US10737380B2
The present invention relates to a metering robot for dispensing liquid and/or pasty media having three degrees of freedom of movement oriented perpendicular to one another, having a base having two first linear guides spaced apart in parallel from one another; a portal bridge that is supported in a travelable manner on the two linear guides and that has a second linear guide oriented perpendicular to the two first linear guides; and a third linear guide for the movable guiding of a cart for receiving a metering unit that is oriented perpendicular to the first and second linear guides and that is travelable along the second linear guide. The metering robot has a work space that extends in a region that is located in the longitudinal direction of the two first linear guides in a prolongation of the region that extends directly between the two first linear guides.
US10737373B2
A hammer drill comprises a drive mechanism including a spindle, a first ratchet coupled for co-rotation with the spindle, a second ratchet rotationally fixed to the housing, and a hammer lockout mechanism adjustable between a first mode and a second mode. The hammer drill further comprises a clutch adjustable between a first state and a second state. The hammer drill further comprises a collar rotatably coupled to the housing and movable between a first rotational position in which the hammer lockout mechanism is in the first mode and the clutch is in the first state, a second rotational position in which the hammer lockout mechanism is in the second mode and the clutch is in the first state, and a third rotational position in which the hammer lockout mechanism is in the second mode and the clutch is in the second state.
US10737359B2
Methods and systems for preparing a hole having an accurately controlled area in an orifice plate for a mass flow controller are provided. Methods involve forming an initial hole in the orifice plate. The initial hole has an opening having an initial area. The orifice plate comprises a material that can react to form a coating on the orifice plate. The coating occupies a greater volume than the material consumed to form the coating. The material of the orifice plate is reacted with a reactant to produce the coating and thereby produce a reduced area hole having an opening with a reduced area that is smaller than the initial area. The reduced area hole is measured. A determined amount of the coating is removed from at least the reduced area hole to produce a final hole in the orifice plate, wherein the reduced area is smaller than an opening area of the final hole.
US10737357B2
A brazing sheet is provided for use in brazing performed in an inert gas atmosphere both using flux and without using flux. The brazing sheet includes an aluminum-based core, an intermediate material layered on the core and being composed of an aluminum alloy that contains Mg: 0.40-3.0 mass %, and a filler metal layered on the intermediate material and being composed of an aluminum alloy that contains Si: 6.0-13.0 mass % and Mg: less than 0.050 mass %. The brazing sheet satisfies the formula below where M [mass %] is the Mg content in the intermediate material, ti [μm] is the thickness of the intermediate material, and tf [μm] is the thickness of the filler metal: tf≥10.15×ln(M×ti)+3.7.
US10737356B2
A bonding wire for a semiconductor device, characterized in that the bonding wire includes a Cu alloy core material and a Pd coating layer formed on a surface of the Cu alloy core material, the bonding wire contains an element that provides bonding reliability in a high-temperature environment, and a strength ratio defined by the following Equation (1) is 1.1 to 1.6: Strength ratio=ultimate strength/0.2% offset yield strength. (1)
US10737352B2
A process for producing a sputtering target in which a target material is diffusion-bonded to a top face of a backing plate material, the process comprising:a step of heating the top face of the target material by a hot plate while pressing from above thereby diffusion-bonding the target material to the backing plate material in such a manner that the step is performed at a center part prior to an outer peripheral part of the top face.
US10737350B2
A mechanism for releasing a pair of electrode caps from a pair of electrode cap holders of a spot welding gun. A rotatable member (11) which can be rotated about an axis (x) has an axially extended through cavity (19) with an inner cylindrical wall in which there are formed two axially spaced sets of niches (20, 21). The niches each have a curved axial wall (20c, 21c) with an eccentric profile relative to the axis of rotation (x). The niches of each set have depths and curvatures progressively increasing in a same circumferential direction. Two sets of gripping rollers (24, 25), partially received in the two sets of niches (20, 21), are provided for gripping two electrode caps (E) on a same welding gun.
US10737348B2
A battery powered welding system is provided. In one welding system a battery powered welder includes control circuitry configured to control a welding power output converted from power from an external battery power source. The battery powered welder also includes a wire drive assembly coupled to the control circuitry and configured to feed a welding wire using power from the external battery power source. The battery powered welder includes a case integrally supporting and enclosing the control circuitry and the wire drive assembly. The case is not configured to enclose the external battery power source.
US10737346B2
Provided is a welding robot mechanism that has: a welding robot having a touch sensing function; a welding power source for supplying welding power to the welding robot; and a control unit for controlling the welding robot, wherein the welding power source has a welding power source communication unit that receives detection signals with regard to control of the welding robot and the touch sensing, and transmits the detection signals outward. The control unit is linked to the welding power source communication unit via a serial bus communication wire. The detection signals comprise a mass of data including a detection data group designated as a first group and a detection data group designated as a second group, and is configured to read the detection data group designated as the first group in a shorter cycle than that for the detection data group designated as the second group. The detection data group designated as the first group includes a detection signal obtained by the touch sensing.
US10737344B2
A method of manufacturing a pallet for use during manufacture of a printed circuit board assembly includes determining optimal solder flow for establishing connections between lead pins of a plurality of pin-through-hole components arranged on a circuit board, designing a pallet to include geometries configured to provide the optimal solder flow when the pallet, supporting the circuit board thereon, is passed through a wave solder machine, and creating the pallet based on the design. Pallets configured for optimal solder flow and methods of manufacturing printed circuit board assemblies using such pallet are also provided.
US10737337B2
A milling tool is suggested having a base body (3), a central axis (M), and a front side (5), whereby at least two geometrically defined first front edges (9) that are arranged, respectively, at front side (5) of base body (3) exhibit a first edge section (13) facing central axis (M). Milling tool (1) distinguishes itself by the first edge sections (13) of the at least two front edges (9) being formed in an ascending fashion towards center axis (M), so that they form a centering tip (15), and that centering tip (15) is arranged in a recessed manner in an axial direction when compared with an axial outermost point (17) of at least two of the first front edges (9) (FIG. 1).
US10737330B2
A material rod feeding device for feeding material rods to a machine tool, includes a magazine for stocking the material rods and a guide means into which material rods to be processed can be fed from the magazine, one at a time. The feeding direction of a material rod from the magazine into the guide means, is transversely to the longitudinal axis of the material rod in the guide means. The guide means includes a support leg and an abutment leg for providing a variably modifiable receiving channel. The support leg provides a support surface of the receiving channel that is inclined in the feeding direction and relative to the horizontal. The abutment leg is movable along the inclination relative to the support leg, so that the variably modifiable receiving channel is formed between the two legs, into which the material rod to be processed can be fed onto the support surface. The support leg together with the abutment leg is vertically movable as a whole.
US10737329B2
The present disclosure relates to a bar loader and machine tool equipped with such bar loader, wherein the machine tool includes at least one workpiece spindle configured to receive an elongated workpiece, and the bar loader apparatus comprises, for each workpiece spindle of the machine tool being configured to move in a longitudinal direction being axially arranged with respect to the spindle axis of the respective workpiece spindle, a respective associated workpiece guide channel assembly for receiving and guiding a respective one of the elongated workpieces, and each respective workpiece guide channel assembly includes a fixed guide channel portion and at least one slidable guide channel portion, the at least one slidable guide channel portion being movable into the longitudinal direction of the spindle axis of the respective associated workpiece spindle.
US10737326B2
Provided is a metal 3D printer provided with a powder layer formation device for uniformly distributing a metal powder and forming a powder layer for each of a plurality of division layers obtained by horizontally dividing a three-dimensional object, a hermetically sealed chamber, a laser irradiation device for irradiating laser light to a predetermined irradiation region on each of the powder layers and forming a sintered layer, an inert gas supplying device for supplying an inert gas to the chamber and discharging fumes to the outside of the chamber, and a control device for issuing a command to start irradiation of the laser light to the laser light irradiation device after a standby time has elapsed that corresponds to a residual amount of fumes in the chamber, such that irradiation by the laser light at the necessary energy is unaffected.
US10737324B2
A method is disclosed for manufacturing a part via an additive manufacturing process. A solution is used which has a volatile component within which is suspended particles of a powdered material. The solution is heated until it at least one of begins boiling or is about to begin boiling. The heated solution is then deposited at least at one location on a substrate to help form a layer of the part. The volatile component then evaporates, leaving only the particles of powdered material. The particles are then heated to the melting point. The deposition and heating operations are repeated to successively form a plurality of layers for the part. The evaporation of the volatile component helps to cool the part.
US10737323B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for the formation of three-dimensional objects. A method for forming a three-dimensional object may comprise alternately and sequentially applying a stream comprising a binding substance to an area of a layer of powder material in a powder bed, and generating at least one perimeter of the three-dimensional object in the area. The stream may be applied in accordance with a model design of the three-dimensional object. The at least one perimeter may generated in accordance with the model design.
US10737320B2
The present invention relates to a high-purity tantalum powder and a preparation method therefore. The tantalum powder has a purity of more than 99.995%, as analyzed by GDMS. Preferably, the tantalum powder has an oxygen content of not more than 1000 ppm, a nitrogen content of not more than 50 ppm, a hydrogen content of not more than 20 ppm, a magnesium content of not more than 5 ppm, and an average particle diameter D50 of less than 25 μm.
US10737316B2
A method and apparatus for performing an assembly operation. A tool may be macro-positioned relative to an exterior of a fuselage assembly. The tool may be micro-positioned relative to a particular location on the exterior of the fuselage assembly. An end effector is removably associated with an external robotic device associated with an external mobile platform. The tool is removably associated with the end effector. An assembly operation may be performed at the particular location on the panel using the tool.
US10737307B2
A press forming method according to the present invention includes: a first forming step of forming the press formed part by using the first press forming tool having a line length in the cross-sectional direction of the joining portion contacting with a flange portion subjected to stretch flange deformation or a flange portion subjected to shrink flange deformation is a line length L1 in the cross-sectional direction that is shorter than a line length L2, where the line length L2 is a line length in a cross-sectional direction of the joining portion of the second press forming tool for making the product shape; and a second forming step of forming the press formed part in the product shape by crash forming by using the second press forming tool in which the line length in the cross-sectional direction of the joining portion is L2.
US10737304B2
A system for thermally servicing a solvent-refining column includes: a first solvent-refining column, a closed-loop water-steam system; a first heat-exchanger thermally coupling the closed-loop water-steam system to the top of the first solvent-refining column, a second heat-exchanger thermally coupling the closed-loop water-steam system to a bottom of the first solvent-refining column, and a compressor positioned between the first heat-exchanger and the second heat-exchanger. The first heat-exchanger boils pressurized water to steam by transferring first heat from the top of the first solvent-refining column to the closed-loop water- steam system. The compressor compresses the steam in the closed-loop water-steam system to a higher temperature. The second heat-exchanger provides second heat to the first solvent-refining column by condensing the steam at the bottom of the first solvent-refining column after compression by the compressor.
US10737303B2
A system includes a laser configured to conduct a cleaning cycle that includes producing a laser beam capable of cleaning a faying surface of each of a plurality of nutplates, and conducting a first pass to clean each of the faying surfaces, wherein the laser is at a first position having a first angle relative to an axis orthogonal to the faying surfaces during the first pass. The system also includes a nutplate tray configured to hold the plurality of nutplates such that each faying surface is oriented such that the laser beam is capable of contacting each faying surface at least once during the cleaning cycle.
US10737295B2
The piezoelectric element includes a piezoelectric composite including a plurality of piezoelectrics and a reaction product, and an electrode pair. The plurality of piezoelectrics is disposed in alignment at an interval of 1 to 10 μm. The aspect ratio of each of the piezoelectrics is 5 or higher. The reaction product is a reaction product of a crosslinkable epoxy resin composition containing an elastomer component, a crosslinkable epoxy resin, and a crosslinking agent. One or each of a number of epoxy groups per molecule of the crosslinkable epoxy resin and a crosslinking value of the crosslinking agent is 3 or more.
US10737288B2
An automatic spin coating system includes a dispensing assembly and a base assembly. The dispensing assembly comprises a dispensing device that contains a coating material, a pulley assembly, a drive gear, and a smooth wheel. The base assembly includes a coating plate for receiving the coating material, a chuck plate for securing the coating plate, a stepper pin capable of engaging the drive gear of the dispensing assembly, and an electric motor for spinning the chuck plate. The dispensing device further comprises a vessel assembly to provide immobilization of the dispensing device, and a tubing assembly to control the flow of the coating material. The dispensing device is connected to the pulley assembly, which in turn is connected to the drive gear and the smooth wheel. When the chuck plate spins, the stepper pin revolves and touches the drive gear so as to rotate the pulley assembly, and meanwhile, the coating material is dispensed and coated on the coating plate in different circles without overlap between circles. In one embodiment, the stepper pin has a gear with different sizes of teeth that allow different degrees of movements of the dispensing device. The coating material is then dispensed from a first circle to a second circle.
US10737286B2
Methods for simultaneously dispensing a first fluid pattern at a first dispense region with a first applicator and a second fluid pattern at a second dispense region with a second applicator. The first and second applicators are moved toward their respective dispense regions with a positioner. While dispensing, the second applicator is moved relative to the first applicator in a direction or directions parallel to a first axis, a second axis, and/or a third axis, the axes being mutually orthogonal. The first dispense region may be provided with a unique first tilt and/or a unique first contour relative to the reference plane and along the third axis. Systems for dispensing fluid include a primary positioner supporting a first applicator, and a secondary positioner coupled to the primary positioner and supporting a second applicator and configured to move the second applicator relative to the first applicator.
US10737284B2
An operator can interact with a user interface to input tire configuration information for a tires installed on an agricultural machine so that a control system of the machine can accurately apply information about the tires to display calculated parameters and/or control machine functions. In one aspect, the input could correspond to custom information for tires which the controller could use to derive tire dimensions, such as a rolling circumference of the tire, for calculating parameters. In another aspect, the input could correspond to a selection among several predetermined tire configurations. The controller can then apply the tire dimension to calculate one or more parameters, such as speed and/or distance traveled, for display, and/or to control various machine functions, such as an agricultural product application rate, steering, driveline and/or suspension control.
US10737283B2
A fluid separation apparatus includes a hydrocyclone (100) having an orifice (134) therein, a housing (202) disposed in the hydrocyclone and having a bore (204), a piston (240) disposed in the bore (204) of the housing (202), and a first annular seal (248) disposed between the housing (202) and the piston (240) and configured to restrict fluid communication between the housing (202) and the piston (240), wherein the piston (240) includes a passage (242) extending through the piston (240) and having a pin (254) coupled to a first end (240a) of the piston, the piston (240) being actuatable to move between a first position (260) where the pin (254) is clear of the orifice (134) of the hydrocyclone, and a second position where the pin (254) is disposed in the orifice (134), wherein, the piston (240) is configured such that as the piston is actuated from the first position to the second position, fluid is permitted to flow into the passage (242) of the piston (240) from the bore (204) of the housing (202).
US10737276B2
Disclosed herein is a novel method to fabricate magnetic silica nanomembranes using thin polymer cores based on silica deposition and self-wrinkling induced by thermal shrinkage. These micro- and nano-scale structures have vastly enlarged the specific area of silica, thus the magnetic silica nanomembranes can be used for solid phase extraction of nucleic acids. The magnetic silica nanomembranes are suitable for nucleic acid purification and isolation and demonstrated better performance than commercial particles in terms of nucleic acid recovery yield and integrity. In addition, the magnetic silica nanomembranes may have high nucleic acid capacity due to significantly enlarged specific surface area of silica. Methods of use and devices comprising the magnetic silica nanomembranes are also provided herein.
US10737274B2
A shredding apparatus for value documents, includes two mutually counter-rotatable roller-shaped cutting devices which are disposed opposite each other with reference to a transport path of the value documents to be shredded, in order to cut up the value documents transported along the transport path with the aid of the cutting edges into a multiplicity of value document shreds. A stripper is allocated to each of the cutting devices, which stripper has several stripper elements arranged parallel to each other, which stripper elements engage between the cutting edges of the respective cutting device in order to remove the value document shreds from the cutting edges. The shape of the stripper elements is chosen such that the stripper elements on the front side of the respective cutting device, the front side facing the transport path of the value documents, engage between the cutting edges of the respective cutting device.
US10737271B1
The present disclosure provides a reagent cartridge configured for use in an automated multi-module cell processing environment.
US10737268B2
Devices and methods are provided for the separation and dispensing of material using a microfluidic separation column connected via an exit channel to one or more sheath flow channels. The flow of separated material through the separation column is at least partially driven by a voltage potential between a first electrode within the separation column and a terminating electrode within at least one of the sheath flow channels. The separation column, exit channel, sheath flow channels, and electrodes are all within a single monolithic chip. The presence of an on-chip terminating electrode allows for separated material to be entrained in the sheath fluids and ejected onto a surface that can be non-conductive. The presence of multiple sheath flows allows for sheath flow fluids to have different compositions from one another, while reducing the occurrence of sheath flow fluids entering the separation column.
US10737267B2
A reagent cartridge including (a) a support having reservoirs; (b) a main channel within the support, the channel having first and second ends exiting the support; (c) a pump channel that connects to the main channel between the first and second ends; (d) a valve manifold in the support, including (i) a first passage at the first end of the main channel, (ii) a second passage at the second end of the main channel, (iii) a first master valve between the pump channel and the first end of the main channel, (iv) a second master valve between the pump channel and the second end of the main channel, and (v) reservoir valves for regulating flow from individual reservoirs to the main channel. The valves can be normally closed diaphragm valves formed by magnetic pistons attached to an elastomeric sheet that is sandwiched in the support.
US10737261B1
The present disclosure concerns embodiments of reversibly bonded devices that comprise a reversible bonding component. The reversible bonding component is able to exhibit strong adhesive properties so as to couple device components, but upon exposure to an energy source, the strong adhesive properties are weakened. By weakening the adhesive strength of the reversible bonding component, the device can be deconstructed to access internal biological samples for analysis and characterization.
US10737257B2
A honeycomb structure includes a porous partition wall defining a plurality of cells, wherein the plurality of cells include a first cell and a second cell, an open frontal area of the first cell on the first end face is larger than that of the second cell on the second end face, on the partition wall disposed to surround the at least one first cell, a protrusion which protrudes into the first cell is provided with, the first protrusion and the second protrusion are each disposed not to overlap with each other on extended lines in extending directions of the respective protrusions, and a protrusion height (H1) of the first protrusion and a protrusion height (H2) of the second protrusion are each equal to or more than 15% and equal to or less than 90% with respect to a mutual distance W of the partition walls facing each other.
US10737252B2
Provided are a novel form of AEI zeolite, a novel synthesis technique for producing pure phase AEI zeolite, a catalyst comprising the AEI zeolite in combination with a metal, and methods of using the same.
US10737250B2
The present disclosure provides a PdIn alloy catalyst including a carrier and Pd metal particles supported by the carrier, the carrier is a nitrogen-doped porous carbon composite material having a plurality of passages, Pd metal particles are distributed in the plurality of passages, the nitrogen-doped porous carbon composite material includes a nitrogen-doped porous carbon material, a plurality of indium oxide particles, and In metal particles. The In metal particles are exposed through the plurality of passages, the plurality of indium oxide particles are uniformly distributed in the nitrogen-doped porous carbon material, and In atoms of the In metal particles migrated to surfaces of Pd particles selectively occupy edge and corner positions of metal lattice of Pd metal particles. The present disclosure further provides a method for manufacturing the PdIn alloy catalyst and application thereof.
US10737248B2
A hydroprocessing catalyst or catalyst precursor has been developed. The catalyst is a crystalline transition metal tungstate material or metal sulfides derived therefrom. The hydroprocessing using the crystalline ammonia transition metal tungstate material may include hydrodenitrification, hydrodesulfurization, hydrodemetallation, hydrodesilication, hydrodearomatization, hydroisomerization, hydrotreating, hydrofining, and hydrocracking.
US10737244B2
A catalyst for a selective conversion of hydrocarbons. The catalyst includes a first component selected from the group consisting of Group VIII noble metals and mixtures thereof, a second component selected from the group consisting of alkali metals or alkaline-earth metals and mixtures thereof, and a third component selected from the group consisting of tin, germanium, lead, indium, gallium, thallium and mixtures thereof. The catalyst is a support formed as a spherical catalyst particle with an average pore diameter between 200 to 350 Angstroms, a porosity of at least 75% and an apparent bulk density between 0.60 and 0.3 g/cc. Also, a process of using such a catalyst for a selective hydrocarbon conversion reaction and a process for regenerating such a catalyst by removing coke from same.
US10737243B2
A catalyst comprising palladium, a porous support comprising at least one refractory oxide selected from the group constituted by silica, alumina and silica-alumina, the palladium content in the catalyst being in the range 0.01% to 2% by weight with respect to the total catalyst weight, at least 80% by weight of the palladium being distributed in a crust at the periphery of said support, the thickness of said crust being in the range 20 to 100 μm, characterized in that said support is in the form of an extrudate and in that said support comprises a specific surface area in the range 165 to 250 m2/g.
US10737238B2
A ceramsite produced by using a river/lake/sea sludge and seashell powder as raw materials and a preparation method thereof are provided. The ceramsite is made of the following raw materials in parts by weight: 15-50 parts of shell powder, 5-15 parts of kaolin, 1-5 parts of peat ash, 15-30 parts of siliceous shale, 15-40 parts of furnace slag, 10-20 parts of fly ash, 15-40 parts of zeolite, 10-30 parts of river/lake/sea sludge, and 10-25 parts of peat. The shell powder is pulverized to a particle size of 60-200 mesh in fineness. A content of silica in the siliceous shale is 87.0%-89.5%. The preparation method of the ceramsite includes the following steps: taking raw materials, pulverizing, stirring, granulating, calcining, and naturally cooling, so as to obtain the ceramsite.
US10737231B2
A method for manufacturing an aerogel sheet according to the present invention includes: a step (a) of preparing a blanket having a plate shape; a step (b) of mixing silica sol with gelling catalyst to prepare a silica sol precursor; and a step (c) of injecting the silica sol precursor prepared in the step (b) to a surface of the blanket prepared in the step (a) through an injection device to gelate the silica sol precursor, wherein, in the step (c), the injection device injects the silica sol precursor while moving from one side to the other side of the surface of the blanket.
US10737228B2
Disclosed are mixing apparatus adapted to provide mixing of components in an automated analyzer. The mixing apparatus includes a reservoir configured to contain a coupling liquid, a transducer configured to be driven at a frequency and communicate with the coupling liquid, and a signal generation unit configured to provide a phase modulatable drive signal to the transducer. In some embodiments, improved patient sample and reagent mixing may be provided. Systems and methods are provided, as are other aspects.
US10737213B2
In one embodiment, a carbon dioxide capturing system includes an absorber configured to include a first contact portion that brings a combustion exhaust gas containing carbon dioxide into contact with an absorbing liquid containing an amine compound, cause the absorbing liquid to absorb at least a portion of the carbon dioxide in the combustion exhaust gas at the first contact portion, and release the combustion exhaust gas. The system further includes a washing apparatus configured to include a second contact portion that brings the combustion exhaust gas released from the first contact portion of the absorber into contact with a washing liquid, and configured such that the combustion exhaust gas and the washing liquid are individually fed to an upstream side of the second contact portion.
US10737208B2
Radial seal filter assemblies and filter cartridges are described. According to various embodiments, a filter includes a housing that extends along an axis between first and second axial ends. A primary filter element is disposed in the housing and axially extends between first and second axial ends that respectively are adjacent the first and second axial ends of the housing, the primary filter element has a hollow interior and a first axial length. A secondary filter element is disposed in the hollow interior of the primary filter element, the secondary filter element having a second axial length, the second axial length being longer than the first axial length of the primary filter element. The filter further includes an end cap disposed on the second axial end of the primary filter element.
US10737205B2
A filter cartridge can be used in a filter assembly for a system in an in tank filter for a hydraulic return filter. The filter assembly includes a safety construction to ensure that a cover is not place over the bowl of the filter assembly, without a filter cartridge mounted therein. The safety construction includes a lock arrangement on the cover member arrangement, cooperating with a flange on the tank. Methods of servicing use steps to lock and unlock the lock arrangement.
US10737202B2
A combined hopper and shaker assembly which can be used at least in processing excavation or other remains. The assembly features a hopper that can be pivoted (through operation of a hoist/sling) to cause the contents of the hopper to be fed via gravity through an exit chute onto the shaker. The hopper includes splash guards or sidewalls on the portions thereof that are proximate the pivot axis and an internal shape along the exit chute so as to guide the contents of the hopper toward the exit chute.
US10737198B2
Purified and modified Cannabis products and methods for producing the same. The purified Cannabis product comprises substantially no volatile organic compounds while retaining Total Potential cannabinoid content. The modified Cannabis product comprises a purified Cannabis product modified by at least one added volatile unsaturated hydrocarbon. The modified Cannabis product is formed by extracting a volatile organic compound from a Cannabis raw material to form a purified Cannabis product, and then adding the at least one volatile unsaturated hydrocarbon to the purified Cannabis product to form the modified Cannabis product and cause an enhanced user experience during combustion and inhalation of the modified Cannabis product.
US10737195B2
A system and method for producing substantially anhydrous ethanol, methanol or other volatile chemicals includes: (a) a first distillation stripping column or column set with overhead vapors compressed using mechanical vapor recompression to strip off a weak ethanol overheads; (b) a second distillation rectifying column having a higher operating temperature than the stripping column; (c) a dehydration means in fluid communication with the rectifying column; (d) reboiler for the stripping column which partially condenses the vapor from the mechanical vapor recompression, (e) a trim condenser which completes the condensing of the vapor/liquid mix of the reboiler, (f) a heat recovery circuit which condenses the rectifying column overheads and molecular sieve dry ethanol condenser and (g) a heat exchange to transfer the recovered heat of (f) to the first distillation stripping column reboiler feed.
US10737192B1
A construction blocks assembly set is provided. The construction block assembly set has a plurality of generally flat boxes which may be folded into generally cube, rectangle, prisms or other shaped boxes. The boxes may be easily folded and secured in the folded orientation (cube, prism, etc) without the need for tape or other securing devices. Openings on the boxes allow for a clip to be inserted into in order to secure multiple boxes together to form a fort, a house, a clubhouse, a storefront, a castle building or other structure.
US10737189B2
A balloon comprises a printed display. The printed display comprises: a printed image layer; a blocking layer provided behind selected portions of the printed image layer; and a diffusion layer provided behind at least those portions of the printed image layer not backed by the blocking layer. The blocking layer acts to block illumination of portions of the printed image layer, such that the printed display provides a different appearance when lit primarily from inside the balloon to when lit primarily from outside the balloon.
US10737182B2
A method of using, computer software implementing, and a system for allowing a fantasy sports contest application to provide to a user the ability to substitute bench players for active players prior to or during a corresponding live game. The method is implemented by computer software executed on a system comprising plurality of computers, including: a user interface, a player performance stats tracking mechanism configured to track stats from each player's game, a game clock reader that reads a game clock from each player's game, a database configured to store game clock times and player stats, including player active and inactive statuses, a substitution mechanism configured to substitute a bench player for an active player, a point tallying mechanism configured to tally points based on active player stats, and a stats projection update mechanism configured to provide real-time player stats projection updates.
US10737176B2
Disclosed is a video game program for causing a computer to realize an acquisition function of acquiring replay data for reproducing play contents already ended of a user in a game space in which a plurality of characters including a player character of the user appear, an image generation function of generating a replay image to be displayed on a display based on the acquired replay data, and a selection function of selecting one or more characters from among the plurality of characters as a focus character based on a selection operation on an operator by the user. In the image generation function, the replay image is generated in a display format for the focus character.
US10737175B2
A mobile and adaptable fitness system allows a fitness device to be used to control an application running on a host device. The system includes one or more controllers, a motion sensing device, and a host device. The hand controllers may be mounted on the handlebars of the fitness device or held in a user's hands and include buttons that the user can press. The motion sensing device may be mounted on the user or on a moving part of the fitness device and contains sensors that capture motion performed by the user. The host device receives input data from the hand controllers and the motion sensing device and generates an activity vector representing the intensity at which the user performs a fitness activity. Based on the activity vector, the host device controls an object in an application, such as a character, based on the input data.
US10737174B2
An electronic gaming machine (EGM) includes a display having a display surface configured to provide stereoscopic 3D viewing of at least a portion of the game. The portion of the game includes a 3D interface element. The EGM further includes a locating sensor that generates an electronic signal based on a player's location in a sensing space. The EGM includes an ultrasonic emitter configured to emit an ultrasonic field. At least a portion of the ultrasonic field is located in the sensing space. The EGM also includes one or more processors configured to: identify a location of one or more player features based on the electrical signal from the locating sensor; determine that the location of the player features is associated with the 3D interface element; and control one or more of the ultrasonic emitters based on the identified location to provide tactile feedback to the player.
US10737168B2
The invention relates to a leg pad for a hockey player. The leg pad extends along a longitudinal axis and comprises an upper portion, a bottom portion and a band. The upper portion has a knee cap for covering a knee joint of the player. The bottom portion has an upper shell for covering a substantial part of a shin of the hockey player and a lower shell for at least partially covering the shin and ankle of the hockey player. The band extends along part of a periphery of the upper shell and part of a periphery of the lower shell. The band interconnects the upper shell and the lower shell to one another wherein the lower shell is movable relative to the upper shell between a first position and a second position in response to flexion of the ankle.
US10737157B2
A sporting implement, such as a blade for a hockey stick, may include an outer layer, a core, and a recovery gel positioned between the core and the outer layer. The recovery gel can form a film, and the recovery gel can be compressible, shape recoverable, and pressurized to a predetermined pressure. The recovery gel can be configured to provide an integrated agent for filling cracks that appear during use of the blade. The recovery gel can be configured to absorb energy impacts between the outer layer and the core. When a crack appears, the predetermined pressure can be relieved inside the crack and fills a cavity formed by the crack to provide cohesion between the outer layer and the core to recreate a new material in the place of the crack. The recovery gel can be configured to help prevent cracks from propagating and actively heals potential damages by reducing stiffness loss caused by cracks.
US10737147B2
Embodiments of golf club face plates with internal cell lattices are presented herein. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein.
US10737125B2
A fall arrest device comprises a guide for a track member which, in use, passes through the device, a cam member including a cam portion, and a clutch responsive to at least one of the relative speed and relative acceleration of the fall arrest device and the track member. The clutch serves to determine when the relative speed and/or acceleration is at least a predetermined value. The clutch includes a trigger arm connecting to the cam member so as to move the cam portion of the cam member toward the guide so as to lock the track member between the cam member and the guide when at least the predetermined value is attained.
US10737123B2
Methods for treating and managing pain in a patient with therapeutic neuromodulation and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. Chronic or debilitating pain can be associated, for example, with a disease or condition of the abdominal or reproductive viscera. One aspect of the present technology is directed to methods that at least partially inhibit sympathetic neural activity in nerves proximate a target blood vessel of a diseased or damaged organ of a patient experiencing pain. Targeted sympathetic nerve activity can be modulated at least along afferent pathways which can improve a measurable parameter associated with the pain of the patient The modulation can be achieved, for example, using an intravascularly positioned catheter carrying a therapeutic assembly, e.g., a therapeutic assembly configured to use electrically-induced, thermally-induced, and/or chemically-induced approaches to modulate the target sympathetic nerve.
US10737119B2
This disclosure is related to an apparatus and method for commissioning or performing a quality assurance (QA) verification of a radiation therapy (RT) device. The device may comprise: (a) a motorised water phantom; (b) a RT controller configured for obtaining operation parameters of fields, and causing the RT device to emit a beam according to said operations parameters; (c) a QA controller having a memory for storing a measurements plan, the measurements plan including data defining a sequence of fields, and d) a reference radiation detector adapted and positioned for intercepting said radiation beam and for measuring the dose rate of said radiation beam. The reference radiation detector may be substantially transparent to the radiation beam. The QA controller may include an acquisition interface for acquiring and storing the dose rate from the reference radiation detector. The device may also include a processor configured to check the synchronism between the dose rate from the field radiation detector and the dose rate from the reference radiation detector.
