can be moved outwardly from the nail receiving chamber, thereby having more space in the magazine, and keeping the handle and the magazine from disturbing the loading process. The coil nails loading process has been improved to a great extent.
US10279455B1
A pipe clamp includes a length of tubing having a pair of polygonal clamps moveably secured about the tube through an aperture located at a proximal end of each clamp. At a distal end of the tubing projects a nut which is perpendicularly secured thereto. A rod is engaged within the nut and in mechanical communication with the distal exterior end of the closest clamp. A handle is secured to the distal end of the rod.
US10279443B2
The present invention is an apparatus, system and method to properly align and install large pistons in cylinders that holds both the piston and cylinder being assembled, and has a number of alignment mechanisms such as but not limited to a laser.
US10279440B2
A precision forming method of a high-efficiency and near-net hollow valve blank of an engine is provided, wherein the precision performing is realized by the cross wedge rolling mold, under the rolling the metal tubing for the valve deforms, with a middle part sunken and two ends elongating, the middle part forms a stem part of a hollow valve, the two ends form disk parts to be machined, and the connection sections between the disk parts and the stem part form neck parts having arced concave faces and a frustoconical lateral face in structure, achieving better consistency among the acquired hollow valve blanks. The disk part of each acquired hollow valve preformed blank is machined by the die-forging forming mold that is matched with the disk structure of the manufactured hollow valve, the hollow valve preformed blank is directly placed in the cavities of the die-forging forming mold for forging.
US10279434B2
A multi-layered brazing sheet material including an aluminum core alloy layer, a brazing clad layer material on one face of the core layer, an inter-layer between the core layer and brazing clad layer material, and a water-side layer on the other face of the core layer. The core layer made from aluminum alloy having, in wt. %, up to 0.6% Si, up to 0.45% Fe, 0.6% to 1.25% Cu, 0.6% to 1.4% Mn, 0.08% to 0.4% Mg, up to 0.2% Cr, up to 0.25% Zr, up to 0.2% Ti, up to 0.3% Zn, balance aluminum and impurities. The brazing layer made from aluminum alloy having 6% to 14% Si and up to 2% Mg, balance aluminum and impurities. The inter-layer made from 1xxx-series aluminum alloy. The water-side layer made from 3xxx-series aluminum alloy having 0.5% to 1.8% Mn and 1% to 3.5% Zn.
US10279431B2
A part, such as an automotive part, is provided. The part includes at least two work pieces which are joined together at a weld seam. The weld seam has a laser metal deposition layer with at least one of nickel and iron, and the laser metal deposition layer is substantially entirely free of silicate islands. The part further includes a painted, phosphate or electrocoated coating which is bonded with at least a portion of the laser metal deposition layer of the weld seam.
US10279422B2
A friction stir welding device and a friction stir welding method provide that an additional material is introduced into the gap between a rotating pin and a fixed shoulder. The pin and/or the shoulder includes a conveyor worm structure by which the additional material is transported to the workpiece.
US10279418B2
An apparatus and corresponding methods are disclosed to resistively spot weld a stack of sheet metal having a plurality of sheets of sheet metal. In one embodiment, a method includes contacting a first welding tip to a first side of the stack and contacting a second welding tip to a second side of the stack, the second side comprising a thinnest exterior sheet of the stack, the second welding tip including a contacting surface area less than the first welding tip; applying a squeeze pressure to the stack; and applying a current to the stack by applying a first current pulse for a first duration followed by applying a second current pulse for a second duration longer than the first duration and with a lower current than a current of the first current pulse.
US10279416B2
A method of repairing an oxidized defect in a superalloy article includes removing substantially all of the oxidized defect to form a cleaned out portion of the superalloy article; filling a portion of the cleaned out portion with a weld by fusion welding; cracking the weld; and filling the cracked weld and a remaining portion of the cleaned out portion with a braze material.
US10279411B2
A protective cutting torch tip cover system is provided, for use with an oxygen and acetylene cutting torch having a conical torch tip having a plurality of ports through which oxygen and acetylene gases pass prior to combustion, which includes a generally conical shaped cover formed of elastomeric material and configured for elastic frictional engagement with said cutting torch tip and a protective cover storage device for holding the protective cover up and away from the torch flame when not installed on the torch tip.
US10279409B2
Disclosed is a method for dressing a single- or multi-thread grinding worm (34) in which a main rolling movement between the grinding worm and a gear-like dressing tool (90) is brought about. In order to create flank modifications on the grinding worm, an additional relative movement is superimposed on the main rolling movement. In addition, an auxiliary drive specifically designed for such a method, a correspondingly designed machine tool and a dressing tool for carrying out the method are disclosed.
US10279395B2
A cutting tool 1 includes a cutting edge 2, a rake face 4 and a flank 5 and is used for cutting a surface of a cylindrical or columnar work W by a skiving process. The cutting tool 1 is configured to satisfy a relational expression: tan−1(cos β/cos(α−β)×tan−1(cos−1(r′/r))<φ≤90° where “φ” denotes a rake angle, “α” denotes an inclination angle of the cutting edge 2 with respect to the rotation axis A, “β” denotes an angle between a feed direction of the cutting tool 1 and a direction orthogonal to a rotation axis A in a plane view of the cutting tool 1 and the work W, “r” denotes a radius of an outer circumferential surface of the work W before processing, and “r′” denotes the radius of the outer circumferential surface of the work W after processing.
US10279357B2
An aperture plate is manufactured by plating metal around a mask of resist columns having a desired size, pitch, and profile, which yields a wafer about 60 μm thickness. This is approximately the full desired target aperture plate thickness. The plating is continued so that the metal overlies the top surfaces of the columns until the desired apertures are achieved. This needs only one masking/plating cycle to achieve the desired plate thickness. Also, the plate has passageways formed beneath the apertures, formed as an integral part of the method, by mask material removal. These are suitable for entrainment of aerosolized droplets exiting the apertures.
US10279356B2
The invention relates to a laboratory centrifuge. The laboratory centrifuge comprises a base body (2). The lid (3) is linked to the base body (2) for being pivoted about a pivot axis (6). A damping device (38) damps the pivoting movement of the lid (3), in particular when the lid (3) approaches a maximum opening angle. According to the invention, the damping device (38) bases upon friction between friction elements (23, 26).
US10279345B2
Fluidic devices and methods involving incubation and/or mixing of assay components are provided. In some embodiments, a biological and/or chemical assay may be performed in a fluidic device. The fluidic device may be designed to allow for controlled incubation and/or mixing of two or more assay components. In some such embodiments, the fluidic device may include an incubation channel having a relatively large cross-sectional dimension in fluid communication with a detection channel. The incubation channel may allow for adequate mixing and/or incubation of two or more assay components prior to analysis of the assay. In certain embodiments, the detection channel may be used to provide feedback on the extent of incubation and/or mixing. Based on the feedback, one or more component of the fluidic system may be regulated to allow the requisite degree of mixing and/or incubation to be achieved.
US10279341B2
Porous and/or curved nanofiber bearing substrate materials are provided having enhanced surface area for a variety of applications including as electrical substrates, semipermeable membranes and barriers, structural lattices for tissue culturing and for composite materials, production of long unbranched nanofibers, and the like. A method of producing nanofibers is disclosed including providing a plurality of microparticles or nanoparticles such as carbon black particles having a catalyst material deposited thereon, and synthesizing a plurality of nanofibers from the catalyst material on the microparticles or nanoparticles. Compositions including carbon black particles having nanowires deposited thereon are further disclosed.
US10279335B2
Spheroidal catalyst support, supported catalyst, and method of preparing and using the catalyst for hydrodemetallation of metal-containing heavy oil feedstocks are disclosed. The catalyst supports comprise titania alumina having 5 wt % or less titania and have greater than 30% percent of their pore volume in pores having a diameter of between 200 and 500 Å. Catalysts prepared from the supports contain Group 6, 9 and 10 metals or metal compounds supported on the titania alumina supports. Catalysts in accordance with the invention exhibit improved catalytic activity and stability to remove metals from heavy feedstocks during a hydrotreating process. The catalysts also provide increased sulfur and MCR conversion during a hydrotreating process.
US10279334B2
A metal-organic framework (MOF) and uses thereof are provided herein, including MOF comprising a repeat unit of the formula [ML], wherein L is a ligand of the following formula: and M is a divalent metal such as copper. The MOFs provided herein may be used in the separation of two or more gaseous molecules from each other. In some embodiments, the gaseous molecules are ethylene and acetylene.
US10279329B2
Methods and apparatus to produce alkynes are described. The method includes combusting fuel and an oxidizer in a combustion zone to create a carrier gas stream, which is accelerated to supersonic speed in an expansion zone. A feedstock material is injected into a feedstock injection zone using two or more pluralities of injection nozzles. The injection nozzles are arranged annularly. The carrier gas stream is transitioned from supersonic speed to subsonic speed to create a shockwave in a reaction zone. The reaction zone is directly connected to the feedstock injection zone, and the shockwave is created adjacent to the feedstock injection zone. The carrier gas stream and the feedstock material are simultaneously mixed and reacted.
US10279328B2
The invention is directed to the production of metal-carbon containing bodies, which process comprises impregnating cellulose, cellulose-like or carbohydrate bodies with an aqueous solution of at least one metal compound, followed by heating the impregnated bodies in an inert and substantially oxygen-free atmosphere, thereby reducing at least part of the at least one metal compound to the corresponding metal or metal alloy.
US10279326B2
A manual mixer serves to facilitate mixing and agitating materials for use during surgery. For example, the manual mixer includes a body portion defining an interior area, a mixing assembly provided in the interior area of the body portion, a crank assembly for actuating the mixing assembly, and a valve assembly. The mixing assembly serves to mix and agitate the materials provided in the interior through rotation of a plunger portion and a spring attached thereto, and through upwards and downwards movement of the plunger portion in the interior area. Rotation of the crank assembly serves to rotate the plunger portion and the spring attached thereto, and effectuate upwards and downwards movement of the plunger portion. The valve assembly can be opened to facilitate dispensing of the materials from the interior area.
US10279324B2
A fluid supply pipe according to an embodiment of the invention includes a first internal structure, a second internal structure, and a pipe body configured to house the first internal structure and the second internal structure, and the pipe body has an inlet and an outlet. The first internal structure includes a head portion comprising a plurality of spiral vanes, and a body portion positioned downstream from the head portion and comprising a plurality of protrusions on its outer circumferential surface. The second internal structure formed in a hollow shaft shape includes a head portion comprising a plurality of spiral vanes, and a body portion positioned downstream from the head portion and comprising a plurality of protrusions on its outer circumferential surface. At least a part of the first internal structure is housed in the hollow of the second internal structure.
US10279322B2
An apparatus for distributing oil into fluid food product includes a batch tank, a transfer line, a pressure tank, a funnel, an oil dispenser, an inline shear mixer, and a flow line. The batch tank holds a volume of fluid food product. The transfer line is in fluid connection with the batch tank. The pressure tank holds a volume of oil. The funnel is disposed through a top opening in the pressure tank and dispenses oil into the pressure tank. A stem portion of the funnel extends at least halfway into an interior of the pressure tank. The funnel includes at least one vent. The oil dispenser dispenses oil from the pressure tank into a flow of fluid food product from the batch tank. The inline shear mixer mixes the fluid food product and the oil. The flow line flows the fluid food product-and-oil mixture to the batch tank.
US10279315B2
A water filtration systems may comprise an under the sink RO water filtration system that is plumed into a building's water supply. For example, the water filtration systems may include an RO device at least partially installed underneath a sink, with the tap water connection plumbed directly to the sink cold water supply line, and a waste water drain line connected directly to the sink drain, such as the p-trap.
US10279313B2
A multifunctional wall flow filter and a system having same performing removal of noxious compounds comprising nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds and carbon monoxide and particulate matter from exhaust gas of a compression ignition engine is disclosed.
US10279312B2
Removing waste gas, more particularly carbon dioxide, from a gaseous medium and producing gaseous oxygen, a recovered waste constituent, more particularly solid carbon, heat and electrical power, by means of chemical reaction of waste gas with a metal oxide, more particularly dodecatungstophosphoric acid, immobilized in a porous matrix, more particularly tetraethylorthosilicate sol gel, enclosed in a gas permeable membrane. Regeneration of the metal oxide, more particularly by heating, and reconstitution of the porous matrix containing same by periodic introduction of base materials, and in some cases with externally supplied energy.
US10279310B2
A system for chemical compounds collection, deposition and separation in a fluid stream includes: a stack of layers with a number of window openings, allowing the fluid stream to pass through, neighboring layers forming an angle 0≤α<90°, the angle and the distance between neighboring layers being variable and controlled, so as to control the velocity of the fluid stream; spreading apertures in between the layers, and adapted to spray liquid chemical solution inside the closed volume, so as to create a thin film on the surfaces of the layers and lateral walls of the closed volume; a system for generating droplets of chemical solution upstream of the stack, to be mixed in the fluid stream; particles of the chemical compounds being collected by impaction with the droplets, and by diffusion on the thin film, and counter flowing with the chemical solution.
US10279309B2
An absorbent for removing carbon dioxide from a fluid stream, comprising an aqueous solution a) of an amine of the general formula (I) in which R1, R2 and R3 are each independently selected from C1-4-alkyl and C1-4-hydroxyalkyl; each R4 is independently selected from hydrogen, C1-4alkyl and C1-4-hydroxyalkyl; each R5 is independently selected from hydrogen, C1-4-alkyl and C1-4-hydroxyalkyl; X is OH or NH(CR1R2R3); m is 2, 3, 4 or 5; n is 2, 3, 4 or 5; and o is 0 or 1; and b) at least one activator selected from b1) a sterically unhindered primary amine and/or a sterically unhindered secondary amine; and a carboanhydrase. The absorbent allows rapid absorption of carbon dioxide from fluid streams.
US10279296B2
An air filtering system for an electrical enclosure including at least one filtering element arranged to filter an air flow injected into the inlet of the enclosure by a fan device, the system also including several independent filtering cells Ci, with i ranging from 1 to n and n greater than or equal to 3, each filtering cell Ci having a variable filtering capacity, each filtering cell Ci, with i greater than or equal to 2, is rendered active to filter a part of the air flow when the sum of the filtering capacities of the cells, ranging from C1 to Ci−1, drops below a specific threshold.
US10279283B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a porous monolith polymeric composition having utility in catalysis, chromatography, filtration, and electro-kinetic pumps, devices incorporating such composition and methods or making and using such monoliths. The monoliths are characterized by a substantially homogeneous skeletal core with little shrinkage, few voids and few channels.
US10279282B2
It is an object of the invention to provide a process for producing an organic acid, comprising: providing an incoming stream containing an organic acid and impurities; subjecting said incoming stream to a step of chromatographic separation, using a solution of mineral acid as an eluent, so as to collect an extract and a raffinate, the organic acid being recovered in the extract; and subjecting the raffinate to an electrodialysis step, so as to collect a diluate and a concentrate, the mineral acid being concentrated in the concentrate. The invention also provides an installation for implementing this process.
US10279281B2
A distillation head with fraction collector is disclosed. In embodiments thereof, the fraction collector has a bottom portal which is raised up from the floor or bottom thereof. Fractions which condense fall to the floor and a lip of the bottom portal, raised from the floor of the fraction collector, prevents condensed fractions from falling downwards through a path of entry. Rather, condensed fractions exit in liquid form out a side portal. The fraction collector further has side walls which are, in embodiments, partially vertical and/or partially curvilinear and/or partially bulbous. The distillation head also can have a top portal through which a vacuum can be applied.
US10279279B2
A system produces bubbles. The system may be used as a children's toy, a special effects machine, an art performance prop, a party entertainment item, or a similar object for entertaining users. The system is designed to produce bubbles regardless of the orientation of the system. The system includes a reservoir, a pump, a swiping mechanism, and a fan. The reservoir receives and stores fluid, and the pump provides pressure on the stored fluid such that the fluid travels through the reservoir and exits the reservoir. The swiping mechanism spreads across the exited fluid to create a fluid sheet, and the fan blows on the fluid sheet, transforming it into a bubble. The pump enables the stored fluid to be available for bubble production at any orientation of the system. The system may be moved, rotated, thrown, bounced, swung, etc. by a user and produce bubbles during its motion.
US10279270B1
An automated fantasy sports system is rule driven. Rules provide for substitution of players during play. Substitution is allowed only at discrete time periods which are defined for each sport. Rules govern the accumulation of points. When a player is substitute out, the player continues to accumulate points until the end of the discrete time period. The player that is substituted in does not accrue points until the beginning of the next discrete time period.
US10279269B2
The present disclosure generally relates to virtual reality simulation, and more specifically, in some implementations, to devices, systems, and methods for use in a virtual reality sports simulation. A system for virtual reality simulation may include an accessory (e.g., one or more of a bat, a glove, or a helmet) for interacting with a virtual reality environment. The accessory may provide the user with haptic feedback that emulates sensations that the user would experience when playing a live-action sport to provide the user with a more meaningful and realistic experience when playing a virtual reality game. Further, virtual reality simulations disclosed herein may include incorporating data from a live-action event (e.g., a live-action sporting event) into a virtual reality environment to provide a user with a realistic experience.
US10279267B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a computer-implemented method for monitoring game activity of a game system. A non-limiting example of the method includes monitoring, by a processing device, game activity of the game system. The processing device determines characteristics of the game activity, along with expected characteristics of the game activity. The processing device analyzes the characteristics of the game activity and the expected characteristics of the game activity. Based at least in part on analyzing the characteristics of the game activity and the expected characteristics of the game activity, an entity that is controlling the game system is determined.
US10279257B2
A narrative includes a number of serially connected narrative segments combined by a director or editor in a defined sequence to tell a story. A number of different narrative segments are available to the director or editor. A content delivery editor provides editors and directors with the ability to augment a narrative with additional narrative segments that provide alternate perspectives, views, or insights to the consumer. Such allows conveyance of the same narrative to the consumer using a number of plots or perspectives. Branch points in the narrative provide the consumer the opportunity to follow a storyline they find interesting. Each consumer follows a “personalized” path through the narrative. The director or editor may influence selection at branch points by providing priming stimuli prior to presentation of a prompt to select a branch and by optionally providing target stimuli during presentation of the prompt to select a branch.
US10279254B2
Methods, systems and computer programs for determining the location in a field of play of a game controller are provided. A ball section is attached to the game controller to locate the controller using visual information. The method obtains an image of the field of play where the game controller is present, and then finds pixels in the image associated with the ball section. The method further establishes an area encompassing the found pixels and determines a geometric shape based on the area associated with the ball. The location of the controller is calculated based on the geometric shape, with the center of the geometric shape indicating the horizontal and vertical location of the controller, and the size of the geometric shape determining the depth of the controller within the field of play. The location is stored in memory, which is used to drive an action by the computer.
US10279248B2
A control method performed by a computer including a storage module and configured to control progress of a game played by a user registered in an application, includes storing, in the storage module, identification information of each of a plurality of users in association with registration information indicating whether the user is registered in the application, retrieving a game progress request including identification information of a first user from a first terminal device of the first user, determining whether or not the first user is registered in the application, transmitting display data for displaying a game screen used in the game to the first terminal device when the first user is registered in the application, and transmitting display data for displaying a registration screen for registering the first user in the application to the first terminal device, when the first user is not registered in the application.
US10279245B2
A card shuffler that moves cards one at a time from the bottom of a group that may be a deck in a deck-crib, to randomly designated single-card receptacles in a receiving or dealing rack, and methods for shuffling and for dealing cards. Either the deck-crib or the receiving rack is moved by a motor to align a single-card receptacle, randomly selected from among remaining empty single-card receptacles, with an outfeed slot of the deck-crib to receive each card to be moved from the deck-crib. A single card is moved from the deck-crib by a card mover mechanism that may include an auxiliary card pusher to ensure that the card is placed fully into the selected single-card receptacle. A controller can cause the dealing rack to move so as to allow a selected number of cards to be removed by the dealer for dealing as a player hand or a dealer hand. A card presentation pusher may make a group of the cards in the dealing rack available to be grasped by the dealer for removal. A card reader may be included, and positions in the receiving or dealing rack of cards identified by the card reader can be stored in memory in the controller.
US10279242B2
The present invention relates to a novel skateboard truck. More particularly, the present invention pertains to skateboard truck with two independently adjustable pivot points that achieve a unique variable turning motion without affecting the skateboard's stability. Additionally, the skateboard truck includes an offset axle that swings towards the direction of the turn, thus shifting the wheels away from the side of the skateboard, eliminating wheel bite, and increasing stability.
US10279241B1
An apparatus configured to secure multiple items by means of a single lock and multiple locking cables is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a shaft sized to slide within a sleeve, each of the shaft and the sleeve comprising holes formed in their outer surfaces. The sleeve and the shaft are sized for disposition in a threading alignment position and a locking alignment position. The threading alignment position provides passages through which locking cables coupled to locking lugs may be passed. The locking alignment position creates a constriction in each threading passage, and also provides a locking passage sized to accept a locking member such as the shackle of a padlock. Insertion of a locking member maintains the constriction in the threading passages, thereby preventing removal of the locking cables.
US10279237B2
A sports training apparatus occludes peripheral vision of each eye across the nose region of a player by creating a visual divide that extends from and immediately adjacent to the nose along the central sagittal plane. In various embodiments, the visual divide is extendible, removable and replaceable, pivotal, and may incorporate scribes to vary shape or geometry. The visual divide may further be mounted from a pair of glasses without lenses, though other embodiments with and without lenses are contemplated. The eye divider is used to align or confirm alignment of a player properly to ensure that the player batter has both eyes facing in the proper direction.
US10279236B1
A device to strengthen a person's arm muscles through the utilization of a portable device including a handle portion and a weight component with the two components separated by a flexible rod. Such a device allows for the user to grip the handle portion and act as if they are throwing such a handle portion while the weight end moves along an arc defined through the length of the flexible rod. The resultant action is the generation of centripetal force along the defined arc with the reactive centrifugal force providing resistance to the user's arm muscles in a manner that is unique and heretofore unattainable through the utilization of a portable exercise device. The flexible rod component provides at least 10 inches (25.4 cm) of spacing between the handle portion (which may be in the form of a sphere, such as a baseball or softball, or a handle, or any other typical implement that a person may throw or swing) and the weight portion (which may be of any configuration to permit increase or decrease of the weight present thereon).
US10279233B2
Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head may include a body portion with a face portion, a toe portion, a top portion, a sole portion, and a back portion. The golf club head may include an interior cavity. A port may be located on the body portion and connected to the interior cavity. The interior cavity may be filled with a polymer material from the port. A weight portion may be located on the body portion closer to the toe portion than the heel portion. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
US10279230B2
Provided is a golf club head that is able to suppress lowering of the pitch of a ball hitting sound. The golf club head according to the present invention includes a crown portion, a face portion, and a sole portion having at least one recessed portion. The recessed portion is configured to house a weight member such that the weight member does not protrude externally. The sole portion is provided with a placement region connected to the face portion and to be at least partially placed on a placement surface in a reference state, and a rear region arranged further to a back side in a face-back direction than the placement region and in which the recessed portion is arranged. The rear region inclines upward relative to the placement region toward the back side.
US10279226B2
A golf club head including a face portion includes a plurality of score lines formed on the face portion, a plurality of first grooves formed on the face portion, and a plurality of second grooves formed on the face portion. The first grooves have a depth D1 and a width W1 that is in a direction orthogonal to a direction in which the first grooves extend, the second grooves have a depth D2 and a width W2 that is in a direction orthogonal to a direction in which the second grooves extend, W1>D1, and W2
US10279220B1
A method for forming a golf ball with a graphene core disclosed herein. The method includes mixing a graphene masterbatch material with a polybutadiene material to form a core mixture, wherein the graphene masterbatch material comprises graphene in an amount from 0.1 to 80.0 weight percent of the graphene masterbatch material mixed with a carrier polymer in an amount from 99.9 to 20 weight percent of the graphene masterbatch material.
US10279213B2
Provided is an exercise device including a planar support surface and a rolling joint which is configured to enable a 360° range of motion for the exercise device. In this regard, the user may roll the exercise device along a planar surface in a forward-and-backward motion, a side-to-side motion, or in an arcuate or circular motion.
US10279207B2
An exercise machine support system for providing increased versatility including inclination or declination of an exercise surface, a reduction in the overall length and width of the exercise machine, and an enhanced user interface which reduces the risk of injury. The exercise machine support system generally includes a cantilevered exercise machine which is adapted to have a variable angle of incline or decline with respect to a horizontal ground surface. The exercise machine will generally include a base and a support which extends between the base and the exercise machine. The upper end of the support is connected to the exercise machine by a first pivot such that the exercise machine pivots about the support. An adjustment device may be utilized to pivot the exercise machine and thus adjust its angle of incline. Various types of adjustment devices are disclosed, including an actuator, ratchet-and-pawl, gears, and cam.
US10279206B2
A fire extinguishing system of an aircraft including a nozzle device that is provided on an installation member forming a compartment of the aircraft, wherein the nozzle device includes: a nozzle that is passed into an insertion hole formed in a nozzle installation section provided on the installation member, and discharges a fire extinguishing agent supplied from a supply source into the aircraft compartment; and a lid member that closes a gap between the nozzle and the nozzle installation section.
US10279202B2
The present invention provides a peptide consisting of an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1. Also provided is a method for promoting proliferation of a dermal papilla cell by incubating the cell with the peptide. Further provided is a method for promoting growth of a hair follicle in a skin by applying the peptide to the skin. Still provided is a method for preventing hair loss of a subject by administering the peptide to the subject. Yet further provided is a method for promoting hair growth of a subject by administering the peptide to the subject.
US10279190B2
The present disclosure relates, according to some embodiments, to an electromagnetic resonance-based disease treatment system that comprises a processing unit configured to generate a resonant frequency signal and a radiating antenna configured to radiate an electromagnetic field based on the resonant frequency signal. The resonant frequency signal may carry at least one frequency at which reference materials related to a disease condition resonate. An antenna configuration may be used to determine one or more resonant frequencies of the reference materials. A subject having or at risk of having the disease condition may be exposed to the electromagnetic field in order to treat the disease condition.
US10279188B2
An electrical stimulation system provides stimulation therapy to a patient. The system includes a neurostimulation lead that contacts patient tissue and couples with an implantable stimulation device, such as an implantable pulse generator, that receives stimulation parameters for providing stimulation therapy to a patient. The implantable stimulation device includes a header with a plurality of connector assemblies that receive an end of the neurostimulation lead, and a case containing a charging coil and a telemetry coil coupled to programming circuitry on a printed circuit board, which is in turn coupled to the connector assemblies via a feedthrough assembly. The telemetry coil receives data from an external programmer and transmits the data to the programming circuitry, which in turn uses the data to communicate to the connector assemblies and the neurostimulation lead to provide stimulation therapy to a patient.
US10279183B2
Systems and methods for detecting intrathecal penetration are disclosed. A method in accordance with one embodiment includes detecting a value corresponding to an impedance of an electrical circuit that in turn includes an electrical contact located within the patient, and patient tissue adjacent to the electrical contact. The method further includes comparing the detected value to a predetermined criterion, and, if the detected value meets the predetermined criterion, identifying penetration of the patient's dura based at least in part on the detected value.
