US10733648B1
A vehicle safety information system is presented that may include a user computing device configured to determine whether identifying information associated with a first vehicle is to be transmitted to at least one additional device. The user computing device may also be configured to transmit the identifying information based on this determination. The user computing device may further be configured to receive, in response to a determination via the at least one additional device that safety information associated with the first vehicle is to be provided, the safety information. The determination that the safety information is to be provided may be based on information available at the at least one additional device. The at least one additional device may access and transmit the safety information to the user computing device so that the safety information is made available to a user.
US10733641B2
A parking management method, a server, a user terminal and a system are provided. The parking management method includes: acquiring a parking service information request sent by a user terminal; acquiring parking service information of a bound vehicle of the user terminal, where the parking service information includes a transfer data volume corresponding to a parking service of the bound vehicle in a target parking lot; sending the parking service information to the user terminal to make the user terminal submit a data transfer request to a data transfer server based on the parking service information, to request the data transfer server to transfer the transfer data volume from an account of the user terminal to an account of the parking management server.
US10733637B1
A computer-implemented method for dynamic advertisement placement in an application of an electronic device, under control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions, includes obtaining coordinate information for a touch location that corresponds to a place where a user touches a display area of an application to provide input to the application. The method also includes receiving one or more advertisements that is contextually relevant to the application. The method includes determining a size and a position of the preview window based at least in part on the coordinate information of the touch location and an amount of available area within the display area of the application surrounding the touch location. The method also includes providing for display the preview window in the determined size at a location corresponding to the determined position around the touch location with the preview window containing the one or more advertisements.
US10733630B1
A method of accessing services from a mobile communication device. The method comprises presenting service visual representations on a display of the device, wherein each of the service visual representations provides an interface for invoking a service, selecting advertisements for media content from a media content repository, wherein the selecting is based at least in part on the device, presenting the selected advertisements as thumbnail images on the display of the device, wherein each thumbnail image is coupled to metadata that define methods for invoking at least some of the services associated with the service visual representations, and when a first thumbnail image associated with a first selected advertisement is selected and dragged to the position of a first service visual representation, invoking a first service associated with the first service visual representation based on a method defined by metadata coupled to the first thumbnail image.
US10733629B2
A computing system is configured to receive location data from a first wireless device of a first user. The system determines one or more coordinates associated with an establishment. The system determines that the first user is located at the establishment using the location data and the coordinates associated with the establishment. The system receives, from a second wireless device of a second user, a request for a location of the first user. The system determines that that the second user has permission to obtain the location of the first user. The system then transmits, to the second wireless device, information associated with the establishment where the first user is determined to be located.
US10733627B2
A method for providing advertising content, performed by a display device, the method including forming a first pairing between a first terminal and the display device; receiving first advertising content from an advertising server corresponding to a first habit of a user of the first terminal; allocating the first advertising content to a first region among a plurality of regions of a display unit according to at least one of a distance between the first terminal and the display device and a duration for which the first pairing is maintained; and displaying the first advertising content on the first region.
US10733624B2
Provided are systems, devices, and methods for routing events. In one example, an application server includes a network interface to receive demographic information and a request from a mobile application executing on a mobile device, and a processor configured to identify an item that corresponds to the request, identify a web server that corresponds to the item, generate an event based on the request, and determine whether the event corresponds to the application server or the web server based on a combination of the item and the received demographic information. The processor may further process the event or control the network interface to transmit the event to the web server, based on determining whether the event corresponds to the application server or the web server.
US10733619B1
An electronic computing device includes a processing unit and system memory. The system memory includes instructions which, when executed by the processing unit, cause the electronic computing device to receive data associated with one or more customers of an institution. The data is received from one or more other electronic computing devices. The received data is analyzed to identify grammatical elements in the data. Relationships are derived between a plurality of the grammatical elements. At least one derived relationship is used to update a profile for a customer. At least one derived relationship is used to identify a customer for which a remedial action is warranted.
US10733597B2
The present invention relates to a smart card including a sensor for sensing a finger touch and a controller for causing a first setting change by setting the smart card from a default payment method to a selected payment method, when a fingerprint of the user is recognized based on the finger touch sensed by the sensor; causing a second setting change by setting the smart card from the selected payment method to the default payment method when the fingerprint of the user and a fingerprint of a first person other than the user are simultaneously recognized and a first preset time elapses after completion of payment, and causing a third setting change by setting the smart card from the default payment method to the selected payment method when the fingerprint of the user and the fingerprint of the first person are simultaneously recognized again within a second preset time.
US10733585B2
A document handler system and method includes timed operation functionality in which the manufacturer of the document handler may input coded information in the document handler to establish a timed operation of the document handler which may be contingent on continued payments for use of the document handler. Alternatively, or in addition, the timed operation may be used to establish an appropriate warranty period during which the manufacturer is obligated to provide repairs, modification and/or support for the document handler.
US10733580B2
The purpose of the present invention is to enhance user convenience by combining stored value type and server management type payment systems. A portable terminal 5 stores a terminal-side value balance in the portable terminal, and an electronic money server 2 stores a server-side value balance related to the terminal-side value balance. At the time of payment, the portable terminal 5 connects to the electronic money server 2 via a payment terminal 6 or the Internet 3. Then, if payment can be made by using the server-side value balance, the electronic money server 2 makes payment by using the server-side value balance; if the server-side value balance is not enough and there is a shortfall, the electronic money server 2 adds an amount corresponding to the shortfall by subtracting the amount from the terminal-side value balance.
US10733577B2
A preventive maintenance management system and method, and a cell controller, for monitoring preventive maintenance data, calculating a residual period of time until which a component comes to the end of its life, and generating an appropriate maintenance schedule based thereon. The system has: a cell including machines and machine controllers, a cell controller communicably connected to each machine controller; and a supervisory computer communicably connected to the cell controller. The cell controller has: an analyzing part which detects a deterioration of the component and calculates the residual period of time when the deterioration is detected, based on the monitored preventive maintenance data; and an informing part which informs the supervisory computer of the calculated residual period of time along with an alarm. The supervisory computer has a maintenance scheduling part which generates or updates a maintenance schedule based on the informed residual period of time.
US10733573B2
The disclosed embodiments describe a method, apparatus, and system for pushing information. In one embodiment, the method comprises: receiving dynamic spatio-temporal behavior data of a moving individual; conducting an analysis according to historical dynamic spatio-temporal behavior data of the moving individual to acquire spatio-temporal behavioral characteristics of the moving individual; determining appropriate information as matching information for the moving individual according to the spatio-temporal behavioral characteristics of the moving individual in combination with dynamic spatio-temporal behavior data of the moving individual at a current time; and sending the matching information to the moving individual. In the method of the disclosure, behavioral characteristics of a moving individual are analyzed to obtain habit and preference characteristics of the moving individual. Targeted push information is sent, thereby solving the problem of pushed information having less diversified, targeted, and not so accurate content.
US10733563B2
Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for determining alternative delivery destinations. For example, in various embodiments, a method may be provided comprising receiving shipping information/data for an item indicating the item to be delivered to an original consignee by a carrier and comprising at least a default delivery location, determining whether the original consignee has indicated a first priority alternative consignee among one or more alternative consignees, and in an instance in which a determination is made that the original consignee has indicated the first priority alternative consignee among the one or more alternative consignees, delivering the item to the first priority alternative consignee.
US10733561B2
A method for analyzing media to evaluate talent of a subject portrayed in the media is provided. The steps describe receiving a plurality of the media at a server, the media being performance based media; transforming the media into at least a data set corresponding to at least a characteristic of the media at the server, wherein the server is in communication with a node; identifying features in the data set that correspond to a probability of success of the subject in the media; receiving subjective opinion polling data from a plurality of participants as to whether the subject in the media has talent; training the node via machine learning algorithm to identify, using the identified features in the data set and the subjective opinion polling data provided, whether the subject is likely to have talent; and executing the machine learning algorithm to output a score relating to the talent of the subject in the media. A system for discovering talent is also provided herein.
US10733560B1
A system and method for evaluating, scoring, and encouraging group performance towards a common goal is disclosed. In an embodiment, individuals of a group have an incentive to encourage other group members to drive better and achieve an improved overall driving score for the group. A group driving score is determined based on the driving performances of members of the group. The group may establish a driving score goal and work toward achieving that goal using real-time group reinforcement communications.
US10733557B2
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a system dynamically optimizes a service workflow including one or more software services. Initially, the system receives a request to optimize a service workflow, wherein the request includes one or more service requirements and one or more performance objectives related to the one or more service requirements. The system validates service plan information associated with at least one software service plan offered by one or more service providers and generates a plurality of candidate workflows based on the service requirements and performance objectives. The system then determines an optimized workflow from the candidate workflows and executes the optimized workflow to perform operations of the software services. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for dynamically optimizing a service workflow including one or more software services in substantially the same manner as described above.
US10733556B2
Disclosed is a tasking system to assign individuals to tasks. The tasking system targets a user for the task based information in a user profile such as demographics, background and reputation of the user to perform a task. The tasking system predicts if a user will do a given task well based on a user's background, user's skill, and applied predictive algorithms. The tasking system manages the workflow of the task, assesses the probability of the user's answer being accurate, and continuously optimizes assignment and assessment of the task to improve data quality.
US10733555B1
The present disclosure extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for approving proposed business plans and automatically generating and coordinating workflow for establishing data tables for aggregating customer profiles data. The disclosure also extends to methods, systems and computer products for scheduling processes within workflows and checking the status of the workflows.
US10733551B2
A method for providing operational awareness data onboard an aircraft, by a computing device comprising at least a processor and a system memory element, is provided. The method continuously identifies deviations from operational goals of the aircraft, by the processor, based on a current state of the aircraft, a predicted state of the aircraft, and flight crew perception of the current state and the predicted state; and autonomously initiates a dialogue with flight crew onboard the aircraft by providing voice-data prompts for user action onboard the aircraft, by the processor onboard the aircraft, based on the deviations.
US10733541B2
A geolocation data discovery method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium, include mining a textual alert message of an event from secure source data for a geolocational indicator, a temporal indicator, and a type of alert, embedding a geolocational tag location and a temporal tag time to the event based on the geolocational indicator and the temporal indicator mined from the textual alert message by the secure text mining, mapping the event with an icon related to the type of alert at the geolocational tag location on a navigational map at a time associated with the temporal tag time of the event, learning a false-positive event by comparing a secure sensor with an unsecure sensor as the secure source data, and removing updates to the icon on the map based on the learned false-positive event.
US10733537B2
A method for ensemble based labeling is provided. The method includes obtaining a plurality of samples of an object. The method further includes estimating, for each of the plurality of samples, a probability that a label applies to the sample, for each of a plurality of labels. The method also includes determining a candidate label among the plurality of labels, based on the estimated probabilities of the plurality of samples for each of the plurality of labels. The method further includes calculating a dispersion of the estimated probabilities of the plurality of samples for the candidate label; and identifying a target label among the plurality of labels, based on the estimated probabilities of the plurality of samples for the candidate label, the dispersion for the candidate label, and a number of the plurality of samples.
US10733534B2
An evaluation platform receives a data set and a description of an outcome, such as predicting results of trends, recognizing patterns, and evaluating options according to specified criteria. The description is evaluated to select candidate evaluators that may be capable of achieving the outcome, and to translate the outcome into a goal for each selected candidate evaluator. The evaluator candidate set is trained using a training data set, and an initial evaluator is selected that exhibits the highest performance to achieve the outcome over the data set. The initial evaluator is applied to achieve the requested outcome over the data set. Optionally, the performance of the initial evaluator may be monitored to detect performance drift. In this event, the evaluator candidate set is reevaluated to identify a substitute evaluator exhibiting higher performance than the initial evaluator, which replaces the initial evaluator in the continued evaluation of the data set.
US10733533B2
Raw data is received from an industrial machine. The industrial machine includes one or more sensors that obtain the data, and the sensors transmit the raw data to a central processing center. The raw data is received at the central processing center and an unsupervised kernel-based algorithm is recursively applied to the raw data. The application of the unsupervised kernel-based algorithm is effective to learn characteristics of the raw data and to determine from the raw data a class of acceptable data. The class of acceptable data is data having a degree of confidence above a predetermined level that the data was obtained during a healthy operation of the machine. The acceptable data is successively determined and refined upon each application of the unsupervised kernel-based algorithm. The unsupervised kernel-based algorithm is executed until a condition is met.
US10733531B2
Provided herein in some embodiments is an artificial intelligence (“AI”) engine hosted on one or more servers configured to cooperate with one or more databases including one or more AI-engine modules. The one or more AI-engine modules include an architect module configured to propose an AI model from an assembly code. The assembly code can be generated from a source code written in a pedagogical programming language describing a mental model of one or more concept modules to be learned by the AI model and curricula of one or more lessons for training the AI model on the one or more concept modules in one or more training cycles. The AI engine can be configured to instantiate a trained AI model based on the one or more concept modules learned by the AI model in the one or more training cycles.
US10733528B2
Techniques are described for classifying seasonal patterns in a time series. In an embodiment, a set of time series data is decomposed to generate a noise signal and a dense signal, where the noise signal includes a plurality of sparse features from the set of time series data and the dense signal includes a plurality of dense features from the set of time series data. A set of one or more sparse features from the noise signal is selected for retention. After selecting the sparse features, a modified set of time series data is generated by combining the set of one or more sparse features with a set of one or more dense features from the plurality of dense features. At least one seasonal pattern is identified from the modified set of time series data. A summary for the seasonal pattern may then be generated and stored.
US10733527B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media are configured to determine a feature set for a model to be trained by machine learning. A subset of features from the feature set can be associated with entities having relationship types and corresponding to pages on a social networking system. The feature set can be reduced based on at least one rule applied to the relationship types.
US10733526B2
Methods and systems for estimating latent service and latent wait times include extracting transition times between activities from a partial event log. Parameters for respective gamma distributions are estimated that characterize latent waiting time and latent service time for each activity. A latent waiting time and latent service time for each activity is estimated based on the estimated parameters using a processor.
US10733521B2
The present invention provides devices, methods, and systems for coupling a rational agent to a quantum process. In particular, the present invention provides rational agents configured to influence a quantum process, or to derive information from a quantum process, and methods and uses thereof.
US10733520B2
An automated method of making a prediction regarding development of a software product includes receiving code changes information, build information, and failure information related to the software product. Entries are stored in a database, wherein each entry links a subset of the code changes information with a subset of the build information and with a subset of the failure information. A first matrix and a second matrix are generated using the entries in the database. Multi-target entropy calculations are performed based on the first matrix and the second matrix. The prediction regarding the development of the software product is performed based on the multi-target entropy calculations.
US10733510B2
A computing system can determine a vehicle action based on inputting vehicle sensor data to a first neural network including a first safety agent that can determine a probability of unsafe vehicle operation. The first neural network can be adapted, at a plurality of times, by a periodically retrained deep reinforcement learning agent that includes a second deep neural network including a second safety agent. A vehicle can be operated based on the vehicle action.
US10733507B2
In an example embodiment, a machine learning algorithm is used to train a query-based deep semantic similarity neural network to output a query context vector in a vector space that includes both query context vectors and document context vectors. Both the query context vectors and document context vectors are clustered using a clustering algorithm. When an input search query is obtained, the input search query is also passed into the query-based deep semantic similarity neural network and its output document context vector assigned to a first cluster based on the clustering algorithm. Documents within the first cluster are then retrieved in response to the input search query.
US10733504B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for training a Q network used to select actions to be performed by an agent interacting with an environment. One of the methods includes obtaining a plurality of experience tuples and training the Q network on each of the experience tuples using the Q network and a target Q network that is identical to the Q network but with the current values of the parameters of the target Q network being different from the current values of the parameters of the Q network.
US10733502B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for training a policy neural network used to select actions to be performed by a reinforcement learning agent interacting with an environment. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining path data defining a path through the environment traversed by the agent. A consistency error is determined for the path from a combined reward, first and last soft-max state values, and a path likelihood. A value update for the current values of the policy neural network parameters is determined from at least the consistency error. The value update is used to adjust the current values of the policy neural network parameters.
US10733494B2
A metal smartcard (SC) having a transponder chip module (TCM) with a module antenna (MA), and a card body (CB) comprising two discontinuous metal layers (ML), each layer having a slit (S) overlapping the module antenna, the slits being oriented differently than one another. One metal layer can be a front card body (FCB, CF1), and the other layer may be a rear card body (RCB, CF2) having a magnetic stripe (MS) and a signature panel (SP).
US10733492B1
Techniques to improve detection and security of images, including formation and detection of matrix-based images. Some techniques include logic to process image data, generate one or more colorspaces associated with that data, and perform colorspace conversions based on the generated colorspace. The logic may be further configured to generate an image based on the colorspace conversions, including but not limited to a matrix bar code. The logic may be further configured to apply one or both of an ultraviolet layer and an infrared layer to the image, e.g. matrix barcode, generated from the colorspace conversion(s). Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10733481B2
A cloud device, a terminal device, and an image classification system and method includes the terminal reading an image to be classified; transmitting an instruction of image classification to the cloud device; determining whether the instruction of image classification comprises an intermediate operation result of the first partial operation; performing the second partial operation to obtain an image classification result, when the instruction of image classification comprises intermediate operation result of the first partial operation; and transmitting the image classification result to the terminal device; performing the first partial operation to obtain the intermediate operation result, when the intermediate operation result is not contained in the instruction of image classification; transmitting the intermediate operation result to the terminal device; and performing the second partial operation to obtain an image classification result.
US10733460B2
A method for safe route determination, including determining a geographic risk map for a geographic region, wherein the geographic risk map is determined based on a vehicle event dataset aggregated from a plurality of vehicles enabled with an onboard vehicle system, and automatically determining a route between two locations in the geographic region based on the geographic risk map.
US10733455B2
An embodiment method for controlling a physical object to be shared by several potential users and in an enclosure in an open state or in a closed state includes detecting a presence or an absence of the object in the enclosure in the closed state via a first wireless link between the object and a reader situated in the enclosure, the first wireless link being contained in the enclosure in the closed state. The method also includes transmitting a first information item representative of the presence or of the absence of the object in the enclosure to a computer server via a second link and an internet network, the computer server being accessible via a website configured to be managed by an administrator.
US10733453B2
The present disclosure provides a computer-implemented method and system for performing real time supervised detection of televised video ads in a media content of a broadcasted channel. The method includes reception of the media content and selection of a set of frames per second from the media content. The method includes extraction of keypoints from each selected frame and derivation of binary descriptors from extracted keypoints. The method includes assignment of weight value to each binary descriptor and creation of a special pyramid of the binary descriptors. The method includes obtaining a first vocabulary of binary descriptors for each selected frame and accessing a second vocabulary of binary descriptors. The method includes comparison of each binary descriptor in the first vocabulary with binary descriptors in second vocabulary and progressively scoring each selected frame of the media content. The method includes detection of a first ad in the media content.
US10733448B2
A system for contextual interpretation of a three-dimensional scene includes an object recognition engine that analyzes scene data collected from the three-dimensional scene to identify at least one object present in the three-dimensional scene. The system further includes a contextual inference engine trained on a context data training set to analyze context of the scene by identifying a potential contextual inference associated in memory with the at least one object identified by the object recognition engine; comparing the scene data to a subset of the context data training set identified as satisfying the potential contextual inference; and outputting scene context information conveying the potential contextual inference responsive to a determination that the scene data and the subset of the context data train set satisfy a predetermined correlation.
US10733445B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer-readable storage devices, for enhanced object discrimination by robots are described. In some implementations, a robot obtains image data from a camera of the robot, where the image data indicates a detected object. The robot classifies the object as having a particular object type based on the image data. The robot evaluates a current state of the object that includes a predetermined set of object state characteristics. The robot determines that a software application of the robot has indicated (i) an object type and (ii) one or more object state criteria that satisfy the current state of the detected object. The robot provides to the software application data indicating detection of the object and a position of the object.
US10733437B2
A vehicle display device is disclosed. The device comprises an image sensor comprising an imager configured to capture image data and a display. The display comprises a plurality of display elements forming a display surface. The display surface forms a display perimeter. The display elements surround the image sensor on the display surface such that the image sensor is disposed within the display perimeter.
US10733435B1
Systems and methods provide for a document fraud detection system for identifying fraudulent documents. The document fraud detection system can include up to three steps of fraud detection, where if the document fails any of the three steps, the document can be flagged for further review. In another embodiment, the document fraud detection system can score each of the three tests, where the scores represent the likelihood that the document is fraudulent. If the combined score satisfies a predetermined criterion, the document can be flagged as potentially fraudulent. The three tests can include analyzing a scanned image of the document and comparing to other similar documents to determine if there have been any alterations. The second test can compare indents to previous documents, and the third test can analyze chemical and biometric factors that may indicate whether the document has been altered.
US10733428B2
A method for recognizing an action captured on an event-based camera includes the steps of receiving asynchronously transmitted pixel locations which have changed intensity via an address-event bus; stacking a plurality of frames of received pixel location to form a surrogate RGB image where the channels represent individual frames; inputting the surrogate RGB image into a first convolutional neural network; and extracting feature f1 from a last fully connected layer of the convolutional neural network to obtain an action classification of the action, thereby recognizing the action.
US10733416B2
A processor of an information processing device acquires an image, determines base point from the image, and acquires first position information of the base point. The processor determines a reference direction indicating characteristics of color information of a section of the image around the base point. The processor acquires a sample for each of a plurality of reference points acquired sequentially in accordance with a predetermined condition from a starting point determined on the basis of the base point and the reference direction. The processor calculates as frequency information, frequency components of changes in the color information with respect to the second position information for the plurality of samples, using a linear prediction coefficient calculated using a Yule-Walker method without applying a window function. The processor causes the memory to store information associating the frequency information, the first position information and the reference direction, as collation information.
US10733412B2
Disclosed are a display panel and a display apparatus. The display panel includes: an array substrate and a plurality of pixel units disposed on the array substrate; at least one fingerprint identification unit disposed on the array substrate and configured to perform fingerprint identification according to light reflected by a touch body; and a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region. The display region includes a first region and a second region. The fingerprint identification units are disposed in the first region. On a side or the fingerprint identification unit facing towards a light emitting surface of the display panel, an area of a non-light transmittance region in per unit area of the first region is smaller than an area of a non-light transmittance region in per unit area of the second region.
US10733408B2
A display device includes a substrate including a first area having a first light transmittance and a second area adjacent to the first area having a second light transmittance, a plurality of pixels disposed on a first surface of the substrate, and a fingerprint sensor disposed in the first area on a second surface of the substrate. The first light transmittance is greater than the second light transmittance.
US10733404B2
Methods and systems for rendering virtual displays using cryptographic symbols are disclosed. In one aspect, a display device is disclosed that includes a processor and data storage including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to perform operations. The operations include emitting infrared light toward a cryptographic symbol associated with a surface, receiving a reflection of the emitted natural or man-made sunlight from the cryptographic symbol, and, based on the reflection, decrypting the cryptographic symbol to determine a unique identifier. The operations further include, based on the identifier, generating a first virtual display, and rendering the first virtual display on an image of the surface, through a heads up display, or projected onto the surface.
US10733399B2
Disclosed is a method for carrying out an inventory of a plurality of biological product containers, each container and/or each package including containers being provided with an identification label comprising a wireless communication chip. The method includes the steps of: providing a device with a gantry defining a direction of travel; providing a receptacle able to be moved, the receptacle carrying the containers; moving the receptacle in order to cross the gantry in the direction of travel; and reading the wireless communication chip of each container and/or package during the movement of the receptacle.
US10733397B2
Disclosed is a method for managing at least one container containing a biological product, including the following steps: providing at least one container provided with a label, the label being a wireless communication chip capable of communicating according to a UHF mode and according to a HF mode, the chip being capable of transmitting or receiving a signal having a frequency of between 300 MHz and 3000 MHz in the UHF mode and having a frequency of between 3 MHz and 30 MHz in the HF mode, the label further including a memory; and reading at least one piece of information included in the memory, by a reader, the chip communicating with the reader according to the UHF mode or the HF mode.
US10733392B2
Some embodiments provide robotic multiple-slot test card support systems comprising: a test robot system comprising a robotic arm and an end-effector; and a first card support apparatus comprising: a plurality of lateral supports; a plurality of angled shelf supports each extending between a pair of the plurality of lateral supports defining an array of angled card slots, wherein the shelf supports along the columns are vertically separated and each comprises: a guide exterior surface and an interior surface configured to support a payment test card with at least a portion of a face of the test card being flush with the interior surface; wherein each card slot repeatedly positions the respective test card at substantially the same position within the card slot each time the test card is released by the end-effector enabling repeated accurate retrieval by the end-effector.
US10733389B2
A computer-implemented method for leveraging computer aided input segmentations is provided. The computer aided input segmentations identify divisions in a source text. The division are utilized to translate the source text from a first language to a second language. In this regard, segmentation boundaries are designated within the source text based on the computer aided input segmentations, which determine the divisions. Each division is automatically translated into the second language to generate translated segments corresponding to the division. These translated segments are combined to generate a translated text.
US10733388B2
A content participation translation apparatus includes a content registration unit for registering an original of content data on a database, wherein text data and image data are stored separately in the original of the content data; a data selection unit for individually selecting text data and image data included in either the original of the content data or a translation of the content data in which a translation is added to the original of the content data; a translations editor providing unit for providing a user terminal with a translations editor including a content data display unit for displaying the text data and the image data and a text data editor unit in which a translation of the text data is input; and a content storage unit for receiving a second-language text from at least one user terminal via the translations editor, and storing the text data, the image data, and the received second-language text as a translation of the content data.
US10733383B1
A system for disambiguation of noisy text includes an interface and processor. The interface is configured to receive a set of words. The processor is configured to determine a token from the set of words, wherein the token includes a subset of the set of words; determine candidates for the token; determine a ranking for the candidates based at least in part on a semantic similarity between the token and each of the candidates; determine whether to select a top ranked candidate or to abstain; and in response to a select determination to select the top ranked candidate, indicate the top ranked candidate is selected.
US10733381B2
A natural language processing apparatus configured to analyze a plurality of natural language elements, includes processing configured to input for each natural language element, multiple sign language images for a certain natural language together with the respective natural language, extract multiple feature points of a first sign language motion from the input sign language images and analyze a common point or a differing point between the first sign language motion and a second sign language motion, for each of the extracted feature points, deduce semantic content of the natural language element from the analyzed common point or the differing point, and a storage configured to store in association with the natural language element, information regarding the deduced semantic content. The processing circuitry analyzes the natural language using an artificial intelligence algorithm.
US10733371B1
A system for use with different space types, each space type including emissive surfaces, each emissive surface controllable to present content within the space, the system comprising a database that includes a separate template for each space type, each template indicating surfaces associated with the space type, relative juxtapositions of the surfaces in the space and content types to be presented in each surface, a processor programmed to allow a user to select a space type, identify an associated space type template, identifying content types for each surface and storing the received content in a session specification for subsequent access.
US10733366B2
Systems for automatic document generation automatic content recognition may comprise a storage medium and a processor coupled to the storage medium. The processor may generate and/or process a document template and receive client data. In some embodiments, the processor may automatically determine whether the client data is compliant with at least one content control standard based on a comparison between the client data and at least one text variant and, if so, may automatically generate a processed document using the client data and the document template. In some embodiments, the processor may establish at least one normative form for the document template, automatically compare the client data with the normative form content, automatically recognize that the client data corresponds to the document template based on the comparing, and automatically generate a processed document using the client data and the document template.
US10733352B2
Placement methods described in this disclosure provide placement and routing rules where a system implementing the automatic placement and routing (APR) method arranges standard cell structures in a vertical direction that is perpendicular to the fins but parallel to the cell height. Layout methods described in this disclosure also improve device density and further reduce cell height by incorporating vertical power supply lines into standard cell structures. Pin connections can be used to electrically connect the power supply lines to standard cell structures, thus improving device density and performance. The APR process is also configured to rotate standard cells to optimize device layout.
US10733348B2
Roughly described, a field effect transistor has a first piezoelectric layer supporting a channel, a second piezoelectric layer over the first piezoelectric layer, a dielectric layer having a plurality of dielectric segments separated by a plurality of gaps, the dielectric layer over the second piezoelectric layer, and a gate having a main body and a plurality of tines. The main body of the gate covers at least one dielectric segment of the plurality of dielectric segments and at least two gaps of the plurality of gaps. The plurality of tines have proximal ends connected to the main body of the gate, middle portions projecting through the plurality of gaps, and distal ends separated from the first piezoelectric layer by at least the second piezoelectric layer. The dielectric layer exerts stress, creating a piezoelectric charge in the first piezoelectric layer, changing the threshold voltage of the transistor.
US10733342B2
A hierarchical power verification system and method creates abstract models of power behavior of modules that it successfully verifies. The abstract models simplify the module definition by omitting internal module details but provide sufficient information for power verification of higher level modules that incorporate this abstracted module. Design blocks are replaced with these abstract power models, resulting in reduced run-time and memory requirements. The power models can include power switches inside the block, related supplies of logic ports, supply power states, system power states, power management devices such as isolation logic and level shifters, feed-through and floating ports. The power model may be expressed either in UPF or as a combination of liberty model and UPF. After replacing modules with abstracted models the HPVS can quickly verify an entire SoC with a small memory footprint. When a user modifies a module, the HPVS need only verify the changed module and related modules at higher levels of module hierarchy.
US10733340B2
A system configuration creation supporting device includes: a display unit to display a network configuration diagram in which a first object and a second object within a first network level of a plurality of network levels are arranged, the first object being an image representing a network, the second object being an image representing a node connected to the network; and a data processing unit to calculate, on the basis of the first network level, coordinates for displaying the first and second objects on the display unit, and display on the display unit the network configuration diagram according to the first network level on the basis of the calculated coordinates.
US10733338B2
Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to generate a synthetic point cloud of a spacecraft. An example apparatus includes a point cloud generator to generate a first synthetic point cloud of a first simulated space vehicle based on a simulated illumination source and a simulated image sensor, where the simulated illumination source and the simulated image sensor is operatively coupled to a second simulated space vehicle at a first position, where the simulated image sensor measures a parameter of the first simulated space vehicle, where the simulated illumination source uses a first configuration. The example apparatus further includes a pose determiner to determine a first pose of the simulated illumination source based on a first difference between the first synthetic point cloud and a reference synthetic point cloud using a first registration method, and a command generator to generate a command to move the second simulated space vehicle from the first position to a second position based on the first pose.
US10733328B1
A facility monitoring system and/or a secure data storage device transport trolley accounts for data storage devices removed from rack computing devices while in transport. The secure data storage device transport trolley comprises a backplane, backplane connectors, and a computing device coupled to the backplane. The computing device scans for data storage devices connected to the connectors of the backplane at regular intervals and maintains an updated list of data storage devices being transported by the secure data storage device transport trolley. The secure data storage device transport trolley also provides the list to a facility monitoring system for reconciliation.
US10733326B2
A system and method for identification of inappropriate multimedia content elements are provided. The method includes receiving a request to identify a multimedia content element from a user device; generating at least one signature respective of the received multimedia content element; matching between the at least one of generated signature respective of the multimedia content element and at least one signature of each concept designated as inappropriate; determining whether a match is identified between the at least one of signature generated respective of the multimedia content element and the at least one signature of an inappropriate concept; and preventing the display on a user device of the multimedia content element, upon identification of a match.