US10737117B2
A medical apparatus according to an embodiment includes an acquirer, an identifier, an output controller, a display controller, and an input operation acquirer. The acquirer acquires a fluoroscopic image of a object from an imager which performs imaging by irradiating the object with an electromagnetic wave to generate the fluoroscopic image. The identifier identifies a target position of the object in the fluoroscopic image. The output controller outputs an irradiation permission signal to a therapeutic device which irradiates the object with a therapeutic beam when the target position identified by the identifier is settled within an irradiation permission range. The display controller causes a display to display an interface image for receiving an instruction to start each of a preparation stage of a therapy and an irradiation stage of the therapeutic beam. The input operation acquirer acquires details of an input operation performed by a user in the interface image.
US10737111B2
Methods and systems for performing optogenetics using X-rays or ultrasound waves are provided. Visible-light-emitting nanophosphors can be provided to a sample, and X-ray stimulation can be used to stimulate the nanophosphors to emit visible light. Alternatively, ultrasonic waves can be provided to the sample to cause sonoluminescence, also resulting in emission of visible light, and this can be aided by the use of a chemiluminescent agent present in the sample. The emitted light can trigger changes in proteins that modulate membrane potentials in neuronal cells.
US10737110B2
A light therapy apparatus is described that includes a housing, a laser mounted in the interior of the housing, and a control circuit that controls the laser according to a control program. The housing includes an opening extending through a first surface of the housing from an interior of the housing. The first surface is perpendicular to the bottom of the housing. The laser is mounted in the interior of the housing so as to output laser light in a direction perpendicular to the bottom of the housing, and the housing and the laser are arranged so that eyes of a user are shielded from direct contact with the laser light output by the laser by the laser light output from the laser being indirectly output through the opening.
US10737106B2
A radio frequency annular phased array hyperthermia system providing a heated focal zone with a diameter of 3 cm or less in a tissue mass includes a plurality of at least 42 radio frequency energy applicators in three rings adapted to surround the tissue mass. A bolus having a dielectric constant is positioned between the energy applicators and the tissue mass. The energy applicators operate at a frequency of at least about 900 MHz. to create the heated focal zone. The circumferential spacing between adjacent applicators in each ring is less than a critical distance and spacing between adjacent side by side rings is also less than a critical distance with such critical distances being interdependent on the frequency of the energy radiated, the dielectric constant of the bolus, the size of the bolus, and the size of the tissue mass.
US10737098B2
An ear-piece assembly includes (i) an antenna portion enclosing a transmitting antenna configured to send one or more input signals containing electrical energy to a passive implantable neural stimulator device such that the passive implantable neural stimulator generates one or more stimulation pulses suitable for stimulating a neural structure in the craniofacial region solely using the electrical energy in the input signals; and (ii) an enclosure coupled to the antenna portion, wherein enclosure is sized and shaped to be mounted on a helix portion of an ear such that, when worn by a patient, weight from the enclosure is distributed over the helix portion of the ear for the enclosure to rest thereon, wherein the enclosure includes (i) a controller module configured to provide the one or more input signals to the transmitting antenna, and (ii) a battery adapted to provide energy to the ear-piece assembly.
US10737096B1
This disclosure relates to methods for modifying neural activity by applying electrical current to a neural tissue, e.g., in a transcranial DC stimulation procedure (tDCS), a transcranial AC stimulation procedure (tACS), a transcranial random noise stimulation procedure (tRNS), a deep brain stimulation procedure (DBS), a transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation procedure (TENS), or the like. Historically, computed potential, electrical field, and/or current density distributions have been used to select the locations of the electrodes that apply the electrical current. In the present disclosure, a computed charge distribution on the bounding surface of one or more sulci filled with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is used in selecting the electrode locations. In one embodiment, the sulcus's bounding surface is divided into pixels and each pixel's charge is determined by the pixel functioning as a sensor for the charges surrounding it, including the charges of other pixels and the charges on the electrodes.
US10737094B2
Devices, systems and methods of neurostimulation for treating obstructive sleep apnea.
US10737082B2
The present invention concerns delivery of agents to the skin. Methods for delivering agents such as bioactive agents are contemplated by the present invention. Specifically. methods for delivering an agent to one or more areas of the epidermis and, thereby, to the lymphatic system are described.
US10737080B2
An apparatus and related method provide an effective treatment of skin itch and skin rash, primarily for the scalp. The apparatus may be utilized on the scalp of an individual applied between rows of tightly braided hair. The apparatus may apply a therapeutic treatment such as a moisturizing treatment directly to the scalp while being used to relieve the scalp of the itch.
US10737075B2
The present invention is an inflatable balloon which is enclosed by an expandable cover which becomes increasingly porous/permeable during expansion. The balloon is coated or enclosed with a matrix which contains a pharmaceutically active agent. During expansion of the balloon, the pharmaceutically active agent is released or extruded through the expandable cover into a body cavity such as an artery or vein. The present invention also provides for a method of treating a disease or condition by delivering the inflatable balloon to a particular body cavity.
US10737074B2
A balloon catheter includes a one-piece extrusion having inner and outer tubular walls, where the inner tubular wall defines a wire guide lumen, and a clearance extending between the inner and outer tubular walls forms an inflation lumen. A balloon is attached to the outer tubular wall and to the inner tubular wall, such that the inflation lumen is in fluid communication with the balloon and the wire guide lumen extends through the balloon. A method of making the balloon catheter is also disclosed.
US10737073B2
Articulation devices and methods include balloon arrays interacting with elongate skeletal support structures so as to locally alter articulation of the skeleton. The skeleton may include a helical coil, and the array can be under control of a processor. Inflation fluid may be directed to the balloons from an inflation system including valves controlled by the processor. The articulation structures can be employed in minimally invasive medical catheter systems.
US10737071B2
In some examples, a splittable sheath includes a sheath body defining a lumen configured to receive an expandable balloon of a catheter, and a tab extending from a proximal end or a distal end of the sheath body. The tab includes a major surface having an outer edge defining a serpentine shape. Outward movement of the tab relative to a central longitudinal axis of the sheath body causes splitting of the sheath body.
US10737067B2
A catheter body of a guiding catheter configured to be introduced into the renal artery, the catheter body including a plurality of abutting portions abutting at least two sites of the inner wall of the aorta on the abdominal side relative to the heart when the distal portion is disposed in the renal artery. A method for using a guiding catheter for the renal artery including providing the guiding catheter for the renal artery; inserting the guiding catheter from an artery in the arm and disposing a distal portion of the guiding catheter in the renal artery via the aorta; and causing the plurality of abutting portions to abut the inner wall of sections further on the abdominal side than the heart, in the aorta.
US10737064B1
A balloon catheter is provided, which includes a balloon guide tube, a balloon moving part, and a bending adjustment part for bending an end of the balloon guide tube, wherein the bending adjustment part includes first and second wires of which one ends are fixed to a ring part, respectively, and a steering handle to which the other ends of the first and second wires are fixed, the central portion of the steering handle is positioned on an extension line from a center line of the balloon guide tube, the other ends of the first and second wires are respectively inserted into wire guide holes of the steering handle formed at a same distance from the central portion of the steering handle, and a plane formed by the first and second wires is perpendicular to the central portion of the steering handle.
US10737062B2
The present invention is a catheter actuation handle for deflecting a distal end of a tubular catheter body, the handle including an auto-locking mechanism. The handle comprises upper and lower grip portions, an actuator, and an auto-locking mechanism. The auto-locking mechanism is adapted to hold a deflected distal end of the catheter in place without input from the operator. When the distal end of the catheter is deflected from its zero position, it typically will seek a return to its zero position, and as a result exerts a force on the actuator. The auto-locking mechanism acts by providing a second force that resists this force from the distal end and holds the distal end in place. As a result, the operator does not need to maintain contact with the buttons to maintain the distal end 18 in a set position once placed there by actuating the actuator.
US10737060B2
A hub assembly for connection to a medical device having a built in strain relief. The hub assembly may comprise a hub body having a proximal end and a distal end. A lumen may extend from the proximal end to the distal end of the hub body. The distal end of the hub body may have a rounded surface. The rounded surface may have a radius of curvature of greater than 1 millimeter.
US10737058B2
A dispensing device to deliver a multiple component material to a location in vivo, the device including a manifold having proximal and distal ends and multiple separate lumens within it, connectable on its proximal end to multiple syringes for containing the multiple component material, a distal tip assembly including a tip connector having separate side-by-side lumens within the tip connector and optionally a dispensing tip, and multiple flexible side-by-side cannulae, each having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal ends of the cannulae each connected to a separate lumen at the distal end of the manifold, and the distal ends of the cannulae each connected to one of the side-by-side lumens of the tip connector, establishing a fluid communication between the manifold and the distal tip assembly, wherein the side-by-side cannulae are optionally partially connected along their length and are split at their proximal and distal ends.
US10737057B1
A medical syringe with at least three ports, in conjunction with a urinary catheter, can be used for closed manual irrigation of a bladder. The three syringe ports are located on a port body. Each of the three syringe ports can be manually selected by rotating a barrel that has a closed end located inside the cup-shaped port body. Rotation of the barrel inside the port body occurs about an axis that is aligned with the central axis of the hollow cylindrical barrel. The system is configured to selectively fill the syringe with an input fluid, irrigate the bladder by passing fluid into and out of the urinary catheter, and drain bladder contents into a drainage vessel without ever needing to remove the syringe from the catheter.
US10737052B2
A fluid coupling member includes a housing having an interior and an exterior, the interior of the housing defining an airflow path through the fluid coupling member, a valve member pivotally attached to the interior of the housing, and at least one protrusion formed on the valve member or the housing. The at least one protrusion is structured to prevent the valve member from becoming stuck in a downward folded position against the housing.
US10737043B2
An inhaler device configured to consume an accumulated capacity to contribute to generation of aerosol or aerosol imparted with flavor, a sensor configured to detect a predefined variable, an interface configured to make a notification to an inhaler of the aerosol, and a controller configured to cause the interface to function in a first mode when a detected or estimated capacity is smaller than a threshold and the variable satisfies a predefined condition for requesting the generation of the aerosol.
US10737042B2
A thermally modulating inhalable medicament delivery device may deliver an inhalable medicament as an aerosol, vapor, or partial aerosol and partial vapor mixture. The inhalable medicament may be delivered to a target in a subject. Described herein are devices, systems, and methods for delivering an inhalable medicament to a subject.
US10737038B2
An insulin infusion system is provided with a manual insertion device having a dual retraction spring (230) configuration for automatic introducer needle (222) retraction. A button (200) of the insertion device is used to insert the introducer needle (222) and catheter (202), and once the introducer needle (222) and catheter (202) have been fully inserted, a rotating engagement releases the dual retraction springs (230) such that the introducer needle (222) automatically retracts, leaving the catheter (202) in the body of the user. An end of the introducer needle (222) remains in the inserted catheter (202) and/or in the septum (206) of the inserted catheter (202) to provide an uninterrupted fluid path.
US10737021B2
Disclosed is a medical system having a cartridge and an inserter. The cartridge includes a housing having an interior volume with a first guide within the interior volume. A cradle is disposed within the interior volume and is configured for mounting a medical appliance. The cradle includes a subcutaneous element and an insertion needle. The insertion needle is configured for being actuated to insert the subcutaneous element into a subject. The inserter includes a second guide configured to mate with the housing of the cartridge, and the first guide and second guide are configured to cooperate to guide the inserter into the interior volume along a guiding path defined by the first guide. The inserter is configured to removably attach to the cradle when guided into the interior volume. An insertion assembly is provided for actuating the insertion needle to insert the subcutaneous element into the subject.
US10737016B2
Ambulatory infusion pumps, medicament reservoirs, and plungers, including both dynamic and static seals, plus related components, as well as component combinations and related methods.
US10737011B2
An apparatus for extracorporeal treatment of blood including a filtration unit, a blood withdrawal line, a blood return line, an effluent fluid line, a dilution fluid line connected to the blood withdrawal line, and a dialysis fluid line. Pumps act on the fluid lines for regulating the flow of fluid. A control unit sets initial values for a fluid flow rate(s) through the lines and periodically executes a flow rate update procedure to adjust the fluid flow rate(s) to deliver a set dose (Dset) in a reference time interval.
US10737007B2
A patient adapter for connecting a driveline cable between an implantable blood pump and a controller. The patient adapter provides a sufficiently large form factor to make connecting ends of a driveline cable easy for patients who lack dexterity or have unclear vision. The patient adapter includes an adapter body that defines a central lumen that extends through an entire length of the adapter body. The central lumen is configured to receive an end of a percutaneous end connector of the driveline cable and an end of a controller end connector of the driveline cable. The patient adapter includes a first mating feature configured to engage a corresponding feature of the percutaneous end connector and a second mating feature configured to engage a corresponding feature of the controller end connector. A thickness of the adapter body is greatest at a position proximate the controller end connector.
US10737000B2
A sensor for use in a canister for fluid collection, the canister having a canister top and defining a fluid collection chamber. The sensor includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The first electrode includes a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion of the first electrode is supported by the canister top, and the second portion of the first electrode is configured to extend into the fluid collection chamber. The second electrode includes a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion of the second electrode is supported by the canister top, and the second portion of the second electrode is configured to extend into the fluid collection chamber. The sensor also includes an electric circuit configured to detect an electrical property associated with the first and second electrodes.
US10736997B2
Aspects include methods of fabricating antibacterial surfaces for medical implant devices including patterning a photoresist layer on a silicon substrate and etching the silicon to generate a plurality of nanopillars. Aspects also include removing the photoresist layer from the structure and coating the plurality of nanopillars with a biocompatible film. Aspects also include a system for preventing bacterial infection associated with medical implants including a thin silicon film including a plurality of nanopillars.
US10736994B2
A composite dura substitute implant for implantation at a dura defect site having a porous layer that provides an osteoconductive scaffold for bony ingrowth, a porous layer that provides a scaffold for regeneration of collagen at a dura surface, and an intervening layer for preventing cerebrospinal leakage is disclosed. The composite dura substitute implant facilitates regeneration of dura mater and promotes osteointegration with bony tissue. Methods of manufacturing such an implant and methods of treatment using such composite dura substitute implants are further disclosed.
US10736992B2
The invention provides methods and compositions for making and using collagen-glycosaminoglycan three-dimensional scaffolds immobilized with biomolecules that are spatially and temporally patterned. The method comprises adding benzophenone to a collagen-glycosaminoglycan three dimensional scaffold in the dark; adding one or more biomolecules to one or more areas of the collagen-glycosaminoglycan three-dimensional scaffold (which can be done optionally in the dark or in the light); and exposing the collagen-2glycosaminoglycan three-dimensional scaffold to light at a wavelength of about 350 to about 365 nm.
US10736980B2
An ultraviolet sterilization device includes a processing chamber that houses a subject of sterilization and a light source that irradiates an interior of the processing chamber with ultraviolet light. A wall of the processing chamber has a stack structure including a first layer made of a fluororesin material and a second layer made of an ultraviolet reflective material, the first layer being provided on the inner side of the processing chamber. The light source includes an aluminum gallium nitride (AlGaN) based ultraviolet light emitting device.
US10736979B2
A sterilization device includes: a treatment chamber with a discharge valve provided on a downstream side of the treatment chamber; a light source that irradiates a fluid stored temporarily in the treatment chamber with ultraviolet light; and a heat exchange chamber connected to an upstream side of the treatment chamber via a gate valve. The heat exchange chamber is thermally connected to the light source. The sterilization device may further include a heat pipe that thermally connects the light source and the heat exchange chamber. The heat pipe may be provided to extend vertically upward from the light source toward the heat exchange chamber.
US10736978B2
A small, hands free, portable, rechargeable, waterproof, UV-C light emitting disinfection device. The disinfection device has a durable outer housing that holds an array of externally facing Ultraviolet C spectrum (UV-C) Light Emitting (LEDs) that emit light within the germicidal range of the Ultraviolet C spectrum or between the wavelength(λ) range of 200 nm to 280 nm. The disinfection unit can be deployed in a water bottle, backpack bladder, water jug, or any suitable container to disinfect water or other liquids.
US10736977B2
Indicator systems and methods associated with high intensity narrow spectrum light are provided. In one example embodiment, a lighting system can include one or more high intensity narrow spectrum (HINS) light sources configured to emit HINS light. The system can further include an indicator circuit configured to provide at least one indicator associated with one or more parameters of the HINS light and/or operational performance of the HINS light sources.
US10736973B2
Provided are methods and formulations for imaging at least one body region of a subject, employing a glucose analog resistant or inactive to phosphrylation, or which is not a substrate for hexokinase.
US10736967B2
Aspects of the disclosure feature a method that comprises preparing an agent-cyclodextrin complex. Preparing the agent-cyclodextrin complex includes contacting a first composition comprising an agent with a porous cyclodextrin-metal organic framework to form a second composition comprising an agent-cyclodextrin-metal organic framework complex, the cyclodextrin-metal organic framework including a plurality of cyclodextrin molecules and at least one metal cation. Preparing the agent-cyclodextrin complex also includes dissolving the agent-cyclodextrin-metal organic framework complex in an aqueous solvent to form a third composition including the agent-cyclodextrin complex.
US10736962B2
The present disclosure relates generally to the fields of oncology, virology and immunotherapy. It concerns poxviruses, specifically the highly attenuated modified vaccinia virus Ankara (MVA), and a recombinant modified vaccinia Ankara virus with deletion of vaccinia virulence factor E3 (MVAΔE3L), each further modified to express human Fms-like tyrosine kinase 3 ligand (Flt3L) or GM-CSF. The disclosure relates to use of the foregoing recombinant viruses as cancer immunotherapeutic agents. The foregoing recombinant poxviruses can also be used in combination with immune checkpoint blockade therapy.
US10736961B2
A method of averting opioid addiction in a patient is disclosed. The method can be applied to a patient suffering from moderate to severe low back pain (LBP). The method comprises: diagnosing the patient as suffering from low back; administering to the patient a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of an antibody that binds specifically to nerve growth factor (NGF) or an antigen binding fragment thereof; and avoiding administration of an opioid to the patient, and thereby relieving pain, and averting opioid addiction in a patient.
US10736957B2
Described herein are in vitro-transcribed (IVT) RNA molecules comprising, a 5′ cap structure, a coding region encoding an antigen polypeptide, an immunostimulatory RNA sequence, and a poly(A) tail.
US10736954B2
The present invention relates to an immunogenic polypeptide comprising a multitude of human papillomavirus (HPV) L2 N-terminal peptides corresponding to amino acids 20 to 50 of the L2 polypeptide of HPV16, wherein said HPV L2 N-terminal peptides are L2 N-terminal peptides from at least two different HPV genotypes. The present invention also relates to said immunogenic polypeptide for use in medicine and for use in vaccination against HPV infection. Moreover, the present invention relates to a polynucleotide encoding the immunogenic polypeptide and to a host cell comprising the same. Moreover, the present invention relates to kits, methods, and uses related to the immunogenic polypeptide of the invention.
US10736952B2
The invention is directed to vaccines comprising capsular polysaccharides conjugated to one or more components of virus like particles (VLP), and methods for the administration of and methods for the manufacture of vaccines of the invention. Preferably vaccines of the invention generate a therapeutically effective response in an individual in need thereof to multiple strains and/or serotypes of the same or of different infectious agents. Preferably such vaccines generate a therapeutically effective immune response to all pathogenic strains and/or serotypes of the same infectious agent. In particular, the invention is directed to methods and compositions for the cost efficient administration of a vaccine to a patient in need thereof exposing the patient's immune system to only the immunogenic components that are likely to be beneficial for the generation of a protective immunological response, both efficacy and safety are increased and cost effectively.
US10736950B2
The invention relates to prophylaxis and therapy of cancer. In particular there is provided a protein Tryptophan2,3-di-oxygenase (TDO) or peptide fragments here of that are capable of eliciting anti-cancer immune responses. Specifically, the invention relates to the use of TDO or peptides derived thereof or TDO specific T-cells for treatment of cancer. The invention thus relates to an anti-cancer vaccine which optionally may be used in combination with other immunotherapies and to TDO specific T-cells adoptively transferred or induced in vivo by vaccination as a treatment of cancer. It is an aspect of the invention that the medicaments herein provided may be used in combination with cancer chemotherapy treatment. A further aspect relates to the prophylaxis and therapy of infections by the same means as described above.
US10736947B2
The present invention relates to a strain of Neospora caninum for use in treating cancer or infectious diseases.
US10736946B2
Compositions and methods for treating or preventing S. aureus infections are provided. The compositions can be formulated as pharmaceutical compositions or as disinfectants, sanitizers, detergents or antiseptics, and can be used to eradicate or reduce S. aureus populations and thereby treat or prevent infection by S. aureus. The compositions include one or more digestive enzymes, e.g., one or more protease, lipases, and amylases. Methods of use of the compositions are also provided.
US10736931B2
The present disclosure describes pharmaceutical compositions and methods for reducing duration, intensity, and/or bothersomeness of common colds in humans and for reducing severity or duration of common cold symptoms such as nasal congestion, runny nose, watery eyes, dry/scratchy throat and sneezing in humans exhibiting such symptoms. The compositions herein comprise extracts of at least one of Luffa Operculata (L. operculata), S. officinale (V. sabadilla), and Galphimia Glauca (G. glauca) in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and in various embodiments, comprise a mixture of all three Luffa Operculata (L. operculata) 10% extract MT, S. officinale (V. sabadilla) 3× extract, and Galphimia Glauca (G. glauca) 10% extract MT in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
US10736929B2
The present invention relates to a method for preparing an herbal composition with increased fat-soluble polyphenols, an herbal composition prepared by the method, and a use of the composition. The herbal composition with increased fat-soluble polyphenols of the present invention is characterized by the significantly increased content of fat-soluble polyphenols including decursin, compared with the herbal composition of comparative example, and also demonstrates a significant anti-oxidative activity, immune cell activating effect, and cancer cell growth inhibitory effect, significantly reduces renal toxicity and liver toxicity induced by the anticancer agent cisplatin back so as to be almost normal condition, and significantly inhibits the intestinal crypt loss caused by irradiation, compared with the herbal composition of comparative example. Therefore, the herbal composition with increased fat-soluble polyphenols of the present invention can be effectively used as a composition for cancer treatment, an anti-cancer adjuvant, a composition for enhancing immune function, a composition for protecting a living body, and a composition for preventing side effects of cancer treatment.
US10736923B2
A method for generating chondrocytes and/or cartilage, optionally articular like non-hypertrophic chondrocyte cells and/or cartilage like tissue and/or hypertrophic chondrocyte like cells and/or cartilage like tissue, the method comprising: a. culturing a primitive streak-like mesoderm population, optionally a CD56+, PDGFRalpha+ KDR− primitive streak-like mesoderm population, with a paraxial mesoderm specifying cocktail comprising: i. a FGF agonist; ii. a BMP inhibitor; optionally Noggin, LDN-193189, Dorsomorphin; and iii. optionally one or more of a TGFbeta inhibitor, optionally SB431524; and a Wnt inhibitor, optionally DKK1, IWP2, or XAV939; to specify a paraxial mesoderm population expressing cell surface CD73, CD105 and/or PDGFR-beta; b. generating a chondrocyte precursor population comprising: i. culturing the paraxial mesoderm population expressing CD73, CD105 and/or PDGFR-beta at a high cell density optionally in serum free or serum containing media; ii. culturing the high cell density CD73+, CD105+ and/or PDGFRbeta+ paraxial mesoderm population with a TGFbeta3 agonist in serum free media to produce a high cell density Sox9+, collagen 2+ chondrocyte precursor population; and c. either i. culturing the high cell density Sox9+, collagen 2+ chondrocyte precursor population with the TGFbeta3 agonist for an extended period of time to produce an articular like non-hypertrophic chondrocyte cells and/or cartilage like tissue; or ii. culturing the high cell density Sox9+ collagen2+ chondrocyte precursor population with a BMP4 agonist for an extended period of time to produce a hypertrophic chondrocyte like cells and/or cartilage like tissue.
US10736920B2
A PDL1 block CAR-T transgenic vector for suppressing immune escape includes: AmpR sequence containing ampicillin resistance gene (SEQ ID NO: 1); prokaryotic replicon pUC Ori sequence (SEQ ID NO: 2); virus replicon SV40 Ori sequence (SEQ ID NO: 3); eWPRE enhanced posttranscriptional regulatory element of hepatitis B virus (SEQ ID NO: 11); human EF1a promoter (SEQ ID NO: 12); lentiviral packaging cis-elements for lentiviral packaging; humanized single-chain antibody fragment PDL1scFv1 (SEQ ID NO: 21), PDL1scFv2 (SEQ ID NO: 22), or PDL1scFv3 (SEQ ID NO: 23) of human PDL1; IRES ribosome binding sequence (SEQ ID NO: 25); IL6 signal peptide (SEQ ID NO: 26); human antibody Fc segment (SEQ ID NO: 27); and chimeric antigen receptors of the second or third generation CAR for integrating recognition, transmission and initiation. A preparation method of the PDL1 block CAR-T transgenic vector and an application thereof in a preparation of anti-immune escape drugs.
US10736915B2
Non-natural oligomers have recently shown promise as functional analogues of lung surfactant proteins B and C (SP-B and SP-C), two helical and amphiphilic proteins that are critical for normal respiration. The generation of non-natural mimics of SP-B and SP-C has previously been restricted to step-by-step, sequence-specific synthesis, which results in discrete oligomers that are intended to manifest specific structural attributes. Presented herein an alternative approach to SP-B mimicry that is based on sequence-random copolymers containing cationic and lipophilic subunits. These materials, members of the nylon-3 family, are prepared by ring-opening polymerization of β-lactams. The best of the nylon-3 polymers display promising in vitro surfactant activities in a mixed lipid film. Pulsating bubble surfactometry data indicate that films containing the most surface-active polymers attain adsorptive and dynamic-cycling properties that surpass those of discrete peptides intended to mimic SP-B. Attachment of an N-terminal octadecanoyl unit to the nylon-3 copolymers affords further improvements by reducing the percent surface area compression to reach low minimum surface tension.
US10736909B2
The present disclosure discloses trehalose for use in treatment of neurological disorders, wherein the trehalose is for a single daily administration with the daily dose between about 0.25 to about 12.5 g/kg/day. The daily dose may be about 2.67 g/kg/day. A method for treating a neurological disorders is disclosed which involves administering trehalose to a subject as a single daily administration with a daily dose between about 0.25 to about 12.5 g/kg/day and in an embodiment of this method the daily dose is about 2.67 g/kg/day. Also disclosed herein is the use of trehalose in the manufacture of a medicament for treatment of neurological disorders, wherein the trehalose is formulated as a single daily dose with the trehalose present in the medicament in an amount of between about 0.25 to about 12.5 g/kg/day. In an embodiment the daily dose is about 2.67 g/kg/day. The present disclosure provides a pharmaceutical composition for treating neurological disorders, comprising a daily dose of trehalose, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier wherein the daily dose of the trehalose is between about 0.25 to about 12.5 g/kg. The trehalose may be formulated as part of a foodstuff.
US10736902B2
A method of treating a patient suffering from TNBC by a multidisciplinary method involving treating the patient with a plurality of the following treatments: i) one or more checkpoint inhibitors; ii) hyperthermia treatment; iii) low dose chemotherapy; iv) Interleukin-2 (IL-2); and v) a compound selected from the group consisting of taurolidine, taurultam, oxathiazin-like compounds, and combinations thereof.
US10736899B2
Provided herein are Purine Compounds of Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, tautomers, isotopologues, or stereoisomers thereof, wherein R1, R2, and R3 are as defined herein, compositions comprising an effective amount of a Purine Compound, and methods for treating or preventing malaria comprising the administration of an effective amount of a Purine Compound.
US10736898B2
Disclosed herein are tricyclic compounds, including thieno[2,3-d:4,5-d′]dipyrimidin-4-amine and pyrido[4′,3′:4,5]thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidin-8-amine compounds, which may be useful as positive allosteric modulators of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M4 (mAChR M4). Also disclosed herein are methods of making the compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with muscarinic acetylcholine receptor dysfunction using the compounds and compositions.
US10736896B2
The present application relates to novel substituted 5-fluoro-1H-pyrazolopyridines, to processes for their preparation, to their use alone or in combinations for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, and to their use for producing medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of cardiovascular disorders.
US10736895B2
Disclosed herein are methods and uses of cerdulatinib for treating diseases or conditions, including hematological cancers, and combinations of cerdulatinib for treating such diseases or conditions.
US10736892B2
Disclosed are methods and compositions for modulating cancer stem cells. More particularly, the present invention discloses the use of protein kinase C theta inhibitors (PKC-θ) for inhibiting the growth of PKC-θ-overexpressing cells including cancer stem cells, for enhancing the biological effects of chemotherapeutic drugs or irradiation on cancer cells, for treating cancer, including metastatic cancer and/or for preventing cancer recurrence.
US10736880B2
Methods and compositions are provided for treating and preventing preterm labor using liposome encapsulated tocolytic agents, such as indomethacin. In certain aspects, targeted liposomes are provided that allow delivery of tocolytic agents directly to the uterus, such as by targeting to the oxytocin receptor.
US10736872B1
A pharmaceutical composition in a physiological dose for a mammal is used for reducing vascular calcification caused due to statin consumption. The composition contains mixture 1 and statin. The mixture 1 contains combination of the Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B3, Vitamin B5, Vitamin B6, Vitamin B12, Folic acid, Biotin, L-carnitine and Betaine. The mixture 1 can be used as a stand-alone product with or without statin.
US10736863B2
Described herein are methods of inhibiting or reversing the progression of cataract formation or presbyopia in an eye by administering a bifunctional molecule comprising a substituted or unsubstituted amine, succinimide, carboxylic acid, isocyanate, isothiocyanate, sulfonyl chloride, aldehyde, carbodiimide, acyl azide, anhydride, fluorobenzene, carbonate, N-hydroxysuccinimide ester, imidoester, epoxide or fluorophenyl ester covalently linked to a molecular bristle. Both presbyopia and cataracts are caused by aggregation of the soluble crystalline lens proteins called the crystallins.
US10736862B2
The invention relates to a method for producing an extract containing hydroxycinnamic acids, characterised in that the method uses one or more vegetable waste products from the production of vegetable food products as a raw material, and comprising the following steps: a) selecting at least one waste product from at least one specific vegetable; b) extracting the hydroxycinnamic acids present in the waste product; c) separating the main liquid phase containing the extracted compounds from the solids; d) clarifying the liquid phase produced in step c); and e) concentrating the clarified liquid phase. The invention also relates to the extract produced via this production method, and the formulations containing this extract.
US10736859B2
The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods of manufacturing the same, comprising a eutectic of Cyclobenzaprine HCl and mannitol or Amitriptyline HCl and mannitol.
US10736858B2
The invention provides methods and compositions for preventing or treating (e.g., slowing the progression of, arresting, and/or reversing) calciphylaxis in a subject in need thereof and, more particularly, the invention relates to methods of using menaquinone-7 (MK-7) and/or menaquinol-7 (MKH2-7) for preventing or treating calciphylaxis in a subject with one or more of the following: diabetes, chronic kidney disease, end stage renal failure, and COPD or a subject undergoing hemodialysis and/or receiving anticoagulant therapy and/or statin therapy.
US10736856B2
The use of xibornol as a virucidal agent is described in the prophylactic or therapeutic treatment of an infection caused by one or more viruses, said viruses comprising at least one of human Adenovirus, human Rhinovirus, human Coronavirus, and a combination thereof.