US10279181B2
The present disclosure provides a medical stimulation system that includes a plurality of implantable channels each operable to obtain a voltage signal from a designated area of a body tissue. The medical stimulation system includes an impedance measurement device. The impedance measurement device includes a plurality of attenuators each coupled to a respective one of the channels. The attenuators are each operable to attenuate an amplitude of the voltage signal received from its respectively-coupled channel. The impedance measurement device includes a multiplexing component that receives the amplitude-attenuated voltage signals from each of the attenuators. The multiplexing component selectively outputs two of the amplitude-attenuated voltage signals. The impedance measurement device includes a differential amplifier that receives the two amplitude-attenuated voltage signals outputted from the multiplexing component as a differential input signal. The differential amplifier generates an amplifier output signal that includes at least partially an amplified version of the differential input signal.
US10279178B2
An electrostimulation device comprises a hand-held electrostimulation generator receiving an input music signal and providing at an output a nerve electrostimulation signal modulated by the music signal, an electronic signal conduit having conductive leads conductively connected to the output of the electrostimulation generator, and an electrode coupler comprising an earbud. The earbud is shaped to form fit inside an ear canal of a human ear and composed of a pliable material conforming to the ear canal when inserted therein, the pliable material forming at least two electrostimulation electrodes conductively connected to a respective one of the conductive leads of the electronic signal conduit to receive the nerve electrostimulation signal and transmitting the nerve electrostimulation signal to at least two different, electrically conductive exterior surface portions of the pliable material and transcutaneously applying the nerve electrostimulation signal from the conductive leads to tissue within the ear canal when disposed therein.
US10279176B1
A self-contained “battery-free” iontophoresis apparatus and method are provided.
US10279169B2
A fixation tool for applying torque to a terminal pin of an active fixation medical electrical lead includes a first handle, a second handle, an elastic member, a first jaw, a second jaw, and an insert. The insert is disposed at an end of the tool slot proximal to the elastic member. The insert includes an insert slot configured to align with the tool slot. The fixation tool is configured such that pressing the first handle and the second handle toward each other causes a movement of the first jaw and the second jaw relative to each other to change a width of the insert slot. The first jaw and the second jaw are comprised of a first material. The insert is comprised of a second material. The first material is harder than the second material.
US10279168B2
In some examples, a system includes an implantable medical device configured for implantation in a chamber of the heart, an extension attached to the implantable medical device, the extension comprising a housing comprising at least one electrode, the housing defining a hole, and a tether comprising a first tether portion and a second tether portion and configured to be threaded through the hole. When the tether is threaded through the hole, the first tether portion and the second tether portion are on opposite sides of the hole. The tether may be used to implant the extension in a different chamber of the heart of the patient than the implantable medical device.
US10279153B2
A supportive balloon catheter which may be used to assist a wire guide in advancing across a lesion which partially or totally occludes an intraluminal passage. The supportive balloon catheter is advanced over the wire guide, close to the location of the lesion. The supportive balloon catheter is then inflated, securing the position of the wire guide in the intraluminal passage. A braid on the catheter may provide additional structural support. The secured catheter restricts the movement of the wire guide advancing across the lesion, preventing kinking or deflection off the surface of the lesion. Once the wire guide has advanced across the lesion, the supportive balloon catheter or a different angioplasty may be used to clear the lesion from the intraluminal passage.
US10279149B2
A catheter assembly includes a catheter, a catheter hub fixed to the proximal end of the catheter, a needle positioned inside the catheter, a gripping member connected to a proximal portion of the inner needle, a catheter operating member connected to the catheter hub and movable in the longitudinal direction relative to the inner needle, a guide wire slidably positioned in the inner needle and possessing a length longer than both the inner needle and the catheter, and a wire operating member connected to the guide wire so that movement of the wire operating member results in movement of the guide wire. The catheter operating member is configured to press a portion of the catheter between the proximal end of the catheter and the distal end of the catheter when the user presses on the catheter operating member while puncturing a living body with the needlepoint.
US10279148B2
Some embodiments of a medical device anchor system include an anchor device that secures a medical instrument (such as a catheter or the like) in place relative to a skin penetration point using subcutaneous anchors.
US10279142B2
A respiration appliance, system, and method for supporting the airway of a subject as the subject breaths. The flow of gas from the lungs of the subject during exhalation is leveraged to provide support to the airway. In particular, a body that encloses one or more external orifices of the subject provides a resistance differential between inhaled gas flows and exhaled gas flows that supports the subject's airway.
US10279139B2
In some additional aspects, an apparatus can include a chamber having an inlet valve for receiving a reactant gas and an outlet valve for delivering a product gas, a piston positioned inside the chamber and configured to move along a length of the chamber for adjusting pressure in the chamber, a sensor for collecting information related to one or more conditions of a respiratory system associated with a patient, a controller for determining one or more control parameters based on the collected information, and one or more pairs of electrodes positioned inside the chamber for initiating a series of electric arcs external to the patient to generate nitric oxide based on the determined control parameters.
US10279138B2
An air delivery conduit includes first and second conduit portions that cooperate to form the conduit, each conduit portion including an inner layer of a film laminate that forms an interior surface of the conduit and an outer layer of a textile that forms an exterior surface of the conduit.
US10279133B2
The function of a respiration system, with a patient port (1) with connected inspiration branch (3) and expiration branch, is checked. A rebreathing line (9) connects the inspiration branch to the expiration branch. A reservoir (25) is connected to a reservoir port (27) in the rebreathing line. An actuatable control valve (29) is provided in the rebreathing line between the expiration branch and the reservoir port. A pressure sensor (33) is connected to the rebreathing line. A control unit (39) is connected to the control valve and to pressure sensor. The process includes closing the control valve for a preset inspiration time and opening it for a preset expiration time. The value sent by the pressure sensor is detected with the control valve opened during the expiration time and compared with a preset first threshold valve. An error message is generated when the value sent exceeds the first threshold value.
US10279128B2
Systems for managing pressure in a fluid reservoir chamber of a fluid infusion device are provided. For example, a fluid infusion device comprises a housing having a reservoir chamber that receives a fluid reservoir and a pump chamber. The fluid infusion device also includes a drive system contained within the pump chamber, and the drive system includes a slide that is movable relative to the fluid reservoir. The slide includes a proximal slide end that cooperates with a portion of the fluid reservoir to dispense fluid, and the proximal slide end has a projection. The fluid infusion device includes a pressure management system defined in the projection of the slide. The pressure management system includes at least one bore defined through the projection. The at least one bore is spaced a distance apart from a perimeter of the projection to vent air from the reservoir chamber into the pump chamber.
US10279126B2
A fluid delivery system and a fluid conduit assembly suitable for use with the system are disclosed herein. The system includes a fluid infusion pump and a fluid conduit assembly coupled to the pump to deliver medication fluid to a user. The fluid conduit assembly includes a structure defining a flow path for the medication fluid, and a gas trapping filter coupled to the structure and positioned in the flow path. The gas trapping filter functions to filter particulates from the medication fluid and retain gas bubbles from the medication fluid.
US10279114B2
Methods and apparatuses are disclosed with regard to syringe-transfer of a solution or other fluid, optionally with a guidance bearing, within a standard or non-standard carpule, optionally having sealed top ends and measurement gradations, i.e., indicia. One embodiment is a non-standard carpule barrel having a top portion, a bottom portion, and a barrel portion therebetween. The top portion includes an opening for receiving a syringe plunger and at least a first portion for connecting to an upper portion of the syringe. The bottom portion includes another opening capable of holding a bottom end of the carpule, wherein the carpule may be a standard carpule or a non-standard carpule. The barrel portion is located between the top portion and bottom portion, and includes a cradle, which has a length capable of holding a standard or a non-standard carpule, which has a greater width than a standard carpule.
US10279111B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to apparatuses and kits for providing palliative care. An exemplary apparatus comprises an elongate hollow shaft having a first and a second end. An absorbent material may be attached to the first end and the first end may be perforated such that the elongate hollow shaft may be filled with one or more liquid solutions that flow through the perforated end and disperse evenly throughout the absorbent material. A kit may additionally be provided for providing customized palliative care. The kit may comprise a means for injecting one or more liquid solutions into the elongate shaft. The kit may additionally comprise apparatuses that are prefilled with one or more liquid solutions.
US10279110B2
An infusion system for infusing a liquid into a body includes an external infusion device and a remote commander. The external infusion device includes a housing, a receiver, a processor and an indication device. The receiver is coupled to the housing and for receiving remotely generated commands. The processor is coupled to the housing and the receiver to receive remotely generated commands and to control the external infusion device in accordance with the commands. The indication device indicates when a command has been received and indicates when the command is being utilized to control the external infusion device so that the external infusion device is capable of being concealed from view when being remotely commanded. The remote commander includes a commander housing, a keypad for transmitting commands, and a transmitter for transmitting commands to the receiver of the external infusion device.
US10279080B2
A method of treating a spinal disk according to the present invention can include inserting an alloplastic bulking agent into the spinal disk to treat the defect. The alloplastic bulking agent has a plurality of microparticles and a suspending agent comprising hyaluronic acid. The bulking agent results in at least one of sealing the defect, increasing a pressure of the disk, increasing a height of the disk, improving stability of the disk and improving structural integrity of the disk.
US10279073B2
Biocompatible phase invertible proteinaceous compositions and methods for making and using the same are provided. Phase invertible compositions in accordance with the invention are prepared by combining a liquid proteinaceous substrate and a liquid crosslinking composition, where the liquid crosslinking composition includes a macromolecular crosslinking agent. Also provided are kits for use in preparing the subject compositions. The subject compositions, kits and systems find use in a variety of different applications.
US10279070B2
An absorbent article having a belt structure, wherein the inner surface of the belt comprises a treatment and wherein the inner surface of the belt is different than the outer surface of the belt.
US10279065B1
The safe incense evaporator has a bowl, a flat lid covering the bowl, and a cap or dome defining a chamber above the lid. The bowl defines a basin, and a crucible is concentrically seated at the top of the basin. The basin allows water to surround the crucible. Very small orifices are defined in a central area of the lid, and are also defined in the dome to allow the scent of burning incense to leave the evaporator. The crucible is adapted for holding incense coal or charcoal used to burn or heat incense. The evaporator may have a latch holding the cap onto the bowl in case the evaporator tips over onto its side so that the coals or charcoal will be extinguished by the water from the basin. The evaporator may also have a dual latch or lock to prevent children from tampering with the evaporator.
US10279061B2
Implementations generally relate to a sanitizing platform. In one implementation, a system includes a base. The system also includes a first sanitizer mechanism coupled to the base, where the first sanitizer mechanism is configured to sanitize at least one hand of a user. The system also includes a second sanitizer mechanism coupled to the base, where the second sanitizer mechanism is configured to sanitize a door handle.
US10279058B2
Embodiments of this disclosure include systems, methods, and kits for sterilizing in vivo catheters using an optical fiber to deliver UV light. In an embodiment, a method for sterilizing a catheter with at least a first lumen, includes inserting a distal end of a fiber optic cable into a fiber insertion port of a catheter connector attached to a hub of the first lumen, flushing the first lumen with fluid from a fluid source, inserting the fiber optic cable into the first lumen until a stopper of the fiber optic cable is adjacent to the fiber insertion port, providing light to the fiber optic cable from a light source after the fiber optic cable is inserted into the first lumen, withdrawing the fiber optic cable from the first lumen while the light is provided, and ceasing to provide light to the fiber optic cable after the fiber optic cable is withdrawn from the first lumen. The disclosure is also applicable to catheters with multiple lumens and to catheters accessed through subcutaneous ports.
US10279047B2
Described herein are compounds, compositions and methods for modification of the surface of a living cell with a therapeutically relevant targeting moiety. Also described herein are methods for treating disease states, such as acute myocardial ischemia or infarction, with said compositions, in a subject.
US10279042B2
The application of a highly controlled, micron-sized, branched, porous architecture to enhance the handling properties and degradation rate of hydrogels is described in the instant invention. A previously described pattern created through one-step nucleated crystallization in a hydrogel film creates tunable mechanical properties and/or chemical stability for use in tissue engineering applications. The bulk mechanical properties and the degradation rate of the material can be tuned easily by the addition or subtraction of crystalline structure or by the addition and subtraction of backfill material, making this useful for a variety of applications. Relevant mechanical properties that can be tuned through the application of this unique porosity are moduli, elasticity, tensile strength, and compression strength. The method of the present invention can be applied to biopolymers and natural materials as well as synthetic materials.
US10279028B2
Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for treating or preventing Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) infection in a subject.
US10279020B2
The invention relates to the fields of medicine, immunology, and oncology. More specifically, the invention relates to methods and compositions for inducing an immune response against a tumor in an animal subject. The invention provides that a lung cancer cell or other tumor cells, genetically modified to express a nucleic acid encoding CD80 (B7.1) and a nucleic acid encoding an HLA antigen, and method for stimulating an immune response to a tumor with the tumor cell so genetically modified. The invention additionally provides a method of inhibiting a tumor, including a cancer such as lung cancer, by administering an allogeneic tumor cell, for example a cancer tumor cell such as a lung cancer tumor cell, genetically modified to express a nucleic acid encoding CD80 (B7.1) and a nucleic acid encoding an HLA antigen.
US10279007B2
A wound healing formulation is disclosed using an oil in water emulsion that uses unpolluted forms of water derived from botanical sources and yeast derived wound healing factors together with natural based disinfectants derived from thymol. As opposed to conventional water supplies, the water derived from botanical sources has factors that contribute to the healing process. The formulation is non-occlusive, allowing the skin to breathe, and contains pigments that conceal the wound.
US10279006B2
A method, apparatus and kit have been discovered which regenerate with the use of odorants the connections of the neurons of the brain and central nervous system in the treatment of such person afflicted neuro-disorders caused by disease or trauma.
US10279005B2
Stabilized ophthalmic compositions containing omega-3 oils are provided, which are useful as artificial tears and as ophthalmic compositions to diagnose, treat, or prevent keratoconjunctivitis or dry eye syndrome in a human or other mammal.
US10279004B2
Embodiments of the invention generally relate to methods and supplements for increasing, enhancing, or maintaining fertility in a human being.
US10279002B2
The present disclosure relates to compositions and related methods to reduce body weight, body fat, waist and hip size, plasma total cholesterol, LDL, triglycerides, blood glucose, leptin and C-reactive protein levels and increase in HDL and serotonin levels in an mammal. The LeptiCore® formulation disclosed, at both the low and high dosages, is helpful in the management of fat gain and its related complications. The higher dosage resulted in significantly greater reductions in body weight and triglyceride, blood glucose, and C-reactive protein levels, as well as increased serotonin levels.
US10279000B1
Compositions and methods for the prevention and treatment of anxiety conditions associated with the use of cannabis are disclosed herein. The medicinal compositions include cannabidiol or cannabidiolic acid and one or more of the following compounds: bergamottin or dihydroxybergamottin, phloretin or a phloretin glycoside, piperine, apigenin or an apigenin glycoside and ursolic acid.
US10278988B2
Reducing the proliferation of carcinoma cells by administration of a poly-oxygenated metal hydroxide
A method of treating a mammal, comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a poly-oxygenated metal hydroxide composition to a mammal to reduce a proliferation of hypoxic carcinoma cells, wherein the poly-oxygenated metal hydroxide composition comprises a clathrate containing free oxygen gas (O2) molecules. The carcinoma cells may comprise prostrate carcinoma (22Rv1). The poly-oxygenated metal hydroxide material is configured to provide bioavailable oxygen gas molecules to a mammal when administered to the mammal. The poly-oxygenated metal hydroxide composition can be administered intravenously, directly to carcinoma cells, and orally. The composition may comprise a fluid, where the poly-oxygenated metal hydroxide composition is soluble in the fluid.
US10278983B2
HAT-Pi chemotherapy arrests uncontrolled replication and metastatic migration of neoplastic cells by inhibiting enzymatic activity of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP 1) through administration of one or more halogenated analogs of thymidine (HAT). A full HAT-Pi treatment regimen, involving repeated HAT-Pi courses over extended periods (24 weeks), may lead to tumor regression through HAT-Pi-induced neoplastic cell death and disintegration. Pain related to neoplastic disease may be reduced during HAT-Pi treatment and for extended periods thereafter. Myelosuppression is a potentially life-threatening but manageable HAT-Pi toxicity and other HAT-Pi side-effects may be tolerated by most patients. Acquired patient resistance to HAT-Pi has not been observed. HAT-Pi is potentially teratogenic and is restricted to post-reproductive adults with advanced neoplastic disease. Modified HAT-Pi treatment regimens may allow for broader application to treat additional individuals and/or conditions.
US10278974B2
The present invention relates to novel polymorphic forms of 8-fluoro-2-{4-[(methylamino)methyl]phenyl}-1,3,4,5-tetrahydro-6H-azepino[5,4,3-cd]indol-6-one, and to processes for their preparation. Such polymorphic forms may be a component of a pharmaceutical composition and may be used to treat a mammalian disease condition mediated by poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase activity including the disease condition such as cancer.
US10278962B2
The present invention relates to a series of analogs of natural product Pyripyropene A represented by general formula I and a preparation method and use thereof. More particularly, the present invention relates to analogs of the natural product Pyripyropene A, a preparation method and use thereof as the acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase 2 (ACAT2) inhibitors for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis and the like.
US10278961B2
In various implementations, berberine metabolites, such as dihydroberberine and/or tetrahydroberberine, may be administered to manage blood glucose levels, increase ketone levels (e.g., blood concentration of ketones), and/or for therapeutic purposes in humans. The administration of a pharmaceutically effective amount of berberine metabolites, such as dihydroberberine, may reduce fasting blood glucose levels, improve glucose tolerance, and/or improve blood ketone response. In some implementations, berberine metabolites may be administered with one or more other compounds.
US10278947B2
A protein crosslinker delivery device includes a body and a protein crosslinker held in a synthetic or natural biodegradable polymer. The body, a coating on the body, or an attachment to the body can contain the protein crosslinker holding biodegradable polymer. The release rate of the crosslinker and total amount of crosslinker released can be controlled by varying the concentration of the crosslinker and by varying the composition and structural characteristics of the degradable polymer. Surface eroding, bulk eroding and naturally occurring biodegradable polymers can be used in conjunction with a variety of nontoxic or minimally-toxic protein crosslinking agents. The devices can be used to treat mechanically damaged, deformed, and nutritionally deficient connective or soft tissues such as the knee meniscus, the spinal disc, the cornea, ligaments and tendons, the soft palate, and skin.
US10278943B2
Disclosed herein are methods for treating conditions and/or disorders related to hyperglycemia. Such conditions and/or disorders related to hyperglycemia include, but are not limited to, type I, II diabetes mellitus, gestational diabetes, other forms diabetes, and disorders related thereto. In particular, the present invention relates to methods of using (R)-(+)-verapamil or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in the treatment of conditions and/or disorders related to hyperglycemia.
US10278940B2
The present invention relates to the use of a 2,5-dihydroxybenzene derivative of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, isomer, or prodrug thereof for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of, inter alia, skin cancer.
US10278926B2
A preparation containing a statin-encapsulated nanoparticle obtained by encapsulating statin in a nanoparticle containing a bioabsorbable polymer is disclosed. The nanoparticle has a number average particle diameter of less than 1000 nm. The preparation is used to enhance the function of a stem cell. A stem cell with an enhanced function is disclosed. The stem cell takes up and contains the statin-encapsulated nanoparticle.
US10278915B1
A hair strengthening, nourishment, and growth composition and method of application that can be used in the form of a shampoo, conditioner, and a serum.
US10278904B2
The present invention relates to calcium carbonate particles, a powder mixture including such particles and a tooth cleaning method wherein the particles or powder mixture are used.
US10278903B2
The present invention relates to composite powder having enhanced water repellency and oil absorbency by means of even impregnation of inorganic powder particles with a super-water-repellent porous polymer. The composite powder prepared by means of a one-step spraying procedure of electro-spraying or spray drying, according to the present invention, shows super water repellency and maximized oil absorbency by means of increased porosity of porous polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) and even impregnation with titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles.
US10278897B2
Dual vial adapter assemblage modified including a drug vial adapter having a female connector fitted with a normally closed needlefree swabable self-sealing access valve, a liquid vial adapter with a male connector and a manually operable flow control arrangement. The flow control arrangement has three operative positions including an initial extended set-up position, an intermediate compacted flow communication position and a final detachment position for separating the drug vial adapter and the liquid vial adapter. The liquid vial adapter and the drug vial adapter are engaged in the initial extended set-up position and the intermediate compacted flow communication position. The self-sealing access valve is closed in the initial extended set-up position and compressed open in the intermediate compacted flow communication position.
US10278888B2
A treatment device for treating the skin, includes a body including a housing forming a gripping area, an electrical supply device arranged in the body, a treatment head including a massage device, a device for maneuvering the massage device, actuated by an electric motor connected to the electrical supply device, a light source, and a light guide having a projection surface for receiving light from the light source and for projecting a light beam towards an area on the skin. The light guide includes a face opposite the projection surface, including a distribution system for distributing the light along the projection surface, and the massage device has an area for contact with the skin to be massaged. The area transmits the light and consists of a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) material having a light transmission of between 0.8 and 0.9 for light with a wavelength of 590 nm or 630 nm.
US10278886B2
A crutch grip (100) includes a grip (101) disposed between a first grip end (102) and a second grip end (103). The first grip end and the second grip end can define a partially annular receiver for a crutch post (106,107). One or more retaining clips (108,109) can include a base member (408,409), a first, curved, cantilevered leg (410,411), and a second, curved, cantilevered leg (412,413). The retaining clips can removably engage an outer surface (202,203) of the first grip end or the second grip end such that an annular clasp (602,603) is defined between the first grip end or the second grip end and the retaining clips.
US10278883B2
In at least some aspects, the present concepts include a method of enabling rehabilitation of bodily control of a user comprising the acts of: integrating the user within a multi-module robotic system, the multi-module robotic system comprising modules of a flexible exosuit, a support module, a mobile base, or a combination thereof, applying one or more forces, cues, or a combination thereof on the user, based on one or more subtask-specific functions of the modules, to cause a developing of one or more subtasks of the bodily control, and managing control of one or more remaining subtasks of the bodily control by the modules in place of at least in part, the user while applying the one or more forces, cues, or a combination thereof.
US10278869B2
An apparatus for cleansing wounds in which irrigant fluid from a reservoir connected to a conformable wound dressing and wound exudate from the dressing are recirculated by a device for moving fluid through a flow path which passes through the dressing and a means for fluid cleansing and back to the dressing. The cleansing means (which may be a single-phase, e.g. microfiltration, system or a two-phase, e.g. dialytic system) removes materials deleterious to wound healing, and the cleansed fluid, still containing materials that are beneficial in promoting wound healing, is returned to the wound bed. The dressing and a method of treatment using the apparatus.
US10278862B2
A laser eye surgery system comprises subsystems which communicate with one another through low voltage differential signaling (LVDS). The laser eye surgery system may comprise a first subsystem interface, including an LVDS driver or transmitter coupled to and in communication with an LVDS receiver of a first subsystem of the laser eye surgery system. The first laser eye surgery subsystem itself may comprise an LVDS transmitter coupled to and in communication with an LVDS receiver to return data to the first subsystem. Further laser eye surgery subsystems may also include the same arrangement of drivers and receivers with respective subsystem interfaces. LVDS lowers power consumption and the risk of error in communication between laser eye surgery systems, leading to safer and more reliable surgical procedures performed.
US10278861B2
A phacoemulsification system that includes a hand-graspable body and a phacoemulsification needle extending from a distal portion of the body is disclosed herein. The phacoemulsification system may also include an impeller pump carried by the hand-graspable body and configured to convey an aspiration fluid from a surgical site. The impeller pump may include an aspiration motor and a flexible impeller coupled to and rotatably driven by the aspiration motor. The flexible impeller may be arranged to aspirate fluid and emulsified lens tissue from the surgical site.
US10278858B2
An ophthalmic surgical device in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure comprises an elongate element and a filament. The device may further comprise one or more of a shaft, an actuator, an actuator handle, a shaft handle, a vent, and a filament stop. The device may be used to mechanically push objects, as in retinal detachment repair, gasp objects, as in the removal of a dislocated intraocular lens or an intraocular foreign body, aspirate fluid, and cut materials, such as intraocular fragments.
US10278853B2
A movement limiting system for supporting, aligning, preventing, or correcting deformities includes a calf shell that is adapted to form around a calf of a human user. A heel shell is adapted to form around a heel of the human user. A calf shell flap is connected to a calf shell ring. A heel shell flap is connected to a heel shell ring. A cord has a first end and a second end. The first end is connected to the calf shell ring and the second end is connected to the heel shell ring. Additionally, the cord can be connected to a user's leg at one end and a walker at the other end.
US10278839B2
A plaque tack can be used for holding plaque against blood vessel walls such as in treating atherosclerotic occlusive disease. The plaque tack can be formed as a thin, annular band for holding loose plaque under a spring or other expansion force against a blood vessel wall. Focal elevating elements and/or other features, such as anchors, can be used to exert a holding force on a plaque position while minimizing the amount of material surface area in contact with the plaque or blood vessel wall and reducing the potential of friction with the endoluminal surface. This approach offers clinicians the ability to perform a minimally invasive post-angioplasty treatment and produce a stent-like result without using a stent.
US10278838B2
According to aspects described herein, there is disclosed an improved hot balloon catheter delivery system for shape memory tubular stents. An outer sheath is provided on the delivery system that facilitates stent placement on a balloon during delivery through an endoscope. In one embodiment, the stent may be positioned between radiopaque markers/electrodes and the balloon may be heated. The stent may be prevented from moving proximally relative to the catheter as the delivery system is tracked through the patient's anatomical passageways. The outer sheath may be positioned to ride over the proximal cone of the hot balloon catheter and abut the proximal end of the stent to facilitate proper alignment of the balloon for deployment. Upon deployment of the stent in an appropriate position, the sheath may be pulled away from the stent to expose the proximal cone of the balloon and thereby allow balloon and stent expansion.
US10278837B1
The invention is an apparatus, system, and or method that provides a compliant force distribution interface system for prosthetics or orthotics users, to suspend force loads around such user's body segments by utilizing a compliant fabric member adapted for positioning around the user's body segments.
US10278829B2
Inflatable multi-chambered devices are provided for repairing or replacing spinal discs and distracting neighboring vertebral elements. Also included are cushioning devices that may be used in a joint replacement device cushioning system. Further included are kits and systems that include such devices, methods for making such devices, and methods of treating patients in need of such devices. Examples further include cosmetic augmentation and restoration devices.
US10278821B2
The embodiments relate to cardiac assist devices that comprise a jacket that wraps the exterior of the heart, where the jacket comprises one or more pneumatic or hydraulic bladders. The pneumatic or hydraulic bladders are linked to a pump, and the pump fills the bladders with fluid and withdraws the fluid in a cycle to match beats of the heart to assist contraction and pumping of the heart in systole or to assist expansion and filling of the heart in diastole.
US10278814B2
Heart valve prosthesis, comprising a ring-shaped supporting structure (3) to be anchored at the valve annulus, and a valve leaflet (5) supported by the supporting structure. The supporting structure comprises a support wall portion (31), at which a root end (51) of the valve leaflet is connected, and a complementary wall portion (32) opposite the support wall portion, which supports a coaptation surface (33) adapted to be sealingly engaged by a free end (52) of the valve leaflet (5), and extending in a direction parallel to the direction of movement of the free end (52) of the valve leaflet (5) at the coaptation surface (33). The free end of the valve leaflet (5) is connected to the support wall portion or to the complementary wall portion by means of a traction member (55), dimensioned in such a way that the free end (52) of the valve leaflet (5) is stopped at the coaptation surface.