US10733325B1
Systems and methods described herein discuss securing user-entered data in-transit between a first device and a second device. A user may enter text in a document. A first device may analyze the document to identify the user-entered text. The user-entered text may be separated from the document and transformed into an image using a machine learning algorithm. Transforming the text into an image may secure the data in-transit from the first device to a second device. The second device may receive the image and the document from the first device. The second device may reconstruct the user-entered text from the received image and re-assemble the document from the received document and the reconstructed user-entered text.
US10733316B2
Techniques are described herein for allowing a container DBMS to impose restrictions, on a per-pluggable-database basis, on operations based on the pluggable database to which the users that request the operations belong. In one embodiment, lockdown profiles can be created and mapped to pluggable databases. Lockdown profiles specify PDB-wide restrictions on operations. The restrictions may apply to all operations of a given type, may apply to specific features, may require use of specific parameter values, etc. All users that belong to a pluggable database are restricted by the restrictions specified in the lockdown profile to which their pluggable database is mapped, unless the lockdown profile has a user-specific exemption for them. Bitmaps and/or hash tables may be used to more quickly determine, at query runtime, whether a query violates any profile-specified restrictions. Execution of queries that violate any profile-specified restrictions is prevented.
US10733312B2
Methods, systems, and devices for context driven subscriptions are provided. In general, a user interface for a pipeline management system can be configured to provide information regarding one or more pipelines to authorized users. The information can include data gathered using one or more sensors sensing various parameters. The information on the user interface can include results of analysis of the gathered data, such as notifications that the gathered data indicates an anomaly with a pipeline. The notifications of anomalies can be provided on the user interface in real time with the data analysis.
US10733292B2
Mechanisms are provided for protecting a neural network model against model inversion attacks. The mechanisms generate a decoy dataset comprising decoy data for each class recognized by a neural network model. The mechanisms further configure the neural network model to generate a modified output based on the decoy dataset that directs a gradient of the modified output to the decoy dataset. The neural network model receives and process input data to generate an actual output. The neural network model modifies one or more actual elements of the actual output to be one or more corresponding modified elements of the modified output, and returns the one or more corresponding modified elements, instead of the one or more actual elements, to the source computing device.
US10733281B2
A method for ensuring that an individual is authorized to conduct an activity is provided. The method includes conducting, using a processor, an authentication transaction with authentication data captured from an individual desiring to conduct an activity, and determining whether the captured authentication data is legitimate when the individual is successfully authenticated. Moreover, the method includes determining the individual is authorized to conduct the activity when the captured authentication data is legitimate, and conducting, using the processor, a subsequent authentication transaction with authentication data captured from the individual at a subsequent time.
US10733280B2
Methods, systems and computer program products for controlling a mobile device based on fingerprint identification are provided. Aspects includes detecting an input from a user via an input device of the mobile device, the input including a touch by at least two fingers of a plurality of fingers of a user and determining an operation state of the mobile device at a time of the detected input. Aspects also include identifying the at least two fingers used to apply the input by the user based on stored fingerprint data that differentiates between individual fingers of the user and identifying a command based on the operational state and based on the identified at least two fingers, the command identified from a plurality of different commands based on which of the individual fingers is identified. Aspects further include performing an action associated with the identified command.
US10733272B2
There is provided a control apparatus including a secure storage unit and a processing unit that controls a control target on a basis of authenticated information that is stored in the secure storage unit and the authentication information is authenticated by an authentication apparatus. The processing unit controls the control target by controlling execution of an application.
US10733264B2
Disclosed is a method and system for detecting outliers in real-time for a univariate time-series signal. The system may receive the univariate time-series signal, comprising a plurality of datasets, from a data source. The system may compute a standard deviation of a dataset of the plurality of datasets. Subsequently, the system may compute the optimal sample block size and the critical sample size of the dataset. Further, the system may determine the optimal operational block size of the dataset. The system may segment the plurality of datasets into blocks based upon the optimal operational block size. The system may detect the outliers by performing an outlier detection technique on the blocks, thereby ensuring improved execution time while minimally affecting precision and accuracy of the outcome of the outlier detection method.
US10733251B2
An inferential user matching system can determine a mutual interest between a first user and a second user based on inferred trends corresponding to a set of usage behaviors by a plurality of users utilizing the system. Based on determining the mutual interest, the system can transmit, over one or more networks, a representation of the first and/or second user to the portable computing device of other user and monitor the first and/or second user to detect an expression of interest. Based on detecting the expression of interest, the system can transmit an expression of interest indication to a portable device(s) of the first and/or second user.
US10733250B2
Methods and apparatus for a new approach to the problem of matching relevant content to user queries. Instead of looking for the exact keyword, the invention expands it into groupings of concepts and phrases, where each such group represents one possible user intention (as implied by the query phrase or keyword). Each such grouping is analyzed to provide relevant content, including but not limited to, unstructured data like world wide web, categorized data and paid listings. The provided method can better capture user intentions even for cases where there is no click-through information.
US10733223B2
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for generating a file plan and a thesaurus for a records management system. A first user input defining one or more top level terms to be used in the file plan is received. A second user input defining one or more child level terms to be used in the file plan for at least some of the top level terms is received. A third user input defining one or more term relationships among the collection of child level terms and the top level terms is received. Without further user input, a file plan and a thesaurus are generated based on the top level terms, the child level terms and the specified term relationships among the child level terms and top level terms.
US10733210B2
Techniques for reducing electronic resource consumption using search data are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method comprises: identifying a cohort of profiles from profiles based on a determination that at least one attribute is shared among the profile data of the cohort; receiving corresponding search appearance data including an impression count for the cohort of profiles; selecting reference profiles from the cohort based on the impression counts of the reference profiles; selecting a target profile from the cohort based on the impression count of the target profile; identifying a trend corresponding to at least one feature among the reference profiles; and causing an indication of the feature(s) to be displayed on a computing device of the user of the target profile based on the identifying of the trend.
US10733208B1
A system and method for managing data storage and data access with querying data in a distributed system without buffering the results on intermediate operations in disk storage.
US10733204B2
Optimizing synchronization of enterprise content management systems is described. A system identifies multiple synchronization intervals corresponding to multiple synchronization tasks. The system estimates multiple execution times corresponding to the multiple synchronization tasks. The system calculates multiple remaining times corresponding to the multiple synchronization tasks, wherein the multiple remaining times are based on the multiple synchronization intervals corresponding to the multiple synchronization tasks minus the multiple execution times corresponding to the multiple synchronization tasks. The system orders the multiple synchronization tasks for execution based on corresponding multiple remaining times, from a lowest remaining time to a highest remaining time. The system executes a set of the multiple synchronization tasks based on a corresponding set of the multiple remaining times, wherein at least one of the corresponding set of the multiple remaining times equals the lowest remaining time.
US10733199B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for increasing the efficiency of data conversion in a coprocessor by using the statistical occurrence of data patterns to convert frequently occurring data patterns in one conversion cycle. In one embodiment, a coprocessor system is disclosed containing a converter engine, which includes a parser and a converter, an input buffer, and a result store. The input buffer is configured to transfer a set of source data to the converter engine, which converts the source data from first code format to a second code format, and sends the converted source data to the result store.
US10733194B2
A method for personalizing reviews for a user on a social network, comprising the steps of: receiving from at least two or more users a rating and a recommendation for a reviewable item, wherein the rating is numerical value in a rating scale, and wherein a recommendation is a binary endorsement; receiving a request from a user to view the ratings and recommendations for one or more reviewable items; determining a combined rating and an combined recommendation for all users of the social network at one or more social degrees for the one or more reviewable items; and displaying, by a user interface, the combined rating and combined recommendation for all users of the social network at one or more social degrees for the one or more reviewable items.
US10733191B2
Described herein is a system and method for a static streaming job startup sequence. During compilation of a streaming job, a graph of computing nodes of the streaming job is traversed to determine a minimum start time of computing node(s) downstream of each input computing node of the streaming job. Also, during compilation, a start time is assigned to each input computing node in accordance with the determined minimum start time. During execution of the streaming job, responsive to receipt of the trigger anchor by a particular input node, processing of the particular input computing node using the determined minimum start time is commenced. The input computing node further generates an anchor. Input data is received, and, a batch of data provided in accordance with the received input data and generated anchor.
US10733189B2
Query processors often receive queries to be processed against a data set, such as by inserting user input into parameterized fields of a query template. Some queries may be manipulated by user input (e.g., injection attacks) to introduce intentional errors in the query, where the error message reveals a protected detail about the data set, such as the existence or number of records or tables, the data set schema, and/or the configuration of the query processor. Instead, when the processing of a query results in an error message that contains a protected detail about the data set (including the query processor), the error message may be redacted to redact the protected detail before providing a redacted error message that avoids revealing information that might otherwise be usable to exploit the contents of the data set and/or the integrity of the data processor.
US10733179B2
A method according to one embodiment includes monitoring, by an access control device, for changes to a first access control database stored on the access control device, wherein the first access control database is associated with a first security ecosystem having a first set of security protocols; automatically updating a mediation database stored on the access control device to identify a change to the first access control database in response to a determination that the change occurred; and automatically updating a second access control database stored on the access control device based on the change identified in the mediation database and in response to the automatic update of the mediation database, wherein the second access control database is associated with a second security ecosystem different from the first security ecosystem and having a second set of security protocols different from the first set.
US10733163B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for inserting one or more records into a database table. An insert request for inserting a new record to a database table is received, wherein the new record includes at least one key field. a partial identity of at least one record matching the at least one key field of the new record is searched for. A partial identity is assigned to the new record based on a result of the searching.
US10733161B1
A technique for managing data storage places a data object in a first logical extent within a logical address space of a storage system and places a set of attributes assigned to that data object in a second logical extent within the same logical address space of the storage system. In response to a request to generate a second version of the data object, such as a snap, clone, or replica, for example, the first and second logical extents are duplicated atomically, thereby preserving a second version of the attributes along with the second version of the data object.
US10733158B1
A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving a candidate data portion; calculating a distance-preserving hash for the candidate data portion; and performing an entropy analysis on the distance-preserving hash to generate a hash entropy for the candidate data portion.
US10733156B2
The software system discretises continuous attributes by initially sorting attribute value pairs. The system creates partitions based on unique attribute index. The computing system adds attribute value records to the partition element until minimum frequency has been reached. The system calculates whether new partition element is mutually insignificant compared with each of partition elements in a bucket. The system adds the mutually insignificant partition element into the bucket; otherwise, the system closes the bucket and creates a new bucket to add the mutually significant partition element to the new bucket. After all the buckets have been created, the system groups buckets of continuous attributes in to a bucket group so that the buckets in a group are mutually insignificant. If bucket is mutually significant, the system creates a new bucket group and adds subsequent mutually significant bucket to said new bucket group.
US10733154B2
Methods for performing a structured collection procedure by utilizing a collection device are disclosed herein, in which a collection procedure is initiated for performing one or more data collections for one or more data event instances occurring according to a schedule of events. Each data event instance is determined to be successful or unsuccessful on the basis of actual performance of the data collection and meeting certain conditions of the predetermined adherence criteria for the data event instance. Contextual information for successful data collections is generated and a data file generated for storing records relating to successful data collections. For unsuccessful data event instances, substitute data relating to data collections performed separately from the collection procedure are included in the data file records for the collection procedure if the substitute data is determined to meet conditions of the predetermined adherence criterion for the corresponding data event instance.
US10733153B2
A system and method are disclosed for managing snapshots of a distributed file system. In accordance with one implementation, a list of snapshots of a file system is presented to a user, where the snapshots include one or more active snapshots and one or more inactive snapshots. A request by the user to access one of the snapshots in the list is received. In response to determining that the requested snapshot is active, the user is provided access to the requested snapshot. In response to determining that the requested snapshot is inactive, the requested snapshot is activated and the user is provided access to the requested snapshot.
US10733152B2
A computer-implemented method for implementing native contract on blockchain comprises: obtaining combined bytecode associated with a blockchain contract, wherein the combined bytecode comprises an indicator representing a type of the blockchain contract; determining the type of the blockchain contract based at least on the indicator; and executing the blockchain contract based on the determined type of the blockchain contract.
US10733146B2
An encoding system may include a metadata manager, a key manager, and an encoder. The metadata manager may interface with one or more metadata sources to determine whether to include a metadata item from the one or more metadata sources. The key manager may determine whether the metadata item can be represented using one of already-allocated keys or an inline key must be used to represent the metadata item. The encoder may encode the metadata. If an inline key must be used to represent the metadata item, the encoder may associate the inline key and the type of the metadata item to the media file, and the encoder may encode the metadata item using the inline key in the media file.
US10733120B2
A bus arrangement includes a coordinator; a first subscriber; a first subscriber arrangement with a second subscriber; and a bus. The bus couples the coordinator with the first subscriber and the second subscriber. The first subscriber is arranged between the coordinator and the second subscriber on the bus. The bus arrangement is configured such that the first subscriber arrangement can be decoupled from the bus in an operating phase, and such that the first subscriber cannot be decoupled from the bus in the operating phase.
US10733114B2
Performance of a data cache is controlled; the cache implements a garbage collection process for maintaining free storage blocks in a data store of the cache and an eviction policy for selecting data to be evicted from the cache. A cache performance control method defines a performance target for operation of the cache and, in operation of the cache, monitors performance of the cache in relation to the performance target. The garbage collection process is selectively performed in a relocation mode and an eviction mode so as to promote compliance with the performance target. In the relocation mode, data contained in a set of storage blocks selected for garbage collection is relocated in the data store. In the eviction mode, a set of storage blocks for garbage collection is selected in dependence on the eviction policy and data contained in each selected storage block is evicted from the cache.
US10733110B1
Disclosed herein are techniques for management of a non-volatile memory device. In one embodiment, an integrated circuit includes a cache device and a cache controller. The cache device stores a mapping between a physical addresses of a memory device and a logical address, and a counter associated with the physical address. The cache controller is configured to: receive an address translation request to translate a first logical address; identify, from the cache device, a first entry that stores a first mapping between the first logical address and a first physical address; and based on a determination that the address translation request is for a pre-determined type of operation for the first physical address, update a first counter stored in the first storage unit. The cache controller can transmit a value of the first counter to a management controller for performing a pre-determined wear-leveling operation for the memory device.
US10733108B2
A system for computer memory management that implements a memory pool table, the memory pool table including entries that describe a plurality of memory pools, each memory pool representing a group of memory pages related by common attributes; a per-page tracking table, each entry in the per-page tracking table used to related a memory page with a memory pool of the memory pool table; and processing circuitry to: scan each entry in the per-page tracking table and, for each entry: determine an amount of memory released if the memory page related with the entry is swapped; aggregate the amount of memory for the respective memory pool related with the memory page related with the entry in the per-page tracking table, to produce a per-pool memory aggregate; and output the per-pool memory aggregate for the memory pools related with the memory pages in the per-page tracking table.
US10733105B1
According to some embodiments, a backup storage system receives a request from a client at a storage system for accessing data segments. For each of a first groups of the data segments requested that are stored in a solid state device (SSD) cache, the system requests a first batch job for each of the first groups to retrieve the first groups of the data segments from the SSD cache via a first set of input/output (IO) threads. For each of a second groups of the data segments requested that are not stored in the SSD cache, the system requests a second batch job for each of the second groups to retrieve the second groups of the data segments from storage units of the storage system via a second set of input/output (IO) threads. The system assembles received segments and returns them to the client altogether.
US10733104B2
Techniques are disclosed herein for providing accelerated recovery techniques of a memory device. Such techniques can allow for recovery of the memory device, such as, but not limited to, a flash memory device, following an unexpected reset event.
US10733101B2
A processing node, a computer system, and a transaction conflict detection method, where the processing node includes a processor and a transactional cache. When obtaining a first operation instruction in a transaction for accessing shared data, the processor accesses the transactional cache for caching shared data of a transaction processed by the processing node. If the transactional cache determines that the first operation instruction fails to hit a cache line in the transactional cache, the transactional cache sends a first destination address in the operation instruction to a transactional cache in another processing node. After receiving status information of a cache line hit by the first destination address from the other processing node, the transactional cache determines, based on the received status information, whether the first operation instruction conflicts with a second operation instruction executed by the other processing node.
US10733096B2
A method for implementing a shared memory buffer includes at an apparatus comprising a processor and a physical memory, running a host environment with a host virtual memory. The method further includes running a guest environment with a guest virtual memory, performing, by the host environment, an allocation of a frame buffer in the physical memory, and mapping the allocated frame buffer into the host virtual memory. Additionally, the method includes passing a handle of the allocated frame buffer to the guest environment and performing a mapping of the allocated frame buffer into the guest virtual memory, the mapping based on the handle of the allocated frame buffer.
US10733092B2
A storage system monitors the first access frequency of occurrence which is the access frequency of occurrence from a host device during a first period, and the second access frequency of occurrence which is the access frequency of occurrence from a host device during a second period shorter than the first period. Along with performing data relocation among the tiers (levels) in the first period cycle based on the first access frequency of occurrence, the storage system performs a decision whether or not to perform a second relocation based on the first access frequency of occurrence and the second access frequency of occurrence, synchronously with access from a host device. Here the threshold value utilized in a decision on whether or not to perform the first relocation is different from the threshold value utilized in a decision on whether or not to perform the second relocation.
US10733086B2
Methods and systems for generating a combined metric parameter for A/B testing comprising: acquiring a respective first metric parameter for a first and second plurality of feature vectors, a combination of the respective first metric parameters being indicative of a direction of a change in user interactions between the control version and the treatment version, acquiring a respective second metric parameter for the first and second plurality of feature vectors, a combination of the respective second metric parameters being indicative of a magnitude of the change in user interactions between the control and treatment version, generating a respective combined control metric parameter for the first plurality of feature vectors and the second plurality of feature vectors, the combination of the respective combined metric parameters being simultaneously indicative of the magnitude and the direction of the change in user interactions between the control and treatment version.
US10733075B2
Operations may include identifying an edit that corresponds to a fault of a program. The edit may be identified based on a difference between the program and an improved program. The operations may include obtaining an AST that represents the program and includes defect nodes that correspond to a fault location and include an edit node. The operations may include classifying a particular node as a primary node that operates as a starting point for the edit. The operations may include identifying a path from the primary node to the edit node. The operations may include generating a fix pattern based on the path and the edit. The operations may include performing repairs with respect to an identified fault of code. The repairs may be performed using the fix pattern and based on the identified fault of the code being the same type as the fault of the program.
US10733067B1
The disclosed method may include (1) identifying, within a virtual network, a primary virtual network device and a backup virtual network device that is to handle traffic directed to the primary virtual network device following a failure of the primary virtual network device, (2) installing, on the primary virtual network device, a first virtual controller that manages the primary virtual network device, (3) installing, on the backup virtual network device, a second virtual controller that manages the backup virtual network device, (4) directing, by the first virtual controller, the second virtual controller to replicate a state of the primary virtual network device, (5) detecting the failure of the primary virtual network device, and then in response to detecting the failure of the primary virtual network device, (6) directing, by the first virtual controller, the second virtual controller to facilitate handling the traffic directed to the primary virtual network device.
US10733066B2
Certain examples described herein relate to Persistent Reservation commands in a distributed storage system. In one example, a Persistent Reservation command is received. It is determined whether the Persistent Reservation command indicates persistence through power loss. It is also determined whether a group leader of the distributed storage system is synchronized with a backup group leader. Responsive to the group leader being synchronized with the backup group leader, the command is admitted.
US10733064B2
A method and system for efficiently restoring synthetic full backup based virtual machines that include user checkpoints. Specifically, the method and system disclosed herein overcome a behavioral limitation exhibited in present virtual machine backup methodologies, where said methodologies ignore the presence of user checkpoints storing state for a virtual machine. In accounting for the user checkpoints while recovering a virtual machine, embodiments of the invention maintain restoration points for virtual machine state instantiated by the user, in addition to those instantiated by the system.
US10733062B2
The present invention provides a software storage unit, a backup method, and a backup control program capable of completing data transfer to a data backup destination in a shorter time. The software storage unit includes a software storage section constructed across a plurality of physical machines and a switch section coupled to an external network, wherein the software storage section grasps data to back up, among stored data, which is to be transferred to a data backup destination, splits the grasped data into a plurality of data parts, and issues a command to transfer the split data parts from respective ones of the plurality of physical machines to the data backup destination via the switch section.
US10733055B1
In one general aspect, a computer system can include instructions configured to store on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The computer system can include a subgraph transformer configured to transform a plurality of subgraphs of a source graph into a plurality of transformed subgraphs, and configured to define a target graph that is a transformed version of the source graph based on the plurality of transformed subgraphs. The computer system can include a change detector configured to receive an indicator that a portion of the source graph has been changed, and a synchronization module configured to synchronize a portion of the target graph with the changed portion of the source graph.
US10733053B1
A method for disaster recovery for distributed storage is provided. The method includes distributing erasure coded data to N storage systems at N sites so that the data is recoverable from N−1 storage systems at N−1 sites in case of failure of one of the N storage systems. The method includes coordinating movement of one or more storage devices of a replacement storage system to each of the N−1 sites and transferring data for rebuilding the erasure coded data, from each of the N−1 storage systems to the one or more storage devices of the replacement storage system, responsive to the failure of the one of the N storage systems. The method includes coordinating movement of the one or more storage devices of the replacement storage system to the one of the N sites or a further replacement site, to restore recoverability of the distributed archival storage.
US10733038B2
An apparatus collects log data for each function; analyzes the log data to determine, for each function, whether a delay is present in a path of the function; classifies, for each function, one or more of a normal interval and an abnormal interval of the function based on the analyzed log data; defines, as an aggregation interval, a time interval at which two or more functions have an abnormal interval and one or more functions have a normal interval; identifies the one or more modules of paths of each function during the aggregation interval; and detects, as an abnormal module, a module that is present in two or more paths of functions with abnormal intervals during the aggregation interval and is not present in any path of the functions with normal intervals during the aggregation interval.
US10733035B1
Systems and techniques for dynamic optimization of application workflows are described herein. A first shared program object may be identified that provides access to a feature a in a mesh network of program objects. It may be determined that a first communication channel to the first shared program object is unavailable. A second shared program object may be identified that provides access to the feature in the mesh network. A second communication channel may be established to the second shared program object. A request may be transmitted to the second shared program object for access to the feature.
US10733028B2
A system and method of reserving resources in a compute environment are disclosed. The method embodiment comprises receiving a request for resources within a computer environment, determining at least one completion time associated with at least one resource type required by the request, and reserving resources within the computer environment based on the determine of at least the completion time. A scaled wall clock time on a per resource basis may also be used to determine what resources to reserve. The system may determine whether to perform a start time analysis or a completion time analysis or a hybrid analysis in the process of generating a co-allocation map between a first type of resource and a second type of resource in preparation for reserving resources according to the generated co-allocation map.
US10733026B2
A job submission technique includes a set of algorithms that provide automated workload selection to a batch processing system that has the ability to receive and run jobs on various computing resources simultaneously. The job submission technique provides for organizing workloads, assigning relative ratios between workloads, associating arbitrary workload validation algorithms with a workload or parent workload, associating arbitrary selection algorithms with a workload or workload group, defining high priority workloads that preserve fairness, and balancing the workload selection based on a current status of the batch system, validation status, and the workload ratios.
US10733019B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for data processing. The apparatus comprises: a dividing unit configured to divide, based on a predetermined policy, computation workload for data in a storage node into at least one sub-workload; and a dispatching unit configured to dispatch the at least one sub-workload to at least one of the storage node and a computing node that is physically separate from the storage node for execution of the at least one sub-workload with computing resources in the at least one of the storage node and the computing node.
US10732993B2
An interactive library system comprised of a Processing Engine phase, a Presentation Engine phase, a Content Management phase, and a Content Editing/Reading pages phase, which work together in real time. The system, by providing a set of structures within an overarching database, provides the flexibility to build any data set (library) within an overarching data schema. The system proactively presents information to a user in e time as the system constantly scans to finds library matches to user text, saving the user from having to actively search and confirm information and greatly enhancing data handling capability. Further, each user has the flexibility to create a library most relevant to a user's particular position and needs, and select information for retrieval most useful to them.
US10732987B2
An information handling system includes a driver and a service. The driver is configured to determine if an operating system is not a restricted operating system, determine if corresponding service is present in response to determining the operating system is not a restricted operating system, and shut down the driver in response to determining the corresponding service is present. The service is configured to determine if a corresponding driver is present, and disable the corresponding driver in response to determining the corresponding driver is present.
US10732983B1
A system including: at least one processor; and at least one memory having stored thereon computer program code that, when executed by the at least one processor, controls the system to: receive a data model identification and a dataset; in response to determining that the data model does not contain a hierarchical structure, perform expectation propagation on the dataset to approximate the data model with a hierarchical structure; divide the dataset into a plurality of channels; for each of the plurality of channels: divide the data into a plurality of microbatches; process each microbatch of the plurality of microbatches through parallel iterators; and process the output of the parallel iterators through single-instruction multiple-data (SIMD) layers; and asynchronously merge results of the SIMD layers.
US10732976B2
A processor includes an instruction pipeline. The pipeline can be operated alternatively in a multi-thread mode and in a single-thread mode. In the multi-thread mode, the instruction pipeline processes multiple threads in an interleaved or simultaneous manner. In the single-thread mode, the pipeline processes a single thread. The instruction pipeline comprises multiple functional units, each of which is reserved for one thread among the multiple threads when the pipeline is in the multi-thread mode and reserved for one context layer among multiple context layers when the instruction pipeline is in the single-thread mode.
US10732975B2
Embodiments relate to improving user experiences when executing binary code that has been translated from other binary code. Binary code (instructions) for a source instruction set architecture (ISA) cannot natively execute on a processor that implements a target ISA. The instructions in the source ISA are binary-translated to instructions in the target ISA and are executed on the processor. The overhead of performing binary translation and/or the overhead of executing binary-translated code are compensated for by increasing the speed at which the translated code is executed, relative to non-translated code. Translated code may be executed on hardware that has one or more power-performance parameters of the processor set to increase the performance of the processor with respect to the translated code. The increase in power-performance for translated code may be proportional to the degree of translation overhead.
US10732974B2
An event monitoring, identifying and predicting system comprises at least one database comprising an incoming sensor data stream; a plurality of available data processing engines requiring engine-specific event identifying instruction sets; an abstraction engine configured to receive at least one engine-agnostic event identifying instruction set and convert the at least one engine-agnostic event identifying instruction set to an engine-specific event identifying instruction set suitable for a selected one of the plurality of available data processing engines; a user interface comprising a data processing engine selector by which a user can provide an engine-agnostic event identifying instruction set and select a available data processing engines; and a report generator configured to provide an output result of processing at least a portion of the incoming sensor data stream by the selected data processing engine according to the engine-specific event identifying instruction set.
US10732966B2
A library model addition engine adds library models to a library knowledge base by defining a library configuration file format for conveying information about each library model, custom inputs and code snippets to facilitate library comparison operations, and education content for the library model. The library configuration file format may be automatically loaded and validated to ensure that the file is in the correct format and satisfies the constraints provided by the library recommendation engine.
US10732961B1
A disclosed method may include (1) identifying an old version of software that is running on a network device, (2) receiving a new version of the software that is to replace the old version of the software during an in-service software upgrade, and then (3) performing the in-service software upgrade on the network device by making a system call that (A) loads the new version of the software onto the network device as the old version of the software continues to run and (B) transfers control of the network device from the old version of the software to the new version of the software by booting the new version of the software without shutting down the network device. Various other systems and methods are also disclosed.
US10732957B2
In some examples, a server may receive telemetry data from a computing device. The server may determine based at least in part on the telemetry data, (1) a device (e.g., hardware and software) configuration associated with the computing device and (2) one or more events (e.g., an installation log, a memory dump, or the like) associated with installing a software package on the computing device. Based at least in part on the one or more events. the server may determine a stability index associated with the software package and associate the stability index with the device configuration. The stability index may indicate a probability of errors not occurring after the software package is installed. After determining that the stability index satisfies a predetermined threshold, the server may provide the software package and the associated stability index for download to one or more additional computing devices.
US10732954B2
The present technology pertains to a technique for updating an application; the technique seeks to select when to install the update to minimize interrupting a user experience with the application. For example, a system can download an update for the application and obtain an activity flag. This activity flag can indicate that the application will interrupt the user. The system can set the flag based on identifying a match between a flow profile and a current operative flow. The flow profile can be predefined and specify one or more user engagements. The operative flow can be identified based on a detection of one or more current user engagements with the application.
US10732952B1
This disclosure relates to customizing deployment of an application to a user interface of a client device. An exemplary method generally includes training a model based on historical context information of a plurality of users by identifying correlations between the historical context information and a plurality of widgets and storing the correlations in the model. The method further includes receiving context information from the client device. The method further includes determining a user intent based on the context information using the model. The method further includes selecting one or more widgets to include in a custom user interface definition based, at least in part, on the user intent. The method further includes transmitting, to the user interface of the client device, the custom user interface definition.
US10732950B1
Computer implemented systems and methods, and computer program products, for determining one or more proposed configurations of a computing system upon which a software application will be deployed. A proposed configuration may include a computing system having virtualized information technology resources deployed across an enterprise. For example, a method may include receiving software application information, such as information including software application identification information and software application licensing information. The method may further include receiving current computing system requirements information and future computing system requirements information, wherein the future computing system requirements information includes future computing system growth information and future computing system target utilization information. Additionally, the method may include dynamically generating and storing information about one or more proposed configurations based upon the received information to provide an optimized configuration wherein the total cost of ownership is minimized.
US10732947B2
A workflow is expressed as an arrangement of a set of executable tile. In some embodiments, the tiles include operations expressed in different programming languages. A tile can include a declarative specification of datatypes so that external agents, e.g., workflow services, can identify the datatypes and schemas required as arguments and produced as result; this simplifies the defining of a workflow, e.g., by a workflow coder. A tile can have zero, one, or plural user interfaces; selection of a user interface from plural user interfaces can be based on a user selection, on user roles, or on tile lifecycle stage. Workflow services can communicate with each other so that workflows can be distributed and shifted among processor nodes.
US10732945B1
A method for compiling and executing a nested loop includes initializing a nested loop controller with an outer loop count value and an inner loop count value. The nested loop controller includes a predicate FIFO. The method also includes coalescing the nested loop and, during execution of the coalesced nested loop, causing the nested loop controller to populate the predicate FIFO and executing a get predicate instruction having an offset value, where the get predicate returns a value from the predicate FIFO specified by the offset value. The method further includes predicating an outer loop instruction on the returned value from the predicate FIFO.
US10732940B2
Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media related to an enterprise services framework for presentation layer management are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes representing user interface components related to an application in a pre-determined format, wherein the pre-determined format uses text to represent data objects; creating a first version of the application by embedding, in response to one or more user inputs, one or more of the user interface components into a design space of a presentation layer of an enterprise services framework; updating, in accordance with the embedding of the one or more user interface components into the design space, a schema associated with the multiple user interface components represented in the pre-determined format; and dynamically outputting one or more subsequent versions of the application based at least in part on the updated schema.
US10732934B2
A workflow is expressed as an arrangement of a set of executable tile. In some embodiments, the tiles include operations expressed in different programming languages. A tile can include a declarative specification of datatypes so that external agents, e.g., workflow services, can identify the datatypes and schemas required as arguments and produced as result; this simplifies the defining of a workflow, e.g., by a workflow coder. A tile can have zero, one, or plural user interfaces; selection of a user interface from plural user interfaces can be based on a user selection, on user roles, or on tile lifecycle stage. Workflow services can communicate with each other so that workflows can be distributed and shifted among processor nodes.
