US10769256B2
An adaptive updating method of an enrollment database is disclosed. The method may include extracting a first feature vector from an input image of a user, determining whether the input image is to be enrolled in an enrollment database based on the first feature vector, second feature vectors of enrollment images including initial enrollment images enrolled in the enrollment database, and a representative vector representing the initial enrollment images, and enrolling the input image in the enrollment database based on a result of the determining.
US10769253B2
A method and device for realizing a verification code are provided. In some embodiments, a character verification code is obtained and displayed when it is determined to perform identity verification. The character verification code has an incorrect character based on a priori knowledge. The user is prompted to input a correct character corresponding to the incorrect character in the character verification code. Verification information is received. It is determined that the verification is successful when the verification information corresponds to the correct character of the prior knowledge; otherwise, the verification failed.
US10769251B2
An information processing system, apparatus, and method are disclosed each of which: receives a request for using an application from an electronic device via a network; determines whether the requested application is applicable to the electronic device and is currently useable by the electronic device; determines whether a number of devices currently using the requested application has reached an upper limit number that is previously set, when the determining determines that the requested application is applicable to the electronic device but is not currently useable by the electronic device; and allows the electronic device to use the requested application, when the determining determines that a number of devices using the requested application has not reached the upper limit number.
US10769243B2
A registration card or similar document (such as a boarding pass) may be used to onboard participants of health services programs. A data structure may store a plurality of unique identification codes linked to data elements providing personally identifiable information of participants. A document may then be generated to include an indicium, such as a QR code and/or bar code, for indicating the unique identification code for the participant, a personal identifier and a logistics detail for a biometric event. Upon receiving the unique identification code from the document, such as at the biometric event, the data element in the data structure may then be linked to an electronic medical record of the participant.
US10769239B2
A system for monitoring a maritime environment comprises a plurality of radio detection and ranging devices configured to perform a synchronous detection of a maritime environment object, to transmit a plurality of sensor signals respectively relating to a location of the maritime environment object over a communication network, and to receive a synchronization signal. Each radio detection and ranging device is configured to synchronize its operation according to the synchronization signal. A synchronization source is configured to generate the synchronization signal for synchronizing operations of radio detection and ranging devices, and to provide the synchronization signal over the communication network to the radio detection and ranging devices. A processing device is configured to receive the plurality of sensor signals from the plurality of radio detection and ranging devices, and to determine the location of the object in the maritime environment upon the basis of the plurality of sensor signals.
US10769236B2
Battery models using robust fail-safe iteration free approach for solving Differential Algebraic Equations, and associated systems and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes generating a model of the rechargeable battery; determining one or more initial conditions for one or more algebraic variables of the model using a solver; holding differential variables of the model static by a switch function while determining the one or more initial conditions; applying the initial conditions to the model by the switch function; and determining one or more parameters for the rechargeable battery by solving the algebraic and differential equations.
US10769235B2
It is determined whether the URL of a screen displayed by a web browser matches the URL included in a response to an obtainment request. If the URL of the screen displayed by the web browser is determined to match the URL included in the response to the obtainment request, a user currently using an information processing apparatus is a user permitted to use an autocomplete function, and the screen displayed in the web browser can be trusted, a script is loaded in the web browser and executed. The web browser carries out the autocomplete through this script.
US10769232B2
A method according to one embodiment includes outputting one page of a multipage compilation of information. The method also includes receiving a request to show portions of multiple pages of the multipage compilation of information, the request originating from a user input device and including an indication of which portions of the multiple pages of the multipage compilation to select. Also, the method includes selecting the portions of the multiple pages of the multipage compilation of information according to the indication and generating a view having the selected portions. Moreover, the method includes outputting the view having the selected portions to a graphical display device. The selected portions output to the graphical display device include a selectable number of first cells of each first row of each of the multiple pages. Other systems, methods, and computer program products are described in accordance with more embodiments.
US10769230B1
Embodiments of an event based search system utilizing an event based search index are disclosed. These events may be associated with user interaction with content such that the search index is reflective of content with which users have interacted. The event based search index can be constructed utilizing agents distributed across users' devices within an enterprise. An agent on a user's device may be configured to monitor user interactions with content across a variety of resources and generate events based on these interactions. These events are provided to the search system to create the search index. The search results returned by these search systems are based on these events and thus are also reflective of user interactions with the content. Moreover, as different events may be created for multiple users' interactions with content, the events may be reflective of the importance of content within an enterprise.
US10769227B2
A machine for content-feedback-based machine learning to incent online content creation. The machine accesses a relevance value that identifies a level of relevance of a content item to a user. The content item is created by a content creator. The machine generates, using a machine learning model, a feedback sensitivity score associated with the content creator. The machine generates, based on the relevance value and a product between the feedback sensitivity score and a likelihood of the user providing a feedback signal in relation to the content item, a ranking score for the content item. The machine causes display of the content item, based on the ranking score, in a user interface of a client device associated with the user. An input pertaining to the content item received via the user interface causes improvement of the machine learning model based on updating the one or more feedback features.
US10769220B1
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for collecting and validating web traffic data, including receiving preprocessed log data representing an activity of a device interacting with a data service; validating the preprocessed log data in accordance with a predetermined format, the format comprising a field indicative of a predetermined data type and a field indicative of a predetermined validation condition associated with the predetermined data type; and generating metadata associated with validated preprocessed log data.
US10769219B1
A system and method allow a user to define a search request by selecting and weighting graphical icons provided on a search creation interface. The graphical icons may be selected by using an icon selection feature provided on the search creation interface. The graphical icons may further be assigned relative search weights using an icon weighting feature provided on the search creation interface. The system and method generate search results based on metadata associated with the selected ones of the graphical icons and the search weights assigned to each of the selected ones of the graphical icons. The search results may comprise a ranked list of items, such as products listed for sale on an e-commerce server.
US10769218B2
A method that includes receiving, from a client device, a pre-selected period of time, and determining whether multiple data values corresponding to the pre-selected period of time exceeds a threshold permitted by a network service request is provided. The method includes determining an interval at which the network service request is made based on the pre-selected period of time, and constructing a query that requests the data values with a constraint, wherein the constraint reduces the data values corresponding to the pre-selected period of time to a subset of data values that preserve a data quality. The method also includes making the network service request using the query and displaying results received in a response to the network service request.
US10769215B2
The invention provides an apparatus, a method, a computer program product and an electronic device where, in accordance with the method there includes steps of implementing a search mediator function that is interposed between a plurality of applications and a plurality of search functions; and operating the search mediator function for receiving search queries from individual ones of the plurality of applications, forwarding received search queries to appropriate ones of the plurality of search functions, and providing search results to respective ones of the plurality of applications in accordance with at least application-specific search profiles.
US10769211B2
An information processing device for obtaining content is provided. The information processing device includes circuitry configured to receive audio/video (AV) content via a broadcast signal. The circuitry is configured to receive from a provider of the AV content, provider-side preference, demographic or interest (PDI) information. The provider-side PDI information is associated with further content. The circuitry is configured to obtain user-side PDI information, and determine whether the provider-side PDI information and the user-side PDI information match. The circuitry is configured to obtain the further content when the provider-side PDI information and the user-side PDI information are determined to match, including calling at least one application programming interface (API).
US10769210B2
Systems and methods for a media guidance application that generates results in multiple languages for search queries. In particular, the media guidance application resolves multiple language barriers by taking automatic and manual user language settings and applying those settings to a variety of potential search results.
US10769205B2
A natural language processing system that includes an artificial intelligence (AI) engine and a tag management engine. The AI engine is configured to receive a set of audio files and to identify concepts within the set of audio files. The AI engine is further configured to determine a usage frequency for each of the identified concepts and to generate an AI-defined tag for concepts with a usage frequency that is greater than a usage frequency threshold. The tag management engine is configured to receive an audio file, identify tags linked with the audio file, to determine an access frequency for the audio file within a predetermined time period, and to adjust the activity level of the tags based on the access frequency. The tag management engine is further configured to remove tags from the set of tags with an activity level that is less than a purge threshold.
US10769203B1
A method includes obtaining acoustic event information from at least one device, the acoustic event information associated with a first activity, at least a portion of the acoustic event information associated with sounds originating from a plurality of individuals in an identified group during a time period of the first activity. The method also includes categorizing the acoustic event information into a plurality of sound classes. The method also includes performing collaborative filtering on the plurality of sound classes. The method also includes determining one or more interests of the plurality of individuals in the identified group based on results of the collaborative filtering. The method also includes recommending a common activity for the identified group, based in part on the one or more interests of the plurality of individuals in the identified group.
US10769191B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for classifying data objects. One of the methods includes obtaining data that associates each term in a vocabulary of terms with a respective high-dimensional representation of the term; obtaining classification data for a data object, wherein the classification data includes a respective score for each of a plurality of categories, and wherein each of the categories is associated with a respective category label; computing an aggregate high-dimensional representation for the data object from high-dimensional representations for the category labels associated with the categories and the respective scores; identifying a first term in the vocabulary of terms having a high-dimensional representation that is closest to the aggregate high-dimensional representation; and selecting the first term as a category label for the data object.
US10769183B2
Embodiments relate to enabling users to provide feedback on resources displayed in user interfaces. A feedback tool is executed to allow a user to specify a resource displayed in a user interface. Context metadata about the user interface is captured and stored by the feedback tool. The context metadata corresponds to runtime activity such as loading executable modules, rendering the user interface, handling windowing/input events, etc. The tool is used to specify a resource displayed in the user interface. This triggers capture of the specified resource and the runtime context metadata. The resource and context metadata are searched for in a database of known resources and their respective properties and identifiers. If a match is found, then the source-level identity of the resource is known. The feedback is associated with the resource and used to directly supplement or modify the resource in a source code resource file.
US10769179B2
A distributed file system may store a plurality of entity attributes. A node linking system may identify similarities between entity attributes for different entities. The node linking system may generate an entity graph which displays relationships and similarities between entities in a graphical user interface.
US10769149B2
In an example, a transitive local predicates may be inferred across multiple joins, wherein the multiple outer joins include multiple outer joins. A query connecting tables by the multiple joins is analyzed. A local predicate may then be identified from the analyzed query and may be determined to be either a where-clause local predicate or an on-clause local predicate. Accordingly, a transitive local predicate may be inferred across a selection of the tables based on the determination.
US10769148B1
Relocating data sharing operations for query processing may be implemented when generating plans to perform a query. A query operation that causes a node to share data obtained from a different set of nodes with other nodes in a same set of nodes may be identified. The identified query operation may be replaced with another operation that causes the different set of nodes to share the data directly with the other nodes in the same set of nodes.
US10769147B2
A batch data query method and apparatus are provided. According to the method, multiple logical query plan trees corresponding to multiple query statements are obtained. The multiple logical query plan trees are divided into multiple query groups according to operators of each logical query plan tree. Logical query plan trees in each query group have the following relationship: an inter-query write-read dependency relationship, an operator overlap relationship, or an operand overlap relationship. Then, inter-query optimization is performed on the logical query plan trees in each query group, and multiple corresponding physical query plan trees are generated according to the multiple optimized logical query plan trees. Finally, physical queries are executed according to the multiple physical query plan trees, to obtain query results of the multiple query statements.
US10769146B1
Data location-based query optimization for scan operators in a large-scale distributed database system is disclosed. In various embodiments, a set of query processing segments to be used to process a query is identified. It is determined for each of a plurality of data blocks to be scanned to process the query a corresponding storage location in which the data block is stored in a distributed storage system. Each of the plurality of data blocks is assigned to be scanned by a query processing segment selected based at least in part on a location of the query processing segment relative to the corresponding storage location in which the data block is stored.
US10769145B1
Systems and methods for compression and/or unification of statistical analysis system (SAS) data is provided. In one embodiment, a request to open a unified and compressed statistical analysis system (SAS) view file is received. The unified and compressed SAS data step view file including: an SAS data step view; compressed payload data to be used in the SAS data step view when decompressed; and a set of metadata describing characteristics of variables of the SAS data step view. Upon receiving the request, the compressed payload data is automatically decompressed, such that compressed payload data is decompressed and usable with the SAS data step view to render the SAS data step view and decompressed payload data on an electronic display of a client or host providing the request.
US10769138B2
Provided herein are techniques for processing a context-situated inquiry to provide results satisfying the inquiry. An inquiry and its supporting context are processed using natural language processing to determine an interpretation for the inquiry and context, and the interpretation is presented to receive corrective information for the interpretation. The corrective information is applied to the interpretation and content is retrieved based on the interpretation of inquiry and context to produce candidate results for the inquiry. Supplemental information is iteratively received to generate updated candidate results.
US10769136B2
Techniques for improving search using generalized linear mixed models are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method comprises: receiving a search query comprising at least one search term and being associated with a user; extracting features from corresponding profiles of a plurality of candidates; for each one of the candidates, generating a corresponding score based on a generalized linear mixed model comprising a generalized linear query-based model and a random effects user-based model; selecting a subset of candidates from the plurality of candidates based on the corresponding scores; and causing the selected subset of candidates to be displayed to the user in a search results page for the search query.
US10769131B2
A computer-implemented method is provided for managing and sharing picture files. In one embodiment of the present invention, the method comprises providing a server platform and providing a datastore on the server platform for maintaining full resolution copies of the files shared between a plurality of sharing clients. A synchronization engine is provided on the server platform and is configured to send real-time updates to a plurality of sharing clients when at least one of the sharing clients updates or changes one of said files. A web interface may also be provided that allows a user to access files in the datastore through the use of a web browser.
US10769113B2
Systems, components, devices, and methods for synchronizing a local object model with a remote object model are provided. A non-limiting example is a system or method for synchronizing a local object model with a remote object model. The method includes receiving a plurality of changes associated with the local object model. The changes modify at least one attribute state of an object in the local object model. The method also includes identifying outcome attribute states of the objects that are modified by the plurality of changes. The method includes identifying required attribute states of the objects for the plurality of changes. The method also includes building a dependency graph for the plurality of changes based on the identified required attribute states and generating an ordered list of the plurality of changes based on the dependency graph.
US10769098B2
Embodiments described herein provide a method for accessing a host memory through non-volatile memory over fabric bridging with direct target access. A first memory access command encapsulated in a first network packet is received at a memory interface unit and from a remote direct memory access (RDMA) interface and via a network fabric. The first memory access command is compliant with a first non-volatile memory interface protocol and the first network packet is compliant with a second non-volatile memory interface protocol. The first network packet is unwrapped to obtain the first memory access command. The first memory access command is stored in a work queue using address bits of the work queue as a pre-set index of the first memory access command. The first memory access command is sent from the work queue based on the pre-set index to activate a first target storage device.
US10769091B2
A memory card includes a card substrate on which a controller and a memory device are mounted, and a card enclosure that accommodates the card substrate and exposes terminals capable of being electrically connected to an external device, wherein the controller is operable in a universal flash storage (UFS) mode and in a first sub-mode other than the UFS mode.
US10769087B2
A security system having a control unit in communication with detection devices and notification systems to provide messages. Methods for employing a control unit are also provided herein.
US10769086B2
A recording medium to be used by being connected to a digital device includes a local bus, a plurality of recording units, an information storage unit, and a communication unit. The local bus has a plurality of switches or bridges. The plurality of recording units are connected to the local bus. The information storage unit stores information indicating a bus configuration of the local bus. The communication unit is used for transferring the information to and from the digital device. After the recording medium is inserted into the digital device, the bus configuration of the local bus is reconstructed based on the information acquired from the communication unit via the information storage unit by the digital device.
US10769085B2
A bus system is provided. A bus system includes a slave functional block and a master functional block. The master functional block transmits a first command to the slave functional block. The slave functional block includes a first bus protector. The first bus protector receives the first command on behalf of the slave functional block and transmits a dummy signal corresponding to the first command to the master functional block in response to the slave functional block being in a state of not being able to receive the first command or not being able to transmit a response signal corresponding to the first command.
US10769058B1
Techniques for serverless performance testing of applications are provided. A user can indicate an application to test within a serverless computing framework. The user can specify parameters for testing the application. A performance test execution file can be generated based on the indicated application and the specified testing parameters. Serverless functions for implementing the testing of the application can be generated based on the performance test execution file. The serverless functions can be executed to implement the testing of the application code on a cloud-based computing resource. Test outputs can be generated and stored for review and analysis in real-time during the testing and after the testing is concluded.
US10769043B2
The present disclosure relates to system(s) and method(s) for assisting a user to resolve a hardware issue and a software issue. The system identifies, a target cluster, associated with a new ticket received from the user, from the set of clusters. Further, the system recommends one or more runbook scripts, from a runbook repository, associated with the new ticket. The system further identifies a new runbook script, corresponding to the new ticket, from a set of external repositories. Further, the system executes at least one of the one or more runbook scripts or the new runbook script, associated with the new ticket. The system further generates a document based on the execution of the one or more runbook scripts or the new runbook script, thereby assisting the user to resolve a target issue.