US10278813B2
An ossicular prosthesis has a head plate as a first fastening element, a second fastening element for the mechanical connection to the ossicular chain, or to the inner ear, and a connecting element. The head plate has a central coupling region and radially outward extending bridging elements which are connected to the coupling region via a radially inner end region and each transition into an outer free end section. The bridging elements are connected to the coupling region so that they fold together upon introduction of a force component parallel to the longitudinal axis, wherein their end sections are pivoted radially closer to the longitudinal axis and thereby also execute an axial movement. The bridging elements, without this force, extend from the coupling region at a predefined, fixed angle. The prosthesis can be inserted into the middle ear of the patient more easily and through a much smaller artificial opening.
US10278809B2
A multifocal eye lenses including an optical part, which has a first optical side and an opposite second optical side viewed in the direction of a main optical axis (A) of the eye lens, and which has a plurality of annular optical zones that at least partly encircle the main optical axis (A) and are formed on at least one side, and zones each have at least one main sub-zone.
US10278807B2
A radially expandable sheath is provided having a substantially closed distal end with at least two sidewalls extending proximally therefrom and defining a central lumen. Each sidewall can have a substantially concave outer surface adapted to seat a graft member, and each side wall is at least partially separated by a longitudinally oriented slot that extends from a proximal end along a substantial length of each sidewall. The slot preferably terminates at a position just proximal to the distal end. The device can also include a sheath expander that is adapted to be disposed in the central lumen of the radially expandable sheath and that is configured to flex the sidewalls to radially expand the sheath so as to fix a graft member within a bone tunnel.
US10278799B2
An embryo from a female animal is transferred to another animal by determining presence of an embryo in the uterus of a donor animal by ultra-sonic imaging and inserting an endoscope vaginally into the uterus to a location adjacent the embryo. A tool of the endoscope projects to a position to extract the embryo washed into a container of the tool which is then closed by moving a closure part to enclose the embryo and extracting the endoscope to remove the embryo for transfer to a recipient animal. The fluid into the container can be controlled in pressure to maintain a required pressure generally matching that inside the uterus.
US10278798B2
The system comprises a straw and a liquid dilution medium. The straw comprises a tube (11) extending between a first end and a second end and comprises a gas-permeable, liquid-tight plug, said plug being arranged in the tube (11) in the vicinity of the first end of same and extending between a first end turned towards the first end of the tube (11) and a second end turned towards the second end of the tube (11). Said plug comprises an element (14) impregnated with a reagent (22) at least in the vicinity of a first end turned towards the second end of the tube (11). The liquid medium is provided to produce, by mixing, in predefined conditions, the liquid substance (21). The reagent (22) and the medium(27) are configured such that, when the substance (21) comes into contact with the first end of the impregnated element (14), it forms a hydrogel.
US10278795B2
Provided are a dental implant abutment and a method of manufacturing the same, and more particularly, a dental implant abutment which forms an outer appearance of an artificial tooth, supports a porcelain prosthesis that is formed of a porcelain, and couples to and fixedly combines with a fixture. The dental implant abutment includes: a first part having a coupling structure that corresponds to an inner structure of the fixture, so that the first part couples to the fixture; a second part that extends upward from the first part and contacts gums; and a third part extending upward from the second part, having an outer circumferential surface which includes a side surface and a top surface, with a porcelain prosthesis attached to the outer circumferential surface, and including a shape in which a concave part, inwardly recessed, is formed on the side and a horizontal cross-sectional area increases in an upward direction from the concave part.
US10278792B2
An accessory allows for straight archwires to be converted to looped archwires. The accessory has an archwire receiving channel which is defined between a first elongated coupling member and a second elongated coupling member. The archwire receiving channel is used for crimping the accessory to an existing archwire. An elastically deformable bridge, connected between the first elongated coupling member and the second elongated coupling member, imparts retraction or protraction once activated. The elastically deformable bridge is formed from one or more segments. Curved segments and linear segments are possible, which can be combined to form various shapes, for example omega loops and mushroom shapes. The first coupling member and the second coupling member have an angled lower portion and upper portion to facilitate engagement with existing archwires. Anchoring notches can also be used in conjunction with elastic bands for enhanced orthodontic corrections.
US10278786B2
Surgical retractors and methods thereof for retracting body tissue in a therapeutic procedure. The surgical retractor may include retractor blades have openings or channels configured to receive bone pins while maintaining accessibility and visibility of the operative window.
US10278781B2
A system and method for tool exchange during surgery for cooperatively controlled robots comprises a tool holder for receiving a surgical tool adapted to be held by a robot and a surgeon, a tool holding element for constraining downward motion of the tool while allowing low force removal of the surgical tool from the holder, a first sensor for detecting if the surgical tool is docked within the tool holder, and a selector for automatically selecting different movements or actions of the tool holder to be performed based upon information detected by the first sensor. The system and method of the present invention provides an advantage to an often slow moving cooperative robot, by increasing the speed by which the tool holder may move in the direction away from the patient.
US10278779B1
Provided herein are systems, devices, assemblies, and methods for generating exciter signals, for example, to activate a remotely located tag. The systems, devices, assemblies, and methods find use in a variety of application including medical applications for the locating of a tag in a subject.
US10278777B1
Devices and methods for performing a surgical step or surgical procedure with visual guidance using an optical head mounted display are disclosed.
US10278774B2
In one embodiment, a device is provided including an expandable support member having a first portion and a second portion is provided. The first portion is adapted to have a smaller expansion index than the second portion. A therapeutic or diagnostic instrument is supported, at least in part, by the expandable support member first portion. In another embodiment, the support member is adapted for non-uniform expansion of the first and second portions. There are also described methods of forming therapeutic devices. There are also described methods of providing therapy to tissue in a body by positioning a device in proximity to tissue in a body selected to receive therapy. Next, the expandable support member second portion is expanded until the instrument is at a therapeutic position relative to the tissue in a body selected to receive therapy. Thereafter, therapy or diagnosis is provided to the selected tissue using the device.
US10278773B2
A spindle assembly of a surgical instrument includes a body and a cutter pin. The body has at least one wall forming first and second channels therein. The cutter pin is disposed within the second channel and operably coupled to a knife rod extending therethrough and is operatively coupled at its distal end to a knife. When the knife rod is moved between a retracted position and a deployed position, the spindle assembly is moved between a first and a second position along the shaft. The cutter pin is configured to deform and exit the body when the knife is deployed and disposed in a trapped condition and in response to an applied force, thereby decoupling the knife from the spindle assembly.
US10278755B2
A catheter device that includes a double-threaded guidance wire that allows multiple use of a compliant cavity creation device (i.e., treatment of more than one level). The double-threaded guidance wire may be connected with the luer part of the device and a distal part of the balloon using a threaded engagement to avoid lengthening of the inner tube, avoid lengthening of the balloon, and to limit the plastic deformation of the system in axial direction. In other implementations, the double-threaded guidance wire may be reconnected to the distal part of the balloon with a distal thread of the double-threaded guidance wire in order to restore the nominal length.
US10278748B2
A bone implant (1) for stabilizing fractured or non-fractured bones comprises an implant body (2), preferably a cylindrical body, extending along a longitudinal axis (3) from a front side (4) to an end side (5). The implant has an implant width (6) extending perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis (3), and a length of the implant body (2) along the longitudinal axis (3) is at least 5 times the width (6) of the implant. The implant body (2) has an outer surface, being at least divided into a first surface (7) and a second surface (8. The first surface (7) comprises an anchorage area (9) which extends at least partially over the outer surface, preferably maximum over half of the outer surface.
US10278747B2
Medical implant which at least partially comprises a biocompatible, electrically conductive polymer with electrical resistivity p, having the property of being able to be heated and softened by a flow of current through the polymer.
US10278745B2
Dynamic, rigid, and convertible dynamic-to-rigid devices and methods of using such devices to treat spinal instability conditions of the cervical spine are provided. The devices may include an interspinous, interlaminar stabilization device configured for interlaminar placement between the spinous processes of adjacent cervical vertebrae and optionally secured to the lamina using bone screws or crimped or rigidly fixed to the spinous process. Multiple devices may be used to enable treatment of multiple levels at the same time.
US10278738B2
A polyaxial bone screw assembly includes a threaded shank body having an integral upper portion receivable in an integral receiver, the receiver having an upper channel for receiving a longitudinal connecting member and a lower cavity cooperating with a lower opening. A friction fit compression insert (some with lock and release feature), a planar split retaining ring and a shank upper portion cooperate to provide for pop- or snap-on assembly of the shank with the receiver either prior to or after implantation of the shank into a vertebra. The shank and receiver once assembled cannot be disassembled and the receiver and insert may include aligned tool receiving apertures for lock and release of the polyaxial mechanism.
US10278735B2
A percutaneous revision implant for percutaneously revising an existing implant located in the spine of a patient may include, for example, extending the existing implant construct to span additional portions of the spine of the patient. The percutaneous revision implant comprises a proximal end portion and a distal end portion. The proximal end portion comprises a connector having two opposable walls joined at one end to define a cavity having a first longitudinal axis. The cavity is suitable to receive and engage a rod of the existing implant. The percutaneous revision implant of the invention permits a medical practitioner to extend an existing implant construct without significantly disrupting or removing the existing implant or its component parts. A method of using same is also provided.
US10278731B2
A trocar set includes a handle portion, a first sleeve, a second sleeve, and a gas tight assembly. The handle portion includes a grip, a connection part, and a second gas valve. The connection part extends from the grip and includes an assembling channel. The second gas valve is connected to the connection part and communicates with the assembling channel. An assembling end of the first sleeve is assembled to the connection part. The second sleeve includes a receiving end, wherein the sleeving end is inserted into the receiving end. The gas tight assembly is fixed to the second sleeve and includes a gas tight sleeve and a gas tight ring. The gas tight sleeve encloses the receiving end, and the gas tight ring is pressed by the gas tight sleeve to be tightly attached to the first sleeve.
US10278730B2
An access port is disclosed for use in minimally invasive surgical procedures performed within a patient's abdominal cavity, which includes a body defining a bore configured to guide at least one surgical instrument into the abdominal cavity, and concave and convex anchoring regions for securing the access port relative to the abdominal cavity.
US10278728B2
An introducer for providing access to the interior of the heart generally includes a valve, a shaft, and a piercing element. The valve has a substantially closed state in the absence of an instrument inside the valve and an open state in the presence of the instrument inside the valve. The shaft has first and second ends. The piercing element is located at the first end of the shaft. The shaft is removably positioned inside the valve in an assembled condition. The valve is dimensioned to receive the instrument therein upon removal of the shaft from the valve.
US10278714B2
An orthopedic surgical instrument system includes a compression socket configured for coupling with a selected one of a number of compressible bases. Each compressible base is shaped to conform with a posterior surface of either a dome patella implant component or an anatomical patella implant component.
US10278713B2
The present invention relates to a medical instrumentation for implanting an acetabular cup, comprising at least one medical guiding instrument for a first reaming tool, wherein the guiding instrument comprises a shaped body, wherein the shaped body has a patient-specific bone abutment surface facing in the distal direction and deviating from a spherical surface section, wherein the bone abutment surface is shaped so as to correspond or substantially correspond to a bone surface of the patient, and wherein a guiding shaft, defining a longitudinal axis, for guiding the first reaming tool protrudes from the shaped body and faces in the proximal direction.
US10278708B2
A compression device, useful for applying circumferential compression to an object, for example, as a tourniquet to occlude blood flow in a hemorrhaging extremity, is provided. The device includes a buckle assembly, first and second guidance slides, a connecting member between the first and second guidance slides, and a strap. Each end of the strap is anchored to a guidance slide. From each of the anchored ends, the strap passes through the buckle assembly, forming outer segments. The strap then returns along respective insides of the outer segments and through the guidance slides, forming inner segments. The buckle assembly, inner segments and connecting member form a loop for placing about an object, an inner circumference of the loop being adjustable by pulling on a portion of the strap located along the outside of the connecting member and between the two guidance slides to tighten the loop around the object.
US10278701B2
An implant having an adhesive structure comprising a planar surface having two sides and rectangular cuboid-based protrusions having pyramidal tips extending from at least one of said sides, optionally having a porous basic supporting structure, and methods of making and using such implants.
US10278700B2
A wound closure device for closing a surgical wound includes at least one compressive clip for applying pressure to a patient's tissue. The clip includes a first clamping arm, a second clamping arm, and a flexible pin maintained between the first and second clamping arms in a press-fit relationship. Each of the first and second clamping arms has a proximal first end, an opposing distal second end and a sidewall extending therebetween. The clip has a first position in which the proximal first ends of the first and second clamping arms partially engage or do not engage each other and a second position in which the proximal first ends of the first and second clamping arms pivotally engage each other. In the second position of the clip, a compressive force generated at the proximal first ends is transferred through the first and second clamping arms to the distal second ends.
US10278682B2
A device is disclosed for therapeutic and/or diagnostic use in or on a patient's body. The device can have a sheath and a tool. The sheath can be made, at least in part, from a laminate. The laminate can have reinforcement fibers in longitudinal, latitudinal, helical, and/or other configurations around the sheath. The tool can be at least partially within the sheath. The tool can be attached to the sheath at one or more lengths along the tool. The sheath can be removed from the tool and replaced.
US10278672B2
A method of characterizing the pathological response of tissue to a treatment plan, including: obtaining a set of sequential morphology renderings of the tissue, wherein each rendering corresponds to a particular point in time during the treatment plan; generating a set of representative values of a biomechanical property of the tissue for the set of renderings, wherein each representative value is based on a corresponding rendering; determining a trend of the biomechanical property based on the set of representative values; and predicting response of the tissue to the treatment plan based on the trend of the biomechanical property.
US10278666B2
X-ray imaging systems and methods for exposure control in three-dimensional X-ray imaging include acquiring at least one image with an X-ray emitter and an X-ray receiver. At least one physical characteristic of the object to be imaged is determined from the at least one image. At least one exposure parameter value based is determined based upon the at least one physical characteristic of the object to be imaged. The X-ray emitter and X-ray receiver acquire a plurality of projection images about the object to be imaged using at least one exposure parameter value. A three-dimensional X-ray image is reconstructed from the plurality of projection images.
US10278665B2
A method controls an X-ray apparatus which contains a base station and at least one X-ray detector, wherein status information about the at least one X-ray detector is obtained. The status information is deposited in a database of the base station and the X-ray apparatus is controlled on the basis of the status information from the database.
US10278664B2
A first image obtaining unit obtains a plurality of projection images corresponding to different radiation source positions, the projection images being imaged under a first imaging condition for tomosynthesis imaging, and a second image obtaining unit obtains a two-dimensional image imaged with a given radiation source position under a second imaging condition for simple imaging. An image quality correction unit performs image quality correction on the projection images to compensate for a difference of image quality between the projection images and the two-dimensional image based on a difference between the first imaging condition and the second imaging condition. A reconstruction unit reconstructs the projection images having been subjected to the image quality correction and the two-dimensional image to generate a tomographic image of a slice plane of the subject.
US10278662B2
An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry performs a fluid analysis using image data including a blood vessel to calculate an index value relating to blood flow in the blood vessel. The processing circuitry specifies a plurality of target sites in the blood vessel in the image data. The processing circuitry changes analysis conditions for the fluid analysis corresponding to the positions of the target sites. The processing circuitry causes a display to display, in a comparative manner, the index value relating to blood flow calculated under the changed analysis conditions for the target sites.
US10278659B2
The present invention relates to a C-arm head cover. The C-arm head cover according to the present invention comprises: a fixed unit which includes a fixing means, and is capable of being fixed to a predetermined object; a first cover which extends from the fixed unit, and has a foldable structure; and a second cover which extends from the first cover, and is bent downward, wherein when the C-arm head rotates 180 degrees from an upright position around a C-arm table for supporting a person to be processed with radiography, the foldable structure of the first cover is unfolded, and then only the first cover or both the first cover and the second cover covers the C-arm head.
US10278650B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for processing, transmitting and displaying data received from an analyte sensor, such as a glucose sensor. The system may include a display device with at least one input device. In response to movement of or along the input device, the display device may change a glucose data output parameter and update an output of the display device using the changed output parameter.
US10278648B2
Automated critical congenital heart defect (“CCHD”) screening systems and processes are described. A caregiver may be guided to use a single or dual sensor pulse oximeter to obtain pre- and post-ductal blood oxygenation measurements. A delta of the measurements indicates the possible existence or nonexistence of a CCHD. Errors in the measurements are reduced by a configurable measurement confidence threshold based on, for example, a perfusion index. Measurement data may be stored and retrieved from a remote data processing center for repeated screenings.
US10278646B2
A method for measuring a myocardial physiologic parameter according to an embodiment includes placing an at least partially convex portion of a spectral sensor against an intercostal space of a human over a heart of the human and measuring the physiologic parameter of a myocardium of the heart with the spectral sensor over time during an emergency medical event. The spectral sensor may be configured to determine and visually display a suggested position adjustment for directing the spectral radiation more directly toward the tissue of interest (e.g. the myocardium), and/or for placing the operative elements of the spectral sensor closer to the tissue of interest (e.g. the myocardium).
US10278643B2
An electro impedance measuring belt for placing electrodes around the thorax of a patient comprises an array of a plurality of spaced apart electrodes, and a support structure, on which the electrodes are arranged. The support structure with the electrode array comprises two angulated legs on which the electrodes are lined up, the two legs spread out from an apex at an angle, such that, when the belt is put around the thorax of a patient, the array of electrodes extends from the back of the patient, where the apex of fee angulated legs is to be located, essentially parallel to the ribs to the lower part of the breastbone of the patient.
US10278642B2
The present invention relates to improved methods for determining metabolic function in tissues of an animal. In particular, the invention relates to methods for determining the penumbra in ischaemic tissues using MRI techniques in association with hyperoxic conditions and an oxygen carrier. The invention also relates to systems adapted to perform the methods.
US10278639B2
Described herein are various embodiments of a method and system for sleep detection. For example, in one embodiment, a method is described for automatically characterizing digitized breath sounds recorded from a subject over time as indicative of the subject being one of asleep and awake. This method comprises identify individual breathing cycles in a given segment of the recorded breath sounds; calculating one or more preset breathing cycle characteristics from the identified breathing cycles; evaluating a relative regularity of the calculated characteristics for the given segment; and upon the relative regularity satisfying a preset high regularity condition, outputting a sleep status indicator that the subject was likely asleep during the segment, otherwise outputting a wake indicator that the subject was likely awake during the segment.
US10278636B2
A near-infrared spectrum imaging system for diagnosis of the depth and the area of burn skin necrosis comprises a spectrum imager and a computer controlled system. The spectrum imaging system comprises a light source (101), an optical lens (102), a filter (103), a driving controller (105a, 105b, 104), and a CCD camera (106). The filter (103) uses a wide-spectrum liquid crystal tunable filter (LCTF) or an acousto-optic tunable filter (AOTF) that obtain 1100-2500 nm waveband spectral signals of burn skin necrosis tissue of a target region. A compute controlled system is internally provided with a universal module, a data module, a spectrum correction module, a spectrum matching module, and a burn wound three-dimensional synthesizing module. The spectrum imager obtains spectral image data of burn skin necrosis tissue of a target region and inputs the data into the computer controlled system, and the computer controlled system performs image analysis and processing of the data; the depth and the area of burn of the target region can be obtained by means of spectral matching and recognition on a spectral reflectance curve corresponding to each image pixel in an spectral image and a standard spectral reflectance curve in a burn skin necrosis spectral database in a data module, and the data is synthesized into a three-dimensional image for display.
US10278634B2
Embodiments for driver confidence evaluation while operating a vehicle by a processor. Driver confidence, based upon one or more psychophysical parameters of a driver, is combined and correlated with a plurality of environmental factors and route information. A confidence in vehicular operational capabilities of the driver may be detected according to the correlation.
US10278632B2
Certain embodiments of a sensor cartridge element include a sensor module, an electrode arrangement installed on the sensor module, and a delivery arrangement securely coupled to the sensor module. The sensor module includes an analysis cell and a skin piercing member. The electrode arrangement generates an electrical signal when exposed to a fluid sample collected in the analysis cell. The delivery arrangement includes a drug reservoir, a piston chamber, and a valve arrangement providing selective fluid communication between the drug reservoir and the piston chamber. Metering electronics and an actuator can manage collection of fluid samples and/or dispensing of drug doses.
US10278629B2
In one embodiment, an implantable biosensor includes a sense antenna comprising a silicon carbide substrate and a radiating electrode formed on the substrate.
US10278628B2
A band limiter comprises an optical filter, which has first and second filter sections, and a filter moving mechanism for moving the optical filter. The first filter section reduces intensity of blue light, which is emitted from a B-LED, in a wavelength range of greater than or equal to a peak wavelength of the blue light to generate first blue light. The second filter section reduces intensity of the blue light in a wavelength range of less than or equal to the peak wavelength of the blue light to generate second blue light. A light source controller places the first filter section in a light path of the blue light in a normal mode to generate the first blue light, and places the second filter section in the light path of the blue light in an oxygen saturation mode to generate the second blue light.
US10278627B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an avatar engine having a controller to retrieve a user profile of a user, present the user an avatar having characteristics that correlate to the user profile, detect one or more responses of the user during a communication exchange between the user and the avatar, identify from the one or more responses a need to determine a medical status of the user, establish communications with a medical diagnostic system, receive physiological information associated with the user, submit the physiological information to the medical diagnostic system, receive from the medical diagnostic system a diagnostic analysis of the physiological information, and present the diagnostic analysis to at least one of the user and a medical agent of the user, wherein the user is presented the diagnostic analysis by way of the avatar. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10278626B2
A system and a method for creating a stable and reproducible interface of an optical sensor system for measuring blood glucose levels in biological tissue include a dual wedge prism sensor attached to a disposable optic that comprises a focusing lens and an optical window. The disposable optic adheres to the skin to allow a patient to take multiple readings or scans at the same location. The disposable optic includes a Petzval surface placed flush against the skin to maintain the focal point of the optical beam on the surface of the skin. Additionally, the integrity of the sensor signal is maximized by varying the rotation rates of the dual wedge prisms over time in relation to the depth scan rate of the sensor. Optimally, a medium may be injected between the disposable and the skin to match the respective refractive indices and optimize the signal collection of the sensor.
US10278622B2
The object of the invention is a device that allows measuring blood sugar levels in mammals—primarily humans—by measuring the refraction of electromagnetic radiation from the skin or body tissue, without the need for invasive sampling, such as penetrating or pricking the skin. The device uses the blue light portion of the visible spectrum and near-infrared (IR) radiation as a source of electromagnetic radiation. The device falls within the field of medical diagnostics and is essentially designed to be portable, so that the users can wear it on their wrists, for example. The signals of reflected light/radiation measured by the sensor unit are filtered by the frequency filtering set and mathematically processed in order to Calculate the current blood sugar level. The accuracy of the measurement result of the device is comparable to the results obtained with the standard method of measuring by blood sampling. A method for measuring of blood sugar level using said device is also disclosed.
US10278621B2
An analytical system for examining a body fluid and a method of operation of an analytical system, typically for blood sugar tests, including an exchangeable magazine (18) as a consumable, which includes a plurality of magazine units (24) that are each provided with at least one analytical aid (32, 34) and with a transport element (28), a hand-held device (12) having a magazine guide (16) for receiving the magazine (18), a transport mechanism (48) that engages on the transport elements so as to transport the magazine in steps in the magazine guide, including a positioning mechanism (50) for positioning an active magazine unit in a predefined functional position, wherein retaining elements (52, 54) of the positioning mechanism can be brought into engagement with transport elements of the magazine.
US10278620B2
An individual authentication method includes (i) indicating a first position of a user's arm or arms when gripping an electrocardiographic sensor, (ii) measuring the user's electrocardiographic activity at the first position by using the electrocardiographic sensor, (iii) indicating a second position of the user's arm or arms when gripping the electrocardiographic sensor, the second position being different from the first position, (iv) measuring the user's electrocardiographic activity at the second position by using the electrocardiographic sensor, (v) receiving ID information of the user, and (vi) registering, in a database, electrocardiographic authentication information including first authentication information associating the ID information with the user's electrocardiographic activity measured at the first position, and second authentication information associating the ID information with the user's electrocardiographic activity measured at the second position.
US10278617B1
A method is provided for sensing ammonia in a breath sample. The method comprises conditioning the breath sample so that the conditioned breath sample has a relative humidity greater than a relative humidity corresponding to a first inflection point of a downwardly concave lowest ammonia iso-concentration curve. It also comprises contacting the conditioned breath sample with an interactant that interacts with the ammonia in the conditioned breath sample, wherein the interaction causes a change in an optical characteristic in relation to the amount of the ammonia in the breath sample. It further comprises using the change in the optical characteristic to sense the ammonia in the breath sample. Related apparatuses are also provided.
US10278616B2
There is provided a computerized method of tracking a position of an intra-body catheter, comprising: physically tracking coordinates of the position of a distal portion of a physical catheter within the physical body portion of the patient according to physically applied plurality of electrical fields within the body portion and measurements of the plurality of electrical fields performed by a plurality of physical electrodes at a distal portion of the physical catheter; registering the physically tracked coordinates with simulated coordinates generated according to a simulation of a simulated catheter within a simulation of the body of the patient, to identify differences between physically tracked location coordinates and the simulation coordinates; correcting the physically tracked location coordinates according to the registered simulation coordinates; and providing the corrected physically tracked location coordinates for presentation.
US10278614B2
A method of detecting whether a localization element is within or outside of an introducer sheath generally includes obtaining a localization signal from the localization element and detecting the state of the localization element relative to the sheath based upon the quadrature component of the localization signal. A baseline quadrature component is typically established with the localization element outside of the sheath. When the quadrature component deviates from this baseline value, it is indicative of the localization element being within the sheath. Conversely, when the quadrature component remains relatively close to the baseline value, it is indicative of the localization element being outside of the sheath. In an electrophysiology study, the state information can be used to take corrective action with respect to the data being collected.
US10278613B2
Extracting a tubular structure from volume data, determining a target region which should be reached by an endoscope through the tubular structure, extracting, among plurality on a route of the tubular structure, a point that satisfies a given condition as a target point that should be reached by a distal end portion of the endoscope, and identifying and determining a route of the tubular structure from a predetermined start point in the tubular structure to the extracted target point as a route through which the endoscope should be passed.
US10278612B2
A solution for diagnostic applications is proposed. Particularly, a corresponding diagnostic system includes means (903-906) for providing (A1-A3) a plurality of input signals representative of a body-part being perfused with a contrast agent over time, each input signal being indicative of a response to an interrogating stimulus of a corresponding location of the body-part possibly including the contrast agent, means (909-930) for generating (A4.1-A4.3) a plurality of filtered signals from selected input signals of selected locations, each filtered signal at each instant over time being generated from a corresponding selected input signal according to a portion of the selected input signal including said instant, and means (933-939) for monitoring (A4.4-A4.6) each filtered signal to detect a peak in the response to the interrogation stimulus of the corresponding selected location, the peak being detected in response to the fulfillment of a stability condition by a corresponding portion of the filtered signal.
US10278610B2
This method of determining an intracochlea tissue impedance comprises using at least two stimulating electrodes to apply an electrical stimulus to intracochlea tissue. A voltage caused by the stimulus is measured between two measuring electrodes distinct from the stimulating electrodes. From the voltage a stimulus-response characteristic of tissue between the two measuring electrodes is determined. This allows the tissue/electrode interface impedance and potential and the tissue impedance and potential to be uniquely determined. In turn, modiolus currents can be estimated in monopolar stimulation mode. Also provided is automated initiation of re-mapping of the device when tissue characteristics change.