US10732933B2
True random number generation (TRNG) circuits are presented which employ magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) elements that can change magnetization state probabilistically in response to application of electrical pulses. Some implementations include pulse generators which apply perturbation sequences to the MTJ elements. The MTJ elements responsively produce randomized outputs related to changes in magnetization states. Probability compensators are included which monitor for deviations in measured probabilities in the randomized outputs from a target probability. The probability compensators make adjustments to the perturbation sequences to influence probabilistic changes in the magnetization states of the MTJ elements and bring the measured probabilities to within a predetermined deviation from the target probability.
US10732914B2
An improved information processing apparatus, method, and a non-transitory recording medium storing instructions for executing an information processing method are provided. The information processing apparatus acquires setting information on a language displayed on a display device by the information processing apparatus, acquires correspondence information stored in a conversion table indicating correspondence between the language and a code page, determines a target character code based on the acquired setting information and the correspondence information, and converts a character code of data to be output to an external device into the identified target character code.
US10732910B2
A tray device includes a host module, a tray module, and a communication module communicated between the host module and the tray module. The host module includes a host recognition circuit, a host connection circuit, and a host controller electrically connected to the host recognition circuit and the host connection circuit. The tray module includes a tray recognition circuit, a tray connection circuit, and a tray controller electrically connected to the tray recognition circuit and the tray connection circuit. The tray controller determines an installation ordinal number corresponding to the tray module according to a recognition signal generated by the tray recognition circuit. The tray controller sends the installation ordinal number to the host controller by the communication module when the tray connection circuit generates a connection signal.
US10732899B2
Exemplary methods and apparatus are provided to reduce read retry latency within solid state devices (SSDs) with non-volatile memories (NVMs). The reduction in read retry latency may be accomplished in some examples by prioritizing read recovery of a regular codeword over an irregular codeword for a cross-die logical page, irrespective of the location in the page with read errors. In an illustrative example, a processor (a) performs a read retry for a second codeword by setting a read voltage level to a first level for a first die, then advancing through a read retry table for the second die until the second codeword is read successfully, and (b) then performs a read retry for the first codeword by setting a read voltage level for the second die to a second level, then advancing through a read retry table for the first die until the first codeword is successfully read.
US10732898B2
A method for accessing a flash memory device and a flash memory device. After receiving a write request for an address, a flash memory controller obtains an indicator of the address, where the indicator indicates a last access type of the address, which might be a write operation or a read operation. When determining the indicator indicates a write operation, which means the access type for the address is normally write operation, to save time, the flash memory controller perform a fast-write operation on the address, when the indicator indicates a read operation, which means there might be plenty of read operations on the address, to facilitate future read operation, the controller performs a slow-write operation on the address.
US10732893B2
A system and method improve the performance of non-volatile memory storage by facilitating direct memory access (DMA) transfers between a remote host and a non-volatile memory based storage system, such as a flash memory based data storage device (e.g., a solid state drive (SSD)). In conjunction with reading from and writing to non-volatile memory storage, a memory buffer on the non-volatile memory system is allocated, and a read or write command is translated to point to the allocated buffer. Thereafter, read and write operations may be performed through a controller, such as a non volatile memory express (NVMe) controller, using remote direct memory access (RDMA) transfers, thus bypassing time consuming processor steps of buffering data to main memory and allowing bi-directional throughput to reach network and SSD speeds.
US10732892B2
The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods related to data transfer in memory. An example apparatus can include a first number of memory devices coupled to a host via a first number of ports and a second number of memory devices coupled to the first number of memory device via a second number of ports, wherein a first number of commands are executed to transfer data between the first number of memory devices and the host via the first number of ports and a second number of commands are executed to transfer data between the first number of memory device and the second number of memory device via the second number of ports.
US10732883B1
One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, from an application, information for storage in a storage management system, wherein the storage management system comprises a plurality of storage layers, each storage layer having a different performance and a different cost than the other storage layers; labeling the information with one of a plurality of labels relevant to the application; assigning the information a performance tolerance value based upon the label of the information, wherein the performance tolerance value comprises an estimate of the performance requirement required by the application storing the information; determining a storage layer for storage of the information, wherein the determining comprises identifying one of the plurality of storage layers corresponding to the label of the information and updating metadata of a logical volume corresponding to the information with the performance tolerance value; and sending the information to the determined storage layer.
US10732881B1
In some examples, region cloning may include obtaining a clone request to clone a logical range of a source backup. The clone request may specify the source backup, a logical start offset, and a logical end offset. A source manifest associated with the logical range of the source backup may be determined. A start entry of the source manifest may be identified based on the logical start offset. The start entry may represent a start data chunk. A determination may be made as to whether the logical start offset represents an intermediate position of the start data chunk, and if so, a start partial chunk entry representing a sub-range of the start data chunk may be appended to a destination manifest. A backup of the logical range of the source backup may be generated based on the destination manifest with the appended start partial chunk entry.
US10732876B2
A memory access technology and a computer system, where the computer system includes a memory controller, a media controller, and a non-volatile memory (NVM) coupled to the media controller. After receiving a first read command from the memory controller, the media controller may read first data from the NVM based on a first address in the first read command. Then the media controller transmit, to the memory controller, at least two fixed-length data subblocks and metadata of the at least two data subblocks in response to at least two first send commands received from the memory controller. The metadata includes a location identifier indicating an offset of a corresponding data subblock in the first data. Thus, the memory controller obtains the first data based on the at least two data subblocks and location identifiers in the metadata.
US10732867B1
A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving usage and configuration data from a storage system. The usage and configuration data is compared to one or more best practice models to determine one or more recommendations. The one or more recommendations are provided to a user of the storage system.
US10732859B2
In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an information handling system may include a processor and a memory system communicatively coupled to the processor. The memory system may include one or more persistent memory modules, each of the one or more persistent memory modules comprising a volatile memory and a non-volatile memory and one or more health registers accessible to a host system executing on the processor, the health registers storing health information indicating, for each of a plurality of ranks of the volatile memory, whether the memory system can reliably perform a save operation to a portion of non-volatile memory mapped to volatile memory of the rank.
US10732858B2
A guarded storage facility sets up a boundary indicating a range of addresses to be guarded or protected. When a program attempts to access an address in a guarded section defined by the boundary, a guarded storage event occurs. Use of this facility facilitates performance of certain tasks within a computing environment, including storage reclamation.
US10732855B2
A storage system includes a storage device including a controller and a nonvolatile memory unit, and a host including a processor configured to determine whether or not the host is going to access the storage device within a predetermined range of time, and cause the storage device to be powered off when it is determined that the host is not going to access the storage device within the predetermined range of time.
US10732841B2
Ownership of a memory unit in a data processing system is tracked by assigning an identifier to each software component in the data processing system that can acquire ownership of the memory unit. An ownership variable is updated with the identifier of the software component that acquires ownership of the memory unit whenever the memory unit is acquired.
US10732838B2
Apparatuses, systems, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for hybrid dual write. An apparatus includes a memory device comprising a plurality of single level cell blocks and a plurality of multi level cell blocks. An apparatus includes a hybrid writing component. A hybrid writing component includes a single level writing circuit that writes data to a plurality of single level cell blocks. A hybrid writing component includes a multi level writing circuit that copies data from a plurality of single level cell blocks to a plurality of multi level cell blocks. A hybrid writing component includes a grouping circuit that directs a single level writing circuit to write data corresponding to a first logical group to a set of single level cell blocks of a plurality of single level cell blocks. In response to a multi level writing circuit copying data from a set of single level cell blocks to a plurality of multi level cell blocks, a first portion of data from the set of single level cell blocks remains uncopied because the first portion of data is insufficient to fill an entire multi level cell block.
US10732830B2
A display apparatus includes a touch panel that is configured to be touched by a user, a display unit, and a processor that is configured to measure a sliding amount of a user's slide operation while the slide operation is performed, the slide operation being started from a position on the touch panel, and continuously control a switching amount of switching an image displayed on the display unit to another image while the slide operation is performed, the switching amount of switching being variable according to the measured sliding amount.
US10732829B2
An electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface displays, on the display, a first visual indicator that corresponds to a virtual touch. The device receives a first input from an adaptive input device. In response to receiving the first input from the adaptive input device, the device displays a first menu on the display. The first menu includes a virtual touches selection icon. In response to detecting selection of the virtual touches selection icon, a menu of virtual multitouch contacts is displayed.
US10732824B2
A vehicle includes a display for providing a character input interface, a touch input apparatus for sensing a plurality of sub gestures sequentially through a touch portion, and a controller for controlling the character input interface to display, when a difference between a direction of a first sub gesture of the plurality of sensed sub gestures and a direction of a second sub gesture sensed within a first delay time period starting at a time at which the first sub gesture ends is greater than or equal to a reference direction difference, a character corresponding to a gesture including the first sub gesture and the second sub gesture.
US10732823B2
A simple gesture control system that permits accurate, simple, and secure input of personal identification numbers (PIN) by visually impaired or blind persons at a payment terminal or automatic teller machine is provided. By the user interface, invisible keys can be selected by simple wiping gestures. Here, any necessity for visual or spoken feedback or localization of operating elements is rendered unnecessary. As a result, blind or visually impaired users can input a secret number by touch operation automatically and without outside help. In this way, account is also taken of the statutory requirements in different countries.
US10732814B2
Movement of a user's point of contact with a touch-sensitive display is determined. In response to the movement, a list of information items on the touch-sensitive display is scrolled. The list of information items may include a sequence of information item subsets corresponding to a sequence of index items. While scrolling through respective information subsets, an index symbol is displayed in conjunction with each respective information item subset.
US10732807B2
In some embodiments, a device displays functionality information in response to receiving an indication of a first input for which a contact meets functionality display criteria. In some embodiments, a device generates a user interface that includes a navigation bar including images from different positions in a respective content item, and a representation of an adjacent content item. In some embodiments, a device moves a selection-indicator in a user interface by a predefined amount in response to receiving an indication of a first input that meets unitary movement criteria. In some embodiments, a device interprets movement of a contact of an input based at least in part on a grip of a user. In some embodiments, a device displays a plurality of character selection options when a text entry field is not tolerant of character ambiguity and a first input corresponds to a plurality of candidate characters.
US10732797B1
Views of a virtual environment can be displayed on mobile devices in a real-world environment simultaneously for multiple users. The users can operate selections devices in the real-world environment that interact with objects in the virtual environment. Virtual characters and objects can be moved and manipulated using selection shapes. A graphical interface can be instantiated and rendered as part of the virtual environment. Virtual cameras and screens can also be instantiated to created storyboards, backdrops, and animated sequences of the virtual environment. These immersive experiences with the virtual environment can be used to generate content for users and for feature films.
US10732796B2
Techniques are described for obtaining user activity information and navigational mnemonic information. The activity information and navigational mnemonic information can be used to control information presented in displays in a manner that can assist a user in locating an activity using displayed navigational mnemonics. User activity information can include an application identifier and a content identifier. Navigational mnemonic information can include a resource identifier and a relevance identifier. A user can search for activities based on a relationship between a navigational mnemonic and an activity, such as a temporal relationship. Applications can register both activity information and navigational mnemonic information through an interface, and a navigational mnemonic feed service can provide navigation mnemonics that are not directly related to user activity on user computer devices.
US10732794B2
Embodiments for managing images by one or more processors are described. A selection of at least one portion of a first image is received. A selection of a characteristic of the at least one selected portion of the first image is received. At least one of a plurality of second images is selected based on the selected characteristic of the at least one selected portion of the first image.
US10732782B1
The disclosed embodiments provide a system that renders a view component in a user interface of an application on an electronic device. During operation, the system generates, from content describing a view for display in the user interface, a styling path that includes a position of the view component in a content hierarchy of the view. Next, the system selects, by a styling component executing on a processor in the electronic device, a style context for the view component from a collection of style contexts by matching at least a subset of the styling path to an identifier for the style context. The system then uses the style context to render the view component in the view.
US10732779B2
A touch panel includes: a drive/readout circuit which measures, during a first measurement period, a self-capacitance between each of a plurality of pad electrodes and a touching object; and a readout circuit which measures, during a second measurement period, a mutual capacitance between a first portion of the plurality of pad electrodes and a second portion of the plurality of pad electrodes.
US10732775B2
A touch sensor may include a substrate and may include electrode units, first demultiplexers, second demultiplexers, and driving pads all located on the substrate. The electrode units each may include a plurality of electrode groups, the electrode groups each including a plurality of touch electrodes. The first demultiplexers each may include a plurality of sub-demultiplexers and each may be electrically connected to a corresponding one of the electrode units. Each of the sub-demultiplexers of a first demultiplexer may be electrically connected to a corresponding one of the electrode groups of a corresponding electrode unit. The second demultiplexers may be connected between the first demultiplexers and the driving pads.
US10732762B2
An electronic device includes a display member including a plurality of display elements and a sensing member including a first sensing pattern disposed on the display member and a second sensing pattern disposed on the display member and capacitively coupled to the first sensing pattern. Each of the first and second sensing patterns includes a plurality of mesh lines to define a plurality of openings. Each of the first and second sensing patterns includes a unit mesh pattern including a central opening and a plurality of peripheral openings surrounding the central opening. A plurality of cutting lines, each of which opens at least two adjacent openings of the plurality of peripheral openings to each other, are defined in the unit mesh pattern. The cutting lines are arranged in a direction surrounding the central opening.
US10732760B2
A vehicle includes a display for displaying a keypad to receive a command through a touch gesture of a user, and a controller for determining an operable area for the user on the display based on a user's shoulder height and arm length, and for controlling the display to display the keypad in the operable area.
US10732750B2
This application is directed to a display device that integrates a two-dimensional array of display elements and a two-dimensional array of capacitive sense elements. A common electrode layer includes a two-dimensional array of common electrodes, which are used in both display elements and capacitive sense elements. One or more sensing control interconnects and a plurality of driving interconnects are arranged in parallel with each other and on top of a first row of common electrodes. Each sensing control interconnect is configured to provide a touch sensing control signal to enable/disable electrical access to common electrodes in the first row of common electrodes in a touch sensing mode. Each common electrode in the first row is electrically coupled to two or more respective driving interconnects in a display driving mode, while each of the plurality of driving interconnects is electrically coupled to a single respective common electrode.
US10732747B2
A display device is disclosed, which includes: a substrate; a display layer disposed on the substrate, wherein the display layer includes a plurality of display units, and two adjacent display units of the plurality of display units are arranged by a first pitch in a first direction; and a sensing layer disposed on the display layer, wherein the sensing layer includes a first region, a plurality of first sensing units are disposed in the first region, and two adjacent first sensing units of the plurality of first sensing units are arranged by a second pitch in the first direction, wherein the second pitch is less than the first pitch.
US10732745B2
An LED switch device and a matrix thereof are disclosed. There is an electroluminescent semiconductor element with a first polarity contact and a second polarity contact. There is also a first polarity LED lead frame, to which the electroluminescent semiconductor element is mounted. The first polarity contact of the electroluminescent semiconductor element is electrically connected to the first polarity LED lead frame. The LED switch device has a second polarity LED lead frame electrically connected to the second polarity contact of the electroluminescent semiconductor element. The LED switch device also has a touch sensor lead frame that is electrically connected to a touch sensor lead.
US10732738B2
A system module of customizing a screen image based on a non-invasive data-extraction system, and a method thereof are disclosed. The system module is applicable to a machine controller controlling a machine, and sensors are disposed around the machine. In the system module, an image capture device receives an image of an original screen from the machine controller, and transmits the image to the non-invasive data-extraction system for extracting information, and a software control system integrates data measured by the sensors with the information, and combined the integration result with a customized screen image, and an extra control component is embedded in an original operation screen of the machine controller. The customized screen image is shown on the machine controller to display information by more visual manner. Furthermore, the signal receiving device and an HID simulation device can be used to provide a basic function of a KVM switch.
US10732737B2
An electronic device attachable to a vehicle may include an interface, an input device is provided. The electronic device includes a display, and a processor configured to detect that a context related to the vehicle corresponds to a first context based on first information received via the interface, in response to the detection that the context related to the vehicle corresponds to the first context, display a first indication indicating a first function corresponding to the first context from among a plurality of functions of the vehicle, which are controllable by the input device, while displaying the first indication, detect that the context related to the vehicle changed from the first context to a second context based on second information received via the interface, and based on the detection, display a second indication which is changed from the first indication and indicates a second function corresponding to the second context.
US10732733B2
It is intended to provide a writing sheet for a touch panel pen which can offer favorable writing feeling. The present invention provides a writing sheet for a touch panel pen (A) given below, the writing sheet having a surface whose maximum peak height Rp of a roughness curve and maximum valley depth Rv of the roughness curve defined in JIS B0601: 2001 satisfy the following conditions (A1) and (A2), and whose average wavelength λa calculated according to the following expression (i) from average tilt angle θa and arithmetic average roughness Ra defined in JIS B0601: 2001 satisfies the following condition (A3): 2.0 μm≤Rp≤8.0 μm (A1), 0.8 μm≤Rv≤6.0 μm (A2), 45 μm≤λa≤300 μm (A3), and λa=2π×(Ra/tan(θa)) (i),
US10732726B2
A method for a Human-Computer-Interaction (HCI) processing includes receiving data derived from reflected signals of a steerable-beam antenna and processing the received data in a deep learning machine architecture.
US10732724B2
The method is applied to a terminal device, the terminal device stores training sample data, and the training sample data includes a correlation spectrum characteristic vector of a reflected signal of a sounding reference signal (SRS) and a corresponding user gesture identifier. The method includes: transmitting, by the terminal device, a first sounding reference signal (SRS); receiving, by the terminal device, a multipath reflected signal that is of the first sounding reference signal (SRS) and that is reflected from a gesture-making object, and performing a related operation on the reflected signal and a signal template corresponding to the first sounding reference signal (SRS), to obtain a correlation spectrum characteristic vector of the reflected signal; and matching, by the terminal device, the correlation spectrum characteristic vector of the reflected signal against the training sample data, to recognize an input gesture.
US10732723B2
Described methods and apparatus for a location determination and registration methodology for smart devices that involves creating a registration map of a bounded space, with various smart devices located therein in fixed positions, and for each smart device relative positions in which a gestural input device can communicate with it, and relative distances, signal strengths and the like associated therewith for each smart device being part of the registration map. Once created, the registration map can be used to allow for a particular smart device to communicate with the gestural input platform when that is intended and the two are properly oriented relative to each other.
US10732714B2
An integrated haptic system may include a digital signal processor and an amplifier communicatively coupled to the digital signal processor and integrated with the digital signal processor into the integrated haptic system. The digital signal processor may be configured to receive a force sensor signal indicative of a force applied to a force sensor and generate a haptic playback signal responsive to the force. The amplifier may be configured to amplify the haptic playback signal and drive a vibrational actuator communicatively coupled to the amplifier with the haptic playback signal as amplified by the amplifier.
US10732710B2
Player-to-player eye contact is used to establish a private chat channel in an augmented reality (AR) or virtual reality (VR) setting. Since maintaining eye contact requires agreement from both parties, it allows both players an equal amount of control when performing the mutual action. Eye tracking may be used for determining whether mutual eye contact has been established. In the case of AR, “inside out” eye tracking can be used, whereas in a VR setting only inside eye tracking need be used. Techniques are described to confirm and establish a channel once eye contact has been held.
US10732707B2
There is disclosed a method of and apparatus for predictive tracking for a head mounted display. The method comprises obtaining one or more three-dimensional angular velocity measurements from a sensor monitoring the head mounted display and setting a prediction interval based upon the one or more three-dimensional angular velocity measurements such that the prediction interval is substantially zero when the head mounted display is substantially stationary and the prediction interval increases up to a predetermined latency interval when the head mounted display is moving at an angular velocity of or above a predetermined threshold. The method further includes predicting a three-dimensional orientation for the head mounted display to create a predicted orientation at a time corresponding to the prediction interval, and generating a rendered image corresponding to the predicted orientation for presentation on the head mounted display.
US10732705B2
A system and method to perform incremental adaptive modification of a virtual reality image involve obtaining sensor measurements from sensors coupled to an individual who is performing a task while viewing the virtual reality image. The method includes generating a true model of the individual from the sensor measurements, comparing the true model with an expert model obtained from another individual performing the task, and developing a lesson plan based on determining a difference between the true model and the expert model. The developing the lesson plan includes determining a gradient of intermediate models within the difference. A different one of the intermediate models is included iteratively along the gradient from the true model to the expert model in the virtual reality image.
US10732699B2
An apparatus is provided which comprises: a power management circuitry; and a processing circuitry comprising a processing core, wherein the power management circuitry is to: compute first voltage and frequency parameters, and transmit the first voltage and frequency parameters to the processing circuitry for operation of the processing core, and wherein in response to a detection of a fault, the power management circuitry is to: access second voltage and frequency parameters from a memory, and transmit the accessed second voltage and frequency parameters to the processing circuitry for operation of the processing core.
US10732693B2
A method and apparatus for controlling a power switch are disclosed. A power switch may be coupled between a power supply signal and a virtual power supply signal coupled to a circuit block. The power switch may be configured to couple the power supply signal to the virtual power supply signal based on a first control signal, and reduce a voltage level of the virtual power supply signal to a voltage level less than a voltage level of the power supply signal based on a second control signal. The power switch may be further configured to change a current flowing from the power supply signal to the virtual power supply signal based on a third control signal.
US10732687B2
An electronic device proof against surge currents arising from hot-swapping components comprises a platform controller hub chip, an electronic component, a serial peripheral interface, and a power supply unit. The power supply unit comprises a power supply and a Zener diode, the power supply outputs a first voltage to the Zener diode, the diode converts the received first voltage to a second voltage and outputs the second voltage to one or more electronic components and the platform controller chip.
US10732671B2
A cover structure is suitable for a portable device. The cover structure includes a body, a first flexible component, an accommodation component, a second flexible component and a connection component. The first flexible component is connected to the body, and the accommodation component is connected to the first flexible component. The accommodation component has an accommodation groove configured for accommodating an object. The second flexible component is connected to the accommodation component, and the first flexible component. The connection component is connected to the second flexible component. The connection component is connected to the body, and the connection component is configured for being connected to a portable device. An electronic device is also provided.
US10732667B2
A pedal apparatus for a vehicle may include a pedal housing fixedly disposed in a space in which a driver's foot is located; and an accelerator pedal and a brake pedal pivotably connected to the pedal housing, wherein, when the accelerator pedal is operated, the accelerator pedal pivots independently of the brake pedal, and when the brake pedal is operated, both the brake pedal and the accelerator pedal pivot.
US10732657B2
A method for dispatching buildings, including: generating data sets, each having energy values along with corresponding time and outside temperature values, wherein the energy values are shifted by one of a plurality of lag values relative to the corresponding time and outside temperature values; performing a non-linear parabolic analysis on the each of the data sets; determining a least valued residual that indicates a corresponding energy lag for each of the buildings, the corresponding energy lag describes a transient energy consumption period preceding a change in outside temperature; using outside temperatures, model parameters, and energy lags for all of the buildings to estimate a cumulative energy consumption for the buildings, and to predict a dispatch order reception time for the demand response program event; and employing the dispatch order reception time to prepare actions required to control the each of the buildings to optimally shed energy specified in a dispatch order.
US10732656B2
A method, apparatus, system and computer program is provided for controlling an electric power system, including implementation of a voltage control and conservation (VCC) system used to optimally control the independent voltage and capacitor banks using a linear optimization methodology to minimize the losses in the EEDCS and the EUS. An energy validation process system (EVP) is provided which is used to document the savings of the VCC and an EPP is used to optimize improvements to the EEDCS for continuously improving the energy losses in the EEDS. The EVP system measures the improvement in the EEDS a result of operating the VCC system in the “ON” state determining the level of energy conservation achieved by the VCC system. In addition the VCC system monitors pattern recognition events and compares them to the report-by-exception data to detect HVL events. If one is detected the VCC optimizes the capacity of the EEDS to respond to the HVL events by centering the piecewise linear solution maximizing the ability of the EDDS to absorb the HVL event. The VCC stabilizer function integrates voltage data from AMI meters and assess the state of the grid and initiates appropriate voltage control actions to hedge against predictable voltage risks.
US10732654B2
An integrated circuit includes an input terminal, an input buffer circuit, an interface voltage control circuit, an output voltage selection circuit, an output driver circuit, and an output terminal. The input buffer circuit is coupled to the input terminal. The interface voltage control circuit is coupled to the input terminal. The output voltage selection circuit is coupled to the interface voltage control circuit. The output driver circuit is coupled to the output voltage selection circuit. The output terminal is coupled to the output driver circuit.
US10732653B2
An electrical power supply system can include: at least one virtual air gap transformer; a heterodyning component configured to generate a corresponding heterodyned signal having frequency components corresponding to a sum and a difference of the first fundamental frequency and a reference frequency; a filtering component configured to filter a heterodyned signal to remove one of the sum and the difference frequency components therefrom and provide a corresponding filtered signal; an input port; and a control component configured: (i) to receive a signal and to generate a corresponding frequency control signal to determine a reference frequency of the heterodyning component such that the filtered signal has a target output frequency; and (ii) to receive a signal representing the first input voltage, and to generate a corresponding virtual air gap control signal to determine the electrical current in the control windings of the at least one virtual air gap transformer.
US10732644B2
A method for handling items using a plurality of movable-bots includes defining a conveyance path to be followed by the plurality of movable-bots, where the conveyance path is configured as a closed loop. The method further includes defining, for each of the plurality of movable-bots, a plurality of path attributes associated with the conveyance path. The method further includes instructing each of the plurality of movable-bots to synchronize a movement with respect to at least one other movable-bot based on the plurality of path attributes when moving along the conveyance path.
US10732640B2
An autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle may improve the overall safety of other vehicles by determining an action of a proximate vehicle based on sensor data and determining one or more expected visual cues associated with the determined action. One or more images of the proximate vehicle may then be used to detect a difference between expected visual cues and the captured images. Detected differences may be used to notify one or more entities that can then take corrective actions.
US10732634B2
An event queue is maintained to store IO events generated from a number of sensors and timer events generated for a number of autonomous driving modules. For each of the events pending in the event queue, in response to determining that the event is an IO event, the data associated with the IO event is stored in a data structure associated with the sensor in a global store. In response to determining that the event is a timer event, a worker thread associated with the timer event is launched. The worker thread executes one of the autonomous driving modules triggered or initiated the timer event. Input data is retrieved from the global store and provided to the worker thread to allow the worker thread to process the input data.
US10732633B2
An automatic moving object obtains, from a sensor, operating data and external environment data of the automatic moving object, constructs a plurality of operation models based on the operating data and the external environment data, and controls automatic movement of the automatic moving object based on the constructed plurality of operation models. An automatic moving object transmits the constructed plurality of operation models to another automatic moving object. An automatic moving object receives a plurality of operation models from another automatic moving object, and controls automatic movement based on the received plurality of operation models.
US10732629B2
A system for fulfilling peer-to-peer transactions by autonomous robot vehicles includes processor(s) and a memory storing instructions which, when executed by the processor(s), cause the system to: receive information on a peer-to-peer transaction between a seller and a buyer for an item, communicate instructions to an autonomous vehicle to travel to a first destination and receive the item, receive an indication that the item has been received, communicate instructions to the autonomous vehicle to travel to a second destination to deliver the item to the buyer, receive a signal indicating that buyer funds are in escrow, and receive a signal indicating that the item is accepted or rejected by the buyer. In a case where the item is accepted, the system communicates a release of the funds from the escrow to the seller. In a case the item is rejected, the system determines a handling itinerary for the item.
US10732621B2
Monitoring a processing asset for one of an oil processing facility and a gas processing facility includes a data acquisition circuit structured to interpret a plurality of detection values corresponding to input received from a detection package, the detection package comprising at least one of a plurality of input sensors, each of the plurality of input sensors operatively coupled to at least one of a plurality of process components; a data analysis circuit structured to analyze a subset of the plurality of detection values to determine a status parameter; and an analysis response circuit structured to adjust a process utilizing the processing asset in response to the status parameter comprising altering at least one process parameter selected from the process parameters consisting of: a temperature, an operating speed, a utilization value of one of the plurality of process components, and a process flow.
US10732614B1
A process design and management system for batch manufacturing of pharmaceuticals products. The system permits a user to create a chemical process design based on the user's input data and retrieved process library data which includes material data, process data, and equipment data. The system includes software objects defining operations sequences, and processing operation parameters including materials flows and balances, cycle time, constraints, equipment, generic equipment capability requirements, specific equipment capability requirements, and actual capacity analysis. A graphical user interface allowing multiple views of the chemical process design, including one or more of a design view, process flow view, time cycle view, and instructions view.
US10732613B2
Provided is a smart factory for production and quality management of a thermoplastic and thermosetting compound capable of predicting and controlling quality and production schedule in the future as well as monitoring a current state of factory by acquiring various types of data generated during a manufacturing process such as a manufacturing schedule, a quality condition, or the like of a manufacturing process.
US10732612B2
An assembly line apparatus for the automatic application of different types of labels or cushions or glue (“stickers”) on a workpiece has a transportation device, a plurality of application devices, a central control device, and a first expansive cooperation device. The central control device has first and other communication ports which may each function in accordance with different protocols and standards. The central control device is electronically connected to the transportation device via the first communication port and electronically connected to the application devices via a second or further communication ports. The first expansive cooperation device generates first and second control signals to instruct, via the central control device, the transportation device to move or to stop and to the application devices to apply or not to apply certain stickers on a certain area of a workpiece.
US10732611B2
A system (100) and method for generating machining control data of a numerical control machine tool. The system (100) comprises a server (10) and at least one terminal device (30). The server (10) is installed with computer-aided manufacturing software, a numerical control machine tool model library and a cutter and fixture library. The terminal device (30) is connected to the server (10) through the Internet (20) to generate machining program data of a part model and/or to carry out machining simulation of a part model. The method for generating machining control data of a numerical control machine tool comprises: sending a part model file to the server (10) through the Internet (20); and generating program code that can be executed by the numerical control machine tool. The system (100) and the method have the beneficial technical effects of being convenient to operate, low in cost and flexible and easy to use and so on.
US10732607B2
A method of processing a substrate includes subjecting a substrate to processing that modifies a thickness of an outer layer of the substrate, measuring a spectrum of light reflected from the substrate during processing, reducing the dimensionality of the measured spectrum to generate a plurality of component values, generating a characterizing value using an artificial neural network, and determining at least one of whether to halt processing of the substrate or an adjustment for a processing parameter based on the characterizing value. The artificial neural network has a plurality of input nodes to receive the plurality of component values, an output node to output the characterizing value, and a plurality of hidden nodes connecting the input nodes to the output node.
US10732603B2
Systems and methods for automated workflow comprise assigning a set of first targets to an uncompiled first workflow. The uncompiled first workflow specifies a first set of process modules. Each such module is associated with a subset of unit operations. Each unit operation includes a time interval and specifies an instrument. For each target in the set of first targets, the uncompiled workflow is translated into an instance of a compiled first workflow comprising a linear temporal order of unit operations, each including execution instructions for an addressed instrument. A set of second targets is obtained and assigned a second uncompiled workflow. Compilation of the second uncompiled workflow for each second target produces a different instance of a compiled second workflow. Each second compiled workflow comprises a linear temporal order of unit operations, with each unit operation including execution instructions for an addressed instrument and specifying a time interval.