US10769039B2
A method and apparatus for performing display control of a display panel to display images with aid of dynamic overdrive (OD) strength adjustment is provided. Each of the images includes a plurality of blocks, each of the plurality of blocks includes a plurality of pixels, and each of the plurality of pixels comprising a plurality of sub-pixels. The method comprising: encoding image data of a current image to generate encoded image data of the current image, wherein the encoded image data is compressed data of the image data; decoding the encoded image data of the current image to generate decoded image data of the current image; performing block error estimation to generate quantized block error values of the plurality of blocks, respectively; determining OD depressed gains, respectively; and adjusting OD strength of corresponding blocks within a next image, respectively, for controlling the display panel to display the next image.
US10769038B2
Apparatus comprises master counter circuitry to generate a master count signal in response to a clock signal; slave counter circuitry responsive to the clock signal to generate a respective slave count signal, the slave counter circuitry having associated fault detection circuitry; and a synchronisation connection providing signal communication between the master counter circuitry and the slave counter circuitry, the master counter circuitry being configured to provide via the synchronisation connection: initialisation data at an initialisation operation; and fault detection data at a fault detection operation; the initialisation data and subsequent fault detection data each representing respective indications of a state of the master count signal; the slave counter circuitry being configured, during an initialisation operation for that slave counter circuitry, to initialise a counting operation of that slave counter circuitry in response to the initialisation data provided by the master counter circuitry; and the fault detection circuitry associated with the slave counter circuitry being configured, during a fault detection operation for that slave counter circuitry, to detect whether a counting operation of that slave counter circuitry generates a slave count signal which is within a threshold count difference of a fault detection count value dependent upon the fault detection data provided by the master counter circuitry.
US10769036B2
Embodiments of the disclosure provide techniques for updating a distributed transaction log on a previously offline resource object component using distributed transaction logs from active host computer nodes from separate RAID mirror configurations. Each component object maintains a journal (log) where distributed transactions are recorded. If a component object goes offline and subsequently returns (e.g., if the node hosting the component object reboots), the component object is marked as stale. To return the component object to an active state, a distributed resources module retrieves the journals from other resource component objects from other RAID configurations where the data is mirrored. The module filters corresponding data that is missing in the journal of the previously offline corresponding object and merges the filtered data to the journal.
US10769033B2
A method and system for performing incremental backup of a network attached storage (NAS) device are described. A storage capture instance associated with a first time instance is received from a network attached storage device. At least a portion of metadata of tracked network packets associated with the network attached storage device is also received. At least one changed content item of the network attached storage device that has changed since the first time instance is identified by analyzing the at least the portion of the metadata of the tracked network packets received. An incremental backup of the network attached storage device is performed at a second time instance based at least in part on the at least one changed content item identified.
US10769031B2
The disclosure includes embodiments for recovering lost data in a vehicular micro cloud. In some embodiments, a method for a connected vehicle that is a member of the vehicular micro cloud includes detecting that one or more data segments of a data set are lost during a first data handover function transmitted over a Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) network. The data set is partitioned into multiple data segments including the one or more data segments during a previous data handover function performed prior to the first data handover function. The method includes modifying an operation of a communication unit of the connected vehicle to collect the one or more data segments from a set of overhearing vehicles that overhears the one or more data segments during the previous data handover function so that the data set is recovered on the connected vehicle.
US10769030B2
A coordination point for assigning clients to remote backup storages includes a persistent storage and a processor. The persistent storage includes client type to remote backup storage mappings. The processor obtains a data storage request for data from a client of the clients; obtains an inferential characterization of the client; identifies a type of the client using the inferential characterization of the client; selects a remote backup storage of the remote backup storages based on the identified type of the client using the client type to remote backup storage mappings; and assigns the selected remote backup storage to service the data storage request.
US10769018B2
One embodiment described herein provides a method and system for handling errors in a storage system. During operation a data-placement module of the storage system detects an error occurring at a first physical location within the storage system. In response to determining that the error occurs during a write access, the system writes to-be-written data into a second physical location within the storage system, and updates a mapping between a logical address and a physical address associated with the to-be-written data.
US10769016B2
A method for execution by a dispersed storage and task (DST) client module includes obtaining a plurality of sorted data entries. A data access performance goal level associated with the plurality of sorted data entries is obtained, and obtaining DSN performance information is obtained. Compression parameters are selected based on the data access performance goal level and the DSN performance information. Sorted data entries of the plurality of sorted data entries are selected based on the selected compression parameters to produce a data object. The data object is compressed to produce a compressed data object using the selected compression parameters. The compressed data object is dispersed storage error encoded to produce one or more sets of encoded data slices for storage in a set of storage units.
US10769014B2
Devices and techniques for disposable parity are described herein. First and second portions of data can be obtained, and respective parity values stored in adjacent memory locations. An entry mapping the respective parity values to the first and second portions of data is updated when the parity values are stored. If an error occurs when writing a portion of data, the mapping entry is used to retrieve the parity data to correct the error. Otherwise, the parity data is discarded.
US10769009B2
Embodiments of the invention include methods, systems, and computer program products for root cause analysis. Aspects of the invention include receiving, by a processor, operations data associated with a plurality of applications. A trend analysis is performed on the operations data to determine an operations issue associated with at least one of the plurality of applications. And a root-cause analysis is performed on the operations issue to identify a set of candidate applications from the plurality of applications that may be a cause of the operations issue.
US10769000B1
Methods and apparatuses for enabling compatibility between multiple versions of an application programming interface (API) are described. When a first API request is received at a compute server, the compute server determines whether the first API request is of a first version of an API that is different from a second version of the API used in an origin server to which the first API request is destined. In response to determining that the first API request is of the first version of the API that is different from the second version of the API used in the origin server to which the first API request is destined, an API compatibility enabler is executed to convert the first API request into a second API request in the second version of the API. The second API request is fulfilled instead of the first API request.
US10768999B2
Embodiments in include a system, a method, and a computer program product for performing intelligent load shedding for multi-channel processing system. The embodiments include a multi-channel processing system, wherein each channel of the multi-channel processing system includes a plurality of processors, and a plurality of links coupling each channel with each other channel in the multi-channel processing system, wherein the links are used to transmit status information of the plurality of processors. The embodiments also include a plurality of cooling elements coupled to each channel having the plurality of processors, wherein the plurality of cooling elements are configured to remove heat from the multi-channel processing system.
US10768997B2
A type of a request that is currently being processed at a system is determined. A distribution is selected from a set of processing time distributions, the distribution forming a model that is applicable to the type. A threshold point is computed for the model. A processing time that exceeds a threshold point processing time is regarded as exhibiting tail latency. Tail latency includes a delay in processing of the request due to a reason other than a utilization of a resource of the system exceeding a threshold utilization and a size of a queue in the system exceeding a threshold size. An evaluation is made that the request will experience tail latency during processing at the system and the processing of the request at the system is aborted. The request is offloaded for processing at a peer system in a load-balanced group of systems.
US10768993B2
An approach for an adaptive, performance-oriented, and compression-assisted encryption scheme implemented on a host computer to adaptively improve utilization of CPU resources is provided. The method comprises queueing a new data packet and determining a size of the new data packet. Based on historical data, a plurality of already encrypted data packets is determined. Based on information stored for the plurality of already encrypted data packets, an average ratio of compression for the plurality of already encrypted data packets is determined. Based on the average ratio of compression, a throughput of compression value and a throughput of encryption value, a prediction whether compressing the new data packet will reduce a CPU load is derived. If it is determined that compressing the new data packet will improve utilization of the CPU resources, then a compressed new data packet is generated by compressing the new data packet.
US10768980B2
Systems and methods for the automated execution of batch job workflows are provided. The system may generate a batch job workflow having one or more jobs with each job having one or more tasks. The system may retrieve scheduler data corresponding to each task and indicating job dependencies, task dependencies, and technology wrappers needed to execute each task. The system may generate a task schedule based on the scheduler data. The system may execute each task in accordance with the scheduler data by transmitting each task to a wrapper environment to invoke a technology wrapper. The technology wrapper may enable each task to be executed across systems of varying technologies.
US10768968B2
A method includes receiving, by a processor from a virtual machine (VM) executed by the processor, an indication that a proper subset of a plurality of virtual memory pages of the VM are secure memory pages. The method further includes, responsive to determining the VM is attempting to access a first memory page, determining whether the proper subset comprises the first memory page. The method further includes, responsive to determining the proper subset comprises the first memory page: using first attributes specified by the VM for the first memory page; and ignoring second attributes specified by a virtual machine monitor (VMM) for the first memory page. The VMM is executed by the processor to manage the VM.
US10768955B1
Technologies are disclosed herein for executing commands within virtual machine (“VM”) instances. A public web service application programming interface (“API”) is exposed within a service provider network that includes methods relating to the execution of commands within VM instances. For example, the API might include a method for obtaining a list of the commands that can be executed within a VM instance. The API might also include a method for requesting the execution of a command within a VM instance. The API might also include a method for requesting data describing the status of the execution of a command within a VM instance. The API might also expose other methods. A software agent executing on a VM instance may be utilized to provide a list of commands that can be executed in the VM, to execute requested commands, and to provide data describing the status of execution of a command.
US10768949B2
Profile information describing an attribute of a user is received from a network based service. Selection of a goal relating to the attribute is received from the user. A start point with respect to the goal is determined based on the profile information, and a path from the start point to the goal is determined utilizing a planning algorithm. A map is generated based on the path, which is visually represented on the map. At least one GUI descriptor is created, specifying instructions for rendering a user-specific GUI that displays the map.
US10768942B1
A computer-implemented method renders user interfaces for devices with multi-image option ROMs according to option ROM dispatch policies associated with the devices. The option ROM dispatch policies can specify whether the multi-image option ROM for the device is enabled or disabled. The option ROM dispatch policies can also specify the image of the multi-image option ROM to execute during boot. The multi-image ROM can include a UEFI compliant image and a legacy BIOS image. The computer-implemented method may receive user selections modifying the option ROM dispatch policies via the rendered user interfaces.
US10768940B2
A computing device includes an accessory containing an option ROM, a first processor adapted to boot the computing device and to execute the option ROM, and a second processor adapted to be activated by the first processor to monitor execution of the option ROM by the first processor. The second processor is adapted to restore the first processor to a state prior to execution of the option ROM in response to the first processor becoming hung during execution of the option ROM. A computer program product includes program instructions executable by a processor to monitor execution of the option ROM by a first processor of a computing device, determine whether the first processor has become hung during execution of the option ROM, and restore the first processor to an execution environment that the first processor had prior to execution of the option ROM.
US10768938B2
A data processing system provides a branch forward instruction (BF) which has programmable parameters specifying a branch target address to be branched to and a branch point identifying a program instruction following the branch forward instruction which, when reached, is followed by a branch to the branch target address.
US10768932B2
An arithmetic processing circuit includes, a dividing circuit that divides a plurality of data blocks into groups of a number equal to the number of arithmetic processing circuits included in an information processing apparatus, a data selecting circuit that selects respective first data blocks from the plurality of data blocks included in the respective groups, a transmission destination selecting circuit that selects arithmetic processing circuits different from each other as respective transmission destinations from the plurality of arithmetic processing circuits for the respective first data blocks selected by the data selecting circuit based on destination number information obtained by exclusive disjunction operation on identification number information assigned to each arithmetic processing circuit and cyclic number information assigned to each group, and a transmitting circuit that transmits the respective first data blocks selected by the data selecting circuit to the respective arithmetic processing circuits selected by the transmission destination selecting circuit.
US10768930B2
A method provides for decoding, in a microprocessor, an instruction into data identifying a first register, a second register, an immediate value, and an opcode identifier. The opcode identifier is interpreted as indicating that an arithmetic operation is to be performed on the first register and the second register, and that the microprocessor is to perform a change of control operation in response to the addition of the first register and the second register causing overflow or underflow. The change of control operation is to a location in a program determined based on the immediate value. A processor can be provided with a decoder and other supporting circuitry to implement such method. Overflow/underflow can be checked on word boundaries of a double-word operation.
US10768929B1
A method for automatically updating source code in a first source code branch using a pull request is disclosed. The method includes: displaying a pull request user interface associated with the first source code branch, the pull request user interface comprising a code change suggestion including an original line of source code to be changed and a new line of source code to replace the original line of source code; receiving user input to accept the code change suggestion; propagating the source code change to the first source code branch such that an original line of source code in the first source code branch is replaced with the new line of source code; and upon successfully propagating the source code change to the first source code branch, updating the pull request user interface to indicate that the code change suggestion is applied and the pull request is modified.
US10768926B2
Techniques are disclosed relating to database techniques for storing metadata for web applications. In some embodiments, manageable state information indicates whether certain entities (e.g., developers or subscribers) are allowed to edit particular fields (e.g., upon installing a version of an application package or when updating a package to a new version). In some embodiments, the manageable state information is stored separately from the corresponding metadata, which may avoid a need to query the metadata to determine manageable state and may allow validation of manageable state rules upon insertion of metadata into a new organization. In some embodiments, a short-lived build organization may facilitate validation of updates to web application packages.
US10768920B2
Software updates within one or more regions of a multi-tenant cloud are coordinated. Tenant vs. tenant conflicts, tenant vs. infrastructure provider conflicts, and conflicts between security and another priority are identified and resolved using a shared update coordinator, update priority specifications, and availability specifications. An infrastructure update request may be presented to tenants for approval. Postponed infrastructure updates may be prioritized higher. Preventing exploits of zero-day vulnerabilities may be prioritized over meeting availability targets. Updates may be merged to reduce downtime, even when the updates originate from independently controlled entities. Maximum downtime, minimum fault domains, minimum virtual machines, permitted update start times, and other availability criteria may be specified. Updates may be preempted, or allowed to complete, based on their relative priorities. Tenants and infrastructure providers may still use their own deployment engines after updates are coordinated. Rogue behaviors involving adverse update approvals or disapprovals may be detected.
US10768917B2
Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are disclosed for processing element (PE) deployment placement in a streaming data system. In particular, PEs of a stream computing application are grouped across compute nodes in a dynamic manner that improves over manually specified groupings of PEs on particular compute nodes. A stream manager deploys PEs according to rules in deployment instructions specifying whether to collocate PEs on a single compute node and/or ex-collocate PEs across compute nodes based on dynamically-determined information relating to the PEs themselves, compute nodes on which PEs are to run, and/or the streams runtime. For example, the stream manager may profile code and deploy PEs on compute nodes based on such profiling, deploy PEs together on compute nodes meeting predefined system characteristics or streams runtime conditions or metrics, and/or deploy PEs on a compute node within a predefined proximity of an external source.
US10768916B2
In one embodiment, a method may receive, by a compiler of a host computing system, source code for a computer application. The method may also include separating a first portion of the source code and a second portion of the source code that are to be compiled for execution by an accelerator operatively coupled to the host computing system. The method may also include compiling the first portion of the source code to generate hardware description language code. A logic block is to be generated on the accelerator in view of the hardware description language code. The method also includes compiling the second portion of the source code to generate softcore processor code, and adding instructions to the softcore processor code to cause the softcore processor code to interact with the logic block during execution of the softcore processor code and the logic block.
US10768912B1
A system for class deployment includes an ancillary class storage device and a processor. The ancillary class storage device is configured to store an ancillary class source for an ancillary class, where the ancillary class is outside a base class set. The processor is configured to compile the ancillary class source, where compiling the ancillary class source generates a metadata description of one or more ancillary classes; and deploy the metadata description into an operating environment, where deploying the metadata description adds the metadata description to metadata of the base class set of the operating environment.
US10768911B2
A device may receive first user input indicating creation of a first software component for inclusion in a first software application, the first software component being selected for creation in a first software framework associated with the first software application. The device may generate, based on the first software component, a second software component for inclusion in a second software application, the second software component being generated in a second software framework associated with the second software application. In addition, the device may cause display of the second software component in the second software application. The device may also provide component data to a second device, the component data defining at least one property associated with the first software component.
US10768909B2
In a computer-implemented method for facilitating creation of a reusable application, during development of the reusable application, a plurality of artifacts associated with source code of the reusable application is received, wherein an artifact of the plurality of artifacts includes information related to the development of the reusable application. The plurality of artifacts is maintained as metadata for the source code of the reusable application. An application module including the source code of the reusable application and the metadata is generated, wherein the application module is configured for use by a developer for facilitating creation of a new version of the reusable application, and wherein the metadata is accessible by the developer during the creation of the new version of the reusable application for accessing the information related to the development of the reusable application.