US10278601B2
A method and medical device for determining sensing vectors that includes sensing cardiac signals from a plurality of electrodes, the plurality of electrodes forming a plurality of sensing vectors, determining signal differences during a detection window in each of the plurality of sensing vectors, ranking sensing vectors of the plurality of sensing vectors in response to the determined signal differences, and selecting one or more sensing vectors of the plurality of sensing vectors in response to the determined rankings.
US10278600B2
A method for measuring a neural response to a stimulus. Measurement circuitry is settled prior to a stimulus, by connecting a sense electrode to the measurement circuitry to allow the measurement circuitry to settle towards a bio-electrically defined steady state. Charge is recovered on stimulus electrodes by short circuiting the stimulus electrodes to each other. An electrical stimulus is then applied from the stimulus electrodes to neural tissue, while keeping the sense electrode disconnected from the measurement circuitry. After the stimulus, a delay is imposed during which the stimulus electrodes are open circuited and the sense electrode is disconnected from the measurement circuitry and from the stimulus electrodes. After the delay, a neural response signal present at the sense electrode is measured by connecting the sense electrode to the measurement circuitry.
US10278599B2
The invention provides a system for measuring stroke volume (SV), cardiac output (CO), and cardiac power (CP) from a patient that features: 1) an impedance sensor connected to at least two body-worn electrodes and including an impedance circuit that processes analog signals from the electrodes to measure an impedance signal (e.g. a TBEV waveform); 2) an ECG sensor connected to at least two chest-worn electrodes and including an ECG circuit that processes analog signals from the electrodes to measure and ECG signal; 3) an optical sensor connected to a body-worn optical probe and including an optical circuit that processes signals from the probe to measure at least one optical signal (e.g. a PPG waveform) from the patient; 4) processing system, typically worn on the patient's wrist and connected through a wired interface to the optical sensor, and through either a wired or wireless interface to the TBEV and ECG sensors.
US10278596B2
A system and method are provided for generating EKG signal vectors for EKG sensing positions, comprising receiving an EKG axis vector and generating two or more component vectors from the EKG axis vector, each component vector identified by a magnitude and direction.
US10278595B2
Disclosed herein is a framework for facilitating patient signal analysis. In accordance with one aspect, first and second patient signal data are received from a patient monitor. The first and second patient signal data may then be segmented into respective first and second regions of interest, from which respective first and second waveform parameters may be extracted. One or more morphology indices may then be generated based on the first and second waveform parameters to compare shapes of the first and second regions of interest.
US10278593B2
Disclosed herein is a framework for facilitating adaptive control of monitoring devices. In accordance with one aspect, a position detector detects a chest elevation level and provides chest elevation level data. A processor uses the chest elevation level data to determine a heart elevation level with respect to a reference level. A comparator compares the determined heart elevation level with an elevation level of a monitoring device with respect to the reference level. In response to the comparison, a movement system adjusts the elevation level of the monitoring device.
US10278587B2
Eyelid illumination systems and methods for imaging meibomian glands for meibomian gland analysis are disclosed. In one embodiment, a patient's eyelid is IR trans-illuminated with an infrared (IR) light. A trans-illumination image of the patient's eyelid is captured showing meibomian glands in dark outlined areas, whereas non-gland material is shown in light areas. This provides a high contrast image of the meibomian glands that is X-ray like. The lid trans-illumination image of the meibomian glands can be analyzed to determine to diagnose the meibomian glands in the patient's eyelid. The eyelid may be trans-illuminated by a lid-flipping device configured to grasp and flip the eyelid for imaging the interior surface of the eyelid. Also, an IR surface meibography image of the meibomian glands may also be captured and combined with the trans-illumination image of the meibomian glands to provide a higher contrast image of the meibomian glands.
US10278583B2
A method for rapid computation of three-dimensional displacement and Lagrange strain in a high resolution filed of phase data obtained with Displacement Encoding with Stimulated Echoes (DENSE) in magnetic resonance images of the myocardium. The method includes semi-automated segmentation of a region of a heart, phase unwrapping the images in three dimensions, and a custom radial point interpolation method (RPIM). The RPIM is a meshfree numerical analysis method that uses radial basis functions and polynomial functions to calculate the Lagrange strain of DENSE displacement data acquired from the myocardium.
US10278582B2
A hospital bed is programmable with new firmware that is downloaded to the bed over a network. The firmware is downloaded to the bed automatically from a remote computer device. The remote computer device receives a message from the hospital bed which includes data regarding the version number of the bed's current firmware, and if the version number indicates that the firmware is an outdated version, the remote computer device downloads a new version of the firmware to the bed.
US10278580B2
An integrated system for the monitoring and treating diabetes is provided, including an integrated receiver/hand-held medicament injection pen, including electronics, for use with a continuous glucose sensor. In some embodiments, the receiver is configured to receive continuous glucose sensor data, to calculate a medicament therapy (e.g., via the integrated system electronics) and to automatically set a bolus dose of the integrated hand-held medicament injection pen, whereby the user can manually inject the bolus dose of medicament into the host. In some embodiments, the integrated receiver and hand-held medicament injection pen are integrally formed, while in other embodiments they are detachably connected and communicated via mutually engaging electrical contacts and/or via wireless communication.
US10278561B2
The present application provides an intelligent floor mopping apparatus, including: a body, a driving mechanism, a cleaning mechanism, and a sensing mechanism. The driving mechanism is disposed on the body, and is adapted to drive the body to move. The sensing mechanism is disposed on the body, and is adapted to sense the situation of a floor of an area to be cleaned, so as to adjust the moving direction of the body. The cleaning mechanism is disposed below the body for cleaning the floor and includes two circular mopping blocks and one rectangular mopping block. The two circular mopping blocks are disposed side by side below a front part of the bottom of the body and are rotatable parallel to the floor, and the rectangular mopping block is disposed below a rear part of the bottom of the body.
US10278558B1
A rotatable brush with a pressure sensor for detecting entanglements. If the amount of pressure around the brush reaches a predetermined threshold, a toggle extending along the length of the brush shaft switches from a default position to a secondary position and actuates the pressure sensor. The pressure sensor is electronically coupled to a processor and/or controller to activate one or more preprogrammed responses when an entanglement is putting pressure on the brush.
US10278548B2
A shower liner system configured to engage a shower rod having a rib with a strut slidably engaging the shower rod and a panel disposed approximately perpendicular to the strut having a top end and a bottom end. A liner can include a waterproof body with a top header disposed approximate the shower rod and having an engagement point, and a second header disposed away from the first header toward the floor. The top end of the panel engages the first header and the second end of the panel engages the second header. The rib is configured to hang at least a portion of the liner at an angle to the shower rod.
US10278545B2
An automated human washing system includes an enclosure having a base, a midsection, and a top cap. The enclosure has a front door. The system includes liquid dispensing tubes having openings for introducing liquid into the enclosure, and cleaning brushes having lower ends secured to the base. The liquid dispensing tubes are spaced from one another are surround the cleaning brushes. The system has a top cap including first and second top lids. The system has a main water faucet for introducing water into the upper end of the enclosure, a drain for removing liquid from the enclosure, a first engine for pumping liquid through the liquid dispensing tubes into the enclosure, a second engine for moving the elongated cleaning brushes over a top surface of the base, and a control system for operating the human washing system.
US10278537B2
A compact versatile portable cooker comprising a fire pan, a cover, and a pair of support racks adapted to support a spit and adapted to be attached to the opposed ends of the fire pan. Front and back plates are hinged to the fire pan, and one can alternately either secure the cover or the support racks to the fire pan, to provide with the cover a dosed container for containing and storing all of the parts of the portable cooker; and to provide with the support racks a support for the spit above the fire pan.
US10278530B1
A child-safe, cutlery device that separately cores and slices a strawberry includes: a ring having an inner perimeter surface that encloses a central void and an outer perimeter surface, an elongated cutting member having a first end and a second end that are each attached to opposing points on the ring's inner perimeter surface, a top surface with a pointed edge that is adapted to be a cutting edge, a pair of elongated handle members, each of which has a proximal and a distal end and wherein each of the handle members' proximal ends is attached to the ring's outer perimeter surface at one of a pair of spaced-apart, attachment points.
US10278526B2
A portable drinking device capable of fitting over a typical pressurized beverage can to direct the flow of fluid from the can to a recipient's mouth. The portable drinking device may be positioned over the open top of the can and the can and portable drinking device are slightly tilted sideways. After the can has been punctured on its side, the entire assembly is positioned so that the portable drinking device directs a rapid and steady stream of fluid from the punctured can through the tube of the portable drinking device into a recipient's mouth.
US10278519B2
A merchandising tray used for displaying product containers includes a base defining a support surface, and a single side wall divider connected to the base. The single side wall divider has a vertical wall provided with a rearward end and a forward end, a first retaining structure formed between the rearward end and the forward end, and the forward end being formed with a supporting wall having a second retaining structure. The merchandising tray is adapted to be suspended upon a group of like adjacently disposed merchandising trays such that the first retaining structure is engaged with the second retaining structure. A merchandising tray arrangement and methods of using the merchandising trays are also disclosed.
US10278516B2
A merchandise display system can include a front rail, at least one divider configured to engage the front rail, the at least one divider including a barrier. The at least one divider may also include a divider wall, and a roller carriage extending along the divider wall. The roller carriage can be provided with a plurality of rollers, and the roller carriage can be configured to advance the product. Additionally, the roller carriage can be tilted such that the product is configured to move toward the barrier. The roller carriage can be formed of a first portion and a second portion, and the roller carriage can provided with a plurality of axles that are configured to receive the plurality of rollers such that the plurality of rollers are configured to rotate on the roller carriage. A method for forming a merchandise display system is also contemplated.
US10278514B1
The present invention relates to a child wrap, which may be in the form of a continuous piece of fabric and include a center panel, left and right shoulder straps, a bottom strap, and left and right panels, at least one of which is elongated. The panels preferably attach to one another via hook and loop fasteners as they wrap around the child. Preferably, the child's arms are free while wearing the wrap.
US10278512B2
A bed arrangement including adaptive properties is disclosed. The bed arrangement includes a mattress including at least one zone including independently adjustable firmness and/or height, a drive unit arranged to adjust the firmness and/or height of the at least one zone and at least one sensor. The sensor(s) is adapted to measure a physical parameter which is relatable to a lying position used by a user. Further, a control unit is arranged to determine, based on input from the sensor(s), the present lying position of a user. The lying position is determinable to be one of a set of at least two predefined lying positions. Further, the control unit controls the drive unit to adjust the firmness and/or height of the zone(s) to preset firmness/height value(s) corresponding to the determined lying position. Hereby, an automatic adaption of the bed properties to various lying positions is obtained.
US10278510B2
A linkage mechanism provides motion capabilities for various chair types. For example, a linkage mechanism includes a combination of links that facilitate ottoman extension/closing and backrest recline/incline. In addition a linkage mechanism includes a compact design that is usable with hi-leg style chairs having a relatively low seat height.
US10278482B1
An item carrying system incorporates a circumferentially adjustable waist band assembly having a pair of pouches adjustably positionable on either side of the waist band. Each pouch has a plurality of pockets and storage spaces. Each pouch also comprises a solar panel in electric communication with at least one charging port. The entire system is waterproof and buoyant.
US10278481B2
This disclosure relates to a messenger bag system having two bags and a collapsed and an expanded configuration. The two bags are connected by one or more connecting members. The bag system is configured such that the connecting member(s) can drape over a seat of a chair when the system is in the expanded configuration. Each bag has one or more retaining members. The retaining member(s) of one bag are configured to be adjacent to a retaining member of the other bag when the bags are in the collapsed configuration. A securing member is used to secure adjacent retaining members to keep the bag system in the collapsed configuration.
US10278474B2
Disclosed is a dropper type of cosmetic container that may be conveniently used by sucking liquid cosmetics through a dropper tube and then discharging the liquid cosmetics to the outside through the dropper tube.An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a cosmetic container including a container, an internal cap combined with the container, an external cap combined with the outside of the internal cap, a dropper tube combined with the internal cap, a button disposed between the outside of the internal cap and the inside of the external cap, a piston combined with the button, and an elastic member disposed between the internal cap and the button, wherein an external circumferential surface of the internal cap may be provided with a guide groove in which the button is guided in a spiral direction and simultaneously fitted, and an interior circumferential surface of the button may be provided with a guide protrusion that is fitted in the guide groove to lift or lower the button or to rotate and move the button.
US10278469B2
Disclosed is a hairdressing apparatus with an anion generator, the apparatus having a switch, a temperature regulator, and display parts. An upper body and a lower body are fixedly connected through a hinge. An anion generator fixed holder, a first support, an anion generator hood, a first elastic piece, a first aluminum plate with a first metal ceramic heater arranged in it, and a lower cover plate arranged in the lower body. A second support, a printed circuit board assembly plate, an anion generator, a second elastic piece, a second aluminum plate with a second metal ceramic heater arranged in it, and an upper cover plate are arranged in the upper body. An integrated structure is applied to this hairdressing apparatus, insuring safety and comfort to whoever uses it.
US10278459B2
Method of forming an adjustable-length, stretchable, fabric cord, typically elastane-based, for use in making jewelry, eyeglass necklaces, hair bands and more. Elastane-based fabric cord is typically used in conjunction with beadwork and other jewelry components.
US10278452B2
An article of footwear including a connecting member is disclosed. The connecting member provides partial decoupling between the upper and the sole structure. The connecting member can include an upper layer and a lower layer that are attached at a central attachment portion.
US10278445B1
A helmet having non-bursting gas cells preferably includes a hard helmet shell, an outside gas cell impact layer and an inside gas cell impact layer. The outside gas cell impact layer preferably includes at least one gas cell layer and an outside layer of sheet material. Each gas cell layer includes a plurality of gas cells created between two plastic sheets. The inside gas cell impact layer includes the at least one gas cell layer. The inside and outside gas cell impact layers may be permanently or removably attached to hard helmet shell. A second embodiment of the helmet having non-bursting gas cells preferably includes the hard helmet shell, the outside gas cell impact layer and an inside gas cell inflatable impact layer. The inside gas cell inflatable impact layer preferably includes at least one inflatable gas cell layer and a check valve.
US10278443B2
Remote monitoring of a subject wearing a sports helmet is enabled. In one aspect, an example system includes a safety helmet and a sensor integrated with the helmet for continuously gathering head acceleration force data, the head acceleration force data associated with the head movements of a subject. The system can also include a wireless transceiver coupled to the sensor for transmitting the head acceleration force data and a mobile device for receiving the head acceleration force data from the wireless transceiver. The system can further include a database engine for displaying the head acceleration force data to a user.
US10278420B2
An improved size adaptable cigar splitting apparatus comprising and outer body and an inner size adapting sleeve adapted to be slidingly engaged therewith and further comprising a cutting blade for splitting the wrapper and, if present, packaging of a cigar, cigarillo or other smoking device. In a preferred embodiment, the inner size adapting sleeve may be cylindrical in shape and is removable, allowing the invention to be adapted to various sizes of smoking devices. The cigar splitter apparatus of the invention is adapted to receive smoking devices of various diameters which include all common diameters of smoking devices currently in use. The cutting blade is adapted to be removable and replaceable. The improved size adaptable cigar splitter apparatus of the invention may further comprise a lanyard tang adapted to receive a necklace, lanyard, or similar structure to facilitate ease of carrying.
US10278399B2
Disclosed is a frozen product and methods of making the frozen product. The frozen product includes a frozen biscuit dough that bakes without prior thawing in a reduced time. The frozen biscuit dough includes a leavening system that comprises a fast acting leavening acid. Also included are methods of making a baked good from a frozen product.
US10278397B2
Methods for improving the ability of a population of biological agents to compete and survive in a field setting are provided. The improved, modified population of agents is able to grow, compete with other microbial strains and fungi, and provide protection for plants from pathogens. Modified biological agents and modified populations of such agents that are herbicide tolerant or resistant are selected or engineered. In this manner, the protection from disease-causing agents is enhanced. Such modified populations can be added to soils to prevent fungal pathogens and the associated diseases thereby promoting plant growth. The present invention is useful for enhancing the competitiveness of modified biological agents particularly over other microbial agents which are not herbicide resistant. Disclosed compositions include selected or engineered herbicide resistant biological agents and modified populations of biocontrol agents. These modified biological agents can be used as an inoculant or seed coating for plants and seeds.
US10278393B2
A method for disinfecting a surface contaminated with microorganisms or suspected of being contaminated with microorganisms, the microorganism being one or more of Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterococcus hirae, including the step of contacting the surface with a disinfecting composition including: 0.1-10 wt. % of one or more N-acylated amino acids or N-acylated peptides, or a salt thereof, less than 0.1 wt. % of hydrogen peroxide, 0.1-20 wt. % of one or more non-ethoxylated anionic surfactants, 0.05-5 wt. % of a carboxylic acid, wherein the disinfecting composition has a pH in the range of 1-4.5 wherein the composition includes less than 5 wt. % of ethoxylated anionic surfactant. The invention also pertains to a composition suitable for use in the method according to the invention. The method and composition provide excellent biocidal activity over a broad range of organisms using low concentrations of organic acids.
US10278386B2
The present invention relates to a solution for resisting destruction of living plants and a related method. A solution including a buffered amine oxide admixed with at least one material selected from the group consisting of insecticides and fungicides is applied to the living plant and provides a synergistically effective greater resistance to living plant deterioration than any of the individual buffered amine oxide, insecticides and fungicide achieve considered individually. A related method is disclosed.
US10278383B2
A waterfowl decoy stand has an elongated base, a buoyant material attached to the top of the elongated base, and one or more studs attached to the top of the elongated base. The elongated base has a top, a bottom, a first elongated portion having a first end, and a second elongated portion having a second end. An angle formed by the first elongated portion and the second elongated portion is greater than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees. The one or more studs extend above the buoyant material for removably retaining a waterfowl decoy.
US10278382B2
A scent vaporizing and distribution device uses an electric heating element to rapidly vaporize a liquid scent material. An airflow generator is used to create a distribution airflow that distributes the vapor from the device. The airflow generator can be an electric-powered fan or a manually-powered pump or squeezable bladder. The liquid scent material can include a glycol or a water-glycol mixture. A scent material such as liquid or powdered deer urine or a pleasant scent that can be used as a room or automobile or room freshener is mixed with the liquid. The vapor generator can be removable and replaceable such that different scents can be used with a single airflow generator or an empty generator can be replaced.
US10278379B2
A portable bird scare device uses airflow to create random movement of a sock. For example, a portable bird scare device can be constructed from a toolbox, marine fan, waterproof switch, deep-cycle battery, fuse, ripstop nylon tube, plumbing pipe and plumbing pipe connectors. A switch can control power between the fan and a battery protected by the fuse. The fan can drive air from within the toolbox through pipe and connectors to the ripstop nylon tube. By controlling the dimensions of the ripstop nylon tube, the ripstop nylon tube can be made to alternatively rise and collapse. By constructing the bird scare device in this manner, it can be made to fit the needs of an airport for a portable, all day, quiet device that can be placed in fields and within confined spaces (such as under bridges, within window wells, etc.) to scare birds due to the movement.
US10278366B2
A leash with a non-elastomeric extendable portion; an elastomeric extendable portion; and a storage pouch. The elastomeric extendable portion is connected to the non-elastomeric portion and the non-elastomeric extendable portion is folded or rolled several turns upon itself. The storage pouch holds the non-elastomeric extendable portion in the folded or rolled relationship of its turns.
US10278360B2
The disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for the production of cheese. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for making pasta filata cheese. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a barrel for a single auger extrude having angular sections of material.
US10278357B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH850148. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH850148, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH850148 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH850148.
US10278356B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH846107. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH846107, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH846107 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH846107.
US10278350B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01064672. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01064672. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01064672 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01064672 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10278344B2
The invention provides seed and plants of tomato line FDR-9Q09167. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato line FDR-9Q09167, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US10278340B2
A stump grinder is configured to mount to a portable machine that operably supports the stump grinder during a stump grinding procedure. The stump grinder includes a cutting wheel that is rotatably driven during the stump grinding procedure. The cutting wheel has a cutting surface to grind the stump by moving the rotating cutting wheel across the stump. A wheel stabilizing assembly is disposed between the portable machine and the drive system for supporting the drive system and cutting wheel. The cutting wheel is held in a generally vertical orientation and movement of the cutting wheel is biased relative to the portable machine. Accordingly, forces applied against the cutting surface of the cutting wheel during the grinding procedure are limited by the biased movement.
US10278336B2
A simulated tree trunk planter, comprising: a simulated tree trunk such that the simulated tree trunk includes a natural appearance located on an outer surface of the tree trunk; wherein a lower end of the trunk includes a stabilizing plate operatively connected at one side to the lower end of the tree trunk and a tree anchor operatively connected at one end to the other side of the stabilizing plate; wherein the upper end of the trunk includes a simulated tree trunk planter receptacle having receptacle retainers, a receptacle lattice operatively connected to the receptacle retainers, and foliage such that the foliage is retained in place by the receptacle retainers and the receptacle lattice; and a plurality of attachment panel systems located on a section of the tree trunk, wherein a plurality of trunk attachments is secured to the tree trunk through the use of the attachment panel systems.
US10278330B2
A combine has a feeder house extending forward from the front of the combine, with the front of the feeder house defining a rectangular frame for supporting a harvesting head. A gauge wheel arrangement is supported on the rectangular frame and in turn supports the harvesting head. The gauge wheel arrangement includes a center frame that abuts the rectangular frame and pivots with respect to it. A left side frame with gauge wheels is hinged to the center frame. A right side frame with gauge wheels is hinged to the center frame. The center, left, and right frames can support the harvesting head and permit the harvesting head to pivot with respect to the feeder house, as well as supporting a part of the weight of the harvesting head on the gauge wheels.
US10278328B2
A grain cart is provided having a storage hopper for holding crop material, load cells positioned on the grain cart to measure a weight of crop material in the grain cart and an indicator connected to the load cells. The indicator can be operative to receive signals from the load cells indicating the weight measured by the load cells and to send an electrical signal on an output connection in response to a predetermined weight of crop material being removed from the grain cart. The output connection can be electrically connected to a close gate conductor wire that is operatively connected to the gate actuator, so an electrical signal generated by the indicator on the output connection of the indicator causes the gate actuator to close gates in the storage hopper stopping crop material from being discharged from the storage hopper.
US10278327B2
A trimmer head for a rotary cutting device that utilizes a plurality of trimmer line and cutting blades either separately or simultaneously, the blades pivotally connected to the trimmer head in a first plane which is generally parallel to and underneath a second plane in which the trimmer line is pivotally connected to the trimmer head, each of the blades and strips of trimmer line capable of pivoting within a lateral arc of at least 180 degrees within its respective plane without striking the trimmer head or any other blades or trimmer line.
US10278321B2
A hand-held tilling device for powered hand-held tilling of substrate includes a support that is hollow. A drive assembly is coupled to a top end of the support. The drive assembly is configured for grasping in a hand of a user. A tillage assembly is coupled to a bottom end of the support. The tillage assembly is drivingly coupled to the drive assembly. The drive assembly is positioned on the support for grasping in the hand of the user. The drive assembly is positioned to motivate the tillage assembly to till a substrate selected by the user.
US10285318B2
A component inserting machine includes a gripping device which grips leads of an insert component which is supplied to a component supplying section using a pair of clamp members, X and Y robots which move the gripping device, a lead imaging device which images the leads which are gripped by the clamp members, and a control section which detects lead positions from an image containing the leads which are imaged by the lead imaging device and inserts the leads which are gripped by one of the clamp members into the insertion holes by moving the gripping device using the X and Y robots based on the lead positions.
US10285313B2
The present invention includes a tape peeling mechanism provided with a peeling member configured to enter a leading end surface in a feeding direction of fed component supply tape made from carrier tape and cover tape so as to peel the cover tape from the carrier tape, enabling a component to be supplied from at a component supply position, wherein the peeling member is displaced upwards after entering the leading end surface of the carrier tape as the component supply tape is fed. Accordingly, cover tape is reliably peeled without damaging components, and changeover work on the leading end of the component supply tape is not required.
US10285311B2
The device includes a body and a plurality of contact portions. The body is substantially planar. The plurality of contact portions are associated with the body so as to form ports. The plurality of contact portions are in electrical communication with the body. The port of each contact portion having an inside diameter substantially equal to ID1. The body and the contact portions are constructed of a conductive metallic material.
US10285309B2
The subject disclosure is directed towards a submerged datacenter, which may be made up of modules, into a body of water such as the ocean. The submersion facilitates cooling of the datacenter as well as providing protection of the datacenter from environmental conditions that exist at or near the surface. Power may be generated from the datacenter heat, and power generated by or near the body of water (e.g., via waves, tides, wind, currents, temperature differences) may be used to help power the datacenter.
US10285300B1
A tray mechanism for accommodating an electronic device in a casing having first and second side plates includes a sheet, a pin, a lock rod, a push rod, a tray having a bottom plate and third and fourth side plates, and a fixing plate disposed on the bottom plate. The pin is disposed on the sheet and is movable on the fixing plate. The lock rod and the push rod are slidably arranged on the fixing plate. The pin penetrates through a slot of the lock rod. A hook of the push rod releasably hooks the pin. When a block of the second side plate biases the push rod to separate the hook from the pin, the push rod pushes the pin to slide upward to retract the lock rod inwardly to separate an abutting end of the lock rod from a holding sheet of the first side plate.
US10285299B2
According to one exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, there may be provided a head mount device including a housing including a device mounting portion to mount an external electronic device on an upper side of the head mount device, a holder assembly rotatably installed at a periphery of the device mounting portion and comprising a protruding terminal, and at least two gendered connector assemblies each removably attachable to the holder assembly. The at least two gendered connector assemblies each comprising an exposure terminal adapted to be electrically connected to the protruding terminal and a locker to fix each gendered connector assembly to the holder assembly, the each gendered connector assembly has a connector corresponding to a different connection profile, and one gendered connector assembly among the at least two gendered connector assemblies is removably attached to the holder assembly based on the connector of the one gendered connector assembly corresponding to a connector port of the external electronic device mounted to the device mounting portion. Other various exemplary embodiments are also possible.
US10285298B2
An electronic device assembly includes an electronic device having a first panel and and a second panel adjacent and orthogonal to the first panel, wherein the first panel includes apertures and the second panel includes a panel jack for connecting to cables, and a cable retainer having a base and a back upstanding wall extending from the base. The base is attached to the first panel of the electronic device. The back upstanding wall faces the second panel, the back upstanding wall is spaced from the second panel, and the back upstanding wall has slots for supporting the cable, wherein the upstanding wall has a plurality of sections in which the sections are at different gaps from the second panel of the electronic device.
US10285296B2
A display panel, a fabrication method thereof and a display device are provided. The display panel has a display region (100) and a frame region (200). The display panel comprises an array substrate (01) and an opposed substrate (02) provided opposite to each other; a pattern of peripheral circuits and wires (03) is provided within the frame region (200) on a side of the array substrate (01) facing the opposed substrate (02), a pattern of a black matrix (04) is provided on the side of the array substrate (01) facing the opposed substrate (02) and/or on a side of the opposed substrate (02) facing the array substrate (01), and an orthogonal projection of the pattern of the peripheral circuits and wires (03) on the array substrate (01) does not overlap an orthogonal projection of the pattern of the black matrix (04) on the array substrate (01); and a sealant (05) which has underwent a curing treatment is provided in the frame region (200) and between the array substrate (01) and the opposed substrate (02), and the sealant (05) includes a substance formed of a thermochromic material which has changed its color in a process of the curing treatment.