US10732598B2
A method for the transformation of information relating to at least one position on a globe from a first global coordinates system into a second local coordinates system, where the position in the first global coordinates system is provided by information relating to the longitude and a latitude, and the position in the second local coordinates system is provided in terms of two axes arranged orthogonally to one another. The method includes receiving a signal containing information relating to the position by means of an antenna, determining a first distance (x) between the position and a reference longitude for the first local axis using a calculation unit, and determining a second distance (y) between the position and a reference latitude for the second local axis by means of the calculation unit. The reference longitude is selected in such a way that it is near to the position.
US10732597B2
Systems and methods of a Hierarchical Smart Asset Control Application development and Integrated Smart Asset Control System optimization are disclosed. In various embodiments, the system may develop a Hierarchical Asset Control Application and corresponding control hardware requirements. This can be used to create an Integrated Smart Asset Control System in order execute various processes for a set of equipment elements. The smart assets associated with the system may utilize intelligent agents to balance operational constraints and operational objects in order to determine real-time optimized operational parameters for a process and implement the appropriate controls to facilitate achieving the improved operational objectives.
US10732596B2
A method implemented by a computer system, the computer-implemented method comprising receiving dimensions of a building surface, including a surface length and a surface height; receiving dimensions of a surface material unit, including a material length and a material height; receiving design parameters defining a three-dimensional design over the building surface; partitioning the three-dimensional design into a plurality of three-dimensional segments based on both the three-dimensional design and the dimensions of the surface material; and generating a set of milling instructions for cutting a plurality of surface material units into the plurality of three-dimensional segments.
US10732583B2
An apparatus for starting operation of a motor of an implantable blood pump including a memory storing one or more default parameters for at least one of controlling and monitoring the startup operation. A processor operatively coupled to the motor is included, the processor is configured to: commence the startup operation based on the one or more default parameters; detect an error during the startup operation; adjust at least one of the one or more default parameters in response to the detected error; store the at least one adjusted parameter in the memory; and commence subsequent startup operations based at least in part on the at least one adjusted parameter.
US10732577B2
A capacitance-to-digital-converter includes a first delay block configured to output a first signal after a first delay based on a voltage at a capacitive sensor, the capacitive sensor configured to be iteratively discharged; a second delay block configured to output a second signal after a second delay; and a capacitance determination unit configured to determine a value indicative of a capacitance sensed by the capacitive sensor. This determination is based on: a number of clock periods during which the first delay is less than a third delay; a first time difference between receipt of the first signal and the second signal during a last clock period during which the first delay is less than the third delay; and a second time difference between receipt of the first signal and receipt of the second signal during a first clock period during which the first delay is greater than the third delay.
US10732576B2
A time-to-digital converter system has at least one time-to-digital converter comprising an oscillator, a counter being driven by the oscillator, an evaluation block connected to the counter and configured for determining a time difference associated with a start signal and a stop signal, and a histogram block with a number of bins for recording entries associated with the time difference. The system can be calibrated by operating or preparing to operate the time-to-digital converter system with a measurement clock signal defining a measurement interval, providing a calibration clock signal having a frequency higher than the measurement clock signal by a predefined ratio, using a selected clock edge of the calibration clock signal as the start signal and a subsequent clock edge of the calibration clock signal as the stop signal. The evaluation block determines a calibration time difference based on the respective clock edges of the calibration clock signal used as the start signal and the stop signal. A time measure associated with a counter step of the counter is determined based on the predefined ratio and the calibration time difference.
US10732574B2
The present invention relates to a watch type terminal, including a main body, and a sensing unit disposed on one surface of the main body and configured to acquire a biometric signal, wherein the sensing unit includes at least one green light emitting device provided on one surface of the main body and configured to output green light, at least one yellow light emitting device disposed with being spaced apart from the at least one green light emitting device, and configured to output yellow light with a different skin transmittance from that of the green light, a light receiving sensor surrounded by the green light emitting device and the yellow light emitting device, and configured to receive reflected green light and/or yellow light, and a controller configured to generate a biometric signal using light incident on the light receiving sensor.
US10732565B2
A cartridge includes a cartridge frame member including a developer accommodation portion, an image bearing member rotatably provided to the cartridge frame member, an end sealing provided to the cartridge frame member and abutting on an end of the image bearing member in a longitudinal direction, a cleaning unit for acting on the image bearing member, a sealing portion integrally provided with the cartridge frame member and abut on an end of the cleaning unit in the longitudinal direction, a sheet member provided along the longitudinal direction and abut on the image bearing member at an end of the sheet member in a direction that crosses the longitudinal direction, and a fixing portion for fixing the sheet member and the cartridge frame member. The sealing portion and the fixing portion are integrally formed with the cartridge frame member.
US10732546B2
An image forming apparatus includes a developing unit, a transfer section, and a calculator. The developing unit includes an image carrier carrying a developer image. The transfer section includes a transfer belt, a cleaning member, and a container, and transfers the developer image onto a print medium. The transfer belt is disposed in contact with the image carrier. The cleaning member removes a developer attached to the transfer belt. The container contains the developer removed by the cleaning member. The calculator calculates a collection amount on the basis of medium information of the print medium. The collection amount is an amount of the developer collected in the container.
US10732544B2
A toner replenishing apparatus includes: a toner storage that stores toner for replenishment; an agitation paddle that is arranged in the toner storage and rotates to agitate toner stored in the toner storage; a conveyance member that is disposed in a lower part of the toner storage and is used to convey the toner stored in the toner storage toward a developer; and an agitation member that moves along with rotation of the agitation paddle, wherein the conveyance member is arranged away from the agitation paddle in a plan view, and the agitation member agitates the toner located above the conveyance member, which is a part of the toner stored in the toner storage.
US10732542B2
An image forming apparatus including an image forming unit, a unit holder, and circuitry is provided. The image forming unit includes a color toner unit, a replaceable black toner unit, and a replaceable special toner unit that form a color toner image, a black toner image, and a special toner image, respectively. The unit holder selectively and detachably holds the replaceable black toner unit or the replaceable special toner unit. The circuitry controls the image forming unit to perform: a normal operation, when the unit holder holds the replaceable black toner unit, that forms a color-black image; a special operation, when the unit holder holds the replaceable special toner unit, that forms a color-special image; and a toner amount increase control that increases an amount of the color toner per unit area in the color toner image in the special operation than that in the normal operation.
US10732534B2
A charging member that contacts an image bearing member and charges the image bearing member has an electrically conductive support and an elastic layer in contact with the image bearing member. The elastic layer includes a semiconductive rubber composition including a matrix and domains having electric conductivity. The semiconductive rubber composition has a sea-island structure in which the domains form an island phase and the matrix forms a sea phase. The matrix has a higher volume resistivity than the domains. The developer includes a toner, and the toner has a Martens hardness of at least 200 MPa and not more than 1100 MPa when measured under a maximum load of 2.0×10−4 N.
US10732524B2
An optical system for improving alignment measurement accuracy is discussed. The optical system includes first and second optical elements. The first optical element may be configured to change a first beam having a first polarization state into a second beam having a second polarization state. The second optical element may be configured to provide total internal reflection of the second beam and to change the second beam into a third beam having a third polarization state. The first, second, and third polarization states may be different from each other.
US10732520B1
Methods and systems for optimizing a set of measurement library control parameters for a particular metrology application are presented herein. Measurement signals are collected from one or more metrology targets by a target measurement system. Values of user selected parameters of interest are resolved by fitting a pre-computed measurement library function to the measurement signals for a given set of library control parameters. Values of one or more library control parameters are optimized such that differences between the values of the parameters of interest estimated by the library based measurement and reference values associated with trusted measurements of the parameters of interest are minimized. The optimization of the library control parameter values is performed without recalculating the pre-computed measurement library. Subsequent library based measurements are performed by the target measurement system using the optimized set of measurement library control parameters with improved measurement performance.
US10732515B2
Methods and systems for performing spectroscopic measurements of asymmetric features of semiconductor structures are presented herein. In one aspect, measurements are performed at two or more azimuth angles to ensure sensitivity to an arbitrarily oriented asymmetric feature. Spectra associated with one or more off-diagonal Mueller matrix elements sensitive to asymmetry are integrated over wavelength to determine one or more spectral response metrics. In some embodiments, the integration is performed over one or more wavelength sub-regions selected to increase signal to noise ratio. Values of parameters characterizing an asymmetric feature are determined based on the spectral response metrics and critical dimension parameters measured by traditional spectral matching based techniques.
US10732511B2
Disclosed is a system configured to project a beam of radiation onto a target portion of a substrate within a lithographic apparatus. The system comprises a mirror having an actuator for positioning the mirror and/or configuring the shape of the mirror, the actuator also providing active damping to the mirror, and a controller for generating actuator control signals for control of said actuator(s). A first coordinate system is used for control of said actuator(s) when positioning said mirror and/or configuring the shape of said mirror and a second coordinate system is used for control of said actuator(s) when providing active damping to said mirror.
US10732510B2
A control system controls a drive system of a substrate holder, based on correction information to compensate for measurement error of a measurement system including an encoder system that occurs due to movement of at least one of a plurality of grating areas (scale), a plurality of heads and a substrate holder, and position information measured by the measurement system, and a measurement beam from a head of each of the plurality of heads moves off from one of the plurality of grating areas and switches to another adjacent grating area, during the movement of the substrate holder in the X-axis direction.
US10732501B2
The present application relates to a method for permanently repairing defects of absent material of a photolithographic mask, comprising the following steps: (a) providing at least one carbon-containing precursor gas and at least one oxidizing agent at a location to be repaired of the photolithographic mask; (b) initiating a reaction of the at least one carbon-containing precursor gas with the aid of at least one energy source at the location of absent material in order to deposit material at the location of absent material, wherein the deposited material comprises at least one reaction product of the reacted at least one carbon-containing precursor gas; and (c) controlling a gas volumetric flow rate of the at least one oxidizing agent in order to minimize a carbon proportion of the deposited material.
US10732497B2
A transparent screen is a transparent screen for diffusing image light projected from a projector and displaying an image by transmitting part of incident light rectilinearly and diffusing the other part of the incident light. The transparent screen includes a first base material that is transparent, a diffusion member, a second base material that is transparent, and a plurality of light absorption materials. The diffusion member is disposed within a first base material and diffuses the image light. The second base material is disposed on an opposite side of the first base material from the projector. The plurality of light absorption materials is disposed within the second base material and is arranged parallel to each other along an arrangement direction parallel to a principal plane of the second base material.
US10732489B2
A telescopic limiting structure includes a first retractable member and a second retractable member. The first retractable member includes a first inclined face and is configured to move along a first direction. The second retractable member includes a second inclined face bearing against the first inclined face. The first inclined face and the second inclined face are configured to drive the second retractable member to move along a second direction in response to the first retractable member moving along the first direction. The second direction is different from the first direction. The first retractable member includes a first elastic element configured to extend and retract along the first direction, the second retractable member includes a second elastic element configured to extend and retract along the second direction, and in a process of compressing the first elastic element, the second elastic element moves closer to the first retractable member in the second direction.
US10732487B2
A rotation restricting structure includes a main body a rotator rotatable with respect to the main body, and a rotation restricting member which restricts rotation of the rotator, wherein the rotator includes a rotating plate which rotates with rotation of the rotator with respect to the main body, one of the rotating plate or the main body has a protrusion portion, the rotation restricting member has a contacting portion contactable with the protrusion portion and a rotational shaft which is pivotally supported by the other of the rotating plate or the main body, the protrusion portion contacts the contacting portion by rotation of the rotator, thereby the rotational angle range of the rotator being restricted, and a position of the contacting portion provided on the rotation restricting member is different from a position of the rotational shaft provided on the rotation restricting member.
US10732483B2
A photonic radiator device forming a photonic phased array antenna includes a light waveguide including a waveguide clad and a waveguide core using a semiconductor material, and a grating periodically formed an upper or lower part of the light waveguide. The photonic radiator device receives an input light wave in a direction of the grating and the light waveguide and radiates an output light wave to a space by using scattering from the grating.
US10732478B2
An electrochromic structure includes: a substrate including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a first conductive layer located on the first surface; a color changing functional layer located on a surface of the first conductive layer; a second conductive layer located on a surface of the color changing functional layer, where the second conductive layer is divided into a first isolation region and a first conductive region which are electrically isolated; a first electrode located in the first isolation region, where the first electrode penetrates the color changing functional layer and is electrically connected to the first conductive layer; a second electrode located on a surface of and electrically connected to the second conductive layer in the first conductive region; and a first light shielding layer for shielding the first isolation region.
US10732477B2
This group of inventions relates to a field of applied electric chemistry, namely, devices based on modified electrochromic compounds and method of their manufacturing, more specifically, to electrochromic devices comprising electrodes, at least one of which is optically transparent, said electrodes forming an enclosed space filled with a solution which includes an aprotic inert solvent, or their mixtures, an acrylic and/or methacrylic unsaturated oligomer-monomer composition, a cathodic material comprising pyridine, an anodic material, a photo initiator, an adhesive and indifferent electrolytes. According to the invention, the electrochromic solution also comprises an optical brightener selected from the range of aromatic or heterocyclic series and/or their mixtures, an antioxidant selected from the range of sterically hindered phenols and/or their mixtures. The achieved technical result is increased service life of the electrochromic device.
US10732473B2
A display device includes a pair of substrates, lines, a spacer, and an annular line part. The substrates are disposed so as to be opposed to each other with an interval therebetween. The lines are installed on the array substrate between the paired substrates. The spacer is formed on the CF substrate so as to be interposed between the paired substrates. The annular line part is composed of one portion of the lines and has an annular shape so as to form a concave part for receiving the spacer on the center side are provided.
US10732472B2
A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a display region and at least one notch. The display region is divided into a first display region and a second display region by a first bending axis. The first bending axis extends along a column direction. The first display region includes a first edge and a plurality of first data lines, wherein the first edge and the plurality of first data lines extend along the column direction. The first edge is recessed toward an inside of the first display region to form the at least one notch. The plurality of first data lines and the second display region are disposed on two opposite sides of the at least one notch along a row direction.
US10732433B2
Eyewear in the form of a pair of lenses and a pair of frame halves, each frame half supporting a lens. The frame halves are releasably connected to one another at the bridge between the lenses at their inner ends and the frame halves have frame half outer ends on opposite sides of said lenses from the bridge. The eyewear also includes first and second temples having temple first ends and temple second ends, the temple first ends being pivotally connected to the frame halves outer ends, each temple including a channel. The eyewear also includes a flexible strap having first and second flexible strap ends, to which are affixed first and second sliders, each slider affixed to one end of the flexible strap at the first and second flexible strap ends. The first slider is located within the channel of the first temple and sized to be slidably positioned along the channel of the first temple and the second slider is located within the channel of the second temple and sized to be adjustably positioned along the channel of the second temple such that movement of the sliders enables a user to selectively change the length of the flexible strap extending between the second ends of the first and second temples.
US10732425B2
There is provided a light source device including a first light source that emits light in a first wavelength region, a second light source that emits light in a second wavelength region different from the first wavelength region, a wavelength conversion unit including a fluorescent material and emits fluorescent emission light in a different wavelength region upon irradiation with the light in the first wavelength region, and a combining unit that has wavelength selectivity to a specific wavelength region corresponding to the second wavelength region and combines the light in the first wavelength region from the first light source, the light in the second wavelength region from the second light source, and the fluorescent emission light which are incident on the combining unit with one another.
US10732424B2
A beam shaper for an optical inspection tool includes a focal lens to focus an optical beam onto a target at an oblique angle of incidence and a phase modulator to substantially flatten a top of the optical beam in the plane of the target when the optical beam is focused onto the target at the oblique angle of incidence.
US10732423B2
The invention relates to a device (102) for optical beam expansion of an optical system having a guide tube (220), a first guide cylinder (222) having a first lens (226), wherein the first guide cylinder (202) is arranged within the guide tube (220) so as to be displaceable along the longitudinal axis of the guide tube (220), and a second guide cylinder (224) having a second lens (228), wherein the second guide cylinder (224) is arranged within the guide tube (220) so as to be displaceable along the longitudinal axis of the guide tube (220). A first displacement device is provided to displace the first guide cylinder (222) along the longitudinal axis (340) of the guide tube (220), and a second displacement device is provided to displace the second guide cylinder (224) along the longitudinal axis of the guide tube (220).
US10732418B2
A wearable device includes a first contact element, a second contact element, a headband that couples the first contact element and the second contact element to each other and presses the first contact element and the second contact element toward temporal regions, a first coupling element that couples the first contact element and the headband to each other, and a second coupling element that couples the second contact element and the headband to each other. Each of the first contact element and the second contact element includes an elastic member having a longitudinal direction extending along a forward and backward direction of the head in a state where the wearable device is worn on the head of the wearer. The elastic member is curved to conform to the curved shape of the temporal regions in the forward and backward direction.
US10732417B2
Disclosed is an improved diffraction structure for 3D display systems. The improved diffraction structure includes an intermediate layer that resides between a waveguide substrate and a top grating surface. The top grating surface comprises a first material that corresponds to a first refractive index value, the underlayer comprises a second material that corresponds to a second refractive index value, and the substrate comprises a third material that corresponds to a third refractive index value.
US10732416B2
Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, manufacture, circuit, composition of matter, and/or user interface adapted for and/or resulting from, and/or a method and/or machine-readable medium comprising machine-implementable instructions for, activities that can comprise and/or relate to, via light from a light source, rendering an image on a retina.
US10732415B2
Optical systems, including a mechanical body, a display source, a light-transmitting substrate, an optical device, an image processing unit and an image capturing device. The light-transmitting substrate is in communication with the mechanical body. The optical device couples light waves from the display source into the light-transmitting substrate by total internal reflection. The image processing unit is linked to the display source and is in communication with the mechanical body. The image capturing unit is linked to the image processing unit and is in communication with the mechanical body and has a user controllable zoom position.
US10732407B1
A display, such as a fixed head up display, can be configured as a near eye display. Display can be used in the environment of the user. Display includes an image source fixed with the environment and a combiner system. The combiner system is configured to be disposed at a near eye location with respect to the user. The combiner system includes at least one diffraction grating member. The diffraction grating member has an input and for receiving an image from the image source and a combiner end for receiving light from the real world scene. The image received at the input end and the light received from the outside scene are provided to the user.
US10732404B2
A multi-element fiber scanner for scanning electromagnetic imaging radiation includes a base having a base plane and a longitudinal axis orthogonal to the base plane and a fiber link passing through the base in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis. The fiber link is operatively coupled to at least one electromagnetic radiation source. The multi-element fiber scanner also includes a retention collar disposed a predetermined distance along the longitudinal axis from the base and a first set and a second set of piezoelectric tubes. First and second piezoelectric tubes of the first set are joined to the base and extends from the base and first and second piezoelectric tubes of the second set are joined to the retention collar and extend from the retention collar.
US10732401B2
An optical unit includes: a fixing part including a front frame portion, a rear frame portion, and a fixing part main body; a movable part arranged slidably relative to the fixing part main body; and a voice coil motor including a magnetic portion, and a coil arranged at the fixing part main body and positioned on a radially outer side of the fixing part main body with respect to the magnetic portion, the voice coil motor being capable of moving the movable part relative to the fixing part main body along a direction of the optical axis. A maximum dimension of the fixing part main body in a first direction parallel to a magnetization direction of the magnetic portion is greater than a maximum dimension of the fixing part main body in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and the direction of the optical axis.
US10732400B2
A spectrally encoded endoscopic probe. The probe has a light guiding component, a light focusing component, and a grating component. The probe is configured such that a set of light beams of multiple wavelengths are diffracted by the grating component in different orders at substantially the same angle. The set of light beams includes at least 3 light beams. Each light beam among the set of light beams is associated with a different wavelength.
US10732397B2
A microscope system comprises a microscope body, an imaging unit connected to the microscope body and including an image sensor for capturing a microscopic image, and an XY stage configured to place a slide and move in an X direction and a Y direction. The microscope system changes an arrangement of the image sensor with respect to the microscope body so as to cause a direction defined by a pixel arrangement of the image sensor to align with one of the X direction and the Y direction of the XY stage.
US10732388B2
A compact low-profile low-cost imaging lens with a small F-value which offers a wide field of view and corrects aberrations properly. Its elements are spaced from each other and arranged from an object side to an image side as follows: a first positive lens having a convex object-side surface; a second negative lens; a third positive or negative lens; a fourth positive or negative lens; a fifth positive or negative lens; a sixth positive or negative lens; and a seventh lens as a double-sided aspheric lens having a concave image-side surface. The third to sixth lenses each have at least one aspheric surface. The aspheric image-side surface of the seventh lens has a pole-change point off an optical axis. The imaging lens satisfies a conditional expression −1.0
US10732387B2
An optical imaging lens including a first lens element to a sixth lens element arranged in sequence from an object side to an image side along an optical axis is provided. The first lens element has negative refracting power, and a periphery region of the object-side surface thereof is convex. An optical axis region of the image-side surface of the second lens element is convex. An optical axis region of the object-side surface of the third lens element is concave. An optical axis region of the object-side surface of the fourth lens element is convex and a periphery region of the image-side surface thereof is concave. The optical imaging lens only has abovementioned six lens elements having refracting power, and satisfies the following condition expression: V4+V5+V6≤120.000. Furthermore, other optical imaging lenses are also provided.
US10732379B2
An interchangeable lens attachable to a camera body, the interchangeable lens including: a focusing optical system configured to vary a focal position of the interchangeable lens; and a transmitter configured to transmit a first value and a second value to the camera body, the first value indicating a relationship between an amount of movement of the focusing optical system and an amount of movement of an image plane at a position to which the focusing optical system has moved, the second value indicating a relationship between an amount of movement of the focusing optical system and an amount of movement of the image plane, the second value being equal to or smaller than the first value.
US10732375B2
A fiber optic crossover cable includes a first cable portion, a second cable portion, a crossover distribution unit, and fiber optic subunits. The first cable portion includes an M number of first cable units. Each of the M number of first cable units includes an N number of the fiber optic subunits. The second cable portion includes an N number of second cable units. Each of the N number of second cable units includes an M number of the fiber optic subunits. The M number of first cable units and the N number of second cable units are arranged in the crossover distribution unit. The N number of fiber optic subunits respectively extend to the N number of second cable units. The M number of fiber optic subunits respectively extend to the M number of first cable units.
US10732367B2
A high-frequency module includes a first board on which an electronic device is mounted, a second board on which at least wiring is formed, and a radio-wave absorber disposed between the first board and the second board. Multiple slits are formed in the radio-wave absorber.
US10732354B2
A system for analyzing a tissue sample includes two wavelength-division multiplexers and a fiber coupler. The first wavelength-division multiplexer combines visible and near infrared electromagnetic radiation and directs the combined electromagnetic radiation to the fiber coupler. The fiber coupler emits a sample beam of visible and near infrared electromagnetic radiation toward a tissue sample, and a reference beam of visible and near infrared electromagnetic radiation toward a reference mirror. The sample beam reflects off the tissue sample back to the fiber coupler. The reference beam reflects off the reference mirror back to the fiber coupler. The fiber coupler combines the reflected sample and reference beams and directs the combined electromagnetic radiation to the second wavelength-division multiplexer. The second wavelength-division multiplexer sends visible electromagnetic radiation from the sample and reference beams to a first spectrometer, and near infrared electromagnetic radiation from the sample and reference beams to a second spectrometer.
US10732352B2
A tunable filter device includes a wavelength dependent splitter; a tuning element that tunes a characteristic wavelength of the wavelength dependent splitter to a wavelength of an optical signal; and a first optical coupler that splits the optical signal into an input optical signal input to the wavelength dependent splitter and a reference optical signal, where a first output outputs a band stop filtered portion and a second output outputs a band pass filtered portion of the input optical signal. The device further includes a second optical coupler that combines the reference optical signal with the band stopped filtered portion to provide a coupled optical signal; a photodiode that provides at a photocurrent indicating a difference between the wavelength of the optical signal and the characteristic wavelength; and a control loop that provides a control signal for automatically tuning the characteristic wavelength based at least in part on the photocurrent.
US10732348B2
A photonic device has a polarization-dependent region and a device layer including a first cladding film, a second cladding film, and a core film. The core film includes one of (1) a material having an index nM and (2) alternating layers of a first material having a first index and second material having a second index. The alternating layers have an effective index for TE polarized light nTE and an effective index for TM polarized light nTM. Each of the first cladding film and the second cladding film include the other of (1) the material having the index of refraction nM and (2) the alternating layers nTM
US10732344B2
A light guide includes a light input surface, a first major surface orthogonal to the light input surface, a second major surface opposing the first major, a plurality of discrete light extraction features disposed on the second major surface and a plurality of closely packed prisms disposed along the second major surface. The plurality of discrete light extraction features separate the plurality of closely packed prisms from the second major surface. Each of the closely packed prisms include a first prism surface forming a first angle with the second surface in a range from 80 to 100 degrees or in a range from 85 to 95 degrees or in a range from 87 to 93 degrees.
US10732338B2
The display assembly includes: a light source configured to emit light; a light guide plate disposed to receive light emitted from the light source on a lateral side; and a color transformer disposed proximate to an edge of the light guide plate, and configured to change a color of light incident to the color transformer.
US10732335B2
Provided are a polarizing plate having excellent optical characteristics, and a method for manufacturing the polarizing plate. The present invention is provided with: a translucent substrate through which light passes in a working band; a bundle structure layer constituted of a columnar sheaf comprising one or more material from among dielectrics, metals, and semiconductors, the bundle structure layer being formed on the translucent substrate; an absorption layer formed on the bundle structure layer; a dielectric layer formed on the absorption layer; and a reflection layer formed on the dielectric layer and arranged as a one-dimensional lattice at a pitch that is smaller than the wavelength of the light in the working band. Because the bundle structure layer increases light absorption and light scattering, the result is that reflectivity can be reduced and excellent optical characteristics obtained.
US10732333B2
The present invention relates to an infrared sensor, a near-infrared ray absorption composition, a photosensitive resin composition, a compound, a near-infrared ray absorption filter, and an image pick-up device. Provided is an infrared sensor 100 that detects an object by detecting light in wavelengths of 900 nm to 1,000 nm, including infrared ray transmission filters 113 and near-infrared ray absorption filters 111, in which the near-infrared ray absorption filters 111 contains a near-infrared ray absorption substance having a maximum absorption wavelength in wavelengths of 900 nm to 1,000 nm.
US10732322B2
One or more aspects of the present disclosure are directed to bladders that incorporate a multi-layer optical film that impart a structural color to the bladder. The present disclosure is also directed to articles including the bladders having a multi-layer optical film, and methods for making articles and bladders having a multi-layer optical film.
US10732316B2
Embodiments relate to methods for assessing inaccessible pore volume for polymer flooding. The methods include utilizing nuclear magnetic resonance to monitor polymer-based fluid displacements into porous media. According to an embodiment, the method includes providing a core sample of a porous medium, determining a total pore volume of the core sample, introducing polymer solutions, obtaining nuclear magnetic resonance relaxation time distributions of water within the core sample, and assessing the inaccessible pore volume.
US10732315B2
Methods and apparatus for evaluating a volume of an earth formation carried out using complex dielectric measurements. Methods include making measurements of complex permittivity at a plurality of frequencies; identifying an optimal frequency by: identifying candidate frequencies having a corresponding measurement with a respective sensitivity to at least one of i) salinity and ii) water-filled porosity, by determining that each respective sensitivity is substantially independent of rock texture; selecting a maximum of the candidate frequencies as the optimal frequency; using a table search method based on a forward model to generate an initial estimate of at least two parameters of the volume; and using the initial estimate as an initial condition for an inversion of other measurements at frequencies other than the optimal frequency to generate a final solution comprising final estimates for formation properties. The at least two parameters may comprise water salinity and water filled porosity.
US10732308B2
A radiation detection device includes: a radiation detection panel; a supporting member that supports the radiation detection panel at a side of a first surface of the supporting member; and a housing that accommodates the radiation detection panel and the supporting member, and the supporting member has one or more concave portions at the first surface.
US10732304B1
A plastic scintillator includes an anti-fog additive or comonomer. The plastic scintillator is formulated to resist the development of hydrothermally-induced aging defects (e.g. discoloration and “fogging”) while maintaining scintillation light output and other desirable physical properties.
US10732287B2
A system for measuring velocity of particles such as particles in air is a Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) system, having a micro-electro-mechanical-system (MEMS).
US10732276B2
A security system comprises a line array of antenna elements configured to transmit electromagnetic radiation and to receive scattered electromagnetic radiation scattered back from an object and an automatic movement element that automatically moves between at least two positions to perform a predetermined function. Said line array is mounted to said automatic movement element to transmit electromagnetic radiation to and receive scattered electromagnetic radiation from a screening area in front of and/or behind the automatic movement element. A controller controls said antenna elements to transmit electromagnetic radiation and to receive scattered electromagnetic radiation at a plurality of positions of the automatic movement element. A processor processes scattered electromagnetic radiation received at a plurality of positions of the automatic movement element and generates image information of the screening area using position information about the plurality of positions of the automatic movement element at which scattered electromagnetic radiation is received and used for processing. The automatic movement element is an automatic door that automatically opens and closes or an advertisement board that automatically changes between two or more advertisements. The automatic movement element is an automatic door that automatically opens and closes or an advertisement board that automatically changes between two or more advertisements.
US10732268B1
Systems and methods are provided for enclosure alignment. A light can be emitted from a light source. The light source can be integrated into an enclosure to be aligned onto a fixture. A light detector can detect the light emitted by the light source. A luminance of the light detected by the light detector can be measured. Based on the luminance, an extent of an alignment of the enclosure with respect to the fixture can be determined. The enclosure can be translated along the fixture based on the extent of the alignment.
US10732266B2
A holographic waveguide LIDAR comprises a transmitter waveguide coupled to a beam deflector and a receiver waveguide coupled to a detector module. The transmitter waveguide contains an array of grating elements for diffracting a scanned laser beam into a predefined angular ranges. The receiver waveguide contains an array of grating elements for diffracting light reflected from external points within a predefined angular range towards the detector module.
US10732263B2
The invention relates to a method for classifying an object (6) in a lateral surrounding area (5) of a motor vehicle (1), in which a signal is transmitted into the lateral surrounding area (5) by a sensor device (3) on-board the vehicle for monitoring the lateral surrounding area (5) and the signal reflected at the object (6) is received by said sensor device (3), wherein a monitoring area (E) of the sensor device (3) for monitoring the lateral surrounding area (5) is segmented into a first detection area (E1) and a second detection area (E2), wherein a first value for a distance (AL) from the object (6) to the motor vehicle (1) is defined on the basis of the signal received from the first detection area (E1) and it is determined whether the object (6) is a stationary object located laterally in relation to the motor vehicle (1), a second value for the distance (AL) from the object (6) to the motor vehicle (1) is determined on the basis of the signal received from the second detection area (E2) and it is defined on the basis of the first value and the second value for the distance (AL) whether the object (6) defined as a stationary object is a stationary object longitudinally extended in a longitudinal direction (RL) of the vehicle. The invention furthermore relates to a driver assistance system (2) and a motor vehicle (1).