US10768902B2
A method of operating a computer according to an actor model, the method comprising: defining a plurality of actors, each taking form of a data structure comprising respective data and one or more respective functions for operating on the respective data; generating a wrapped message to be transmitted from a transmitting actor to multiple recipient actors, the wrapped message comprising at least one constituent message, a sorted list of the recipient actors, and an index indicating an entry in the list, the index initially being set to indicate the first recipient actor in the list; transmitting the wrapped message from the transmitting actor to the first recipient actor in the list; each of the recipient actors, except the last in the list, upon receiving the wrapped message, advancing the index and forwarding the wrapped message to the next actor in the list as indicated by the advanced index.
US10768894B2
A processor includes: a plurality of processor cores; and an internal memory configured to be accessed from the plurality of processor cores, wherein an arithmetic circuit provided in any of the plurality of processor cores includes: a plurality of first registers provided in a first stage of the arithmetic circuit, a regular addition circuit including a first adder and a second register, the first adder being configured to add a plurality of outputs of the plurality of first registers, the second register being configured to be provided in a second stage and latch an output of the first adder, an overtaking addition circuit including a second adder, the second adder being configured to add a plurality of outputs of the plurality of first registers, and a synthesis circuit including a third adder and a third register.
US10768876B2
A display device includes a process-action display section, a process-object display section, a process-object selection section, and a display controller. The process-action display section displays a process action, the process-object display section displays one or more process objects on which the process action displayed by the process-action display section is to be performed, the process-object selection section makes a selection from the one or more process objects displayed by the process-object display section, and the display controller performs control to display a different process action in the same display region of the process-action display section when the selection made from the one or more process objects is different, the selection being made by the process-object selection section.
US10768875B2
An image forming system includes a confirmation processing portion and first and second print controlling portions. The confirmation processing portion confirms one or more pages of a multiple-page document as one or more confidential print pages. The first print controlling portion, upon receiving an execution command for a confidential print job according to which the document including the confidential print pages is printed, prints one or more normal print pages that are pages to be printed according to the confidential print job that exclude the confidential print pages, and suspends printing of the confidential print pages. The second print controlling portion prints, when it is determined that the sender of the execution command for the confidential print job has arrived at the location where the image forming apparatus is installed, the confidential print pages among the pages to be printed according to the confidential print job.
US10768868B2
In connection with an error event detected in an image forming apparatus, a fault diagnosis service server diagnoses the error event and obtains a diagnosis result for handling to be performed on the error event detected in the image forming apparatus. In a case where the diagnosis result indicates a plurality of candidates for handling to be performed on the error event, the fault diagnosis service server compares the plurality of candidates for handling to a result estimated by a diagnosis model with respect to the error event. In a case where the plurality of candidates for handling is different from the result estimated by the diagnosis model, the fault diagnosis service obtains partial operation information from a history of the image forming apparatus and executes machine relearning based on the obtained partial operation information with respect to a layer in a latter stage of a plurality of layers included in the diagnosis model, each layer performing a different estimation.
US10768867B2
An image forming apparatus performs hold printing in which a received print job is held and printing of the held print job is performed according to a print instruction from a user. The apparatus includes a display device, and a controller including a processor and a memory. The controller is configured to act as an analysis unit to analyze print data of the print job received and held by using a reception of the print job as a trigger, wherein a print process based on the received print job is not performed by using the reception of the print job as a trigger, a display control unit to display a job selection screen on the display device, wherein the job selection screen includes the one or more held print jobs, and a receiving unit to receive a selection of the held print job and the print instruction for the selected held print job, via the job selection screen. In the job selection screen, identification information of the held print job and error information corresponding to the held print job are displayed in association with each other based on the analysis of the analysis unit.
US10768862B2
A method, system and computer program product for providing a guest with access to a virtual storage on a physical storage using a peripheral component interface hub. In one embodiment, the method comprises the guest sending to the peripheral component interface hub a request to access the physical storage, the request including physical addresses of the physical storage, and the peripheral component interface hub sending specified information about the request to a hypervisor. This method further comprises the hypervisor determining whether to grant or to reject the request; and when the hypervisor grants the request, the hypervisor sending a configuration command to the peripheral component interface hub. This command includes a mapping of addresses from the physical storage to addresses from the virtual storage. In an embodiment, the peripheral component interface hub uses this mapping to replace the addresses in the request with translated virtual addresses.
US10768861B1
A method for providing in-place safe decompression of a data stream includes utilizing a stored offset to allocate a memory space for a decompression operation. The stored offset represents a maximum offset by which a write pointer position of an output stream exceeds a read pointer position for a corresponding input stream during in-place decompression of the compressed data stream.
US10768859B1
A memory controller uses a history of the rows accessed by commands from a command queue in a command queue circuit to predict whether a second access performed immediately after the command queue becomes empty will be to a same row as a first access performed immediately before the command queue became empty. When the second access is predicted to be to a different row, the row corresponding to the first access is closed in response to the command queue becoming empty. When the second access is predicted to be to the same row, the row corresponding to the first access is not closed in response to the command queue becoming empty.
US10768852B2
A batch automatic test method and a batch automatic test device for solid state disks are provided. The batch automatic test method is used for testing a plurality of solid state disks by a batch automatic test device. The solid state disks are coupled to the batch automatic test device. The batch automatic test method includes the following steps. A plurality of buses of the batch automatic test device are scanned to mark the solid state disks and a system disk. A piece of disk information of each of the solid state disks is shown. Each of the pieces of the disk information includes a disk location of each of the solid state disks. A formatting procedure is synchronously performed on the solid state disks according to the disk locations. After performing the formatting procedure, a burn-in test procedure is automatically and synchronously performed on the solid state disks.
US10768844B2
A computer-implemented method, according to one embodiment, is for performing internal striping within a subset of slices. The computer-implemented method includes: receiving, by a computer, a logical unit; splitting, by the computer, the logical unit into a plurality of data chunks; and distributing, by the computer, the plurality of data chunks across the subset of slices such that the plurality of data chunks are striped across the subset of slices, and striped across a plurality of physical partitions in each of the subset of slices. Moreover, each of the subset of slices correspond to a different physical storage module in a single storage device. Other systems, methods, and computer program products are described in additional embodiments.
US10768842B2
Technologies for providing shared memory for accelerator sleds includes an accelerator sled to receive, with a memory controller, a memory access request from an accelerator device to access a region of memory. The request is to identify the region of memory with a logical address. Additionally, the accelerator sled is to determine from a map of logical addresses and associated physical address, the physical address associated with the region of memory. In addition, the accelerator sled is to route the memory access request to a memory device associated with the determined physical address.
US10768841B2
Technologies for managing network statistic counters include a network interface controller (NIC) of a computing device configured to identify a statistic counter of and a software consumer associated with a received network packet and identify an active counter page as a function of the identified software consumer. The NIC is further configured to read a value of the statistic counter stored at a counter memory address of a corresponding counter identifier entry of the identified active counter page, increment a read value of the statistic counter, and write the incremented value of the statistic counter back to the counter memory address. Additionally, in response to detecting a notification triggering event, generating a notification message that includes a present value of the statistic counter and a present value of each of the other statistic counters of the active counter page, and transmit the generated notification message to the software consumer. Other embodiments are described herein.
US10768836B2
A method for page based data persistence can include storing data associated with a state machine at a computing node. The data can be stored by at least allocating a first data page for storing the data. In response to the allocation of the first data page, a first page reference to the first data page can be added to a first page list in an in-memory buffer at the computing node. When the in-memory buffer reaches maximum capacity, a second data page can be allocated for storing the first page list. A second page reference to the second data page can be added to a second page list in the in-memory buffer. Related systems and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also provided.
US10768832B2
Management of storage used by pageable guests of a computing environment is facilitated. A query instruction is provided that details information regarding the storage location indicated in the query. It specifies whether the storage location, if protected, is protected by host-level protection or guest-level protection.
US10768819B2
A method for non-disruptive upgrade of a storage system is provided. The method includes disabling, by an interlock, access by one or more processors of the storage system to the first memory, responsive to a request. The method includes persisting configuration information in the first memory to the solid-state memory, with the access to the first memory disabled by the interlock, wherein the persisting, the first memory and the solid-state memory are supported by an energy reserve. The method includes enabling, by the interlock, access by the one or more processors to the first memory, responsive to completing the persisting, and writing, by the one or more processors of the storage system, to the first memory, to perform the upgrade with further configuration information, with the access enabled by the interlock and wherein at least the persisting is accomplished without power cycling.
US10768818B2
Disclosed are some implementations of systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products for facilitating data migration. Data migration is customizable according to user-specified data formats. A data migration system monitors the data migration process and automatically retries data migration tasks that have failed. In addition, the results of data migration are reversed according to detected threshold conditions.
US10768809B2
A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to provide wireless communication; a display configured to display at least a first notification information at a first position on the display indicating a first event occurred on the mobile terminal, and display a second notification information at a second position on the display indicating a second event occurred on the mobile terminal; and a controller configured to in response to a selection of the first notification information, display a first input region and a first key region for inputting a character string into the first input region on the display adjacent to the first notification information, in response to a selection of the second notification information, display a second input region and a second key region for inputting the character string into the second input region on the display adjacent to the second notification information, and process the character string input into the first input region or the second input region as an input of a function for responding to the first notification information or the second notification information, respectively, according to a selection of a user.
US10768804B2
A gesture language for a device with multiple touch surfaces is described. Generally, a series of new touch input models is described that includes touch input interactions on two disjoint touch-sensitive surfaces. For example, a mobile device can include a primary display on a “front” side of the device, and a secondary display or touch-sensitive surface on the “back” side of the device, such as a surface that is opposite the primary display. Accordingly, the gesture language can include a series of “back touch” interactions with the touch-sensitive surface on the backside of the device. Example interactions include direct and indirect touch input on the back side, as well as simultaneous touch input on both sides of the device.
US10768801B2
An electronic device includes a display module configured to display contents in which a second area for displaying a second content is nested in a first area for displaying a first content. A focus setting module is configured to set a focus on the first content or the second content according to a predetermined gesture operation. A scrolling module is configured to scroll the first content or the second content on which the focus is set according to the predetermined scrolling operation regardless of whether the scrolling operation target is the first area or the second area.
US10768780B2
A computer-implemented method of controlling a computer system is provided. In particular, the method relates to controlling of a touchscreen of the computer system in order to display contextually relevant user interface objects on a graphical display of the touchscreen. The computer system includes a processor and the touchscreen includes a touch sensor as an input device. The method includes determining, by way of a user context determination module, a user context of at least one user of the computer system, selecting, using an icon selection module, one or more user interface objects which are contextually relevant to the determined context of the user, and displaying, using the graphical display of the touchscreen, the one or more user interface objects selected by the icon selection module. Determining the user's context may include monitoring the user's behavior, mood or cognitive state.
US10768778B2
There is provided an information processing apparatus, including an icon display section which displays an icon associated to an action of a user for a purpose of the user, a selection condition acquisition section which acquires a selection condition of the icon displayed by the icon display section, and a display information generation section which generates display information for sharing selected action associated to the icon with another user by using the selection condition acquired by the selection condition acquisition section.
US10768776B1
A technology is described for streaming object data for a virtual object to a simulation client and dynamically incorporating the virtual object into a simulation environment in response to detecting an interactive event in the simulation environment. An example method may include receiving an indication of an interactive event associated with a simulation environment, where the indication of the interactive event may be sent over a network by a simulation client configured to execute the simulation environment. In response to receiving the indication of the interactive event, object data for a virtual object linked to the interactive event may be identified. An audio stream for the virtual object may be obtained, and the object data and the audio stream may be streamed to the simulation client and the virtual object may be incorporated in the simulation environment.
US10768772B2
Techniques for context-aware recommendations of relevant presentation content are disclosed. In some configurations, the techniques involve the processing of contextual data from one or more resources to dynamically direct a presentation. A computing device can receive contextual data from one or more resources. The contextual data can be processed to select one or more sections of content data, e.g., a slide of a slide deck or a page of document. The computing device can then cause a display of the one or more sections on one or more devices. In some configurations, a hardware display surface can be configured to provide a real-world view of an object, e.g., a model or other item that may be related to the presentation, through the hardware display surface while also providing a display of the one or more sections of the presenter's material.
US10768770B2
Scalable architectures, systems, and services are provided herein for generating jobs by applying user-specified rules to events in an action log framework (ALF) stream is disclosed. More specifically, collaboration environments can include features or mechanisms that allow end-users or collaborators to perform a variety of actions such as, for example, file uploads and previews, or collaboration operations such as, for example, task assignment and comments. These actions can be captured or logged by an action log framework and, as described herein, automatically translated into one or more jobs by applying customizable user-specified rules.
US10768765B2
A touch display device includes a display component and a sensing layer disposed above the display component. The display component has a display area having a corner with an arced edge. The arced edge has a radius of curvature. The sensing layer disposed above the display component includes: a plurality of first sensing portions arranged along a first direction and electrically connected to each other, wherein the first sensing portions have an arrangement pitch P in the first direction; and a plurality of second sensing portions disposed adjacent to the first sensing portions, arranged along a second direction and electrically connected to each other, wherein the second direction is different from the first direction. The arrangement pitch P satisfies the following equation: P>[2 cos(45−θ/2)−√{square root over (2)}]r, wherein, r represents the radius of curvature, and θ represents an angle corresponding to the arced edge of the corner and satisfies 0°<θ≤90°.
US10768764B2
A touch structure, a manufacturing method thereof and a touch device are provided, the touch structure includes a first touch electrode and a second touch electrode which are intersected with each other and insulated from each other, the second touch electrode includes a plurality of electrode patterns spaced apart from each other and a plurality of connection patterns spaced apart from each other, each connection pattern connects together the electrode patterns which are adjacent to the connection pattern, and each connection pattern includes a grid pattern.
US10768762B2
A method and related processing system and input device are disclosed, the method comprising driving a first capacitive sensing signal with first sensing frequency onto a first group of a plurality of sensor electrodes, and acquiring first capacitive measurements of resulting signals received by a second group of the plurality of sensor electrodes. Acquiring first capacitive measurements comprises applying a first demodulation signal with a predefined first mixing period defined within a sensing period associated with the first sensing frequency. The method further comprises driving a second capacitive sensing signal having a second sensing frequency different than the first sensing frequency onto a third group of the plurality of sensor electrodes, and acquiring second capacitive measurements of resulting signals received by a fourth group of the plurality of sensor electrodes. Acquiring second capacitive measurements comprises applying a second demodulation signal having a different predefined second mixing period.
US10768761B2
A detection device includes a first substrate including a first region, a second region and a third region, the second region arranged between the first region and the third region; a detection electrode arranged on the first substrate; a first electrode coupled to the detection electrode, continuously formed from the first region to the third region in a first direction on the first substrate, and including a plurality of concave portions in the second region; and a protective layer formed on the first electrode in the first region, wherein the protective layer is formed on a first one of the concave portions in the second region, wherein the protective film is not formed on a second one of the concave portions in the second region, the second one of the concave portions is arranged nearer to the third region than the first one of the concave portions.
US10768759B2
In a display device foldable along a folding axis, the display device includes: a display panel configured to display an image at a display region; and a touch unit configured to sense a touch input at the display region, and sense a folding state of the display device, wherein the touch unit includes: a plurality of first sensors arranged in a matrix on a same plane; and a second sensor overlapping the folding axis, the second sensor comprising a conductive line of which at least a portion is bent.
US10768758B2
A touch display panel including a display panel and a touch electrode layer is provided. The display panel has a display region and a peripheral region. The touch electrode layer includes a non-edge unit region and an edge unit region, wherein the vertical projection of the non-edge unit region is completely located within the vertical projection of the display region, the vertical projection of the edge unit region overlaps the vertical projections of the display region and the peripheral region, and the size of the edge unit region is greater than the size of the non-edge unit region. The touch electrode layer includes a first electrode series and a second electrode series extending in different directions. The area of the first electrode series disposed within the non-edge unit region is A1, the area of the first electrode series disposed within the edge unit region is A1′, and (|A1−A1′|)/A1≤10%. The area of the second electrode series disposed within the non-edge unit region is A2, the area of the second electrode series disposed within the edge unit region is A2′, and (|A2−A2′|)/A2≤10%. A capacitance value between the first and second electrode series disposed within the non-edge unit region is C1, a capacitance value between the first and second electrode series disposed within the edge unit region is C1′, and (|C1−C1′|)≤10%.