US10285294B2
A chassis member for a chassis of an electronic device is disclosed. The chassis member includes an aluminum alloy layer and an alumite layer serving as an outermost layer of the chassis member and disposed on a surface of the aluminum alloy layer. A grain size of an aluminum alloy in the aluminum alloy layer is between 40 μm and 50 μm.
US10285291B1
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a line card ejector configured to engage with a chassis to retain the line card within a slot in the chassis in a closed position, a locking member movable between a locked position in which the ejector is locked in its closed position and an unlocked position in which the ejector may be moved to an open position to remove the line card from the chassis, and an actuation device for moving the locking member from its locked position to its unlocked position. The locking member comprises an accessible release lever for moving the locking member from its locked position to its unlocked position without use of the actuation device for emergency release and removal of the line card. A method for emergency release of the line card is also disclosed herein.
US10285290B2
An adjustable frame includes a first support, a second support, two third supports and two assembling members. The second support is disposed on the first support, and the second support is slidable relative to the first support along a first direction. The two third supports are disposed on the first support. At least one of the two third supports is slidable relative to the first support along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction for adjusting a distance between the two third supports. The two assembling members are respectively disposed on the two third supports, and a distance between the two assembling members is adjustable by movement of the at least one of the two third supports.
US10285286B2
Provided is an electronic control device, including: a connector case; two or more connectors including a power supply connector and another connector, the connectors being mounted to an external side of the case; a control unit mounted to an inner side of the case; and a power supply circuit unit including circuit components mounted to the external side of the case, the connectors being mounted apart from each other. The another connector is connected to the control unit by passing through the case not via the power supply circuit unit. The power supply circuit unit includes power supply conducting bars adjacent to each other on an inner side of the case. The power supply conducting bars are connected to the circuit components and the power supply connector by passing through the case and are also connected to the control unit.
US10285279B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor module which has an external terminal protruding from one surface thereof; a printed circuit board which is electrically and mechanically connected to the external terminal of the semiconductor module; a heatsink which abuts against the other surface of the semiconductor module opposite to the one surface; and a joint member which serves as an elastic support column having a first head portion and a second head portion. The first head portion is shaped like a truncated cone and disposed at one end of the elastic support column, and the second head portion is disposed at the other end of the elastic support column. The semiconductor module, the printed circuit board and the heat sink are integrated by the first head portions and the second head portions.
US10285276B1
A method is provided that includes receiving shape data specifying a shape of an electromagnetic (EM) structure in a circuit layout and transferring the shape data to a schematic cell representation based on a logic function of the EM structure and package technology layers of the circuit layout. The method includes placing a symbol for the EM structure in the schematic cell representation, associating the shape data and a model path with a cell parameter in the symbol, mapping the shape data to the package technology layers, and specifying pins in the schematic cell representation according to the shape data. Further, the method includes verifying ports for the EM structure and placing the EM structure in a package layout for a printed circuit board (PCB). A system and a non-transitory, computer readable medium storing commands to perform the above method are also provided.
US10285263B2
A circuit board includes a substrate and conductive patterns disposed inside or on the substrate, in which two neighboring conductive patterns are separated from each other by a gap disposed therebetween, and the conductive pattern includes first cut patterns connected to the gap and disposed toward an inside of the conductive pattern.
US10285260B2
The flexible printed circuit board includes a base layer, a first circuit layer and a second circuit layer, the first circuit and the second circuit layer formed on both sides of the base layer; conducting holes extending through the base layer and the first copper layer, the conducting holes include annular copper ring embedded in the first circuit layer. A height difference between a surface of the annular copper ring and a surface of the first circuit layer is in a range from 0 to 3 micrometers. A method for manufacturing the flexible printed circuit board is also provided.
US10285247B2
The invention relates to a control system for a lighting system comprising at least one control adapter having a digital interface for connection to an assigned digital control bus, to which a plurality of light-technology operating components such as control gear, ballast devices, sensor units, and/or switch units are connectable as bus users by means of a respective digital interface, wherein the at least one control adapter furthermore has a controller and a wireless interface for data coupling of the control adapter to a wireless network terminal. The control facility according to the invention is distinguished in that for at least one lighting system template, the respective comprised light-technology operating components and at least some of configurations and/or parameterizations assigned to the operating components are stored in a memory, which can be read out by the wireless network terminal, wherein the bus users connected to the digital control bus are detected for the configuration and startup of the lighting system. The invention furthermore relates to a method for the configuration and startup of such a facility.
US10285245B2
A processing module (20) is disclosed, which is configured to receive usage data for at least one lighting device (11-15) and on basis of the usage data determine a lighting device settings profile for the at least one lighting device (11-15).
US10285239B2
A protection circuit for short circuit of LED power supply includes a constant voltage source powered by the LED power supply, a constant current source powered by the LED power supply, a switching module for controlling the constant current source to turn off or turn on, and an output current detecting module for controlling the switching module to turn off or turn on. The constant current source is provided in parallel with the constant voltage source. The switching module includes a PNP type transistor connected in series to the constant current source. The output current detecting module includes a NPN type transistor, a base of the NPN type transistor being electrically connected to the output terminal of the constant voltage source, an emitter of the NPN type transistor grounding, and a collector of the NPN type transistor being electrically a base of the PNP type transistor.
US10285238B2
The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for synchronous lighting control by a mobile terminal. The method comprises acquiring a loading program of each of a plurality of lamps required to be synchronously controlled; acquiring a state of each of the plurality of lamps according to the loading program; grouping the plurality of lamps according to the state of each of the plurality of lamps; and controlling a switching and a color of each of the plurality of lamps synchronously according to the grouping. A beneficial effect of the present disclosure is that by grouping the smart lamps, the smart lamps are managed in batch, and by using a colorful scene and a changing music to control a switching and a color of the smart lamps, the intelligence level of the system is improved, the control style is enriched, and the user experience is better.
US10285230B2
Driver for an LED lamp, including an LED driver for driving an LED, a voltage input port adapted to connect the driver to a multi switch as a power source, a voltage output port connecting the LED to the LED driver, and a bleeder circuit suppressing leakage current provided by the multi switch, wherein the bleeder circuit is connected in series between the voltage input port and the LED driver.
US10285229B2
An apparatus can include: a bleeder circuit coupled to a DC bus of an LED driving circuit having an SCR dimmer; the bleeder circuit being configured to stabilize a voltage of the DC bus at a predetermined value by drawing a bleed current through a bleed path in a first mode, and to cut off the bleed path in a second mode; and a controller configured to control the bleeder circuit to be in the first mode before the SCR dimmer is turned on, and to switch to the second mode after the SCR dimmer is turned on, where the predetermined value is greater than zero.
US10285224B2
A microwave processing apparatus is provided with an oscillator, a power amplifier, a heating chamber that accommodates an object to be heated, a power feeder which is disposed on a wall surface of the heating chamber, which receives an output transmitted from a microwave generator and which radiatively feeds the microwave into the heating chamber, and a power detector that detects the power reflected from the power feeder to the power amplifier. The microwave processing apparatus determines a plurality of points of heating frequencies by using top several points of minimum point frequencies of the reflected power, and performs frequency hopping heating within a predetermined unit time.
US10285216B2
Various embodiments provide dynamic reconfiguration of a connectivity configuration associated with a wireless networking device. The wireless networking device maintains multiple wireless connections with multiple user devices using a combination of beam-formed wireless signals and omnidirectional wireless signals. The wireless network device generates a list of connected or associated user devices that are capable of beam-formed wireless communications, and obtains metrics for each respective user device. The wireless networking device prioritizes the list based upon the respective metrics, and determines whether a current connectivity configuration differs from the prioritization. Responsive to determining a difference, the wireless networking device can dynamically reconfigure the connectivity configuration by modifying a connection type associated with at least one user device.
US10285207B2
A method and apparatus for performing call relay in a wireless communication system is provided. A relaying user equipment (UE) configures a call order or priority among neighboring UEs, selects at least one neighboring UE among the neighboring UEs, and establishes a call or a session between the selected neighboring UE and a caller UE.
US10285192B2
A radio communication system includes: a plurality of cells having different scrambling sequences, respectively, wherein at least two cells communicate with at lease two user terminals connected to different serving cells; and a controller which controls the plurality of cells and provides a single scrambling sequence to said at least two cells and said at least two user terminals for control signal transmission and reception.
US10285191B2
One embodiment of the present specification provides a method by which a wireless device, to which coverage enhancement (CE) is applied, transmits an uplink channel. The method can comprise a step for receiving, by the wireless device, sounding reference signal (SRS) configuration information for other wireless devices within a cell. The SRS configuration information can comprise information on SRS transmittable subframes. The method can comprise a step for transmitting, by the wireless device, the uplink channel on symbols except for a final symbol on subframes according to a reduced format, when the wireless device transmits the uplink channel on the subframes directed by the subframe information within the SRS configuration information for other wireless devices.
US10285189B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to a configurable subframe structure for use in next generation (e.g., fifth generation or 5G) wireless networks utilizing a time division duplex (TDD) carrier that minimizes interference with adjacent legacy wireless networks. The configurable subframe structure may be configured to produce next generation subframes, each including at least one of a downlink portion or an uplink portion, to substantially align downlink portions with corresponding legacy downlink subframes and/or uplink portions with corresponding legacy uplink subframes.
US10285188B2
The embodiments disclose a method in an AP for downlink transmission in a beamforming radio communication network. The method comprises grouping a plurality of terminal devices to be scheduled for downlink transmission into one or more groups; and associating each of the one or more groups with a different one of digital chains in the AP, wherein payloads to be transmitted to terminal devices in a same group are processed by a digital chain associated with the group.
US10285181B2
The present disclosure discloses a plurality of configuration schemes for coexistence of D2D signals with different CP lengths in D2D communication. In Scheme 1-1, a network allocates a specific CP length for some kind of D2D channel of all users in a cell; in Scheme 1-2, the network configures a specific CP length for each of D2D channels of each user in the cell; in Scheme 2-1, the network configures one CP length for each of D2D subframes; in Schemes 2-2 to 2-4, the system configures a CP length periodically, in which for N D2D subframes within a configuration periodicity, the network configures one CP length for each of (N−M) (M=1, 2) D2D subframes; while for the remaining M (M=1, 2) D2D subframes, the system multiplexes SC-FDMA/OFDM symbols with different CP lengths in a TDM, a FDM, and a TDM & FDM ways, respectively; and in Scheme 2-5, the network configures one CP length for each allocated time-frequency physical resource set.
US10285178B2
Radio transmission is performed even to a communication party whose bandwidth that can be used for transmission and reception is limited without having an influence of an offset of a DC component. A radio transmitter applied to an OFDMA communication system in which a plurality of different terminals performs communication using OFDM signals at the same time that includes a mapping part that allocates transmission power to each subcarrier, and also selects a subcarrier to which minimum power of the transmission power to be allocated is allocated and modulates transmission data in units of communication slots to output the modulated data; and a transmission part for transmitting radio signals including the modulated data using each of the subcarriers.
US10285177B2
System and method for automatic communication with remote devices enabling remote control and monitoring of the devices. The primary target is for low-power, remote devices running narrow or relatively narrow bandwidths, though the method is not restricted for any payload limits. The system enables two devices on a fully automated basis to identify each other, sound the radio paths between them to discover spectrum characteristics, select and exchange a vector of currently unused and optimum frequency bands for communication. Once defined, the devices use the frequency bands for automatic communication. The method enables devices to configure themselves for exchange of data and then the transfer of data. The base station and/or end points have the ability to initiate a connection and data transfer and use software defined radios to implement this capability.
US10285175B2
Methods and devices are provided for communicating data in a wireless channel. In one example, a method includes adapting the transmission time interval (TTI) length of transport container for transmitting data in accordance with a criteria. The criteria may include (but is not limited to) a latency requirement of the data, a buffer size associated with the data, a mobility characteristic of a device that will receive the data. The TTI lengths may be manipulated for a variety of reasons; such as for reducing overhead, satisfy quality of service (QoS) requirements, maximize network throughput, etc. In some embodiments, TTIs having different TTI lengths may be carried in a common radio frame. In other embodiments, the wireless channel may partitioned into multiple bands each of which carrying (exclusively or otherwise) TTIs having a certain TTI length.
US10285169B2
The present disclosure relates to downlink control information (DCI) enhancements for non-orthogonal multiple access. For example, the disclosure presents a method and an apparatus for wireless communications that may include determining, at the base station, downlink control information (DCI) for a first user equipment (UE), wherein the DCI for the first UE comprises modulation order information, spatial layer information, and power ratio information of the first UE, and a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) and spatial layer information of a second UE; and transmitting the determined DCI to the first UE.
US10285168B2
Systems and methods provide resource allocation signaling for low cost machine type communication (LC-MTC) devices with the elimination of the physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in long term evolution (LTE) communication systems. Disclosed systems and methods provide alternative light-weight, efficient control signaling for resource allocation of LC-MTC devices.
US10285165B2
A method for allocating resources for a scheduling request indicator (SRI) is disclosed. An SRI cycle period for use by user equipment (UE) within a cell is transmitted from a NodeB in a cell to UE within the cell. The NodeB transmits a specific SRI subframe offset and an index value to the particular UE within the cell. The specific SRI subframe offset and the index value enable the UE to determine a unique combination of cyclic shift, RS orthogonal cover, data orthogonal cover, and resource block number for the UE to use as a unique physical resource for an SRI in the physical uplink control channel (PUCCH).
US10285164B2
Method and apparatus for reporting feedback information for multi-carrier operation are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) is configured with multiple carriers. A base station may allocate an uplink (UL) control channel associated with a single UL carrier, for the WTRU. The base station may transmit, to the WTRU, a plurality of data signals via at least two downlink (DL) carriers using orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) and multiple input multiple output (MIMO), and may receive from the WTRU hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgment/negative-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) information, for the plurality of data signals transmitted via the at least two DL carriers, on the UL control channel. The HARQ ACK/NACK information may include at least two HARQ ACK/NACKs ANDed together. In addition, the base station may transmit, to the WTRU, information including a set of the DL carriers, each having an associated three bit indicator, for DL data transmission.
US10285159B2
Diversity enhancement for multiple carrier systems is disclosed which includes generation of a multiplexed multicarrier radio frequency (RF) signal having N carriers organized to be accessed at a rate of one carrier access per multicast channel (MCH) scheduling period (MSP) per carrier of the N carriers, thereby requiring N accesses per MSP duration across the N carriers. The method may also include the base station transmitting the RF signal to a user equipment (UE). In other aspects, the diversity enhancements include the UE receiving a multiplexed multicarrier RF signal having N carriers. The UE may access the N carriers by performing one carrier access per MSP per carrier of the N carriers, thereby performing N accesses per MSP duration across the N carriers.
US10285155B1
Aspects of the disclosed technology provide ways to report User Equipment (UE) device locations in a 5G network for the purpose of redirecting application traffic from proximately located Data Networks (DNs). In one aspect, the disclosed technology encompasses a process for conveying User Equipment (UE) information to an Application Function (AF), the process includes steps for receiving, at an intermediate-User Plane Function (I-UPF) entity, User Equipment (UE) uplink data from a Radio Access Network (RAN), determining if sharing of location information or application information associated with the UE is restricted, and encapsulating first location metadata or application metadata in an SRv6 packet if the sharing of location information or application information is not restricted. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
US10285152B2
A technique for sensor network, Machine to Machine (M2M), Machine Type Communication (MTC), and Internet of Things (IoT) is provided. A method for operating an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes receiving data for distance measurement between devices, wherein the electronic device is a first device among the devices, and determining positions of the devices using distances between the devices determined based on the data.
US10285150B2
The present invention relates to methods and arrangements in a base station and a user equipment for determining an uplink transmission timing correction for communication in a telecommunication system in which aggregation of component carriers is applied. The base station receives a signal from the user equipment on an uplink (UL) component carrier and measures the arrival time of the signal. A timing correction of the UL transmission timing based on the arrival time of the signal is determined. Thereupon the base station determines for which of the uplink component carriers used by the user equipment the timing correction is valid. The timing correction and the validity information is sent to the user equipment. The user equipment adjusts the UL transmission timing for each UL component carrier the timing correction is valid for.
US10285140B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a power estimation method and apparatus. On a premise of controlling interference caused by a second node to a first node to be within a range, a transmit power of the second node can be increased so as to improve communication quality of the second node. A specific solution is: obtaining an estimated load value of each first node in N first nodes according to a transmit power and user service requirements of each first node that are obtained and according to a transmit power set for each second node in M second nodes, and further, respectively using the transmit power set for each second node as an allowed transmit power of each second node according to the estimated load value of each first node in the N first nodes.
US10285136B2
A power allocation method and apparatus that relate to the wireless communications field. The method includes determining, by the user equipment (UE), a first channel in a first subframe; determining, by the UE, n second channels in n second subframes, where the n second subframes are subframes having overlapping time greater than or equal to a preset threshold with the first subframe; allocating, by the UE, transmit power at least to the first channel according to transmit power required for the first channel and transmit power required for the n second channels; and sending, by the UE, data to a first base station/first cell group on the first channel according to the transmit power allocated to the first channel.
US10285134B2
An apparatus, a method and a computer program for a mobile device. The apparatus has a transceiver module for communication in a first mobile communication system and in a second mobile communication system and a control module to determine whether a time period until an estimated next time for replenishing an energy supply of the mobile device lies above a time threshold value. The control module uses the first mobile communication system for a data transmission if the time period lies above the time threshold value and uses the second mobile communication system for the data transmission if a connection to the second mobile communication system is available at or before the next time for replenishing the energy reserve of the mobile device.
US10285128B2
A method for waking up devices in batches where the method includes generating, by a coordinator, a wake-up broadcast frame, where the wake-up broadcast frame includes a wake-up indication field, which instructs multiple devices in a low-rate wireless personal area network (LR-WPAN) to keep in a running state, and sending, by the coordinator, the wake-up broadcast frame at a time interval T2 within duration T1. Hence, the coordinator can wake up some devices directionally using the wake-up indication field in the wake-up broadcast frame. Therefore, resource utilization and wake-up efficiency of the coordinator are improved such that channel utilization and performance of the LR-WPAN are improved.
US10285127B2
Users are enabled to readily use desired applications.A wireless communication device performs an inter-device wireless communication with another wireless communication device in accordance with the Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) Direct specification. This wireless communication device includes a transmitting unit. This transmitting unit incorporates information about the role of the wireless communication device into an action frame specified in the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) 802.11 specification, and then transmits the action frame.
US10285126B2
An electronic device and method for identifying location information are provided. The electronic device may include a receiver circuit for receiving location-related information from external devices, and a controller. The controller may implement the method, including controlling the receiver circuit to obtain the location related information from the external devices, determining the location of the electronic device based on the received location information, and deactivating the receiver circuit based on the determination result.
US10285122B2
Disclosed are a method and apparatus for handling abnormality of a network communication function. When it is determined that a network communication function of a modem is abnormal, the modem is disconnected from a current cell, the current cell is set to be a barred cell, and a first barring duration within which the barred cell is barred is set; and when a duration within which the barred cell is barred is shorter than the first barring duration, one or more cells corresponding to a Radio Access Technology (RAT) supported by the modem is searched for, the cells excluding the barred cell.
US10285118B2
According to an example, a communication terminal is described comprising a determiner configured to determine cell search control information including at least a radio access technology to be searched for, a search duration, a number of search iterations, a number of antennas to be used for the search and based on at least one of information about the current radio conditions that the communication terminal is experiencing, position of the terminal, historical information about the presence of the radio cells at the position of the communication terminal, communication terminal attach history in terms of moving from some specific RATs/cells to other specific RATs/cells, proximity sensors' information and a transceiver configured to perform a cell search based on the determined cell search control information.
US10285111B2
A method and an apparatus for direct communication between User Equipments (UEs) in a wireless communication system are provided. A method for communicating with a second UE by a first UE in the wireless communication system includes generating a discovery code used for communicating with the second UE, and transmitting the generated discovery code to one middle layer among a plurality of layers.
US10285100B2
An example method for inter-Mobile Switching Center (MSC) handover of a mobile device includes requesting, by an anchor MSC subsequent to sending a Mobile Application Part (MAP) Prepare Handover message, the International Mobile Equipment Identity and Software Version Number (IMEISV) from the mobile device. The anchor MSC receives the IMEISV of the mobile device in response to the requesting and forwards the IMEISV and/or a corresponding UESBI-Iu in a message to a target MSC. The MAP Prepare Handover message may have been forwarded without the IMEISV of the mobile device when such IMEISV was not yet available at the time the inter-MSC handover was initiated. The IMEISV and/or corresponding User Equipment Specific Behavior Information (UESBI)-Iu may be forwarded in new Information Elements (IEs) in a MAP Forward Access Signaling (FAS) message to the target MSC.
US10285094B2
Mobile base station information is exchanged with an other base station. One or more parameters are exchanged with the other base station based on the base station information. A mobile base station is configured based at least in part on the negotiated one or more parameters. The configured mobile base station is used to provide cellular coverage to one or more user devices.
US10285093B2
Systems and methods for an automatically deployed wireless network are provided. According to one embodiment, an access point controller (AC) determines the existence of a network anomaly at a position of a wireless network that is managed by the AC. Responsive thereto, the AC causes an unmanned vehicle that carries a movable access point (AP) to carry the movable AP to the position or proximate thereto and causes the movable AP to provide wireless network service to an area encompassing the position by sending a dispatch command to the unmanned vehicle. The dispatch command instructs the unmanned vehicle to move to the position or proximate thereto.
US10285091B2
A method for transmitting a frame includes generating an omni portion of the frame, the omni portion including a non-beamformed long training field and a signal field, the non-beamformed long training field including channel estimation information used to decode the signal field, the non-beamformed long training field configured to be transmitted through one of multiple antennas and multiple streams. The method also includes generating a multi-stream portion of the frame, the multi-stream portion including a data field and a multi-stream long training field, the multi-stream long training field including station-specific decoding information for station-specific data in the data field. The method further includes applying a beamforming indicator to the signal field of the omni portion, and transmitting the frame.
US10285089B2
The present invention relates to a method for optimizing a real cellular, wireless communication network that combines mobility load balancing (MLB) with coverage and capacity optimization (CCO) in a joint and coordinated optimization. An optimal set of physical base station parameters is determined by performing an iterative direct search. The iterative direct search comprises a partitioning strategy to jointly determine an optimal partition of the served area and an associated optimal load of each of the plurality of base stations for a current set of physical base station parameters for each direct search iteration; said partitioning strategy using an updated value of the received power of the pilot or reference signal for each the plurality of user locations associated with the current set of physical base station parameters for each direct search iteration.
US10285085B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method for facilitating and establishing network connectivity. The network connectivity is established by a first computing device which is capable of identifying network parameters of available network connections and broadcasting the network parameters. The first computing device receives connection request along with connection request parameters from second computing devices to establish connection with one of the available network connections. The first computing device determines which network connection can server the connection request parameters and then facilitates the available network connection to the second computing device. The second computing device establishes the network connections with the first computing device. The second computing device identifies which are first computing devices with their network parameters can serve the connection request parameters of the second computing device.
US10285059B2
After a failed association attempt by an electronic device, an access point may facilitate trouble shooting by determining information associated with the electronic device. For example, the access point may receive at least an instruction from a computer associated with a network administrator to create a personal WLAN having a user-specific SSID. This user-specific SSID may correspond to a user of the electronic device (such as the user's name) or may be independently provided to the user by the network administrator. Then, the electronic device may associate with the access point to join the personal WLAN. In response, the access point may determine the MAC address of the electronic device. Next, the access point may provide the MAC address to the computer, so that the network administrator can identify the electronic device in the WLAN and/or can obtain additional information that can be used to solve the association problem.
US10285048B2
A first network device determines a set ID associated with a first set of management instances in at least one network, wherein the management instances execute network access or mobility management functions for UE interaction with a wireless network and wherein a first management instance is a member of the first set of management instances. The first network device determines a first pointer value associated with the first management node, generates a first global ID, for the first management instance, that includes the set ID and the first pointer value, and installs the first management instance at a second network device, along with the first global ID, the set ID, and the first pointer value. The first network device changes the first pointer value in response to an event, wherein the event is associated with planned maintenance, a planned upgrade, or an existing or predicted outage of the wireless network.
US10285044B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for communicating with a hotel, for example, by establishing calls from a mobile communication device as an extension of a PBX of the hotel. The mobile communication device can receive, by a network interface, guest registration data for a guest of the hotel, including the room assignment and one or more guest service extensions on the PBX. The mobile communication device can store the guest registration data in electronic memory to configure the one or more guest service keys with the one or more guest service extensions. The mobile communication device can based on a selection of a key of one or more guest service keys, communicate directly with the PBX, by the network interface, to place and receive calls as an extension of the PBX associated with the hotel room assignment.
US10285025B1
A system and method for the real-time management of a device, and more particularly to the establishment and enforcement of policies or rules associated with the feature or functions that may be performed with the device, such as making and receiving calls, exchanging data, playing games and music, sending and receiving email, accessing web sites, and paying for goods and services. If a child or employee is using the device, there may be a need to regulate how that device can be used and to determine who will pay for what goods or services. In addition to providing all of the features associated with a device, service providers need to be able to establish and enforce rules (policies) regulating how and when that device can be used and who will pay for a good or service requested by the user of the device.
US10285017B1
In aspects of navigation tracking in an always aware location environment with mobile localization nodes, a positioning system includes a server computing device that can locate wireless communication devices in an always aware location (AAL) environment. A mobile localization node located within the AAL environment implements a positioning module to receive, from the server computing device, one or two initial coordinates of the mobile localization node at a current location in the AAL environment. The positioning module can determine one or more additional coordinates of the mobile localization node at the current location in the AAL environment, and designate the current location as an origin of the mobile localization node based on a combination of the initial and additional coordinates. The positioning module can then self-track navigation of the mobile localization node within the AAL environment as the mobile localization node moves from the origin to subsequent locations.
US10285015B2
A location estimation system for estimating a location of a wireless communication terminal, the location estimation system including first to M-th wireless communication devices and a control device, wherein i-th wireless communication device includes communication circuitry, which in operation, receives a signal transmitted from the wireless communication terminal using beams in Ni directions, and control circuitry, which in operation, calculates Ni reception qualities corresponding to the beams in the Ni directions, respectively, and wherein the control device includes control circuitry, which in operation, estimates i-th arrival direction of the signal received by the i-th wireless communication device by comparing the Ni reception qualities with the radiation angle characteristics of the beams in the Ni directions, and estimates the location of the wireless communication terminal based on the first to the M-th arrival directions estimated and locations of the first to the M-th wireless communication devices.
US10285008B2
Selection of offers, locations or merchants based on their distances from a portion of a user's route and their affinity for the user is disclosed. A route employed by a user for travelling to a destination is obtained and segmented at identified vertices. Locations that are proximate to the route segments are determined. The proximate locations are further analyzed to obtain their specific distances from a selected portion such as the user's origin or destination or any route segment. Location based services are associated with those proximate locations that are closest to the selected portion on the user's route or those with the better utility.