US10732261B1
A method includes obtaining a first track associated with a first time. A first track associated with a first time is obtained. First predicted state data associated with a second time that is later than the first time, are generated based on the first track. Radar measurement data associated with the second time are obtained from one or more radar sensors. Track data are generated by a machine learning model based on the first predicted state data and the radar measurement data. Second predicted state data associated with the second time are generated based on the first track. A second track associated with the second time is generated based on the track data and the second predicted state data. The second track associated with the second time is provided to an autonomous vehicle control system for autonomous control of a vehicle.
US10732254B2
The disclosure provides a channel-based positioning device, a channel-based positioning system and a channel-based positioning method. The channel-based positioning method includes: calculating a plurality of angles of arrival (AoA), a plurality of angles of departure (AoD) and a plurality of time of flight (ToF) of signals according to a plurality of channel state information transmitted from a terminal apparatus to a base station; determining a path type of the signals according to the plurality of AoA, AoD and ToF of the signals; and calculating a position information of the terminal apparatus relative to the base station through a specific algorithm.
US10732251B2
A system measures wireless power transfer between a transmitter and a receiver. The system includes a sensor circuit including a sensor. The sensor is configured and positioned to generate sensor data indicative of a field. The field is generated in connection with the wireless power transfer. The system further includes a processor coupled to the sensor circuit and configured to determine a power measurement based on the sensor data. The processor is further configured to determine misalignment of the transmitter or the receiver. The processor is also configured to correct an estimate of the power measurement based on the misalignment.
US10732244B2
A method for operating an imaging system, and a system, apparatus, and computer-readable medium, that operate in accordance with the method. The method includes providing field-of-view (FoV) information, and automatically selecting at least one recording sequence based on at least one of a particular diagnostic application of interest and the FoV information.
US10732236B2
In a magnetic resonance (MR) apparatus and an operating method therefor, MR data are acquired from a patient using an MR sequence wherein, after at least one excitation pulse, multiple refocusing pulses are radiated during a readout period. The respective strengths of the refocusing pulses proceed according to a first flip-angle variation over time that is defined so as to minimize the SAR of the patient. A multislice imaging technique is used for simultaneous excitation and readout of at least two slices of a slice group of the patient, and flip-angle variations, which differ from the first variation, are selected in order to further reduce the SAR of the patient, compared with the use of identical flip-angle variations.
US10732235B2
In a magnetic resonance method and apparatus, deficiencies in conventional masking in quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) are addressed by the inclusion of an additional step in the conventional QSM post-processing pipeline. In this additional step, atlas-based segmentation techniques, which have been developed for morphological applications such as T1w MPRAGE are used in order to provide the mask. This mask is then fed to the remainder of the QSM post-processing pipeline.
US10732234B2
A magnetometer for measuring a magnetic flux and also the absolute magnetic flux, the magnetometer comprising a plurality of superconducting quantum devices (SQUIDs) connected in series, each SQUID including: a superconducting loop containing two Josephson junctions connected to each other in parallel; and a flux-focussing region, the flux-focussing region configured to generate a screening current in response to the magnetic flux, the screening current modulating the corresponding voltage response for each SQUID which is in-phase with the voltage response of each other SQUID in the array.
US10732231B2
A sensor interface includes a sensor circuit, a drive circuit connected to the sensor circuit with active and inactive states, and a back-bias circuit. The back-bias circuit is connected between the drive circuit and the sensor circuit. The back-bias circuit is arranged to allow current to flow from the drive circuit to the sensor circuit when the drive circuit is in the active state. The back-bias circuit is also arranged to limit current flow from the drive circuit to the sensor circuit when the drive circuit is in the inactive state. Sensor arrangements and open circuit detection methods are also described.
US10732222B2
The invention relates to a real-time oscilloscope with a built-in time domain reflectometry (TDR) and/or time-domain transmission (TDT) function for measurements of a device under test (DUT). The real-time oscilloscope comprises at least one built-in generator and at least one real-time measurement channel. The built-in generator is in communication with the real-time measurement channel and the device under test (DUT) and is configured to generate incident signals. The real-time measurement channel is configured to capture incident signals transmitted to and reflected by and/or transmitted by the device under test (DUT).
US10732220B2
Provided is a prober capable of suppressing the increase in installation area and the increase in device cost, and also improving the throughput, while maintaining the accuracy of the moving position of an alignment device shared by each of measuring units. The prober includes: a plurality of measuring units, each of which has a probe card electrically connected to a test head; a wafer chuck that holds a wafer in which a plurality of chips are formed; an alignment device which performs relative alignment between the probe card and the wafer held by the wafer chuck; a moving device which moves the alignment device among the measuring units; and a positioning and fixing device which is provided for every of the measuring units, and positions and fixes the alignment device which is moved to each of the measuring units.
US10732218B2
A method of checking a seal of a probe chamber or test chamber (thermal chamber) during a freezing temperature chamber condition. The thermal chamber provided includes a probe card or a contactor for electrically testing a semiconductor device under test (DUT), a gas inlet, a chiller which provides a freezing chamber temperature, and a pressure sensor for sensing a pressure in the thermal chamber (chamber pressure). Using the pressure sensor, the chamber pressure is sensed while flowing a dry gas through the gas inlet sufficient to render the chamber pressure a positive pressure. The positive pressure is compared to a reference pressure, and from the comparing it is determined whether the thermal chamber is properly sealed.
US10732217B2
Techniques are disclosed for carrying out ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) testing on whole wafers populated with one or more buried magnetic layers. The techniques can be used to verify or troubleshoot processes for forming the buried magnetic layers, without requiring the wafer to be broken. The techniques can also be used to distinguish one magnetic layer from others in the same stack, based on a unique frequency response of that layer. One example methodology includes moving a wafer proximate to a waveguide (within 500 microns, but without shorting), energizing a DC magnetic field near the target measurement point, applying an RF input signal through the waveguide, collecting resonance spectra of the frequency response of the waveguide, and decomposing the resonance spectra into magnetic properties of the target layer. One or both of the DC magnetic field and RF input signal can be swept to generate a robust set of resonance spectra.
US10732213B2
A method for measuring beam steering characteristics of a device under test using a measurement system comprising a probe array with at least two field probes. The field probes can be arranged at different angles with respect to the device under test. A reference unit for calibrating the probe array is provided. At least two calibration measurements with different main radiation directions of the reference unit are performed wherein a predefined number of field probes of the probe array is used for measuring the radiation pattern of the reference unit. A calibration dataset for at least each field probe of the predefined number of field probes and each radiation direction is generated and stored. The reference unit is replaced by a device under test such that the device under test is located at the same measurement position as the reference unit was during the calibration measurements. A measurement of the device under test is performed by using the predefined number of field probes of the probe array.
US10732206B2
A combination current sensor is disclosed. The combination current sensor includes a self-powering current transformer (CT), comprising a CT core having a CT coil wound therearaound. The CT coil comprises a predetermined number of individual turns of a conductive wire wound progressively along a length of the CT core to define a winding density, wherein the winding density of the CT coil varies along the length of the CT coil core. The combination current sensor also includes a Rogowski current sensing transformer, which includes a Rogowski core and a Rogowski coil wound therearound.
US10732194B2
A magnetic sensor includes a first bridge circuit including a plurality of magnetic field sensor elements, each configured to generate a sensor signal in response to the magnetic field impinging thereon. The first bridge circuit is configured to generate a first differential signal based on sensor signals generated by the plurality of magnetic field sensor elements. The plurality of magnetic field sensor elements include a first, second, and third pair of sensor elements. The first pair are arranged at center region of the magnetic sensor, the second pair are arranged at a first side region of the magnetic sensor and are displaced a first distance from the first pair, and the third pair are arranged at a second side region of the magnetic sensor, opposite to the first side region, and are displaced a second distance from the first pair that is substantially equal to the first distance.
US10732191B2
An automatic analysis device, an analysis method, and an analysis system are provided. The automatic analysis device comprises an incubation unit. When analyzing a sample under test, the incubation unit is controlled to rotate according to a predetermined transport cycle, wherein each transport cycle comprises at least one fixed transport sub-period in which the incubation unit is rotated a first rotation distance, and at least one self-adaptive transport sub-period in which the incubation unit is rotated a second rotation distance; when the incubation unit is controlled to rotate in the fixed transport sub-period of each transport cycle, in the stop period of the fixed transport sub-period, at least one regular operation capable of being performed in the fixed transport sub-period is performed; and when the incubation unit is controlled to rotate in the self-adaptive transport sub-period of each transport cycle, the incubation unit is controlled to rotate and stop at an executing station capable of performing a self-adaptive operation, and the self-adaptive operation is performed. The present invention can balance the test flux and analysis performance.
US10732186B2
The invention involves assays, diagnostics, kits, and assay components for determining levels of glycated CD59 in the assessment of gestational diabetes mellitus and/or related disorders and/or conditions.
US10732185B2
One aspect of the present invention describes materials and methods of quantitatively measuring the density or percent occupancy of DNA binding proteins such as histones, histone variants, histone post translational modifications and transcription factors in chromatin at given DNA loci. One embodiment measures a factor's average quantity at specific gene loci, and controls for a number of pitfalls concerning antibody quality and handling issues. Other embodiments include calibrating and quantifying chromatin immunoprecipitation assays, assessing an affinity reagent specificity, as well as required reagents and their formulation in kits. Another embodiment allows for the diagnosis of a condition or disease by measuring the DNA density of a histone modification at a genomic locus.
US10732181B2
Disclosed is a method for detecting lipid bilayer membrane particles or fragments thereof, having predetermined molecules existing on surfaces thereof, in a biological sample collected from a subject, the method comprising: adding to the biological sample a dye that stains a lipid bilayer membrane; adding a substance that specifically binds to the predetermined molecules; trapping the substance bound to the predetermined membrane molecules and separating unbound components; and detecting the separated stained lipid bilayer membrane particles or fragments thereof by measurement of the dye emission spectrum. The specific binding substance is conjugated to a magnetic bead or binds to a magnetic bead, the trapping and separating steps are performed magnetically, and the particle size of the magnetic bead is equal to or less than the minimum detection sensitivity of the measurement system.
US10732179B2
The object is to provide a lysis method, lysis treatment solution, detection method using an immunochromatographic device, and detection kit comprising an immunochromatographic device for detecting whether causative bacterium of mastitis is a staphylococcus or not by using milk of a livestock animal. There is provided a method for lysing a staphylococcus, which comprises the step of mixing a lysis agent containing a lytic enzyme, and at least one kind of ampholytic surfactant, and preferably further containing at least one kind of nonionic surfactant, with milk obtained form a livestock animal to lyse a staphylococcus existing in the milk. The lytic enzyme is preferably lysostaphin.
US10732174B2
Provided herein are methods of detecting responses of bio-artificial tissues to agents by performing assays using three-dimensional bio-artificial tissues. The methods are adaptable to high-throughput platforms.
US10732168B2
Provided are a cell imaging device and a cell imaging method that can shorten the time period of taking images of cells in a liquid sample, compared with conventional techniques. This cell imaging device introduces a urine sample containing cells into an internal space of a sample cell, moves at least one of the sample cell and an objective lens in a second direction while at least one of the sample cell and the objective lens is moved in a first direction, the second direction being different from the first direction, and takes, at a plurality of imaging positions, images of cells contained in the urine sample by means of an imaging unit.
US10732167B2
A multi-phase system includes a phase-separated solution comprising at least two phases, each phase having a phase component selected from the group consisting of a polymer, a surfactant and combinations thereof, wherein at least one phase comprises a polymer, wherein the phases, taken together, represent a density gradient. Novel two-phase, three-phase, four-phase, five-phase, or six-phase systems are disclosed. Using the disclosed multi-phase polymer systems, particles, or other analyte of interest can be separated based on their different densities or affinities.
US10732166B2
A method for in-line measurement of the quality of a microarray are disclosed and the method includes the following steps. A solid substrate is provided, and the solid substrate includes a plurality of areas in an array. At least one biomarker is in-situ synthesized on at least one of the plurality of areas by a plurality of synthesis steps. After performing at least one of the plurality of synthesis step, a check step is immediately performed on a semi-product of the at least one biomarker by an atomic force microscope to obtain an in-line measurement result. The quality of the semi-product of the at least one biomarker is determined based on the in-line measurement result.
US10732164B2
A sensor module or system for monitoring a headspace of a transformer can include a sealed chamber configured for coupling and accessing gasses from the headspace of the transformer, a plurality of sensors placed within the sealed chamber which can include a hydrogen sensor and at least a second sensor such as a total combustible gas sensor, a moisture sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor. The module or system can include one or more processors coupled to the plurality of sensors where the processors are configured to generate an alarm signal when a combination of the hydrogen sensor and at least the second sensor exceed a predetermined threshold.
US10732157B2
Processing mass spectral data may include performing one or more experiments using one or more samples, each experiment including mass analysis using a mass spectrometer; acquiring one or more raw mass spectral data sets as a result of performing the one or more experiments; receiving selection criteria; filtering the one or more raw mass spectral data sets in accordance with the selection criteria; and generating a chromatogram as a result of said filtering, wherein the chromatogram displays signal intensity as a function of scan time for a plurality of scan times and includes a non-zero signal intensity at each scan time only if, at the scan time, the selection criteria is met and otherwise the chromatogram includes a zero signal intensity at the scan time. The mass spectrometer may alternate between low and elevated energy modes and acquire two of the raw mass spectral data sets concurrently.
US10732149B2
Methods and systems may be configured to integrate data from fixed nondestructive inspection sensors positioned on a test specimen and data from laser ultrasound scans of the test specimen, in order to monitor and track damage and stress indications in the test specimen in real-time during mechanical stress testing of the test specimen. Data from the laser ultrasound scans may identify emergent areas of interest within the test specimen that were not predicted by stress analysis, and further allow for reconfiguration of the test plan in view of the emergent areas of interest, without having the stop the test. Laser ultrasound scans may be performed on the entire test specimen, with high-resolution scans being performed on emergent areas of interest. Thus, stress indications, or stress effects, in the test specimen may be measured, identified, and tracked in real-time (e.g., as growth is propagating) in a test specimen undergoing structural tests.
US10732141B2
An electrochemical cell for sensing gas has added mechanical support for the working electrode to prevent flexure of the working electrode due to pressure differentials. The added mechanical support includes: 1) affixing a larger area of the working electrode to the body of the cell; 2) a gas vent to a cavity of the body to equalize pressures; 3) a rigid electrolyte layer abutting a back surface of the working electrode; 4) infusing an adhesive deep into sides of the porous working electrode to enhance rigidity; 5) supporting opposing surfaces of the working electrode with the rigid package body; and 6) other techniques to make the working electrode more rigid. A bias circuit is also described that uses a controllable current source, an integrator of the varying current, and a feedback circuit for supplying a voltage to the counter electrode and a bias voltage to the reference electrode.
US10732139B2
A glucose sensor suitable for measuring glucose levels in human saliva is provided. Systems containing the glucose sensor and methods for making and using the sensor are also provided. The glucose sensor is highly sensitive and can detect glucose levels at least down to 5 ppm. Fabrication of the sensor involves depositing single-walled carbon nanotubes onto the surface of a working electrode in a 3 electrode electrochemical detector and functionalizing the nanotubes by depositing layers of polymers, metallic nanoparticles, and glucose oxidase enzyme onto the nanotubes. The sensor can be used as a disposable, single-use device or as part of an analytical system, such as a microfluidics system, for the analysis of multiple analytes. The sensor enables the diagnosis and monitoring of diabetes to be performed without pain or the need for finger pricks in a home or clinical setting.
US10732113B2
An apparatus for imaging a includes an light source for illuminating the sample simultaneously in a line focus or an array of foci; and a sensor for detecting photons emitted or scattered from the sample simultaneously in an array of fields of view. An array of sub-observation volumes in the sample, from which photons are emitted or scattered during imaging, is defined by the volumes in space where the line focus or array of foci from the light source overlap with the corresponding array of field of views of the sensor. A cylindrical sample holder holds the sample at a surface and is rotatably arranged such that at least a portion of the sample can be transported through at least one of the sub-observation volumes by rotating the sample holder. The apparatus can be used in a high-throughput method of imaging.
US10732112B2
A system and method for self-checking a fluorometer for failure or deteriorated performance includes fluorescent reference standards mounted on a support to move with respect to one or more fixed fluorometers. The intensity of the fluorescent emission of the fluorescent reference standard is initially measured with the fluorometer, and, after a prescribed interval of usage of the fluorometer, a test measurement of the intensity of the fluorescent emission of the fluorescent standard is taken with the fluorometer. The test measurement is compared to the initial measurement, and failure or deteriorated performance of the fluorometer is determined based on a deviation of the test measurement from the initial measurement.
US10732105B1
A system adapted for characterizing gain chips and a method for characterizing gain chips are disclosed. The system includes a probe light source that generates an output light signal characterized by a wavelength that can be varied in response to a wavelength control signal and a mounting stage adapted for receiving a gain chip characterized by a waveguide having a reflective face on a first surface of the gain chip and a transparent face on a second surface of the gain chip. The system also includes an optical system that focuses the output light signal into the waveguide through the transparent face; and a controller that causes the probe light source to generate the output light signal and measures an intensity of light both with and without the gain chip being powered for each of a plurality of different wavelengths to form a gain profile for the gain chip.
US10732100B2
Systems and methods for predicting a Sun Protection Factor (SPF) in vitro, such as by spectral/image analysis, of a sunscreen formulation are described.
US10732095B2
A particle imaging device comprises a flow cell, a light source, an irradiation optical system configured to form a light sheet on the flow cell, a light collecting optical system and an imaging element. The sheet surface of the light sheet is perpendicular to the exterior side surface of the flow cell to which the light is entered from the light source. The sheet surface of the light sheet is inclined at a predetermined angle that is not perpendicular to the flow direction of the sample.
US10732094B2
Methods and systems for determining a drop delay of a flow stream in a flow cytometer are provided. Aspects of the methods according to certain embodiments include capturing an image of the flow stream to obtain an imaged flow stream, identifying a disturbance at a break off point in the imaged flow stream and calculating the drop delay of the flow stream based on the identified disturbance. Systems for practicing the subject methods having an imaging sensor for capturing one or more images of the flow stream and a processor configured to identify a disturbance at a break off in the imaged flow stream and calculating the drop delay using the imaged flow stream are also provided. Non-transitory computer readable storage mediums are also described.
US10732082B2
Various embodiments include methods and systems to dilute a sampled particle-laden aerosol stream. In one embodiment, a system to dilute a sampled aerosol stream includes an aerosol sample inlet. A filter is coupled in fluid communication with and in parallel with a flow-monitoring device to receive the sampled aerosol stream from the aerosol sample inlet. The flow-monitoring device is configured to allow for a passage of particles contained in the sampled aerosol stream. A pressure sensor and a temperature sensor monitor the filter and the flow-monitoring device. An output from the filter and the flow-monitoring device may be directed to particle measurement or particle sizing instrumentation. An actual dilution ratio of the output sent to the particle measurement or particle sizing instrumentation is determined based on a nominal flowrate of the flow-monitoring device and thermodynamic properties of a gas comprising the aerosol stream. Other methods and apparatuses are disclosed.
US10732077B2
A tire rolling resistance testing machine has: a main testing set, an X-axis sensing member and a Y-axis sensing member. The X-axis sensing member and the Y-axis sensing member are configured for testing the tire, wherein the first connecting member and the second connecting member are floatingly mounted between the two X-axis positioning plates and the two Y-axis positioning plates which allow the axial rod to be placed through and perform the test. This design greatly improves the sensitivity of the first connecting member and the second connecting member, and avoids the mutual interference between the X-axis moment and the Y-axis moment when the tire is tested. Therefore, the precision of the test and the accuracy of rolling resistance data is improved.
US10732067B2
A method for detecting fluctuations in the amount of test gas detected by a sniffer probe of a leak detector in the gas flow from around a test piece pressurized with an oxygen-free test gas containing at least an amount of CO2, wherein an amount of oxygen in the ambient air is measured.
US10732063B2
In an embodiment, the present invention provides a device for measuring the pressure p of a fluid flowing through a pipeline, including: at least one primary sensor arranged on an outer periphery of the pipeline for measuring a primary physical measured variable which is dependent on the pressure p, the absolute value of the pressure p being obtainable by offsetting said primary physical measured variable against at least one calibration datum, the at least one calibration datum relating to the geometry and/or to at least one material property of the pipeline; and a calibration datum determining unit and an evaluation unit for determining the pressure p from the primary physical measured variable in conjunction with the calibration datum. The calibration datum determining unit includes a measuring pipe which can be fluidically connected to the pipeline, which differs from the rest of the pipeline in material and/or in cross-sectional geometry.
US10732061B2
An example device includes an inner element, an outer surrounding element, and a plurality of connecting flexural elements coupled between the inner element and the outer surrounding element. The inner element has a plurality of reflective surface areas that are configured to reflect light to a sensor. The outer surrounding element surrounds the inner element. The plurality of connecting flexural elements allow the inner element to move relative to the outer surrounding element.
US10732058B2
A force measuring system for exercise equipment provided for using in an exercise equipment, the system includes a measured body, a force sensor, a circuit board; a Wheatstone bridge, a data transmission module and a power module disposed on the circuit board; and a receiving device. The power module provides a working power supply. The measured body is connected to the exercise equipment. The force sensor is disposed on the measured body, and the resistance value thereof changes along with a deformation amount of the measured body. The Wheatstone bridge is electrically connected to the force sensor to output a measurement signal. The data transmission module transmits a force taken information to the receiving device, wherein the force taken information is obtained according to the measurement signal.
US10732051B2
Systems and techniques are provided for sensor device. A sensor device may include a housing, a lens inserted into a first opening of the housing, a metal mask covering a portion of the interior of the lens, a passive infrared (PIR) sensor underneath the lens and the metal mask, and a light pipe around the PIR sensor, the lens, and the metal mask. Part of the light pipe may be positioned above an activation mechanism for a button. An airflow gasket may be around the PIR sensor. A filter circuit board may be under the PIR sensor and connected to leads of the PIR sensor. A control circuit board may include the activation mechanism for the button. A backplate may include a slot for attachment to a snap of a magazine in the housing of the sensor device.
US10732048B1
The micromechanical photothermal spectroscopy system and method includes a cantilever assembly having at least one cantilever thermal sensor extending from a support. The sensors may be simple bimetallic sensors, or may include microchannels made from two materials having different thermal expansion coefficients for analysis of microfluids. A beam of infrared light is separated out from solar radiation by gratings and filters, and is at least partially projected on the cantilever sensor(s). Heat released from the analyte by absorbance of infrared light results in deflection of the cantilever sensor(s), which is measured by a deflection detector. A filter wheel permits tuning of the sunlight-based infrared light beam to plot a spectrum of absorbance as a function of wavelength or wave number characteristic of the analyte. The deflection detector may be optical (using a laser and position sensitive detector(s)), or may use piezo-resistive material embedded in the sensor(s).
US10732035B2
A double membrane microspectrometer is provided that includes a first membrane having a first and second doped semiconductor layers, and a first intrinsic layer is disposed between the first and second layers, where the first intrinsic layer includes an optically absorbing material, a first pattern of through holes are disposed perpendicular through the first membrane having lateral support arms, a second membrane having a third doped layer and a fourth layer is an intrinsic layer or a doped layer, where the second membrane includes a second pattern of through holes, where the first membrane is separated from the second membrane by an insulating bridge layer and is supported above the second membrane by lateral support arms, where an absorption spectrum of the absorbing material is dependent on the separation distance of the membranes, electrodes are disposed on the first layer, the second layer, and the third layer operate the separation.
US10732025B2
A vehicle analysis system including one or more weight sensors positioned to determine a weight of a vehicle within a pre-defined geographic location in the vicinity of a location of interest is described. The vehicle analysis system acquires data related to vehicles visiting the location of interest that may be saved in a database to provide further insight into individual's visiting the location of interest.
US10732006B1
Systems and methods detect steps from one or more sensed accelerometer signals. Systems comprise an accelerometer and a non-transitory computer readable medium, each of which communicates with a processor. The accelerometer is coupled to an individual and generates outputs received by the processor. The non-transitory computer readable medium stores instructions controlling the processor to perform steps of a method. The processor determines a minimum and a maximum reading for respective time periods. Counted peak heights are maxima that exceed a rest threshold. The rest threshold may be a function of the rest maximum. The processor determines a peak threshold for each time period having a counted peak height. A counted amplitude comprises the difference between the maximum reading and minimum readings of a time period in which the counted peak height exceeds the peak threshold. The processor increments a step counter when a counted amplitude exceeds an amplitude threshold.
US10732002B2
A method for providing an improvement in speed estimation for route planning involves identifying a plurality of observed speeds for a segment of road during a first time period, the plurality of observed speeds corresponding to the plurality of traces of the segment of road. The method further involves identifying a plurality of discrete values in the plurality of observed speeds, and determining a count for each of the plurality of discrete values. The method further involves aggregating the counts for the plurality of traces including the segment to create aggregated counts for the segment, and determining the speed estimate from the aggregated counts for the plurality of traces including the segment.
US10732000B2
A system determines a route for a user and creates checkpoints along the route to encourage the user to follow the suggested route. For example, a ride sharing system may encourage users with vehicles to move toward regions where rides are in highest demand by offering a route to that region with checkpoints along the way. A user may receive a reward upon reaching a checkpoint. The system may adapt checkpoints to user types. Models are trained to output rule sets for placing checkpoints along a route and assigning values to the checkpoints. In some embodiments, the models are trained according to categories of users, so that the checkpoints can be placed in a way that will encourage the user to comply with a route. When a user strays from a suggested route, the system generates an updated set of checkpoints to encourage the user to return to the route.
US10731999B2
A transportation services platform that allows transit service provider and third party transportation providers to access the platform and provide rules that apply to a state-based view of a route provided to a user application executed by the user device. The application executed by the users device uses the rules to perform actions as a route is presented to a user via a user interface.
US10731990B2
A navigation device (300) transmits data indicative of an origin and destination of a desired route through a navigable network to a server. The server (310) generates a recommended route and provides data indicative of the route to a system (320) which provides a polyline representative of the route. The polyline is provided to the navigation device (300), which uses the polyline data to reconstruct the route. The navigation device (300) determines a least cost route through the network using the polyline data in order to reconstruct the route in respect to its own electronic map data. This is done by penalising segments depending upon their distance from the polyline, such that segments further from the polyline are less likely to be included in the route.
US10731977B1
A laser angle measuring device has a concave detection surface with a plurality of light sensors and an opaque light shield. One or more multi-axis gravity sense potentiometers determine the orientation of the laser angle measuring device, and a GPS receiver determines the location of the laser angle measuring device. The laser angle measuring device is part of a system including one or more laser emitters, each with one or more selectable laser sources. Each laser emitter may also include location and orientation measuring mechanisms.
US10731976B2
An optical sensing device configured to detect an object or features of the object is provided. The optical sensing device includes a structured light projector and a sensor. A structured light projector is configured to project a structured light to the object and includes a light source and at least one tunable liquid crystal diffractive optical element (LCDOE). The light source is configured to emit a light beam. The at least one tunable LCDOE is disposed on a path of the light beam and configured to convert the light beam into the structured light to form a structured light pattern on the object. The LCDOE is capable of controlling the structured light pattern by controlling voltage distribution to a liquid crystal layer in the LCDOE. The sensor is configured to sense a reflected light formed by the object reflecting the structured light. Besides, a structured light projector is also provided.
US10731974B2
A method for registering an imaging detector to a surface projects and records a sequence having a first sparse pattern of lines followed by a second sparse pattern of lines. A first subset of positions receives lines from both first and second sparse patterns corresponding to a first label. A second subset of positions receives only lines from the first sparse pattern corresponding to a second label. A third subset of positions receives only lines from the second sparse pattern corresponding to a third label. The first, second, and third labels are decoded and each member element of the first, second, and third subsets of positions registered to the imaging detector according to the decoded labels. One or more dense patterns of lines positionally correlated with registered member elements of the decoded labels are projected and recorded. An image of the surface contour is formed according to the recorded pattern.
US10731968B2
A system is described in which one or more loops of single mode optical fiber are buried in a face or crest of a slope such as a tailings dam. An optical interrogator such as a Brillouin frequency domain interrogator sweeps the optical fiber to measure strain and temperature at locations distributed along the length of the optical fiber.
US10731965B1
A chromatic confocal measuring device for the measurement of distances and/or thicknesses of several locations has a light source that emits polychromatic measuring light through a light exit surface. The light source is a laser pumped luminophore-based light source and has an oblong exit surface. The measuring device further has at least one first confocal aperture through which the measuring light passes and which comprises a plurality of punctiform orifices or at least one slit-shaped orifice. The measuring device also includes imaging optics configured to cause a chromatic focus shift of the measuring light and to image the first confocal aperture in a measurement volume so that different wavelengths are focused at different heights. A first receiving and evaluating unit measures the intensity of the measuring light reflected by the measurement object as a function of the wavelength and of the transverse position of the reflection location on the measurement object and determines therefrom distances and/or thicknesses of several locations or of a region of the measurement object extending in at least one spatial direction.
US10731958B1
A fragmentation casing is defined by a monolithic tube having a solid radial wall and a pattern of tunnels defined in the solid radial wall. The tunnels may be filled with air, a powder that is a powdered form of the material used to make the solid radial wall, or a solid material that is the same as the solid radial wall but whose mechanical attributes differ from those of the solid radial wall.
US10731955B2
A shaped charge produces a constant velocity jet. The shaped charge is comprised of individual modules which can be assembled to produce a constant velocity jet of arbitrary length. The resulting jet speed is approximately twice the detonation velocity and independent of the liner material. The modular design also allows different liner materials to be used sequentially in the same jet.
US10731946B1
A holster shell is constructed with a horizontally oriented closed bottom wall, which along with opposing outward and inward facing sidewalls form a U-shaped cross section. A holster cavity is exposed along front and rear sides of the holster shell, through respective front and rear gaps that are defined between the sidewalls and the bottom wall. In some embodiments, the front gap of the holster cavity provides clearance for varying dimension, electro-optical or other sighting systems. In some embodiments, the rear gap of the holster cavity provides clearance for varying dimension laser sights and/or flashlight modules. Handgun retention features, such as trigger guard and/or ejection port conforming profiles, are defined within the holster shell. When a corresponding handgun is inserted within the holster cavity, the holster shell provides retention bias against the handgun.
US10731939B2
An apparatus implementable on a pistol includes a compensator and a guide rod. The guide rod has a front distal end and a rear distal end opposite the front distal end. The compensator includes a muzzle brake having a recoil-reduction device, a first through hole and a second through hole. When the compensator is implemented on the pistol: (a) the recoil-reduction device redirects propellant gases to counter a recoil force upon firing of a round of ammunition by the pistol; (b) the first through hole is aligned with a barrel of the pistol to allow firing of the round of ammunition, and (c) the second through hole receives the front distal end of the guide rod therein such that an interface between the guide rod, the muzzle brake and a slide of the pistol is keyed to prevent rotation of the guide rod.
US10731938B2
There is disclosed herein systems, methods and apparatus relating to a firearm with an electronically operable firing system to fire projectiles from the firearm. A firing mechanism is provided for mechanically and electronically firing a firearm, and a selector mechanism allows for selection of a safe mode, an electronic firing mode or a mechanical firing mode for the firearm. There also includes an electronic controller and shooter interface for controlling firing of a firearm in an electronic mode of firing.