US10736833B1
The invention discloses an oil-free additive for hair and scalp conditioning, which includes the following ingredients in percentage: 50% pure water, 5% sodium stearoyl lactylate, 10% vitamin E, 10% histidine, 1.5% anhydroxylitol, 3.5% hydrolyzed wheat protein, 7% allantoin, 5% hydrolyzed albumen and 8% carnosine. The invention has following characteristics: 1. It is the first oil-free formula in the field of hair care, so related products produced with the additive will not block hair follicles on scalps, thus leaving no residue and bringing no burden to hair care; 2. It can effectively reduce chemical damages occurred during hair perming and dyeing, and neutralize chemical residue; 3. Being non-irritating and corrosion preventing, it neutralizes residual calcium compounds in the hair, calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate, thereby inhibiting hair splitting effectively; 4. It can greatly reduce adverse effects of organic compounds on human skin and hair, and play a role of preventing alopecia and oxidation, moisturizing and protecting skin from sun exposure. In addition, it is completely biodegradable and environment-friendly.
US10736829B2
The present invention relates primarily to the use of certain hydroxybenzoic acid amides or the salts or mixtures thereof for masking an unpleasant taste impression, preferably of a bitter, adstringent, dusty, dry, floury, rancid, metallic and/or cardboard taste or aftertaste, of one or more unpleasant-tasting peptides or of certain amino acid mixtures. The invention further relates to a corresponding method for masking unpleasant taste impressions and to novel preparations.
US10736807B2
An inversion apparatus includes a support frame configured to movably support an inversion table. The support frame includes a forwardly extending foot platform that helps a user mount and dismount the apparatus when the apparatus is in an operative configuration. A cover is selectively mounted on top of the inversion table to provide padding and/or a low-friction sliding surface. A lumbar support is preferably connected to the inversion table to overlie a portion of the cover.
US10736801B2
A wheelchair includes a chair frame mechanism and two pedal mechanisms. The chair frame mechanism includes a frame body and two pedal-mounting rods. The pedal mechanisms are respectively mounted to the pedal-mounting rods. Each of the pedal mechanisms includes a pivot unit sleeved on the corresponding pedal-mounting rod and having has a guide groove, a positioning unit mounted to the corresponding pedal-mounting rod and engaging the guide groove, and a pedal unit mounted to the pivot unit.
US10736799B1
A power assist apparatus that converts a hand-propelled wheelchair to a motorized wheelchair without the use of tools or mounting brackets. The apparatus has a frame, a battery, a control mechanism, a pair of motorized sections at each end of the frame and an outrigger assembly, pivot mechanism and position sensor associated with each motorized section. The motorized sections each have a wheelmotor and a wheel. The outrigger assemblies have arms that support the drive wheels of the wheelchair above the surface to be traversed. The position sensors determine pivoting movement of the outrigger assemblies in response to rotation of the drive wheels by the occupant and transmit positional data to the control mechanism, which sends control information to operate the motors and move the apparatus and wheelchair in the direction indicated by the drive wheels, thereby controlling movement of the apparatus in the same manner as the non-motorized wheelchair.
US10736783B1
A dispensing assembly has a forward positioning section, an intermediate storage section, and a rearward operational section. The forward positioning section has an exterior end in a semi-spherical configuration with a forward passageway. The intermediate storage section has a storage chamber for fluid medication whereby the fluid medication may be fed through the forward passageway and out of the exterior end of the forward positioning section. A door in the intermediate storage section facilitates the addition of fluid medication. A piston is in the intermediate storage section. The rearward operational section drives the piston axially within the storage chamber whereby fluid medication in the storage chamber may be fed through the forward passageway and out of the exterior end of the positioning section into the ear of the pet.
US10736777B2
A surgical device and procedure are provided for smoothly and easily accessing tissue to perform microsurgery, including a capsulotomy of a lens capsule of an eye. The device includes a handpiece with a tip for insertion into an incision in the cornea of the eye. A sliding element is disposed within the handpiece and a suction cup is mounted to the sliding element. The sliding element can be translated to move the suction cup into and out of the handpiece. A compression mechanism associated with the suction cup and the handpiece compresses the suction cup for deployment through the tip of the handpiece. The suction cup can expand inside the anterior chamber into a cutting position on the lens capsule. A cutting element mounted to the suction cup is used to cut a portion of the lens capsule and to remove the portion from the eye. The cutting element may be mounted to a cutting element support structure in a way that prevents heating of the device.
US10736770B2
According to one embodiment, an apparatus for improved breathing is provided. The apparatus may include an improved oral appliance, an improved mask, an improved coupler to couple an oral appliance to a mask, and/or a combination of these improvements.
US10736762B2
A delivery device according to principles described herein includes a catheter having three concentric shafts including an inner core, an outer sheath over the inner core and an outer support shaft at least partially extending over the inner core and the outer sheath. A timing belt having a plurality of belt teeth on a surface of the timing belt is coupled to an outer sheath over a medical device or stent on the inner core such that movement of the timing belt link causes movement of the outer sheath from its position over the medical device or stent. The delivery device is actuated by rotation of a thumbwheel a thumbwheel coupled to a barrel having a plurality of teeth such that rotation of the thumbwheel causes movement of the barrel such that the barrel teeth engage the belt teeth to cause movement of the timing belt causing movement of the outer sheath.
US10736748B2
An orthopaedic prosthetic includes a femoral component including a pair of condyles spaced apart to define an intercondylar notch. A tibial component includes a tray and a platform pivotally coupled to the tray. A modular insert is configured to be selectively coupled to the femoral component to couple the femoral component to the tibial component.
US10736739B2
A heart valve system, the system including a radially self-expandable tubular body, a valve, and a tubular fabric. The tubular body having an inflow end and an outflow end. The valve being coupled to the tubular body and including a plurality of valve leaflets. The fabric being disposed on an outer surface of the tubular body, and the fabric having an inflow end and an outflow end, Furthermore, the outflow end of the fabric being directly connected to an outer circumferential edge of the valve.
US10736733B2
A system and method for inserting an intraocular lens in a patient's eye includes a light source for generating a light beam, a scanner for deflecting the light beam to form an enclosed treatment pattern that includes a registration feature, and a delivery system for delivering the enclosed treatment pattern to target tissue in the patient's eye to form an enclosed incision therein having the registration feature. An intraocular lens is placed within the enclosed incision, wherein the intraocular lens has a registration feature that engages with the registration feature of the enclosed incision. Alternately, the scanner can make a separate registration incision for a post that is connected to the intraocular lens via a strut member.
US10736730B2
A vascular graft configured for occluding a vasculature of a patient including a biocompatible polymeric textile structure formed of a plurality of filaments spaced to enable blood flow through spaces between the filaments. The textile structure forms a tubular body having a first longitudinally extending opening. An inner element has a proximal end and a distal end, the inner element composed of an open pitched metal coil having a second longitudinally extending opening and is positioned within the longitudinally extending opening of the textile structure.
US10736719B2
Disclosed is a tooth replacement forming device (10) comprising an abutment on or to which a dental structure made of dental material, especially ceramics, can be fastened. The abutment is mounted on the implant using a detachable connection, in particular a screw connection, the abutment being provided with an implant connection, a collar, and a tubular portion to be connected to the dental structure. The disclosed device (10) is characterized in that a surrounding auxiliary element made of a residue-free material is arranged in such a way as to rest against the tubular portion.
US10736716B2
The present invention relates to orthodontic positioning appliances and related methods. An appliance in accordance with the present invention has teeth receiving cavities shaped to receive and apply a resilient positioning force to the patient's teeth. At least one of the cavities of the appliance includes a portion shaped to compensate for non-elastic deformation due to use of the appliance.
US10736712B2
The invention relates to a clamping device for clamping a cylindrical instrument shank, in particular, a dental instrument, the clamping device including a spring-loaded element for holding the instrument shank, a hollow shaft for transmitting a rotational movement, and a plunger, with the spring-loaded element being designed as a sleeve with a cylindrical wall, a first opening and a second opening; and the wall having cut-outs. The spring-loaded element, the shaft and the plunger have axes of rotation that are arranged coaxially; the shaft protrudes at least partially into the first opening of the spring-loaded element; and the plunger protrudes at least partially into the second opening of the spring-loaded element.
US10736706B2
Generally, a sterile adapter for use in robotic surgery may include a frame configured to be interposed between a tool driver and a surgical tool, a plate assembly coupled to the frame, and at least one rotatable coupler supported by the plate assembly and configured to communicate torque from an output drive of the tool driver to an input drive of the surgical tool.
US10736705B2
Generally, a system for use in a robotic surgical system may be used to determine an attachment state between a tool driver, sterile adapter, and surgical tool of the system. The system may include sensors used to generate attachment data corresponding to the attachment state. The attachment state may be used to control operation of the tool driver and surgical tool. In some variations, one or more of the attachment states may be visually output to an operator using one or more of the tool driver, sterile adapter, and surgical tool. In some variations, the tool driver and surgical tool may include electronic communication devices configured to be in close proximity when the surgical tool is attached to the sterile adapter and tool driver.
US10736702B2
Various surgical tools are provided with multi-axis articulation joints and with the ability to rotate distal to the joint. In one embodiment, a surgical tool is provided having an elongate shaft with an end effector disposed at a distal end of the elongate shaft. The end effector can have first and second jaws configured to grasp tissue and a sled or cutting element configured to advance through the jaws and cut tissue therein. A multi-axis articulation joint can be formed on the shaft or between the shaft and the end effector. The joint can allow articulation of the end effector in multiple directions. The end effector can be configured to rotate distal to the multi-axis articulation joint about a longitudinal axis of the elongate shaft. Methods for allowing rotation and articulation of the end effector are also provided.
US10736700B2
A method and system provide a surgical system including a foot pedal and at least one pressure sensor. The foot pedal has a first axis and a second axis. The first axis and the second axis intersect and are oriented at a nonzero angle. The pressure sensor(s) are coupled with the foot pedal. The pressure sensor(s) sense at least one rotation of the foot pedal around the first axis and the second axis. The pressure sensor(s) provide at least one output based on the rotation(s).
US10736697B2
Methods, systems and devices for pre-operatively planned shoulder surgery guides and implants. Pre-operative planning methods for designing a shoulder surgery guide based on considerations of multiple factors affecting the outcome of shoulder surgery. Methods of using surgery guides and implants in patients undergoing shoulder surgery.
US10736679B2
A locking clip for retaining a fastener in a bone fixation plate, the locking clip comprising a flexure member and a body member coupled to the flexure member, the body member comprising a locking tab, the locking tab configured to provide an axial limitation to motion of the fastener in a non-rotationally-ratcheting manner, the flexure member resiliently flexible to permit displacement of the locking tab to allow passage of a fastener head of the fastener, the locking tab configured to translate a downward force of the fastener head into a lateral spreading force to effect the displacement, the body member defining a clip tool engagement cavity for translational displacement of the locking tab.
US10736676B2
An implant kit has an adapter having a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal axis extending from the first and to the second end, wherein the first end is configured for removably receiving and engaging an implant and the second end is configured for removably coupling to a driver shaft of an implant driving tool, and an implant preloaded into the first end of the adapter, the implant having an elongated threaded portion; and a blade portion extending from the elongated threaded portion, and having two serrated edges, wherein the blade portion is received in the first end of the adapter and the elongated threaded portion of the implant is coaxially aligned with the longitudinal axis of the adapter.
US10736658B2
An access channel for access to a body cavity through a natural orifice including: a variable length unobstructed channel including: a rigid cannula having a distal opening configured to fit through an incision in a wall of the orifice; a rigid tubular extension for the cannula; a distal opening of the extension fitting to a proximal opening of the cannula and joining a lumen of the cannula to a lumen of the extension to form the variable length channel between the distal opening of the cannula and a proximal opening of the extension; the extension sliding longitudinally with respect to the cannula to extend and contract a length of the variable length channel by at least 25% of a maximal length of the channel; wherein a cross section of the channel has a long dimension at least twice a short dimension of the cross section.
US10736651B2
A platform device for material excision or removal from vascular structures for either handheld or stereotactic table use may comprise a work element or elements configured to selectively open and close at least one articulable beak or scoopula configured to penetrate and remove intra-vascular materials or obstructions, or follow a central lumen of another device or over a wire in a longitudinal direction. Flush and vacuum tissue transport mechanisms may be incorporated. A single tube or an inner sheath and an outer sheath which may be co-axially disposed relative to a work element may be configured to actuate a beak or beaks or scoopulas and provisions for simultaneous beak or scoopula closing under rotation may be incorporated.
US10736650B2
A device (1) has an extraction bag (5) to receive a preparation (29) that is detached using an electrosurgical cutting loop (6, 6′) in a body cavity (27). The extraction bag (5) can be extended out of a distal opening (10) of an insertion tube (3). The cutting loop (6, 6′) is flexible and can be extended out of the insertion tube (3) together with the extraction bag (5). The cutting loop (6, 6′) is adjacent a first bag opening (9) and adjacent a first loop (8′). The cutting loop (6, 6′) has an exposed non-insulated electrically conductive cutting region (14, 14′) at the distal end (13, 13′) of the loop, and an insulated region (15, 15′) outside of the cutting region (14, 14′). The extraction bag (5) has at least one second closable bag opening (17) at the end facing away from the first bag opening (9).
US10736649B2
Disclosed is an ultrasonic surgical instrument comprising a transducer base plate, first and second piezoelectric elements positioned on opposite faces of the transducer base plate. The transducer base plate is coupled to a waveguide. The waveguide is electrically coupled to the first and second piezoelectric elements by a conductive adhesive. The first and second piezoelectric elements are electrically coupled to an ultrasonic signal generator through an electrode. A thermal conductor conducts thermal energy away from the first and second piezoelectric elements. Also disclosed is a method of fabricating such an ultrasonic surgical instrument.
US10736648B2
A surgical instrument has an ultrasonic blade that connects to a distal end of an ultrasonic waveguide. A clamp arm assembly is moveable from an opened position for receiving a tissue, toward a closed position for clamping the tissue. A clamp arm actuator connected to the clamp arm assembly directs the clamp arm assembly from the opened position toward the closed position. An outer sheath surrounds at least a portion of the ultrasonic waveguide. The outer sheath includes a cover removably received against a sheath body, and a sheath securement feature able to detachably couple the cover to the sheath body such that the cover can be detached from the sheath body for accessing the ultrasonic waveguide within the outer sheath.
US10736641B2
A guide and method useful in cutting and rejoining bones is presented. The guide is particularly useful in performing an osteotomy of a long bone adjacent a joint such as a hand or foot.
US10736626B2
A tissue clip for adjoining tissues including a body portion, a biasing mechanism interconnecting the body portion to a tissue grasping mechanism, the grasping mechanism having a first condition wherein the grasping mechanism is extending against and away from the body portion and a second condition wherein the grasping mechanism is biased against the body portion. A tissue clip and deployer combination. A method of interconnecting tissue by deploying the tissue clip, puncturing tissue to be interconnected with the tissue clip, and interconnecting the tissue. A method of treating an aneurism by deploying the tissue clip at an aneurism site, closing off the aneurism site with the tissue clip, and treating the aneurism. A method of imaging a surgical procedure with ultrasound by modifying a surface of a metal surgical instrument, and imaging the metal surgical instrument with ultrasound during a surgical procedure.
US10736624B2
A surgical suturing device is disclosed. The surgical suturing device has a forked guide tip having a plurality of legs, wherein each of the plurality of legs comprises a proximal end, an anatomical variation, and a distal end. A method of chord replacement for a heart valve is also disclosed. A suture is placed in a papillary muscle using a surgical suturing device having a forked guide tip and a papillary suture. A leaflet suture is placed in a leaflet. The papillary suture and the leaflet suture are loaded in a suture fastener from opposite directions in a coaxial fashion. The length of the papillary suture and/or the leaflet suture are adjusted relative to the suture fastener to achieve a desired replacement chord length. The suture fastener is attached to the papillary suture and the leaflet suture to lock the desired replacement chord length.
US10736623B2
A suturing device include a handle, an elongate body, an actuator, and a needle holder. The elongate body connects with the handle. The actuator interacts with the elongate body and is operable between a first operating position and a second operating position. The actuator includes a manually operated member including an operator contact surface. The needle holder extends away from a distal end portion or is provided as part of the distal end portion of the elongate body. The needle holder includes a distal end section having a distal-most tip and defining a needle passage and a distal opening adjacent the distal-most tip. The needle passage is configured to receive at least a portion of an associated needle when the actuator is in the first operating position. The needle holder and the elongate body are rotatable with respect to the handle about a rotational axis.
US10736622B2
An apparatus for performing ankle syndesmosis repairs includes, inter alia, a first button, a second button, and a suture connecting the first button and the second button. The first button and the second button are stainless steel buttons. At least one of the first button and the second button is oblong. The suture includes multiple strands that extend between the first button and the second button. A first free end of the suture is tensionable to shorten a length of the suture between the first button and the second button and thereby move the first button and the second button closer together.
US10736620B2
Soft anchor constructs and methods for soft tissue to bone repairs. The soft anchors may be knotted or knotless constructs. The soft anchors include a body formed of various soft materials (including, but not limited to, suture) and provided in various shapes and configurations that confer the anchors the ability to be easily inserted within bone tunnels or sockets and be bunched up within the bone tunnels or sockets. At least one closed loop or soft eyelet is attached to the soft anchor to allow additional sliding strands and/or shuttle/pull devices (suture passing devices) to pass through the eyelet and aid in the knotted or knotless fixation of tissue to bone.
US10736619B2
Some embodiments of the present invention include a suture anchor with both knotless and knotted suture attachment capabilities, as well as methods for loading the suture in knotless and knotted configurations. Some embodiments of the present invention include a suture anchor with an inner implant body with a spreader that slides in relation to an outer expandable collar, such that pushing the expandable collar distally with an inserter causes the spreader to expand the collar against the surrounding bone to secure the suture anchor in place. Such embodiments may also include a detachment or breakaway feature between the inserter and the suture anchor to permit separation after anchor deployment. Some embodiments of the present invention include methods for deploying such suture anchors and expanding the expandable collars and/or detaching the inserter tools. Embodiments of the present invention may be used in various orthopedic applications such as, for example, shoulder repair.
US10736613B2
A tissue sampling device including a flexible sheath, a cannula inserted into the sheath so as to be movable back and forth and punctured into body tissue, and an operation unit provided on a proximal end side of the sheath to move the cannula back and forth, wherein the cannula has a distal end part including a slit extending from a distal end opening toward a proximal end side.
US10736604B2
Disclosed are systems and methods using ultrasound to predict if a patient's cardiac stroke volume will increase with a fluid bolus. Ultrasound measures are taken before administering a fluid bolus, including measurement of the left ventricular outflow tract velocity time integral (LVOT VTI), and venous measurements of the internal jugular vein. Data collected from such ultrasound scan is then used to predict the patient's cardiac volume response in the event that a fluid bolus is administered to that patient.
US10736600B2
An X-ray imaging detector comprises at least one wireless transceiver configured to download study data from at least one external server, a digital image sensor configured to generate a plurality of signals in response to x-rays incident on the imaging detector, and at least one processor communicatively coupled to the imaging detector and the radio. The at least one processor is configured to receive the plurality of signals and generate a digital representation of an x-ray image based on the plurality of signals and associate the digital representation to the study data.
US10736598B2
An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry extracts a fixed object included in chronologically collected X-ray images and having a substantially fixed position. The processing circuitry detects a target object included in each of the X-ray images, on the basis of extraction results of the fixed object. The processing circuitry generates a plurality of corrected images by a correction process to substantially match, with a reference position, the detected position of the target object in an X-ray image other than a reference X-ray image, the reference position being the detected position of the target object in the reference X-ray image.
US10736592B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing complex reality three-dimensional images and a system for same, the method comprising: (a) a step for determining first reality three-dimensional spatial coordinates for a three-dimensional image of a human body; (b) a step for determining second reality three-dimensional spatial coordinates for an image of an item of medical equipment; (c) a step for obtaining a three-dimensional image of the area surrounding the medical equipment, from an imaging means in the medical equipment, and determining third reality three-dimensional spatial coordinates for said image; (d) a step for examining an image that is at the same coordinates in the three kinds of three-dimensional spatial coordinates; and (e) a step for producing a complex reality three-dimensional image by selecting the one image that is at the same coordinates, if there is one image at the same coordinates, or selecting the necessary image or images from among a plurality of images, if there are multiple images at the same coordinates.
US10736580B2
An optical circuit detects PPG signals reflected from skin tissue at one or more different wavelengths. A processing circuit integrated in the biosensor or in communication with the biosensor identifies an insulin release event using the a first PPG signal at a first wavelength and second PPG signal at a second wavelength. A correlation function is performed on the first and second PPG signals during the insulin release. The correlation is used to determine a relative change in diameter of vessels during the insulin release event and determine vascular health in response to the relative change.
US10736578B2
A system for monitoring autoregulation includes an oxygen saturation sensor configured to obtain an oxygen saturation signal indicative of an oxygen saturation of a patient. The system also includes a controller having a processor configured to receive a blood pressure signal indicative of a blood pressure of the patient and the oxygen saturation signal, determine a change in the oxygen saturation signal and a change in the blood pressure signal over a period of time, and provide an indication that the patient's autoregulation is intact if the oxygen saturation changes by more than an oxygen saturation threshold and if the blood pressure changes by less than a blood pressure threshold during the period of time.
US10736577B2
A state of progression in an individual of a disease or treatment having motion symptoms is determined. A time series of accelerometer data is obtained from an accelerometer worn on an extremity of the person, over an extended period during everyday activities of the person. The accelerometer data is processed to produce a plurality of measures of kinetic state of the individual at a respective plurality of times throughout the extended period, each measure of kinetic state comprising at least one of: a measure for bradykinesia, and a measure for dyskinesia. A measure of dispersion of the measures of kinetic state is determined. An output is generated, indicating that motion symptoms are at an initial stage if the measure of dispersion is less than a threshold, or indicating that motion symptoms are at an advanced stage if the measure of dispersion is greater than the threshold.
US10736572B2
Biomaterials, such as hydrogels, can be mechanically secured to electrodes of an implantable device, such as electrodes made of noble metals. The hydrogel can be mechanically secured via anchoring features of the electrode. Anchoring features can include apertures, voids, textures, or other patterns created in or on the electrode. The hydrogel can incorporate into the anchoring features to mechanically hold the hydrogel against the electrode. The anchoring features, by being located in or on the electrode, can further increase the surface area of the electrode that is exposed to the hydrogel, which can facilitate the conduction of electrical signals between the electrode and surrounding biological tissue. The substrate supporting the electrode can include additional anchoring features that further assist in mechanically securing the hydrogel.
US10736571B1
A glaucoma testing device and a method of using the same are disclosed herein. The glaucoma testing device includes a device body portion having an outer housing and a flexible membrane at least partially defining a chamber supported within the outer housing; a fluid control system configured to insert an amount of the fluid into the chamber of the device body portion in order to expand the flexible membrane and exert pressure on an eye of a patient, or remove an amount of the fluid from the chamber of the device body portion in order to deflate the membrane and relieve pressure exerted on the eye; and a laser fiber optic configured to transmit a beam of light into the eye so as to produce a detectable ultrasonic wave so that an oxygenation level of the eye of the patient is capable of being determined using a photoacoustic system.
US10736570B2
Disclosed are a composite bio-parameter sensor assembly and a wearable device including same, for detecting vital signs of a subject person. The sensor assembly includes one or more sensors, mounted on an outer contact surface of the assembly, having a sensing surface to optically detect one or more parameters of a pulse of the subject. The sensor assembly further includes an additional sensor, facing an inner cavity of the assembly, for optically detecting displacement of the one or more outer sensors. The one or more sensors and the additional sensor are positioned on the opposite sides of a printed circuit board (PCB).
US10736568B2
A sensor for measuring physiological electric signals, including: a textile electrode including a detecting portion having an electrically conductive detecting surface area; a peripheral textile portion; a first electrical connection electrically connected to an acquisition and processing device, and an electrical connection that electrically connects the textile electrode to the electrical connector, the electrode having a three-dimensional textile structure made by interweaving warp threads and weft threads, the detecting portion including an upper textile layer and a lower textile layer, arranged below the upper layer and joined to the latter along a perimeter joining line so as to create a cavity defined by the joining line and to define a region outside the joining line that includes the peripheral textile portion, the cavity being filled by a filler material so that the detecting textile portion protrudes in height with respect to the peripheral textile portion.
US10736565B2
Embodiments of the disclosed invention provide devices and methods to incorporate suspension-based, i.e., hydrogel-based and thixotropic compound-based, ion-selective electrodes and reference electrodes into a wearable sweat sensing device. Embodiments of this device are configured to monitor sweat electrolyte concentrations, trends, and ratios under demanding use conditions. The accompanying method includes use of the disclosed device to track fluid and electrolyte gain and loss in order to produce an electrolyte estimate, such as a sweat electrolyte concentration, a sweat electrolyte concentration trend, a sweat rate, or a concentration ratio between a plurality of electrolytes.
US10736562B2
Systems, methods and/or devices for optimizing a patient's insulin dosage regimen over time, comprising at least a first memory for storing data inputs corresponding at least to one or more components in a patient's present insulin dosage regimen, and data inputs corresponding at least to the patient's blood-glucose-level measurements determined at a plurality of times, and a processor operatively connected to the at least first memory. The processor is programmed at least to determine from the data inputs corresponding to the patient's blood-glucose-level measurements determined at a plurality of times whether and by how much to vary at least one of the one or more components in the patient's present insulin dosage regimen. Also disclosed are systems, methods and/or devices for treating a patient's diabetes by providing treatment guidance, wherein the patient's current glycemic state is determined relative to a desired balance point; and determining from at least one of a plurality of the data corresponding to the patient's blood glucose-level measurements whether and by how much to vary at least one of the one or more components in the patient's present insulin dosage regimen to get closer to the patient's desired balance point; wherein the desired balance point is the patient's lowest blood glucose-level within a predetermined range achievable before increasing the frequency of hypoglycemic events above a predetermined threshold.
US10736556B2
A brain disorder evaluation apparatus adjusts a prompt cycle of body movement tasks according to individual differences, and includes: a body movement prompt unit, which prompts body movement tasks to a subject; a body movement detection unit, which detects body movement data of a subject; an operation input unit, which receives the input information; an output unit; a storage unit; and a data processing unit which includes, a body movement task selection part, which selects the body movement tasks, a data obtainment part, an indicative data generation part, which generates an indication cycle by means of information input from the operation input unit and the body movement accuracy obtained by the calculations of a body movement accuracy computation part, and generates indication data according to the above-mentioned indication cycle, the body movement accuracy computation part, and a cognitive impairment degree evaluation part.
US10736539B2
A surgical navigation system comprising a signal receiver communicatively coupled to a primary processor, the primary processor programmed to utilize a sequential Monte Carlo algorithm to calculate changes in three dimensional position of an inertial measurement unit mounted to a surgical tool, the processor communicatively coupled to a first memory storing tool data unique to each of a plurality of surgical tools, and a second memory storing a model data sufficient to construct a three dimensional model of an anatomical feature, the primary processor communicatively coupled to a display providing visual feedback regarding the three dimensional position of the surgical tool with respect to the anatomical feature.
US10736537B2
A portion of a concentric bipolar microelectrode sensor is attached to an inflatable balloon of a catheter. Another portion of the concentric bipolar microelectrode sensor is also attached to a body of the catheter. The inflatable balloon is guided to become in proximity of a tissue. The inflatable balloon is then inflated. The inflation increases the likelihood of contact between microelectrodes of the concentric bipolar microelectrode sensor with the tissue. A voltage is supplied to the microelectrodes. The tissue's impedance is accordingly measured over a frequency range. A disease of the tissue, such as a lesion, is diagnosed based on the measured impedance.
US10736534B2
In described embodiments, a device and method for diagnosing brain and neurological issues is provided. The device measures the performance of Convergence, Divergence, and binocular tracking capabilities of a subject's eyes, which can be used to determine whether a subject has experienced a brain or other neurological event.
US10736528B2
An electrode configured to provide electrical contact with skin of a subject is provided. The electrode includes an electrode body configured to be removably coupled with the skin of the subject and to receive electrical signals from and/or transmit electrical signals to the skin of the subject, and an electrical coupling that facilitates coupling the electrode to an external computing system. The electrode body includes a conductive silicone material configured to enable uptake or diffusion of moisture from the skin of the subject over which the electrode body is disposed; and a detergent configured to facilitate a flow of ions through the conductive silicone material.
US10736524B2
An intravascular catheter for peri-vascular nerve activity sensing or measurement includes multiple needles advanced through supported guide tubes (needle guiding elements) which expand with open ends around a central axis to contact the interior surface of the wall of the renal artery or other vessel of a human body allowing the needles to be advanced though the vessel wall into the perivascular space. The system also may include means to limit and/or adjust the depth of penetration of the needles. The catheter also includes structures which provide radial and lateral support to the guide tubes so that the guide tubes open uniformly and maintain their position against the interior surface of the vessel wall as the sharpened needles are advanced to penetrate into the vessel wall. The addition of an injection lumen at the proximal end of the catheter and openings in the needles adds the functionality of ablative fluid injection into the perivascular space for an integrated nerve sending and ablation capability.
US10736519B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are configured to assess the severity of a blockage in a vessel and, in particular, a stenosis in a blood vessel. In some particular embodiments, the devices, systems, and methods of the present disclosure are configured to provide FFR measurements in a small, compact device that integrates with existing proximal and distal pressure measurement systems and does not require a separate power source.
US10736516B2
An implantable monitoring device is disclosed for monitoring a patient's heart rate variability over time. The device includes a cardiac electrogram amplifier, a sensing electrode coupled to an input of the amplifier, timing circuitry, processing circuitry and a memory. The timing circuitry defines successive shorter time periods during each monitoring period. The processing circuitry relies upon electrogram activity that occurs during rest periods that extend as long as T1, all of which is stored into memory. Active periods are not considered as part of the heart rate variability calculation. The processing circuitry calculates median intervals between depolarizations of the patient's heart sensed by the amplifier during the shorter time periods and calculates a standard deviation of the median intervals during T2, a longer monitoring period.
US10736514B2
A stage determination support system according to an embodiment includes devices. The storage device stores a plurality of kinds of functional images of a subject. The first determination device determines a degree of each of a plurality of kinds of analysis indices relating to a disease, based on at least the functional images among functional images and the morphological images. The second determination device determines, based on each of determination results and a predetermined stage determination rule, a stage corresponding to the determination result with respect to each of the analysis indices. The calculation device calculates, with respect to each of the stages, a value indicative of a possibility that the disease corresponds to the stage, based on each of determination results.
US10736513B2
The present invention provides imaging devices, systems, and methods of operation for acoustic-enhanced optical coherence tomography. The systems coordinate imaging devices, optical coherence tomography (OCT), and pulsed ultrasound (FUS) and or pulsed ultrasound (PUS) to enhance the contrast of images. Moreover, the systems improve in vivo diagnosis and drug release through the utilization of sonographic enhancers such as microbubbles (MBs).
US10736508B2
Provided is a living organism information measurement device which users can easily and reliably operate. A living organism information measurement device for acquiring living organism information and generating measurement data relating to the information is provided with a device body, and a panel detachably attached to the device body. The device body comprises a control unit which executes a plurality of functions of the device body, a living organism information measurement unit which is connected to the control unit and generates the measurement data, and a first communication unit connected to the control unit. The panel comprises a second communication unit including a memory storing predetermined information. When the panel is attached to the device body, the first communication unit receives the predetermined information from the second communication unit. The control unit selects and executes a function corresponding to the received predetermined information among the plurality of functions.
US10736506B2
An imaging device may include first and second optical channels, where each of the first and second optical channels include a discrete optical imaging pathway. The first and second optical channels may be aimed at different angles relative to each other, and each may be directed towards corresponding partially overlapping zones of an object for imaging. Each of the optical channels may include an illuminating source configured to be turned on or off, where illumination from the illuminating sources follow respective illumination paths to the object. Each of the optical channels may additionally include lenses shared by both the respective optical imaging pathways and the respective illumination paths, and each may include an image sensor. The imaging device may also include a computing device configured to turn on the illuminating source of the first optical channel while capturing an image using the image sensor of the second optical channel.