US10768744B2
The present invention provides a touch panel and a controlling method thereof. The controlling method comprises: during a display period of the touch panel, turning on a bias voltage generation circuit to generate a bias voltage signal, turning on a reverse bias voltage generation circuit to generate a reverse bias voltage signal, turning on a positive voltage generation circuit to generate a positive voltage signal, turning on a negative voltage generation circuit to generate a negative voltage signal, and turning off a modulating voltage generation circuit; during a touch period of the touch panel, turning off the bias voltage generation circuit, the reverse bias voltage generation circuit, the positive voltage generation circuit, and the negative voltage generation circuit, and turning on the modulating voltage generation circuit to generate a modulating voltage signal, wherein the modulating voltage signal is same as a touch sensing signal of the touch panel.
US10768735B2
An OLED touch panel includes an OLED structure, a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer comprising first sensing electrodes, a sensing conductive layer, a third conductive layer comprising second driving electrodes and second sensing electrodes. The first driving electrodes are electrically connected to the plurality of second driving electrodes. The second sensing electrodes overlap the plurality of first sensing electrodes one-on-one.
US10768714B2
The invention relates to an electronic device, which includes a display component, in which at least one controllable element is arranged to be visualized in its entirety, the control of which element is arranged to be based on determining a change (M) relating to the attitude or position of the device and camera means arranged to form image frames (IMAGE1, IMAGE2), and in which, in order to control the functions of the device, such as, for example, to control the element, the change is arranged to be determined, using optical data-flow algorithms, from the image frames formed by the camera means, which image frames are arranged to be compared to each other in a set manner, and on the basis of which comparison the said change is arranged to be determined. The image frames are arranged to be segmented in a selected manner, from which at least one movement vector (SR, SL, SUp, SDown) determining the said change is arranged to be determined from at least some of the segments (SEGMENT1, SEGMENT2).
US10768708B1
The technology disclosed relates to motion capture and gesture recognition. In particular, it calculates the exerted force implied by a human hand motion and applies the equivalent through a robotic arm to a target object. In one implementation, this is achieved by tracking the motion and contact of the human hand and generating corresponding robotic commands that replicate the motion and contact of the human hand on a workpiece through a robotic tool.
US10768707B2
A slim electronic apparatus that can give a user a sufficient sense of clicking in response to a user's touch input operation is disclosed. The electronic apparatus includes a touch-operation unit for receiving a user's touch-input operation; a main body chassis having a support plate with a mounting face to movably mount the touch-operation unit; a vibrator for generating vibrations to the touch-operation unit; and a connector having a fixing part fixed to one of the touch-operation unit and the support plate, and a retained part retained to be movable relative to the other of the touch-operation unit and the support plate at least along one direction parallel to the mounting face.
US10768706B1
An amplitude of a braking portion of a waveform of a driving voltage signal for a linear resonant actuator can be determined. A measure of a characteristic of the linear resonant actuator can be obtained. The characteristic can be different from a quality factor of the linear resonant actuator. The quality factor can be determined based on the measure of the characteristic. The amplitude of the braking portion of the waveform of the driving voltage signal can be determined based on the quality factor. Data for a driving voltage signal circuitry can be set, based on the amplitude, to cause the driving voltage circuitry to produce the driving voltage signal. The driving voltage signal can have (e.g., define) the waveform in which the braking portion has the amplitude.
US10768705B2
A main body includes an input component that receives a load. A pressure-sensitive sensor detects the load received by the input component. A drive unit performs a predetermined operation. A drive controller activates the drive unit when the load detected by the pressure-sensitive sensor reaches a predetermined load threshold. A detection controller changes the predetermined load threshold in accordance with the rate of change in the load detected by the pressure-sensitive sensor.
US10768704B2
A system for processing at least one of an audio or video input for non-scripted modulation of at least one peripheral device, comprising: the at least one peripheral device in physical contact with at least one user or free from the at least one user and in communication with at least a first device playing at least one of an original programming feed or live feed unscripted with modulation triggers; a processor; a memory element coupled to the processor; a program executable by the processor to: recognize at least one of the audio or video input from the at least one of the original programming feed or live feed, and determine for at least one tagged event, at least one of a pixel color score, a pixel velocity score, an event proximity score or an audio score; and convert the at least one scored event into at least one of an output command that triggers or controls a modulation effect of the at least one peripheral device in physical contact or free from the user in communication with the at least the first device playing the at least one of the original programming feed or live feed, thereby enabling modulation of the at least one peripheral device based on any programming comprising at least one of an audio or video input and not requiring scripted modulation triggers.
US10768702B2
A display device includes: a display panel having a display section; an operation panel disposed so as to cover the display panel, the operation panel having an operation surface which is located on an opposite side to a side facing the display panel; vibrating bodies disposed on the operation panel; a support disposed on the side facing the display panel so as to face the operation panel apart therefrom; elastic supporting members disposed between the operation panel and the support, the elastic supporting members being elastically deformable in accordance with vibration of the vibrating bodies; and a ventilatable wall member disposed across the operation panel and the support so as to externally surround the display section, the wall member being composed of a mesh structure deformable in accordance with the vibration of the vibrating bodies.
US10768690B2
Provided is a somatosensory control device (100), comprising an intelligent electronic device (20) and at least one somatosensory control device (10) wirelessly connected and paired. The at least one somatosensory control device (10) comprises a posture sensing module (12), a transmission module (14) and a power supply module (16). The posture sensing module (12) is configured to sense motion posture data. The intelligent electronic device (20) is configured to receive the motion posture data and recognize corresponding motion according to the motion posture data to perform corresponding operations. A somatosensory control method is further provided.
US10768681B2
An electronic device and a content display method are provided. A content display method of an electronic device includes displaying an application in the electronic device; and changing a content display mode of the application, when a detected battery consumption of the application exceeds a threshold logical battery capacity assigned to the application.
US10768674B2
An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device, according to the present invention, comprises: a first body provided with a display; a second body connected to the first body by a hinge; a through hole provided at at least one region of the second body; a touch pad assembly coupled to the through hole, and of which at least one part moves relative to the second body by a touch pressure of a user; and at least one support bar for supporting the touch pad assembly by allowing one side thereof to be coupled to the second body and the other side thereof to make contact with the touch pad assembly. According to the present invention, the touch pad assembly can be effectively supported.
US10768665B2
A training apparatus has an input device and a wearable computing device with a bio-signal sensor and a display to provide an interactive virtual reality (“VR”) environment for a user. The bio-signal sensor receives bio-signal data from the user. The user interacts with content that is presented in the VR environment. The user interactions and bio-signal data are scored with a user state score and a performance scored. Feedback is given to the user based on the scores in furtherance of training. The feedback may update the VR environment and may trigger additional VR events to continue training.
US10768664B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a front plate, a rear plate facing away the front plate, a side member disposed to surround a space defined between the front plate and the rear plate, wherein the side member is coupled to the front plate and the rear plate to define a housing, wherein the side member is at least partially made of a metallic material, a polymer structure located in the space, and a display received in the space to be viewable through the front plat. The rear plate may be seated on the second surface.
US10768662B2
The present disclosure discloses a portable electronic device, comprising a first display panel, a second display panel and a keyboard. The second display panel is pivotally connected to the first display panel. The second display panel comprises a display screen and at least one guide magnet arranged below the display screen. The keyboard is detachably arranged above the display screen of the second display panel. The keyboard comprises at least one magnetic element. The keyboard can be controlled to move relative to the display screen along a moving direction by means of the magnetic attraction force between the at least one magnetic element and the at least one guide magnet, wherein the moving direction is perpendicular to a side edge of the second display panel pivotally connected to the first display panel.
US10768660B2
A light-emitting audio device, an audio output device, and a display device. The light-emitting audio device includes a micro device integrated with a micro LED device and piezoelectric device. Both image display and audio output can be enabled using a single device. Audio is output using a plurality of light-emitting audio devices disposed in a plurality of subpixels, respectively. An increase in the thickness of the display device due to integrate with a audio function can be minimized. A variety of audio output functions are provided by driving the light-emitting audio devices according to areas.
US10768654B2
Systems and methods for managing power supplied over an electric power grid by an electric utility and/or other market participants to a multiplicity of grid elements and devices for supply and/or load curtailment as supply, each of which having a supply equivalence value associated with its energy consumption and/or reduction in consumption and/or supply, and wherein messaging is managed through a network by a coordinator using IP messaging for communication with the grid elements and devices, with the energy management system (EMS), and with the utilities, market participants, and/or grid operators.
US10768641B2
To provide a flow dividing system that has an improved degree of freedom in arrangement, is suitable for integration, and achieves reductions in the manufacturing costs and maintenance costs. A flow dividing system for controlling, upon dividing a single flow rate into multiple flow rates, the respective flow rates such that the ratio between the divided flow rates matches a preset flow rate ratio. The flow dividing system has: a manifold 500 for dividing the single flow rate into the multiple flow rates; and multiple fluid control devices 1M, 1S that are formed as separate bodies from the manifold 500, are disposed separately from and independently of each other, and respectively control the multiple flow rates. A master device 1M has communication unit 102M for transmitting a preset flow rate value based on the preset flow rate ratio to a slave device 1S and for receiving a flow rate detection value DQ2 from the slave device 1S, and the slave device 1S has a communication unit 102S for receiving the preset flow rate value from the master device 1M and for transmitting the flow rate detection value DQ2 to the master device 1M.
US10768639B1
Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for detecting and interpreting motion of a device and a remote object to control operations of the device. The systems and methods identify a sensor input within a drone. The sensor input indicates movement of the drone within a three dimensional space. The systems and methods determine one or more movement attributes from the sensor input and, in response to the one or more movement attributes, selects one or more maneuvers corresponding to at least one movement attribute. The system and methods then execute the one or more maneuvers by controlling one or more drone control components to move the drone within the three dimensional space.
US10768638B2
A method for switching driving modes of a subject vehicle to support the subject vehicle to perform a platoon driving by using platoon driving information is provided. And the method includes steps of: (a) a basement server, which interworks with the subject vehicle driving in a first mode, acquiring first platoon driving information, to N-th platoon driving information by referring to a real-time platoon driving information DB; (b) the basement server (i) calculating a first platoon driving suitability score to an N-th platoon driving suitability score by referring to first platoon driving parameters to N-th platoon driving parameters and (ii) selecting a target platoon driving group to be including the subject vehicle; (c) the basement server instructing the subject vehicle to drive in a second mode.
US10768636B2
An automatic vehicle dispatching system includes automatic vehicles, and a server device that performs communication with the automatic vehicles. The server device includes: a storage that stores: area information that includes path points in a predetermined area that indicate a drive route, each of the path points including driving attributes that represent an automatic vehicle movement state on the drive route; and vehicle information indicating a vehicle attribute of each of the automatic vehicles; and a route searcher that generates, for each of the automatic vehicles, first route information that includes path points selected from among the path points of the area information according to the vehicle information that corresponds to the automatic vehicle, the first route information indicating a first drive route for the automatic vehicle. Each of the automatic vehicles is controlled to drive based on the first route information generated.
US10768631B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method and an apparatus for controlling a mobile robot. A specific embodiment of the method comprises: generating pedestrian assessment information based on perception information of the mobile robot, wherein the pedestrian assessment information includes a pedestrian intent type and a pedestrian event type of the nearby pedestrian; then, generating pedestrian behavior information based on the perception information and the pedestrian assessment information, wherein the pedestrian behavior information includes a predicted position information sequence and a predicted behavior type sequence of the nearby pedestrian in a preset future time period; next, generating information for control use based on the perception information, the pedestrian assessment information and the pedestrian behavior information; finally, and controlling the mobile robot based on the information for control use. This embodiment improves a social acceptance of the mobile robot.
US10768629B2
A computer-implemented method and a system for training a computer-based autonomous driving model used for an autonomous driving operation by an autonomous vehicle are described. The method includes: creating time-dependent three-dimensional (3D) traffic environment data using at least one of real traffic element data and simulated traffic element data; creating simulated time-dependent 3D traffic environmental data by applying a time-dependent 3D generic adversarial network (GAN) model to the created time-dependent 3D traffic environment data; and training a computer-based autonomous driving model using the simulated time-dependent 3D traffic environmental data.
US10768614B2
The present disclosure illustrates a robot speech control system including a robot body, a handheld device, a command receiver, an ambient sensor, a processor and a controller. The handheld device includes a display interface and a speech input interface, and the speech input interface is configured to input a speech command which is then converted, by a speech recognition program, into a speech control instruction. An auto-dodge program converts the information into an auto-dodge instruction. The processor receives the speech control instruction and the information associated with the environment, and use Bayesian regression algorithm to calculate a free space probability, so as to obtain weights of a speech command and a dodge command. The processor integrates the speech control instruction and the weight of the speech command, and the auto-dodge instruction and the weight of the dodge command, to generate a movement control instruction.
US10768613B2
Systems and methods for streaming non-process event data to computing devices include identifying non-process event data values based on non-process events. A non-process event may refer to an event associated with the process plant but not caused or generated within the process plant. The systems and methods further include generating one or more alarms or alerts corresponding to the non-process event data values. The systems and methods further include displaying the one or more alarms or alerts or the corresponding non-process event data values at an operator device in accordance with a display object governing a manner in which the one or more alarms or alerts or the corresponding non-process event data values are to be displayed on an operator interface.
US10768612B2
Embodiments presented herein provide techniques for planning and scheduling in a factory. The technique begins by generating a bottleneck loading plan from a plurality of inputs. A simulation is run using the bottleneck loading plan. The factory is simulated using decisions made based on the bottleneck loading plan and a lot-to-machine schedule is generated with the simulation bottleneck loading plan.
US10768611B2
A method and system for scheduling tasks using a counter constraint. A method may include identifying multiple tasks to be performed, receiving dependency data indicating that scheduling of at least one task is dependent on whether a counter satisfies a threshold in relation to an additional condition, and upon determining, during scheduling, that the counter satisfies the threshold in relation to the additional condition, triggering a scheduling action with respect to at least one task.
US10768610B2
An integration server manages production in a manufacturing line that includes a first stage and a second stage carried out after the first stage. The integration server includes a communicator that acquires a first production log and a second production log. The first production log includes a first production count of processing objects in the first stage. The second production log includes the number of processing objects in the second stage. The integration server also includes an irregularity detector that detects the presence of irregularity in the first production log and the second production log on the basis of the first production count and the number of the processing objects in the second stage.
US10768603B2
A numerical controller for correcting a deviation amount corresponding to a difference between a theoretical value and a measured value of a workpiece includes a machining unit for storing a machining path of the workpiece and an effective offset number during machining of the machining path in association with each other, a measurement unit for storing a deviation amount applied to the workpiece and a measurement point at which the deviation amount is detected in association with each other, and a correction unit for reflecting the deviation amount to the offset number corresponding to the machining path around the measurement point.
US10768602B2
A method and a device for curve velocity planning based on NURBS (non-uniform rational B-splines) curve interpolation as well as a numerical control machining route data processing method using NURBS curve interpolation velocity planning are provided. The method includes: obtaining numerical control machining route data with a NURBS curve; obtaining an acceleration within a parameter step length on the NURBS curve; comparing each the acceleration with a maximum allowable acceleration to determine an acceleration sensitive point and an acceleration sensitive interval; determining an intermediate point of the acceleration sensitive interval as a demarcation point of the acceleration and the deceleration; calculating a velocity value of the intermediate point as a target velocity; and planning the acceleration and deceleration of the acceleration sensitive interval based on the target velocity to obtain the numerical control machining route data with the planned NURBS curve.
US10768598B2
A graphical display configuration system of a process control system provides features within the configuration environment so that the runtime appearance and/or runtime behavior of graphical elements and/or graphical display views (or portions thereof) are able to be validated and/or verified in-line with their configuration workflows wholly within the configuration environment, without having to publish, compile, and/or download draft graphical configurations into the operating environment of a process plant supported by the process control system, and/or without requiring specialized scripts to be implemented within the operating environment of the process plant. The validation may be based on data provided from one or more sources external to the draft display view configuration, e.g., from the configuration and/or the operating environment. Examples of such features include in-line data reference link validation, local test, completeness and/or visual salience assessments, and/or disassociation of configuration comments from published configurations, to name a few.
US10768597B2
To simplify and/or more flexibly implement a process control by means of a control device, a method is provided for process control in which at least one first and one second data processing module are executed by a control device during operation, wherein an operating program of the control device automatically implements an exchange of data between assigned data objects of the first and the second data processing module, and wherein the assignment between the data objects of the first and the second data processing modules is modified during operation of the control device in order to modify the process control. In addition, the control device is designed to carry out the method, as well as an operating program for such a control device, which can particularly be saved on a data storage device.
US10768595B2
The system generally includes a crosspoint switch in a local data collection system having multiple inputs and multiple outputs including a first input connected to a first sensor and a second input connected to a second sensor. The multiple outputs include a first output and a second output configured to be switchable between a condition in which the first output is configured to switch between delivery of a first sensor signal and a second sensor signal and a condition in which there is simultaneous delivery of the first sensor signal and the second sensor signal. Each of multiple inputs is configured to be individually assigned to any of the multiple outputs. The local data collection system includes multiple data acquisition units each having an onboard card set configured to store calibration information and maintenance history.