US10731928B1
A heat exchanger plenum apparatus comprising structure to support, among other components, an engine silencer substantially incorporated therein.
US10731927B2
A plate-type heat exchanger includes a first heat exchange section and a second heat exchange section that includes a refrigerant flow path independent of the first heat exchange section. Each of the first and second heat exchange sections includes a fixed support supporting heat transfer plates from one end side in an arrangement direction, and a moving support supporting the heat transfer plates at a first support position on the other end side of the arrangement direction. The moving support is moved from the first support position to a retracted position separated in the arrangement direction to form a first removal region between the first support position and a second retracted position, and the heat transfer plates are removed through the first removal region. The first removal region and the second removal region of the second heat exchange section are overlapped with each other.
US10731923B2
A furnace includes a tank having outer and inner walls defining a closed canal to be filled with molten metal continuously circulating along the canal. The canal includes at least one heating area having a heating component for transferring energy to the molten metal thus overheating it; at least one loading area for loading metal or metallic waste into the molten metal; a melting/treatment area for receiving the overheated molten metal and material dragged on its surface. The overheated molten metal transfers its exceeding energy to the material, causing its melting/treatment. The furnace has a central hollow delimited by the inner wall and a driving component within the hollow, having a rotor with at least one magnet body and coupled to a motor and configured to rotate upon activation of the motor, generating a magnetic field capable of causing circulation of the molten metal in a continuous and cyclical manner.
US10731919B1
A cooler includes a housing having a bottom surface, a front wall, a rear wall, two opposing sidewalls and an open top in communication with an interior storage chamber. A pivotal lid encloses the open top to provide selective access to the interior storage chamber. The lower surface of the lid includes a sensor that measures temperature, pressure and humidity within the interior chamber, and transmits the measured data to a portable electronic device to allow a remote user to monitor the condition of stored ice without opening the lid.
US10731914B2
A cryocooler includes: a magnetic shield axially extending along a second-stage cylinder from a second-stage cooling stage outside the second-stage cylinder and disposed separated from a first-stage cooling stage by an axial separation distance, wherein an annular space open to a helium atmosphere is formed between the second-stage cylinder and the magnetic shield, and the axial depth of the annular space is longer than the axial separation distance; and a convection suppression member, for suppressing axial convection of helium gas in the annular space caused by temperature difference between the second-stage cylinder and the magnetic shield, is disposed in the annular space and is of longer axial length than the axial separation distance.
US10731911B2
A refrigerator includes a storage space, a freezing chamber defining an insulating space configured to maintain a chamber temperature independent from the storage space, an evaporator in the storage space, a grill pan assembly that defines an evaporator space configured to accommodate the evaporator and at least a portion of the storage space, a thermoelectric element assembly including a thermoelectric element, a heat sink, and a cold sink to cool the freezing chamber to a temperature less than the temperature of the storage space, a module accommodation portion located at a side of the grill pan assembly, a defrost water guide that communicates with the module accommodation portion and the evaporator space and that is configured to discharge defrost water generated during a defrost operation of the freezing chamber, and a defrost heater located in the module accommodation portion and configured to melt ice during the defrost operation.
US10731909B2
A refrigerator and method utilize a door-mounted icemaking system including an icemaking mold, an ice storage bin and a cold wall evaporator disposed proximate the ice storage bin along an interior wall of the door to provide cooling proximate the ice storage bin. In some instances, the cold wall evaporator may be in addition to an icemaking evaporator that provides direct cooling of the icemaking mold, and furthermore, in some instances, the cold wall and icemaking evaporators may be separately controllable to optimize cooling within the door-mounted icemaking system. In addition, in some instances, a hot wall condenser may be used in a door-mounted icemaking system to dissipate heat generated by a refrigeration circuit through an exterior wall of a door. Further, in some instances a reversible refrigeration circuit may be used in connection with an icemaking evaporator to assist in ejecting ice from an icemaking mold.
US10731908B2
A refrigeration appliance includes an ice maker disposed in a fresh food compartment. An air handler assembly conveys cooling air through the ice maker. An insulated air duct is disposed between an evaporator and a fan for preventing the migration of ice from the evaporator to the fan. The insulated duct has an opening extending from an end adjacent the evaporator to an end adjacent the fan. A lower inner wall of the air duct has a first ramped portion on the end adjacent the evaporator. In another example, the icemaker includes a sensor assembly positioned to detect a level of ice in the ice bin. The sensor assembly includes an emitter for sending photons along a predetermined path, and a receiver for detecting the photons when the photons are reflected off an object disposed in the predetermined path.
US10731905B2
A defrosting determination device includes: a condition specifying unit that specifies the air conditioning load condition corresponding to a pair of temperature inside the room and temperature outside the building based on condition information; a slope specifying unit that specifies the slope corresponding to the specified air conditioning load condition based on slope information; a frequency acquiring unit that acquires frequency information specifying the operation frequency of the motor; a calculation unit that calculates a threshold value by multiplying the operation frequency by the slope; a power information acquiring unit that acquires power information specifying power output to the motor; a decision unit that decides whether the power is equal to or less than the threshold value; and a determination unit that determines to start defrosting operation in response to the decision unit deciding that the power is equal to or less than the threshold value.
US10731903B2
A device under test cooling system has a refrigerant line and a fluid line extending through a plurality of successively arranged heat exchangers. A digital scroll compressor has an intake for providing the refrigerant mixture to the compressor and a discharge connecting the compressor to the refrigerant line to provide the refrigerant mixture to the heat exchangers. The compressor includes a plurality of scroll elements between the intake and the discharge for compressing the refrigerant mixture. The compressor includes a valve configured to separate the scroll elements when in an open position to allow refrigerant to flow freely between the intake and the discharge. When the valve is in a closed position, the scroll elements compress the refrigerant. A controller is configured to switch the valve between an open and closed position based on a set duty cycle.
US10731893B2
A heating unit comprising: —a housing —amino-carrying fibres contained within the housing; —a conduit for water; —means for delivering carbon dioxide into the housing; and —means for supplying heat to the amino-carrying fibres.
US10731888B2
Fan coil thermostats can provide energy savings by, for example, not unnecessarily heating and/or cooling an unoccupied room or other space. Fan coil systems employing such a fan coil thermostat may be more energy efficient. A fan coil system may include a fan coil that is configured for fluid communication with a source of heated fluid and/or a source of cooled fluid, a valve that controls fluid flow through the fan coil, a fan that blows air across the fan coil and a fan coil thermostat. The fan coil thermostat may include a controller that implements a control algorithm that may include an unoccupied temperature setting. The controller may be programmed to permit a user to enter a user-chosen temperature setting. In response, the controller may initiate a timer, and may automatically return to the unoccupied temperature setting once the timer has expired.
US10731881B2
An air handling unit for use with an air conditioning system is provided including a housing duct through which air is circulated. A vane-axial flow fan circulates air through the housing duct. The fan includes an impeller having a plurality of fan blades extending therefrom and an axis of rotation arranged substantially in-line with a flow path of the air. A heat exchanger assembly is arranged within the housing duct in a heat transfer relationship with the air circulating through the housing duct.
US10731880B2
A humid air stream generator is disclosed. The humid air stream generator comprises a hollow cylindrical chamber (2) with a mist generator (21) placed inside at the bottom of the hollow cylindrical chamber (2) for generating a continuous stream of humid air, an inlet tubing (22) attached to the hollow cylindrical chamber (2) for feeding a stream of incoming air, an outlet tubing (8) attached to the hollow cylindrical chamber (2), a suction fan (4) placed between the outlet tubing (8) and the mist generator (21) for forming the continuous stream of humid air with the stream of incoming air into a cyclonic air flow which spiral upward towards the outlet tubing (8), so as to eliminate accumulation of water droplets or condensation at an outlet region of the hollow cylindrical chamber (2).
US10731879B2
Provided is a humidification and air cleaning apparatus. The humidification and air cleaning apparatus includes: a water tank storing water; a watering housing disposed in the water tank and suctioning water stored in the water tank to spray suctioned water to the outside; a watering motor providing a torque to the watering housing; a watering groove protruding inside the watering housing, suctioning water of the water tank into the watering housing when rotating, and pumping the suctioned water to an upper side of the watering housing; a nozzle disposed in the watering housing and spraying the upwardly pumped water to the outside of the watering housing; and a water curtain preventing rib disposed inside the watering housing, disposed over the watering groove, and mutually interfering with the pumped water.
US10731874B2
An outdoor unit for a refrigeration cycle apparatus includes: a fan; a bellmouth that covers a periphery of the fan; a casing that internally houses the fan and the bellmouth so that airflow faces upward and that has a top end edge having a flat shape; and a diffuser surface disposed below a top end edge of the casing but above a top end of the bellmouth and on the outer side relative to the top end of the bellmouth in plan view, wherein the diffuser surface is inclined to extend outward away from the rotation axis of the fan as getting upward. The casing has a plurality of side surfaces that cover the sides of the bellmouth. At least one of the side surfaces has a recessed shape toward the bellmouth so that a gap with the top end edge of the bellmouth is reduced.
US10731871B2
According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a retrofit for a system using a fluid to transfer thermal energy in a system that utilizes a thermostat to regulate a temperature associated with a terminal is provided. The retrofit includes a return line temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of a fluid leaving a terminal; and a circuit. The circuit is configured to: receive a signal from a thermostat, the signal commanding a modulated valve to open or close; receive a temperature from the return line temperature sensor; determine whether the temperature is either greater than a maximum set point or less than a minimum set point; and modify the signal from the thermostat if the temperature is either greater than the set point or less than set point.
US10731847B2
A boiler has a shell surrounding a vertical centerline. The shell defines an inner surface having an inner diameter and an inner length extending between an upper upstream end and a lower downstream end. The inner surface defines a hollow interior, the boiler having a pre-combustion zone, a combustion zone downstream from the pre-combustion zone, and a post-combustion zone downstream from the combustion zone. The shell is tapered outward along its length in at least a portion of the combustion zone. An oxidizer inlet is in fluid communication with the pre-combustion zone, and a fuel nozzle introduces fuel into the combustion zone. A tube assembly is mounted in the hollow interior of the shell for transferring heat to fluid flowing through the tube assembly. A flue duct is in fluid communication with the post-combustion zone for transporting flue gases from the hollow interior.
US10731845B2
A device having a flashlight and spray implement. The device including a lens part disposed proximate a front portion of the device. A discharge trigger implement is configured to slide longitudinally along with a spray canister to discharge the contents of the spray canister. A discharge arm portion operably slides the spray canister upon a force applied to the discharge trigger implement. A canister access screw implement is configured to pull said spray canister forward, and wherein the canister access screw implement is further configured to allow a removal and replacement of the spray canister. A lens nozzle part engages a center portion of the lens part to allow the contents of the spray canister to shoot out of the center portion of the lens part. A safety button implement is configured to guard against an accidental discharge of the contents of the spray canister.
US10731844B2
The instant disclosure provides an LED light, including: a light cap, a hollow heat sink, a drive assembly, a speaker assembly, a light source assembly and a lampshade, wherein the light cap, the hollow heat sink and the lampshade are sequentially connected and form a receiving space, the drive assembly, the speaker assembly and the light source assembly sequentially arranged in the receiving space in the direction of the light cap to the lampshade, and the speaker assembly and the light source assembly are respectively electrically connected with the driving assembly, and the surface of the hollow heat sink provided with multiple holes, and the speaker assembly arranged facing the hole.
US10731833B2
The present invention discloses an illumination device for an electronic device. The electronic device has a screen and a host, wherein a first lateral side of the screen is pivotally connected to the host having a keyboard surface. The illumination device includes a lampshade, a clamping portion and a light source. The clamping portion is connected to the lampshade and clamps the illumination device on a second lateral side of the screen, wherein the second lateral side is an opposite side of the first lateral side. The light source is disposed in the lampshade and provides an illuminating light, wherein a fixed angle is formed between an optical axis of the illuminating light and a keyboard surface of the host.
US10731821B2
A vehicle lamp includes a light source and a plate-shaped light guide body. The plate-shaped light guide body is configured to totally reflect light from the light source that is incident on the plate-shaped light guide body by a plurality of reflective elements formed on a first plate surface of the plate-shaped light guide body, and then, to emit the light from a second plate surface of the plate-shaped light guide body toward the front side of the vehicle lamp. The plurality of reflective elements are disposed in a state of being continuously arranged along a line extending in a required direction. Each of the reflective elements has a substantially concave spherical surface shape or a substantially convex spherical surface shape.
US10731819B2
Provided is a vehicle headlamp which is capable of forming a light distribution pattern with a high degree of flexibility in shape. A vehicle headlamp includes an excitation light source, a phosphor, a scanning mechanism which includes a reflecting mirror configured to be swingable and which is configured to receive light emitted from the excitation light source on a reflecting surface of the reflecting mirror to scan light reflected on the reflecting surface toward the phosphor, a projection lens which is configured to transmit therethrough light emitted from the phosphor to form a light distribution pattern, and a condensing lens which is configured to condense the light emitted from the excitation light source onto the reflecting surface.
US10731814B2
A lamp for a vehicle includes an array module including a plurality of micro Light Emitting Diode (LED) chips. The array module has a shape that is concave in a first direction.
US10731813B2
A lamp for a vehicle includes an array module including a plurality of micro Light Emitting Diode (LED) chips. The array module includes a plurality of regions, where each region includes one or more arrays. Each array includes at least a portion of the plurality of micro LED chips. At least one of the plurality of regions includes arrays that are stacked to each other, where a number of arrays stacked at a first region among the plurality of regions is different from a number of arrays stacked in a second region among the plurality of regions.
US10731809B1
A synthetic gaslight is described herein. The synthetic gaslight has a translucent upper section that simulates the upper part of a traditional gas flame, a translucent lower section that simulates the lower part of a traditional gas flame, and an opaque isolation section that prevents light from lower section from entering the upper section and that also prevents light from the upper section from entering the lower section. The translucent lower section maintains a constant illumination for the lower part of the simulated gas flame. The translucent upper section has a flickering illumination for the upper part of the simulated gas flame.
US10731796B2
A method for ascertaining the re-starting capability of a vehicle, in particular when parking the vehicle, includes detecting the pressure and the temperature of fuel in a pressurized container, determining a final pressure value of the fuel in the pressurized container, where the final pressure value is an expected pressure of the fuel in the pressurized container after a period of parking of the vehicle, comparing the final pressure value with a minimum pressure value in order to ascertain whether the vehicle is capable of re-starting after the parking period, and generating a warning signal when the final pressure value is lower than the minimum pressure value.
US10731787B2
An insulating insert is positioned around a field joint of a pipeline to insulate the field joint. The insert includes a longitudinal series of annular or part-annular filler segments of insulating material, curved about a longitudinal axis, that are each joined to one or more adjacent segments of the series by at least one link. The links may be webs, rods or articulated links. The links are flexible relative to the segments to facilitate bending of the insert along its length by enabling relative angular displacement between adjacent segments of the series.
US10731786B2
A fluid conducting system with cathodic corrosion protection is provided for at least one device that influences and/or acts upon a flow rate, such as a pump and/or valve. The device includes at least one connection device such as a device connection flange. At least one flow rate guiding device such as a pipe includes a connection means such as a pipe connection flange. The system includes annular anodes arranged between the connection devices and connection means, where anodes are electrically connected by electrical conducting lines to a monitoring device. The internal diameter of the anodes is preferably equal to the internal diameter of the flow rate guiding device and/or the inner diameter of the inlet and/or outlet of flow influencing device.
US10731784B2
A fuel pressure accumulator for a fuel supply circuit of a turbine engine having at least one pipe is provided. The fuel pressure accumulator generally includes at least one housing adjacent to said pipe and receiving at least one deformable enclosure confining a gas and having at least one movable wall in contact with the fuel in order to dampen a fuel overpressure, where the housing is coaxial with the pipe and the accumulator has a permeable chamber delimited at least partially by the housing, pressurizing the deformable enclosure and communicating with the main fuel flow via a grid with staged walls tilted, with respect to a direction of the flow flowing along the grid, substantially in the direction of the deformable enclosure.
US10731781B2
A joint seal system and method may include a seal and a band. The seal may be positioned between abutting flanges of two adjacent duct sections. A band may be positioned over the two flanges and the flange interface. The joint seal system and method may be configured to mitigate and/or eliminate leakage of pressure, flue gases, condensate, and/or any other fluid, gas, and/or vapor between abutting flanges of duct sections at a flange interface.
US10731775B2
A technique facilitates continued operation of a position indicator which may be used with a valve or other types of actuatable components. The technique utilizes a housing and a stem driver mounted for rotation within the housing to actuate the valve/component to a desired position. The stem driver has a threaded region which is threadably engaged with a clutch collar located in the housing. When the stem driver is rotated relative to the clutch collar, the clutch collar moves in an axial direction along the interior of the housing. The clutch collar is coupled with a bracket which moves during axial translation of the clutch collar. The clutch collar comprises a flexible portion which enables slippage of threads at the region of coupling between the clutch collar and the stem driver if movement of the bracket becomes sufficiently restricted.
US10731773B2
The present disclosure discloses a water softener valve and a water softener, the water softener valve includes a valve body, including a valve cavity, a water inlet passage that is communicated with the valve cavity, a forward washing passage, a backwashing passage, an ejecting passage, a softening inlet passage, a softening outlet passage, a waste water passage, and a saline solution suction passage; a valve core assembly is provided with a forward washing position and a backwashing washing position, at the forward washing position; and a switching unit, the switching unit is defined to communicate the forward washing passage with the ejecting passage, when the valve core assembly is at the forward washing position; and to communicate the backwashing passage with the ejecting passage, when the valve core assembly is at the backwashing position.
US10731762B2
An elastomeric sealing device operable at an operating temperature above an installation temperature. The sealing device includes a body fabricated from an elastomeric material. A channel is formed within the body. A mesh is disposed within the channel. The mesh includes a plurality of interwoven fibers forming an inner volume. A filler is disposed within the inner volume. At least a portion of the filler is a liquid at the installation temperature. The at least a portion of the filler is a gas at the operating temperature.
US10731754B2
An oil pressure control device applied to an oil pressure device includes a calculation unit that estimates a delay of an actual oil pressure actually supplied from an oil pressure circuit to an friction engagement element of the oil pressure device with respect to an instruction pressure that instructs an oil pressure to be supplied from the oil pressure circuit to the friction engagement element, and calculates an estimated actual oil pressure obtained by taking the estimated delay of the actual oil pressure into consideration, a determination unit that determines whether a slip amount that occurs in the friction engagement element in an intermediate state between an engagement state and a disengagement state reaches a predetermined reference slip amount, and a setting unit that sets the estimated actual oil pressure as the instruction pressure when the determination unit determines that the slip amount reaches the reference slip amount.
US10731753B2
An all-wheel-drive-vehicle controller includes: a drive gear coupled to a driving source; a driven gear meshed with the drive gear and coupled to main and sub driving-wheel axle shafts transmitting torques to main and sub driving wheels, respectively; a transfer clutch interposed between the driven gear and the sub-driving-wheel axle shaft and adjusting the torque transmitted to the sub driving wheel; a first determination unit determining whether a first condition in which a torque applied to the drive gear is substantially zero is satisfied; a second determination unit determining whether a second condition in which hydraulic pressure is applied to the transfer clutch and a torque applied to the driven gear is substantially zero is satisfied; and a control unit controlling a torque adjuster to adjust the torque applied to either one of the drive gear and the driven gear if the first and second conditions are satisfied.
US10731744B2
The present invention relates to a speed reducer for a vehicle. The speed reducer includes: a first coupler having, on one side thereof, a first coupling portion, to which a motor shaft or a worm shaft is coupled, and, on the other side thereof, a plurality of first protrusions, which are spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction while protruding in an axial direction, in which the first protrusions are formed in a manner in which a circumferential width of each of the first protrusions is narrowed toward an inner side from an outer side so as to form a first outer support portion as a radial outer end and a first inner support portion as a radial inner end; and a second coupler configured to be coupled to the first coupler to transmit a rotational force to the first coupler.
US10731740B1
The multiple small pitch helical drives in linear and rotary actuators uses a plurality of small pitch helical screws in place of a single large pitch lead screw to provide increased power or force in a linear actuator or increased torque in a rotary actuator. The multiple small pitch helical drive includes a plurality of screws disposed between a base panel and a rear panel in a rigid skeleton, the screws having a single degree of freedom, i.e., they are free to rotate, but cannot move axially. A piston head having spaced disks includes floating nuts disposed in sockets on the disks for each of the screws, the piston head being free to travel on the screws between the base panel and the rear panel as the screws are rotated. The helical pitch reduction provided results in increased force output and increased torque for linear and rotary actuators.
US10731737B2
An angle-measuring device is provided for a rotationally-driven linear actuator, which can be implemented into a clutch actuator. A rotor element has an axis of rotation and rotates concentrically with a rotor of a rotary drive for an axially movable linear actuator element. A measurement magnet arrangement is fixed relative to the rotor element and has a polarization. The polarization is oriented in such a way that the magnetic field lines can change with a rotation of the rotor element so as to enable the angle to be precisely determined from at least one measurement position. At one location, a 360-degree sensor is provided for measuring angular positions based on the measurement magnet arrangement. At another location, a revolution-counting sensor is provided for counting a number of revolutions carried out based on the measurement magnet arrangement.
US10731734B2
A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for a vehicle includes input and output shafts, and first, second, third, fourth, and fifth planetary gear sets, each including three rotation elements. The planetary gear train also includes nine shafts for selectively connecting the planetary gear sets, the input and output shafts, and a transmission housing in various configurations to achieve at least ten forward speeds and at least one reverse speed.
US10731729B2
In a wheel train mechanism, a first speed reduction gear, a second speed reduction gear, a third speed reduction gear, a fourth speed reduction gear and an output gear are all made of a resin material. The third speed reduction gear and the fourth speed reduction gear are disposed at a rear stage of the second speed reduction gear and made of a material having rigidity higher than that of the first speed reduction gear and the second speed reduction gear. The output gear is disposed at a rear stage of the fourth speed reduction gear and is made of a material having rigidity higher than that of the fourth speed reduction gear.
US10731721B2
An elastic adjustable brake pad for use in a train, comprising a brake pad frame (1) provided with a fourth through hole (18), a brake block assembly, and a spiral compression spring (6); the brake block assembly comprises a brake block (16), a rivet (4), a Belleville spring (5), and a rivet sleeve (3), the brake block (16) comprising a friction block (10) and a static sheet steel back (7) fixedly mounted together, the rivet (4) passing through the brake block (16) and being sleeved in turn by the Belleville spring (5) and the rivet sleeve (3); the fourth through hole (18) is a stepped counterbore, and the rivet (4) in the brake block (16) penetrates the fourth through hole (18) and extends outward therefrom, the spiral compression spring (6) being sleeved over the outside of the rivet sleeve (3), and the outer side of one end of the rivet sleeve (3) being provided with a clamping groove clamped to an elastic retainer ring (2), one end of the spiral compression spring (6) abutting a step on which a secondary counterbore (20) is located, and the other end thereof abutting the lower end face of the elastic retainer ring (2); a plurality of anti-rotation pins are arranged between the static sheet steel back (7) and the brake pad frame (1). The present brake pad has the advantages of automatically adjusting the brake clearance, ensuring the friction area at all times, improving brake efficiency, extending service life, and low manufacturing costs.
US10731718B2
For a vehicle disc brake, a piston-side first friction pad is provided with at least one protrusion on a piston-contacting section that excludes the central axis line of the piston and the piston is provided with an engagement hole capable of engaging with the protrusion. Symmetric with the piston-side first friction pad with a brake disc therebetween, a reaction pawl-side second friction pad is provided with a protrusion. As a result, it is possible to provide a vehicle disc brake in which the first friction pad and the second friction pad are both made to have a protrusion, reducing the possibility of incorrect assembly, and the friction pads themselves are made to be used in common, facilitating product management.
US10731714B2
The power transmission apparatus is a power transmission apparatus mounted on a vehicle. A gear chamber includes a gear accommodating portion used for accommodating a gear and a strainer accommodating portion used for accommodating an oil strainer. The gear accommodating portion and the strainer accommodating portion are disposed abreast in an axial direction. One clutch chamber of a pair of clutch chambers adjacent to the strainer accommodating portion only directly communicates with the strainer accommodating portion of the gear accommodating portion and the strainer accommodating portion, and the one clutch chamber communicates with the gear accommodating portion only by using the strainer accommodating portion.
US10731713B1
A power operated trimming tool including a head assembly affixed to a handle assembly. The head assembly includes a frame body supporting a feed roll, a blade, a blade support and a blade retainer plate. The frame body includes an interface portion affixed to the handle assembly and a support portion extending from the interface portion. The blade support includes a cross member defining a blade support plate receiving the blade. The blade retainer plate is pivotally coupled to the frame body, in a first position, the blade retainer plate overlies the blade and, in a second position, the blade retainer plate is spaced from the blade. An in-line, clutch engagement assembly provides a pair of clutch engagement plates coupled between a flexible shaft drive transmission and a driver assembly insertable into the handle assembly of the tool to provide one-handed actuation and de-actuation of the feed roll.
US10731710B2
A clutch for a lift fan comprising at least one output shaft lug key positioned in a keyway of at least two output clutch plates and extending axially from one to the other of the two output clutch plates. The output shaft lug key couples the rotation of the output clutch plates to the rotation an output shaft and allows axial movement of the two output clutch plates relative the output shaft lug key. The output shaft has an outer radial surface and an oppositely disposed inner radial surface, and the inner surface of the output shaft lug key extends radially to the seat of the keyway.
US10731699B2
The invention relates to a pivot connection type assembly comprising a shaft and first and second connection parts, each receiving the shaft so as to enable them to pivot relative to each other, the first connection part being arranged axially between a first end of the shaft and a radial plane, while the second connection part is arranged axially between said radial plane and the other end of the shaft. The shaft is hollow and includes an inside section that presents a radial dimension at least in a first axial plane and over a first segment of the shaft extending axially between the first end and the radial plane, which radial dimension varies, decreasing on axially approaching the radial plane. The assembly includes a ring interposed radially between the shaft and a bore of the first connection part, and presenting radial thickness that varies.
US10731696B2
A wearable lightweight fire fighter's personal escape system and method includes a rope, having a distal and proximal end, organized in parallel segments disposed in an inner pouch. The inner pouch is entirely contained in an outer pouch that is appointed to be removably attached to a belt or harness, worn by a fire fighter. The proximal end of the rope exits through an opening in the inner pouch and outer pouch and is attached directly to a lightweight hook, or optionally enters a belay device. The hook has a sharp point for creating a purchase point on soft surfaces, a hook opening having sufficient diameter to surround radiators, steam pipe and the like, and capture rope that surrounds substantial objects. The hook has a central opening appointed for holding a firefighting tool to aid in creating a substantial object. The fire fighter escapes by creating a purchase point and repelling at a high speed or at a controlled speed by adjusting belay friction.
US10731689B2
Composed element including at least two panel-shaped elements, which each have an edge zone in which coupling means are present in the form of a profiled part respectively extending in the longitudinal direction of the respective edge zone, as well as each including an end face extending transversely to the respective edge zone, wherein said profiled parts allow coupling the panel-shaped elements together in an interlocking manner, wherein at least one of the panel-shaped elements includes an arrangement which hides from view at least a portion of the profiled part formed at the pertaining edge zone at the location of the end face.
US10731686B1
A system interconnecting units having conical shaped studs and recess for fabrication of building blocks, materials, furniture, toys, all typically having a three axis aligned array of elements. Units utilize orthogonal members having a combination of studs and recesses to allow various units to combine into combined units. Magnets can assist in attracting adjacent units together and keeping recesses and studs together. Studs and recesses are complimentary shapes, such as pyramids, cones, rounded cones, lipped pyramids, rods and cylinders.
US10731683B2
The invention relates to an aircraft structure, the aircraft structure comprising a first component and a second component. A fastening device fastens the first component to the second component, wherein the fastening device comprises a clamping member, and a fastening member. The fastening member has a longitudinal axis, and the clamping member is associated with the first component such that the clamping member is movable in a first direction and is fixed in position in a second direction, the first direction being parallel to the longitudinal axis of the fastener, wherein the fastener extends through the second component into engagement with the clamping member and holds the clamping member against the second component. The fastening device may hold the first component and second component in a fixed position relative to one another, in at least one direction, without applying a clamping force between the first component and second component.
US10731660B2
According to some aspects of the present disclosure, a diffuser for a centrifugal compressor is provided. The diffuser may comprise an outerband casing and an innerband casing. The outerband casing may comprise an annular flowpath boundary member that has a flowpath boundary surface. The flowpath boundary member may define a plurality of vane-receiving pockets spaced about a circumference of the member. The innerband casing may comprise an annular flowpath boundary member that has a flowpath boundary surface. The flowpath boundary member may comprise a plurality of vanes spaced about a circumference of the member. Each of said plurality of vanes may comprise a vane body that extends from the flowpath boundary surface, a platform head that has a lateral dimension normal to the length of the vane body greater than the lateral dimension of the vane body, and a fillet between the platform head and the vane body. The innerband casing may be positioned so that the platform head of each of the plurality of vanes is received in a respective vane-receiving pocket defined by the flowpath boundary member of the outerband casing. When received, the fillet of each of the plurality of vanes may be adjacent the flowpath boundary surface of the flowpath boundary member of said outerband casing. The flowpath boundary surfaces of each of said casings and said vanes define a fluid flowpath in said diffuser.
US10731654B2
A coolant pump for an internal combustion engine. The coolant pump includes a delivery duct, a drive shaft, a coolant pump impeller arranged on the drive shaft to rotate therewith and to convey a coolant, and an adjustable control slide which controls a throughflow cross-section of an annular gap arranged between an outlet of the coolant pump impeller and the surrounding delivery duct. The control slide comprises a first pressure chamber arranged on a side of the control slide facing away from the coolant pump impeller and a second pressure chamber arranged opposite thereto. A control pump includes a control pump impeller arranged at the drive shaft to rotate therewith. A connecting duct fluidically connects the flow duct to the second pressure chamber. A pressure duct fluidically connects the flow duct outlet to the first pressure chamber. A valve opens and closes a throughflow cross-section of the pressure duct.
US10731643B2
A fluid cylinder for a reciprocating pump includes a body having inlet, outlet, and plunger bores. The inlet and outlet bores extend coaxially along a fluid passage axis. The plunger bore extends along a plunger bore axis that extends at an angle relative to the fluid passage axis. The body includes a crossbore at the intersection of the fluid passage axis and the plunger bore axis. The crossbore intersects the inlet, outlet, and plunger bores at respective inlet, outlet, and plunger bore ends. The inlet bore end and outlet bore ends are connected to the plunger bore end at respective first and second corners of the crossbore. The first corner includes a first linear bridge segment connected to the inlet and plunger bore ends by corresponding curved segments. The second corner includes a second linear bridge segment connected to the outlet and plunger bore ends by corresponding curved segments.
US10731636B2
A natural gas compressor can include a pre-staging chamber that couples with a supply line to receive natural gas from the supply line. The compressor can additionally include a first-stage chamber that couples with the supply line to receive natural gas from the supply line. The first-stage chamber can additionally be coupled with the pre-staging chamber to receive from the pre-staging chamber natural gas that has been compressed by the pre-staging chamber. The compressor can also include a second-stage chamber configured to receive natural gas that has been compressed by the first-stage chamber.