US10284998B2
Various systems and methods are disclosed herein to increase the quality of the sound delivered to a user and allow personalization to optimize listening performance and comfort under atypical listening conditions, environment specific adjustment, and data capture to assist in the personalization of the system to the user's needs and preferences. Features disclosed include sound level rating systems that aggregate noise data detected by user's mobile phones or hearing devices to provide a database of real-time noise levels. Additionally, a user's sound settings may be saved in the system by location so that they may be recalled when re-entering a specific location. A remote clinician may tune a hearing device, or a user can tune the device using a pre-recorded audio sample. Also, a user may replay the last X seconds of audio recorded by their hearing device.
US10284997B2
In one embodiment, a technique is provided for estimating and using an expected error of a position estimate of a WLAN-enabled mobile device produced by a WLAN positioning system. The WLAN-enabled mobile device receives signals transmitted by a plurality of WLAN access points in range of the WLAN-enabled device. The position of the WLAN-enabled device is estimated based on the received signals from the WLAN access points in range of the WLAN-enabled device. An expected error of the position estimate is based on at least one of a spatial spread associated with geographic positions of the WLAN access points, signal coverage areas of the WLAN access points, or a number of the WLAN access points. The expected error is used in providing one or more location-based services to a user of the WLAN-enabled mobile device.
US10284996B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a set top box having a controller to receive a request for reverberation in an environment having a plurality of media devices, and adjust a time delay for audio signals presented by one of the plurality of media devices operably coupled to the set top box based at least in part on the request. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10284992B2
The derivation of personalized HRTFs for a human subject based on the anthropometric feature parameters of the human subject involves obtaining multiple anthropometric feature parameters and multiple HRTFs of multiple training subjects. Subsequently, multiple anthropometric feature parameters of a human subject are acquired. A representation of the statistical relationship between the plurality of anthropometric feature parameters of the human subject and a subset of the multiple anthropometric feature parameters belonging to the plurality of training subjects is determined. The representation of the statistical relationship is then applied to the multiple HRTFs of the plurality of training subjects to obtain a set of personalized HRTFs for the human subject.
US10284987B2
An acoustic apparatus includes an anchored diaphragm that is actuated by mechanical energy and a transduction material that is disposed in the anchored diaphragm that generates the mechanical energy that actuates the anchored diaphragm. The acoustic apparatus further includes an extendable diaphragm that is actuated when the anchored diaphragm is actuated and a plurality of damping holes that are disposed about the extendable diaphragm and that allow the extendable diaphragm to actuate in a vertical direction.
US10284965B2
A method facilitates the ascertainment of parameter values of a hearing aid for a user-specific auditory situation. For that purpose, blog entries from a wearer of a hearing aid are evaluated in automated fashion and the evaluation is taken as a basis for determining adapted parameter values.
US10284961B2
Techniques described herein generally include methods and systems related to a MEMS-based audio speaker system that includes a first movable element, formed from a first layer of a semiconductor substrate, and a second movable element, formed from a second layer of the semiconductor substrate that is a different layer than the first layer of the semiconductor substrate. The first movable element may be configured to oscillate along a first directional path substantially orthogonal to the first plane.
US10284959B2
A loudspeaker includes a frame; a vibration system having a membrane, a voice coil for driving the membrane to vibrate, and an elastic support piece opposite to the membrane for elastically supporting the voice coil; a magnetic circuit system. The elastic support piece includes a diaphragm and a flexible circuit board fixedly connected to the diaphragm. The diaphragm includes a first connecting part, a second connecting part and a first folding ring part connecting the first connecting part and the second connecting part. The membrane includes a second folding ring part corresponding to the first folding ring part. The first folding ring part is a convex structure bulging toward the membrane, the second folding ring part is a concave structure sinking toward the diaphragm; the diaphragm and the voice coil transmit electrical signals with the external circuits through the flexible circuit board.
US10284954B2
A loudspeaker system is described that includes a loudspeaker and an extender. The loudspeaker can be positioned on the ground and the extender can be optionally connected thereto. When the extender is connected to the loudspeaker, the loudspeaker is capable of selectively sending high-frequency components of an input audio signal to the extender and the extender is capable of playing back such high-frequency components to produce high-frequency audio. Due to the fact that an audio-producing apparatus of the extender can be positioned at a higher elevation than the loudspeaker, the high-frequency audio (which is more directional than lower-frequency audio) can be produced at a height that is likely to match that of the ear height of a user as opposed to producing the audio at floor height.
US10284939B2
A headphone listening device may include at least one speaker included in an earpiece and configured to playback first audio content from a first audio source. The headphone device may include at least one sensor configured to detect a trigger event and a controller. The controller may be configured to, in response to receiving the trigger event from the sensor, enable at least one microphone to acquire second audio content, fade a volume of the first audio content, and playback the second audio content.
US10284938B2
A speaker assembly is provided with a cabinet with laterally spaced apart side surfaces and a frame mounted to one of the side surfaces. The speaker assembly is also provided with a lever arm and a ratchet mechanism. The lever arm has a proximal end to connect to an upper support, a distal end with a plurality of teeth extending radially outward, and an intermediate portion pivotally connected to the frame for adjusting a splay angle of the cabinet relative to the upper support. The ratchet mechanism is coupled to the frame with at least two pawls each individually biased to engage at least one of the plurality of teeth to allow pivotal motion of the lever arm relative to the frame in a first direction and limit pivotal motion of the lever arm in a second direction that is opposite the first direction.
US10284934B2
A loudspeaker system can have first and second loudspeakers selectively operable in a single-channel mode or in a multi-channel mode. In the single-channel mode, the first and the second loudspeakers are configured to simultaneously reproduce a substantially identical signal. In the multi-channel mode, the first loudspeaker reproduces a first-channel signal and the second loudspeaker reproduces a second-channel signal. The first-channel signal and the second-channel signal can constitute respective portions of a multi-channel signal. Such loudspeaker systems can also have a mode selector configured to select one of the single-channel mode and the multi-channel mode. In some embodiments, such selection can occur in response to one or more detected proximities of another loudspeaker system. Multi-zone loudspeaker systems are also disclosed.
US10284933B2
In a configuration wherein N individual fibers interconnect two devices, each fiber can be configured, through configuration of the packet processing devices at each end of the fiber, to carry traffic in a single direction. From the perspective of the first device, an arbitrary subset T of the N fibers can be used for transmitting signals to the second device. The packet processing devices terminating a subset R of the remaining N-T fibers can be configured so that the first device may receive signals from the second device.
US10284931B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a liquid crystal grating-based optical switching apparatus, including an input collimator, an input polarization beam splitter, an input quarter-wave plate, a liquid crystal grating, an output quarter-wave plate, an output polarization beam splitter, and an output collimator. A transmission path is selected for an optical signal by changing a voltage of a liquid crystal grating so that the optical signal is output to a selected output.
US10284923B2
Provided herein is a wireless healthcare system comprising at least one sensor and a base unit adaptable to be in communication with the sensor. The sensor can be is adaptable to communicate with the base unit at a first power during formation of a communication link and is further adaptable to communicate with the base unit at a second power after the communication link has been formed, and wherein the sensor and base unit are components of a wireless healthcare system. The sensor can be a patch adaptable to be positioned on the surface of a patient. Further provided herein is a method of using the wireless healthcare system and kit.
US10284918B2
Methods and systems are presented for selecting a preferred source of ratings (e.g., Metacritic.com) and integrating the ratings into the electronic program guide (EPG) such as displaying the ratings alongside program listings. By allowing the user to select the source of ratings, the media guidance application ensures that the ratings provided are meaningful to the user. The media guidance application retrieves the ratings from the source of ratings selected by the user and displays the retrieved ratings in the corresponding program listing so that the user may make an informed decision about his or her television viewing. The media guidance application may also incorporate the retrieved ratings into media guidance functions such as setting reminders, scheduling recordings, or recommending programs.
US10284916B2
Methods and apparatus for generating personalized menus and a media content interface are provided. In one example, different device specific media asset lists are generated at different user devices for the same user based on the media consumption history at each device. In another example, media asset listings are displayed for multicast and on-demand media assets determined to be of interest to the user. An on-demand media asset is listed at a time when no other multicast media assets are listed. In another example, media asset listings for successive episodes of a media series are displayed in sequential order in response to an input to view successive episodes of a media series. In another example, a text search for media content is performed in which the search priority of media provider results is decreased relative to the search priority of media asset results as additional characters are added to a search string.
US10284911B2
An Internet Protocol television system includes a set-top box that receives requests to display video streams being transmitted to a household. In response to the request, the set-top box provides a list of the video streams to a display device. The list includes options to terminate transmission of one or more of the streams. This allows a user to determine which video streams should be transmitted when bandwidth limitations are reached.
US10284910B2
Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for powering-on devices based on remote control movement. A method includes detecting, by a processor, that a remote control device is moving based on data from one or more sensors communicatively coupled to the remote control device. The method includes transmitting, wirelessly from the remote control device, a power-on signal to one or more information handling devices in response to the movement of the remote control device.
US10284909B2
A display apparatus is disclosed. The display apparatus includes a communicator configured to communicate with an access point (AP), a storage, a display, an image processor, and a processor configured to, in a sleep mode, in response to a first signal being received via the AP from an external device accessing the AP, switch from the sleep mode to an standby mode and transmit a response signal with respect to the first signal to the external device, and to store content received from the external device in the storage while the display is turned-off, wherein the processor, in response to a second signal further being received from the external device, activates the image processor to process the content stored in the storage and activates the display to display the processed content.
US10284885B1
A method and system for protecting video and image files processes from original files to detect skin tones of persons appearing in the media. Pixels determined to contain skin tones are blurred or blacked out, and the pixel locations and their original color values are stored in a metadata file. The metadata file is encrypted and stored with the redacted video file. Thereafter, when an authorized person wants to see an unredacted version of the video, the system decrypts the metadata and reconstituted the video, replacing the redacted pixels with their original color values, and inserting a unique watermark into the video that identifies the requesting person. The watermarked video is then provided to the requesting person.
US10284878B2
A method and apparatus for encoding video by using deblocking filtering, and a method and apparatus for decoding video by using deblocking filtering are provided. The method of encoding video includes: splitting a picture into a maximum coding unit; determining coding units of coded depths and encoding modes for the coding units of the maximum coding unit by prediction encoding the coding units of the maximum coding unit based on at least one prediction unit and transforming the coding units based on at least one transformation unit, wherein the maximum coding unit is hierarchically split into the coding units as a depth deepens, and the coded depths are depths where the maximum coding unit is encoded in the coding units; and performing deblocking filtering on video data being inversely transformed into a spatial domain in the coding units, in consideration of the encoding modes.
US10284875B2
A method performed by an electronic device is described. The method includes obtaining a motion vector map based on at least two images. The motion vector map has fewer motion vectors than a number of pixels in each of the at least two images. The method also includes obtaining a feature point from one of the at least two images. The method further includes performing a matching operation between a template associated with the feature point and at least one search space based on the motion vector map. The method additionally includes determining a motion vector corresponding to the feature point based on the matching operation.
US10284870B1
A method of adjusting motion in a video sequence, includes performing motion estimation on an original video sequence and producing initial motion vectors and motion statistics, using the motion statistics to determine a level of motion estimation and motion compensation (MEMC) in the video sequence, adjusting a frame interpolation process based upon the level, and producing a frame interpolated video sequence from the original video sequence and the adjusted frame interpolation process.
US10284869B2
Motion field estimation is used to predict motion within video blocks. A current block of a current frame is identified as a projection of a first reference block of a first reference frame onto the current frame. The projection uses a first motion vector of the reference block with respect to a second reference frame. A temporal motion vector candidate is determined for the current block by projecting the current block onto a second reference frame. The temporal motion vector candidate identifies a second reference block. A motion vector selected from a motion vector candidate list is used to generate a prediction block using the selected motion vector. The current block is coded using the prediction block.
US10284868B2
Disclosed herein are exemplary embodiments of methods, apparatus, and systems for performing content-adaptive deblocking to improve the visual quality of video images compressed using block-based motion-predictive video coding. For instance, in certain embodiments of the disclosed technology, edge information is obtained using global orientation energy edge detection (“OEED”) techniques on an initially deblocked image. OEED detection can provide a robust partition of local directional features (“LDFs”). For a local directional feature detected in the partition, a directional deblocking filter having an orientation corresponding to the orientation of the LDF can be used. The selected filter can have a filter orientation and activation thresholds that better preserve image details while reducing blocking artifacts. In certain embodiments, for a consecutive non-LDF region, extra smoothing can be imposed to suppress the visually severe blocking artifacts.
US10284864B2
A system for decoding a video bitstream includes receiving a frame of the video that includes at least one slice and at least one tile and where each of the at least one slice and the at least one tile are not all aligned with one another.
US10284863B2
A device may determine, based on data in a bitstream, a luma sample (Y) of a pixel, a Cb sample of the pixel, and the Cr sample of the pixel. Furthermore, the device may obtain, from the bitstream, a first scaling factor and a second scaling factor. Additionally, the device may determine, based on the first scaling factor, the Cb sample for the pixel, and Y, a converted B sample (B′) for the pixel. The device may determine, based on the second scaling factor, the Cr sample for the pixel, and Y, a converted R sample (R′) for the pixel. The device may apply an electro-optical transfer function (EOTF) to convert Y′, R′, and B′ to a luminance sample for the pixel, a R sample for the pixel, and a B sample for the pixel, respectively.
US10284862B2
This invention introduces modification to a syntax signaled in slice segment header related to inter-layer prediction. A syntax optimization is proposed where if syntax element NumActiveRefLayerPics is equal to syntax element NumDirectRefLayers[nuh_layer_id] then the inter_layer_pred_idc[i] syntax elements are not signaled. In this case the value of inter_layer_pred_idc[i] syntax elements is inferred based on other syntax elements already signaled.
US10284853B2
Techniques related to projected interpolation prediction generation for video coding are described.
US10284852B2
Techniques related to content adaptive prediction distance analysis and hierarchical motion estimation for video coding may address the general problem of designing a new, advanced video codec that maximizes the achievable compression efficiency while remaining sufficiently practical for implementation on various platforms including limited devices. More specifically, certain motion estimation techniques may be adaptive to properties of the content and results in improved motion compensation, lower computational complexity, and lower cost of motion vector coding as compared to existing solutions.
US10284847B2
An image predictive encoding device can efficiently encode an image, while suppressing an increase in prediction information and reducing the prediction error of a target block. In an image predictive encoding device, according to one embodiment, to produce a prediction signal of a partition in a target region, it is decided whether prediction information of a neighbouring region can be used. When prediction information of the neighbouring region can be used, a region width of the partition where the prediction information of the neighbouring region is used to produce the prediction signal is determined. The prediction signal of the target region is produced from a reconstructed signal based on at least one of the region width, the prediction information of the target region, and the prediction information of the neighbouring region. The prediction information, information identifying the region width, and a residual signal are encoded.
US10284845B2
A method of partitioning in video coding for JVET, comprising representing a JVET coding tree unit as a root node in a quadtree plus binary tree (QTBT) structure that can have quadtree or binary partitioning of the root node and quadtree or binary trees branching from each of the leaf nodes. The partitioning at any depth can use asymmetric binary partitioning to split a node represented by a leaf node into two child nodes of unequal size, representing the two child nodes as leaf nodes in a binary tree branching from the parent leaf node and coding the child nodes represented by final leaf nodes of the binary tree with JVET, wherein further partitioning of child nodes split from leaf nodes via asymmetric binary partitioning is allowed recursively along the same branch in any order with symmetric partitioning.
US10284844B1
Method and decoder for reconstructing at least a sample of a block using an intra prediction angle determined from an intra prediction mode. The method includes decoding at least one syntax element from a coded video sequence. The at least one syntax element is indicative of an intra prediction mode. An intra prediction angle is determined that corresponds to the indicated intra prediction mode based on a stored relationship between a plurality of intra prediction modes and a plurality of intra prediction angles. At least one sample of a block is reconstructed using the intra prediction angle that is determined to correspond to the indicated intra prediction mode. The plurality of intra prediction modes in the stored relationship can include at least one of a first plurality of wide angle prediction modes and a second plurality of wide angle prediction modes. The first plurality of wide angle prediction modes is beyond a bottom left direction diagonal mode and the second plurality of wide angle prediction modes is beyond a top right direction diagonal mode.
US10284843B2
Improved video coding is described to encode video data within a sequence of video frames. To this end, at least a portion of a reference frame is encoded to include motion information associated with the portion of the reference frame. At least a portion of a predictable frame that includes video data predictively correlated to said portion of said reference frame is defined based on the motion information. At least said portion of the predictable frame is encoded without including corresponding motion information and including mode identifying data. The mode identifying data indicate that the encoded portion of the predictable frame can be directly derived using at least the motion information associated with the portion of the reference frame.
US10284839B2
A binocular see-through AR head-mounted display device and an information display method therefor are disclosed. The present invention uses the scene depth image and the user stared point to calculate the position of the target object stared by the user and maps coordinates to the screen coordinate system to determine the overlapping position of AR information. In addition, the present invention can tolerate small changes of human eye sight, and the AR information can be stably stacked in the same position with good robustness. The present invention can distinguish the target object stared by the user from the background, and when the user eye sight is put on different parts of the target object, the AR information is still superimposed at the same position without frequent movement with changes of the eye sight.
US10284828B2
A projection-type display system has: a light-emitting wheel that, by rotating, sequentially supplies light excited by light emitted from a light source and transmitted or reflected light of light that is emitted by the light source; a color separation wheel that, by rotating, sequentially color-separates and supplies light output of the light-emitting wheel; an image-forming element that, in accordance with a picture signal, performs light modulation of the light supplied by the color separation wheel; a light detection unit that detects the light that has undergone light modulation; and control units that adjust the light modulation and rotation timing of the light-emitting wheel after adjusting the light modulation and rotation timing of the color separation wheel.
US10284821B2
In a case where an Add VideoEncoderConfiguation command received by a communication unit 1005 includes a second identifier and a VideoEncoderConfiguration stored in a storage unit 1002 is added to a media profile stored in the storage unit 1002, an imaging apparatus removes the VideoEncoderConfiguration from the MediaProflie stored in the storage unit 1002 and reads a VideoEncoderConfiguration2 associated with the second identifier, which the command received by the communication unit 1005 includes, from the storage unit 1002, and adds the read VideoEncoderConfiguration2 to the MediaProflie stored in the storage unit 1002.
US10284818B2
A method of calibrating cameras of a multi-camera vision system for a being-assembled vehicle includes providing a plurality of targets at a vehicle assembly line at a vehicle assembly plant and moving a being-assembled vehicle along the vehicle assembly line. When the being-assembled vehicle is moved along the vehicle assembly line so as to be at provided calibrating targets, at least some targets of the calibrating targets are encompassed by respective fields of view of the cameras of the being-assembled vehicle. The presence of at least one target is determined via processing of captured image data and as the being-assembled vehicle moves along the vehicle assembly line. Responsive to determination of the presence of at least one target, the cameras are calibrated and as the being-assembled vehicle moves along the vehicle assembly line.
US10284817B2
A device for corneal imaging is disclosed. The device comprises a first camera and processing means. The first camera is configured for imaging a cornea of a user of the device and/or an eyewear worn by the user. The processing means is operative to acquire a first image from the first camera, identify a first reflection by the cornea and/or a second reflection by a reflective surface of the eyewear, and determine a first optical transformation representing the first reflection and/or a second optical transformation representing the second reflection. Embodiments of the invention provide an improved corneal imaging solution for user operated computing devices by taking specular reflections originating from one or more reflective surfaces of an eyewear worn by the user into consideration. Also disclosed are a corresponding method, computer program, and computer program product.
US10284812B1
An electronic device includes a display, one or more processors, and memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors. The device can display a messaging user interface of a messaging application. The device can receive first data indicating that a live communication session that is available to three or more participants is active, and in response to receiving the first data, display a notification indicating that the live communication session is active. While displaying the notification indicating that the live communication session is active, the device can receive second data indicating that the live communication session between the three or more participants is no longer active. In response to receiving the second data, the device can cease to display the notification or update the notification to indicate that the live communication session is no longer active.
US10284807B2
A method for generating optically machine readable code is provided. The method includes capturing an image with a user device, automatically generating, by the user device, an optically machine readable code comprising information about the image recorded during the capturing of the image, and associating the optically machine readable code and the image. A computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs and an apparatus are also provided.
US10284805B2
Systems and methods for predicting trigger events, such as an advertisement during a video program, and activating a remote control device in response to the prediction are described. By activating the remote control device at a particular time, the remote control device may save energy when listening for data from one or more terminal devices. The time to activate the remote control may be based on one or more factors, including the current presentation position and/or presentation speed of the video program. A remote control device may take additional actions the next time it listens for data, including illuminating backlights, turning on a display, displaying content on the display, interacting with other devices, etc.
US10284802B2
A system and method is provided for image sensing. The image sensing system includes a comparator for comparing an input signal representing a sensed light signal from at least one pixel of the image sensing system and a reference signal. The comparator includes at least one digital transistor.
US10284787B2
Embodiments provide a lens moving apparatus including a housing supporting a magnet, a bobbin having an outer circumferential surface on which a first coil is disposed, the bobbin moving in the housing in a first direction, upper and lower elastic members each connected to both the housing and the bobbin, and a second coil disposed so as to be spaced apart from the first coil in the first direction, wherein the second coil generates induction voltage resulting from inductive interaction with the first coil when the bobbin moves in the first direction.
US10284782B2
A difference between a movement represented by a signal representing a movement of an image capture apparatus and each of motion vectors detected between images is calculated. Then, a motion vector determined to have a temporal variation in the difference smaller than a preset threshold value is determined as a background area motion vector. Also, from among motion vectors other than the background area motion vector, a subject area motion vector is determined. Then, image stabilization is controlled based on the subject area motion vector. It is thereby possible to enhance the accuracy of distinguishing motion vectors.
US10284778B2
An electronic device includes a detection unit that detects voltages of main and sub-power sources and a control unit that controls a display of the voltage of the main power source and a display of the voltage of the sub-power source on a display unit such that the displayed voltage of the main power source is updated to a newly-detected voltage even if a change between the new and displayed voltages is smaller than a predetermined threshold, and that the displayed voltage of the sub-power source is not updated to a newly-detected voltage if a change between the new and displayed voltages is smaller than the predetermined threshold, but is updated to the newly-detected voltage if the change between the new and displayed voltages is equal to or greater than the predetermined threshold.
US10284775B2
An electronic device and an operation method by the electronic device are disclosed. The electronic device includes a controller that controls to extract at least one frame of a plurality of preview frames inputted through an image capturing device and store an image captured through the image capturing device according to an image capturing request in association with the selected at least one frame; and a storage unit storing the captured image and the selected at least one frame.
US10284771B2
An image-capturing apparatus includes: an image sensor having a first image-capturing region and a second image-capturing region different from the first image-capturing region; and a control unit that displays an image generated by the first image-capturing region and an image generated by the second image-capturing region on a display unit, with a region targeted for setting image-capturing conditions of the image sensor being selectable.
US10284768B2
Embodiments of the present application provide image processing methods and apparatus. A image processing method disclosed herein comprises: acquiring two images of the same scene shot in the same position with the same aperture pattern and different depth of field parameters; performing frequency-domain conversion on each of the images, to obtain a frequency-domain signal of each image; and obtaining an all-in-focus image of the scene at least according to the frequency-domain signal of each image and the different depth of field parameters.
US10284767B2
A shooting device includes a shooting module; a detection unit that detects whether a finder device is mounted on the shooting device; a storage module that stores first information and second information; and a control unit that controls a lens module to perform a first operation based on the first information and a second operation based on the second information, wherein the first information and the second information indicates a range of a parameter for controlling the lens module, the parameter is used for controlling an aperture or an angle of view of the lens module, the range indicated by the first information is determined by excluding a partial range from the range indicated by the second information based on whether the parameter is used for controlling the aperture or the angle of view of the lens module.
US10284761B2
A method, system, and computer program product for generating a high dynamic range (HDR) image from a plurality of frames simultaneously captured by cameras of a portable device. The method includes detecting, by a main camera of the portable device, a current dynamic range level of a current scene. In response to detecting the current dynamic range level, a main camera exposure compensation value is applied to the main camera and an auxiliary camera exposure compensation value, which is different from the main camera exposure compensation value, is applied to at least one auxiliary camera. The method further includes simultaneously capturing a first frame by the main camera and at least one second frame by at least one auxiliary camera. The method further includes combining the first frame and the at least one second frame to create the HDR image.
US10284760B2
A method provides capturing video information in an electronic device. Capturing video information comprises capturing video, using a first video capture device of the electronic device, switching video capture between the first video capture device and a second video capture device of the electronic device, and continuing video capture while switching between the first video capture device and the second video capture device.
US10284756B2
Techniques and systems for implementing fast, fixed-focal-length lens imaging systems for molecular biology or genetics applications are provided. In particular, techniques and structures are provided for allowing for precise alignment of the optical and imaging components of such imaging systems during assembly with a minimal amount of adjustment.
US10284754B2
Embodiments provide a camera assembly, which is configured to be detachably mounted on a mobile terminal body. The camera assembly includes a housing, a photographing unit, and a mounting kit, where the photographing unit is disposed in the housing and is configured to capture a picture and transmit the captured picture to the mobile terminal body, and the mounting kit is disposed on the housing and is configured to be detachably mounted on the mobile terminal body, so as to detachably mount the camera assembly to the mobile terminal body.
US10284751B2
An optical scanning head-mounted display includes an optical scanning controller that emits, as image light, a laser beam in accordance with an image signal; a transmission cable that transmits the image light emitted from the optical scanning controller; and a head mount unit provided with an optical scanner including a mirror for scanning the image light transmitted by the transmission cable, wherein the head mount unit includes an amplifier that amplifies a motion signal corresponding to a tilt of the mirror, the motion signal being output from the optical scanner, and wherein the optical scanning controller includes a difference generator that generates a difference signal from the motion signal output from the amplifier through the transmission cable and a filter that removes noise from the difference signal generated by the difference generator.
US10284730B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method including instantiating a virtual network function to provide a network resource in the network, accessing data usage information associated with facilitation of a service to a communication device via the network, determining whether the communication device exceeds a data limit threshold according the data usage information, accessing a data limit instruction associated with the communication device responsive to determining that the communication device exceeds the data limit threshold, determining a modification to the virtual network function associated with the facilitation of the service according to the data limit instruction, and communicating with the network to cause the modification to the virtual network function. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10284725B2
The present disclosure is directed to syncing data related to voice calls via dynamically assigned virtual phone numbers. A system receives a voice call entry from a content provider. The system access a lot data structure to parse the log data structure. The system matches a device identifier of the voice call entry with a device identifier of the log entry. The system determines that a predetermined threshold is satisfied by a time or duration of the log entry. The system retrieves a virtual phone number from the log entry. The system performs a lookup to determine a content item impression identifier. The system stores data provided via the voice call entry.
US10284724B2
According to embodiments of the present invention, various computer implemented methods are provided for generating context sensitive alerts for the purposes of fraud detection and prevention. According to one embodiment, a communication (e.g., a call) is received at (or initiated by) a workstation by a human representative or agent. Verbal (voice) communication between the agent and the third party customer is monitored and converted into text. The agent's activity in applications executing in the workstation is also tracked. The combination of converted text and the activity of the agent is evaluated in a behavior engine to detect inconsistencies between the activity of the agent and authorized or typical activity. When inconsistencies are detected, security actions are performed to alert administrators of potential fraud and, in extreme cases, further action by the agent may be prevented in the workstation to prevent additional fraud.