US10736502B2
This invention relates to testing and determining a threshold value used in psychometric testing in field of ophthalmology, neuro-ophthalmology and visual neuropsychology. The method comprises at least the following steps: a) displaying a symbol with a distinctive visual appearance and with a stimulus level to a display at a stimulus time-point, the symbol selected from a group of possible symbols, b) monitoring if a response is given on a response device with multiple choices, each choice representing a possible visual appearance or location of the symbol, and b1) if a response is not given in a response time-limit from the stimulus time-point, increasing the stimulus level of the symbol by a predetermined step and returning to step a), or b2) if a response is given in the response time-limit from the stimulus time-point, comparing the response to symbol displayed in step a), and c1) if the response does not correspond to the symbol displayed in step a), producing, e.g. displaying, an error feedback and returning to step a), or c2) if the response corresponds to the symbol displayed in step a), determining if stop criteria for the test is satisfied, and d1) if stop criteria for the test is not satisfied, decreasing the stimulus level by a predetermined step and returning to step a), or d2) if stop criteria for the test is satisfied, ending the test.
US10736500B2
A system for measuring sensation or sensory responses of a tissue of a subject (or patient) by delivering air pulses of controlled pressure, duration, and frequency to the tissue surface. The system can include an endoscope having a range finder component to determine the distance between the distal end of the endoscope and a target tissue surface. When it is determined that the endoscope has been positioned at a predetermined distance from the tissue surface, the air pulses can be administered to the tissue surface.
US10736496B2
Provided is a medical wire including: a main wire-strand portion that is formed of a plurality of main wire strands and that extends over the entire length of the medical wire; and at least one sub wire-strand portion that is disposed at an outer circumference of the main wire-strand portion, that is secured to the main wire-strand portion, and that is formed of a sub wire strand, wherein the diameter of the sub wire strand is at least twice the diameter of the main wire strand, and a first region having a relatively small lateral cross-sectional area and a second region having a lateral cross-sectional area that is greater than that of the first region are included.
US10736492B2
An in-vivo device may be propelled in the gastrointestinal tract by a magnetic force such that the direction of the magnetic force applied to the in-vivo device follows, or is continually adapted to, the instantaneous spatial orientation of the in-vivo device. As the in-vivo device changes orientation in the gastrointestinal tract by the wall of the gastrointestinal tract, so does the magnetic force, to follow suit.
US10736486B2
Provided is a sticky cleaner whose adhesive face can be easily renewed and whish is less susceptible to roll-loosening. The sticky cleaner provided by this invention comprises a PSA tape having an adhesive face on the first face of a substrate. The PSA tape forms a PSA tape roll wound with the adhesive face on the outside. On the first face of the substrate, the PSA tape comprises a first layer formed of a PSA and a second layer formed of an acrylic viscoelastic material. The adhesive face comprises first sections where the first layer is exposed and second sections where the second layer is exposed. The second sections protrude further out of the PSA tape roll relative to the first sections. The PSA tape roll shows an unwinding force F0 at 0° C. and an unwinding force F30 at 30° C.
US10736477B2
A remaining water suction device may include: a suction nozzle, a water separation chamber configured to be connected to a discharge port of the suction nozzle and provided with a water discharge port and an air discharge port, and a buffer tank configured to be connected to the water discharge port and store water separated from the water separation chamber. The remaining water suction device may include a water transfer pump configured to transfer the water stored in the buffer tank, a water storage tank configured to store the water transferred through the water transfer pump, a suction fan configured to provide a suction force to the air discharge port, and a suction motor configured to drive the suction fan.
US10736470B2
A device (100) includes a substantially planar portion (101) defining a seat (106). One or more legs (110,111,112,113) are coupled to, and support, the seat. The seat includes a first seat edge (104) defining a bench receiver (122) that is selectively attachable to a seat receiver (422) of a bench (400) to extend the substantially planar portion along a plane (107) defined by the substantially planar portion by a predefined additional width (601).
US10736463B2
Systems and methods for delivering a cooking medium in a cooking apparatus are disclosed. A delivery system includes a rotary valve having a rotary inlet and a plurality of rotary outlets. The rotary inlet is configured to be in fluid communication with a source of cooking medium and the plurality of rotary outlets are configured to be in fluid communication with a corresponding plurality of receptacles. A rotary position sensor generates a signal, having continuous angular position resolution, based on an angular position of the rotary valve. A controller receives the signal generated by the rotary position sensor and selectively places the rotary inlet in fluid communication with one of the plurality of rotary outlets based on the signal generated by the rotary position sensor. The rotary position sensor may include a Hall-effect sensor that functions at elevated operating temperatures associated with the cooking medium.
US10736462B2
A portable cooking grill system includes a cooking grill assembly having a grilling-rack comprising a first-section and a second-section, a frame having a plurality of foldable legs, and a detachable handle. The cooking grill assembly includes the grilling-rack and the frame in foldable functional combination such that the portable cooking grill system is configured for portable cooking use and ease of storage for backpacking, camping and other activities.
US10736461B2
A system for storing a grill generally may include the grill and a corresponding base. The grill may have a grill body defining a cavity, and at least two legs extending from the grill body. The legs may be movable between an extended state and a collapsed state. The base may have a frame assembly selectively attachable to the grill body. When the frame assembly and grill body are attached to each other, the grill may be movable between a usable position to a storable position. A footprint of the grill may be smaller in the storable position than in the usable position.
US10736460B2
The utility model discloses a fancy coffee maker, comprising a water tank, a first heater, a coffee funnel, a milk tank, a milk frother, a first branch for providing water vapor to the coffee funnel, and a second branch for providing high-temperature steam to the milk tank, and further comprising a three-way valve member, wherein water in the water tank after being heated by the first heater enters the three-way valve member, the three-way valve member is respectively connected to the first and second branches, and the second branch is connected by an electromagnetic valve, a second heater and the milk tank in sequence. The utility model realizes the functional diversification and automation control of a coffee maker, and a liquid heating system has a simple structure, saves energy, and has high efficiency.
US10736456B2
A manual food ricer tool includes a lower body assembly, one or a plurality of lower handles or grips connected to the body assembly, a strainer with interchangeable and replaceable screen inserts and a handle connected to the sleeve insert that is pivotally disposable into the body assembly, a pressure applying pusher plate disposed on the upper handle assembly that is pivotably attached to the lower body assembly and displaceable into the sleeve insert, the upper handle assembly pivotably connected to the pusher plate and the body assembly. The upper and lower handles and grips feature ergonomic inserts for easier handling and operation, while the replaceable screen inserts provide convenience in selecting ricer patterns as well as faster switching between ricer patterns during use, and easier disassembly and cleaning of the ricer tool during and after usage. The manual food ricer tool offers reduced expense, easier convenience in use and cleaning, reduced discomfort and fatigue and reduced likelihood of repetitive motion injury with prolonged usage.
US10736454B1
A Hand Tool for Removing Nopal-Cactus Thorns is similar in shape to a spoon. This hand tool has a Hole shaped as a polygonal star in its head with a narrow area surrounding that hole for removing the skin and the superficial Thorns of the Nopal Petal by repeatedly rubbing the utensil against the surface of the Petal in a longitudinal fashion, without need of sharpening the edge of the Hole. A Secondary Hole for removing the hardest Thorns and those in the edges and corners of the Nopal Petals and a Corner Blade for cutting it in small squares or small stripes are also present in the tool.
US10736452B2
A motorized drapery system having an elongated rotating drive element that has a non-circular cross-sectional shape such as square, rectangular, trapezoidal, cross shaped or any other non-circular shape that is twisted. In one arrangement the drive element is twisted in one direction along its entire length. In another arrangement the drive element is twisted in one direction in a first section and twisted in an opposite direction in a second section thereby providing a center opening/center closing drapery. A plurality of rings are positioned around the drive element including at least one driver ring that includes a feature that connects to the drive element and is configured to facilitate movement along the drive element, and a plurality of idler rings that are configured to slide along the drive element. A curtain is connected to the rings and opens and closes as the rings move along the drive element.
US10736448B2
An eating utensil support assembly with multiple tabletop utensil supports that may be used to support eating utensils such as forks, knives, and spoons or other utensils when they are placed on tabletops or countertops so that the eating utensils are elevated using the utensil supports and are not contaminated by materials on the tabletops or countertops.
US10736436B2
An adjustable child carrier includes an adjustable bucket seat that can be adjusted to accommodate children of a wide range of sizes. The child carrier includes one or more adjustments that work alone or in cooperation to adjust the depth and width of the bucket seat area provided by the child carrier. The carrier is capable of supporting children of various sizes in an ergonomic position appropriate for the child's size. The child carrier is adjustable for multiple carrying positions and orientations.
US10736435B2
A vehicle seating system having a seat part includes a non-foam base material covered with a trim material. The non-foam base material may include a plurality of different firmness zones based at least in part on at least one of a seated-occupant pressure map and a structural arrangement disposed adjacent to the seat part. The seat part may be, for example, a seat cushion, a seat back, or a seat bolster.
US10736434B1
The disclosed mechanical bed mattress and frame encasement cover includes a top cover, a base encasement cover which overlaps frame base and two middle adjustment perimeter bands there between and an inside cover. The 5 covers and bands are separated by 4 zippered seams. The encasement cover comprises a high durometer perimeter band which overlaps an outer and a lower edge of the bed base. A zipper is located on a lower inner edge of the bed frame pad. An inner zipper is disposed on all 4 sides on a top side of the bed frame base pad. A zipper direction to a foot of the cover and a zipper direction to a head of the cover allow bidirectional enclosure of the bed frame and mattress. The cover wrap direction and perimeter bands enable a secure cover of the bed frame and mattress for less movement during bed dynamics.
US10736424B2
A mechanism for adjusting the seat of a chair as a result of changing the tilt of the backrest with respect to the seat is provided. The mechanism has a backrest frame and a base frame, as well as a covering element stably combined with the base frame and forming part of the seat. The backrest frame is rotatably constrained to the base frame around a respective rotation axis and tilting with respect to the seat between a position (P1) of minimum tilt and a position (P2) of maximum tilt. Advantageously, the covering element is partially elastically deformable, with the mechanism having deforming means operated by the backrest frame in order to reversibly deform, in the vertical direction, when the covering element as a function of the tilt angle with backrest frame has reached with respect to the position (P1) of minimum tilt.
US10736419B2
A portable work support device and support for a key board and a pointing device, such as a mouse, for use by occupants of reclining capable office chairs having an adjustable fitted footrest assembly connected to the chair that will provide the seated chair user the ability to achieve a desired pelvis/feet triangulation stabilization effect while reclined by having the seated user's feet placed correctly in an attached footrest thereby producing a tactile input or cue that will lead to the desired muscle or motor output, causing the seated user to actually sit all the way back in the chair, and to be in a posture biomechanically neutral for using and working on the portable work support device, a work station removably housing the portable work support device, and a foot rest assembly to which a chair can be tethered so that a computer user can be properly positioned in a reclining position in the chair and have reduced posture issues when using the work support device while using computer or like equipment.
US10736408B2
A universal assembly for securing various configurations and designs of audio cables to clothing articles. The universal assembly has a receptor housing and a fastening mechanism. The receptor housing can secure the audio cables to clothing articles in any position on the clothing and also allow the audio cable to be angled in any desired position and orientation. The fastening mechanism can movably secure the receptor housing at any position on a clothing article.
US10736401B2
The beauty or skin-care treatment may be a single use system for providing a manicure or pedicure treatment or other beauty or skin-care service. Each primary packaging that may be provided with the beauty or skin-care treatment may contain a beauty or skin-care product that may be used in providing the treatments. The beauty or skin-care treatment may include multiple primary packages in the form of single-serve packaging provided collectively as a set. The set may be housed in the secondary packaging and packaged together to form a multi-step treatment. The beauty or skin-care products contained in the single-serve packaging may be made of ingredients beneficial to the skin and may include products to aid in sanitizing, exfoliating, nourishing, hydrating and moisturizing the skin.
US10736393B2
An assistive device and a method of facilitating removal of a card is provided. The assistive device includes a first portion and a second portion extending from a first end of the first portion. The second portion having a first surface arranged on an angle relative to the first portion. At least one pad is disposed on the second portion. A lip extends from a second end of the first portion, the lip having a width smaller than a thickness of the card.
US10736391B2
An example bag may include an outer shell comprising a front panel, a rear panel, a top sidewall, a bottom sidewall, a first sidewall, a second sidewall forming, and a closure configured to move from an open position to a closed position. The bag may also include a pair of adjustable straps. The adjustable straps can be configured to move from a first backpack carry position to a second hand carry position by releasing the adjustable straps from the outer shell of the bag from the first carry position and securing the adjustable straps to the second carry position.
US10736382B2
A pair of shoes may be asymmetric between one another in various respects. For example, the left shoe may include a throat extending gradually towards a lateral side of the left shoe while the right shoe may include a throat extending gradually towards a medial side of the left shoe. In addition, the left shoe may include a heel counter constructed into a left-shoe heel portion that provides more support on the medial side than on the lateral side of the left shoe, while the right shoe may include a heel counter constructed into a right-shoe heel portion that provides more support on the lateral side than on the medial side of the right shoe.
US10736381B2
An article of footwear with an upper including a ribbon structure is disclosed. The ribbon structure comprises ribbon sections running in at least two different directions. Ribbon sections are connected at nodes that may move substantially independently of other nodes. The ribbon structure can provide strength along one of the directions and may simultaneously remain slack in the other direction.
US10736369B2
A convertible headgear that includes an adjustable strap stored behind a sweatband that may be used to secure the headgear as a cap or mask, and modified rear crown panels that form a ventilation opening to facilitate a clear nasal passage airway when the headgear is worn as a mask.
US10736366B2
A breathable garment for heating or cooling independently the body of a wearer. The breathable garment includes an inner electrically heatable substrate intended to be facing the body of the wearer in use; a forced air supply mechanism for supplying forced air into the space between the inner electrically heatable substrate and the body of the wearer; an intermediate perforated substrate; an outer waterproof, water-vapour-permeable substrate; and a mechanism for maintaining a gap between the intermediate perforated substrate and the outer substrate, making up an air chamber to allow turbulent airflow across the entire garment.
US10736363B2
A strapless sports bra is optimally designed to provide extra support and better immobilization of breasts during intense workouts or vigorous activity. As is unique in a preferred embodiment, the sports bra is strapless and does not pull over a wearer's head. Also innovative, two back straps will overlap and crisscross, providing support. Strategically placed and designed padding will further protect and support a chest area; and as is important with relatively thick bras, the invention includes a breathable outer skin and inner padding support.
US10736359B2
A cartridge-based vaporizer is disclosed. The vaporizer has a body with a control panel and a chamber for receiving a cartridge. A cartridge including a vaporizable product container and an atomizer may be placed in the chamber and selectively secured within the chamber. The body may include a variable air intake in fluid communication with the atomizer when the atomizer is received in chamber. The body may include a cartridge identification sensor configured to identify a cartridge type of the cartridge based on a cartridge identifier of the cartridge.
US10736346B2
The present invention provides a method for producing a solid roux which has excellent shape retention properties even in summer, does not undergo seepage of liquid oily components to the surface or whitening of the surface, melts well in the mouth and has a reduced content of trans fatty acids and saturated fatty acids. A solid roux base, which contains specified quantities of table sugar and one or more types of sugar selected from among maltose, trehalose, fructose, palatinose, reduced palatinose, maltitol, erythritol, lactitol and sorbitol, is solidified by means of heat treatment at 100-160° C. In addition, solid oils and fats having a relatively low content of trans fatty acids and saturated fatty acids and having melting points of 40° C. or lower are used as the oils and fats for the solid roux.
US10736331B2
The invention relates to an evisceration tool, designed and configured for removing internal organs and in particular an intestine pack from the body of slaughtered poultry, comprising a spoon-shaped basic body, wherein the basic body has a spoon base (12) and a spoon edge which extends around at least part of the spoon base to form a spoon bowl, which is distinguished in that the basic body is made at least partly of a resilient material, wherein the resilient material is on the one hand flexible enough to adapt to a contour of the body during removal of the internal organs and on the other hand stiff enough to remove the internal organs from the body. The invention relates also to an evisceration apparatus having such an evisceration tool.
US10736314B2
The invention provides, in various embodiments, systems, devices and methods relating to ex-vivo organ care. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to maintaining an organ ex-vivo at near-physiologic conditions. The present application describes a method for using lactate measurement in the arterial and the venous blood lines of the Organ Care System Heart perfusion device to evaluate the: 1) The overall perfusion status of an isolated heart and 2) The metabolic status of an isolated heart and 3) the overall vascular patency of an isolated donor heart. This aspect of the present invention uses the property of myocardial cell's unique ability to produce/generate lactate when they are starved for oxygen and metabolize/utilize lactate for energy production when they are well perfused with oxygen.
US10736313B1
A hunting blind coupled to a tree or on the ground for supporting a user at a tree is disclosed. The hunting blind comprises a front base bar, a first side bar, a second side bar, and a rear base bar forming a support base for the hunting blind. The hunting blind comprises upstanding bars coupled to the rear base bar. The hunting blind comprises a top bar coupled the upstanding bars. The hunting blind comprises a first rail bar and a second rail bar, the first rail bar is coupled to the top bar and the first side bar, and the second rail bar is coupled to the top bar and the second rail bar. The hunting blind comprises a frame provided in a L-shape, coupled to the rear base bar, a short end of the frame is provided towards the front base bar. The hunting blind comprises a plurality of straps to couple the frame, the top bar and the rear base bar to the tree. The hunting blind comprises a cover sheet spread on top of the hunting blind to conceal a user inside the hunting blind.
US10736310B2
The invention concerns a process for capturing mosquitoes by producing carbon dioxide (CO2) directed towards one or more mosquito traps, the CO2 being separated from the ambient air in at least one central system via at least one bed of microporous solid type materials, said process enabling an incoming flow of ambient air comprising 0.039% CO2 to be used to produce, in the direction of one or more mosquito traps, an outgoing gaseous flow of CO2 with a controlled regular flow rate comprising at least 10 g/hour/trap.
US10736308B2
An ice fishing tip-up is described that is adapted to rest on a sheet of ice surrounding a fishing opening in the sheet of ice. The ice fishing device has at least three legs, a moveable spool post, a fishing line spool attached at or near the water end of the moveable spool post, and a signaling device comprising a switch operably connected to the fishing line spool. Each leg is attached at one end to a top cap. The moveable spool post has a first and a second position. The first position of the movable spool post the fishing line spool is positioned in the interior defined by the legs and at the second position of the movable spool post the fishing line spool extends past the legs. Pulling on the fishing line spool activates the switch to trigger the signaling device.
US10736304B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for a freestanding and portable climbing apparatus for pet training and exercise. A climbing apparatus includes a platform being rectangular and supported vertically at each corner by a first post, a second post, a third post, and a fourth post. The first post and the second post are coupled to a first platform foot, and the third post and fourth post are coupled to a second platform foot. A first ramp is coupled to a first end of the platform and a second ramp is coupled to a second end of the platform opposite that of the first end, where the first ramp and the second ramp have an angle of incline that is substantially similar. As such, the climbing apparatus is freestanding, portable, and substantially symmetrical.
US10736303B2
Pet furniture for accommodating dogs, including a wall and an opening disposed in the wall to allow passage for a dog, wherein the wall comprises a grid which surrounds an internal space enclosed by the wall except for the opening, and wherein the grid is formed of an electrically conductive material to shield against electromagnetic radiation.
US10736292B2
The present disclosure provides tobacco inbred plants TN90 SRC, CMS TN90 SRC, KY14 SRC, CMS KY14 SRC, L8 SRC, NC775 SRC, CMS NC775 SRC, NC645 SRC, NC638 SRC, CMS NC638 SRC, TN86 SRC, and CMS TN86 SRC, and hybrids KY14 X L8 SRC, NC7 SRC, and NCBH129 SRC. The present disclosure also provides parts of such plants and products made from those parts. The present disclosure also includes progeny of the provided plants including hybrids.
US10736291B1
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH100368. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH100368, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH100368 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH100368.
US10736290B1
A novel maize variety designated PH41DW and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH41DW with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH41DW through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH41DW or a locus conversion of PH41DW with another maize variety.
US10736283B2
A rotatable rack system for growing plants is disclosed which has a frame, a plurality of mobile trays arrayed around the frame, where each mobile tray contains at least one plant and a chain linking said plurality of mobile trays together, supported by the frame with a drive mechanism configured to drive the chain wherein the frame is configured to support the plurality of mobile trays encircling an enclosed space. Several configurations of the frame that are equally energy efficient are also disclosed, along with a method of growing plants using the system.
US10736281B2
A soil sensor assembly and methods of measuring undisturbed soil are disclosed. The soil sensor assembly can be a volumetric water content (VWC) sensor. The soil sensor assembly can include at least one soil probe. The soil probes can be secured to a support to enable an installation of the soil sensor assembly in a target soil. The soil probes can include helical blades secured concentrically along the support at predefined longitudinal locations. The soil probes can include at least one radiofrequency (RF) electrode secured to the helical blades at a predefined radial distance from a longitudinal axis of the support. The soil sensor assembly can also include at least one electronics unit coupled to the RF electrodes to receive and/or transmit RF signals from the RF electrodes. The soil sensor assembly can enable a self-tapping installation action and/or enable alienating the soil measurements (e.g., by RF electrodes) away from a disturbed soil.
US10736280B2
System and method for controlling an irrigation system using feedback from flow meters installed in an irrigation system are described. The systems and method allows for automatic detection of the number of flow meters and their relation to controls valves attached to an irrigation system and for precise and reliable fluid flow measurements. Typical water flows for the system are learned and then compared to current water flows to detect water leaks (i.e., high water flow), malfunctioning control valves and/or low water flow and subsequently trigger electronic alerts to the user when system malfunctions are detected.
US10736279B2
An irrigation management system which allows for modulation of the watering gradient along crop rows. The system may include dual drip lines which allow for selection of gradients based upon the time each of the dual lines is active. The system may utilize pressure sensitive valves which select drip lines based upon the inlet feed water pressure. The system may include drip emitters which modify flow rates based upon inlet feed water pressure.
US10736273B1
A magnetic hanger attachable to a magnet attracting surface for hanging an item therefrom. The magnetic hanger includes a frame to which one or more magnets are attached. The frame includes a hook for hanging the item therefrom. A back of the magnetic hanger is magnetically attracted to the magnet attracting surface. The peripheral edge of the hanger includes a rim formed around the frame. The rim is spaced from the back of the frame so that when the magnetic hanger is being attached to the magnet attracting surface, there is a space around the rim to partially insert the user's finger tips so that they are not pinched when the magnet(s) are pulled toward the magnet attracting surface. The spaced rim also facilitates the removal of the magnetic hanger from the magnet attracting surface. The frame can be formed with a channel therearound to provide strength so that the frame does not flex during removal of the magnetic hanger from the magnet attracting surface.
US10736271B2
A method of collecting material with a harvester when a storage vehicle is spaced from the harvester includes moving material from the field into the basket, actuating the conveyor for a first time period when the sensed parameter is above the set amount, transporting a first portion of the material a first distance with the actuated conveyor, after the first time period has elapsed, stopping the conveyor to store the first portion of the material on the conveyor, after the first time period has elapsed, if the conveyor can store more material, actuating the conveyor for a second time period, transporting a second portion of the material a second distance with the actuated conveyor and transporting the first portion of the material a third distance with the actuated conveyor, and if the conveyor cannot store more material, alerting an operator that the conveyor is full.
US10736270B2
A harvesting header has a set of centrally disposed conditioner rolls comprising conditioning structure to condition crop and a rotary cutter bed. The rotary cutter bed has a plurality of rotary cutters extending across the path of travel of the header to define a cutting plane, each cutter being rotatable about an upright axis, the conditioner rolls being behind the cutter bed to condition crop cut by the rotary cutter bed. The header has a crop-directing header windguard configured to direct the crop down towards the conditioning rolls after the plurality of cutters have severed the crop, the header windguard extending in a rearwardly direction from a position forward of the cutter bed to a position proximate the conditioner rolls, and the header windguard extending transversely at least a width of the rotary cutter bed.
US10736269B2
A fruit picker includes first and second curved sections, a handle and a bag. The first and second curved sections are outwardly curved to form a leaf-shaped space therebetween. The first curved section and a second curved section are attached at a first end at a cutter angle. The handle is attached to the first and second curved sections at a second end. The bag is attached to the first and second curved sections with fixing elements. The leaf-shaped frame provides maneuverability of this tool within a cluster of fruit or tree branches, where an angled shape helps catching and holding fruit. The scissors-like tip offers efficiency in releasing fruit from its stem. Finally, this fruit picker boasts applicability to multiple kinds of fruit.
US10736265B2
The present invention relates to a method for operating a cutting unit (1) that has a cutter bar (6) that is operated rigidly or flexibly, depending on the harvest conditions, which can be operated in at least two different operating modes, wherein the cutting unit (1) includes a first sensor assembly (1) disposed on the cutting unit (1) that can be deactivated, which is for operating the cutting unit (1) in a first operating mode, and a second sensor assembly (17) for operating the cutting unit (1) in a second operating mode, wherein, when switching between the at least two operating states, the first sensor assembly (13) or the second sensor assembly (17) is activated without interruption in operation, to execute a distance determination, depending on the selected operating mode.
US10736262B2
A high-speed transplanting mechanism having a laterally openable/closable duckbill has a duckbill soil penetration angle adjusting arm disposed on a duckbill transplanting portion, the duckbill soil penetration angle adjusting arm has a rear arm and a front arm with each end thereof connected by a reverse-threaded adjusting screw rod, and other ends thereof hingedly connected to an adjusting arm support shaft and the duckbill transplanting portion, respectively. A length of the reverse-threaded adjusting screw rod enables the duckbill to tilt in a direction opposite to a driving direction of a transplanting machine, and a vertical central straight line of the duckbill makes an angle with the ground capable of being adjusted between 65°-85°.
US10736259B2
An inductor box for an agricultural implement having compression limiters. One inductor box includes a housing having a first side configured to receive an agricultural product from a tank. The first side has a sealable surface, and the sealable surface has plates attached thereto. The inductor box includes a first gasket disposed on the sealable surface and configured to establish a seal between the sealable surface and a corresponding surface of the tank. The plates are configured to extend through respective openings in the gasket, and to block compression of the first gasket beyond a desired compression limit.
US10736258B2
A seeding control system and method to improve yield by minimizing overplanting and underplanting during planting operations. As the planter traverses the field, a precise seed placement map is created by associating the time of each seed pulse generated by the seed sensors with the location of a GPS unit. Based on the generated seed placement map, a stop-planting boundary is defined by previously planted seed or other field boundary such that when a swath of the planter crosses over the stop-planting boundary the swath controllers disengage the drivers of the corresponding seed meters to prevent planting of seeds. The swath controllers cause the drivers to reengage allowing planting to resume when the affected swaths pass out of the stop planting boundary.
US10743448B2
A substrate position detection device includes: an irradiator that irradiates a predetermined range of a substrate with a predetermined light; an imager that takes an image of the predetermined range of the substrate irradiated with the predetermined light; a moving mechanism that causes a relative movement of the imager and the substrate; and a controller that: detects a position of the substrate by sequentially executing to a plurality of recognition objects on the substrate: a moving process of relatively moving the imager to a position corresponding to a predetermined recognition object among the plurality of recognition objects on the substrate; an imaging process of taking an image of the predetermined recognition object under a predetermined imaging condition; and a recognition process of recognizing the predetermined recognition object based on image data obtained by the imaging process.
US10743447B2
A component mounting machine mounts components having a component mark for positioning on an upper face on a circuit board. The component mounting machine has a first suction nozzle that sucks a component, a transfer head that mounts the component on a circuit board, an optical path conversion device disposed above a suction surface and converts the optical path of light from the upper face of the component to the side, a camera that receives light that is changed in an optical path, a camera moving device that moves the camera, and a control device controlling operation of the transfer head and the camera moving device. The camera moving device moves the camera in a first direction orthogonal to an optical axis of the camera, and an imaging region of the camera moves in a second direction when the camera moves in the first direction.
US10743445B2
An electronic-circuit-component pick-up instruction data generating device is provided that generates pick-up instruction data for automatically picking up an electronic circuit component from a nonmatrix tray defined to have nonmatrix arrangement in which arrangeable positions of the electronic circuit components are arranged in a nonmatrix pattern, other than a matrix tray defined to have matrix arrangement in which arrangeable positions of a plurality of the electronic circuit components are regularly arranged in a matrix pattern in a state of being positioned at all the intersection points made by two groups of straight lines that are parallel to two directions orthogonal to each other, respectively, and that are separated at regular intervals for each direction. An electronic-circuit-component mounting machine is provided that picks up an electronic circuit component from the nonmatrix tray based on generated pick-up instruction data, and automatically mounts the component on a circuit board.
US10743438B2
An apparatus includes: a cooling medium bath configured to house a first refrigerant in which an electronic device is immersed; a liquid-cooling jacket configured to be provided to the electronic device and to cool the electronic device by a second refrigerant that flows in an internal section of the liquid-cooling jacket; a first pipe coupled to the cooling medium bath, to be immersed in the first refrigerant, and configured to supply the second refrigerant from an outside of the cooling medium bath to the liquid-cooling jacket; a second pipe coupled to the cooling medium bath, to be immersed in the first refrigerant, and configured to discharge the second refrigerant that flows in the internal section of the liquid-cooling jacket to the outside of the cooling medium bath; and a circulator configured to cause the first refrigerant in the cooling medium bath to stream.
US10743434B1
The invention provides server including a casing. The casing has back panel area. The back panel area is located at air outlet of the server. Package substrate, up HDD back panel and down HDD back panel are horizontally disposed on the back panel area. Motherboard of the server is communicatively connected to the package substrate via first connector. The package substrate is communicatively connected to the up HDD back panel via second connector. The up HDD back panel is communicatively connected to the down HDD back panel via third connector. The server of the invention has high dense storage devices, very high space utilization, and innovative heat dissipation channels design. The server has high configuration flexibility and expansibility, can be operated in a simple manner, and can support apparatus that are power-consuming and operating in standby mode.
US10743433B2
An apparatus is disclosed that comprises a first structure configured to be connected to a chassis, a second structure configured to be attached to the first structure, the second structure including at least one first connector and a damper disposed between the first structure and the second structure, the damper configured to allow the second structure to move in one dimension relative to the first structure when the first connector is moved in a direction to be coupled to a second connector that is not aligned with the first connector.
US10743432B2
According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a first casing, a second casing, and a sub-assembly. The sub-assembly includes a board, a component, and an integrally molded component. The board is positioned between the first casing and the second casing, and includes a first face, a second face opposite to the first face, and an outer rim between the first face and the second face. The component is mounted at least one of the first face and the second face. The integrally molded component consists essentially of an elastomer, and is in a state integrated with the board while sandwiching the board, and sandwiched between the first casing and the second casing.
US10743425B2
Disclosed is a display device which is capable of preventing an encapsulation film from being formed in a scribing line, and a method for manufacturing the same. The display device includes a substrate having a display area provided with pixels, a non-display area surrounding the display area, an encapsulation film including an inorganic film which covers the display area, and a buffer layer. The buffer layer is provided at a predetermined interval from the display area in the non-display area and is brought into contact with the edge of the inorganic film.
US10743424B2
The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a flexible array substrate. The method includes, first, successively forming an adhesive layer, a passivation layer, a back-side drive circuit, a planarization layer, a flexible backing plate, and a front-side drive circuit and a display circuit, in a stacked arrangement, on a rigid support plate and then peeling off the rigid support plate and the adhesive layer to form a flexible array substrate having a double-sided circuit structure. The entire process requires no steps of peeling, reversing, and then re-attaching of the flexible backing plate so that it is possible to avoid the issues of poor flatness and low yield resulting from improper or wrongful re-attachment of the flexible backing plate and thus, fabrication difficulty of a flexible array substrate having a double-sided circuit structure may be lowered down to thereby improve fabrication yield of the flexible array substrate.