US10731622B2
Device for converting mechanical energy from sea waves into electric energy including at least a float and two rigid rods. The rods are preferably anchored to the seabed at one end, and to the float at another end. There are also two ballasts that effect their weight towards the sea bed to keep the free ends of the rods constantly in traction and free to rotate around their hinges. The float oscillates up and down along a vertical line due to waves. There are at least two cables that connect the free ends of the rods to a transmission shaft of a generator positioned along the vertical line so that the vertical, horizontal, or rotary oscillatory motion of the float caused by the waves generates an oscillatory motion of the rods which are pivoted on their respective hinges, and thus transfers rotary motion to the transmission shaft of the generator.
US10731611B2
A fuel injection system includes a fuel rail, and a damper that is disposed inside the fuel rail. The damper includes outwardly protruding first barbs formed integrally on one end of the damper and outwardly protruding second barbs formed integrally on an opposed end of the damper. The first barbs and the second barbs each engage the fuel rail inner surface, whereby the damper is located and retained within the fuel rail. The first barbs and the second barbs may be generally triangular in profile and each extend at an acute angle relative to the damper longitudinal axis. In addition, the first barbs and the second barbs are each oriented in the same direction relative to the longitudinal direction, whereby the damper is asymmetric when viewed in side view.
US10731606B2
What is proposed is an emulsifying system with an emulsifying device and an injection nozzle as well as an emulsifying device for producing a water-fuel emulsion for an internal combustion engine, wherein the emulsifying device is embodied as a rotor-stator emulsifying device and/or fluid flow machine and/or is connected or connectable directly to an injection nozzle. The emulsifying device has a housing and a shaft, the shaft being drivable in a contactless manner, the housing having a guide apparatus having a plurality of guide channels for guiding the flow, and/or the housing being made at least partially from fiber composite material.
US10731596B2
A combustion control part of a control device for an internal combustion engine configured to calculate a first vibration level of an engine body at a first judgment frequency band of a second overtone of a specific frequency band based on vibration acceleration detected by a vibration sensor and, when the first vibration level is less than a predetermined first reference vibration level set in advance according to the engine operating state, to correct one or both of a target injection amount and target injection timing so that the first vibration level becomes the first reference vibration level or more.
US10731585B2
A control device of an internal combustion engine calculates an abnormal combustion prevention torque for preventing an abnormal combustion due to self-ignition whose heat source is a mixture of supplied fuel to the internal combustion engine and lubricant oil, on the basis of a cylinder wall temperature of the internal combustion engine or a temperature of a parameter in correlation with the cylinder wall temperature, and controls a torque of the internal combustion engine to prevent the torque of the internal combustion engine from becoming equal to or more than the abnormal combustion prevention torque.
US10731571B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods that are useful in control of one or more aspects of a power production plant. More particularly, the disclosure relates to power production plants, methods of starting power production plants, and methods of generating power with a power production plant wherein one or more control paths are utilized for automated control of at least one action. The present disclosure more particularly relates to power production plants, control systems for power production plants, and methods for startup of a power production plant.
US10731570B2
Herein provided are methods and systems for reducing an acoustic signature of a gas turbine engine. An acceleration command for the engine is received. In response to receiving the acceleration command: a fuel flow to the engine is increased for a first predetermined time period; subsequent to the first predetermined time period, the fuel flow to the engine is reduced for a second predetermined time period; and subsequent to the second predetermined time period, the fuel flow to the engine is increased for a third time period.
US10731568B2
A turbine system may include several air lines that extend from a compressor to a turbine, and the air lines may have valves. Additionally, the turbine system may also include several sensors that are coupled to the valves, several actuators that are coupled to the valves, and a controller that can send a command to set a valve position of one of the valves based at least partially on a valve position of another valve.
US10731557B1
An electrical power generation system includes a micro turbo alternator having combustion chamber, a turbine driven by combustion gases from the combustion chamber and a compressor operably connected to the combustion chamber to provide a compressed airflow thereto. A permanent magnet generator is located along a shaft connecting the compressor and turbine such that electrical power is generated via rotation of the shaft, and a cyclonic dirt separator operably connected to a compressor inlet. The cyclonic dirt separator includes an air inlet, and an air exhaust disposed at opposing ends of a housing. The cyclonic dirt separator is configured to induce circumferential rotation into the airflow entering through the air inlet, and separate the airflow into a clean airflow and a relatively dirty airflow, such that the relatively dirty airflow flows through the air exhaust and the clean airflow is directed to the compressor inlet.
US10731553B2
The present invention achieves technical advantages as an engine compartment drainage system that allows fluid on an engine deck to exit an engine compartment, while shielding fluid from airflow. A fluid drainage apparatus utilizes a funnel member to direct fluid to an external drain line. A drain shield circumscribes the top end of the funnel member and upwardly extending therefrom and directs airflow away from the funnel member. A plurality of deck holes are disposed in the drain shield, such that fluid on the deck can enter the funnel member and exit the engine compartment. A fluid drainage system, disposes the fluid drainage apparatus in an engine deck to allow fluid on the deck to enter a funnel member of the apparatus and direct it toward the external drain line.
US10731550B2
The invention relates to transportable and compact power supply unit for supplying a water vehicle, in particular an electrical power supply system of the water vehicle, with electrical energy and in particular for arrangement on the water vehicle, containing in a transport container or a plurality of transport containers that can be connected together, wherein the transport container or the plurality of transport containers can be transported as a single, coherent unit: at least one internal combustion engine that can be operated on gas, in particular a natural gas, at least one generator for generating power, which can be driven by the at least one internal combustion engine, at least one control device for the at least one internal combustion engine and/or at least one control device for the at least one generator, at least one fuel treatment device for the at least one internal combustion engine and/or at least one exhaust gas cleaning device for the at least one internal combustion engine, and at least one fuel storage device, wherein the fuel of the fuel storage device is a gas, in particular a natural gas, which is present preferably as liquefied gas, especially preferably as LNG.
US10731534B2
An electrically heated catalyst has a catalyst body and a housing at least circumferentially surrounding the catalyst body. An electrical contacting assembly is arranged on a shell surface of the catalyst body, the electrical contacting assembly comprising a surface electrode arranged directly on the catalyst body and a contacting element connected to the surface electrode. The contacting element is rigid and has a screw thread.
US10731530B2
A heater is suitable to be arranged opposite and away from an upstream or downstream face of an exhaust gas purification member of a vehicle. The heater comprises a fastening ring with an electrically conductive frame having a geometric center, a central support arranged substantially at the geometric center of the frame, and a plurality of elongate heating elements each having first and second ends opposite one another. The first end is connected to the frame and the second end is connected to the central support. The fastening ring further comprises a plurality of electrically conductive radial protrusions distributed around the frame and protruding toward the outside of the frame.
US10731525B2
A method for flexible operation of a power plant having a recovery steam generator having heat exchanger stages for generating live steam and/or reheater steam for a steam turbine from an exhaust flow of a gas turbine, wherein auxiliary firing is arranged in a flue gas channel of the recovery steam generator in the region of the heat exchanger stages. In order to regulate the live steam and/or the reheater steam, at least one injection cooling device is brought online directly upon using the auxiliary firing.
US10731511B2
A blade containment system includes a plurality of circumferentially-arranged rotatable blades. Each blade has a blade compliance. An annular containment structure is arranged around the rotatable blades. The containment structure includes a liner that has a liner compliance. The blade compliance and the liner compliance are configured such that a strain induced on a respective one of the blades upon impact with the liner is less than a threshold critical strain beyond which the rotatable blades fracture.
US10731508B2
The present disclosure provides methods and systems of generating flows of detergent through a turbine engine to effectuate cleaning of components thereof. The methods include introducing a foamed, acid-including detergent with a pH range of between 2 and 7 into a gas flowpath of the turbine engine. The methods also include creating a pressure differential in an aft portion of the gas flowpath with respect to a forward portion of the gas flowpath to generate a flow of the detergent therethrough. The methods further include creating a pressure differential in a forward portion of the gas flowpath with respect to an aft portion of the gas flowpath to generate a counterflow of the detergent therethrough. The flow and counterflow of the detergent through the gas flowpath interact with components of the turbine engine having foreign material thereon to at least partially remove the foreign material therefrom.
US10731505B2
A system is for sensing a shifting of a drive ring, a compressor, and a gas turbine. The system includes a compressor housing; at least one drive ring installable on the compressor housing and disposed on the compressor housing with a spacing, and the at least one drive ring being provided with at least one installation hole, extending along a radial direction of the at least one drive ring; and at least one sensor, located in the corresponding installation hole and used to sense the spacing between the at least one drive ring and the compressor housing in real time. In an embodiment, the system for sensing a shifting of a drive ring, the compressor, and the gas turbine has advantages of simple structures and relatively low costs.
US10731503B2
A turbocharger (10) comprising: a rotating shaft (14); a turbine wheel (12); a turbine housing (31); a scroll flowpath (34) having gas flowing therethrough that rotates and drives the turbine wheel (12); a nozzle flowpath (35) that guides gas radially inwards from the scroll flowpath (34) and supplies gas to the turbine wheel (12); and a vane (53) that adjusts the amount of gas introduced in the nozzle flowpath (35). The vane (53) comprises a guide section (60) that guides the gas flow (F) in the turbine wheel (12) radially inwards.
US10731502B2
A compressor for use in a gas turbine engine comprises a compressor rotor including blades and a disc, with a bore defined radially inwardly of the disc. A radially outer housing surrounds an outer diameter of the blades. A lower pressure tap and a higher pressure tap tap air from two distinct locations within the compressor and radially outwardly through the outer housing. A valve selectively delivers at least one of the lower pressure tap and the higher pressure tap to the bore of the disc. A control for the valve is programmed to move the valve to a position delivering the higher pressure tap at a point prior to take-off when the compressor is mounted in a gas turbine engine on an aircraft. A gas turbine engine and a method of operating a gas turbine engine are also disclosed.
US10731500B2
A clearance control system for a gas turbine engine comprises a blade outer air seal mounted on a carrier. At least one blade is rotatable about an engine axis. The blade outer air seal is spaced radially outwardly from a tip of the blade by a clearance. A heat exchanger is configured to deliver air at a first temperature to the blade outer air seal at a first operating condition to allow the blade outer air seal to move in a first direction to maintain a desired clearance, and configured to deliver air at a second temperature to the blade outer air seal at a second operating condition to allow the blade outer air seal to move in a second direction to maintain a desired clearance, and wherein the second temperature is less than the first temperature. A gas turbine engine and a method of controlling tip clearance in a gas turbine engine are also disclosed.
US10731497B2
A hydrostatic seal assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a shoe movable radially relative to a longitudinal engine axis. At least one beam supports radial movement of the shoe. A secondary seal is fixed relative to the shoe. A rail is attached to the shoe and in sealing engagement with the secondary seal. A gas turbine engine and a method of creating a seal with a hydrostatic seal are also disclosed.
US10731489B2
The invention relates to a guide vane segment for aircraft gas turbine, which extend along a respective circular arc and together form an annular section, wherein, in the radial direction between the outer shroud and the inner shroud, a plurality of guide vanes are arranged adjacently in the peripheral direction, the outer shroud and the two sealing walls form a trough-like profile in longitudinal section, wherein, at the axially front or/and rear sealing wall element(s), at least one relief gap with a main section is provided, which extends substantially radially inward, starting from a radial outer edge of the respective front or/and rear sealing wall element(s) along the sealing wall element. According to the invention, it is proposed that the relief gap has at least one additional section that adjoins the main section radially inward, wherein the additional section is formed by at least one curved subsection.
US10731485B1
An air cooled integrally bladed rotor with single crystals turbine rotor blades having cooling air passages formed into an equiax rotor disk, where a mold having expendable Molybdenum tooling and reusable molybdenum tooling is used to form the IBR. An annular blade ring with openings is used to secure the single crystal rotor blades within the mold, and a number of tube tools are inserted into a bottom end of each blade that forms a cooling air supply passage within the rotor disk. Two molybdenum circular shaped hubs are used to secure a bottom end of the tube tools with the mold. The mold is filled with metal powder and high pressure is used to solidify the powder to form the IBR. Expendable tooling is removed using sublimation when exposed to oxygen. Reusable tooling is reused to form additional IBRs.
US10731484B2
A high pressure BLISK includes at least one circular row of airfoils circumferentially disposed about, integral with, and extending radially outwardly from an annular rim having an annular flat aft facing face with coplanar radially outer and inner face portions radially separated by an annular undercut extending into the rim from the aft facing face. Airfoil roots including root fillets extend around the airfoil between the rim and pressure and suction sides of the airfoils. An axially aftwardly extending annular cylindrical section extends aftwardly from the flat face. The BLISK being a first of axially adjacent first and second rotor sections connected by a rabbet joint. A forward arm of the second rotor section includes an outer forward facing annular face spaced apart from the aft facing face radially outwardly of the annular undercut and a radially inner forward facing annular face contacting the aft facing face.
US10731482B2
A gas turbine engine including a compressor section, a combustor section fluidly connected to the compressor section, a turbine section fluidly connected to the combustor section, and a plurality of gas path components exposed to a primary fluid flowpath through the compressor section, the combustor section and the turbine section. At least one of the gas path components includes an exterior facing surface, a lattice structure extending outward from the exterior facing surface, the lattice structure being integral to the exterior facing surface, and a thermal barrier coating adhered to at least a portion of the exterior facing surface and the lattice structure.
US10731481B2
A turbine-blade assembly for use in a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The turbine-blade assembly includes an attachment body, a heat shield, and a retainer. The heat shield surrounds a portion of the attachment body. The retainer is configured to retain the heat shield on the turbine-blade assembly.
US10731473B2
A component according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a wall and a hollow vascular engineered lattice structure formed inside of the wall. The hollow vascular engineered lattice structure has an inlet hole and an outlet hole that communicate fluid into and out of the hollow vascular structure. The hollow vascular engineered lattice structure further has at least one resupply inlet hole between the inlet hole and the outlet hole with respect to a dimension of the component to communicate additional fluid into the hollow vascular engineered lattice structure.
US10731468B2
A gas turbine includes a compressor rotor having a plurality of compressor rotor disks installed therein; a turbine rotor having a plurality of turbine rotor disks installed therein; a connection part connecting the compressor rotor and the turbine rotor to each other; a tie rod extended through the central axes of the plurality of compressor rotor disks and the central axes of the plurality of turbine rotor disks; and a clamping member forced onto the tie rod in the an axial direction of the tie rod so as to be rotated with the tie rod, and relatively rotated with respect to the an inner circumferential surface of the connection part, thereby damping vibration and shock.
US10731463B2
A rock bolt (10) is provided for frictionally engaging with the internal surface of a bore drilled into rockmass. The bolt comprises a tube having a circular cross-section (12) defining a longitudinal split (14) and a longitudinal axis (10a). The tube (12) in is radially expandable. The bolt (10) has a first leading end (12b) for insertion into a bore, a second end defining a head (12a) and expander means (30) for expanding the diameter of the tube at least one location along the tube. The expander means comprises first (42) and second (44) expander/wedge elements arranged so that relative movement of the two elements causes the diameter of the tube to expand at that location. The first expander element (42) is mounted on an elongate rod (30) which is aligned generally along the longitudinal axis of the tube. Rotation of the rod (30) causes the relative movement of the two elements to cause the diameter of the tube to expand at the location. The rock bolt includes an arrestor (100) in the form of a ring, which defines an aperture which locates on the proximal end of the rod (30). The aperture is larger than the proximal end of the rod so that the arrestor is able to move along the proximal end of the rod. The arrestor includes a laterally extending protrusion (102) which locates in the longitudinal split (14) and is narrower than the longitudinal split and which is configured to engage with the head of the friction bolt when moved towards the proximal end of the friction bolt.
US10731459B2
A downhole system has a plurality of telemetry systems and a control system configured to obtain information from one or more sensors and transmit that information on one or more of the plurality of telemetry systems. The configuration of a controller may be changed so as to change which information is transmitted on a given telemetry system and how the information is to be transmitted on the given telemetry system.
US10731434B2
A wellhead assembly has a tubular wellhead body with a wellhead axial bore and a wellhead radial bore. A hanger has a hanger axial bore and a hanger radial port. A tube moving mechanism moves a tube in the wellhead radial bore between a retracted position, an intermediate position and an extended position. The tube has an inner end that is recessed in the wellhead radial bore while in the retracted position, that protrudes a first distance into the wellhead axial bore while in the intermediate position, and which protrudes a second distance into engagement with the hanger radial port while in the extended position. A landing shoulder on the hanger above the radial port lands on an inner portion of the tube while the tube is in the intermediate position.
US10731427B2
A system and method for moving directional drill pipe with vacuum power. The system is used with a vacuum beam mounted on a boom. It has a vacuum pad that is pivotally attached at one end by a hinge to the vacuum beam. The other end of the vacuum pad is attached to the vacuum beam via an actuatable cylinder. Operation of the cylinder causes the vacuum pad to rotate about the hinge and change the angle of the vacuum pad relative to the vacuum beam. Lateral movement of the vacuum pad relative to the vacuum beam is provided by one or more pinned connections located adjacent to the hinge. Vacuum pressure from the vacuum pad is used to grasp and release drill pipe.
US10731416B2
A system, drilling assembly, and method to control adjustable pads for use in downhole directional drilling. The drilling assembly comprises a bent housing comprising an upper section, a lower section, a bend between the upper and lower sections, and a bore extending from the upper to lower sections. The drilling assembly also comprises a drill bit coupled to a lower end of the bent housing and a fluid-driven motor coupled to the bent housing and comprising a drive shaft coupled to the drill bit. The drilling assembly also employs an adjustable pad extendable and retractable from an exterior of the bent housing to engage and disengage the wellbore wall to adjust a drilling direction of the drill bit, and a fluid control system operable to control extension of the pad.
US10731415B2
An apparatus for holding supplies on a ladder having a plurality of laterally extending rungs supported by side rails comprising a U-shaped bracket having front and rear walls spaced apart to form a gap therebetween, at least one hook adapted to receive at least one ladder rung therein and wherein the bracket is secured to the at least one hook.
US10731412B2
An upper guide track assembly for a retractable screen is described. The assembly comprises a U shaped guide channel, a track attachment member for attaching the assembly to a support, a track outer member connectable to the attachment member and a screen retaining member within the guide channel. The retaining member receives and retains an upper edge of a screen. The retaining member has two resilient wings extending from either side of the body. Each wing is biased towards a position in which the distal end of each wing is away from the body. The wings are moveable against the bias to a retracted position. When the retaining member is retained in the guide channel, each wing is held in the retracted position against the bias. This allows an upper edge of a screen retained by the screen retaining member to be biased in the vertical direction.
US10731408B2
A displacement controlling device comprises a shaft having a displacement region, a movable unit connected to the shaft and configured to move within the displacement region, a damper connected to one end of the shaft, and a restraint unit arranged between the movable unit and the damper, wherein the restraint unit is configured to be driven by the movable unit from a first position toward a second position; the damper outputs a resistance when the restraint unit is at the first position, and the damper stops outputting the resistance if the restraint unit is at the second position.
US10731403B2
A vacuum insulated glazing unit comprising a first glass pane and a second glass pane arranged in parallel, the second glass pane spaced apart from the first glass pane, wherein each glass pane comprises inner and outer surfaces, wherein the inner surfaces define a gap therebetween; a plurality of spacers arranged in the gap between of the inner surface of the first glass pane and the inner surface of the second glass pane; and a side seal material attached around a periphery of the first glass pane and the second glass pane, thereby forming a sealed cavity between the glass panes, wherein at least a portion of the inner surface of the first glass pane comprises a strengthened portion that comprises a plurality of implanted ions, wherein the plurality of implanted ions are nitrogen ions, carbon ions, argon ions, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing.
US10731399B2
In a door trim assembly for a vehicle door having an opening fitted with a vertically moveable window pane and a drive unit for driving the window pane for selectively closing the opening, the door trim assembly includes: a door trim main body configured to be attached to an inboard side part of the vehicle door under the opening; at least one transmitter provided in an upper part of the door trim main body; at least one receiver provided in an upper part of the door trim main body and configured to receive a signal emitted from the transmitter and reflected by an object positioned near the window pane; and a control unit connected to the receiver to compute a position of the object according to the signal received by the receiver and control the drive unit according to the computed position of the object.
US10731395B2
A smart hinge assembly includes a fixed hinge pin, a rotary drive cup including a hinge pin socket to engage the fixed hinge pin and a drive cup position sensor. That drive cup position sensor is configured to monitor current rotary position of the rotary drive cup.
US10731368B2
Exemplary embodiments are directed to deck jet systems including an adjustable cover and flexible finishing cap. The deck jet systems include a housing with threads formed on an inner surface of the housing. The deck jet systems include an adjustment ring with threads formed on an outer surface of the adjustment ring complementary to the threads of the housing. The deck jet systems include an adjustable cover, the bottom surface of the adjustable cover being inserted into the proximal end of the housing and supported by a top surface of the adjustment ring. Engagement of the threads of the housing and the adjustment ring and rotation of the adjustment ring relative to the housing can vary an elevation of the adjustment ring relative to the housing which, in turn, varies an elevation of the adjustable cover relative to the housing. Exemplary embodiments are also directed to methods of adjusting a deck jet system.
US10731359B2
In accordance with example embodiments of the present disclosure, a method, system and apparatus for a modular sprung-floor is disclosed. An example embodiment is a sprung floor module having interchangeable components. Interchangeable components make up standardized assemblies. An example embodiment has a frame module that may be installed in a series to cover a given area. The frame and edge modules comprise a frame that supports a performance surface. Standardized components include fiber-reinforced composite linear-structural members combined with elastomeric joints and support members.
US10731344B2
A sandwich construction element (100) is disclosed. The sandwich construction element comprises a first element (101) with a face, extending in a longitudinal direction with a thickness and a height being smaller than the longitudinal length, and a second element (102) with a face, extending in the same longitudinal direction as the first element with a thickness and a height being smaller than the longitudinal length, wherein the second element is facing the flat face of the first element (101). The sandwich construction element further comprises an open core structure (103) arranged between, and operatively connected to the first element (101) and the second element (102), wherein the open core structure comprises a plurality of close packed tetraeder structures (201).
US10731341B2
Prefabricated insulated floor assemblies, methods for manufacturing such assemblies, and use of these floor assemblies in a building are described. The assemblies include a sheathing panel, I-joists, and rigid foam insulation boards positioned in a cavity formed by the sheathing panel and the I-joists.
US10731338B1
An approved dynamic construction is useful for effectively thermally insulating and sealing of a safing slot between a floor of a building and an exterior wall construction wherein the exterior wall construction comprises a curtain wall configuration defined by an interior wall surface. The dynamic, thermally insulating and sealing system contains a tubular sealing element having wing-like connection areas for attaching the tubular sealing element to the curtain wall construction and the floor of a building, to maintain thermally insulating and sealing of the safing slot during exposure to fire and heat as well as movement in order to maintain a complete seal extending across the safing slot and to enhance the water-stopping properties of the insulation and seal within the safing slot.
US10731334B2
Some embodiments include an exterior insulated finish wall assembly including an exterior panel member, an insert member, and a drainage channel. The exterior panel member includes a rigid insulative substrate and a base coat selectively disposed on the rigid insulative substrate. The rigid insulative substrate includes a body portion and a tail portion extending from the body portion. A recess is defined by a sloped surface and a back surface of the tail portion. The insert member is configured to be disposed within the recess. The insert member is sized and shaped to correspond to the recess. The insert member includes a rigid insulative substrate and a base coat selectively disposed on the rigid insulative substrate. The drainage channel is defined between the tail portion and the insert member.
US10731328B1
A structure with a support assembly having an upper surface spaced above a lower surface, a module removably supported by the upper surface of the support assembly, and an access system that is configured to allow a person adjacent the lower surface of the support assembly to move vertically upward adjacent the upper surface of the support assembly. The module at least partially encloses an interior space that is accessible through an opening in the module. The module is not permanently joined to the support assembly, and there is an accessible volume of space positioned below the module. The access system is positioned in a corner of a parking lot, the module extends laterally outward from the access system, and the module is positioned above at least one parking space in the parking lot.
US10731327B2
An entertainment structure includes an offset core, a floor tying assembly and a plurality of floor plate assemblies. The plurality of floor plate assemblies each include a first edge and a second edge. The first edge of each of the plurality of floor plate assemblies is configured to be coupled to the offset core and the second edge of each of the plurality of floor plate assemblies is configured to be coupled to the floor tying assembly.
US10731318B2
A connection system for coupling an implement to a work vehicle includes a receiver assembly of the implement configured to couple the implement to a connector assembly of an arm of the work vehicle. The connection system also includes a frame of the implement including a first end having a mounting portion and a second end coupled to a mounting assembly of the implement. The mounting portion of the frame of the implement is configured to couple the implement directly to a frame of the work vehicle. Additionally, the receiver assembly is directly coupled to the frame of the implement between the first end of the frame of the implement and the second end of the frame of the implement.
US10731315B2
A removable and replaceable end cap that selectively lockingly engages a seat ring of a filter housing. The end cap may include a flange that compresses a gasket member between the end cap and the seat ring to form a fluid tight seal therebetween. The end cap may include cam locking grooves that may each receive insertion of a protrusion of the seat ring, and which are structured for at least rotational displacement about the received protrusion as the end cap is rotated between locked and unlocked positions relative to the seat ring. The end cap may also include an opening that accommodates the passage of a fluid to a filter element. The filter element, which may be coupled to the end cap, may be adapted to remove particulate or contaminate from the received fluid.
US10731314B2
A system and method are disclosed for sealing an annular manhole riser ring assembly. A generally flat, bendable liner includes a flat strip that is generally conformably engageable with an interior circumferential surface of the riser ring assembly. An outer surface of the liner strip carries a plurality of spacer elements that form a void between the generally flat liner strip and the engaged inner circumferential surface of the riser ring assembly. An expandable tensioning device is operated to press the riser ring assembly against the circumferential surface of the riser ring assembly. A flexible bonding substance is introduced into the void and allowed to set to seal the riser ring assembly.
US10731313B1
A retaining wall assembly includes a concrete retaining wall including a bore, and a cylindrical tube fixed in the bore and sized to fixedly fit to a culvert pipe. The cylindrical tube includes a tube body and a flange extending radially outward from the tube body, and the flange is embedded in the retaining wall. The cylindrical tube, when fixedly fit inside the culvert pipe, supports a full weight of the retaining wall. A method of installing the retaining wall to the culvert pipe includes providing the retaining wall assembly, fixedly fitting the cylindrical tube to the culvert pipe, and providing only native soil directly below a bottom edge of the retaining wall.
US10731309B2
A reservoir bag and method of use and implementation is disclosed herein. The reservoir bag may be configured for controlling surface water run-off and may include a plurality of cells with at least two adjacent cells in fluid communication with each other to allow water to communicate between the adjacent cells. To aid in the mobility of water, the bag may include one or more perforated pipes therein to direct flow of water through the cells and to an outlet.
US10731297B2
The disclosure relates to a coating composition that can be applied to a substrate, especially a cellulose substrate. A layer of the coating composition applied to the substrate provides an excellent ink receptive layer and can be used as a coating on paper. The disclosure also relates to aqueous compositions and method for applying the layer of the coating composition onto the substrate.
US10731292B2
A flyer bow providing reduced drag during a wire processing operation is provided. The flyer bow may include an elongate arcuate body having a middle portion, and first and second end portions at opposite ends of the middle portion. The elongate arcuate body may be configured to be rotated about an axis of rotation, the middle portion may include an inner surface, an outer surface, a leading edge, and a trailing edge, the inner surface and the outer surface may cooperate to form a cross section, and at least one centerline of the cross section may include a radius of curvature substantially equal to a distance between the elongate arcuate body at the location of the at least one centerline and the axis of rotation.
US10731288B2
A laundry treating apparatus, such as a clothes dryer, includes an auxiliary drying rack configured to retain laundry items in a space between the drying rack and a door. The drying rack can have horizontal rods that are spaced such that laundry items are retained within the space and are not pulled into a treating chamber. The drying rack is designed to be easily opened and closed.
US10731282B2
The invention relates to a gripper for a tufting machine, which has a gripper body and an insert. In the longitudinal direction, the gripper has a holding section and a guiding section. At the end further away from the holding section, in the longitudinal direction, the guiding section terminates in a hook which has an inner side in which a joint gap is arranged between the gripper body and the insert. According to the invention, the gripper is characterised in that a stop means, against which the insert abuts in the longitudinal direction towards the holding section, is arranged on the gripper body in the gripper's guiding section in order to limit the size of the joint gap in the inner side of the hook.
US10731276B2
The present invention discloses a preparation method of polyester cord fabric with low denier and high modulus, including steps of: spinning, reducing melt discharge volume for extruding yarn with denier of 500-1000 D; using high-speed motor and heat roller, spinning speed of 6000-6500 m/min to produce raw yarn; performing initial and repeat twisting of raw yarn by straight twisting machine; performing weaving of twisted yarn using Dornier air-jet loom to produce cord fabric, when weaving and reeding-in, using two into a reed way, adding creel roller bearing and creel single spindle tension control belt to improve uniformity; performing dipping of cord fabric using two-bath dipping, adjusting temperature to 250-260 degrees Celsius, tension to 0.3-2.9 daN/each yarn of key area, running speed of yarn to 55-70 m/min. The polyester cord fabric with low denier and high modulus can reduce rolling resistance and fuel consumption, and improve performance.
US10731274B2
A group III nitride laminate having monocrystalline n-type AlxGa1-xN (0.7≤X≤1.0) and an electrode is provided. The group III nitride laminate is characterized in that an n-type contact layer made of (AlYGa1-Y)2O3 (0.0≤Y<0.3) is provided between the monocrystalline n-type AlxGa1-xN (0.7≤X≤1.0) and the electrode. Furthermore, a vertical semiconductor device including the above-described group III nitride laminate is provided.
US10731271B2
The invention relates to a silicon wafer having a radial variation of oxygen concentration of less than 7%, determined over the entire radius of the silicon wafer. The wafers are produced in the PV region with rotation of crystal and crucible in the same direction, and in the presence of a horizontal magnetic field of defined intensity.
US10731263B2
A method and device for carrying out a chemical reaction, by supplying to the chemical reaction energy from an electron- and, optionally, photon-containing energy wave that is induced in one or more aggregated molecular ensembles, wherein the emission of which is stimulated from the ensembles. Emission is stimulated from the ensembles by a wide variety of energy inputs, and energy derived from this electron and/or photon energy wave is advantageously used as an energy source to assist chemical reduction reactions.
US10731255B2
A film forming method comprises loading a substrate on a rotary table, forming an adsorption region for adsorbing a raw material gas to the substrate by discharging the raw material gas from multiple discharge ports, forming a reaction region, to which a reaction gas is supplied, at a position spaced from the adsorption region, separating an atmosphere of the adsorption region and an atmosphere of the reaction region by exhausting and by supplying a purge gas, forming a film by performing a cycle a plurality of times to deposit the reaction product on the substrate, the cycle comprising passing the substrate through the adsorption region and the reaction region and setting a combination of flow rates of the raw material gas for a first pattern in order to perform the cycle with the first pattern and for a second pattern in order to perform the cycle with the second pattern.