US10768592B2
The invention is related to the field of control apparatus, and in particular, to control apparatus configured to allow a user to control the processing of data. In particular, this invention relates to controlling the processing of industrial plant data by controlling selection of a geographical area. The selection of a geographical area may be implemented by controlling a display using a user interface controller.
US10768585B2
A control system controls a machine according to a control policy parameterized on a lifted state space of the machine having an unknown onto mapping to a state space of the machine. The control system accepts measurements of state variables that form a portion of the state of the machine and determines a derivative of at least one measured state variable using values of the state variable measured for multiple time instances, such that a combination of the measured state variables and the derivative of the at least one measured state variable defines the lifted state for the time instance. The control system updates the control policy by evaluating a value function of the control policy using the lifted states, such that a control input to the machine is determined using the lifted state and the updated control policy.
US10768577B2
A push-piece winding button control device is for a portable object of small dimensions. This device includes a pivoting control stem axially movable between at least a transitory first position and a stable second position. The device further includes a position indexing plate arranged to be integral in translation with the control stem, while keeping the same orientation relative to the frame. The device also includes a cam follower arranged to cooperate with a longitudinal cam path formed in the position indexing plate. The cam path includes a recess defining the stable position of the control stem, and a ramp-shaped profile portion which rises from the recess towards the transitory position.
US10768573B2
A process cartridge and an electrophotographic image forming apparatus. The process cartridge includes a cartridge body, a photosensitive drum having a first axis, and a driving force receiving member having a second axis. The photosensitive drum is rotatably supported between two end walls of the cartridge body, and the driving force receiving member has a head portion and a shaft portion. The driving force receiving member is connected to an axial end of the photosensitive drum through an Oldham coupling; a rotation angle limiting mechanism is disposed between the driving force receiving member and the photosensitive drum; and the driving force receiving member is movable in a direction perpendicular to the first axis and rotatable around the second axis such that the second axis is either co-axial or parallel with the first axis.
US10768554B2
A liquid electro-photographic, LEP, printing system, comprising a photo imaging plate, PIP, an intermediate transfer member, ITM, and a control unit. The control unit causes the system to initiate a maintenance program, wherein the maintenance program comprises driving the PIP and the ITM while disabling particle transfer to the PIP and applying a voltage difference between the PIP and surface portions of the ITM.
US10768546B2
An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member and a charging roller to which a direct current voltage is applied. A difference between a first potential (before charging) and a second potential (after charging) of a surface of the photosensitive member in an image forming operation is smaller than 100 V. The charging roller includes a shaft portion, an elastic layer provided on an outer periphery of the shaft portion, and a surface layer provided on an outer periphery of the elastic layer. A ten point height of roughness profile Rz (μm) and a root mean square slope RΔq with respected to a surface of the charging roller satisfy Rz≥7 and RΔq≤0.1.
US10768542B2
A positively chargeable toner includes toner particles. The toner particles each include a toner mother particle containing a binder resin, and an external additive adhering to a surface of the toner mother particle. The external additive includes specific silica particles, specific titania particles, and specific crosslinked resin particles. The specific silica particles each include a silica base, and a first surface treatment layer present on a surface of the silica base. The first surface treatment layer has an alkyl group having a carbon number of at least 8 and no greater than 16, and an amino group. The specific titania particles each include a titania base, and a second surface treatment layer present on a surface of the titania base. The second surface treatment layer has an alkyl group having a carbon number of at least 3 and no greater than 8.
US10768533B2
A system for generating and implementing programmed defects includes a lithography tool configured to form a multi-pattern structure including a first array pattern and a second array pattern on a sample. The first array pattern or the second array pattern contains a programmed defect to differentiate the first array pattern from the second array pattern. The system includes a metrology tool configured to acquire one or more images of the first array pattern and the second array pattern having a field-of-view containing the programmed defect. The system includes a controller including one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to receive the images of the first array pattern and the second array pattern from the metrology, and determine a metrology parameter associated with the first array pattern or the second array pattern.
US10768532B2
A method of co-optimizing lithographic and etching processes for semiconductor fabrication. The method includes determining a first set of locations for a first complementary laser annealing to be performed on. The first complementary laser annealing is performed at the first set of locations on at least a first semiconductor wafer of a plurality of semiconductor wafers. The first complementary laser annealing is performed before or after a first post-exposure baking process for the at least first semiconductor wafer. After an etching process has been performed on at least the first semiconductor wafer, a second set of locations is determined for a second complementary laser annealing to be performed on. The second complementary laser annealing is performed at the second set of locations on at least a second semiconductor wafer of the plurality of semiconductor wafers. The second complementary laser annealing is performed before or after a second post-exposure baking process.
US10768524B2
A photomask blank substrate container having an inner member, inner cassette and retainer member, container main body having a lower box and an upper lid, and a sealing tape, in which the container main body and inner member include a polymer-based material in which when 0.1 g of a sample thereof is retained at 40° C. for 60 minutes to release an outgas component, the outgas total amount detected by a gas chromatography mass spectrometer is 1.9×103 ng or less in terms of n-tetradecane, and the sealing tape is a material in which when a size of 10 mm×10 mm of a sample thereof is retained at 150° C. for 10 minutes to release an outgas component, the outgas total amount detected by a gas chromatography mass spectrometer is 1.8×103 ng or less in terms of n-tetradecane. This photomask blank substrate container allows storing and transporting the photomask blank substrate while suppressing influence on the resist pattern.
US10768519B1
Improved corners for overhead frames having primary and secondary fasteners that are located within the distal rectangular periphery of alpha oriented overhead frame components so that the width of bundled overhead frames is reduced; protrusions leading to snagging are eliminated; and the preferred, industry-wide, disassembled frame orientation is maintained.
US10768517B2
A light source device includes: a light emission element; a condensing optical system on which a first component of light emitted from the light emission element is incident; an optical element on which the first component transmitted through the condensing optical system is incident; and a pickup optical system on which the first component having travelled via the optical element is incident. At least one of the condensing optical system and the pickup optical system includes a first lens formed of quartz.
US10768515B2
A small projector uses an ultra-dense array of gallium nitride (GaN) LEDs. However, epitaxial growth of GaN typically produces a GaN region that is Sum or thicker. To achieve high pixel density, the LEDs have small area, so the resulting LED structures are tall and skinny. This is undesirable because it makes further processing more difficult and has higher optical losses. As a result, it is beneficial to reduce the thickness of the GaN region. In one approach, a wafer with the GaN region on substrate is bonded to a backplane wafer containing LED driver circuits. The substrate is then separated from the GaN region, exposing a buffer layer of the GaN region. The GaN region is thinned and then patterned into individual LEDs. Typically, the buffer layer is removed entirely.
US10768511B1
An imaging device of the present disclosure is configured that when the accessory holding unit is mounted to the imaging device main-body, the first mounting/removing movable portion and the second mounting/removing movable portion are moved to the mounted positions, the first engaging portion and the first engaged portion are engaged with each other, the second engaged portion and the second engaging portion are engaged with each other, the locking portion and the locked portion are locked to each other, and the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal are electrically connected to each other, and when an accessory component is mounted only to the first engaged portion, the first mounting/removing movable portion is moved to the mounted position, and the second mounting/removing movable portion is held at the non-mounted position to protect the second engaged portion, the locked portion, and the first connection terminal.
US10768509B2
The present invention is an on-camera flashlight, comprising a lower light holder and a top light holder freely rotatably connected to the lower light holder. A flashlight light source is mounted on the top of the top light holder. The light emitting diode and the flashlight light source are mounted on the on-camera flashlight, combined for ease of use. Two functions-in-one lighting device saves space, avoids overloading the camera, and makes it portable. Because the two light sources are set in combination, the cooperation and sequence of the two light sources are easier to control. As the light emitting diode is mounted on the top light holder which may freely rotate with respect to the lower light holder, the light emitting diode may also freely rotate. It is also convenient to adjust the light direction. Above features all remarkably facilitate operation and versatility of the on-camera flashlight.
US10768501B2
A tiled electrochromic (EC) device comprises a carrier glass, a first EC panel laminated to the carrier glass, a second EC panel laminated to the carrier glass, and a seam between the first EC panel and second EC panel. The first and second EC panels comprise an active area, a clear state and a dark state, and the tiled EC device is capable of switching between a clear state and a dark state.
US10768492B2
An array substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, a display panel and a driving method thereof, and an electronic device are disclosed. The array substrate includes a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in an array; each of the sub-pixels includes a display area and an interference area, the display area and the interference area are disposed side by side and configured to be independently driven, and the interference area is located on at least one side of the display area adjacent to a neighboring sub-pixel; the display area includes a first pixel electrode, the interference area includes a second pixel electrode, and the first pixel electrode is electrically insulated from the second pixel electrode.
US10768484B2
A backlight unit including a frame having a bottom area and a sidewall area extended from the bottom area; a single substrate located in on the bottom area of the frame, a plurality of optical assemblies being mounted on the single substrate; a reflection sheet located the frame and configured to reflect light emitted by the optical assemblies; and an optical sheet located over the reflection sheet. Further, the reflection sheet a first sheet area corresponding to the bottom area of the frame; a second sheet area corresponding to the sidewall area of the frame; and a cut portion cut from the first sheet at one portion abutting on one side of the single substrate.
US10768481B2
A direct type backlight source, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device are disclosed, the direct type backlight includes a light emitting module including a substrate and a plurality of light emitting units arranged on the substrate; a lens film layer positioned on a light emitting side of the light emitting module, one side of the lens film layer away from the substrate is provided with a plurality of collimating structures arranged in an array, each of the collimating structures includes at least one convex surface structure, and the plurality of collimating structures are in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of light emitting units.
US10768480B2
The present disclosure is directed to a liquid crystal display device including a display panel including a red pixel, a green pixel, and a blue pixel; and a backlight unit which emits light to the display panel. The backlight unit includes a light source which outputs a first color light; a color conversion layer which is configured to convert the first color light into a second color light; an optical sheet which diffuses or condenses the second color light; and an air gap formed between the color conversion layer and the optical sheet.
US10768471B2
A liquid-crystal display device and a method of manufacturing a liquid-crystal display device. The liquid-crystal display device has a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area defined therein, and the device includes: a first substrate; a second substrate disposed above the first substrate; and a liquid-crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate includes a first base substrate, a first wavelength band filter disposed on the first base substrate in the non-display area, and a second wavelength band filter disposed on the first base substrate in the display area.
US10768465B2
Obtained is a liquid crystal display panel that allows for a continued check on whether a polarizing plate is affixed at an appropriate position while retaining the design flexibility. In a liquid crystal display panel (10), two recess portions (BMa1) and two island portions (BMa2) are provided on an edge of a black matrix (BM), and two recess portions (3a) and two recess portions (4a) are provided on respective edges of a rear polarizing plate (3) and a front polarizing plate (4) at positions that match the two recess portions (BMa1) and the two island portions (BMa2).
US10768464B2
A vehicle display device includes a display that emits a display image projected on a windshield provided outside as display light, two reflective mirrors that are disposed on a light path of the display light from the display to the windshield and reflect the display light, an optical sensor that detects the external light entering from an opening communicating between the outside and an internal space, and a controller configured to execute temperature decreasing operation of the display for decreasing a temperature thereof when the optical sensor detects the external light. The optical sensor is disposed at a position to which external light directed toward the display via the reflective mirror is reflected by the display to be directed.
US10768461B2
The present application relates to a light modulation device and a use thereof. The present application can provide a light modulation device having both excellent mechanical properties and optical properties by applying a polymer film that is also optically anisotropic and mechanically anisotropic to a substrate.
US10768459B2
A liquid crystal display device is provided. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel, a cover bottom, a rear cover, and a guide panel. The liquid crystal panel displays an image. The cover bottom accommodates a light source configured to provide light to the liquid crystal panel. The rear cover accommodates the cover bottom. The guide panel is positioned on the cover bottom to support the liquid crystal panel. Each of the guide panel and the cover bottom includes a hook which protrudes from a surface so as to be fitted to a latching portion of the rear cover.
US10768452B2
A method, implemented by computer means, for ordering an optical equipment comprising at least a spectacle frame suitable for a wearer, the method comprising: a wearer data providing step during which wearer data relative to a wearer parameter are provided, a optical equipment data providing step during which optical equipment data relative to at least the spectacle frame of an optical equipment selected by the wearer are provided, a mounting data determining step during which mounting data representative of the spectacle frame being mounted on the wearer's head are determined by taking into account at least said wearer's data and said optical equipment data, a display step during which the mounting data are displayed in a visually understandable mode.
US10768449B2
Filter glasses for use by an observer of a stereoscopic digital display system that displays stereoscopic images including first-eye images and second-eye images. The filter glasses include a first-eye filter that substantially transmits light from the first-eye images and blocks light from the second-eye images, and a second-eye filter that substantially transmits light from the second-eye images and blocks light from the second-eye images. A frame is used to position the first-eye filter in front of the observer's first eye and to position the second-eye filter in front of the observer's second eye, such that the front surfaces of the filters are oriented at a tilt angle of at least 5 degrees relative to vertical so that light from the display surface that is reflected from the first-eye filter and the second-eye filter is directed over the heads of other observers that are seated in front of the observer.
US10768448B2
A blue-cut wafer can be coupled to a lens, such that the blue-cut wafer can be configured to reduce by absorption at least a portion of light having a first wavelength range from 400 nanometers to 500 nanometers, preferably from 400 nanometers to 460 nanometers. The blue-cut wafer can permit light having a second wavelength range, the second wavelength range being greater than the first wavelength range, and homogenize a color appearance and a blue-cut performance level of the blue-cut wafer based on the blue-cut wafer having a maximum thickness and a minimum thickness within twenty percent of a nominal thickness of the blue-cut wafer.
US10768446B2
An actuator assembly for an adjustable fluid-filled lens is provided. In some embodiments, the actuator assembly includes a clamp configured to adjust the optical power of the fluid lens module when the clamp is compressed. In some embodiments, a magnetic element is configured to adjust the optical power of the fluid-filled lens. In some embodiments, a plunger changes the optical power of the fluid lens module. In some embodiments, a reservoir is configured such that deformation of the reservoir changes the optical power of the fluid-filled lens. In some embodiments, a balloon is configured to deform the reservoir. In some embodiments, an adjustable fluid-filled lens includes a septum configured to be pierceable by a needle and automatically and fluidly seal a fluid chamber after withdrawal of the needle. In some embodiments, a thermal element can heat fluid within a fluid chamber to change an optical power of the lens module.
US10768442B1
A display system for realizing concentric light field with monocular-to-binocular hybridization, and methods thereof. At least some embodiments include a display arranged to emit or transmit light rays based on image content from a content engine, and an optical subsystem arranged to configure the light rays into a concentric light field. The concentric light field provides a virtual image in a large, contiguous spatial region, such that each eye of the human viewer can detect monocular depth from the light field, to provide a large field of view.
US10768439B2
A lens moving device is provided. The lens moving device includes: a bobbin; a first driving unit coupled to the bobbin; a second driving unit configured to move the first driving unit through an electromagnetic interaction with the first driving unit; a sensing magnet disposed on one side of the bobbin; a location detection sensor configured to sense a location of the sensing magnet; and a correction magnet disposed on an opposite side of the bobbin.According to the present disclosure, static tilt and dynamic tilt of the bobbin, to which a lens module is to be coupled, may be enhanced by a sensing magnet and a correction magnet which establish magnetic force equilibrium with each other.
US10768434B2
A laser beam combining system, including at least one beam combining unit. The beam combining unit includes reflective device, polarization conversion element and beam combining device. The reflective device includes two reflective surfaces configured to divide a high-polarization laser into a first beam and a second beam. The first beam is incident on the beam combining device. The polarization conversion element is provided on a propagation path of the second beam to convert the second beam into a light having a polarization direction perpendicular to an original polarization direction of the second beam. The converted light is guided to the beam combining device which is configured to combine the first beam and the converted light into one beam for outputting.
US10768426B2
A head-mounted display system is provided, including a head-mounted display configured to display one or more virtual objects in a physical environment. The head-mounted display system may further include a processor configured to receive a three-dimensional push notification at an application program via an application program interface (API) of one or more APIs included in a volumetric operating system. The three-dimensional push notification may indicate a first location in the physical environment of an application program virtual object included in the one or more virtual objects. The application program virtual object may be associated with the application program. The processor may generate a three-dimensional push notification virtual object based on the three-dimensional push notification. The processor may output the three-dimensional push notification virtual object for display on the head-mounted display at a second location relative to the first location in the physical environment.