US10743422B2
A method of embedding a component in a component carrier, wherein the method comprises providing a cured core with a recess on an electrically conductive foil, and mounting the component in the recess on the foil.
US10743418B2
The present invention provides a thinned flexible polyimide substrate and a method for manufacturing the same. The thinned flexible polyimide substrate comprises a polyimide resin, a conductor layer, and a polyimide insulating layer. The polyimide resin has a linear thermal expansion coefficient of less than 40 ppm/K. The conductor layer is formed of a plurality of stacked metal nanoparticles having pores therebetween, and each of the pores has a size between 0.1 μm and 1 μm. A portion of the polyimide resin fills into the pores. The polyimide insulating layer is formed of the polyimide resin coated on the conductor layer.
US10743416B2
A circuit module includes a substrate on first and second surfaces of which electronic components are mounted, sealing resins with which at least the electronic components are sealed on the first and second surfaces of the substrate, and a terminal-use circuit component at both ends of which electrodes are provided, one of the electrodes being joined by a conductive joining member to one of the first and second surfaces of the substrate such that an axis connecting centers of the electrodes at the both ends is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the substrate and another of the electrodes is exposed at a surface of the sealing resin, and the terminal-use circuit component includes a void at which the conductive joining member is not disposed, at a center portion of the one of the electrodes on a side coupled to the substrate.
US10743409B1
The present disclosure includes an electronic device including a wiring structure, the wiring structure includes a first wiring pattern including a plurality of first input wires and a plurality of first output wires, a second wiring pattern including a plurality of second bridge wires, one second bridge wiring crosses at least one of the plurality of first input wires or at least one of the plurality of first output wires, and a first insulating layer disposed between the first wiring pattern and the second wiring pattern, the plurality of first input wires are electrically connected to the first output wires through the second bridge wires.
US10743397B2
The invention relates to a method for generating electromagnetic radiation by a laser-produced plasma, wherein a target comprising a target material is provided, at least one pulse sequence is directed to said target, wherein the pulse sequence comprises four to nine conditioning laser pulses, wherein time intervals between subsequent conditioning laser pulses are 200 ns or less, and a main laser pulse is directed to said target along a first axis, such that a radiation-emitting plasma is formed from at least a part of said target material. The invention further relates to a device for generating electromagnetic radiation by means of a laser-produced plasma comprising a dispensing device and at least one laser source, wherein the device is configured such that at least one pulse sequence comprising four to nine conditioning laser pulses and a main laser pulse can be generated by the at least one laser source.
US10743394B2
Two-layer lighting control network systems and methods are disclosed. Embodiments include client lighting devices having a first type of radio for receiving wireless control signals, a lighting controller including a second type of radio, and a hub lighting device having a second type of radio for wireless communication with the lighting controller and a first type of radio for communicating with the client lighting devices. The first wireless network includes the first type of radio of hub lighting devices and the first type of radio of client lighting devices, and the second wireless network includes the second type of radio of the lighting controller and the second type of radio of the hub lighting devices. In at least one embodiment, client lighting devices are lamps having the first type of radio. In other embodiments, hub lighting devices are light fixtures having the first and second types of radios.
US10743393B2
A lighting control module (LCM) includes an input configured to receive, from a sensor, a signal indicative of motion and/or occupancy, and to output a first corresponding signal. The LCM includes a microprocessor to receive the first corresponding signal from the input and, in response, transmit a second corresponding signal. A wireless transceiver is communicatively coupled to the microprocessor and configured to communicate with other LCMs. A relay is configured to selectively provide power to an output that is configured to be electrically coupled to a fixture. The relay is configured to selectively provide the power to the output according to a first relay-control signal from the microprocessor. The LCM also includes a regulated power supply, a power input configured to couple the power supply to an external power source, and a dimming module configured to be coupled to the fixture and to, when coupled to the fixture, output a signal to the fixture. The LCM is configured to receive from the sensor the signal, and in response to the signal cause the fixture to change its state of operation.
US10743384B2
Systems and methods for a current sharing driver for light emitting diodes are disclosed. One disclosed system includes: a first string of LEDs; a second string of LEDs connected in parallel with the first string; a first current control device connected in series with the first string of LEDs; a second current control device connected in series with the second string of LEDs; a first voltage measurement device coupled to the first string of LEDs and the second string of LEDs, the first voltage measurement circuit coupled to the first current control device and configured to control the first current control device; and a second voltage measurement device coupled to the first string of LEDs and the second string of LEDs, the second voltage measurement circuit coupled to the second current control device and configured to control the second current control device.
US10743379B2
Examples of the present disclosure are related to systems and methods for lighting controls and sensors. Embodiments described herein may utilize a user interface and/or embedded systems using radio transceivers to allow a user to set-up and control real-time dimming of light fixtures. Furthermore, using the systems, the user may be able to remotely monitor and set-up 24 hour lighting schedules for a plurality of overlapping light fixtures.
US10743378B2
A split-type microwave oven comprises a first housing assembly, a second housing assembly, a microwave source module, a microwave shielding and choking member, and a detection device that is used for detecting whether a wave leakage occurs in a microwave heating resonant cavity. The second housing assembly is detachably disposed on the first housing assembly. The first housing assembly is provided with a first microwave shielding member, the second housing assembly is provided with a second microwave shielding member, and the first microwave shielding member is suitable for defining, together with the second microwave shielding member, the microwave heating resonant cavity. The microwave source module is installed on one of the first housing assembly and the second housing assembly. The microwave shielding and choking member is located outside the microwave heating resonant cavity. The split-type microwave oven occupies a small space and is convenient to use.
US10743376B2
A closed-loop cooling system is internal to the enclosure of an induction drive system. Two inverter modules of the induction drive system each includes three insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) modules for producing an AC output from a DC source, the AC output received by an induction coil for heating a metal.
US10743361B2
Systems and techniques for handling a protocol data unit (PDU) session by a wireless device implementing an access stratum (AS) layer and a non-access stratum (NAS) layer in a wireless communication system. An example technique includes determining, by the AS layer of the wireless device, whether a user plane for the PDU session is activated or released; transferring, by the AS layer and to the NAS layer of the wireless device based on a determination that the user plane for the PDU session is activated, first information indicating that the user plane for the PDU session is activated; and transferring, by the AS layer and to the NAS layer of the wireless device based on a determination that the user plane for the PDU session is released, second information indicating that the user plane for the PDU session is released.
US10743358B1
Disclosed are methods and systems for operating a dual-band capable STA of a WiFi network in a real-time simultaneous dual band (RSDB) configuration in which a 2.4 GHz base-channel link to the WiFi network through the AP may operate in parallel with 5 GHz off-channel links to one or more peer STAs of the WiFi network through tunneled direct link setup (TDLS). The STA may connect to the AP and may establish a TDLS link with a peer STA over the base-channel. If the peer STA is capable of RSDB configuration using the off-channel TDLS link, the STA and the peer STA may switch the TDLS link from the base-channel to the off-channel. The base-channel AP link and the off-channel TDLS link are maintained in parallel, eliminating the need to toggle between the channels of the two links, reducing packet latency, eliminating discontinuity of data transfer, and increasing data throughput.
US10743348B2
A method for multi-user transmission in a wireless LAN system according to one embodiment of the present specification comprises the steps of: individually performing, by a STA including a first directional antenna and a second directional antenna, a first countdown procedure for the first directional antenna and a second countdown procedure for the second directional antenna according to a directional CCA operation for the first and second directional antennas; determining the first directional antenna as a primary antenna when the first countdown procedure is completed before the second countdown procedure; determining whether the second directional antenna is idle from a threshold time before a completion time point of the first countdown procedure to the completion time point; and transmitting multiple streams on the basis of the first and second directional antennas according to the result of the determination.
US10743346B2
A format that includes a BSSID of a transmitting station within a preamble of the frame is an HE format, and a format that does not include a BSSID within the preamble but includes a BSSID in a MAC header is a Non-HE format; and a wireless station in the BSS includes a control part which checks a format of a frame received at a predetermined receiver sensitivity or above, and continues demodulation of the received frame if the format is HE format and the BSSID in the received frame is consistent with its own BSS, and stops the demodulation of the received frame if the HE format and the BSSID in the received frame is not consistent with its own BSS.
US10743340B2
The disclosure provides a method in a terminal device for a wireless communication network. The terminal device is configurable with a plurality of transmission time intervals. The method comprises; receiving a first grant message from the wireless communication network, the first grant message comprising an indication of first radio resources in which the terminal device can transmit one or more wireless messages, the first radio resources being configured according to a first transmission time interval of the plurality of transmission time intervals; determining the presence of data to transmit, the data being associated with a first logical channel; determining a maximum transmission time interval associated with the first logical channel; and, responsive to a determination that the maximum transmission time interval associated with the logical channel is less than the first transmission time interval, transmitting a scheduling request message to the wireless communication network. The scheduling request message is configured according to a second transmission time interval of the plurality of transmission time intervals, which is shorter than the first transmission time interval.
US10743333B2
A method and device for dynamically allocating resources to a frequency band of a short transmission time interval (TTI) in a wireless communication system is provided. Specifically, a plurality of first downlink channels and a second downlink channel included in a subframe corresponding to one TTI are received, wherein the plurality of first downlink channels are received during sTTIs and the second downlink channel is received during the TTI. The plurality of first downlink channels are sequentially received. The plurality of first downlink channels are demodulated using control information included in a downlink control information (DCI) used for the second downlink channel and an RRC message. The control information and RRC message indicate frequency resources for the plurality of first downlink channels.
US10743328B2
Systems and methods are described for concurrent usage and scanning of wireless channels, particularly with respect to dynamic frequency selection (DFS) and non-DFS channels.
US10743327B2
A radio resource management system and method, the system includes: an acquisition device acquiring a range to be protected of a high priority system and a positioning range of a low priority system based on position information about at least one high priority system and at least one low priority system; a selection device selecting, with regard to the high priority system in at least one high priority system group, a position where a reference generated by a low priority system to the high priority system satisfies a pre-determined condition, for each low priority system within the positioning range thereof, as a reference position of the low priority system based on the range to be protected of the high priority system; and a parameter determination device determining a working parameter of the low priority system for the high priority system based on the reference position of each low priority system.
US10743326B2
A user equipment, UE, performs measurements based on a plurality of RLM sources received in beam-formed downlink signals, where the measurements indicate a quality of a given cell or beam. The plurality of sources comprises two or more of: first reference signals (RSs), second RSs of a different type than the first RSs, and one or more physical channel quality indicators obtained from non-reference-signal data in the beam-formed downlink signals. For each of the plurality of sources used to perform measurements, the UE determines whether a measurement for the respective source indicates an out-of-sync event in response to the measurement being below a first threshold. The UE then performs an RLM action based on determined occurrences of out-of-sync events.
US10743324B2
Disclosed are a method and device for allocating cell resources of a device to device (D2D) system, which are used for improving the communication reliability of nodes located in different cell edge areas in an edge area ad hoc network manner. Provided is a method for allocating cell resources of a device to device (D2D) system, comprising: determining an edge area for D2D resource coordination of a cell; and allocating a resource pool to a node in the edge area, wherein the node in the edge area selects a resource from the resource pool in an ad hoc manner for communication, the resource being a time slot or time frequency block.
US10743320B2
A method for operating a transmission point includes transmitting a plurality of first directional reference signals and a plurality of second directional reference signals, the plurality of first directional reference signals sweeping different first beams in a first plane and the plurality of second directional reference signals sweeping different first beams of the first plane, and receiving from a reception point, a request for the transmission point to commence operations in the second plane and a first feedback from a reception point, the first feedback indicating at least one first beam of the first plane and at least one beam group of the second plane, where measurements of the at least one first beam and the at least one beam group of the second plane satisfy a first selection criterion.
US10743310B2
The present invention is designed so that communication can be carried out adequately even when a plurality of CCs with different TTI durations are used. A user terminal can communicate with a radio base station by using a plurality of CCs (Component Carriers) having different transmission time interval (TTI) durations, and has a transmitting section that transmits UL signals to predetermined CCs, and a control section that controls transmission of the UL signals, and the control section controls the transmission of the UL signals for each CC group formed with at least one CC, and CCs that form each CC group are configured based on TTI durations.
US10743309B2
A frame exchange in a High Efficiency WLAN (HEW) includes a method for exchanging frames implemented by an access point in a wireless local area network. The method further includes transmitting to one or more stations (STAs) a first frame eliciting a second frame from the one or more STAs in a downlink (DL) Physical layer Protocol Data Unit (PPDU), wherein the DL PPDU carrying the first frame includes information indicating a type of a PPDU carrying the second frame from PPDU types including a Single User (SU) PPDU and a Multiple User (MU) PPDU; and receiving from the one or more STAs the second frame in an uplink (UL) PPDU having a type determined based on the information indicating the type of the PPDU.
US10743308B2
Appropriate communication suitable for various situations is performed in millimeter wave communication for vehicles. A vehicle-mounted millimeter-wave communication device mounted on a vehicle and performing communication while temporally changing a communication direction by using an antenna unit capable of changing directivity includes: a running environment acquisition unit configured to acquire a running environment including at least one of a road condition of a road on which the vehicle is running and a vehicle state of the vehicle; and a communication control unit configured to perform control such that communication, in which a communication time allocated to each communication direction is determined in accordance with the running environment, is performed.
US10743306B2
A method in a communication system comprising a radio device and radio access network node, the method comprising and/or initiating a step of setting, in the radio device, a length of a transmission time interval (TTI) in a physical uplink control channel; a step of transmitting control information, by the radio device, over the physical uplink control channel with the set transmission time interval length; and a step of changing the transmission time interval length to be set by said radio device based on a channel or payload characteristic between said radio device and said radio access network node.
US10743302B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, specifically to a method comprising the steps of: configuring a PCell of a licensed band and an SCell of an unlicensed band for a base station; receiving resource configuration information concerning the SCell by means of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) of the PCell; configuring a subframe set within a temporary time duration on the SCell on the basis of the resource configuration information; and communicating with the base station by means of the subframe set temporarily configured on the SCell, and to an apparatus for the method.
US10743299B2
A method and apparatus for configuring a data subband in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) receives an indication of a data subband from a network, configures at least one data subband according to the indication, and performs communication with the network via the at least one data subband. One data subband consists of contiguous or non-contiguous physical resource blocks (PRBs).
US10743295B2
A method implemented by a first device includes: sending a first message to a second device on a first bandwidth; receiving on the first bandwidth, a second message sent by the second device in response to the first message; sending a third message on a second bandwidth, where the first message, the second message, and the third message all carry device-reserved time-frequency resource information; and within the device-reserved time-frequency resource information, sending, a message to the second device on the first bandwidth; or receiving on the first bandwidth, a message sent by the second device, where if the first bandwidth is less than 20 M, the second bandwidth is greater than or equal to 20 M; or if the first bandwidth is greater than or equal to 20 M, the second bandwidth is less than 20 M. Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a related device and a system.
US10743284B2
A network device may produce, in response to a paging message for a user equipment (UE), a first message derived from a paging identification and control information. The control information may include an indication of shared channel resources. The network device may transmit the first message on a control channel and a second message on a shared channel having the indicated shared channel resources.
US10743276B2
Systems and methods for a self-calibrating and self-adjusting network are disclosed. A method is disclosed, comprising: receiving mobile device measurement reports from a mobile device at a gateway situated between a radio access network (RAN) and a core network via a base station in the RAN; determining a location of the mobile device at a measurement time of the mobile device measurement reports; associating the location with the mobile device measurement reports into a measurement record; storing a plurality of measurement records obtained over a time period and over multiple mobile devices; and providing query access to the plurality of measurement records by retrieving results corresponding to a a plurality of search parameters transmitted to the gateway.
US10743272B2
Wireless communication facilitated with beamforming between devices and base stations, including when one or more devices are located within overlapping areas or ranges of two or more base stations, is contemplated. The beamforming may be implemented according to a non-joint beamforming methodology and/or a joint beamforming methodology, optionally as determined according to uplink/downlink demands and/or communications between multiple base stations.
US10743271B2
Embodiments are provided for syncing multiple electronic devices for collective audio playback. According to certain aspects, a master device connects (218) to a slave device via a wireless connection. The master device calculates (224) a network latency via a series of network latency pings with the slave device and sends (225) the network latency to the slave device. Further, the master devices sends (232) a portion of an audio file as well as a timing instruction including a system time to the slave device. The master device initiates (234) playback of the portion of the audio file and the slave devices initiates (236) playback of the portion of the audio file according to the timing instruction and a calculated system clock offset value.
US10743269B2
A node is deployed along a path between a master device and a slave device. In some cases, the path includes additional nodes. The node includes a plurality of queues configured to be associated with a corresponding plurality of flows. A first queue of the plurality of queues is configured to be associated with a first flow that conveys timing messages for synchronizing the master device and the slave device. A scheduler is configured to schedule messages from the first queue during an extended time window that encompasses expected arrival times of a first set of timing messages in the first flow. The node reverts to normal behavior in response to completing processing of the first set of timing messages. During normal operation, the node schedules messages from the first queue during a default time window that is shorter than the extended time window.
US10743265B2
Provided are a method for reporting a power headroom and an apparatus using the same. The apparatus computes and reports a power headroom for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) that is transmitted in a first transmission period of a first band having a first subcarrier interval. The power headroom is computed on the basis of at least one second transmission interval of a second band having a second subcarrier interval which overlaps with the first transmission interval.
US10743259B2
Wireless transition timers associated with wireless transition states are adaptively controlled in relation to use of applications by user equipment (UE). A UE can include a transition management component (TMC) that can adaptively control wireless transition timers associated with wireless states based on application type, session content, or other factors. The TMC monitors data flow associated with an application and, for a current or subsequent communication session, controls the length of wireless transition timers and switching between wireless states to improve UE, application, and/or network performance while maintaining QOE for the user. The TMC can access a timer look-up table that maps wireless transition timers to application type, content type, user behavior, or other factors. The TMC also can desirably control maintaining persistence or always-on connections by controlling switching between wireless states using the adapted wireless transition timers.
US10743257B2
A method, an apparatus, a base station, a user equipment (UE), and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The base station may encode a wakeup signal so that a preamble of the wakeup signal indicates whether the wakeup signal is relevant to the UE. The UE may select a technique for detecting the wakeup signal based at least in part on a partial, full, or no synchronization. In some aspects, the wakeup signal may be encoded with a system frame number. In some aspects, wakeup signals for guardband/standalone UEs are provided. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US10743242B2
An access point coupled to a node within a network is configured to combine channel maps provided by other access points to which the node is coupled, thereby reconciling any discrepancies between those channel maps. The access point may also combine channel maps associated with different regions that the node may occupy, thereby reducing the number of channel maps that must be transmitted to the node when the node travel between regions.
US10743233B2
A communication, an air conditioner, and a method for controlling the communication apparatus are disclosed. The communication apparatus includes a communicator and a controller. The communicator is configured to receive a recognition signal from each of one or more other communication apparatuses. The communicator is also configured to transmit a generated first status message generated based on the recognition signal. The communicator is also configured to receive at least one second status message generated by the one or more other communication apparatuses. The controller is configured to generate the first status message based on the recognition signal received by the communicator. The controller is also configured to determine a repeat node by comparing the second status message with the first status message.
US10743225B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a scheduling method and a base station. In a cell handover process, a target base station serving a target cell receives a random access request from a terminal, sends a random access response to the terminal according to the random access request, and proactively sends an uplink grant to the terminal after sending the random access response and prior to receiving a handover complete command from the terminal. By proactively sending the uplink grant, the target base station can perform uplink scheduling for UE before cell handover is completed, so as to reduce an uplink transmission latency caused by the cell handover.
US10743222B2
A more efficient network can be achieved by leveraging an adaptive dejitter buffer. The dejitter buffer can be dynamically adjusted based off a network data analysis. A communication handover can be adjusted or shifted based on voice inactivity data related to a forecasted punctuation. The dejitter buffer memory/depth of a mobile device can also be adjusted in accordance with receiving a delay interruption length associated with another mobile device. Thereafter, the dejitter buffer memory can be filled with voice packet data to decrease a packet delay variation at the mobile device.
US10743217B2
An interworking gateway for X2 interface communication is disclosed, comprising: an X2 internal interface for communicating with, and coupled to, a plurality of radio access networks (RANs) using a X2AP protocol; a database for associating each of the plurality of RANs with support status for an X2AP protocol version; an X2AP interworking broker for determining, based on communications with each of the plurality of RANs via the X2 internal interface, the support status for an X2AP protocol version for each of the plurality of RANs, the communications further comprising an observed response to a X2AP message of a first X2AP protocol version; and an X2 external interface for communicating with, and coupled to, a destination outside of the plurality of RANs.
US10743213B2
This application provides a communication method and a communications apparatus. The communication method includes: receiving, from a second network device, a first message indicating one or both of a first data volume of first data sent from a core network device to the second network device and from the second network device to a terminal and a second data volume of second data sent from the terminal to the second network device and from the second network device to the core network device, wherein the first data and the second data are data of a bearer, data of a flow, or data of a session, and wherein the first network device is a master node and the second network device is a secondary node both connecting to the terminal; sending, to the core network device, a second message indicating one or both of the first data volume and the second data volume.
US10743192B2
To achieve the above described objective, a disclosure of the present specification provides a method in which a cell having mobility provides a communication service. The method may comprise the steps of: obtaining, by the cell having mobility, first channel state information associated with a departure point node that is to transmit data; obtaining, by the cell having mobility, second channel state information associated with a destination node that is to receive data; and determining, by the cell having mobility, a location where the cell is to be located at a time point for data communication relay between the departure point node and the destination node on the basis of the first channel state information and the second channel state information. In this instance, the cell having mobility can move in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction from the surface of the earth.
US10743187B2
Compensation is provided for foreign interference within a cell. Uplink (UL) noise on an UL channel to a first base station (BS) device is detected. Whether the UL noise includes interference is determined. Interference can include any device other than a mobile device configured to communicate with a BS device associated with a cell. The first service area of the BS device can be modified, e.g., scaled based on determining that the UL noise includes interference. Scaling can include reducing the first service area to a second service area that does not include an imbalance region in the first service area caused by the foreign interference. Scaling can be effected by reducing the amount of downlink power from the first BS device, or by adjusting a re-selection parameter associated with reducing the range of the BS device.
US10743183B2
The application provides methods and devices for implementing wireless access point connection authentication. The method includes acquiring a connection authentication request of a user device generated during a connection with a target wireless access point; and executing an authentication module corresponding to the access point type information to complete the connection authentication of the target wireless access point on the basis of access point type information corresponding to the target wireless access point. Compared with the prior art, the method and device meet the diversified demand on the connection authentication when the users connect to the wireless access points in practice and meet the needs of connection authentication of various types of wireless access points. Meanwhile, the authentication module can implement automatic connection authentication and reduces the manual operation of the users, thereby meeting demand on facilitating connection authentication when the users connect to the wireless access points.
US10743172B2
A disclosed service for managing mobile and wireless communication devices (MWCDs) includes enabling a server to generate a standard remote configuration command (RCC) and enabling a transmitter coupled to the server to transmit the RCC wirelessly. The RCC configures a feature on a first MWCD of a first supplier and a second MWCD of a second supplier. The RCC may disable one or more of a set of selected MWCD peripheral devices. For example, the RCC may disable an MWCD camera, an MWCD microphone, and/or an MWCD speaker. In some embodiments, the RCC transitions the MWCD to a restricted state in which the MWCD is unable to record multimedia content including audio and video content. In these embodiments, the RCC may configure one or more of the features on each of a set of MWCDs within a defined geographic region.
US10743168B1
Provided is method, system, and computer program product for reducing telecommunication network congestion during a high call volume event by prioritizing subscriber calls. A processor may receive a notification of an ongoing emergency at a location. The processor may activate an emergency mode at one or more call stations near the location. The processor may receive a plurality of calls at the one or more call stations from one or more callers, wherein the calls are not directed to an emergency service provider. The processor may determine a priority order for each of the calls based on a priority level assigned to each respective caller. The processor may allow the calls to be completed according to the priority order.
US10743164B2
An electronic device and method for transmitting data using Bluetooth communication technology are provided. The electronic device includes a memory, a communication circuit configured to communicate with an external device based on a protocol, and a processor configured to generate second data by encoding first data based on an encoding parameter, to store the second data in the memory, to transmit the second data to the external device through the communication circuit, and to change the encoding parameter based on a remaining storage space of the memory.
US10743162B2
Various systems, mediums, and methods herein describe mechanisms that enable a user to send a request from her smartphone to multiple retriever devices, such that an item may be retrieved for the user. At least one of the users of the retriever devices may accept the request to retrieve the item for the requesting user. The retrieving device may send an acceptance message to the requester's smartphone to confirm that the item may be retrieved for the requesting user. In such instances, a retrieval fee may be transferred to the retrieving user's account accessible with the retriever device that accepted the request.
US10743160B2
A method includes detecting a user-input instruction for displaying a user interface for notification management and displaying the user interface for notification management. The user interface for notification management includes a classification option. The method further includes receiving a user-input instruction for selecting the classification option, displaying at least two application types, detecting a user-input instruction for selecting an option of one application type of the at least two application types, displaying, in a same user interface, an identifier of at least one application corresponding to the selected application type, displaying a setting option of a UI prompt manner of a notification message for each of the at least one application, detecting an operation of a user on the setting option of the UI prompt manner of the at least one application, and saving the setting option of the UI prompt manner of the at least one application after the user operation.
US10743159B2
Methods and systems are provided for fast discovery, service-driven, and context-based connectivity in networks of autonomous vehicles. At a node of a network of moving things that includes a plurality of nodes, one or more wireless communication interfaces of the node may be configured to enable operation of a particular service, the configuring being based on one or more of: a respective service profile, a respective priority of service, and a respective operating status for each of the one or more wireless communication interfaces. The registered service may be then made active on the node, with making of the registered service active including enabling access to the registered service by one or both of end-user devices and other nodes of the plurality of nodes. Configuring the one or more wireless communication interfaces may include allocating wireless capacity of the one or more wireless communication interfaces to the registered service.
US10743158B2
A communication apparatus for vehicle, which communicates with an entity including at least one of a nearby vehicle, infrastructure, and a mobile terminal. The communication apparatus includes a first communication unit configured to transmit a first transmission signal to the entity, and receive a first receipt signal from the entity using a first communication technology; a second communication unit configured to transmit a second transmission signal to the entity, and receive a second receipt signal from the entity using a second communication technology different than the first communication technology; and a processor configured to determine a transmission characteristic of the first transmission signal and the second transmission signal and a reception characteristic of the first receipt signal and the second receipt signal, transmit a first message using at least one of only the first transmission signal, only the second transmission signal, and a combination of the first transmission signal and the second transmission signal based on the determined transmission characteristic of the first transmission signal and the second transmission signal, and receive a second message using at least one of only the first receipt signal, only the second receipt signal, and a combination of the first receipt signal and the second receipt signal based on the determined transmission characteristic of the first transmission signal and the second transmission signal.
US10743155B2
The disclosure relates to an improved vehicular UE for transmitting vehicular data and other data to one or more receiving entities. The vehicular UE receives an uplink grant from a radio base station controlling the cell to which the vehicular mobile terminal is attached, wherein the uplink grant indicates radio resources usable by the vehicular mobile terminal to transmit the vehicular data and/or the other data. The vehicular UE transmits the vehicular data and/or the other data using the radio resources indicated in the uplink grant. The vehicular mobile terminal handles the vehicular data and the other data separately from one another.
US10743151B2
Aspects of the invention include collecting contact information in a background mode by a contact service application executing on a first electronic communication device of a first user. The collecting includes detecting via a first communication channel second electronic communication devices of second users executing copies of the contact service application. Contact information is received for each of the second users. At least a portion of the contact information for each of the second users is in a format that is not readable via a user interface of the first electronic communication device. A request from the first user to contact a selected one of the second users is received via the user interface of the first electronic communication device. In response to receiving the request, a second communication channel is initiated with the selected one of the second users based at least in part on the received contact information.
US10743139B2
A wireless system device is a device to be mounted on a vehicle. The wireless system device includes a wireless communication unit, a condition detector, a position obtainer, and an operation controller. The wireless communication unit transmits a radio signal. The condition detector detects a first timing and a second timing. The first timing is a timing when the vehicle shifts from an operation state to a stop state. The second timing is a timing when the vehicle shifts from the stop state to the operation state for a first time after the first timing. The position obtainer obtains a first position and a second position. The first position and the second position are positions where the vehicle is at the first timing and the second timing, respectively. The operation controller controls operation of the wireless communication unit based on a distance between the first position and the second position.
US10743130B2
Some aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for location-based application management. A method can include receiving, at a server, location information for a user device located at a given point of interest (POI). The method can include identifying, at the server, a given application usage state from a plurality of application usage states stored in a database based on the location information. The method can include retrieving, at the server, application configuration information based on the identified given application usage state. The method can include causing the user device to set a usability of an application executing on the user device based on the application configuration information while the user device is located at the given POI.
US10743128B1
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method comprising: calculating a head-related transfer function for a user, the calculation based at least in part on gathered data comprising at least video material and at least one supplemental image, the at least one supplemental image comprising an image of a transparent measurement device superimposed over at least one biological detail of an user, and transmitting said head-related transfer function.
US10743122B2
A dome for a hearing aid device that is insertable into an auditory canal. The dome has an inner part and a shield which is produced in one piece with the inner part. A wax guard with at least one protective element is arranged inside an opening of the dome. The protective element is flexibly turnable in a direction of insertion of the dome and counter to the direction of insertion of the dome into an auditory canal. A cleaning element, which is movable in the direction of insertion and counter to the direction of insertion of the dome, is cohesively bonded to the shield. A hearing aid device is embodied with a correspondingly configured dome.
US10743117B2
The disclosure presents a method and a hearing device comprising a first portion adapted for being arranged behind an ear of a user for providing a signal, an output transducer for converting the signal to an acoustic output, a coupling element coupling to the first portion, an antenna comprising an external antenna arranged at least externally to the first portion and an internal parasitic element, a feeding unit configured to supply a current to the external antenna, and the feeding unit is further configured to supply the current to the internal parasitic element via a wireless coupling, a wireless interface for receiving and/or transmitting data by means of the antenna, and wherein the coupling element comprises the external antenna.
US10743106B2
Various implementations include headphone systems. In one implementation a headband for a headphone system includes: a continuous spring section sized to extend over a head of a user; an earcup mount coupled with an end of the continuous spring section, where the continuous spring section and the earcup mount form an arcuate joint, and where the earcup mount is configured to rotate relative to the continuous spring section at the arcuate joint; and a friction assembly spanning between the continuous spring section and the earcup mount, the friction assembly linearly arranged across the arcuate joint and configured to provide a substantially constant resistance to the rotation of the earcup mount relative to the continuous spring section.
US10743103B2
An electronic device comprising: a microphone array including at least three microphones; and at least one processor configured to: identify a kind of an application that is executed; activate one or more of the microphones in the array based on each microphone's respective position within the electronic device and the type of the application; and capture audio using the activated microphones.
US10743102B2
An electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention may have a structure including a sensor and a speaker. The structure may comprise: a first passage portion connected to the speaker; a second passage portion connected to the sensor; and a shared passage portion connected to the first passage portion and the second passage portion and leading to the outside of the structure. According to an embodiment, a sound output from the speaker is emitted to the outside of the structure through the first passage portion and the common passage portion, and a medium introduced from the outside of the structure may come into contact with the sensor through the common passage portion and the second passage portion. Various other embodiments are possible.
US10743099B2
Provided is an area reproduction system including a reproduction unit including a speaker array, a processing unit that processes a reproduction sound to be output from each of a plurality of speakers included the speaker array, based on a control line including a reproduction line that strengthens a sound wave radiated from the speaker array and a non-reproduction line that weakens the sound wave, so that an audio beam of a predetermined sound pressure or more is radiated only to the reproduction line, the control line being substantially parallel with the speaker array and being set in a position separated from the speaker array, and a directional angle control unit that adjusts a phase of the reproduction sound so that a radiating direction of the audio beam is deflected by a specified angle, in which each of the plurality of speakers outputs the processed and adjusted reproduction sound.