US10731252B2
An apparatus for coating specimens includes a reaction chamber and a plurality of reaction modules in the reaction chamber for containing specimens to be coated, where each reaction module includes a module inlet and a module outlet. A plurality of conduits are configured to be in fluid communication with at least one gas source external to the reaction chamber, and each of the conduits terminates in one of the reaction modules for delivery of gaseous reagents to the specimens to be coated. The module outlets are in fluid communication with the reaction chamber for expulsion of gaseous reaction products from the reaction modules.
US10731251B2
Disclosed are Group 6 film forming compositions comprising Group 6 transition metal-containing precursors selected from the group consisting of: M(═O)2(OR)2 Formula I, M(═O)(NR2)4 Formula II, M(═O)2(NR2)2 Formula III, M(═NR)2(OR)2 Formula IV, and M(═O)(OR)4 Formula V, wherein M is Mo or W and each R is independently H, a C1 to C6 alkyl group, or SiR′3, wherein R′ is H or a C1 to C6 alkyl group. Also disclosed are methods of synthesizing and using the disclosed compositions to deposit Group 6 transition metal-containing films on substrates via vapor deposition processes.
US10731248B2
A vacuum processing apparatus for processing a substrate under a vacuum atmosphere includes a vacuum processing module, a vacuum transfer module, a gate valve and a control unit. The vacuum processing module includes a processing chamber, a mounting table and a first gas supply unit. The vacuum transfer module includes a transfer chamber airtightly connected to the processing chamber through the transfer port, a transfer unit and a second gas supply unit. The gate valve is configured to open and close the transfer port for the substrate. The control unit is configured to open the gate valve in a state where a flow rate of an inert gas supplied from the first gas supply unit is smaller than a flow rate of an inert gas supplied from the second gas supply unit and a pressure in the processing chamber is lower than a pressure in the transfer chamber.
US10731237B1
Advanced ultra high temperature ceramic (UHTC) systems with higher temperature capabilities, particularly an integrated ceramic coating and ceramic matrix composite (ICC-CMC). Also disclosed are coating and/or ceramic matrix composites and architecture arrangements to achieve ultra-high temperature and heat flux capability, resistance to oxidation, combustion, and a wide range of spectrum wavelength and charged particle radiation environments.
US10731236B2
A composition includes tungsten (W); at least one element selected from the group of elements consisting of boron (B), beryllium (Be) and silicon (Si); and at least one element selected from the group of elements consisting of titanium (Ti), vanadium (V), chromium (Cr), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), zirconium (Zr), niobium (Nb), molybdenum (Mo), ruthenium (Ru), hafnium (Hf), tantalum (Ta), rhenium (Re), osmium (Os), iridium (Ir), lithium (Li) and aluminum (Al). The composition satisfies the formula W1-xMxXy wherein X is one of B, Be and Si; M is at least one of Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Zr, Nb, Mo, Ru, Hf, Ta, Re, Os, Ir, Li and Al; x is at least 0.001 and less than 0.999; and y is at least 4.0. A tool is made from or coated with this composition.
US10731233B2
A composition for bonding includes tin, germanium, and nickel. A contained amount of germanium is less than or equal to 10 mass %. A contained amount of nickel in mass % is less than or equal to a product of 2.8 multiplied by a term that is the contained amount of germanium in mass % to the power of 0.3.
US10731227B2
Provided herein include compositions comprising a primer having the nucleic acid sequence of ACeIN-F3_c, a primer having the nucleic acid sequence of ACeIN-B3_a, a primer having the nucleic acid sequence of ACeIN-B3_b, a primer having the nucleic acid sequence of ACeIN-FIP_e, a primer having the nucleic acid sequence of ACeIN-FIP_f, a primer having the nucleic acid sequence of ACeIN-BIP (or ACeIN-BIP-song), a primer having the nucleic acid sequence of ACeIN-LF; and a primer having the nucleic acid sequence of ACeIN-LB. Also provided are methods of detecting human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) nucleic acids in a sample comprising performing reverse transcription-based loop mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) on a sample using the previously disclosed compositions.
US10731225B2
This invention relates to polynucleotide sequences encoding genes that can confer resistance to the plant pathogen Colletotrichum, which causes anthracnose stalk rot, leaf blight and top dieback in corn and other cereals. It further relates to plants and seeds of plants carrying chimeric genes comprising said polynucleotide sequences, which enhance or confer resistance to the plant pathogen Colletotrichum, and processes of making said plants and seeds. The invention further presents sequences that can be used as molecular markers that in turn can be used to identify the region of interest in corn lines resulting from new crosses and to quickly and efficiently introgress the genes from corn lines carrying said genes into other corn lines that do not carry said genes, in order to make them resistant to Colletotrichum and resistant to stalk rot.
US10731220B2
The invention provides methods for simultaneously amplifying multiple nucleic acid regions of interest in one reaction volume as well as methods for selecting a library of primers for use in such amplification methods. The invention also provides library of primers with desirable characteristics, such as minimal formation of amplified primer dimers or other non-target amplicons.
US10731218B2
The present invention relates generally to the fields of reproductive medicine. More specifically, the present invention relates to methods for determining the ovarian reserve and ovarian function by determining the level of cell-free nucleic acids or the level of a miRNA species selected from miR_30_a or miR_140 or let_7_b or miR_191 or miR_320_a or miR_21 or miR_30_d or miR_574_3p. The method may also be used in predicting the efficacy of controlled ovarian hyperstimulation.
US10731213B2
Improved solid supports and methods for analyzing target nucleotide sequences are provided herein. Certain improvements are directed to efficiently preparing nucleic acids that comprise nucleotide sequences identical to or substantially identical to one or more target nucleotide sequences, or complement thereof. The prepared nucleic acids include a reference sequence that facilitates sequence analysis. The solid supports and methods provided herein minimize the number of steps required by published sequence analysis methodologies, and thereby offer improved sequence analysis efficiency.
US10731208B2
The present invention provides facile and accurate molecular diagnosis of disease-specific genes capable of the naked eye detection through amplifying the target genes to selectively block the fluid path in a microfluidic device. Specifically, the present invention includes an isothermal amplification of target genes through a rolling circle amplification, a microfluidic device for detecting pathogen genes, and a detection method using the same. Therefore, the present invention can conveniently detect a single target gene, such as a single pathogen, or at the same time, several target genes, such as several pathogens, without complicated mechanical equipment.
US10731195B2
The present invention relates generally to the production of steviol glycosides. Provided is a method for enzymatically providing a modified steviol glycoside, comprising incubating a steviol glycoside substrate in the presence of sucrose and the glucansucrase GTF180 of Lactobacillus reuteri strain 180, or a mutant thereof having the desired transglycosylation activity. Also provided are modified steviol glycosides obtainable by a method of the invention, and the use thereof as low-glycemic sweetener.
US10731192B2
The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a fermentation product from ligno-cellulosic material, comprising the following steps: a) optionally pre-treatment of the ligno-cellulosic material; b) optionally washing of the optionally pre-treated ligno-cellulosic material; c) enzymatic hydrolysis of the optionally washed and/or optionally pre-treated ligno-cellulosic material using an enzyme composition comprising at least two cellulase and whereby the enzyme composition at least comprises GH61; d) fermentation of the hydrolysed ligno-cellulosic material to produce a fermentation product; and e) optionally recovery of a fermentation product; wherein before and/or during the enzymatic hydrolysis oxygen is added to the ligno-cellulosic material.
US10731189B2
The present disclosure provides engineered proline hydroxylase polypeptides for the production of hydroxylated compounds, polynucleotides encoding the engineered proline hydroxylases, host cells capable of expressing the engineered proline hydroxylases, and methods of using the engineered proline hydroxylases to prepare compounds useful in the production of active pharmaceutical agents.
US10731184B2
The present invention relates to a genetically engineered yeast capable of manufacturing a fermentation product using sucrose as a fermentation substrate, and fermentation processes using such a yeast. The yeast has an exogenous invertase gene and has a deletion or disruption of the PDC activity gene. Accordingly, the yeast is useful for manufacturing fermentation products other than ethanol from fermentation substrates containing sucrose.
US10731172B2
MPO1 and MPO2 can be regulated for either decreasing or increasing alkaloid levels in plants, in particular in Nicotiana plants. In particular, suppressing or overexpressing one or more of MPO1 and MPO2 may be used to decrease or increase nicotine and nicotinic alkaloid levels in tobacco plants. Suppression or overexpression of one or more of MPO1 and MPO2 may be used in combination with modification of expression of other genes encoding enzymes on the nicotinic alkaloid biosynthetic pathway such as A622, NBB1, PMT, and QPT.
US10731160B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods of use thereof for inhibiting mutant HTT mRNA transcription or CAG-expanded HTT protein expression in a cell, comprising contacting the cell with an effective amount of an oligomer targeting a differentiating polymorphism, wherein the differentiating polymorphism is selected from rs72239206, rs363107, rs362313, rs2530595, rs113407847. Specific oligomer sequences are also provided.
US10731144B2
The present invention provides methods and compositions for the production of mature proteases in bacterial host cells. The compositions include polynucleotides encoding serine protease sequences with modified or heterologous propeptide regions; polypeptides comprising serine proteases with modified or heterologous propeptide regions; expression cassettes, DNA constructs, vectors, and chromosomes comprising such polynucleotides; and bacterial host cells comprising such polynucleotides. The methods include methods for enhancing the production of mature proteases in bacterial host cells (e.g. Bacillus sp. host cells). The produced proteases find use in the industrial production of enzymes, suitable for use in various industries, including but not limited to the cleaning, animal feed and textile processing industry.
US10731138B2
The present invention discloses a formate dehydrogenase mutant with improved enzyme activity and stability and a construction method thereof, which belongs to the technical field of genetic engineering. The mutant of the present invention is obtained by mutating alanine at a 10th site to cysteine based on the amino acid shown in SEQ ID NO. 2. The specific enzyme activity of the mutant enzyme obtained by the present invention is improved by 1.3 times compared with that before the mutation, a half-life period (t1/2) at 60° C. is increased by 6.8 times compared with that in the mutation period, the copper ion tolerance is increased by 30 times compared with that before the mutation, and when pH is 4, the stability is improved by 2.0 times, and the catalytic efficiency is increased by 1.4 times. The present invention shows that an amino acid residue at a 10th site is mutated to the cysteine which forms a correct disulfide bond with a cysteine residue at a 30th site of the natural formate dehydrogenase, so that the stability and the catalytic efficiency of the enzyme are improved, and the industrial application potential of the enzyme is improved.
US10731126B2
The present invention relates to cell culture media compositions comprising deep eutectic solvents and/or ionic liquids.
US10731123B2
The present invention relates to a system for conducting the identification and quantification of micro-organisms, e.g., bacteria, in biological samples. More particularly, the invention relates to a system comprising a disposable cartridge and an optics cup or cuvette having a tapered surface; wherein the walls are angled to allow for better coating and better striations of the light. The system may utilize the disposable cartridge in the sample processor and the optics cup or cuvette in the optical analyzer, wherein the optics cup also has a floor in the shape of an inverted arch.
US10731114B2
Solvents useful for removing, among other things, photoresists and poly(amic acid)/polyimide from display/semiconductor substrates or electronic processing equipment, consist essentially of: (A) a first component consisting of a sulfoxide, e.g., DMSO; (B) a second component consisting of a glycol ether, e.g., ethylene glycol monobutyl ether; and (C) a third component consisting of at least one of N-formyl morpholine, N,N-dimethyl propionamide, 3-methoxy-N,N-dimethyl propanamide, triethyl phosphate, N,N-dimethyl acetamide; N,N-diethyl acetamide, N,N-diethyl propionamide, N-methyl acetamide, N-methyl propionamide, N-ethyl acetamide, and N-ethyl propionamide.
US10731109B2
A cleaning composition and process for cleaning post-chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) residue and contaminants from a microelectronic device having said residue and contaminants thereon. The composition achieves highly efficacious cleaning of the post-CMP residue and contaminant material from the surface of the microelectronic device without compromising the low-k dielectric material or the copper interconnect material. In addition, the cleaning compositions are compatible with ruthenium-containing materials.
US10731107B2
Compositions, such as detergent compositions, that include AES surfactant, where at least a particular portion of the AES surfactant molecules include alkyl portions having fourteen total carbons are described. Uses and methods related to such compositions are also described.
US10731105B2
A method for producing a triglyceride including fatty acids with vicinal diesters: (a) providing a triglyceride including fatty acids with epoxide groups; (b) reacting the epoxide groups with carboxylic acid salts under basic conditions to produce a triglyceride including fatty acids with vicinal ester/alkoxides; (c) protonating the vicinal ester/alkoxides to produce a triglyceride including fatty acids with vicinal ester/alcohols; and (d) reacting the vicinal ester/alcohols with carboxylic acids under acidic conditions to produce a triglyceride including fatty acids with vicinal diesters.
US10731104B2
The present invention relates to processes of recovering oil after liquefaction and/or from thin stillage and/or syrup/evaporated centrate from a fermentation product production process by adding a thermostable protease to the whole stillage, thin stillage and/or syrup.
US10731102B2
In the field of lubricating compositions for motor vehicles, there is disclosed a lubricating composition of a grade according to the SAEJ300 classification defined by the formula (X) W (Y) wherein X represents 0 or 5 and Y represents an integer ranging from 4 to 20. This lubricating composition includes at least one polyalphaolefinic oil (PAO), from 10 to 80% by weight of the composition of at least one oil of group V and at least one comb polymer. Also isclosed is the use of this lubricating composition for improving the Fuel Eco (FE) of a lubricant or for reducing the fuel consumption of an engine, in particular a motor vehicle engine, notably a motor of a hybrid vehicle.
US10731101B2
A lubricating oil composition which comprises a sulphur containing anti-oxidant and an alkene which exhibits improved nitrile elastomer seal compatibility.
US10731096B2
Disclosed is a lubricant base stock blend comprising a PAO base stock and an alkylated aromatics (AA) base stock, wherein at least the longer portion of the pendant groups attached to the carbon backbones of the PAO molecules have comparable length to at least the longer portion of the side chain groups attached to the aromatic ring structure of the AA molecules. The comparable lengths of at least the longer portion of the pendant groups and the side chain groups lead to enhanced improvement in oxidation stability of the blend.
US10731081B2
Apparatus and method for pyrolyzing hydro carbonaceous materials to produce useful vapor and solid products comprising a generally cylindrical, linear reactor having a screw means for transporting hydro carbonaceous materials through said reactor, means for feeding and heating said hydro carbonaceous materials whereby they are processed and pyrolyzed to produce vapor and solid products; means for removing vapor products from said processed hydro carbonaceous materials, means for removing solid products, means whereby said hydrocarbonaceous material is maintained within a zone for a range of defined residence times, means for rotating said screw, which has a plurality of flight configurations for compressing, and for melting said hydro carbonaceous materials to convert them from a solid to a liquid, for mixing, destabilizing and dehalogenating said hydro carbonaceous materials, for pyrolyzing said hydro carbonaceous materials, for devolatilizing the pyrolyzed hydrocarbonaceous materials, and for discharging solid products.
US10731074B2
A hydraulic fracturing and gravel packing proppant composite with protectant on the surface of the proppant and the composition matters of the protectant and proppant. The surface protectant reduces the generation of dust/fines from the proppant caused by abrasion and impingement during transportation and conveyance, particularly pneumatic transfer.
US10731070B2
The present disclosure provides a poly(vinyl caprolactam) polymer obtained by polymerizing a vinyl lactam compound in a polymerization solvent system comprising an alkylene carbonate and/or an alkyl lactate and a polymerization initiator. The poly(vinyl caprolactam) polymer, in admixture with the polymerization solvent system, may be used as a kinetic gas hydrate inhibitor to prevent or inhibit formation of natural gas and/or liquid hydrocarbon hydrates in a system.
US10731067B2
Disclosed are a heat conductive sheet including a resin and a particulate carbon material, and having an Asker C hardness at 25° C. of 60 or more and a thermal resistance value under a pressure of 0.5 MPa of 0.20° C./W or less, a method of producing a heat conductive sheet, and a heat dissipation device including the heat conductive sheet interposed between a heat source and a heat radiator.
US10731064B1
Compositions comprising an activated oil blend in a coordination entity are provided. Also provided are compositions comprising a haloalkane complex can be used as a refrigerant. The compositions can increase the energy efficiency and reduces leakage rates of refrigeration systems. Some compositions comprise at least 0.1 wt % of an oleic oil fatty acid, 0.1 wt % of a linoleic oil fatty acid, and at least 98 wt % of a heat transfer fluid including, for example R-134a. Some compositions comprise an oil blend comprising an oleic acid to linoleic acid ratio of approximately 60:1. At least some of the heat transfer fluid can be complexed with at least one of the organic oil fatty acids.
US10731052B2
A system for forming an elastomeric composition for application to a substrate includes an isocyanate component and an isocyanate-reactive component. The isocyanate component includes a polymeric polyisocyanate and optionally an isocyanate-terminated prepolymer. The isocyanate-reactive component is reactive with the isocyanate component and includes a polyol component and a polyetheramine. The polyol component is a mixture of (a) a hydrophobic polyol; (b) a polyether polyol different than the hydrophobic polyol and having a weight average molecular weight greater than 500 g/mol; and (c) a polyaminopolyol. The elastomeric composition is formed as the reaction product of the isocyanate component and the isocyanate-reactive component and may be applied as an elastomeric coating layer on a substrate such as a steel pipe. The steel pipe having the applied elastomeric coating layer satisfies the standard for use in the water supply industry as set forth in AWWA C222.
US10731050B2
A coating composition comprising i) a polymeric film forming resin, ii) a crosslinking agent suitable for crosslinking the polymeric film forming resin i), and iii) an additive comprising a bismuth carboxylic acid salt.
US10731049B2
A coating composition including an epoxy resin in an amount of about 75 weight percent to about 80 weight percent; an isocyanate compound in an amount of about 10 weight percent to about 15 weight percent; and a melamine compound in an amount of about 5 weight percent to about 10 weight percent, where all weight percents are based on a total weight of the coating composition.
US10731043B2
An aqueous ink jet ink composition contains a pigment, propylene glycol, and water, in which the aqueous ink jet ink composition has the viscosity of 3.0 mm2/s or more and 10.0 mm2/s or less at 20° C., the aqueous ink jet ink composition has the pH of 7 or more, the content of the pigment is 5.5% by mass or more and 9% by mass or less based on the total amount of the aqueous ink jet ink composition, and the content of the propylene glycol is 8 parts by mass or more and 100 parts by mass or less based on 100 parts by mass of the pigment.
US10731040B2
A method of forming a crosslinked polyphenol, the method comprising: reacting a bio-based phenolic compound comprising at least one phenolic hydroxyl group, with a crosslinking agent comprising at least two functional groups reactive with the phenolic hydroxyl group, wherein the at least two functional groups are each independently a halogen group, acid halide group, sulfonyl halide group, glycidyl group, anhydride group, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing, to provide the crosslinked polyphenol.
US10731039B2
The invention relates to a powder paint comprising at least one base powder paint and at least one effect powder paint having effect pigments, said effect pigments being dispersed in a melt made from transparent effect powder paint. The invention also relates to a method for producing said type of powder paint and to an effect powder coating containing said type of powder paint.
US10731024B2
A superabsorbent polymer includes polymer particles, surface cross-linking agents and particles made of silicon-containing inorganic salt. The polymer particles have cross-linking inside the polymer particles. The surface cross-linking agents are covalently bound to the surface of the polymer particles so as to constitute a surface cross-linked region at the surface of each said resin particle, and the particles made of silicon-containing inorganic salt cover the surface of the polymer particles.
US10731017B2
A foam rubber molded produce obtained by molding a rubber composition containing 100 parts by mass of ethylene-α-olefin-nonconjugated diene copolymer, 4 to 30 parts by mass of amorphous 4-methyl-1-pentene copolymer, 2 to 8 parts by mass of blowing agent, and a sulfur-based vulcanizing agent, and having a Mooney viscosity after kneading (ML1+4, 100° C.) of 54 or less. A specific gravity is 0.3 to 0.8, a compression set is less than 27%, and a foam state is an interconnected cell.
US10731013B2
This application relates to synthetic elastomeric articles, such as gloves, comprising the cured product of a synthetic latex composition, the synthetic latex composition comprising a synthetic carboxylated polymer and a cross-linking composition, the cross-linking composition comprising an aqueous solution of a negatively charged multivalent metal complex ion having a pH of at least 9.0. Also described are compositions for forming the articles, and methods for making the articles, based on the use of the described cross-linking composition. The articles, compositions and methods contain a second cross-linking agent comprising either (a) sulphur and a sulphur donor, (b) a multivalent metal oxide or ionic cross-linking agent, (c) sulphur, a sulphur donor and an ionic cross-linking agent, or (d) sulphur donor.
US10731002B2
A semiaromatic copolyamide resin and a polyamide molding composition consisting of the same are provided, consisting of following repeat units: (A) 26-80 mol % of units derived from para-amino benzoic acid; (B) 4-70 mol % of units derived from 11-aminoundecanoic acid or undecanolactam, and 0-70 mol % of units derived from another amino acids having 6 to 36 carbon atoms or units consisting of a lactam having 6-36 carbon atoms; (C) 0-37 mol % of units derived from a diamine unit having 4 to 36 carbon atoms; and (D) 0-37 mol % of units derived from a diacid unit having 6 to 36 carbon atoms; wherein, (A)+(B)+(C)+(D)=100 mol %; and molar contents of the units derived from para-amino benzoic acid and those derived from 11-aminoundecanoic acid or undecanolactam are not equal to 50 mol % simultaneously.
US10731001B2
A method for treating a shear-thinning residue composition deriving from the synthesis of an aryl ether ketone, the residue composition including a liquid fraction and solid residues, the method including the steps of: passing said shear-thinning residue composition through a shear-generating evaporating device, between a rotating part and a stationary part; and recovering a condensed liquid fraction and separately recover concentrated solid residues.
US10730995B2
The present invention provides novel cyclic phosphorus-containing compounds, namely hydroxyl-functional phospholene-1-oxides, serving as highly efficient reactive flame retardants in urethane systems, particularly in flexible polyurethane foams, semi-rigid and rigid polyurethane and polyisocyanurate foams. The invention further provides fire-retarded polyurethane compositions comprising said hydroxyl-functional phospholene-1-oxides.
US10730993B2
A process of: providing a polyfunctional compound selected from polyisocyanate, polyacrylate, and polyepoxy; and reacting the polyfunctional compound with a hydroxyl- or amine-terminated silyl-containing compound. The polyfunctional compound and the silyl-containing compound are at least difunctional. A thermoset made by this process.
US10730979B2
The invention relates to a fluorinated copolymers which are particularly based on vinylidene fluoride (VDF) or trifluoroethylene (TrFE) and particularly functionalized by functional and/or functionizable vinyl ethers. The invention also relates to methods for producing said copolymers, and to the applications thereof.
US10730974B2
A gas-phase process for the homopolymerization or copolymerization of propylene with other olefins, including carrying out the polymerization in the presence of a catalyst system made from or containing: (a) a solid catalyst component made from or containing Mg, Ti, halogen, an electron donor selected from 1.3-diethers and an olefin polymer in a specific amount; (b) an aluminum alkyl compound and (c) an external electron donor (ED) compound, wherein components (b) and (c) being employed in amounts such that the Al/(ED) molar ratio ranges from about 2 to about 200.
US10730972B2
Disclosed are saturated cyclic monopolymers derived from hexyne, octyne, nonyne, pentadecyne and saturated cyclic copolymers derived from acetylene and a second alkyne monomer that is hexyne, octyne, nonyne, or pentadecyne.
US10730966B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards metal complexes that can be utilized to form polymers. As an example, the present disclosure provides a metal complex of Formula (I) wherein M is Zr, Hf, or Ti; each Het is independently a heterocyclic; each L is independently a bridging group; each X is independently Cl, Br, I, or alkyl; each R1 is independently selected from the group including hydrogen, alkyls, alkenyls, alkynyls, cycloalkyls, aryls, acyls, aroyls, alkoxys, aryloxys, alkylthiols, dialkylamines, alkylamidos, alkoxycarbonyls, aryloxycarbonyls, carbomoyls, alkyl- and dialkyl-carbamoyls, acyloxys, acylaminos, aroylaminos, aromatic rings, fused aromatic rings, and combinations thereof; and each n is independently an integer having a value of one to five.
US10730964B2
A method for preparing ammonium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate salt comprising reacting a secondary amine with an aldehyde to form an iminium ion; hydrogenating the iminium ion by reaction with a reducing agent to form a tertiary amine; reacting the tertiary amine with a mineral acid to form an amine salt; and reacting the amine salt with K[B(C6F5)4], Li[B(C6F5)4], or combinations thereof to form an ammonium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate salt, wherein the secondary amine is derived from a non-animal source and the aldehyde has seven or more carbon atoms; wherein the ammonium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate salt is characterized by a solubility at 25° C. in hexane, cyclohexane or methylcyclohexane of at least 10 weight percent; and wherein the tertiary amine has a molecular weight of at least 450 g/mole is provided.
US10730953B2
The present disclosure provides novel anti-PD-1 antibodies, compositions including the new antibodies, nucleic acids encoding the antibodies, and methods of making and using the same.
US10730952B2
The present disclosure relates to a multispecific molecule comprising a binding domain specific to the antigen CD45 and a binding domain specific to the antigen CD79a and/or CD79b, compositions comprising same and use of each in treatment, for example treatment of autoimmune disease.
US10730950B2
Provided herein are antibodies that specifically bind to GITR. Also described are related polynucleotides capable of encoding the provided GITR-specific antibodies or antigen-binding fragments, cells expressing the provided antibodies or antigen-binding fragments, as well as associated vectors and detectably labeled antibodies or antigen-binding fragments. In addition, methods of using the provided antibodies are described. For example, the provided antibodies may be used to enhance an immune response in a subject against cancer.
US10730940B2
The present invention relates to VEGF-binding agents, DLL4-binding agents, VEGF/DLL4 bispecific binding agents, and methods of using the agents for treating diseases such as cancer. The present invention provides antibodies that specifically bind human VEGF, antibodies that specifically bind human DLL4, and bispecific antibodies that specifically bind human VEGF and/or human DLL4. The present invention further provides methods of using the agents to inhibit tumor growth. Also described are methods of treating cancer comprising administering a therapeutically effect amount of an agent or antibody of the present invention to a patient having a tumor or cancer.
US10730932B2
Stable immunogens comprising portions of the inner domain (ID) of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV-1) gp120 protein are provided. These ID immunogens selectively present the gp120 C1/C2 region in its CD4-bound state within a minimal structure. These ID immunogens can be used to vaccinate subjects against infection with HIV, the causative agent of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). The immunogens can also be used as targets in screening to identify small molecule or peptide inhibitors that block HIV-1 viral entry and attachment steps, and as probes for identifying gp120 C1/C2 region-specific antibodies.
US10730921B2
Fusion peptide comprising: i) an amino acid sequence as defined in SEQ ID No.: 1 or a related homolog having at least 90% identity with SEQ ID No.: 1 and having the ability of the sequence SEQ ID No.: 1 to inhibit the kinase-independent function of PI3Kγ, and ii) a peptide having the ability to penetrate a cell.
US10730906B2
Disclosed is a method for the manufacture of a library of complexes. The complexes comprise templated molecules attached to the template which directed the synthesis thereof. The templated molecules are produced in a step-by-step fashion which provides for a high local concentration of reactive groups involved in the formation of connections between the individual components of the template molecule.
US10730899B2
The present disclosure is in relation to the field of nanotechnology and cancer therapeutics. In particular, the present disclosure relates to platinum based compounds comprising platinum moiety, linker moiety and lipid moiety and corresponding nanoparticles thereof. The disclosure further relates to synthesis of said platinum based compounds, nanoparticles and compositions comprising said platinum based compounds/nanoparticles. The disclosure also relates to methods of managing cancer by employing aforesaid carbene compounds, platinum based compounds, nanoparticles and compositions thereof.
US10730888B2
Processes for the preparation of dolutegravir and pharmaceutically acceptable salts utilizing alkenylamine are disclosed. Intermediates in those synthetic schemes are also disclosed.
US10730885B1
Coumarin derivatives are pyranocoumarins of formula 2 and coumarin-sulfonamides of formula 3, respectively, wherein R1 is 4-NO2C6H4 or 2-Furyl; R2 is CN or CONH2; R3 is NH2, NCHN(CH3)2 or NCHR6; R4 is Cl or CH3; R5 is SO2NHR7, H, OH, COCH3 or COC2H2R8; R6 is C6H5, 3,4,5-(CH3O)3C6H2 or 2,4-Cl2C6H3; R7 is H, 1,3-thiazole, or 1,3-diazine and R8 is 4-O2NC6H4, 4-CH3OC6H4, or 4-ClC6H4; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The coumarin derivatives and pharmaceutical compositions including one or more of such derivatives may by synthesized and used to treat or prevent inflammation or microbial infection, and to reduce levels of reactive oxidative species.
US10730884B2
The present invention concerns substituted indole compounds, methods to prevent or treat dengue viral infections by using said compounds and also relates to said compounds for use as a medicine, more preferably for use as a medicine to treat or prevent dengue viral infections. The present invention furthermore relates to pharmaceutical compositions or combination preparations of the compounds, to the compositions or preparations for use as a medicine, more preferably for the prevention or treatment of dengue viral infections. The invention also relates to processes for preparation of the compounds.
US10730883B2
The present disclosure relates to processes for preparing (3S,4R)-3-ethyl-4-(3H-imidazo[1,2-a]pyrrolo[2,3-e]pyrazin-8-yl)-N-(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)pyrrolidine-1-carboxamide, solid state forms thereof, and corresponding pharmaceutical compositions, methods of treatment (including treatment of rheumatoid arthritis), kits, methods of synthesis, and products-by-process.
US10730872B2
Compounds of formula (I) wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, and the agrochemically acceptable salts salts, stereoisomers, enantiomers, tautomers and N-oxides of those compounds, can be used as insecticides and can be prepared in a manner known per se.
US10730870B2
The present invention relates to bifunctional compounds, which find utility as modulators of targeted ubiquitination, especially inhibitors of a variety of polypeptides and other proteins which are degraded and/or otherwise inhibited by bifunctional compounds according to the present invention. In particular, the present invention is directed to compounds, which contain on one end a VHL ligand which binds to the ubiquitin ligase and on the other end a moiety which binds a target protein such that the target protein is placed in proximity to the ubiquitin ligase to effect degradation (and inhibition) of that protein. The present invention exhibits a broad range of pharmacological activities associated with compounds according to the present invention, consistent with the degradation/inhibition of targeted polypeptides.
US10730869B2
Present invention discloses a novel, commercially viable process for extraction of Alpha yohimbine from the bark, stem and leaves of Rauwolfia species. The extract is obtained by a precipitation method involving alternate steps of acidification and alkalization along with use of specific organic solvents. The extract gives higher yield of 7-8 fold as compared to other processes and without use of any column chromatography at all. Yield of alpha yohimbine from roots and leaves of Rauwolfia canescens by process of present invention was 0.017% and 0.4% respectively, indicating that leaves are a much better source. The HPLC analysis of the compound obtained indicated a purity of >90%.
US10730859B2
The present invention is relates to an improved process for the preparation of pazopanib or a pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The present invention also relates to novel polymorphic Forms of pazopanib hydrochloride, and its intermediates thereof.