US10768423B2
An apparatus and a method are provided. An apparatus, including a first display arrangement; an exit pupil expanding light guide arrangement including an in-coupling region and an out-coupling region, the in-coupling region being configured to in-couple first light from the first display arrangement, and the out-coupling region being configured to out-couple the first light towards a user; and a second display arrangement arranged to transmit second light, through the exit pupil expanding light guide arrangement at the out-coupling region, towards the user.
US10768414B2
The present invention discloses a lens device suitable for the large-diameter lenses (with diameter ≥100 mm) of a vertical setup, and its adjustment method. The aberration caused by the self-gravity of lenses and the deformation generated by the clamping stress of the fixing device is compensated.
US10768412B2
A device for an optical sensor for a motor vehicle and a corresponding driver-assistance system are disclosed. The optical sensor includes an optic. The device includes a housing that is mounted so as to be able to rotate around an axis of rotation and that has a compartment that is configured to accommodate the optical sensor, and an optical element that is securely fastened to the housing. The optical element has at least one planar surface that is configured to be placed in the field of view of the optical sensor. The device also includes and an actuator that is coupled to the housing in order to drive the housing and the optical element to rotate.
US10768408B2
A buried cavity is formed in a monolithic body to delimit a suspended membrane. A peripheral insulating region defines a supporting frame in the suspended membrane. Trenches extending through the suspended membrane define a rotatable mobile mass carried by the supporting frame. The mobile mass forms an oscillating mass, supporting arms, spring portions, and mobile electrodes that are combfingered to fixed electrodes of the supporting frame. A reflecting region is formed on top of the oscillating mass.
US10768405B2
The invention relates to a microscope (12) having an objective interchange apparatus (22) comprising a holder (21) for receiving a number of objectives (1) at respective holder positions (21.n) and an objective receptacle (11) which is configured for receiving an objective (1) and is arranged in an optical beam path (13) of the microscope (12). The microscope (12) is characterized by an objective delivery device (20) which is configured for transporting in each case a selected objective (1) having an objective retainer (3) between its holder position (21.n), which is delivered to a transfer position (ÜP), and the objective receptacle (11), wherein the objective receptacle (11) remains in the optical beam path (13) during the transport of the objective (1). The objective retainer (3) has an outer centering diameter (10) as a reference surface, which diameter is guided against a lateral reference surface located in the objective receptacle (11) such that a reproducible positioning perpendicular to an optical axis (4) of the microscope (12) may be achieved.
US10768397B2
A projection optical system is constituted by, in order from the reduction side, a first optical system for forming an image displayed by image display elements as an intermediate image, a first optical path bending means that bends an optical path with a reflective surface, and a second optical system for forming the intermediate image on a magnification side conjugate plane. The second optical system is constituted by, in order from the reduction side, a first lens group having a positive refractive power, a second optical path bending means that bends an optical path with a reflective surface, and a second lens group having a positive refractive power. Conditional Formulae (1) and (2) below are satisfied. 10.0
US10768395B2
The present application discloses a camera lens assembly and a camera device equipped with the camera lens assembly. The camera lens assembly includes: a first lens, a second lens, a third lens and multiple subsequent lenses arranged in sequence from an object side to an image side along an optical axis. The first lens, the second lens, the third lens and the multiple subsequent lenses jointly form a total effective focal length f, wherein a combined focal length f12 of the first lens and the second lens and a focal length f3 of the third lens satisfy: −0.7
US10768394B2
An electronic device includes at least one optical lens assembly. The optical lens assembly includes four lens elements. The four lens elements are, in order from an outside to an inside, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element and a fourth lens element. The first lens element has an outside surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof and an inside surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The fourth lens element has an inside surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof.
US10768392B2
A lens module includes a photosensitive chip, a hollow mounting frame, a filter, a lens holder, a lens, and a circuit board defining a first through hole and comprising a first surface and an opposite second surface. The photosensitive chip is installed on the first surface facing. The first surface includes electronic components and gold fingers installed thereon. One side of the photosensitive chip includes an electrical coupling portion electrically coupled to the gold fingers. The circuit board further includes an injection molding layer integrally formed onto the first surface. The injection molding layer seals the electronic components and the photosensitive chip therein. The mounting frame is fixed onto the second surface of the circuit board. The lens is installed within the lens holder. The lens holder is fixed onto a surface of the mounting frame facing away from the circuit board.
US10768385B2
A high density fiber enclosure system includes a chassis, cassette trays, an optional unification clip, cassettes, and an optional trunk cable management system. The chassis, cassette trays, and cassettes are configured such that individual cassettes may be installed, removed, and otherwise positioned for easy access by a user. The unification clip allows two adjacent cassette trays to be connected to one other such that cassette trays move as one unit. The trunk cable management system is designed to organize trunk cables and trunk cable furcation legs as well as relieve strain on the trunk cables and trunk cable furcation legs.
US10768384B2
A highly packed, low bend loss optical cable is provided. The cable includes an outer cable jacket and a plurality of buffer tubes surrounded by the cable jacket. Each buffer tube includes an inner surface defining a channel having a diameter, D1, and an outer surface facing an inner surface of the cable jacket. The cable includes a plural number, N, of optical fibers, located within the channel of each buffer tube and surrounded by the inner surface of the buffer tube. Each optical fiber has an outer diameter, D2. The N optical fibers are densely packed within each buffer tube such that a diameter ratio parameter, Ω, is defined as the ratio D1/D2, and is 2.25+0.143(N)≤Ω≤1.14+0.313(N).
US10768368B2
Conventional approaches to integrating waveguides within standard electronic processes typically involve using a dielectric layer, such as polysilicon, single-crystalline silicon, or silicon nitride, within the in-foundry process or depositing and patterning a dielectric layer in the backend as a post-foundry process. In the present approach, the back-end of the silicon handle is etched away after in-foundry processing to expose voids or trenches defined using standard in-foundry processing (e.g., complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) processing). Depositing dielectric material into a void or trench yields an optical waveguide integrated within the front-end of the wafer. For example, a shallow trench isolation (STI) layer formed in-foundry may serve as a high-resolution patterning waveguide template in a damascene process within the front end of a die or wafer. Filling the trench with a high-index dielectric material yields a waveguide that can guide visible and/or infrared light, depending on the waveguide's dimensions and refractive index contrast.
US10768366B2
A system may include a polarization rotator combiner. The polarization rotator combiner may include a first stage, a second stage, and a third stage. The first stage may receive a first component of light with a TE00 polarization and a second component of light with the TE00 polarization. The first stage may draw optical paths of the first and second components together. The second stage may receive the first component and the second component from the first stage. The second stage may convert the polarization of the second component from the TE00 polarization to a TE01 polarization. The third stage may receive the first component and the second component from the second stage. The third stage may convert polarization of the second component from the TE01 polarization to a TM00 polarization. The third stage may output the first component and output the second component.
US10768361B1
A monitoring system monitors changes in an index of refraction of the grating over a time interval that includes the period of time. The monitoring system includes a light source assembly, a probing assembly, a power meter (e.g., a diffraction and/or a transmittance power meter), and a controller. The light source assembly emits a probe beam. The scanning assembly scans the probe beam over an area of the grating. The power meter measures power of a portion of the probe beam that interacts (e.g., is transmitted by or diffracted from) with the area of the grating. The controller determines changes in grating parameters (may be as a function of time) for the grating being formed based in part on measured power readings over the time interval.
US10768356B1
The present invention provides a panel device for the under-display camera. The panel device includes a display panel, a backlight module, a light guiding member, and a light source member. The backlight module is provided with a first opening. The light guiding member is inserted into the first opening for guiding light entering the light guiding member to a display panel area corresponding to the first opening. The light source member provides a light source for the light guiding member. The light source member is turned off when the under-display camera is turned on, and the light source member is turned on or off when the under-display camera is turned off. Therefore, a through hole or a blind hole on the display panel can be re-displayed, and the image quality that can be obtained by the under-display camera is still maintained.
US10768349B2
A reflective diffraction grating and a fabrication method are provided. The reflective diffraction grating includes a substrate, a UV-absorbing layer, a grating layer having a binary surface-relief pattern formed therein, and a conforming reflective layer. Advantageously, the UV-absorbing layer absorbs light at a UV recording wavelength to minimize reflection thereof by the substrate during holographic patterning at the UV recording wavelength.
US10768344B2
A virtual reality headset incorporating gradient refractive index (GRIN) lenses within the optical blocks thereof. Optical blocks of varying size and position are used. GRIN lenses are fabricated to fit within the optical block and are shaped to possess desired application-specific characteristics such as having one or more diffractive surfaces.
US10768343B2
An illumination module for generating a patterned illumination with minimal ambiguity includes an array of light sources having different respective near-field intensity profiles. The illumination module also includes an optical assembly. The optical assembly and the array of light sources can be operable to substantially replicate the different respective near-field intensity profiles of the light sources in the far-field thereby generating a patterned illumination. The patterned illumination can exhibit reduced ambiguity in some instances.
US10768335B1
The present disclosure relates to generating multiple depths of investigation (DOI) measurements with a saddle point design nuclear magnetic resonance sensor. In general, an NMR sensor in accordance with the present disclosure includes a first magnet at a first radial distance from a radial center, and a second magnet at a second radial distance from the radial center. The first magnet at least partially cancels out a magnetic field gradient produced by the second magnet. Further, the NMR sensor may include an antenna that generates a first set of NMR data from a first DOI by operating at a first frequency and, generates a second set of NMR data from a second DOI by operating a second frequency. Additional frequencies are possible and envisioned.
US10768334B2
A method includes disposing a downhole tool having a magnet assembly into a wellbore. The method includes generating, using the magnet assembly, a magnetic polarization in a volume into a subterranean region about the wellbore. The method also includes emitting an excitation in the magnetic polarization in the volume in the subterranean region. The method includes detecting, by at least one antenna, a nuclear magnetic resonance response to the excitation of the volume in the subterranean region. The method also includes determining a property of the subterranean region based on the nuclear magnetic resonance response.
US10768330B2
A system and method of for estimating the depth of a marker may include a marker locator. The marker locator may include a first transmitter that generates a first activation signal, second transmitter that generates a second activation signal, a receiver that detects first and second response signals, and a processor that determines a depth of a marker based on the first and second response signals. The first transmitter is located at a first position, and the second transmitter is located at a second position apart from the first position. The first and second response signals respectively correspond to the first and second activation signals. The processor is coupled to the receiver. According to some embodiments, the first and second activation signals and the first and second response signals may be separated by time division multiplexing.
US10768329B2
Seismic systems and processes for making and using same. In some examples, the seismic system can include an acoustic tool configured for placement in a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation. The acoustic tool can include an acoustic transmitter unit for producing acoustic energy waveforms in the subterranean formation such that the interaction of the acoustic energy waveforms with structures in the formation can be an event that generates event signals. A receiver unit can include acoustic receivers distributed azimuthally around a central axis of the acoustic tool for sensing the event signals. The acoustic tool can determine event signal amplitudes of the event signals at each of the acoustic receivers, can determine which of the acoustic receivers has a maximum amplitude of the event signal amplitudes, and can interpolate between the maximum amplitude acoustic receiver and one or more adjacent acoustic receivers to find an azimuthal direction of the event.
US10768326B2
Systems and methods of the present disclosure are directed to adjustment of seismic survey boundaries to remove or minimize data gaps, thereby providing optimized seismic interpretation.
US10768314B2
An optical element (1) comprises: a body (2) of radiation converting monocrystalline material, e.g. of a luminescent or scintillator material, and an extraction structure (4, 6) applied to at least one output or input surface of the body (2); wherein the extraction structure (4, 6) is constructed and configured such that radiation at an output (19) of the body (2) is directionally modified, especially in terms of energy or intensity or of directional distribution or of both, as compared with radiation at the output of the body (2) in the absence of said extraction structure (4, 6), by interaction of radiation entering and/or propagating within and/or exiting the body (2) with the said extraction structure (4, 6), e.g. such as to reduce or ameliorate the deleterious effects of TIR within the body (2).
US10768309B1
Disclosed is a technique to estimate at least a portion of an attitude, such as an azimuth angle from true North, based on beam angles from a controlled reception pattern antenna (CRPA) to space vehicle locations. Other attitude information such as roll and/or pitch can also be estimated. The at least portion of the attitude can be provided with or without an additional sensor, such as a compass or magnetometer, an inertial measurement unit (IMU), or the like. An attitude estimate can be useful because oftentimes the attitude of an object can vary from its track or velocity direction.
US10768307B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can receive a frame of data generated by a radar system on a vehicle that is associated with an environment at a particular time as detected by the radar system. The frame of data can comprise a plurality of angular positions. Data points included within the frame of data that correspond to the plurality of angular positions can be determined. A fit of a curve having a trigonometric function can be determined to the data points. A speed estimate for the vehicle can be generated based at least in part on the fit of the curve to the data points.
US10768304B2
A method for processing point clouds having variable spatial distributions of scan lines includes receiving a point cloud frame generated by a sensor configured to sense an environment through which a vehicle is moving. The point cloud frame includes scan lines arranged according to a particular spatial distribution. The method also includes either generating an enhanced point cloud frame with a larger number of points than the received point cloud frame, or constructing, by one or more processors and based on points of the received point cloud frame, a three-dimensional mesh. The method also includes generating, by performing an interpolation function on the enhanced point cloud frame or a virtual surface provided by the three-dimensional mesh, a normalized point cloud frame, and generating, using the normalized point cloud frame, signals descriptive of a current state of the environment through which the vehicle is moving.
US10768301B2
A system for determining a distance to an object including a solid-state light source, a detector having a plurality of picture elements, and a processor to calculate the distance to the object as a function of exposure values generated by picture elements in response to the detected light. The picture elements generate exposure values by accumulating a first amount of electrical charge representative of reflected light during a first time window and a second electrical charge representative of reflected light during a second predetermined time window. The detecting occurs at the two charge storage wells; and the system interleaves the predetermined time windows with time windows during which the picture elements are used in a function different from the detecting and/or the picture elements include at least one further charge storage well to perform the function different from the detecting of the first and second amount of light.
US10768298B2
A sensing system for a vehicle includes a first sensor at a forward portion of a side of the vehicle such that a principal axis of the first sensor's zone of sensing is rearward and sideward and at an angle relative to the body, and a second sensor at a rearward portion of the side of the vehicle such that a principal axis of the second sensor's zone of sensing is forward and sideward and at an angle relative to the body. Data sensed by the sensors when each sensor senses with at least two zones of sensing are communicated to a control, which determines the presence of one or more objects exterior the vehicle and within the zones of sensing of at least one of the sensors.
US10768294B2
A radar imaging system to reconstruct a radar reflectivity image of a scene including an object moving with the scene, includes an optical sensor to track the object over a period of time including multiple time steps to produce, for each of the multiple time steps, a deformation of a nominal shape of the object, and an electromagnetic sensor to acquire snapshots of the scene over the multiple time steps to produce a set of radar reflectivity image of the object with deformed shapes defined by the corresponding deformations of the nominal shape of the object. The system also includes a processor configured to determine, for each of the multiple time steps using the deformation determined for the corresponding time step, a transformation between the radar reflectivity image of the object acquired by the electromagnetic sensor at the corresponding time step and a radar reflectivity image of the object in the prototypical pose, and to combine the radar reflectivity images of the object with deformed shapes transformed with the corresponding transformations to produce the radar reflectivity image of the object in the prototypical pose.
US10768292B2
A surveillance apparatus for determining a position of an object in a field of view, comprising a radar sensor having at least one transmitting antenna configured to transmit electromagnetic radiation and a plurality of receiving antennas configured to receive electromagnetic radiation including a reflection signal of the object, wherein the antennas form an antenna array, and a processing unit connected to the radar sensor to receive signals from the receiving antennas corresponding to the received electromagnetic radiation, wherein the processing unit is configured to estimate a distance and a direction of the position of the object in the field of view with respect to the radar sensor, wherein the processing unit is configured to estimate the distance and the direction separately on the basis of a maximum likelihood based algorithm.
US10768288B2
A radar sensor includes one transmitting antenna, multiple first receiving antennas with the same vertical heights, and a second receiving antenna with a vertical height different from the others. A method for determining the azimuth angle of an object with respect to the radar sensor includes steps of determining an approximation for the azimuth angle in a coarse grid based on the signals of all receiving antennas, and determining the azimuth angle in a fine grid based on the signals of the first receiving antennas in a range around the approximation.
US10768280B2
The disclosure relates to a range-classifying-module for a radio receiver, the range-classifying-module configured to: receive a signal representative of a chirp from a transmitter, determine the presence of one or more pulses in the received signal; and classify the receiver as either proximal to or distal from the transmitter based on: one or more characteristics of the one or more pulses; in addition to a time-of-arrival of the one or more pulses.