US10743092B2
Optical switches and methods of switching include a first hybrid coupler configured to accept an input and to provide two branches. A phase tuner on a first branch includes a Mach-Zehnder phase shifter configured to shift a signal on the first branch by a selected phase. A loss compensator on a second branch is configured to match a loss incurred on the first branch. A second hybrid coupler is configured to recombine the two branches such that the phase shift generated by the phase tuner determines which output of the second hybrid coupler is used.
US10743067B2
A media presentation and distribution system (MPDS) communicatively coupled to a client device, which handles media content distribution via a content delivery network, to a client device associated with a user: identifies candidate time intervals in programming media content played at the client device based on at least a request received from the client device. The MPDS retrieves media content from a media store in the MPDS. The media content is retrieved based on at least one of the user intent information and a plurality of targeting parameters associated with the user. The MPDS dynamically generates personalized media content that corresponds to the candidate time intervals in the programming media content and further instructs playback of the dynamically generated personalized media content at the identified candidate time intervals based on the specified version of the programming media content played at the client device.
US10743064B2
Systems and methods for measuring audience information of programs are described. Systems and methods for providing audience information to users of interactive television applications are described.
US10743060B2
This information processing apparatus, this information processing apparatus includes a data-sending interface capable of transmitting data to a television receiver through a first transmission channel; a request-sending interface capable of sending a request to the television receiver through a second transmission channel; a second interface connectable to the television receiver through the second transmission channel; and a first control unit that detects an event and performs control to send, to the television receiver through the second transmission channel, a request including at least control information for giving an instruction about control to be executed by the television receiver in accordance with the detected event.
US10743049B2
Facilitating pre-positioning of streaming content onto communication devices is provided herein. A system can comprise a processor and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations. The operations can comprise facilitating an identification of a first multimedia content stream and a second multimedia content stream. The identification can be based on a usage preference of a defined entity associated with a communication device. The operations can also comprise, in response to a determination that an available network satisfies a defined network criterion, facilitating pre-positioning, at a data store of the communication device, the first multimedia content stream and the second multimedia content stream.
US10743041B1
Systems, methods, and machine-readable media for adaptive content splicing with respect to content corresponding to a televised event are disclosed. First content may be received and may be determined to correspond to an event that is televised. One or more indicators of one or more state changes with respect to the event may be detected. A content composite may be created. An adaptable content item received from a first system may be processed. A content object re may be processed. The adaptable content item may be modified based at least in part on the content object to form the content composite. The creating the content composite may be a function of rules mapped to a current geolocation. Second content corresponding to the programming content may be received. The second content may be output for display in conjunction with the content composite.
US10743032B2
A method and system for encoding video data in a constant bit rate video encoder. A video encoder may determine a coding mode for encoding a block of video data from among one or more coding modes based on a minimum syntax element size and a maximum syntax element size, wherein the minimum syntax element size is greater than 1 bit, encode the block of video data in a plurality of substreams according to the determined coding mode to create a plurality of encoded substreams of video data, store the plurality of encoded substreams of video data in respective balance FIFO buffers, and multiplex the plurality of encoded substreams in a bitstream for transmitting to a decoder.
US10743022B2
Disclosed are a method for inducing a prediction motion vector and an apparatus using the same. An image decoding method can include: a step of determining the information related to a plurality of spatial candidate prediction motion vectors from peripheral predicted blocks of a predicted target block; and a step of determining the information related to temporal candidate prediction motion vectors on the basis of the information related to the plurality of spatial candidate prediction motion vectors. Accordingly, the present invention can reduce complexity and can enhance coding efficiency when inducing the optimum prediction motion vector.
US10743021B2
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for processing a video signal, which can increase the accuracy of the motion vector prediction through motion vector scaling which takes a difference in the temporal distance between reference pictures into consideration. To this end, the present invention provides a video signal processing method and a video signal processing apparatus using the same, and the method comprises the steps of: scaling at least one neighboring partition motion vector for a motion vector prediction of the current partition; scaling the neighboring partition motion vector, which has been selected, when the reference picture of the neighboring partition motion vector is different from the reference picture of the current partition; acquiring a motion vector prediction value of the current partition using the scaled motion vector; and acquiring a motion vector of the current partition using the motion vector prediction value.
US10743016B2
A method of video decoding at a decoder can include receiving a bitstream including encoded data of a picture, decoding a plurality of coding units (CUs) in the picture based on motion information stored in a history-based motion vector prediction (HMVP) table without updating the HMVP table, and updating the HMVP table with motion information of all or a part of the plurality of CUs after the plurality of CUs are decoded based on the motion information stored in the HMVP table.
US10743012B2
Image block transmission includes reading an image block from a downhole sensor. Based on the image block, a set of formation features attributes for the image block are detected. The set of formation features attributes describe a structural property of a subsurface formation. Based on the set of formation feature attributes, a wavelet transform function is modified to obtain a modified wavelet transform function. The modified wavelet transform function is applied to the image block to obtain a set of wavelet transform coefficients for the image block. The image block transmission further includes generating an encoded bit stream comprising the set of formation features attributes and the set of wavelet transform coefficients for the image block, and transmitting the encoded bit stream.
US10743011B2
A method of decoding a bitstream, a method of accelerating an inverse transform, an apparatus, a video decoder, and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium are provided. The method includes receiving an encoded bitstream, extracting transformation coefficients from the received bitstream, determining a position of a block including at least one nonzero transformation coefficient from among the extracted transformation coefficients, and generating decoded video data by inverse-transforming transformation coefficients in the block by using the determined position.
US10743006B2
A POC recalculation value is retrieved by a decoder from an encoded representation of a RAP picture in a base layer of a video stream comprising pictures in multiple layers. POC values of reference pictures in a DPB of the decoder are recalculated using the POC recalculation value. By signaling the POC recalculation value in the RAP picture, which enables the decoder to correctly handle video streams with non-aligned RAP pictures.
US10742990B2
A data compression apparatus is described which has an encoder configured to receive an input data item and to compress the data item into an encoding comprising a plurality of numerical values. The numerical values are grouped at least according to whether they relate to content of the input data item or style of the input data item. The encoder has been trained using a plurality of groups of training data items grouped according to the content and where training data items within individual ones of the groups vary with respect to the style. The encoder has been trained using a training objective which takes into account the groups.
US10742981B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for determining quantization parameter predictors from a plurality of neighboring quantization parameters. An apparatus includes an encoder for encoding image data for at least a portion of a picture using a quantization parameter predictor for a current quantization parameter to be applied to the image data. The quantization parameter predictor is determined using multiple quantization parameters from previously coded neighboring portions. A difference between the current quantization parameter and the quantization parameter predictor is encoded for signaling to a corresponding decoder.
US10742980B2
An image processing apparatus which calculates a code amount obtained upon coding a coding block being obtained by dividing an image to be processed, determines an assigned code amount to be assigned to each of the coding blocks, based on a reference code amount and the code amount calculated for each of coding blocks in a coding group including a plurality of coding blocks, and generates coded data by coding each of the coding blocks using the assigned code amount as a target code amount, wherein the assigned code amount is determined so that a total of the assigned code amounts of the coding blocks in the coding group is the same among a plurality of coding groups, and fixed-length coding is carried out on a coding group-by-coding group basis by coding using the determined assigned code amounts.
US10742971B2
A method for decoding an image by a decoding apparatus according to the present invention comprises the steps of: deriving first motion information of a current block in a first direction and second motion information of the current block in a second direction; deriving a first reference sample on the basis of the first motion information; deriving a second reference sample on the basis of the second motion information; deriving a first weight for the first reference sample and a second weight for the second reference sample; and generating a prediction sample of the current block by performing a weighted summation of the first and second reference samples on the basis of the first and second weights, wherein the first motion information comprises a first reference picture index and a first MV and the second motion information comprises a second reference picture index and a second MV.
US10742965B2
An electrically controlled spectacle includes a spectacle frame and optoelectronic lenses housed in the frame. The lenses include a left lens and a right lens, each of the optoelectrical lenses having a plurality of states, wherein the state of the left lens is independent of the state of the right lens. The electrically controlled spectacle also includes a control unit housed in the frame, the control unit being adapted to control the state of each of the lenses independently.
US10742961B2
A depth sensing apparatus with self-calibration and a self-calibration method thereof are provided. The depth sensing apparatus includes a projection apparatus, an image capturing apparatus and a calibration module. The projection apparatus projects a calibration pattern and a depth computation pattern to a reference plane based on a predefined calibration pattern and a predefined depth computation pattern. The image capturing apparatus captures an image including the calibration pattern and the depth computation pattern. The calibration module coupled to the image capturing apparatus adjusts apparatus parameters of the depth sensing apparatus to calibrate a depth computation deviation according to the calibration pattern of the image, the predefined calibration pattern and a predefined lookup table corresponding to the predefined calibration pattern.
US10742958B2
In this endoscope apparatus, an imaging optical system is disposed in a distal end of an endoscope insertion unit. An measurement processing unit performs a measurement process by the principle of triangulation on the basis of an image corresponding to an optical image obtained via an imaging optical system and camera parameters of a first position and a second position. A reliability determination unit determines the reliability of the measurement process. The measurement process is based on a measurement point set in the image corresponding to the optical image obtained via the imaging optical system at the first position. A notification control unit sends a notification to prompt a user to perform an operation of moving the distal end in a direction from the second position toward the first position when the reliability determination unit determines that the reliability is low.
US10742938B2
A security system can include an electronic doorbell comprising a first camera configurable to capture an image of a first zone, a button configurable to enable a visitor to sound an electronic chime, and a first microphone configurable to capture sounds. The security system can also include an electronic garage door controller communicatively coupled to the electronic doorbell, the electronic garage door controller comprising a second camera configurable to capture an image of a second zone, and a second microphone configurable to capture sounds. The security system can also include a remote computing device communicatively coupled to at least one of the electronic doorbell and the electronic garage door controller. The remote computing device can be configurable to display at least one of the image of the first zone and the image of the second zone.
US10742935B2
A video surveillance system having a plurality of aerial camera devices such as cameras on drones operable from a plurality of docking stations. Each station has a dock for receiving, charging, and controlling the aerial camera devices.
US10742934B2
An autonomous picture production system for automatically capturing an image of a location within a spectator seating area of a stadium upon request of a spectator includes one or more motorized cameras, an external interaction device for receiving an external request from the spectator, a camera control device for determining an optimal camera from the one or more motorized cameras for capturing the image, the camera control device controlling the optimal camera to capture the image, and a database for storing the image, wherein the external interaction device informs the spectator how to retrieve the image from the database.
US10742928B2
The invented system can be utilized as supplementary system for the intercom systems, when the inhabitant does not answer. This system links visitor to the inhabitant regardless of his/her location, via telephone line in activate mode, and provide possibility of remote door opening or telecommunication. The invented system consists of an electronic circuit board, LCD monitor, keypad, SIM card slot and telephone and power ports, which can accompany audio/video door intercom externally or can be used to make a unique indoor intercom and provide ever replying and opening the door possible for the inhabitant from any place.
US10742925B2
A smart multimedia content receiver automatically resizes video images based on the content being displayed on the TV screen. Such a self-formatting content receiver includes on-board image processing capability that provides continuous video analysis to detect changes in program formatting and convert each frame as it is received in real time, as opposed to processing and re-releasing an entire program or movie, or relying on the viewer to re-format programs manually. In response to detecting a change, aspect ratio adjustments are made as needed. Because the self-formatting content receiver has access to the video data before it is displayed, such automatic on-the-fly adjustments ensure that the viewer's experience during program changes is seamless and without distortion. Subscribers can influence decisions made by the content receiver by pre-setting viewer preferences for aspect ratio adjustment.
US10742915B2
An apparatus includes an interface and a processor. The interface may be configured to receive a plurality of sensed values from a sensor under a plurality of conditions. The processor may be connected to the interface and may be configured to (i) generate a plurality of patterns in response to the sensed values, where each of the patterns includes a plurality of positions of a plurality of bad values among the sensed values in a corresponding one of the conditions, (ii) identify a plurality of consistently bad values among the bad values in the patterns and (iii) indicate that the sensor has been replaced where the positions associated with the consistently bad values do not correlate to a plurality of known positions of the consistently bad values previously identified in the sensor.
US10742909B2
A method and device for improving the accuracy of depth information derived from a structured-light image for a regular image are disclosed. In one example, an additional structured-light image is captured before a first structured-light image or after a regular image. The depth information for the regular image can be derived from the first structured-light image and corrected by incorporating depth information from the additional structured-light image. A model for depth information can be used to predict or interpolate depth information for the regular image. In another example, two regular sub-images may be captured with a structured-light image in between. If substantial frame differences or substantial global motion vector/block motion vectors are detected, the two regular sub-images will not be combined in order to avoid possible motion smear. Instead, one of the two sub-images will be selected and scaled as the output regular image.
US10742907B2
A camera device for detecting a surrounding area of a subject vehicle has optoelectronics including a high-resolution image capturing sensor and a wide-angle optical system. The optoelectronics are designed to output an image sequence of the surrounding area with a periodic variation of high-resolution images and resolution-reduced images.
US10742903B2
An apparatus for imaging and a terminal device include a front camera configured to capture a visible light iris image, an iris recognition camera configured to capture an infrared iris image, and an infrared fill-light configured to emit infrared light when the iris recognition camera capturing the infrared iris image. The front camera and the iris recognition camera are packaged into an integrated unit. The integrated unit is coupled with a circuit board. The infrared fill-light is disposed at one side of the circuit board and adjacent to the integrated unit.
US10742898B2
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for verifying times and locations of image data of cameras for vehicles. The method for verifying times and locations of image data of cameras for vehicles includes anonymously receiving digests including locations and times of data created by cameras for a plurality of vehicles, respectively, forming a mesh structure by bi-directionally connecting the cameras for the plurality of vehicles to cameras for adjacent vehicles, based on a relationship between the received digests, and if the mesh structure is formed, verifying times and locations for the digests constituting the mesh structure based on the formed mesh structure.
US10742895B2
The disclosure extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for widening dynamic range within an image in a light deficient environment.
US10742894B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for producing high quality images in uncontrolled or impaired environments. In some examples of the disclosed technology, groups of cameras for high dynamic range (HDR), polarization diversity, and optional other diversity modes are arranged to concurrently image a common scene. For example, in a vehicle checkpoint application, HDR provides discernment of dark objects inside a vehicle, while polarization diversity aids in rejecting glare. Spectral diversity, infrared imaging, and active illumination can be applied for better imaging through a windshield. Preprocessed single-camera images are registered and fused. Faces or other features of interest can be detected in the fused image and identified in a library. Impairments can include weather, insufficient or interfering lighting, shadows, reflections, window glass, occlusions, or moving objects.
US10742890B2
An imaging apparatus includes an image sensor and a controller. The controller acquires an infrared image generated by the image sensor when infrared light is higher than a predetermined light amount. The controller acquires a normal image generated by the image sensor when the infrared light is lower than the predetermined light amount. The controller generates a synthesized image on the basis of the infrared image and the normal image. Thus, an image that includes colors and high luminance contrast may be generated in a dark environment without a plurality of infrared light sources.
US10742885B1
Visual content may be captured by an image capture device during a capture duration. The rotational positions of the image capture device may change during the capture duration. The rotational positions of the image capture device may be smoothed based on a look ahead of a rotation constraint. A punchout of the visual content may be determined based on the smoothed rotational positions. The punchout of the visual content may be used to generate stabilized visual content.
US10742880B2
An image display apparatus and a method of displaying an image are provided. The image display apparatus includes: a display; a graphics processing unit (GPU); and a processor configured to: determine a copy region of a planar-format image based on information regarding a current viewpoint, control the GPU to generate a sphere-format image by mapping an image corresponding to the copy region to a sphere and to generate an output image by rendering the sphere-format image, and control the display to display the output image.
US10742879B2
A panoramic camera device includes: a first substrate having a first surface and an opposite second surface, a first camera module being disposed on the first surface, a first connection port being disposed on the second surface; and a second substrate having a third surface and a fourth surface opposite to the third surface. The fourth surface faces the second surface. A second camera module and a signal output port are disposed on the third surface. A second connection port is disposed on the fourth surface. The first connection port is connected with the second connection port. The first camera module on the first surface and the second camera module on the third surface are back-to-back arranged. The first and second camera modules are positioned in the same optical axis. The signal output port serves to output the image signals generated by the first and second camera modules.
US10742876B2
An imaging device includes: an imaging element including a sensor unit provided with a light reception surface on which a plurality of pixel rows including a plurality of pixels arranged in a row direction are arranged in a column direction orthogonal to the row direction, a storage unit that stores imaging signals read out from all of the pixels included in the plurality of pixel rows, a first output terminal that outputs the imaging signal stored in the storage unit, and a second output terminal that outputs the imaging signal stored in the storage unit; an imaging control unit as defined herein; an output control unit that performs a first output control and a second output control as defined herein; a first image processing unit as defined herein; and a second image processing unit as defined herein.
US10742874B2
Disclosed are an imaging plan generation device, an imaging plan generation method, and a program that generate an imaging plan for efficiently imaging captured images for use in inspection of a bridge without omission. An imaging plan generation device (400) includes a space information acquisition unit (401) that acquires space information of a panel, a first decision unit (403) that decides a plurality of deck slab imaging positions and postures of a camera based on the space information of the panel, a second decision unit (405) that decides, based on the space information of the panel, a plurality of steel member imaging positions and postures of the camera in imaging a plurality of joint portions of steel members with the camera, and an imaging plan generation unit (407) that generates an imaging plan of a camera-equipped mobile robot based on the plurality of deck slab imaging positions and postures decided by the first decision unit and the plurality of steel member imaging positions and postures decided by the second decision unit.
US10742866B2
Methods and devices for enabling controls of an imaging device may include receiving a data stream with a request for at least one control of an imaging device, wherein the at least one control is related to Universal Serial Bus (USB) video. The methods and devices may include identifying a defined functionality of the at least one control and transmitting the data stream to the imaging device to specify the operation of the imaging device based on the defined functionality of the at least one control. The methods and devices may also include generating metadata information from received video frame packets from an imaging device. The methods and devices may include identifying metadata information in the header of a video packet when the header size exceeds the standard header size. The methods and devices may include generating a metadata buffer with the identified metadata information.
US10742848B2
Production methods and systems enable the inline production of instant lottery tickets or documents using at least three different digital imagers. By interfacing at least three digital imagers in a common printing line, heretofore unknown printing efficiencies are realized, particularly on smaller volume print runs. These methods and systems enhance the overall appearance of the printed instant lottery tickets or documents, as well as potentially expand the consumer base.
US10742844B2
Example implementations relate to hiding sensitive data. For example, a device according to the present disclosure may include a scanning portion to receive a scan of a document, and a graphical user interface to receive a command with respect to the sensitive data. The device may also include a processor to analyze the scan of the document, process the command via the graphical user interface, determine the document contains sensitive data in response to the command, and perform an action to hide the sensitive data.
US10742838B2
An image processing apparatus includes a multi-gradation-level dither processing unit and a screen processing unit. The multi-gradation-level dither processing unit performs a multi-gradation-level dither process for a target image. The screen processing unit performs an FM screen process for the target image for which the multi-gradation-level dither process has been performed. Further, in the multi-gradation-level dither process, the multi-gradation-level dither processing unit selects each pixel in the target image as a target pixel in turn; using a conversion characteristic corresponding to each local pixel position group in a unit matrix, converts a pixel value of the target pixel to one of: a minimum gradation level, a maximum gradation level and an intermediate gradation level corresponding to the pixel value of the target pixel; and sets a pixel value of each pixel in the unit matrix as a pixel value obtained with the conversion characteristic.
US10742836B2
In a server, a memory stores first correlation information for correlating first group identification information with both first device information assigned to a first communication device and second device information assigned to a second communication device. A first group includes the first communication device and the second communication device. In a case where device information matching the first device information and authentication information matching the first authentication information are received from the first communication device, the processor transmits to the first communication device a second file generated using a first file which is stored correlated with the first authentication information in the memory. In a case where device information matching the second device information and authentication information matching the first authentication information are received from the second communication device, the processor transmits to the second communication device the second file.
US10742834B2
A computer vision processing device is provided which comprises memory configured to store data and a processor. The processor is configured to store captured image data in a first buffer and acquire access to the captured image data in the first buffer when the captured image data is available for processing. The processor is also configured to execute a first group of operations in a processing pipeline, each of which processes the captured image data accessed from the first buffer and return the first buffer for storing next captured image data when a last operation of the first group of operations executes.
US10742826B2
A media detection assembly for sensing media presence in a manual input feeder having a media support surface that is foldable out of a front of a removable media input tray of an image forming device. The media detection assembly includes a sensor disposed above the media support surface. A rotatable first arm is mounted above the media support surface and movable between a first position when no media is present in the media support surface and a second position when media is present in the media support surface. A rotatable second arm is mounted between the first arm and the sensor and is operatively connected to the first arm such that the second arm is movable by the first arm to change a state of the sensor when the first arm moves between the first position and the second position.
US10742822B2
Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for mobile network handling of simultaneous data usage session records. A system can include a network session server that has a processor and a memory storing instructions that configure a processor to perform operations. The operations can include obtaining, from a session probe within a core network device, a raw mobile data set associated with a user equipment. The operations can include determining that the user equipment engages in a simultaneous usage session based on the raw mobile data set. The operations can include identifying targeted domains that are present within the raw mobile data set, and creating a raw session record for each of the targeted domains associated with the simultaneous usage session.
US10742821B2
Methods and systems for providing a rating system that allow for customers to create a database of toll-free numbers that are abused by malicious consumers which may be cloud-based and allow for service providers to dip prior to completing or accepting calls.
US10742819B2
Method and apparatus for effecting a voice communication between user terminals connected via a communication network include displaying a menu of country options to a user and receiving a number in local form. Formatting rules are recalled for a destination country selected by the user from the country options. A country prefix for the destination country is prepended to the number in accordance with the formatting rules to generate a formatted number. The formatted number is supplied to a client installed at the user terminal for effecting the voice communication using the formatted number.
US10742808B2
A first mobile terminal includes a microphone to receive a voice, a mobile communication module to make communication with a second mobile terminal, and a learning data unit to receive a command for entering an artificial intelligence (AI) telephone conversation mode, to obtain a user intent of the first mobile terminal, based on the received command, and to automatically perform a first task with the second mobile terminal according to the obtained user intent.
US10742805B2
A captioning system comprising a processor and a memory having stored thereon software such that, when the software is executed by the one or more processors, the system generates text captions from speech data, including at least the following, receiving, from a hearing user's (HU's) device, an HU's speech data, generating, at the one or more hardware processors, first text captions from the speech data using a speech recognition algorithm, automatically determining, at the one or more processors, whether the generated first text captions meet a first accuracy threshold and when the first text captions meet the first accuracy threshold, sending the first text captions to an assisted user's (AU's) device for display, when the first text captions do not meet the first accuracy threshold, generating, at the one or more processors, second text captions from the speech data based on user input to the speech recognition algorithm from a call assistant and sending the second text captions to the AU's device for display.
US10742804B1
A method and system for updating physical location data associated with a user data-communications endpoint device is implemented in a variety of embodiments. In one such embodiment, the endpoint device stores an identifier for a packet-communicating device which is subject to changing. The endpoint device has an interface for communication over the Internet via the packet-communicating device and uses a circuit-implemented method for prompting an update of physical location data associated with the endpoint device. In response to a communications connectivity-state transition and a change in the stored identifier, the endpoint device facilitates an update to the physical location data associated with the data-communications service.
US10742799B2
The present invention discloses a system, apparatus, and method that obtains audio and metadata information from voice calls, generates textual transcripts from those calls, and makes the resulting data searchable via a user interface. The system converts audio data from one or more sources (such as a telecommunications provider) into searchable usable text transcripts. One use of which is law enforcement and intelligence work. Another use relates to call centers to improve quality and track customer service history. Searches can be performed for callers, callees, keywords, and/or other information in calls across the system. The system can also generate automatic alerts based on callers, callees, keywords, phone numbers, and/or other information. Further the system generates and provides analytic information on the use of the phone system, the semantic content of the calls, and the connections between callers and phone numbers called, which can aid analysts in detecting patterns of behavior, and in looking for patterns of equipment use or failure.
US10742795B1
A system for sending limited-content message texts to a debtor, where each message comprises a fixed format, comprising an agent's name, a callback number, and optional suggested times for the recipient to callback the agent. The limited content message texts are sent over a time period during the work schedule of the agent and the optionally suggested callback times may take into account the agent's schedule. Upon receiving a voice telephone callback from the recipient, a comparison is performed on the calling party number to ascertain if it matches a called party number of one of the sent limited-content message texts. If matched, then the call is routed to the agent identified in the limited-content message text. The agent is further presented with information indicating the voice telephone call is a callback in response to a previously sent limited-content message text.
US10742786B2
A mobile device with a side-looking biometric sensor, a sensor and a method for sensing a biometric function of a user holding a mobile device a disclosed. In an embodiment, a mobile device has a generally flat rectangular shape with a relatively large front and rear surfaces and relatively small upper side, lower side, left side and right side surfaces, wherein the mobile device includes a sensor configured for capturing biometric data of a user holding the mobile device. The sensor includes a light source configured for emitting light towards a hand of the user and a photodetector configured for receiving light emitted from the light source and reflected back from the hand, wherein the sensor is a side-looking sensor.
US10742782B2
A network interface device is provided. The network interface device comprises an input configured to receive a data frame from a network. The network interface device also comprises a timing component configured to store, for the data frame, first timing information and compensation information. The compensation information is specific to the frame. The first timing information and said compensation information representing a time when the data frame was received.
US10742781B2
A transmitting apparatus is provided. The transmitting apparatus includes: a baseband packet (BBP) generator configured to generate a BBP including a header and payload data; a frame generator configured to generate a frame including the BBP; a signal processor configured to signal-process the generated frame; and a transmitter configured to transmit the signal-processed frame. The header includes information about a type of the payload data, whether an additional header exists, a length of the payload data, and a Least Significant Bit (LSB) of the length of the payload data. Therefore, various types of data are mapped on a physical layer based on information included in the header, and data processing efficiency is improved.
US10742777B2
A UDP protocol acceleration system includes a client terminal, an acceleration server, and a source station. The client terminal includes a local proxy at the application layer and one or more local applications to be accelerated, and a network filter at the IP layer. The local proxy identifies redirection requests from different local applications among requests received and, for each redirection request, queries an original destination address, and encapsulates and sends the original destination address and the redirection request to the acceleration server. The acceleration server parses the original destination, acts as a proxy for the redirection request, and sends a response back to the local proxy. The local proxy, after receiving the response from the acceleration server, queries acceleration records, and forwards the response to a corresponding local application.
US10742775B2
A method implemented by a network element (NE) comprises receiving, by a receiver of the NE, an Internet Protocol (IP) version 4 (IPv4) packet from another NE, wherein the IPv4 packet comprises an IPv4 header, an extension header, and upper layer data, wherein the IPv4 header comprises a protocol number associated with the extension header, and wherein the IPv4 packet comprises a total length of the extension header, and processing, by a processor coupled to the receiver, the IPv4 packet based on the total length of the extension header.
US10742774B1
A computer-implemented method is provided, comprising causing access to be provided, to a client computer, to code that causes the client computer to operate in accordance with a protocol that is separate from TCP, in order to establish a protocol connection with another server computer, by: receiving a packet, detecting an idle time period parameter field in the packet, identifying metadata in the idle time period parameter field for an idle time period, where, after the idle time period is detected, the second protocol connection is deemed inactive, and creating or modifying, by the client computer and based on the metadata, a timeout attribute associated with the second protocol connection.
US10742773B2
The embodiments of the present application disclose a protocol conversion method, a protocol conversion platform and a protocol conversion gateway to reduce difficulty of information interaction between a superior data platform and a subordinate data platform. With the technical solution provided by the embodiments of the present application, the superior protocol conversion gateway and the subordinate protocol conversion gateway use signaling in compliance with the same third-party signaling standard, and the signaling interacted between the superior data platform and the subordinate data platform does not need to be switched between two video cascade protocols, which reduces the difficulty of developing a gateway, and facilitates the signaling interaction between the superior data platform and the subordinate data platform, and when a superior or subordinate data platform supporting a new video cascade protocol appears, it is only required to configure the superior protocol conversion gateway and the subordinate protocol conversion gateway without developing a new gateway, which further reduces workload of developing a gateway.
US10742762B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for reducing redirects. In one aspect, a method includes receiving request data indicating that a user device has requested a content item. The request data specifies other data processing apparatus to which user interactions with the content item are to be reported. The content item includes a reference to a resource that is requested in response to user interaction with the content item. Response data is provided. The response data includes data that cause presentation of the content item. Interaction data is received specifying user interaction with the content item occurred. Redirect data is provided that cause the user device to be redirected to the resource. Reporting data is provided to the other data processing apparatus, specifying user interaction with the content item occurred. The reporting data is provided asynchronously relative to the redirect data.
US10742756B2
The social networking system monitors implicit interactions between a user and objects of the social networking system with which the user has not established a connection. Based on the implicit interactions between the user and an object, the social networking system identifies a soft connection between the user and the object. The social networking system may then identify soft connections to include in a candidate list of soft connections to recommend to the user. The social networking system may also extract signals from the set of candidate list of soft connections, and may use the extracted signals to rank the soft connections in the list of candidate soft connections. The social networking system may then recommend soft connections to the user based on the rank associated with the soft connections in the candidate list of soft connections.
US10742753B2
System for obtaining and analyzing data on online user behavior and other activity having regard to Internet connectable user devices, optionally mobile devices, the system being configured to collect data from a plurality of data sources, wherein the collected data includes at least individual user-level data acquired from user devices and census-level data indicating behavior and demographic characteristics across the entire population of users, active or measured services, with the user-level data being preferably collected using at least one user research panel of controlled constitution, preferably from multiple devices of each participant in the panel, the collected data being indicative of Internet, content, media, application, and/or device usage, organize the obtained user-level and census-level data into a multivalent categorized data set utilizing an ontological metadata schema, determine an electronic deliverable based on an integration of the user-level data and census-level data wherein census-level data is utilized to calibrate user-level data.
US10742740B2
An in-vehicle network system includes a first control unit, a second control unit, and a network connecting the first control unit to the second control unit. The first control unit performs a process of transmitting data, which is target of high-speed processing, having a first data length obtained by dividing transmission data by the first data length or obtained by adding predetermined data to the transmission data as high-speed processing. The second control unit performs a process of receiving reception data at a first processing speed that is a low speed when the second control unit determines that a data length of the reception data is not the first data length, and performs a process of receiving the reception data at a second processing speed higher than the first processing speed when the second control unit determines that the data length of the reception data is the first data length.
US10742736B2
Embodiments of network devices for content distribution are described. In some embodiments, an edge network device integrates network coding for content distribution with erasure coding for data storage. Embodiments of methods of integrating network coding and erasure coding are also disclosed. In some embodiments, an edge network device can determine content distribution and storage for content based on one or more penalty functions that assess storage capacity, computational power, user demand, and/or network bandwidth for optimal resource usage. In some embodiments, an edge network device creates fragments of content and transmits a subset of the fragments for early distribution. In response to a user request for the content, the edge network device can transmit the remaining fragments to the user device for the user device to reconstruct the original content.
US10742731B2
A computer program product is provided for extending a clustered file system. The computer program product comprises a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith. The program instructions are executable by a processor to cause the processor to build a central cluster repository, establish a service-specific interface for accessing non-file system data in the central cluster repository, and extend a clustered file system with the service-specific interface.