US10284707B2
An information transmitting method includes the following steps: generating a connecting code and displaying the connecting code on a display of the information sending device; receiving a second unique identity from the server; obtaining contents selected by a user; generating an information sending request; and sending the information sending request to the server. According to above information transmitting method, by establishing a connection between two terminals, or two browser applications, information of different categories can be efficiently transmitted from one terminal to the other terminal. In addition, this disclosure also publishes an information transmitting device and an information transmitting system.
US10284706B2
Provided are a system and method of providing a voice-message call service. A mobile device that performs a call with an external mobile device comprises a control unit configured to obtain text, the text converted from voice data that is exchanged between the mobile device and the external mobile device, during the call between the mobile device and the external mobile device, and obtain input text input to the mobile device and provided text that is received from the external mobile device; and a display unit configured to arrange the text, the input text, and the provided text and display the arranged text, input text, and provided text on a screen of the device, during the call between the mobile device and the external mobile device.
US10284705B2
A method for controlling a smart device is described. The interface circuitry of a user device for controlling the smart device receives basic information of the smart device that enables a connection of the smart device into an Internet of Things network. A control signal is provided to the smart device via the interface circuitry to control, according to the basic information. The smart device is connected into the Internet of Things network. A preset function configuration of the smart device is obtained when the smart device is connected into the Internet of Things network. A control component is determined to enable a control of the smart device according to the preset function configuration. For a user interface, a controller template is generated to include the control component. The smart device is controlled based on an operation on the control component in the user interface.
US10284704B2
A connecting system is provided for machine vision operations using a mobile device. The connecting system can include a machine vision system with an imaging device, as well as an identification feature associated with the machine vision system. The identification feature can include at least one of: a symbol for communicating identification information for the machine vision system to the mobile device via an imaging of the symbol by a camera associated with the mobile device, and an electronic identification device for communicating the identification information to the mobile device via electronic transmission to the mobile device. The identification information, when received at the mobile device, can facilitate connecting of the mobile device with the machine vision system for interoperation of the mobile device and the machine vision system.
US10284696B2
A shell is provided. The shell includes a metallic body, a non-metallic layer and a coating layer. The non-metallic layer is configured to connect at least two parts of the metallic body, and the coating layer is provided on an outer surface of the non-metallic layer, and exhibits a consistent color with an outer surface of the metallic body. A method for manufacturing the shell and the mobile terminal including the shell are also provided.
US10284692B2
A configuration for realizing time synchronization between different protocols is provided. There is provided a control device that constitutes a control system for controlling machines or facilities. The control device includes first communication means configured to transmit and receive data in accordance with a first protocol. The first communication means includes a first timer that defines a time of data transmission and is time-synchronized with an entity to and from which data is transmitted and received. The control device includes second communication means configured to transmit and receive data in accordance with a second protocol different from the first protocol. The second communication means includes a second timer that defines a time of data transmission and is time-synchronized with an entity to and from which data is transmitted and received. The control device includes synchronization means configured to time-synchronize the first timer and the second timer.
US10284690B2
A method for parsing network packets via one or more clusters configured to parse network packets comprises receiving one or more packets to be parsed; determining a candidate cluster of the one or more clusters for parsing the one or more packets; transmitting the one or more packets to the candidate cluster; launching the candidate cluster to parse the one or more packets when a launch condition is met; and receiving parse results for the one or more packets from the candidate cluster. The launch condition may be met after transmitting the one or more packets meets a fraction of a parsing capacity of the candidate cluster. The fraction may be one such that the transmitting the one or more packets meets a parsing capacity of the candidate cluster. The launch condition may also be met when a time elapsed since a previous cluster was launched reaches a delay limit.
US10284686B2
The present invention relates to the technical field of network data communication, and discloses a server, a client, a system and a method for preloading a browsed page in a browser. The server includes: a link extraction module configured to extract, from a currently browsed page on a client, links included in the page; a page downloading module configured to download pages corresponding to the links from websites; a page compression module configured to compress the downloaded pages to generate page compression packages corresponding to the links and store the page compression packages into a storage module; the storage module configured to store the page compression packages corresponding to the links; a communication transceiving module configured to receive a request transmitted by the client for loading a page of a link in the page currently browsed and transmit the page compression package corresponding to the link to be loaded to the client. The present invention can solve the technical problems of resulting in a lot of useless download traffic in the client, wasting the network traffic and increasing the operation load of the client.
US10284680B2
A social networking server receives a request from a member of an organization to configure a targeted update for the organization. The targeted update may be intended for a particular group of members of a social network service. The social networking server may provide various follower dimensions to associate with the targeted update, where each of the follower dimensions include one or more selectable attributes. When the social networking server receives a request for an organization's webpage from a member of the social network service, the social networking server may compare member attributes of a member profile associated with the member with the follower dimension attributes associated with the targeted update. The social networking server may provide the targeted update for display with the webpage of the organization based on the member attributes satisfying at least one follower dimension attribute associated with the targeted update.
US10284677B2
A method performed by a communication network node of enabling retrieval of an object, such as an element of web-page, is provided. The location of the object is defined by a Uniform Resource Locator, URL, in a distributed caching system. The method comprises restructuring the URL into a format being readable by a DNS server, and sending a DNS query comprising the restructured URL to the DNS server. Furthermore, the method comprises receiving an IP-address of a cache in the distributed caching system, wherein the cache stores the object. Moreover, the method comprises sending an http-get request for the object to the cache having the received IP-address, and receiving an http-response comprising the object from the cache.
US10284676B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for transmitting, to user devices, data for potential targets predicted to be identified in an augmented reality application. One method includes receiving a request for target data related to at least one physical object within an image of a real-world environment captured at the device; identifying a current target representing the physical object within a virtual environment corresponding to the real-world environment; determining at least one potential future target to be identified at the device based on identified coincident target requests; and sending to the device target data for each of the current and potential future targets based on the determination, wherein the device presents the target data for the current target within the virtual environment displayed at the device and store the target data for the potential future target in a local memory of the device.
US10284671B2
Software that maximizes resource usage efficiency for dynamically delivered content by performing the following steps: requesting, by one or more processors on a client computer, HTML data from a server computer, the HTML data pertaining to a first webpage; receiving, by one or more processors on the client computer, the requested HTML data pertaining to the first webpage, the HTML data identifying a plurality of first webpage components associated with the first webpage; determining, by one or more processors, to combine requests for at least two of the plurality of first webpage components into a first bundled component request, where the determining is based, at least in part, on the received HTML data and a set of client computer characteristics pertaining to the client computer; and sending, by one or more processors on the client computer, the first bundled component request to the server computer over an asynchronous data connection.
US10284668B2
A logical client includes a primary client device and one or more secondary client devices. Each of the secondary client devices may be coupled to one or more peripherals. The primary client in the logical client may use a virtual machine and/or an application that uses one or more peripheral devices. The primary client device may not be coupled to the one or more peripheral devices used by the application and/or the VM. The primary client device may access the peripheral devices coupled to secondary client devices in order to use the application and/or the VM.
US10284663B2
This information collection module implemented in a first telecommunications terminal comprises means for obtaining non-declarative information representative of usage of at least one first application of said first terminal; and means for communicating said non-declarative usage information to a presence server accessible by a second terminal in order to determine a presence status associated with at least one second application of said first terminal.
US10284659B2
This document describes a “hybrid proxy,” which is a network node that enables hosts outside of a link to discover services that are available on the link, by answering service discovery queries from hosts outside of the link. A hybrid proxy may use “zero configuration” networking technologies such as Multicast Domain Name System (mDNS), Domain Name System-Service Discovery (DNS-SD), and/or Domain Name System Long-Lived Queries (DNS-LLQ). As one example, a hybrid proxy may receive a unicast DNS-SD query, transmit a corresponding mDNS query on its link to obtain information responsive to the query, and then transmit a unicast DNS-SD response to the querying host. As another example, a hybrid proxy may receive a unicast DNS-LLQ query, transmit an initial DNS-LLQ answer to the querying host, transmit an mDNS query on its link to obtain additional information, and then transmit subsequent DNS-LLQ update messages to the querying host.
US10284645B1
Various systems and methods for backing up multiplexed backup data streams from a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device to a sequential access media device are disclosed. One such method involves creating multiple identities of the sequential access media device on a server. A portion of a memory of the server is allocated to each respective identity of the sequential access media device. A backup data stream from the NAS device is written to each allocated portion of the memory. Data written to each allocated portion of the memory is multiplexed for transmission to the sequential access media device for storage.
US10284632B2
Systems and methods for cabling verification may include one or more operations including, but not limited to: receiving floor plan data representing a floor plan of a premises; receiving at least one user input specifying a location of at least one cabling endpoint relative to the floor plan; receiving at least one user input selecting at least one cabling verification test for the at least one cabling endpoint; receiving one or more cabling verification test results for the at least one cabling endpoint obtained by at least one testing device; and updating at least one database element associated with the at least one cabling endpoint and maintained by the cloud-based server.
US10284619B2
Exemplary methods for performing distributed data aggregation include receiving Internet Protocol (IP) traffic from only a first portion of the network. The methods further include utilizing a big data tool to generate a summary of the IP traffic from the first portion of the network, wherein a summary of IP traffic from a second portion of the network is generated by a second network device utilizing its local big data tool. The methods include sending the summary of the IP traffic of the first portion of the network to the third network device, causing the third network device to utilize its local big data tool to generate a summary of the IP traffic of the first and second portion of the network based on the summaries received from the first and second network devices, thereby allowing the IP traffic in the network to be characterized in a distributed manner.
US10284617B2
A system can perform operations including receiving a first data stream from a first device, wherein the first data stream is associated with an active session between the first device and a mobile network and wherein the first data stream is associated with a first incoming port. The system can also receive a second data stream from the first device, wherein the second data stream is associated with the active session, and wherein the second data stream is associated with a second incoming port. The system can also determine a third port and a fourth port that are outgoing ports that respectively correspond to the first and second ports. The system can also transmit the first data stream to a second device via the third port and transmit the second data stream to a third device via the fourth port.
US10284616B2
An example method includes receiving, by the computing device, a first video stream from a first client device of a plurality of client devices, wherein the computing device is communicatively coupled to each client device of the plurality of client devices. The method further includes detecting a participant count associated with the first client device based on the first video stream from the first client device and based on the participant count associated with the first client device, adjusting the first video stream. The method further includes receiving a second video stream from a second client device of the plurality of client devices and adjusting at least one of video stream display size or video stream resolution of the second video stream. The method further includes sending the adjusted first video stream and the adjusted second video stream to at least one client device of the plurality of client devices.
US10284612B2
A media representation adaptation method comprising obtaining an media presentation description (MPD) that comprises instructions for retrieving a plurality of media segments and their quality information, sending a quality information request, receiving the quality information that comprises a plurality of quality segments, selecting a media segment based on the quality information, sending a media segment request that requests the media segment, and receiving the media segment. A computer program product that when executed by a processor causes a network device to obtain an MPD that comprises instructions for retrieving a media content stream and quality information, determine a quality level threshold, request a quality information associated with the media content stream, receive the quality information, select a media segment with a corresponding quality segment that is greater than the quality level threshold, send a media segment request that requests the media segment, and receive the media segment.
US10284592B1
An example method includes providing, by a computing system, first randomized configuration information, generating, by the computing system and based on the first randomized configuration information, a first unique instance of a software component, providing second randomized configuration information, wherein the second randomized configuration information is different from the first randomized configuration information, and generating, based on the second randomized configuration information, a second unique instance of the software component that is executable on the runtime computing system. The first and second unique instances of the software component comprise different instances of the same software component that each are configured to have uniquely different operating characteristics during execution on the runtime computing system, and the first and second unique instances of the software component are each further configured, during execution on the runtime computing system, to output false information to an external computing system.
US10284590B2
Techniques described herein include determining, for each account of several accounts, an element blame score (EBS) for each potential point of compromise (POC) of a plurality of POCs. Determining the EBS includes: representing the determinations as a computer computational matrix operation, dividing a matrix of the operation into blocks, and distributing the blocks among nodes for distributed computation. The method further includes determining an overall compromise blame score (OCBS) for each potential POC based on the determined EBS and determining whether the OCBSs have converged. If the OCBSs have converged, select at least one of the potential POCs as a likely POC based at least on the corresponding OCBS of the selected likely POC. If the determined OCBSs have not converged, updating the OCBS for each potential POC and the EBSs for each potential POC.
US10284587B1
The disclosed computer-implemented method for responding to electronic security incidents may include (i) identifying a plurality of security incidents that each occurred within a computing environment and call for a security response, (ii) establishing relationships among the plurality of security incidents by, for each security incident, (a) calculating a feature vector indicating at least one feature of the security incident, (b) using the feature vector to calculate a degree of similarity between the security incident and an additional security and (c) creating an association between the security incident and the additional security incident that reflects the degree of similarity between the security incident and the additional security incident, and (iii) triggering, based on the relationships among the plurality of security incidents, a security action that responds to at least the security incident and the additional security incident. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10284586B1
Techniques presented herein describe data loss prevention (DLP) methods for saving a file to a destination over a network via an application, such as a productivity application having such features. A DLP agent injects components to the productivity application intercept save operations initiated by a user. When the user initiates a save operation for a file, the components suspend the operation and store a current version of the file (including unsaved file data) in a temporary location accessible to the DLP agent on disk. The DLP agent evaluates the current version of the file and file destination based on network and security policies to determine whether to allow or block the save operation.
US10284582B2
Systems and methods include: receiving digital event type data that define attributes of a digital event type; receiving digital fraud policy that defines a plurality of digital processing protocols; transmitting via a network the digital event data and the digital fraud policy to a remote digital fraud mitigation platform; using the digital event data to configure a first computing node comprising an events data application program interface or an events data computing server to detect digital events that classify as the digital event type; using digital fraud policy to configure a second computing node comprising a decisioning API or a decisioning computing server to automatically evaluate and automatically select one digital event processing outcome of a plurality of digital event processing outcomes that indicates a disposal of the digital events classified as the digital event type; and implementing a digital threat mitigation application process flow that evaluates digital event data.
US10284579B2
A computer-implemented method of detecting an email spoofing and spear phishing attack may comprise generating a contact model of a sender of emails; determining, by a hardware processor, a statistical dispersion of the generated contact model that is indicative of a spread of a distribution of data in the generated model and receiving, over a computer network, an email from the sender. If the determined statistical dispersion is lower than a dispersion threshold, the received email may be evaluated in the processor against a plurality of conditions associated with email spoofing and spear phishing attacks, using the generated contact model, to generate a features vector that is constituted of a plurality of binary values and a plurality of dispersion values between 0 and 1, and using at least the generated features vector to classify with a supervised learning algorithm the received email as a likely legitimate email or as a likely malicious email spear phishing attack; and notifying a recipient of the email when the received email is classified as a likely malicious email spear phishing attack.
US10284575B2
A system and method for automatically analyzing an object for malware is described. Operating one or more virtual machines, the system and method provide an analysis environment variation framework to provide a more robust analysis of an object for malware. The multi-application, multi-plugin processing framework is configured within a virtual machine, where the framework generates a plurality of processes for analyzing the object for malware and each of plurality of processes is configured with a different application and plug-in combination selected based in part on a type of object being analyzed.
US10284574B1
Exemplary systems and methods for malware attack detection and identification are provided. A malware detection and identification system a controller that features an analysis environment including a virtual machine. The analysis environment to (1) receive data by the virtual machine of the analysis environment and identify a portion of the data that have been received from one or more untrusted, (2) monitor state information associated with the identified portion of the data during execution by the virtual machine, (3) identify an outcome of the state information by tracking the state information during execution of the identified portion of the data by the virtual machine, and (4) determine whether the identified outcome comprises a redirection in control flow during execution by the virtual machine of the portion of the data, the redirection in the control flow constituting an unauthorized activity.
US10284573B1
One or more embodiments of techniques or systems for session management, security scoring, and friction management are provided herein. Sessions may be monitored for commonalties or other attributes or aspects and closed, terminated, or a freeze placed on additional sessions from being initiated. A security score may be provided which is indicative of how secure a user is with respect to one or more ways the user interacts with a resource. One or more suggested actions or score improvement strategies may be suggested to facilitate improvement of a security score for a user. Friction management may be provided by having one or more additional layers of security applied to an account of a user or an entity based on suspicious behavior or other factors.
US10284572B2
A management method comprising, extracting, using a processor, psychological characteristics that are characteristic of people who have experienced a certain incident; extracting, using the processor, behavioral characteristics that are characteristic of people who have experienced a certain incident; obtaining, using the processor, a relational expression between each item of the extracted psychological characteristics and a plurality of items of the extracted behavioral characteristics; and calculating, using the processor, a psychological characteristic value from the relational expression of each psychological characteristic item and a value of log data for each user and, distributing, using the processor, to any user whose psychological characteristic value exceeds a predetermined value, a measure devised for the exceeded psychological characteristic.
US10284568B2
Data acquired, for example by a mobile platform, such as a sequence of images observed by a mobile platform, is grouped. A signature is computed for each group and is transmitted along with frame data to a reception system, which verifies correct transmission based on the group signature. The signature may be a root value of a hash tree that has at least selected ones of each group as inputs. Transmission events may also be separately signed as a whole using an event validation system. Although the signature maybe computed for all frames in a group, it may also be computed based on only a subset, selected pseudo-randomly.
US10284560B2
Systems and methods for unmanned vehicle security and control are provided herein. An exemplary system includes a control station and an unmanned vehicle. The unmanned vehicle may be locked from remote control by the control station. The system may also include a first access control hardware device attached to the control station and communicably coupled, using a network, with the unmanned vehicle. The system may also include a second access control hardware device physically attached to the unmanned vehicle and communicably coupled, using the network, with the control station. The first and/or second access control hardware devices are utilized to unlock the unmanned vehicle from remote control by the control station.
US10284550B2
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for employing an embedded subscriber identity module (hereinafter referred to as eSIM) to apply a policy such as a subsidy policy to, activate, deactivate, add to, update, and delete a user profile in a mobile communications network. The present invention enables a mobile device to determine whether to host the policy of a new service provider when it changes the present service provider or to perform a lock for prohibiting the policy change, and to change the profile related to the determination. The present invention also enables a mobile device to replace the policy related to the service provider by applying the policy, or to employ eSIM so as to activate, deactivate, revise, add, or delete the rules of the policy related to the service provider. The present invention provides various examples of hosting and applying the policy and various examples of activating, deactivating, revising, adding, deleting the policy rules so as to make eSIM identify the subscriber as the existing subscriber identity module. The invention also enables the device or eSIM to be reused when changing the service provider throughout the life cycle thereof without limiting the use of eSIM to a single service provider. The invention also provides a method for locking the policy applied per service provider, and the use of eSIM when changing to another service provider by the policy per service provider. The present invention also provides a method for checking the criteria of decision and verifying the power of decision when administering the policy rules and eSIM through deleting, adding, revising, activating, and deactivating the profile management plan and policy rules by applying the service provider's policy. Thus the present invention enables the device to host a new service provider's policy for communicating therewith when changing from the existing service provider to the new service provider, or when the government changes the service provider for an M2M device related to the electricity, infrastructure, etc. under an environment such as EUTRAN (Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network) or UTRAN (Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network)/GERAN (GSM/EDGE Radio Access Network). The present invention also is advantageous in that if the change of a service provider is not allowed according the policy of the existing service provider, the information related to communication and the security information are set revised safely by locking, thus enhancing the communication efficiency and security. The present invention also enables the device to verify the power of the user or to revise safely the information of eSIM for adding, revising, deleting, activating, and deactivating the policy rules for managing the operation profile for administration of the policy of the service provider under an environment such as EUTRAN (Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network) or UTRAN (Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network)/GERAN (GSM/EDGE Radio Access Network), thus enhancing the communication efficiency and security.
US10284549B2
To provide a user signature on a network transaction, a security server receives transaction information representing a transaction between a network user and a network site, such as a website, directly from the network site. The security server calculates a one-time-password based on the received transaction information and a secret shared by the security server and the network site, but not by the user. The security server transmits the calculated one-time-password for application as the user's signature on the transaction. The one-time-password is independently calculable by the network site based on the shared secret.
US10284543B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for secure online authentication. An exemplary method comprises: determining, via a processor of a computing device, a connection being established between a browser application installed on a computer system and a protected website; obtaining information relating to the protected website in response to obtaining a request for authentication from the protected website; establishing a protected data transmission channel with the protected website to receive at least one certificate of the protected website; performing authentication and transmitting authentication data to the protected website; and in response to an indication of a successful authentication from the protected website, transmitting identification information to the browser application for enabling access to the protected website.
US10284541B1
A system for generating an enhanced distributed online registry that utilizes an interoperable framework, and machine learning and natural language processing technologies to automatically provide compatible registry items. A persistent secure connection across distributed systems facilitates automatic synchronization of the generated online registry items across the distributed systems and devices accessing those systems. The online registry application processor utilizes machine learning and natural language technologies to generate an acquisition trending model which may be utilized to generate an enhanced distributed online registry that may determine and provide registry items that are compatible with the customer acquisition. Utilizing a persistent bi-directional connection, the online registry application processor may automatically synchronize the enhanced distributed online registry in real time as registry items are added and purchased.
US10284538B2
Disclosed is an event processing and identity validation system. The system typically includes a processor, a memory, and an event processing and identity validation module stored in the memory. The system is typically configured for: validating a set of identity information for each profile of a set of profiles, receiving an event request comprising user identifying information, comparing the user identifying information with the sets of identity information of the set of profiles to determine a matching profile, processing the event request by generating an authentication code, notifying the user of the event request, determining that a device of the user is within a defined distance of an authentication location and automatically transmitting the generated authentication code to the device of the user, receiving a key code from a computing device, and determining a match between the key code and the authentication code to complete the event request.
US10284534B1
An apparatus comprises a storage system, a key manager incorporated in or otherwise associated with the storage system, and an input-output controller coupled to the key manager and configured to control storage of data items in the storage system. The key manager is configured to determine a controller key accessible to the input-output controller and a plurality of data encryption keys utilizable by the input-output controller to encrypt the data items for storage in the storage system. A given one of the data items is encrypted using a particular one of the data encryption keys and has associated metadata that includes the particular data encryption key encrypted using the controller key. The metadata may comprise an inner wrapping of the particular data encryption key using the controller key and at least one outer wrapping of the inner wrapping using at least one additional key.
US10284530B1
A method for improving security of peripheral devices is described. In one embodiment, the method includes sending, by a processor of a peripheral device, at least one packet of data to an operating system of a computing device, identifying, by the processor, execution of a software application on the computing device, performing, by the processor, a handshake protocol between the secure input device and the software application based at least in part on the execution of the software application, and establishing, by the processor, a secure session over a secure channel between the secure input device and the software application based at least in part on the handshake protocol. In some cases, the at least one packet of data identifies the peripheral device to the operating system as two or more peripheral devices such as a default input device and a secure input device.
US10284529B2
The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus and an information processing method which facilitate reproduction of the data obtained by encrypting prepared multiple patterns regarding at least part of data of content with unique keys. An image acquiring unit receives an image file containing: encrypted data that is obtained by encrypting with unique keys multiple pieces of pattern data regarding forensic object data which is at least part of encoded image data of video content and that has an identical size; unencrypted data, of the encoded image data of video content, which is not encrypted with any one of the keys; size information that represents the size of the encrypted data; and position information that represents a position of the encrypted data in the file. The present disclosure can be applied to a video reproducing terminal and the like.
US10284523B1
Embodiments provide techniques and example network devices that can automatically establish a virtual secure connection, e.g., VPN Tunnel, between separate networks including home and/or business networks without requiring additional VPN type infrastructure. The network devices described herein can be configured over the Internet, and do not require that the purchaser or an end user perform extensive configuration in order to use them. The network devices as described herein can tunnel all traffic between the separate networks to which the devices are paired as though a remote connected device is a local device on the local network. Remote computer or other network-enabled devices associated with the remote connected device can use and be accessible to computer or other network-enabled resources on the local network as though the separate networks are a single contiguous network without regard to the operating environment of the respective networks or devices thereon.
US10284522B2
In some variations, first and second rule sets may be received by a network protection device. The first and second rule sets may be preprocessed. The network protection device may be configured to process packets in accordance with the first rule set. Packets may be received by the network protection device. A first portion of the packets may be processed in accordance with the first rule set. The network protection device may be reconfigured to process packets in accordance with the second rule set. A second portion of the packets may be processed in accordance with the second rule set.
US10284505B2
A social media platform is searched by a computer to identify a set of duplicate images including a first image that was posted to the platform by a first user and a second image that was posted to the platform by a second user. A notification is provided by the computer to the first user and the second user indicating that the set of duplicate images exists. A host is selected by the computer for a single consolidated image of the set of duplicate images. The first image or the second image is used by the computer to provide the single consolidated image. One or more social media interactions associated with the first image are consolidated by the computer with one or more social media interactions associated with the second image to generate a single set of social media interactions for the single consolidated image.
US10284499B2
A dedicated control path architecture for systems of devices, such as stacking systems, is provided. In one embodiment, a network device for use in a system of devices can comprise a CPU complex; a first set of ports for establishing a data path between the network device and other network devices in the system of devices; and a second set of ports for establishing a control path between the network device and the other network devices in the system of devices. The control path can be separate from the data path and can allow the CPU complex to exchange control plane traffic with other CPU complexes resident in the other network devices.
US10284496B2
A system for providing resource distribution channels based on predicting future resource distributions typically includes a classical computer apparatus and a quantum optimizer in communication with the classical computer apparatus. The classical computer apparatus identifies resource transfer information related to a resource transfer of a user, wherein the user receives a resource collection as a result of the resource transfer. The quantum optimizer analyzes the resource transfer information to predict a future resource distribution of the resource collection. The classical computer apparatus then compares attributes of the future resource distribution to attributes of multiple resource distribution channels, identifies a resource distribution channel having attributes corresponding to the attributes of the future resource distribution, and transmits a command configured to cause a client application stored on a device of the user to display an interface having a selectable option for transferring the resource collection using the resource distribution channel.
US10284491B2
An indicator can be received from a client device. The indicator can indicate an agreement by a user of the client device to share device resources of the client device with an entity distinct from the client device and distinct from the user of the client device. Responsive to receiving from the mobile device the indicator indicating the agreement of the user of the of the mobile device to share the device resources of the mobile device with the entity, a level of a quality of service provided by a communication network to the mobile device can be increased. The mobile device can be allowed to enter sleep mode only after a particular duration of time in which use of the device resources has been shared or when a charge level of a battery providing power to the mobile device falls below a threshold level.
US10284490B2
An indicator can be received from a client device. The indicator can indicate an agreement by a user of the client device to share device resources of the client device with an entity distinct from the client device and distinct from the user of the client device. Responsive to receiving from the mobile device the indicator indicating the agreement of the user of the of the mobile device to share the device resources of the mobile device with the entity, a level of a quality of service provided by a communication network to the mobile device can be increased. The mobile device can be allowed to enter sleep mode only after a particular duration of time in which use of the device resources has been shared or when a charge level of a battery providing power to the mobile device falls below a threshold level.