US10768279B2
An electronic device for gesture recognition comprises at least one transmission antenna port, at least reception antenna port, an analog-to-digital converter connected to the at least one reception antenna port, and first and second buffer memories connected to the analog-to-digital converter. The first and second buffer memories are configured to store data received from the analog-to-digital converter and configured to output the stored data in an alternating manner.
US10768263B2
A test and measurement device for testing an electronic device under test comprises a test controller, which is configured to control the test and measurement device to perform tests with the electronic device under test based on respective user provided configuration parameters, and a memory device, which is coupled to the test controller, wherein the test controller is configured to automatically store for every test in the memory device a parameter set comprising the user provided parameters.
US10768250B2
Techniques for crushing unwanted coherence pathways during magnetic resonance spectral (MRS) measurements include receiving first data that indicates a sequence of RF pulses with one or more target coherence pathways of spin states for a subject that has at least N≥1 coupled spin states of interest. A negative, non-integer amplitude is determined for at least one intervening crusher pulse emitted from at least one spatial gradient magnetic coil. The at least one intervening crusher pulse has a duration less than a time between successive pulses of the sequence of RF pulses; and, the intervening crusher pulse de-phases unwanted coherence pathways. A MRS device is operated using the intervening crusher pulse and the sequence of RF pulses.
US10768247B2
In a system, apparatus and method for achieving scanning safety for a magnetic resonance conditionally safe implant, an FPO processor converts an RF power signal received from an RF power sensor of an MR scanner into an RF power parameter, and converts a gradient power signal received from an MR gradient power sensor of the MR scanner into a gradient power parameter. Upon detecting that the RF power parameter exceeds an RF power limit value or/and the gradient power parameter exceeds a gradient power limit value, the FPO processor sends a shutdown signal, to shut down an RF power amplifier or/and a gradient power amplifier in the MR scanner. The MR scanner is thereby enabled to realize the FPO mode, without altering MR scanner software, and the workload is small and easy to carry out.
US10768230B2
Embodiments are directed to a computer implemented method and system for the testing, characterization and diagnostics of integrated circuits. A system might include a device under test, such as an integrated circuit, that includes an adaptive microcontroller. The method includes loading a testing program for execution by the adaptive microcontroller, causing the microcontroller to execute the testing program. Once results from the testing program are received, the testing program can be adaptively modified based on the results. The modified testing program can be run again. The testing program can modify parameters of the integrated circuit that are not externally accessible. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US10768228B2
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to assessing integrity of communications circuitry. As may be implemented in accordance with one or more embodiments, a circuit node carries out a test protocol utilizing characteristics of a communication protocol to detect potential integrity issues. An initial test bit sequence is transmitted to circuit nodes connected to signal lines of a bus, by providing a test voltage across the signal lines that is less than an operating voltage potential of the bus. An ensuing state of the bus is sensed, and integrity of the bus or of circuitry connected to the bus is assessed based on the sensed state of the bus and on a state that the bus is expected to be in after transmission of the initial test bit sequence, which is used as an indication of whether all of the circuit nodes received the initial test bit sequence.
US10768218B2
An apparatus for detecting difference in operating characteristics of a main circuit by using a replica circuit is presented. In one exemplary case, a sensed difference in operating characteristics of the two circuits is used to drive a tuning control loop to minimize the sensed difference. In another exemplary case, several replica circuits of the main circuit are used, where each is isolated from one or more operating variables that affect the operating characteristic of the main circuit. Each replica circuit can be used for sensing a different operating characteristic, or, two replica circuits can be combined to sense a same operating characteristic.
US10768217B2
A device comprises a circuit board, a Rogowski coil on the circuit board, persistent data storage on the circuit board, and a control circuit on the circuit board for collecting values representing current sensed by the coil, and storing the values in the persistent memory.
US10768216B2
The present invention provides a test arrangement and test method for testing a wireless device under test. A first antenna may be arranged at a first distance from the device under test, and a second antenna may be arranged at a second distance from the device under test. In particular, the second antenna may be arranged closer to the device under test and the first antenna. Physical parameters characterizing the transmission properties between the individual antenna and the device under test are determined for the first and the second antenna. Test of the device under test is performed employing the second antenna, wherein the signals are rescaled based.
US10768212B2
A system for detecting electricity theft with an integrity checks analysis includes a graphical user interface (GUI) configured to display information related to a flow of electricity within a power distribution system and a controller in communication with the GUI. The controller is configured to receive electrical readings taken by a plurality of electricity meters and examine the electrical readings of the plurality of electricity meters for electricity theft indicators. The controller is also configured to determine a probability that electricity is being stolen at each of the plurality of electricity meters according to any electricity theft indicators affiliated therewith and output each probability to the GUI for display.
US10768210B1
A device for detecting stray electrical currents in fluid mediums comprises at least two probes for partially disposing in a fluid medium and a control unit. The control unit comprises at least one analog-to-digital signal converter in electrical communication with at least one of the probes, at least one audio-visual alarm, and a processor operably coupled to the at least one converter and to the at least one audio-visual alarm. The processor is operable to measure an electrical potential difference between the two probes, to analyze a plurality of the measurements to determine whether a predetermined frequency is present, and to transmit an alert signal to the audio-visual alarm if the predetermined frequency is present. Advantageously, by monitoring for the frequency, the device more consistently and more reliably detects the presence of stray alternating currents.
US10768204B2
Methods and apparatus for electrical measurement are disclosed. An example electrical measurement device includes a conductive cable comprising a plurality of conductive filaments on a first end and an electrical connector on a second end, a cable mount that includes a base and an adjustable support attached to the base and the conductive cable to hold the plurality of conductive filaments in contact with a rotating element of a device under test during a measurement operation, with the conductive cable forming a portion of a circuit when the plurality of conductive filaments are in contact with the rotating element of the device under test and the electrical connector is in contact with an output.
US10768191B2
The apparatus contains a driving unit having a driving source device and a driving shaft, and the driving shaft has a drive-side roller for rotating the object (specimen container). The driving shaft is provided with a one-directional transmission device containing a mechanism for transmitting only rotational driving force in the first direction of the driving shaft to a driven-side part. The apparatus has a mechanism for converting a rotational driving force in the first direction to move a driving unit in a direction away from the object or a mechanism for converting a rotational driving force in the first direction to move a driven unit in a direction away from the object, and the rotational driving force in the second direction of the driving shaft rotates the object.
US10768189B2
When a sample of biological origin in an aqueous solution is used as the measurement medium in analysis using an electrochemical process, and a voltage of +1.2 V or greater (with saturated silver-silver chloride electrode potential as a reference) is applied, there are instances in which bubbles are observed to be produced within the flow cell, due to an electrolysis reaction deriving from the measurement buffer. There is a possibility that bubbles produced on the electrode will cover the electrode surface, reducing the effective surface area of the electrode. Also, the distribution of magnetic particles captured on the electrode will be disturbed by the gas produced thereby, lowering the reproducibility of the results of the analysis. Deaeration of the measurement medium prior to introduction of the measurement medium into the detector minimizes the effects of bubble production in degrading the analytical capability makes it possible to carry out highly sensitive electrochemical analysis.
US10768187B2
In order to easily identify a specimen to be extracted because, for example, an item remains uninspected, from a rack 31 collected in a storage part 13 or the rack 31 taken out from the storage part, a camera of a smart device takes an image of the rack; and a calculation unit included in the smart device provides a mark, by AR technology, at the position of a specimen to be extracted. For example, the item that remains uninspected is identified on the basis of information about a combination of a rack ID and an identifier and information, which is received from an operation unit about specimens at respective positions. Thus, irrespective of a place or whether the specimen to be extracted is inside or outside of the device, the specimen to be extracted can be reliably specified from a plurality of specimen containers provided on a holder.
US10768180B2
Polymer nanoparticles and related methods are provided. The polymer particles can include polymer dots having a coating including a polyelectrolyte polymer. Methods of making and using the polymer nanoparticles are also provided.
US10768178B2
Methods for a cell-based assay for Botulinum neurotoxin are provided in which a transfected cell that produces a reporting peptide is contacted with a Botulinum neurotoxin in media having a sub-physiological osmolarity and a temperature that is above physiological temperature. This combination provides an unexpected synergistic effect in reducing the EC50 of the cell-based assay relative to an analogous cell-based assay performed at physiological osmolarity and temperature.
US10768177B2
A biosensor for detecting bacteria may use bacteriophages in a sandwich-assay system. The biosensor may include a capture element and a detection element. The capture element may include a substrate and a bacteriophage. The detection element may include a bacteriophage and a signal amplification element. The biosensor may be utilized such that the target bacterium is sandwiched between the capture element and the detection element, and a quantifiable signal may be generated to measure the amount of bacteria in a sample. The biosensor of the present invention utilizes direct sensing to detect the bacteria in the sample as opposed to indirect sensing methods.
US10768172B2
The present disclosure provides anti-bed bug monoclonal antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof as well as compositions and kits comprising the same. The present disclosure also provides methods of making monoclonal antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof and methods of using the same to detect bed bugs.
US10768165B2
An imaging system for measuring water and blood lipid content in a tissue sample includes a light source configured to emit a plurality of sequential wavelengths of light within a predetermined range of wavelengths, a spatial modulation device configured to direct each of the plurality of sequential wavelengths of light onto a tissue sample plane to generate a first plurality of patterns on the issue sample plane at a first spatial frequency and a second plurality of patterns on the tissue sample plane at a second spatial frequency, an imaging device configured to generate first image data reproducible as images the first plurality of patterns and second image data reproducible as images the second plurality of patterns, and a controller configured to determine a first optical property and a second optical property for each location on the sample plane.
US10768156B1
Yield analysis techniques are provided herein. The effect of various factors on yield are identified through agronomic analytics applied to many different types of data that can be collected by different farmers using different farming practices in different geographic areas. A yield analysis request for a crop type can be received. Based on aggregated crop data, a yield impact of one or more yield factors can be determined for the crop type. The aggregated crop data can be based on planting data and harvest data for a plurality of farm fields. The aggregated crop data can be determined in part by associating the planting data and harvest data for individual farm fields of the plurality of farm fields. A yield analysis can be provided for the crop type based on the yield impact of the yield factors. Farmers can adjust farming practices to achieve higher yield using the yield analysis.
US10768147B2
An ultrasonic detection assembly for detecting a characteristic in a test object having a cylindrical peripheral surface. The ultrasonic detection assembly includes a phased array probe positioned in proximity to the cylindrical peripheral surface of the test object. The phased array probe includes a plurality of adjacent transducer elements. Each transducer is operatively configured to emit a respective beam into the test object so as to provide a pattern of constructive interference. The ultrasonic detection assembly is structurally configured to provide for cylindrical contact between the phased array probe and the cylindrical peripheral surface of the test object. The ultrasonic detection assembly includes a controller operatively connected to the phased array probe for causing each transducer to emit the respective beam into the test object.
US10768142B2
Nanochannel arrays that enable high-throughput macromolecular analysis are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of preparing nanochannel arrays and nanofluidic chips. Methods of analyzing macromolecules, such as entire strands of genomic DNA, are also disclosed, as well as systems for carrying out these methods.
US10768139B2
An electrochemical probe comprises a wire bundle including two or more wire electrodes made of conducting material arranged alongside each other, and insulating material surrounding the electrodes. An impedance reducing layer of metal or metal oxide nano-structures is deposited on tips of the wire electrodes at a first end of the bundle. A functionalization layer is deposited on the impedance reducing layer at the first end of the bundle. Such a probe is particularly useful for electrochemical sensing applications such as neuronal scanning.
US10768131B2
There are provided a sensor substrate and a sensor device which have high detection accuracy. A sensor substrate includes an insulating substrate; sensing electrodes disposed in the insulating substrate, the sensing electrodes being columnar and being composed of at least one pair of positive and negative sensing electrodes, in the at least one pair of positive and negative sensing electrodes, part of a positive electrode and part of a negative electrode being each exposed from one surface of the insulating substrate; and innerlayer wiring lines embedded within the insulating substrate, the innerlayer wiring lines corresponding to the positive electrode and the negative electrode, respectively, in the at least one pair of positive and negative sensing electrodes.
US10768130B2
Hundreds of thousands of concrete bridges, buildings etc. and hundreds of billions of tons of concrete require characterization throughout the process from manufacture to pouring and curing and on throughout service life. The characterization may relate to initial concrete properties, projected concrete properties, framework removal, corrosion, failure etc. Accordingly, a variety of measurements such as water content, electrical resistivity, and half-cell corrosion potential for example would be beneficially implemented as easy to use field test equipment or embedded sensors allowing lifetime monitoring to be performed rather than discrete assessments when issues become evident.
US10768128B2
A method of monitoring a thermal protection system coupled to a structural component is provided. The thermal protection system includes a thermally insulative body and at least one layer of thermochromatic material applied thereon such that the at least one layer is positioned between the thermally insulative body and the structural component. The method includes determining a value of a thermochromatic property of the at least one layer of thermochromatic material, wherein the value of the thermochromatic property is responsive to an amount of heat applied to the at least one layer of thermochromatic material, comparing the value to a baseline value of the thermochromatic property, and determining degradation of the thermal protection system when the value of the thermochromatic property deviates from the baseline value.
US10768126B2
A multi-charged particle beam inspection apparatus includes a movable stage to place thereon an inspection substrate where plural dies each with the same pattern are arranged in a predetermined direction, a pitch acquisition circuit to acquire an arrangement pitch of plural dies, a magnification control circuit to control, when imaging the inspection substrate with multi-charged particle beams while continuously moving the stage, magnification of the multi-charged particle beams to be a controlled magnification such that the arrangement pitch of the plural dies becomes a natural number (2 or greater) multiple of an imaging region cycle in the predetermined direction of plural imaging regions to be individually imaged by each beam at each arrangement position of the multi-charged particle beams, and an acquisition mechanism to acquire inspection images of the plural dies on the inspection substrate, using the multi-charged particle beams whose magnification has been controlled to be the controlled magnification.
US10768117B2
Monitoring and detection of algae in surface water and wastewater is of significant importance, yet there is currently no quick and simple method to achieve this. The present work illustrates a new method to determine the concentration of algae in water and wastewater samples using spectrophotometry, the first derivative of absorbance, and a smoothing technique applied to the first derivative of absorbance (e.g. Savitzky-Golay). The relationship between algal concentration and absorbance for three types of water samples (distilled, surface, and wastewater) was determined in the visible wavelength range, and the effect of using the first derivative of absorbance method on improving algal concentration detection limit was established. Using the first derivative of absorbance method improves algal detection limits, reduces the effect of background absorbance and the resolution of overlapping spectra. The presence of algae in water can cause a number of problems, and the method presented here can be used to effectively monitor algal concentration in various types of water samples and provide necessary information for decision making purposes.
US10768113B2
Embodiments generally relate to a system for reading fluorescent-labelled diagnostic assays for in-vitro diagnostic applications. The system comprises a receiving member adapted to receive a fluorescent-labelled diagnostic assay cartridge carrying a fluorescent-labelled diagnostic assay; at least one excitation module configured to illuminate the diagnostic assay, when the diagnostic assay cartridge is placed in the receiving member; a camera module for capturing an image of the illuminated diagnostic assay placed in the receiving member; a processor for receiving the captured image from the camera module and determining whether or not a target analyte was present in the diagnostic assay captured by the camera module; and memory storing firmware, the firmware including a brightness compensation module configured to adjust the intensity of an image of a diagnostic cartridge captured by the camera module, in order to emulate a uniform field of illumination over the diagnostic cartridge. The brightness compensation module is configured to adjust the intensity of the captured image based on an illumination compensation look-up table.
US10768110B2
An apparatus and method are provided for differentiating multiple detectable signals by excitation wavelength. The apparatus can include a light source that can emit respective excitation light wavelengths or wavelength ranges towards a sample in a sample retaining region, for example, in a well. The sample can contain two or more detectable markers, for example, fluorescent dyes, each of which can be capable of generating increased detectable emissions when excited in the presence of a target component. The detectable markers can have excitation wavelength ranges and/or emission wavelength ranges that overlap with the ranges of the other detectable markers. A detector can be arranged for detecting an emission wavelength or wavelength range emitted from a first marker within the overlapping wavelength range of at least one of the other markers.