US10742730B2
A computer-implemented method includes sending a broadcast over a network requesting a response from other host computers on the network that are also communicatively paired with the input device, receiving a broadcasted response from a second host computer on the network indicating that it is communicatively paired with the input device, establishing a communicative connection with the second host computer via the network and automatically reestablishing the connection with the second host computer when the second host computer disconnects and reconnects to the network. In response to an edge-detect event, sending a control signal to switch the communicative pairing of the input device from the first host computer to the second host computer.
US10742717B2
According to some embodiments, a delivery system comprises an interface and one or more processors. The interface is operable to receive a current preference from a recipient. The current preference indicates how the recipient prefers messages to be delivered. The processors determine whether the current preference differs from a previous preference that the delivery system associates with the recipient. The interface communicates the current preference to a plurality of senders if the current preference differs from the previous preference. The senders are configured to store the current preference in local memory and to apply the current preference from local memory in response to a future determination to send a message to the recipient.
US10742716B1
A digital media service distributes digital media content to a plurality of devices in a graphical processing unit based distributed cluster and transmits executable instructions to these devices to initiate a collaborative filtering algorithm. Accordingly, the graphical processing unit in each of the devices, configured to utilize the collaborative filtering algorithm, may generate one or more co-occurrence vectors comprising similarities among a user's interactions with the digital media content and other users' interactions with the digital media content. These co-occurrence vectors are transmitted to the digital media service, which may create a matrix based at least in part on these vectors to determine personalized digital media content that is to be distributed to each of the devices in the distributed cluster. Accordingly, the personalized digital media content is distributed to each device in the distributed cluster.
US10742713B2
A cluster management system and method for synchronizing content libraries within a distributed computer system allows an on-demand synchronization option of a content library subscribed to a publishing content library, which includes at least a consumable software item and metadata of the consumable software item, to be enabled. As a result of the on-demand synchronization option of the subscribed content library being enabled, the metadata of the consumable software item is downloaded from the publishing content library to the subscribed content library without downloading the consumable software item. The consumable software item is downloaded from the publishing content library to the subscribed content library in response to user selection of the consumable software item at the subscribed content library.
US10742709B2
Conferences are a popular way to hold meetings and presentations when the participants are not required to be physically together. However, the quality of a conference can vary based on a particular user's endpoint configuration, connection, network, conference content, and other factors. Providing a user with the ability to indicate a quality issue, as determined by the user, allows other users and systems to become aware that a user is experiencing quality issues and optionally take action to correct the issue.
US10742703B2
Described herein are methods and systems for data distribution over a network. A device can capture content. The device can be configured to publish the content so that other devices in a network can access the content. The publishing device can indicate to other devices on the network that the content is available for use. In response, the publishing device can receive requests for the content from the other devices. When sending a request, a requesting device can include viewing parameters that indicate capabilities of the requesting device. The publishing device can create a bit stream comprising one or more data layers that comprise the content based on the viewing parameters of requesting devices. The publishing device can also determine a transmission path to the various requesting devices and transmit the bit stream comprising one or more data layers along the transmission path.
US10742694B2
A method for migrating data and a terminal are provided. The method includes the following. An application migration instruction is received, and a target application and a target terminal corresponding to the application migration instruction are determined. A target system type of the target terminal and a local system type are acquired. User data of the target application is acquired. When the local system type is not matched with the target system type, the target terminal is instructed to download the target application from an application store. The user data is migrated to the target terminal.
US10742687B2
Techniques for determining a device profile and anomalous behavior associated with a device in a network are disclosed. Attribute values associated with a target device are determined based on data packets detected from a network. A subset of a set of classifiers associated with the available attribute values are selected. The attribute values are applied to the selected classifiers to determine a respective candidate device profile. A current device profile is determined for the target device based on the candidate device profiles. The current device profile indicates expected attribute values for the target device. Current attribute values are compared to the expected attribute values to determine whether there is any anomalous behavior associated with the target device.
US10742678B2
In one embodiment, a security device maintains a plurality of security enclaves for a computer network, each associated with a given level of security policies. After detecting a given device joining the computer network, the security device places the given device in a strictest security enclave of the plurality of security enclaves in response to joining the computer network. The security device then subjects the given device to joint adversarial training, where a control agent representing behavior of the given device is trained against an inciting agent, and where the inciting agent attempts to force the control agent to misbehave by applying destabilizing policies. Accordingly, the security device may determine control agent behavior during the joint adversarial training, and promotes the given device to a less strict security enclave of the plurality of enclaves in response to the control agent being robust against the attempts by the inciting agent.
US10742659B1
Access to a provider's restricted resources for users who are not directly associated with the provider but who are permitted to access the restricted resources based on the users' affiliation with a third-party subscriber is provided. An example affiliation is a university student's (user's) affiliation with a university (third-party subscriber). A user's identity can be authenticated by the third party, and the user's access entitlements can be authorized by the third party based on the third party's authorization policies and by an authorized distributor of the restricted resources of which the third party is a subscriber based on the distributor's authorization policies. An access decision is made by a policy enforcement service based on the authorization access decisions made by the third party and by the authorized distributor. The provider allows the user access to its otherwise restricted resources based on a permit decision made by the policy enforcement service.
US10742651B2
There is a provided a digital identity network interface system that may include a communications module and a processor. The processor may be configured to: receive a signal representing a digital identity request, the digital identity request defining one or more scopes associated with the request, at least one of the scopes identifying a data type associated with the request; generate a query based on the scopes by translating at least one of the scopes into a query having a query format associated with a digital identity network, the digital identity network storing data associated with a plurality of users; send a signal representing the query to the digital identity network; send a link to an authorization device; after successful authentication, obtain data associated with the digital identity request from the digital identity network; and release at least some of the data.
US10742650B2
A communication system is provided, the communication system including: an authenticating unit that authenticates a plurality of communication terminals based on a single user ID, and keeps the plurality of communication terminals logged into an information providing service; a storing unit that stores therein provider registration information including a plurality of pieces of provider information that indicate providers of respective pieces of data being displayed on each communication terminal among the plurality of communication terminals; a receiving unit that receives designation information that designates the provider registration information; and a transmitting unit that transmits each piece among the plurality of pieces of provider information to each communication terminal among the plurality of communication terminals so as to cause each communication terminal among the plurality of communication terminals to display data provided by a provider indicated by a plurality of pieces of provider information.
US10742642B2
In some examples, a system for authenticating users can include a processor to train a first predictive application based on a first set of user engagements with advertisements, wherein the first predictive application is associated with a first advertising identifier. The processor can also train a second predictive application based on a second set of user engagements with the advertisements, wherein the second predictive application is associated with a second advertising identifier. Additionally, the processor can compare the first predictive application and the second predictive application and authenticate a user in response to detecting a similarity of the first predictive application and the second predictive application is below a threshold value, wherein authenticating the user enables the user to access a resource or service.
US10742640B2
In an implementation of identifying related computing devices for automatic user account login, a login request to a user account that includes a unique identification (ID) of a user computing device and an internet protocol (IP) address of the user computing device are received. One or more user computing devices that have logged in to the user account using a same IP address as the user computing device are identified based on a user ID of the user account and the unique ID of the user computing device. Whether one or more unique IDs corresponding to the one or more user computing devices that have logged in to the user account are correlated with the unique ID of the user computing device is determined. If yes, data corresponding to login information used by the one or more user computing devices to log in to the user account to the user computing device for automatic account login are sent.
US10742636B2
The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for principal propagation. One example method includes deploying a token service to a first cloud platform. A first token request is received from an integration component for a token to be included in a message sent from the first cloud platform to a second cloud platform. A user information request is generated and sent to an identity provider associated with the first cloud platform. User information is received from the identity provider in response to the user information request. A second token request is generated and sent to a token service provider associated with the second cloud platform. The second token request includes the received user information. The requested token is received from the token service provider. The received token is sent to the integration component to enable the integration component to send the message to the second cloud platform.
US10742635B2
A global userID may be linked to many individual locations. A user may login to the global userID and select an experience environment. The experience environment may provide access to locations associated with the experience environment, such as all locations in a country. The user may switch between experience environments without providing login credentials for each individual location the user wishes to view.
US10742628B2
An apparatus includes a memory and a processor of a secured cloud storage broker (SCSB) coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to perform the steps of: receiving a request from a user to deposit data; confirming whether the user provides appropriate credentials; authenticating the request; generating a first unique combination of an internet storage provider ID, a subscription account, a storage location, a storage account, and a file directory; generating a second unique combination of a file ID, an encryption algorithm, and a key; encrypting the data using the encryption algorithm and the key; and sending the encrypted data to the file directory for storage.
US10742624B2
There is disclosed in one example a sentinel device, including: a hardware platform including at least a processor and configured to provide a trusted execution environment (TEE); and a security engine operable to instruct the hardware platform to: determine that an internet of things (IoT) device in a first realm R1 requires a secure communication channel with a second device in a second realm R2; query a key server for a service appliance key for the secure communication channel; establish a secure communication channel with the endpoint device using the service appliance key and the TEE; and provide a security service function within R1 including brokering communication via the secure communication channel between the IoT device and the second device.
US10742618B2
The computer receives customer registration information and encryption parameters from a customer, then transmits them to the server of an entity such as a pharmacy or bank. After the entity utilizes the transmitted encryption parameters to encrypt confidential portions of a message to the customer, the computer captures the message by way of receiving, photographing, scanning, or otherwise obtaining a copy of the message. The computer identifies glyphs in the message indicative of the corresponding encryption parameters as well as where the encrypted portions of the message start/end. Using the identified glyphs and corresponding encryption parameters, the computer decrypts the confidential portions of the message and displays the message in entirety on the computer.
US10742612B2
In a network that includes a client, a server and one or more proxy entities that intercept network traffic between the client and the server, a computer-implemented method is provided including: establishing trust with a permissioned distributed database; computing hashes from packet payloads of network traffic originated, intercepted or received; storing the hashes to the permissioned distributed database so that the permissioned distributed database maintains hashes computed from packets of the network traffic originated, intercepted or received by the client, server and the one or more proxy entities; and validating the hashes by comparing, with each other, the hashes stored to the permissioned distributed database by the client, server and the one or more proxy entities to determine whether any packet payload of the network traffic was modified in transit.
US10742607B2
A Software-defined Networking (SDN) controller of data center with application-aware firewall policy enforcement is disclosed. In one example, the SDN controller receives a request to initialize an instance of an application. in response to receiving the request, the SDN controller transmits, to a firewall component positioned between an SDN gateway device of the data center and a network external to the data center, a message. In some examples, the messing includes an application signature corresponding to the instance of the application and an application firewall policy corresponding to the application signature. The message instructs the firewall component to install the application firewall policy for application to network traffic for the instance of the application.
US10742599B2
In general, techniques are described for conflict resolution in source packet routing in networking. For example, a first router receives a first advertisement originated in a first Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) level. The first advertisement specifies a first prefix and a segment identifier (SID). The first router also receives a second advertisement originated in a second IGP level of the network. The second advertisement specifies a second prefix and the SID. Based on the first advertisement and the second advertisement specifying the same SID and based on the first IGP level having less visibility than the second IGP level, the first router selects the SID to be associated with a route to the first prefix.
US10742585B2
In one embodiment, a method includes determining if notifications to be sent to user would benefit from being delivered by haptic stimulation under a current context. This determination may be made by accessing historical notification data of how the user previously responded to notifications in a similar context, and ranking conversion scores for each of one or more haptic-enabled delivery channels, wherein a conversion score indicates a probability of the user interacting with the notification. The most appropriate haptic message-delivery channel is selected based on the scores and historical data, and the notification is sent accordingly.
US10742567B2
A multi-layer storage class placement stack may generate a token containing storage class placement prescriptions for controlling the placement of stored items within a selection of classes for storage. An input layer of the storage class placement stack may generate time-collated activity data based on historical access data, volume metric data, and/or tagging data. The time-collated activity data may include data groupings using timestamps or other timing indicators. A transformation layer may further process the time-collated activity data to generate defined-period summation data that provides summary detail for defined durations across a period of analysis. The defined-period summation data may be used by a prescriptive engine layer to generate prescriptions for placement of individual stored items by associating the prescriptions with storage identifiers for the individual items. Using the prescriptions, the prescriptive engine layer may generate the token to send to a host interface for management of the stored items.
US10742566B2
A load-balancing computing device receives a load-balance request for a processing of a workload request associated with a workload. The load-balancing computing device selects a member node of a distributed computing system to process the workload request. The member node is selected from amongst a pool of member nodes of the distributed computing system. The selecting includes: determining a member node for a baseline assignment for the workload; and selecting a member node based on an outcome of a mathematical operation performed on an identifier of the workload, the baseline cardinality of member nodes, and on the cardinality of member nodes in the pool. Next, the processing of the workload request is assigned to the selected member node.
US10742565B2
An information handling system includes a first provider module to provide a first message and a second provider module to provide a second message, a first memory structure, and a first intermediate integration module. The first intermediate integration module to dequeue the first message from the first queue of the first memory structure prior to the second message in response to a determination that the first delivery time is before the second delivery time, and in response to a determination that the first delivery time is substantially equal to the second delivery time: to determine a first message identifier sequence number for the first message and a second message identifier sequence number for the second message, and to dequeue the second message from the first queue prior to the first message in response to the second message identifier sequence number being lower than the first message identifier sequence number.
US10742560B2
A method and apparatus for intelligent network resource manager for distributed computing systems is provided. A first priority is assigned to a first virtual channel set that includes at least two virtual channels of a plurality of virtual channels associated with a physical communication channel. A second priority is assigned to a second virtual channel set that includes at least one virtual channel of the plurality of virtual channels. The first virtual channel set has more virtual channels than the second virtual channel set. Outbound messages of the first priority are directed to virtual channels of the first virtual channel set. Outbound messages of the second priority are directed to virtual channels of the second virtual channel set. The virtual channels are processed in a round-robin order, where processing includes sending the outbound messages over the physical communication channel.
US10742559B2
Provided are methods and systems for eliminating a redirection of data traffic in a cluster. An example method may include receiving, by one or more nodes of the cluster, a data packet associated with a service session. The method may include determining, by the node, that the data packet is directed to a further node in the cluster. The method may further include, in response to the determination, acquiring, by the node, a session context associated with the service session. Acquiring the session context may include sending, by the node, a request for the session context to the further node and receiving the session context from the further node. The method may further include processing, by the one or more nodes, the data packet based on the session context.
US10742557B1
Techniques are disclosed for extending scalable policy management to supporting network devices. A network device comprising a memory and a processor may perform various aspects of the techniques. The memory may be configured to store a policy. The processor may be configured to obtain the policy to be enforced by a supporting network device coupled to a server, and identify a port of the supporting network device to which the server is coupled via the switch fabric. The policy controller may also identify a workload executed by the server to which the policy is associated, and convert the policy into configuration data supported by the network device. The policy controller may further configure, based on the configuration data, the network device to enforce the policy with respect to network traffic received via the identified port.
US10742545B2
A multicast system includes a source device and a plurality of receiver devices connected by switches that are also coupled to a switch controller. The switch controller receives source device information for the source device from its connected first switch, and receives receiver device information for each of the receiver devices from their respective connected second switches. The switch controller uses the source device information and receiver device information to construct a multicast tree that includes switches capable of transmitting multicast communications from the source device to each of the receiver devices. The switch controller then programs at least some of the switches so that a multicast data communication from the source device is segment routed to a third switch, and replicated by the third switch to produce replicated multicast data communications that are each segment routed to at least some of the receiver devices through their respective second switches.
US10742529B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for hierarchichal sharding of flows from sensors to collectors. A first collector can receive a first portion of a network flow from a first capturing agent and determine that a second portion of the network flow was not received from the first capturing agent. The first collector can then send the first portion of the network flow to a second collector. A third collector can receive the second portion of the network flow from a second capturing agent and determine that the third collector did not receive the first portion of the network flow. The third collector can then send the second portion of the network flow to the second collector. The second collector can then aggregate the first portion and second portion of the network flow to yield the entire portion of the network flow.
US10742526B2
A system and methods for dynamically controlling sample rates and data flow in a distributed networked environment by dynamic determination of statistical significance or characteristics for an unlimited number of data collection scripts concurrently executed on concurrently rendering web pages operating an unlimited number of advertisements. Consumer and media behaviors are sampled on all the different components of the distributed environment to gather information, which is transmitted to a downstream statistical analytics system. The system and methods are configured to balance the communication data flow and load among servers and browsers in this distributed networked environment that are engaged in viewing of online content including online content with one or more advertisements.
US10742510B2
The present invention provides a method for commissioning of nodes of a network. The method comprises the steps of (S10) receiving, at a first node (30a) of the network, at least one indication message including identification information of a second node (30b) of the network; (S20) receiving, at the first node (30a), parameter information indicating a parameter sensed with at least one parameter sensor associated with the first node (30a); (S30) determining whether the at least one indication message and the parameter information temporarily correlate; and (S40), if a correlation is determined, adding correlation information about the second node (30b) to a register table of the first node (30a).
US10742494B2
A system for configuring at least one sensor system of a vehicle includes a processor, at least one sensor, and a memory device. The processor is configured to execute the method that includes the steps of, during a learning mode, receiving signals from the at least one sensor regarding one or more objects attached to the vehicle, storing in a memory device at least one location of one or more objects attached to the vehicle in the memory and detected by the at least one sensor. In an operating mode, the method includes the steps of receiving signals from the at least one sensor regarding the location of one or more objects external to the vehicle, determining if the location of any of the objects external to the vehicle are different from the locations of any objects stored in the memory device during the learning mode, and reporting to a vehicle system when one or more objects external to the vehicle have a one or more locations different from the locations stored in the memory device during the learning mode.
US10742491B2
A computer system is configured to support execution of a virtualized application, the files of which are stored in and retrieved from network storage. The method of launching the virtualized application includes (i) responsive to a first user event occurring prior to any user event for launching the virtualized application after user logon, executing a driver to fetch a subset of the files of the virtualized application from the network storage into system memory of the computer system, and (ii) responsive to a second user event corresponding to a launch of the virtualized application, instantiating an execution space for the virtualized application and loading the fetched files into the system memory for execution.
US10742481B2
Techniques for performing near real-time analytics are provided. In one technique, different client devices generate different sets of events pertaining to the same or different media item. Events generated by one client device are assigned to one process (or machine) while events generated by another client device are assigned to a different process (or machine). Each process aggregates events assigned to it based on a time window to generate an aggregated event. The aggregated events are stored in persistent storage. In response to a request for a report that is associated with a media item, one or more of the aggregated events are retrieved from persistent storage and report data is generated based on the aggregated events. The report data is sent to the requestor for visual presentation.
US10742478B2
A system comprising: an event server including a plurality of event agents for handling events occurring in a geographic space; a selector operable to select an event agent among the plurality of event agents for handling an event candidate based on a type of a source information; and a mobile object server including a mobile object agent assigned to a moving object in the geographic space, wherein the mobile object server is operable to execute the mobile object agent to collect information of an event from the selected event agent and provide the moving object with information that assists the moving object with traveling in the geographic space.
US10742473B1
A transmitter in a network transmits transmissions in accordance with an asymmetric signal constellation. A channel impairment in the network is detected. In response, a transmitter adjustment value for adjusting modulations at the transmitter is determined, the transmitter adjustment value determined to increase asymmetry of the asymmetric signal constellation. Signal acquisition may be improved by transmitting, at the transmitter, transmissions, based on transmitting using the determined transmitter adjustment value.
US10742461B2
A system comprising: at least one hardware processor; and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, the program code executable by the at least one hardware processor for: receiving, by a radio frequency (RF) receiver, an RF transmission from an RF transmitter, wherein the RF transmission (a) is modulated in accordance with a specified modulation scheme, and (b) comprises a digital data packet; demodulating the RF transmission to produce a time series of bits that form the digital data packet; and processing the time series of bits to estimate at least one of (i) CFO of the RF transmitter, and (ii) modulation index of the RF transmitter.
US10742459B2
Provided is a transmission method that contributes to an increase in data reception quality when iterative detection is performed at a receive apparatus side. A transmit apparatus alternates between two types of modulation scheme that each shift amplitude and phase, performs mapping to constellation points according to a selected modulation scheme, and transmits a modulated signal obtained by mapping.
US10742453B1
An equalizer circuit including a filter, equalization circuitry, and a filter adaptation circuit. The filter is configured to produce a linearized signal based at least in part on a received input signal and a nonlinear transfer function. The equalization circuitry is configured to filter inter-symbol interference (ISI) and detect one or more data symbols in the linearized signal. The equalization circuitry is further configured to produce an error signal indicating an amount of error in the detected data symbols. The filter adaptation circuit is configured to dynamically adjust the nonlinear transfer function of the filter based at least in part on the error signal from the equalization circuitry.
US10742446B2
Configuration operations to enable connectivity, using a virtual traffic hub, between a plurality of isolated networks including a first isolated network with a first private address range, are initiated. The hub includes a plurality of nodes including a decision master node responsible for determining routing actions for packets received at the hub. At the decision master node, a translation mapping is obtained for a second private address range of a second isolated network, which overlaps with the first private address range. At a particular node of the hub, using the mapping, a header of a network packet received from the second isolated network and directed to a destination outside the second isolated network is modified.
US10742443B2
A method for transmitting messages in a data bus system, wherein the messages can be transmitted in the form of data frames by a data bus and a data frame that is to be sent by a bus subscriber is checked for a piece of changeover information, which method is furthermore distinguished in that changeover of the rise time and/or edge shape of edges of bit pulses of the data frame that is to be sent is performed on the basis of the presence of a defined value of the piece of changeover information. In addition, a corresponding transceiver and to an electronic control unit is disclosed.
US10742442B2
In a cluster of smart devices, an active device is selectably operable in either a hub-based mode under commands received from a control hub, or in a hub-less mode, where the active device autonomously decides how to respond to current states reported by other smart devices of the cluster. Optionally, an active device operating in hub-based mode automatically switches to hub-less mode upon failing to communicate with the control hub or upon detecting malfunction of the control hub.
US10742435B2
Techniques are described herein for automated assistants that proactively provide content to participant(s) of multi-participant message exchange threads (e.g., group chats, audio and/or video calls in which oral messages are transcribed for analysis, etc.) based on signals such as individual participant profiles associated with participant(s). In various implementations, automated assistant(s) that may not be explicitly invoked may analyze content of a message exchange thread involving multiple human participants and/or document(s) associated with the message exchange thread. Based on the analyzing, the automated assistant(s) may identify topic(s) pertinent to the message exchange thread. Based on individual participant profiles associated with the participants, the automated assistant(s) may identify shared interest(s) of the participants. The automated assistant(s) may then select new content based both on the pertinent topic(s) and the shared interest(s) of the participants and proactively provide the new content to one or more of the participants.
US10742433B2
In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for a computer system for organizing in-person gatherings of users of topic-related interest, comprising a web-based meeting management facility having a user interface accessible to multiple users, wherein each of the multiple users may use the user interface to join at least one of multiple meeting groups based on at least one of topic-related interest and geographic locale, where a user becomes a member when they join the meeting group; and a server-based progressive announcement facility for enabling an organizer to control a time-staged meeting announcement release related to a meeting group based on an announcement delivery parameter, wherein the time-staged meeting announcement release includes multiple time-staged meeting announcements each including at least one user within the multiple users.
US10742428B2
A power over Ethernet device is provided. The power over Ethernet device includes a first Ethernet connector, an Ethernet transformer circuit, and a detection circuit. The first Ethernet connector is coupled to a second Ethernet connector of a network device via an Ethernet cable and has a first reserve pin and a second reserve pin. The Ethernet transformer circuit is coupled to the first Ethernet connector to provide a supply voltage to the Ethernet cable to transfer the supply voltage to the network device. The detection circuit receives the supply voltage and is coupled to the Ethernet transformer circuit, the first reserve pin, and the second reserve pin to provide a reference voltage to the first reserve pin and receives an identification voltage from the second reserve pin to determine whether the network device is a powered device.
US10742424B2
An example operation may include one or more of connecting to a blockchain configured to store an identity trait of a user, retrieving the identity trait from the blockchain, establishing a trust group homomorphism digital signature algorithm (DSA) for the user based on a private key, creating a zero knowledge succinct non-interactive argument of knowledge (zkSNARK) proof constructed based on a DSA of a trait in the trust group homomorphism DSA as witness data, and obtaining further trust information related to the user from the witness data.
US10742421B1
A method performing anonymous hardware attestation. A local software monitor is loaded at an originating device. The local software monitor may receive at least a command to execute at least a program and execute the at least a program by performing a series of authentications. Originating device activates a secure computing module located within originating device to generate a secure proof a device specific secret of the originating device. The originating device generates a digital signature conferring a credential on the local software module. The originating device deactivates the secure computing module upon generating the digital signature.
US10742413B2
Embodiments of the present invention may provide the capability for performing public-key encryption with proofs of plaintext knowledge using a lattice-based scheme that provides improved efficiency over conventional techniques. For example, in an embodiment, a computer-implemented method of verifying encryption may comprise generating a ciphertext, derived from a plaintext, via an encryption scheme, proving validity of the ciphertext, wherein the proof includes at least one challenge value, and using a decryption procedure that recovers a plaintext by choosing at least one additional challenge value at random from a challenge space.
US10742411B2
The generation and management of decentralized identifiers of an entity. A decentralized identifier of a particular entity is recorded. Then, upon determining that the particular entity is granting a permission to another entity, the permission is signed based on the recorded decentralized identifier. As one example, the permission may be signed by a private key of the decentralized identifier. The permission may be verified upon request by authenticating the signed permission being associated with the recorded decentralized identifier; and authorizing the other entity to act upon the data depending on the authentication. As an example only, the authentication may occur using a public key associated with the recorded decentralized identifier.
US10742407B2
The present invention involves with a method of hybrid searchable encryption, involving using at least one first computing device that has a first processor configured to perform steps of: using a first symmetric key to encrypt data so as to obtain a data first ciphertext, using a second symmetric key to encrypt a keyword related to the data so as to obtain a searchable keyword first ciphertext that is related to the data first ciphertext, and saving the data first ciphertext and the keyword first ciphertext in a first memory of a first computing device; and using the first symmetric key to encrypt the keyword so as to generate a keyword second ciphertext, using a first public key to encrypt the keyword so as to obtain a searchable third keyword ciphertext related to the keyword second ciphertext, and sending the keyword second ciphertext and the searchable third keyword ciphertext to a second computing device; wherein the second computing device has a second processor that is configured to perform steps of: receiving the keyword second ciphertext and the searchable third keyword ciphertext from the first computing device and saving the two together with an identification of the first computing device relationally in a second memory of the second computing device.
US10742399B2
In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a storage device and a processor. The storage device may store a plurality of compressed images comprising one or more compressed master images and one or more compressed slave images. The processor may: identify an uncompressed image; access context information associated with the uncompressed image and the one or more compressed master images; determine, based on the context information, whether the uncompressed image is associated with a corresponding master image; upon a determination that the uncompressed image is associated with the corresponding master image, compress the uncompressed image into a corresponding compressed image with reference to the corresponding master image; upon a determination that the uncompressed image is not associated with the corresponding master image, compress the uncompressed image into the corresponding compressed image without reference to the one or more compressed master images; and store the corresponding compressed image on the storage device.
US10742388B2
Two-way (full-duplex) wireless communications. Various embodiments measure interference channels and provide for interference cancellation in both analog and digital domains to mitigate self-interference. The system supports multiple clients wherein new clients can join the network asynchronously, and also supports Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) antennas.
US10742387B2
A terminal apparatus includes a receiver receiving first system information broadcasted using a first subcarrier spacing, acquiring information of a second subcarrier spacing included in the first system information, receiving second system information broadcasted using the second subcarrier spacing, acquiring a parameter included in the second system information and needed for random access processing, and acquiring information of an uplink subcarrier spacing included in the second system information, and a transmitter transmitting a random access preamble based on the parameter needed for the random access processing.
US10742382B2
Aspects described herein relate to communicating feedback in wireless communications. A user equipment (UE) can receive, in a downlink portion of a slot, data communications from a base station, where the data communications comprise multiple code blocks received in one or more downlink symbols. The UE can generate one or more feedback bits to provide feedback for the multiple code blocks. The UE can transmit, to the base station and in an uplink portion of the slot, an indication of the one or more feedback bits.
US10742380B2
The present invention relates to a method for transmitting a vehicle to X (V2X) message performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system, characterized by mapping a coded symbol related to the V2X message on a subframe, and transmitting the V2X message based on the subframe, wherein a plurality of systematic bits and a plurality of parity bits are mapped on the subframe based on the mapping by the coded symbol.
US10742379B2
A method of uplink control information (UCI) transmission over physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) is proposed. The UCI may include different information and being transmitted using different PUCCH formats. Under certain scenarios, the coded UCI bitstream size may not be assigned to an integer number of modulated symbols. To eliminate unnecessary processing as well as to utilize every bit in a modulated resource element, it is proposed to adjust the UCI codeword size to be a multiple of PUCCH modulation order.
US10742370B2
Disclosed are an IQ mismatch compensation method and apparatus for a radio frequency communication system, a compensation device and a communication device. The method comprises: acquiring an interaction result of test signals between a transmitting component and a receiving component; obtaining angle mismatch parameters of a pre-determined type according to the interaction result; determining a frequency domain compensator for performing mismatch compensation on the frequency-dependent angle mismatch parameters according to the following formulae: Y(w)=X(w)−jP(w)*X*(−w) and Y(−w)=X(−w)+jP(w)*X*(w); and performing frequency domain compensation on the frequency-dependent angle mismatch parameters by using the frequency domain compensator. Also disclosed is a computer storage medium.
US10742361B2
A network node (110), a first device (111) and methods therein for managing a HARQ parameter indicating a number of autonomous HARQ transmission attempts to be applied for a transmission on at least one D2D link between the first device (111) and the second device (112) are disclosed. The method comprises determining (A010) a load relating to D2D communication between at least the first and second devices (111, 112). Next, the HARQ parameter is determined (A020) based on the load. Corresponding computer programs and carriers therefor are also disclosed.
US10742358B2
According to one aspect of the invention, a method is provided in which a control channel used for transmitting control information is partitioned into a plurality of subchannels each of which is operated at a specific data rate. For each of one or more user terminals, one of the subchannels is selected based on one or more selection criteria for transmitting control information from an access point to the respective user terminal. Control information is transmitted from the access point to a user terminal on a particular subchannel selected for the respective user terminal. At the user terminal, one or more subchannels are decoded to obtain control information designated for the user terminal.
US10742357B2
In a method for generating a data unit conforming to a first communication protocol, a first field and a second field to be included in a preamble of the data unit are generated. The first field includes a first set of one or more information bits that indicate a duration of the data unit and is formatted such that the first field allows a receiver device that conforms to a second communication protocol to determine the duration of the data unit. The second field includes a second set of one or more information bits that indicate to a receiver device that conforms to the first communication protocol that the data unit conforms to the first communication protocol. The first field and the second field are modulated using a modulation scheme specified for a field corresponding to the first field and the second field, respectively, by the second communication protocol.
US10742351B2
A communication control device is provided with: an erroneous communication prevention antenna capable of receiving electromagnetic waves transmitted from an electromagnetic wave leakage monitoring region, which is defined in a region different from a dedicated short-range communication region where valid communication with a dedicated short-range communication antenna is carried out; a signal alteration unit which is provided on a communication interconnection between the dedicated short-range communication antenna and an antenna controller, and which alters a signal received from the dedicated short-range communication antenna; and a signal alteration unit control unit which, when the erroneous communication prevention antenna has received electromagnetic waves, causes the signal transmitted from the dedicated short-range communication antenna to the antenna controller to be altered.
US10742345B2
Provided are a method for monitoring a control channel in an unlicensed band and an apparatus using the same. In an unlicensed cell, a user equipment (UE) monitors a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) having burst control information in a search space defined in a control region of a subframe. The control region comprises a plurality of control channel elements (CCEs) starting from an index 0, and the search space is defined only in, from among the plurality of CCEs, first four CCEs and first eight CCEs.