US10284485B2
Embodiments herein relate to a method in a first communication node (10′) for transmitting a packet in a first packet network operated by a first network operator towards a destination node (10″,12). The first communication node (10′) is comprised in the first packet network. The first communication node (10′) receives a packet with a first value related to resource sharing in a second packet network operated by a second network operator, wherein the first value indicates a level of importance of the packet relative importance of another packet along a scale of the second packet network. The first communication node (10′) remarks the packet with a second value related to resource sharing in the first packet network, wherein the second value indicates a level of importance of the packet relative importance of another packet along a scale of the first packet network. The first communication node (10′) transmits, over the first packet network, the remarked packet towards the destination node (10″,12).
US10284482B2
A method and system for data communications is provided. The method reduces the overall transmission time of the information to a destination by simultaneously sending different segments of the information over a plurality of data connections. The method comprises presenting information content for transmission to a destination entity, and simultaneously sending different segments of the information over a plurality of data link connections. All segments of the information are received from the plurality of data link connections at the destination entity, and the data segments are reconstructed back into the information content at the destination entity.
US10284481B2
A communication device includes a reception unit configured to receive data transmitted from another communication device in response to a notification indicating an amount of data allowed to be transmitted, a storage unit configured to store the received data in a storage area, a determination unit configured to determine whether or not another buffer can be secured, in addition to a reception buffer having a capacity reserved upon establishment of a logical communication path between the communication device and the another communication device, the another buffer being configured to store data that cannot be stored in the reception buffer among the received data, a decision unit configured to decide the amount of data allowed to be transmitted from the another communication device based on a result of the determination, and a notification unit configured to send, to the other communication device, a notification indicating the decided amount of data.
US10284479B2
A network congestion control method is provided. The method includes detecting whether a new network connection is established by a source endpoint; obtaining a destination endpoint of the new network connection when it is detected that a new network connection is established by a source endpoint; and assigning the new network connection to an established network group corresponding to the destination endpoint of the new network connection. Further, the method includes, based on a predefined network congestion control mechanism for each network group, obtaining a data transfer rate of each network group and controlling the data transfer rate of each network group to control data transfer rates of network connections in each network group including the new network connection.
US10284476B1
A network device includes a substring indicator memory and a signature search module for detecting a signature pattern within a stream of network traffic. The signature search module is configured to receive the stream of network traffic, identify a first subject substring from the stream of network traffic, generate a first substring indicator for the first subject substring using a first bitmask on the first subject substring, the first bitmask identifying a plurality of masked bits of the first subject substring, identify a first counter using the first substring indicator as an address into the substring indicator memory, and generate an indication that the signature pattern may be present in the stream of network traffic based on a value of the first counter.
US10284475B2
Systems, methods, and devices of the various embodiments provide a multipath communication scheduler for an in-vehicle computing device, such as a vehicle's autonomous driving system, vehicle's telematics unit, vehicle's control system, etc. In various embodiments, a distributed leaky bucket based scheduler for an in-vehicle computing device may assign packets for transport to a plurality of modems based at least in part on the determined delivery delays. In various embodiments, delivery delays may be determined based on leaky bucket levels, burst sizes, delivery rates, and end to end delay estimates for each of the plurality of modems. In various embodiments, the scheduler may be one of a plurality of schedulers each associated with a separate stream of packets assigned to the plurality of modems and the leaky bucket levels may be determined on a per stream basis.
US10284469B2
One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch in a network of interconnected switches. The switch includes a storage device, a hardware management apparatus, and a layer-2 management apparatus. The storage device stores a forwarding table, which includes an entry comprising a MAC address and an egress port for the MAC address. The hardware management apparatus determines whether a destination MAC address of a frame is present in a hardware table in memory of the switch. The layer-2 management apparatus, in response to a determination that the destination MAC address is not present in the hardware table, looks up a first entry comprising the destination MAC address in the forwarding table, and creates a second entry comprising the destination MAC address in the hardware table based on the first entry.
US10284466B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of communications technologies and provide a service processing method, device, and system, where service expansion can be performed without changing an original device of an operator. A service processing method includes acquiring business service information corresponding to a to-be-processed service flow, where the business service information includes a service flow identifier of the to-be-processed service flow and a service label corresponding to the service flow identifier. The method includes sending the business service information corresponding to the to-be-processed service flow to a service router, so that the service router processes, according to the business service information, the to-be-processed service flow.
US10284463B2
A system and method for tracking and adjusting packet flows through a network having a service delivery node and one or more residential services gateways. Packet flows are recognized as they pass through one or more residential services gateway and flow analytics information corresponding to the packet flows recognized in the residential services gateways are transferred from the residential gateways to the flow identification control unit. The flow analytics information received from the residential services gateways is analyzed within the flow identification control unit and traffic through one or more of the service access platform and the residential services gateways is adjusted, if necessary, as a function of the flow analytics information analyzed by the flow identification control unit.
US10284456B2
A master test system may comprise cable modem termination systems, resource servers, provisioning/Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) servers, call management system (CMS) servers, Data over Cable Service Interface Specification/Wide Area Network (DOCSIS/WAN) servers, test controller servers, etc. Servers on the master test system may facilitate tests of devices under test (DUTs) coupled to the master test system. Servers on the master test system and/or slave test systems may facilitate tests of DUTs coupled to slave test systems that are coupled to the master test system. The slave test system(s) may comprise resource servers and test controller servers. In various implementations, the servers on the slave test system(s) may facilitate tests of DUTs coupled to the slave test system(s).
US10284455B2
A method, a terminal, and a system for a cluster terminal to feedback downlink channel information are provided. In the method, a cluster terminal in an idle state configures a group call context and measures a current downlink channel in a preset period, after receiving a group call signaling sent by a base station. The cluster terminal sends an RRC connection request carrying a measurement result to the base station after determining that the measurement result meets a preset report triggering condition. The base station modifies an air interface resource configuration when determining that a preset condition for modifying the air interface resource configuration is met according to the measurement result and sends an instruction carrying the modified air interface resource configuration to the cluster terminal. The cluster terminal receives group call data according to the instruction after receiving the instruction.
US10284451B2
A server manages a script and a task, the script being a command via a web page provided by a network device, and the task designating a timing of execution of the script. In a case where the server detects a change in a configuration of the web page provided by the network device, the server controls execution of the script of the task according to the detected change. In a case where the detected change indicates that a web page element to be an operation target by the script of the managed task has been deleted, the server stops the execution of the script.
US10284450B2
A method receives start commands for starting end-to-end testing of a live multi-tenant system that hosts shared services for multiple tenants; executes multiple test scripts for generating controller commands in response to the start commands, the executing the test scripts generating respectively synthetic transaction inputs; provides the synthetic transaction inputs to the live multi-tenant system, the live multi-tenant system configured to use the synthetic transaction inputs to perform respectively multiple synthetic transactions involving multiple destinations in the live multi-tenant system, the live multi-tenant system configured to generate respectively multiple test results in response to the multiple synthetic transactions; receives and evaluates the test results generated by the live multi-tenant system to test end-to-end performance conditions of the multi-tenant system; and generates one or more alerts upon recognizing an alert trigger condition based upon the evaluating of the test results.
US10284444B2
A method for visual representation of end user response time (EURT) in a multi-tiered network application is provided. Search criteria for searching a repository of client statistics records is received. The search criteria specifies identification information pertaining to a user of a multi-tiered network application experiencing application performance problems and a time period associated with the application performance problems. The identification information identifies an IP address of user's computing device. A plurality of client statistics records matching the search criteria is retrieved from the repository. The retrieved plurality of client statistics records is sorted based on measurements of performance parameters. A graph representing relevant topology hierarchy of the multi-tiered network application is presented to a user based on the sorted client statistics records. The graph visually identifies connections between nodes of the multi-tiered application. The identified connections include potential root-causes of the specified application performance problems.
US10284441B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for support dependent post delivery. In one aspect, a method included generating transmission data for a web page served by a first server and rendered on the client device, the first sever belonging to a first domain; determining if the client device supports cross origin resource sharing; in response to a determination that the client device does not support cross origin resource sharing: defining an iFrame for the web page, the iFrame belonging to a second domain of a receiving server, and having a name value derived from the transmission data, receiving iFrame instructions from the receiving server and executing the iFrame instructions in the iFrame, the iFrame instruction causing the client device to: generate an HTTP POST request to the receiving server from the iFrame name value, the first HTTP POST request including the transmission data.
US10284439B2
In a method and system for characterizing Internet application performance, requests for media items from at least one client can be identified. For each of request, a request time, an Internet service provider identity, a location of the client, a data quantity transferred, and an elapsed time for fulfillment of the request can be determined. An evaluation period, a geographic boundary, and an Internet service provider can be identified, and matching requests can be determined, where the matching requests have a request time within the evaluation period, a location within the geographic boundary, and an Internet service provider identity corresponding to the Internet service provider. A transfer rate for each matching request can be calculated based on the data quantity transferred and elapsed time. A percentage of matching requests with a transfer rate meeting a transfer threshold can then be calculated.
US10284438B2
Techniques are provided for a network mapping server device in a network to receive a connection upgrade message comprising information to establish a first data flow from a first endpoint that does not support multiple subflows for the first data flow according to a multipath protocol, where multiple subflows subdivide the first data flow across two or more network paths. The information in the connection upgrade message is analyzed in order to resolve network connectivity to determine potential network connections for at least two subflows of the first data flow to a second endpoint. A response message is sent comprising information configured to establish at least two subflows for the first data flow between the first endpoint and the second endpoint.
US10284437B2
Cloud-based virtual machines and offices are provided herein. Methods may include establishing a cloud-based virtual office using a runbook that is pre-configured with computing resource settings for VMs as well as VM dependencies and sequences that create the virtual office or virtual private cloud. Multiple runbooks can be created to cover various scenarios such as disaster recovery and sandbox testing, by example.
US10284435B2
A method for visual representation of EURT is provided. Measurements of performance parameters are collected. Each of the performance parameters corresponds to at least one performance problem domain. The performance parameters include at least a first, second and third parameters. A correlation between at least two of performance parameters is determined. A first graph having a first region representing the first parameter and having a second region representing the second parameter is presented to a user. The first and second regions extend in substantially opposing directions. A second graph representing the third parameter based on the determined correlation between data elements falling within each of the respective performance problem domains is simultaneously presented to the user. The first, second and third parameters are components of the EURT.
US10284426B2
A service node capability processing method and apparatus, a service classifier and service controller are described. The method includes: determining an exchange information set of service nodes on a service function chaining for processing a data packet, wherein the exchange information set includes an intersection of capabilities of the service nodes on the service function chaining; and encapsulating the exchange information set in the data packet, wherein the exchange information set is used for the service nodes to read a processing result which is obtained by processing capability corresponding to the intersection of the capabilities of the service nodes and which is encapsulated in the data packet. In such a fashion, the problem in the related technology is addressed that the blind information exchange causes the waste of resources since the information exchange between nodes is untargeted, and consequentially effectively avoids the waste of field resources by invalid information exchange.
US10284421B2
A method of assigning master controllers is disclosed. The method of assigning master controllers may be performed by any one of a plurality of controllers included in a software-defined network system and may include: establishing an objective function in which the number of flows passing through switches having different master controllers from among the flows entering during a unit duration of time is a decision variable; establishing at least one constraints; and finding a solution that minimizes the decision variable while satisfying the constraints.
US10284416B2
A computer-implemented method for managing a workload in connection with a networked computing infrastructure having a plurality of host computer systems includes obtaining first data indicative of an environment type of the networked computing infrastructure, obtaining second data indicative of an operating system type of the workload, deploying, with a processor, an image of the workload in a virtual machine on a target host computer system of the plurality of host computer systems, incorporating a management agent of the networked computing infrastructure into the virtual machine to provision the virtual machine for operation within the networked computing infrastructure, the management agent being configured in accordance with the first data, and modifying launch instructions of the virtual machine in accordance with the second data such that the management agent is invoked during the operation of the virtual machine.
US10284414B2
This invention relates to methods and systems for estimating skew based on, for example, the IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP). These methods and systems can allow the clock skew between a master clock (server) and slave clock (client) exchanging PTP messages over a packet network to be estimated more rapidly than conventional estimation techniques and thereby improve the convergence of standard estimation algorithms. In one embodiment, the skew estimation is derived from a set of timestamps from a message exchange between the master and slave using a non-linear least square-fitting algorithm. An example of the fitting algorithm is the Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm.
US10284406B2
A method for transmitting a signal by a transmitting side device, the method including combining a first sequence and a second sequence to generate a third sequence in a frequency domain. The second sequence is obtained by cyclic shifting the first sequence. The method further includes transforming the third sequence into a time domain signal; and transmitting the time domain signal to a receiving side device. The third sequence includes information to identify a cell and is periodically transmitted.
US10284403B2
A method performed by a communication node for transmission of a signal according to a single- or multiple carrier modulation scheme in a wireless communications network. The communication node modulates at least a first part of the signal into at least a first symbol with a shorter duration than a complete symbol according to the modulation scheme. The communication node modulates at least a second part of the signal into at least a second symbol with a shorter duration than a complete symbol according to the modulation scheme. The duration of the at least first and second symbols are equal to the duration of a complete symbol according to the carrier modulation scheme. Then, the communication node transmits the at least first and second symbol as a complete symbol according to the modulation scheme without time domain separation.
US10284398B2
A transmission device of the disclosure includes: a transmission symbol generator unit that generates, on the basis of a predetermined number of transition signals each of which indicates a transition in a sequence of transmission symbols, transmission symbol signals that are equal in number to the predetermined number; a serializer unit that serializes the predetermined number of the transmission symbol signals, to generate a serial signal; and a driver unit that operates on the basis of the serial signal.
US10284396B2
A symbol interference cancellation circuit may be provided. The symbol interference cancellation circuit may include an interference cancellation circuit configured for generating an interference-cancelled signal based on weight application signals, sampling output signals, and a clock signal.
US10284389B2
Techniques for providing high availability for distributed network services in an extended bridge are provided. According to one embodiment, a controlling bridge (CB) of the extended bridge can detect a status change of a port extender (PE) in the bridge. The CB can further identify one or more rule contexts associated with the PE. For each rule context in the one or more rule contexts, the CB can then determine, based on the rule context, one or more packet classification rules to be programmed on the PE, and can transmit a message identifying the one or more packet classification rules to the PE.
US10284387B2
Technical solutions are described for facilitating intra-vehicle wireless communication among a plurality of electronic control units. An example method includes determining, by a first electronic control unit in a vehicle, a wait-time for a message, which is to be transmitted to a second electronic control unit in the vehicle via a wireless channel. The first electronic control unit executes a first availability-check, by determining availability of the wireless channel. In response to the first availability-check indicating that the wireless communication channel is available, the method includes delaying transmission of the message by the wait-time. The method also includes executing, by the first electronic control unit, after passage of the wait-time, a second availability-check. In response to the second availability-check indicating that the wireless communication channel is still available, the method includes transmitting the message for receipt by the second electronic control unit.
US10284379B1
Systems and methods for managing public key certificates and supporting the users thereof. The certificates are cryptographically encapsulated objects that bind the identities of their owners to public keys and provide digital signature mechanisms for other users to verify the binding and correctness of other attributes of the certificate. Certificates include double links that reflect their validation and position in a public certificates ledger, thereby preventing insertion or removal of certificates in the ledger. Certificate protocols of the system include requesting issuance of certificates, issuing and returning certificates to their requesting users, storing certificates in the certificates ledger, requesting and distributing certificates to transaction partners, verification of certificates by transaction partners, and revoking certificates by their owners. These protocols are performed as direct peer-to-peer transactions between the members of the system.
US10284375B2
Techniques for a trust service for a client device are described. In various implementations, a trust service is implemented remotely from a client device and provides various trust-related functions to the client device. According to various implementations, communication between a client device and a remote trust service is authenticated by a client identifier (ID) that is maintained by both the client device and the remote trust service. In at least some implementations, the client ID is stored on a location of the client device that is protected from access by (e.g., is inaccessible to) device components such as an operating system, applications, and so forth. Thus, the client ID may be utilized to generate signatures to authenticate communications between the client device and the remote trust service.
US10284370B2
Accelerated computation of combinations of group operations in a finite field is provided by arranging for at least one of the operands to have a relatively small bit length. In a elliptic curve group, verification that a value representative of a point R corresponds the sum of two other points uG and vG is obtained by deriving integers w,z of reduced bit length and that v=w/z. The verification equality R=uG+vQ may then be computed as −zR+(uz mod n)G+wQ=O with z and w of reduced bit length. This is beneficial in digital signature verification where increased verification can be attained.
US10284366B2
In existing mobile implementations, there is a disconnect between the mobile device accessing the network and the applicative services inasmuch as the entity responsible for network access, such as the VPN Gateway, differs from the entity governing access to applications, such as email servers and SharePoint repositories. Therefore existing solutions typically employ two authentication methods. Of these, the first may be used to authenticate the mobile device to the VPN Gateway, while the second may be used to authenticate the mobile device towards the applications server. In order to facilitate strong authentication it is often desired to utilize a mechanism that uses or combines two different factors, e.g. “something you have” (such as but not limited to a smart card) and “something you know” (such as but not limited to a password). Most currently available mobile devices offer limited options to connect external devices to them, rendering most “Something you have” solutions irrelevant. For instance, there is no ability to connect a smart-card to a mobile phone.
US10284362B2
Methods and systems are described for receiving a signal to be sampled and responsively generating, at a pair of common nodes, a differential current representative of the received signal, receiving a plurality of sampling interval signals, each sampling interval signal received at a corresponding sampling phase of a plurality of sampling phases, for each sampling phase, pre-charging a corresponding pair of output nodes using a pre-charging FET pair receiving the sampling interval signal, forming a differential output voltage by discharging the corresponding pair of output nodes via a discharging FET pair connected to the pair of common nodes, the FET pair receiving the sampling interval signal and selectively enabling the differential current to discharge the corresponding pair of output nodes, and latching the differential output voltage.
US10284353B2
A method for subsurface radio communication includes transmitting voice data through a subsurface environment, by a transmitter of a radio transceiver. The voice data is received through the subsurface environment, by a receiver of the radio transceiver. A transceiver frequency of the radio transceiver is changed to an optimal transceiver frequency in response to a change to the subsurface environment. The transceiver frequency is one of a transmit frequency of the transmitter and a receive frequency of the receiver. A first impedance of a subwavelength antenna is matched to a second impedance of the transceiver in response to a difference between the first impedance and the second impedance exceeding an impedance mismatch value. The subwavelength antenna has a radiating length less than a transceiver wavelength of the radio transceiver operating in free-space at a maximum of the transceiver frequency.
US10284349B2
Degradation in reception performance due to interference is reduced while suppressing control information from increasing. A higher layer that determines whether or not to apply NAICS and a reception unit that receives Downlink Control Information are included. In a case where, with the higher layer, an indication that the NAICS has to be applied is provided, if a first downlink control information format is received, signal detection in compliance with the NAICS is performed, and, in the case where, with the higher layer, the indication that the NAICS has to be applied is provided, if a second downlink control information format is received, signal detection in compliance with a linear scheme is performed. The first downlink control information format is constituted as at least one downlink control information format that is allocated only to a UE-specific search space.
US10284339B2
A receiver detects a plurality of information symbols. A first signal and a second signal are received from a first transmitted signal and a second transmitted signal, respectively, transmitted by a first plurality of antennas and received by a second plurality of antennas connected to the receiver. The second signal is received after the first signal. The receiver spatially filters the first signal using a spatial filter matrix. The receiver computes a conjugate of the first filtered signal to define a conjugate first signal, and spatially filters a second signal using the spatial filter matrix. The receiver computes a Hadamard product of the first filtered signal and the conjugate first signal to define a differential measurement signal. The receiver detects the plurality of information symbols from the differential measurement signal.
US10284334B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a decoder for decoding a signal received through a transmission channel in a communication system, said signal comprising a vector of information symbols, said transmission channel being represented by a channel matrix, wherein the decoder comprises: an initial radius determination unit (307) configured to determine an initial radius; a symbol estimation unit (309) configured to iteratively determine a current radius to search a lattice point inside a current spherical region defined by said current radius, said current radius being initially set to said initial radius, said symbol estimation unit (309) being configured, for each lattice point found in said current spherical region, to store said lattice point in association with a metric, said symbol estimation unit (309) being further configured to update said current radius using a linear function, said linear function having a slope parameter strictly inferior to one, The decoder being configured to determine at least one estimate of said vector of information symbols from at least one of the lattice points found by the symbol estimation unit (309).
US10284333B2
An FEC coder in a transmission device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure performs BCH coding and LDPC coding based on whether a code length of the LDPC coding is a 16 k mode or a 64 k mode. A mapper performs mapping in an I-Q coordinate to perform conversion into an FEC block, and outputs pieces of mapping data (cells). The mapper defines different non-uniform mapping patterns with respect to different code lengths even an identical coding rate is used by the FEC coder. This configuration improves a shaping gain for different error correction code lengths in a transmission technology in which modulation of the non-uniform mapping pattern is used.
US10284318B1
In one example, a network controller manages a network having many network devices. Network devices can receive the timing flow port role assignments from the network controller based on the controller's global view of the network topology. The controller can also calculate timing offsets to be applied to the network devices, based on timestamp information obtained by the network devices via exchanging time synchronization protocol messages, and the controller can update time clocks on all of the network devices within a single window of time, based on a timing offsets calculated in single iteration of calculations.
US10284315B2
There is provided mechanisms for configuring mobility measurements. A method is performed by a network node. The method comprises obtaining parameters to be used for a mobility measurement procedure. The parameters are valid for at least two consecutive measurement sessions of the mobility measurement procedure. The method comprises providing a measurement order to a wireless device regarding the mobility measurement procedure. The measurement order comprises at least one of the parameters. The method comprises initiating transmission of mobility reference signals to the wireless device according to the parameters such that the mobility reference signals are transmitted during said at least two consecutive measurement sessions. There is also provided mechanisms for reporting such mobility measurements.
US10284314B2
Channel state information is generated by a communication device. The device can determine that at least one uplink resource element of a radio frame is to be left unoccupied and perform at least one interference measurement on at least one downlink resource element coinciding with the at least one unoccupied uplink resource element, A channel state information report can then be generated based on the measurement, A network node may cause the communication device to leave at feast one uplink resource element of a radio frame unoccupied.
US10284311B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provided techniques that for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE). An exemplary method, performed by a UE, generally includes determining an additional set of resources to use to enhance measurement of one or more metrics indicative of channel conditions based on measurement of reference signals during a measurement procedure, wherein the additional set of resources are in addition to a defined set of resources used to measure the one or more metrics and performing the measurement procedure based at least on the reference signals, the additional set of resources, and one or more measurement parameters.
US10284292B2
In one embodiment, a distributed antenna system comprises: at least one master unit; at least one remote antenna unit communicatively coupled via a switch to the master unit by a primary cable and a secondary cable both coupled to the switch, the remote antenna unit comprising a compensating link check module that outputs a control signal to the switch, wherein the switch selects between the primary and secondary cable in response to the control signal; wherein the compensating link check module controls the switch to momentarily select the secondary cable to perform a link check during which the remote unit measures a quality metric of a downlink signal received via the secondary cable; and upon initiation of the link check, the compensating link check module adjusts an attenuation of the downlink signal received on the secondary cable by loading calibration settings for the secondary cable into a compensation attenuator.
US10284289B1
A reflective modulator which comprises a coupler, two diodes and two DC block units. The coupler has an input end used to output an output signal, an output end used to output an output signal, a first load end connected to one of the diodes and a second load end connected to another one of the diodes. The DC block units connect between the diodes and the coupler for DC blocking. A message signal is selectively inputted to both of the two DC block units for operating the state of the two diodes. The two diodes turn on when the message signal is large enough. The two diodes turn off when the message signal is not large enough. The two diodes are implemented by PIN diodes. A BPSK modulator using the reflective modulator and a quadrature modulator using the BPSK modulator is also introduced.
US10284288B2
A fiber link system, method and device for masking signals on a fiber link system. The system includes sending a desired sequence of information in the form of a true signal that is typically intended to be transferred between legitimate users at both ends of a link. Sending chaff signals, or subterfuge signals, alongside the true signal to mask such legitimate signals in the fiber cable from intruders tapping into the fiber cable.
US10284287B2
A method by which a station (STA) receives a Multi-STA BlockAck (M-BA) frame in a wireless LAN system supporting an OFDMA, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: transmitting an uplink multi-user (ULMU) frame on the basis of a trigger frame; receiving an M-BA frame based on an OFDMA physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) including an SIG B field; and acquiring a data stream including an ACK/NACK for the STA from the OFDMA PPDU-based M-BA frame, wherein the STA acquires the data stream according to an indication of a user field identified by a predetermined ID among a plurality of user fields included in the SIG B field, and the data stream indicated by the user field identified by the predetermined ID can be equally allocated to other STAs performing the UL MU transmission on the basis of the trigger frame.
US10284278B2
Techniques are described for wireless communication. One method includes performing a first beam sweep procedure to determine a first beam pair that includes a transmit beam of a first wireless node and a receive beam of a second wireless node, identifying a level of correspondence at one or both of the first wireless node and the second wireless node, the level of correspondence being between a transmit beam and a receive beam of a respective wireless node and determining, based on the level of correspondence, a range of a second beam sweep procedure to be performed in determining a second beam pair that includes a transmit beam of the second wireless node and a receive beam of the first wireless node.
US10284270B2
A transmitting radio node precodes a transmission from an antenna array to a receiving radio node. The array includes co-polarized antenna elements aligned in a given spatial dimension of the array. The transmitting radio node precodes the transmission from different subarrays of the antenna elements using respective coarse-granularity precoders that are factorizable from a multi-granular precoder targeting the given spatial dimension of the array at different granularities, so as to virtualize the subarrays as different auxiliary elements. The transmitting radio node also precodes the transmission from the different auxiliary elements using one or more finer-granularity precoders that are also factorizable from the multi-granular precoder. In this case, the coarse granularity precoders and the one or more finer-granularity precoders are represented within one or more codebooks used for said preceding.
US10284267B2
A method for two stage communication is provided together with an apparatus for performing the method. The method receives channel state information (CSI) for a wireless resource. The CSI is processed to identify first and second time-varying characteristics of a wireless resource. First and second transmit matrices are configured based on the first and second time-varying characteristics, respectively. A signal for transmission by a plurality of transmit antenna elements is then generated by applying the first and second transmit matrices to symbols of a data stream for transmission. Optionally, first and second receive matrices are also generated for processing signals received from a plurality of receive antenna elements. In some cases, the method may mitigate self-interference between transmitted and received signals on the wireless resource.
US10284266B2
A base station apparatus according to the present invention is capable of adjusting antenna gains in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction of the plurality of antennas included in the base station apparatus, by adjusting a phase and an amplitude of a signal addressed and transmitted to a terminal apparatus, stores a codebook which is shared with the terminal apparatus and describes a plurality of linear filters associated with antenna gains in the horizontal direction and antenna gains in the vertical direction, acquires control information indicating at least one out of a plurality of linear filters described in the codebook, of which notification is sent from the terminal apparatus, performs precoding on the signal addressed to the terminal apparatus, based on the control information and the first codebook, and transmits the signal subjected to the precoding.
US10284262B1
A method and near field communications (NFC) system for sensing at least one of an environmental condition or a composition of media in a proximity of the NFC system are provided. In the method and system, a first antenna irradiates an electromagnetic field during a sensor mode. A second antenna detects the electromagnetic field and outputs a voltage representative of the detected electromagnetic field. An NFC controller receives a signal representative of the voltage. The NFC controller determines at least one of the environmental condition or the composition of media based on an association stored in memory between the voltage and the at least one of the environmental condition or the composition of media.