US10742336B2
A device may receive a beamformed wireless signal from a base station. The device may perform a frequency conversion of the beamformed wireless signal to form a frequency converted signal after receiving the beamformed wireless signal. The device may perform, after performing the frequency conversion, processing related to at least one of: analyzing the frequency converted signal, scanning a channel associated with the frequency converted signal, or generating a map related to the frequency converted signal. The device may generate, after performing the processing, output related to at least one of: the analyzing the frequency converted signal, the scanning the channel, or the generating the map.
US10742334B2
Provided are a method and an apparatus for measuring inter-RU interference in order to perform space division duplex communication in a wireless communication system. Specifically, a terminal acquires first interference information indicating the strength of inter-RU interference after analog interference cancellation, and second interference information indicating the strength of inter-RU interference before analog interference cancellation. The terminal determines whether space division duplex communication can be performed between RUs, by comparing the interference strength indicated by the first interference information with a first threshold. The terminal determines whether inter-RU interference needs to be periodically measured, by comparing the interference strength indicated by the second interference information with a second threshold.
US10742333B2
A method of creating a dynamically sharp location based filter includes: placing a moving object containing two or more antennas used for direction finding of a radiation source within a anechoic testing chamber; moving one or more radio transmitters within the anechoic chamber relative to a future spatial location, angle, and/or position of the moving object over a defined time; record an expected angle of arrival of one or more signals of the one or more radio transmitters with respect to the future spatial location, angle, and/or position of the moving object over the defined time; and program a filter within the moving object based on the recorded expected angle of arrival of the one or more signals.
US10742325B1
A system for transmitting data over an optical communication path is configured to receive data to be encoded in a bitstream for transmission using an optical communication path and encodes the received data to obtain a bitstream. The system is further configured to determine that the bitstream includes a sequence of consecutive bits, and obtain a power level at which to transmit a portion of the bitstream based on a count of the consecutive bits in the sequence. The system may be configured to selectively activate a light source at a power level according to a modulation scheme to optically transmit the portion of the bitstream at the power level.
US10742321B2
A baseband processing unit includes a baseband processor configured to receive a plurality of component carriers of a radio access technology wireless service, and a delta-sigma digitization interface configured to digitize at least one carrier signal of the plurality of component carriers into a digitized bit stream, for transport over a transport medium, by (i) oversampling the at least one carrier signal, (ii) quantizing the oversampled carrier signal into the digitized bit stream using two or fewer quantization bits.
US10742314B2
Disclosed herein, one embodiment of the disclosure is directed to a system, apparatus, and method for enabling simultaneous transmit and receive in the same Wi-Fi band within a device by first obtaining a first information corresponding to a first set of signals to be transmitted wirelessly by a first antenna of a first device and transmitting, by the first antenna of the first device, the first set of signals. Then, a second set of signals comprising: (a) the first set of signals transmitted by the first antenna of the first device and (b) a third set of signals transmitted by a second device different than the first device are received by a second antenna of the first device. Thereafter, a second information representing the second set of signals received by the second antenna of the first device is obtained. Last, based on the first information and the second information, a third information comprising an estimation of the third set of signals without the first set of signals is determined.
US10742308B2
An interface device configured to interface with one or more aircraft avionics data systems and an antenna. The interface device includes a radio and at least one computing device that are housed inside an enclosure. The radio is connected to the antenna. The radio is configured to transmit outgoing messages and to receive incoming messages via the antenna. The at least one computing device is configured to send the outgoing messages to the radio for transmission by the radio via the antenna and to receive the incoming messages from the radio. The radio may be a very high frequency (“VHF”) transceiver.
US10742306B1
A monitoring platform may obtain information concerning a location of a node device on a wire and information concerning a location of an antenna of a customer premises equipment (CPE). The monitoring platform may cause, based on the information concerning the location of the node device and the information concerning the location of the antenna of the CPE, the node device to move from a first node device position to a second node device position on the wire. The monitoring platform may cause the node device and the CPE to communicate via a communication link.
US10742304B2
[Problem] To provide an audio communication system wherein a relaying device is connected to terminal devices, which are communication devices, via a communication network and wherein the relaying device is caused to manage the group of the terminal devices.[Solution] An audio communication system comprises: a master relaying device; one or more slave relaying devices connected to the master relaying device via a communication network; and one or more terminal devices connected to each relaying device via a communication network. Each slave relaying device transfers, to the master relaying device, audio signals received from the terminal device in charge of the slave relaying device. The master relaying device transfers the audio signals, which were received from each slave relaying device, to the slave relaying devices other than that slave relaying device.
US10742303B1
Spatially Quasi Co-Located (QCL) reference signal resources are configured in a wireless communication device having a plurality of antenna panels. Information indicating a number of antenna panels in the wireless communication device is obtained, and a corresponding number of reference signal resource sets is selected that are to be used in a reference signal resource selection process, wherein each reference signal resource set includes identities of one or more reference signal resources to be used by the wireless communication device when transmitting a sounding reference signal. The wireless communication device is informed about which reference signal resource sets have been selected. From each of the antenna panels, the sounding reference signal is received on each one of a plurality of transmissions, each performed by the antenna panel using a different one of the reference signal resources of the reference signal resource set selected for the antenna panel. For each reference signal resource set, the received transmissions from the antenna panels are assessed, and a best transmission is selected therefrom based on predefined transmission selection criteria, and for each best transmission a corresponding reference signal resource is selected that was used in performance of the best transmission. Information indicating the selected reference signal resources is sent in one higher layer data structure. The wireless communication device used this information to update a sounding reference signal resource set this is to be used for subsequent transceiver operations.
US10742297B2
An apparatus and method for CSI reporting in the unlicensed band are described. CRS-RSs are transmitted from a RAN in narrowband data channels in the unlicensed band to an eMTC UE. The UE determines the CQI and PMI from the CRS-RSs and transmits a periodic CSI report to the RAN that contains the CQI and PMI. The periodic CSI report is received at a nsfrel th subframe of a nmframeth mframe, where nmframe satisfies nmframe mod Npd,mframe=NOFFSET,mframe where Nmframe is a reporting period in terms of mframes and NOFFSET,mframe is a reporting period offset in terms of mframes, and nsfrel satisfies nsfrel−20=NOFFSET,CQI where NOFFSET,CQI is a reporting period offset in subframes.
US10742287B2
Methods, systems, and devices for updating beam-based communications are described. A base station may configure a user equipment (UE) with a set of beam management configurations, which may be used to modify (e.g., dynamically or periodically) beam-based communications. For example, the base station may indicate a beam configuration for utilization by the UE and the UE may switch to the indicated beam configuration or update a currently used beam configuration based on the indication. In another example, a set of beam configurations may be sequentially ordered, and the base station may indicate to the UE to use the next beam configuration in the sequence of beam configurations. The update to the beam configuration may be triggered based on a distance change (e.g., UE and base station getting closer or farther apart) or a reference signal measurement between the UE and the base station, among other factors.
US10742284B2
A wireless communication method applied to a beamformer includes: receiving a plurality of reference information corresponding to a plurality of stations, respectively; calculating an evaluation value for each of the stations according to at least one reference information of the plurality of reference information; and comparing a plurality of evaluation values respectively corresponding to the plurality of stations, to select specific stations from the plurality of stations for performing beamforming.
US10742278B2
An orthogonalization matrix calculation circuit may include a scaling coefficient calculation circuit configured to calculate a scaling coefficient for each of a plurality of candidate update operations for the orthogonalization matrix, wherein each of the plurality of candidate update operations comprises combining linearly at least one of a first column or a second column of the orthogonalization matrix previously utilized to update the orthogonalization matrix, an update operation selection circuit configured to select an optimum candidate update operation from the plurality of candidate update operations, and a matrix update circuit configured to update the orthogonalization matrix according to the scaling coefficient of the optimum candidate update operation.
US10742272B2
Provided is a channel information feedback method and apparatus, a terminal, and a base station. The method includes: determining, by a terminal, a feedback state parameter of channel information, where the channel information includes at least one of a number M of precoding vectors v1, v2, . . . , vM, a number G of amplitude coefficients A1, A2, . . . , AG, or a number K of phase coefficients P1, P2, . . . , PK, where M, G and K are all integers greater than or equal to 0; and feeding back, by the terminal, the channel information according to the determined feedback state parameter.
US10742266B2
A device included in a communication system that includes a LoRa endpoint and a LoRa server. Each LoRa frame exchanged between the endpoint and the server has to pass through a meter and a data concentrator included in a first powerline communication network of a system for the automatic management of readings from meters. The meters are attached to at least one data concentrator via the first network. At least one of the meters implements a LoRa gateway that has a communication interface enabling it to exchange LoRa frames with the endpoint. The device is connected to each data concentrator by a second network and to the server by a third network. Each LoRa frame exchanged between the endpoint and the server (1) passes through the device and (2) is encapsulated in a frame according to a frame format that the server will exchange with a LoRa gateway.
US10742258B1
A Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver demodulates code shift keying (CSK) data utilizing correlations with combinational pseudo-random noise (PRN) codes generated for different bit positions. The GNSS receiver receives a signal including a PRN code modulated by CSK to represent a symbol (i.e., CSK modulated symbol). The GNSS receiver maintains a plurality of receiver codes, each representing a different shift in chips to the PRN code. The GNSS receiver performs a chip-by-chip linear combination of a group of receiver codes for each bit position of the CSK modulated symbol. The GNSS receiver correlates the received signal with each combinational PRN code to produce a binary value that is the CSK modulated symbol.
US10742246B2
A receive path arrangement of a radar sensor of FMCW type comprising a first and second receive path configured to receive reflected radar signals for detection and ranging of objects in a space around the radar sensor; the first receive path configured to provide reflected radar signals between a first and second beat frequency to a first analogue to digital converter for subsequent digital signal processing and wherein; the second receive path includes a second-receive-path filter configured to provide filtered signals by attenuation of the reflected radar signals having frequencies below an intermediate beat frequency, the intermediate beat frequency between the first and second beat frequencies, the second receive path further including a second-receive-path amplifier arrangement configured to provide amplified signals by amplification of the filtered signals and provide the amplified signals to a second analogue to digital converter for subsequent digital signal processing.
US10742245B1
A device includes a baseband circuit that generates a first digital signal, a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) that converts the first digital signal into a baseband signal, a first mixer that generates a first mixed signal based on the baseband signal and a first reference signal, a second mixer that generates a second mixed signal based on the baseband signal and a second reference signal, a third mixer that generates a down-converted signal based on the first mixed signal and the second mixed signal, and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) that converts the down-converted signal into a second digital signal. The frequency of the first reference signal is different from the frequency of the second reference signal.
US10742241B2
Apparatus and methods for front-end systems with directional couplers and a shared back switch are provided. In certain configurations, a method includes transmitting a first transmit signal from a first transmit port to an antenna port, generating a first coupled signal in response to the first transmit signal using a first directional coupler, providing the first coupled signal to a receive port by way of a first loopback selection switch and a shared back switch, transmitting a second transmit signal from a second transmit port to the antenna port, generating a second coupled signal in response to the second transmit signal using a second directional coupler, and providing the second coupled signal to the receive port by way of a second loopback selection switch and the shared back switch.
US10742230B2
A correction method and a correction circuit for a sigma-delta modulator (SDM) are disclosed. The SDM includes a loop filter, a quantizer, and a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), and the loop filter includes a resonator. The correction circuit includes a memory and a control circuit. The memory stores multiple program instructions. The control circuit executes the program instructions to correct the SDM. The correction procedure of the SDM includes the following steps: inputting a test signal to the SDM; obtaining a signal characteristic value of an output signal of the SDM; and adjusting the resonator according to the signal characteristic value.
US10742226B1
The invention discloses a multi-channel high-precision ADC circuit with self-calibration of mismatch error, belonging to the technical field of integrated circuit. The multi-channel high-precision ADC circuit with self-calibration of mismatch error comprises a gain error compensation circuit, a clock phase error compensation circuit, an N-bit analog-digital converter of M-channel, a gain error quantization circuit, a clock phase error quantization circuit and a control circuit. The multi-channel high-precision ADC circuit with self-calibration of mismatch error can automatically choose the calibration precision according to system precision and hardware overhead, and has the characteristic of low power consumption.
US10742205B1
Systems and methods for operating switches of a power supply are disclosed. The method includes generating power with a power source and switchably coupling the power source to an output of the power supply. One or more switches are opened and closed to generate a voltage waveform at the output, and in addition, the one or more switches are opened and closed to reduce a temperature differential that occurs between a low temperature and a high temperature of each switch by increasing the low temperature of each switch.
US10742204B2
A device including: a transistor having a collector-emitter junction connected in series or parallel to a current detection resistance for detecting current that flows through a current sensing terminal of a switching element; and an overshoot processing circuit connected between the current sensing terminal and a base of the transistor, which reduces overshoot of sense current flowing through the current detection resistance, the overshoot is caused by switching operation of the switching element, by controlling the transistor depending on current input from the current sensing terminal, is provided.
US10742197B2
An oscillator circuit includes a first current generator circuit that generates a current complementary to absolute temperature and a second current generator that generates a current proportional to absolute temperature. A temperature slope control circuit adjusts slopes of the current complementary to absolute temperature and the current proportional to absolute temperature in a complementary fashion and adds the current complementary to absolute temperature to the current proportional to absolute temperature after slope control to produce a temperature independent current. A current control circuit adjusts magnitude of the temperature independent current to produce a magnitude adjusted temperature independent current. A current controlled oscillator generates an output signal as a function of the magnitude adjusted temperature independent current.
US10742194B2
A filter includes n series resonators, one or more parallel resonators, a first inductor between a first terminal and a first of the n series resonators, and a second inductor between an n-th series resonator and a second terminal. Where a resonant frequency of the first series resonator is referred to as a first resonant frequency, a resonant frequency of each of the series resonators other than the first series resonator and the n-th series resonator is referred to as a second resonant frequency, and a resonant frequency of the n-th series resonator is referred to as a third resonant frequency, the first resonant frequency and the third resonant frequency are each higher than the second resonant frequency.
US10742191B2
Micromachined microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) based resonators offer integration with other MEMS devices and electronics. Whilst piezoelectric film bulk acoustic resonators (FBAR) generally exhibit high electromechanical transduction efficiencies and low signal transmission losses they also suffer from low quality factors and limited resonance frequencies. In contrast electrostatic FBARs can yield high quality factors and resonance frequencies but suffer from increased fabrication complexity. lower electromechanical transduction efficiency and significant signal transmission loss. Accordingly, it would be beneficial to overcome these limitations by reducing fabrication complexity via a single metal electrode layer topping the resonator structure and supporting relatively low complexity/low resolution commercial MEMS fabrication processes by removing the fabrication requirement for narrow transduction gaps. Beneficially, embodiments of the invention provide MEMS circuits with electrostatic tuning and provide resonator designs combining the advantages of piezoelectric actuation and bulk-mode resonators.
US10742190B2
A piezoelectric micromechanical resonator includes a supporting beam including a fixed edge that is fixed to a supporting member and a free edge opposite the fixed edge, a piezoelectric sensor including an edge attached to the supporting member, the piezoelectric sensor further including a lower electrode, a piezoelectric unit, and an upper electrode sequentially stacked on a surface of the supporting beam, and a lumped mass provided on the surface of the supporting beam at a side of the supporting beam including the free edge, the upper electrode having a Young's modulus smaller than a Young's modulus of the lower electrode.
US10742189B2
An electromagnetic coupler apparatus includes a plurality of couplers, each having a coupled port and an isolation port. The coupler apparatus includes an output port configured to provide a coupled signal from one or more of the plurality of couplers, and a number of selection control inputs. Each of the selection control inputs is configured to control one or more switches to select an individual one of the plurality of couplers to provide at least a portion of the coupled signal at the output port.
US10742186B2
A receiver and a program capable of, when they have received a pulse noise together with a reception signal, improving quality of the reception signal are provided. A receiver according to present disclosure includes a received-signal amplification circuit configured to amplify a received signal, a gain control circuit configured to set a gain setting value for an AGC operation in the received-signal amplification circuit, the AGC operation being an operation for making an amplitude of an amplified received signal fall within a predetermined range, and a pulse detection circuit configured to monitor a change in the gain setting value and detect whether or not a pulse noise is contained in the received signal based on whether or not the change in the gain setting value meets a predetermined condition.
US10742167B2
A dual-mode oscillator and a multi-phase oscillator includes a mode switching circuit to switch between two operating modes and obtain oscillation signals having two different bands. The dual-mode oscillator also includes two transformer-coupled oscillators with each having a step-up transformer. The step-up transformer multiplies a drain voltage swing of a first metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistor and then injects a voltage signal to a gate of a second MOS transistor to obtain a larger gate voltage swing without increasing a supply voltage of the oscillator. The dual-mode oscillators are coupled through multi-phase coupled circuits to form a Mobius loop.
US10742163B2
A portable PV module array, the modules being connected along adjacent end edges and being foldable relative to each other about the connected end edges between a closed condition and an open condition, whereby: in the closed condition, the PV modules are stacked together in a generally parallel and close facing relationship with the edges of the PV modules in general alignment, and in the open condition, the PV modules are disposed at an angle to each other so that the PV module array defines triangular configuration, and foldable movement of the PV modules from the closed condition to the open condition being restricted against movement beyond the open condition by a flexible connector that connects with a connection point associated with each of the PV modules of the PV module array and that is tensioned in the open condition and that is slack in the closed condition.
US10742162B2
Provided is a solar cell module securing structure in which a first extending portion of one securing tool is inserted into a slit of one of the adjacent solar cell modules and a second extending portion of the same securing tool is inserted into a slit of the other of the adjacent solar cell modules, lower abutting surfaces of both of the solar cell modules are installed on an upper surface portion of the same securing tool, a projecting portion projects from the upper surface portion under the second extending portion at the inner side relative to the lower abutting surface, and a distance between the projecting portion and an end of the second extending portion is set to be larger than a distance between a lower end of an opening edge of the slit and the lower abutting surface.
US10742151B2
A device according to an embodiment includes an circuit; a detector for detecting a current response output from the circuit; a vector converter for converting the current response into a d-axis current and a q-axis current by using a rotational phase angle of a motor connected to the circuit; a calculator for calculating, based on a torque command and a current phase angle command, a current amplitude command of the current response output from the circuit; a dq-axes converter for calculating a d-axis current command and a q-axis current command from the current amplitude command and the current phase angle command; and a controller for calculating a voltage command so that the d-axis current command and the q-axis current command are equal to the d-axis current and the q-axis current.
US10742134B2
A method and device for providing isolated power transfer to a low-power load across a capacitor of a series resonance circuit are shown. The method includes comparing an output voltage received via a feedback loop with a desired output voltage. Responsive to determining that the output voltage is not equal to the desired output voltage, the method determines a sub-harmonic order of the resonant frequency of the series resonance circuit to use as a switching frequency and switches the series resonance circuit at substantially the determined subharmonic order of the resonant frequency.
US10742133B1
A dual-output AC-DC power converter with balanced DC output voltages is described. The DC power source has balanced DC voltage outputs relative to DC midpoint irrespective of DC load imbalance. The input to the power source is three-phase four-wire AC voltage source. Current draws from the AC three-phase voltage source have 12-pulse near sinusoidal waveform. Ripple voltage from DC positive rail to DC negative rail is 12-pulse.
US10742131B2
A medium-high voltage energy conversion system, and a control method and a controller therefor are provided. In the control method, an operation state of the medium-high voltage energy conversion system is acquired. In a case that the system is in a normal operation state, the system is controlled to operate in a first direct circuit current source mode. In a case that the system is in a first fault state in which a direct current grid voltage drops, the system is controlled to operate in a direct current voltage source mode. In a case that the system is in a second fault state in which a direct current grid voltage is in an overvoltage state, the system is controlled to operate in a second direct circuit current source mode.
US10742130B2
Disclosed are a new phase shift full bridge (PSFB) converter using a clamp circuit connected to a center-tapped clamp circuit and an operating method thereof. The new PSFB converter using a clamp circuit connected to a center-tapped clamp circuit includes a primary-side circuit including a plurality of inductors connected to one end between a first switch and a second switch which are connected in series and to one end between a third switch and a fourth switch which are connected in series and a secondary-side circuit using a voltage applied by the primary-side circuit and including a clamping circuit configured with a first rectifier diode, a second rectifier diode, a third rectifier diode, a fourth rectifier diode, a first clamping diode, a second clamping diode and a capacitor in a center-tapped clamp circuit.
US10742124B2
A power converter using an active-clamp flyback topology has a low-side switch, a high-side switch and a control circuit. The low-side switch connects a primary winding of a transformer to an input ground line, and the high-side switch is connected in series with a capacitor to form an active-clamp circuit connected in parallel with the primary winding. The control circuit provides high-side and low-side signals to the high-side and the low-side switches respectively, in response to a current-sense signal and a compensation signal. The control circuit is configured to operate the power converter in one of operation modes including a complementary mode and a non-complementary mode. When operated in the complementary mode, the high-side signal and the low-side signal are substantially complementary to each other, and the control circuit exits the complementary mode in response to the current-sense signal to enter the non-complementary mode.
US10742112B2
A driving circuit and a switch signal generation method are provided. The driving circuit receives a PWM signal and provides a first switch signal and a second switch signal. The driving circuit includes a logical signal circuit, a lower bridge dead time circuit and a lower bridge driving circuit. The logical signal circuit provides a first logical signal and a second logical signal according to the PWM signal. The lower bridge dead time circuit determines a leading edge of a lower bridge dead time signal according to the first logical signal and determines a trailing edge of lower bridge dead time signal according to a trailing edge of first switch signal. The lower bridge driving circuit determines a leading edge of second switch signal according to second logical signal and determines a trailing edge of second switch signal according to the trailing edge of lower bridge dead time signal.
US10742105B2
The present disclosure relates to cooling devices. The teachings thereof may be embodied in devices for cooling a rotor, which rotates about an axis, wherein the rotor is supported by a central rotor shaft. For example, in a cooling device, the rotor may be supported by a central rotor shaft and comprise a hollow space in the interior of the rotor shaft for accommodating coolant. It may include a first coolant line extending radially outwardly from the hollow space and an annular first distribution line fluidically connected to the hollow space via the first coolant line.
US10742096B2
A circuit board includes a power supply terminal connection assembly supplied with current from an external power supply, a first motor circuit that generates current to be supplied to a first winding, a first motor terminal connection assembly that supplies the current to the first winding from the first motor circuit, a second motor circuit that generates current to be supplied to a second winding, a second motor terminal connection assembly that supplies the current to the second winding from the second motor circuit, a first region, and a second region, in which the power supply terminal connection assembly is in the first region or the second region on a side of one end portion of a border line between the first and the second region, and the first and second motor terminal connection assemblies are on a side of another end portion of the border line.
US10742079B2
Magnets are disposed between adjacent first claw portions and second claw portions so as to protrude toward a second end in an axial direction from tips of the first claw portions and so as to protrude toward a first end in the axial direction from tips of the second claw portions, magnet holding members include a base portion that covers a radially outer surface of the magnets, and the base portion includes a high magnetic resistance portion that is disposed in a direction that is perpendicular to a direction from the first claw portions toward the second claw portions and parallel to the radially outer surface of the magnets so as to cross a magnetic path from the first claw portions toward the second claw portions in a region between the adjacent first claw portions and second claw portions.
US10742070B2
An apparatus comprises a first induction section comprising a first core and a first coil on the first core. A second induction section comprises a second core and a second coil on the second core. The first core comprises rail extensions, where at least two of the rail extensions extend from opposite ends of the first core. The second core comprises shoe portions located at respective ones of the rail extensions, where a gap is provided between each of the rail extensions and respective ones of the shoe portion. The second induction section is configured to move relative to the first induction section in a path along the extensions. The first induction section is configured to induce current in the second induction section, including when the second core moves relative to the first core along the extensions, to provide a contactless induction coupling between the first induction section and the second induction section.
US10742064B2
A power delivery device includes at least one solar panel, a battery pack comprising at least one battery, and a heater, wherein the device is configured to measure the temperature of the battery pack and power the heater to heat the battery pack if it is too cold for optimal charging.
US10742062B2
An electromagnetic generator comprising an antenna that receives radiofrequency energy. The antenna is connected to a rectifier circuit, which is used to charge a first battery using the radiofrequency energy received by the antenna. The first battery supplies power to a control unit, which powers at least one electromagnet to generate a magnetic field. A flywheel having at least one magnet is configured to rotate when the magnetic field is generated. An alternator, connected to the flywheel, charges a second battery based on the rotation of the flywheel. The second battery is then used to supply power to an external device.
US10742058B2
The present disclosure provides a method, apparatus, and device for charging a battery, and storage medium. The method for charging a battery includes acquiring a battery temperature; determining a charging current value In for the nth charging stage of the battery, according to the battery temperature and a mapping relationship between different temperature ranges and charging current values I, wherein a preset charging cut-off voltage value Vn for the nth charging stage is greater than Vn−1; charging the battery with Ij in the jth charging stage; acquiring a voltage value of the battery at the current time; if the voltage value is less than Vj, continuing to charge the battery with Ij; if the voltage value is not less than Vj and j
US10742054B2
A method of operating a battery pack includes identifying a plurality of batteries in the battery pack, estimating a state of charge of each of the plurality of the batteries, obtaining a plurality of parameters of each of the plurality of the batteries, and determining, selectively, a charge current or a discharge current for each of the plurality of batteries using the state of charge and the plurality of parameters of each of the plurality of the batteries.
US10742049B2
A charging locker includes a frame, and a plurality of modular shelf units. Each modular shelf unit having an integral floor, at least one side wall, and a back wall. The plurality of modular shelf units are configured to extend vertically above one another to form a stack of modular shelf units in which the side walls and back walls of the plurality of modular shelf units form nearly contiguous first and second surfaces. A plurality of tabs on corners of each of the modular shelf units are provided to be received in notches in the frame to support the modular shelf units relative to the frame. A plurality of electrical receptacles are also provided. At least one electrical receptacle is accessible from within each of the modular shelf units.
US10742045B2
A charging device is provided. The charging device includes an output terminal unit connected to an input terminal unit of a battery pack. The output terminal unit includes a terminal body including an output terminal connected to the input terminal unit and a terminal cover which covers the output terminal before the input terminal unit of the battery pack is connected to the output terminal unit and through which the output terminal passes while the input terminal unit of the battery pack is connected to the output terminal unit.
US10742039B2
A floating power generation station comprises a floating hull with a shelter structure containing photovoltaic solar panels are arranged on a chain of floats, each hinged one to the next. The system can be deployed onto a large flat area, e.g., surface of inlet or bay, where the solar panel chain(s) can be extended out. The power generation station may include air displacement tubes that have a lower end immersed in water, and which feed into a plenum where check valves direct air unidirectionally to an air turbine that powers an electric generator. Air turbines or wind turbines on the barge can be raised or tipped up for collection of wind energy. The captured energy is stored on a bank of on-board storage batteries. Energy can be collected and stored, and the barge can be brought to shore when and where needed. This arrangement can be configured for ground-based deployment. The power generation station can be configured for use on dry land.
US10742038B2
Various embodiments include an energy storage system for a hybrid energy system including a an energy storage device configured coupled to an inverter and controlled by a hybrid management system. The hybrid management system may be configured to use energy from the energy storage device to supplement power output of a power generation system to comply with a contract schedule of electric power output by the hybrid energy system. The hybrid management system may be configured to satisfy stable loads of an industrial application with the power generation system and to meet load swings of the industrial application with power output from the storage device. The hybrid management system may be configured to respond to an increasing desired load transient event by disclosing stored energy to follows a ramping profile that substantially matches a gas-turbine alone ramp rate of a gas turbine generator operating in a spinning reserve mode.
US10742037B2
A computer-implemented method, according to one embodiment, includes: receiving an energy consumption profile which spans multiple intervals in a period of time, and predicting a net energy demand of a consumer system over the period of time. Moreover, a first multiple is determined which, when applied to the received energy consumption profile, produces an updated energy consumption profile which corresponds to an amount of energy that is capable of satisfying the predicted net energy demand of the consumer system. A greatest amount of underprediction is estimated. A greatest amount of overprediction is also estimated. Furthermore, an initial state of an energy storage device electrically coupled to the consumer system is computed according to the updated energy consumption profile. The initial state of the energy storage device is also based on a second multiple applied to each of the greatest amount of underprediction, and the greatest amount of overprediction.
US10742035B2
An electrical power distribution network is disclosed, the network can include: a plurality of electrical power control apparatuses, each of the electrical power control apparatuses including: one or more signal conversion components receiving electrical power in the form of a corresponding first signal having a corresponding first fundamental frequency and a corresponding first characteristic voltage, and generating a corresponding second signal having a corresponding second fundamental frequency and a corresponding second characteristic voltage; and a controller that controls operation of the signal conversion components to determine an output voltage and an output frequency of an output signal of the electrical power control apparatus; electrical power generation components acting as sources of electrical power to at least some of the electrical power control apparatuses; and electrical power consumption components acting as sinks of electrical power from at least some of the electrical power control apparatuses.
US10742033B2
A mobile power apparatus provides a temporary interface between an electrical power supply and an existing electrical system or subsystem of a building. One or more electrical panels are supported on a mobile frame that can be transported to and within the building. The electrical panels are configured to emulate the existing building panels, including a plurality of electrical overload components. The electrical panel is connected to a safety switch box mounted to the frame assembly which includes a fuse array and a master on-off switch. The safety switch box includes a power cable bundle configured for electrical connection to an output power cable of the electrical power supply, which can be the building electrical supply, an external power supply or a back-up or emergency generator.
US10742030B2
Various embodiments relate to power distribution systems. A power distribution system may include a switching unit configured to receive power from a plurality of sources, each source of the plurality of sources configured to supply power at a phase offset from a phase of every other source. The power distribution system may also include a plurality of loads. Furthermore, the power distribution system may include at least one monitoring unit configured to selectively couple, via the switching unit, each load of the plurality of loads to a source of the plurality of sources based on at least one of a current power demand of the plurality of loads and a predicted demand of the plurality of loads.
US10742029B2
A power control device for regulating the power that a load consumes on the basis of the AC supply frequency. The system includes decision logic that responds to a frequency deviation to implement a power regulation strategy. The power regulation strategy includes a power compensation phase during which the electrical power that the load consumes is adjusted (reduced or increased) to balance the load on the grid. The power regulation strategy also includes a power restoration phase during which the power to the load is restored (either increased or decreased). The rate at which the power is adjusted during the power compensation phase is higher than the rate at which the power is restored during the power restoration phase.
US10742022B2
The present disclosure pertains to systems and methods for detecting faults in an electric power delivery system. In one embodiment, system may include a data acquisition subsystem configured to receive a plurality of representations of electrical conditions. The system may also include an incremental quantities subsystem configured to calculate an incremental current quantity and an incremental voltage quantity based on the plurality of representations. A fault detection subsystem may be configured to determine a fault type based on the incremental current quantity and the incremental voltage quantity, to select an applicable loop quantity, and to declare a fault based on the applicable loop quantity, the incremental voltage quantity, and the incremental current quantity. A protective action subsystem may implement a protective action based on the declaration of the fault.
US10742021B1
According to an embodiment, a power circuit supplying a voltage or a current from an output terminal to a load comprises a first circuit, a second circuit, an inductor, a fifth switching element, and a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to bring the fifth switching element into conduction when switching control on at least two of the first to fourth switching elements is to be executed according to an output to the load connected via the output terminal, and bring the fifth switching element into non-conduction after a delay time passes from a time the first to fourth switching elements have been brought into non-conduction when the first to fourth switching elements are to be brought into non-conduction.
US10742019B2
The present disclosure relates to a method of monitoring switching by an on-load tap changer (OLTC) 1 from a first contact 3a to a second contact 3b of a transformer winding 2. The method includes measuring a voltage of the transformer. The method also includes measuring a temperature of the OLTC. The method also includes, based on the measured voltage and temperature, determining whether the switching from the first contact to the second contact has been successful.