US10768107B2
Blood separation systems and methods are provided for controlling the interface between separated blood components. The system includes a centrifuge assembly having a light-transmissive portion, a light reflector, and a fluid processing region therebetween. An optical sensor system emits a scanning light beam along a path toward the light-transmissive portion, which transmits at least a portion of the scanning light beam to the fluid processing region and the light reflector. The light reflector reflects at least a portion of the scanning light beam toward the optical sensor system along a path substantially coaxial to the path of the scanning light beam from the optical sensor system toward the light-transmissive portion of the centrifuge assembly. The scanning light beam may be a white light beam or narrow spectrum beam. The reflected beam may be directed through the optical sensor system via optical fibers.
US10768095B2
An optical sensor includes a light emitter configured to irradiate a surface of an object with a plurality of non-parallel light beams, a light detector configured to detect a plurality of light beams that have been reflected within the object and have returned to the surface from a plurality of directions, a recording unit configured to store pre-calculated results of a plurality of models having different optical properties and physical structures, and a calculating unit configured to calculate a light amount ratio of the plurality of reflected light beams, and estimate an optical property of the object based on the calculated light amount ratio and the pre-calculated results.
US10768094B2
A method for identifying corrosion under insulation (CUI) in a structure comprises receiving thermographs from the structure using an infrared camera, applying filters to the thermograph using a first machine learning system, initially determining a CUI classification based on output from the filters, and validating the initial CUI classification by an inspection of the structure. The first machine learning system is trained using results of the validation. Outputs of the first machine learning system and additional structural and environmental data are fed into a second machine learning system that incorporates information from earlier states into current states. The second machine learning system is trained to identify CUI according to changes in the outputs of the first machine learning system and the additional data over time until a second threshold for CUI classification accuracy is reached. CUI is thereafter identified using the first and second machine learning systems in coordination.
US10768093B2
A measurement system permits environmental, corrosion damage, and mechanical property measurements to assess protection properties of coatings. The system includes one or more multi-sensor panels, each multi-sensor panel having sensors for assessing coating barrier properties, free corrosion, and galvanic corrosion. Each multi-sensor panel is installed on a test rack that contains electronics for sensor excitation and sensor data acquisition throughout a corrosion test. Sensor data is collected, stored, and communicated to a base station. A network of multiple test racks can be supported by a base station to compare the performance of different coatings and material combinations simultaneously. The test racks can be used in accelerated atmospheric corrosion tests, outdoor test sites, or application service environments. Measurements of the capacity of a coating to maintain barrier properties, prevent free corrosion, galvanic corrosion, and environment-assisted cracking can be used to develop, select, and predict service performance of coatings.
US10768089B2
A particle collecting apparatus includes a cylindrical housing, a gap forming unit, a supply port and an intake port. The cylindrical housing has a closed top and an open bottom facing a target object. The gap forming unit is configured to form a gap having a predetermined distance between the bottom and the target object. The supply port is formed at the opening of the bottom in an annular shape along an inner wall of the housing and configured to supply a gas to the target object. The intake port is provided closer to a central axis of the supply port than the supply port and configured to suck particles on the target object.
US10768083B2
A test device and a test method of fractured rock mass collapse and blockfall and fracture water inrush includes a fractured rock mass preparation device, a water source loading device, a surrounding rock pressurization device and a slide rail, wherein the fractured rock mass preparation device is fixed at one end of the slide rail, and the water source loading device is fixed on the other side of the slide rail. An opening is formed in the rock mass water storage structure, and the size of the opening is adapted to the size of the fractured rock mass; the surrounding rock pressurization device includes one bracket and a pressurization structure arranged below the bracket, and a space for accommodating the fractured rock mass is reserved below the pressurization structure; and the bottom support and the bracket are both movably installed on the slide rail.
US10768082B2
A true stress testing system broadly comprising a force input machine, an imaging system, and a computer. The imaging system includes a light source for projecting a light beam at the specimen in a first direction and a camera positioned on an opposite side of the specimen for receiving portions of the light beam not blocked by the specimen such that a shadow image of the specimen is created via the camera. The computer may determine a minimum dimension of the specimen perpendicular to the first direction at a point in time over a plurality of points along the force axis via the shadow image of the specimen such that the processor accounts for changes in position of the minimum dimension along the specimen. A true stress of the specimen may then be determined according to the minimum dimension of the specimen perpendicular to the first direction at the point in time.
US10768080B2
Methods for isolating viable cancer cells from a sample that comprises a mixture of cancerous cells and normal (non-cancerous) cells are provided. In the methods, a fluid preparation comprising a mixture of cancerous and normal cells is repeatedly exposed to fluid shear stresses, whereby the repeated exposure to the fluid shear stresses preferentially imparts fluid shear stress-resistance to the cancerous cells.
US10768074B2
A method of controlling an active aerodynamic system of a vehicle includes calculating a first spring force estimated value from at least one sensed vehicle handling characteristic, and a second spring force estimated value from a nominal spring characteristic curve. When a difference between the first and second spring force estimated values is equal to or greater than a spring threshold value, a nominal spring characteristic curve is adjusted to define an adjusted spring characteristic curve, and the active aerodynamic system is controlled using the adjusted spring characteristic curve. When the difference between the first and second spring force estimated values is equal to or greater than the spring threshold value, a signal may also be engaged to provide a service recommendation.
US10768071B2
The present invention provides a testing machine for accurately controlling looseness of a transverse load, and belongs to the technical field of mechanical testing devices. The testing machine for accurately controlling looseness of the transverse load uses a motor to control the generated transverse displacement, controls the generated transverse load by controlling the motor, and controls the motor through signal feedback from the sensor to keep the generated transverse load basically stable within a small range of a fixed value. Unlike the existing testing machine for looseness of the transverse load that can only provide one fixed transverse displacement load, the present invention can provide a desired stable transverse displacement load and can provide a desired stable transverse force load to adapt to simulation experiments for different bolt loading conditions.
US10768070B2
The height of the center of gravity of a vehicle having at least 3 axles is estimated using the slippage rate of the wheels.
US10768064B2
The present invention relates to a MEMS pressure sensor die and its fabrication process. The pressure sensor comprises a chamber inside which a MEMS pressure sensor die is provided. The pressure sensor die comprises a handle, a device layer and a cap all connected together. A silicon oxide layer is formed between the handle and the device layer. Another silicon oxide layer is formed between the device layer and the cap. Recesses are respectively formed on the handle and the cap and face each other. The handle recess and the cap recess are connected to form a cavity. The device layer, which spans the cavity, further comprises a bridge on which a plurality of piezoresistive sensing elements are formed. The present pressure sensor is more immune to temperature effects. It is especially suitable for operating in a high temperature, high pressure environment and is capable of delivering accurate and reliable pressure measurements at low cost.
US10768063B1
Systems and methods are provided for securing an enclosure to an autonomous vehicle. The enclosure can be translated to a final alignment location on a fixture of the autonomous vehicle. The enclosure can include one or more piezoelectric sensors disposed underneath one or more mounting points of the enclosure. The one or more piezoelectric sensors can be initialized to an initial value. Changes in values from the one or more piezoelectric sensors can be measured as the enclosure is being secured to the fixture by one or more mechanical coupling devices through the one or more mounting points.
US10768054B2
A sensor assembly includes an upper shell and a lower shell and is configured to mate together. The upper and lower shells form a cavity therebetween that extends along a length of the shells. The cavity is configured to receive a wire having an insulated jacket and a conductor. A contact member is positioned within the cavity and configured to pierce the insulated jacket and engage the conductor to establish a direct thermally conductive path to a discrete location of a main circuit. A sensor operatively connects with the contact member and is configured for detecting a temperature of the discrete location through the direct thermally conductive path.
US10768050B2
A multi-analyte sensor system based on hollow core photonic bandgap fiber and Raman anti-Stokes spectroscopy. The system includes: i) an inlet to introduce an analyte sample into an analyzer chamber which analyzer includes; ii) a measurement system to derive the anti-Stokes spectral peaks and/or spectra of the sample; iii) a set of reference calibrants corresponding to the analytes of which the sample is primarily comprised; iv) a second inlet to introduce said calibrants into the analyzer chamber; v) a second measurement system to derive the anti-Stokes spectral peaks and/or spectra of the calibrants vi) an outlet through which the sample and calibrants are expelled from the analyzer chamber.
US10768047B2
A multispectral sensor device may include a sensor array comprising a plurality of channels and one or more processors to determine that a time-sensitive measurement is to be performed, wherein the time-sensitive measurement is to be performed using data collected by one or more channels of the plurality of channels; cause the data to be collected by a proper subset of channels, of the plurality of channels, wherein the proper subset of channels includes the one or more channels; and determine the time-sensitive measurement based on the data.
US10768046B2
A spectrometry device includes a first converter that processes a reception signal based on an irradiation light from a first emitter, a second converter that processes a reception signal based on an irradiation light from a second emitter, and a controller that controls the first emitter and the second emitter. The reception signal based on the irradiation light irradiated from the first emitter includes a first reception signal and a second reception signal that each include information that relates to an optical spectrum. When the controller stops the operation of the second emitter, the first converter converts the first reception signal into a first digital signal and the second converter converts the second reception signal into a second digital signal.
US10768045B1
All-reflective optics for use in imaging spectrometers. In one example, an imaging spectrometer includes an entrance slit and spectrometer optics consisting of a primary mirror, a secondary mirror having a diffraction grating formed thereon, and a tertiary mirror, each of the primary mirror, the secondary mirror, and the tertiary mirror having free-form non-rotationally symmetric surface figures defined by Zernike polynomials. The spectrometer optics are configured to receive the telecentric image at the entrance slit, to disperse the optical radiation into its spectral components to provide dispersed optical radiation, and to focus the dispersed optical radiation onto an image plane positioned in a common plane with the entrance slit. The spectrometer optics have a physical length that is twice the length of the entrance slit, a ratio of a distance of the secondary mirror from the entrance slit to a distance of the primary mirror from the entrance slit being approximately 0.32.
US10768042B2
A weigh module (100) comprises a load cell (4), a supporting member (1) and a load transmitting arrangement (2). The supporting member (1) comprises a receiving hole (13) extending vertically and thoroughly. The load transmitting arrangement (2) comprises a connecting member (23), a bearing member (21) and a rolling ball (22). The connecting member (23) connects the load cell (4) to the supporting member (1). One end of the connecting member (23) is fixed to the load cell (4) and another end of the connecting member (23) extends into the receiving hole (13). The bearing member (21) is disposed in the receiving hole (13) and is fixed to the supporting member (1). The rolling ball (22) is disposed between the bearing member (21) and the connecting member (23), whereby the force applied on the supporting member (1) can be transferred to the load cell (4) via the bearing member (21), the rolling ball (22) and the connecting member (23).
US10768037B2
A fluid tank system comprises a fluid container that includes a sensor opening in a fluid container wall defined by a rim, and a fluid level sensor comprising a radial flange on a proximate end of a longitudinally extending electronics stem that includes a distal end. The distal end of the electronic stem is inserted into the fluid container via the sensor opening and the radial flange seats on the rim. The distal end of the electronics stem is guided via a first radial support and a second radial support to a seat that is located coaxial with the sensor opening, where the first and second radial supports are longitudinally separated and radially spaced apart to allow the electronics stem to longitudinally pass between the first and second radial supports until the flange seats on the rim ensuring that the distal end of the electronic stem is longitudinally positioned adjacent to the seat.
US10768033B2
The object of the invention is to obtain a thermal flowmeter which effectively causes water droplets to be directed to a discharge port when the water droplets adhered to a wall surface of a first passage are drawn into a third passage portion. A thermal flowmeter of the present invention includes a sub-passage that takes a measurement gas flowing through a main passage; and a flow detection unit that measures a flow rate of the measurement gas by performing heat transfer with the measurement gas flowing through a sub-passage. Further, the sub-passage includes a first passage, a second passage portion branching in the middle of the first passage portion to be directed toward the flow detection unit; and a third passage portion branching in the middle of the second passage portion to be directed toward a third outlet, and a pressure loss generation means is provided between a third inlet and the third outlet of the third passage portion.
US10768025B2
An encoder includes an optical component and an enclosing device having a first surface portion and a second surface portion. The first surface portion is arranged to receive from an ambient environment a first radiation beam. The second surface portion is arranged to receive from the ambient environment a second radiation beam. The optical component is arranged to combine the first and second radiation beams. The enclosing device is arranged to propagate the first radiation beam along a first path. The first path is between the first surface portion and the optical component. The enclosing device is arranged to propagate the second radiation beam along a second path. The second path is between the second surface portion and the optical component. The enclosing device is arranged to enclose a space, so as to isolate the first path and the second path from the ambient environment.
US10768019B2
An actuator including a detection target disposed on a surface of a lens barrel, and a position detecting unit including two or more sensing coils and configured to detect a displacement of the detection target in a first direction perpendicular to an optical axis, wherein when the detection target moves in a second direction perpendicular to the optical axis, an area of overlap between each of the two or more sensing coils and the detection target is maintained constant.
US10768008B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to processing remotely captured sensor data. A computing platform having at least one processor, a communication interface, and memory may receive, via the communication interface, from a user computing device, sensor data captured by the user computing device using one or more sensors built into the user computing device. Subsequently, the computing platform may analyze the sensor data received from the user computing device by executing one or more data processing modules. Then, the computing platform may generate trip record data based on analyzing the sensor data received from the user computing device and may store the trip record data in a trip record database. In addition, the computing platform may generate user record data based on analyzing the sensor data received from the user computing device and may store the user record data in a user record database.
US10767999B2
A method of detecting the closure and/or opening of a navigable element forming part of a network of navigable elements within a geographic area. A passability parameter is associated with each segment of an electronic map representing the navigable network and indicates a likelihood of closure of the element represented by the segment. The value of the passability parameter decays over time. When a device is detected on the element represented by the segment, the passability parameter is increased, and when a closure report is received relating to the segment, the parameter is decreased. In one set of embodiments, when the passability parameter decreases below a first threshold value, the element represented by the segment is determined to be potentially closed. In another set of embodiments, when the passability parameter increases above a second threshold value, the closed element represented by the segment is determined to be opened.
US10767997B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for immersive extended reality experiences on mobile platforms. In some examples, a method can include obtaining sensor measurements from one or more sensors on a mobile platform and/or a device associated with a user in the mobile platform, the sensor measurements including motion parameters associated with the mobile platform and the user; identifying features of the mobile platform and an environment outside of the mobile platform; tracking, using the sensor measurements, a first pose of the mobile platform relative to the environment outside of the mobile platform; tracking, using the sensor measurements, a second pose of the user relative to at least one of the features of the mobile platform; and tracking, based on the first pose and the second pose, a third pose of the user relative to at least one of the features of the environment outside of the mobile platform.
US10767996B2
A system and methods for reducing map search area requirements in a navigation system are disclosed. The system includes a vehicle, an imaging device onboard the vehicle configured to generate an image scan, receive at least one image responsive to the image scan, and a processing device configured to receive and store the at least one image. The system further includes a navigation system onboard the vehicle configured to store an image of a map, and a learning network associated with the navigation system and configured to divide the image of the map into a plurality of map subsections, recognize each one of a plurality of images of different landmarks on the map, generate a set of classifications for each map subsection, and associate each classification of the set of classifications with at least one landmark of the different landmarks on the map.
US10767991B2
A laser scanner includes a distance measuring unit which has a light emitting element for emitting a distance measuring light, a distance measuring light projecting unit, a light receiving unit and a photodetector for producing a light receiving signal, and which performs a distance measurement based on the light receiving signal, an optical axis deflecting unit provided on a distance measuring optical axis and for deflecting the distance measuring optical axis, a projecting direction detecting unit for detecting a deflection angle of the distance measuring optical axis and a control component for controlling the optical axis deflecting unit and the distance measuring unit, wherein the optical axis deflecting unit comprises a pair of optical prisms capable of rotating and motors for rotating the optical prisms, and wherein the control component is configured to control the optical axis deflecting unit, scan the distance measuring light and acquire scanning data under scanning conditions corresponding to a measurement range.
US10767990B2
Highly accurate aerial photogrammetry is performed while avoiding increase in cost. A survey data processing device includes an image data receiving part, a location data receiving part, an identification marker detecting part, an identifying part, and a location identifying part. The image data receiving part receives image data of aerial photographs of vehicles. The vehicles are equipped with GNSS location identifying units and identification markers, respectively. The location data receiving part receives location data of the vehicles that are identified by the respective GNSS location identifying units. The identification marker detecting part detects the identification markers of the vehicles from the image data. The identifying part identifies each of the vehicles in the aerial photographs. The location identifying part identifies locations of ground control points (GCPs) in the aerial photographs by using the location data of the vehicles and by using the identification information.
US10767986B2
A waveguide apparatus includes a planar waveguide and at least one optical diffraction element (DOE) that provides a plurality of optical paths between an exterior and interior of the planar waveguide. A phase profile of the DOE may combine a linear diffraction grating with a circular lens, to shape a wave front and produce beams with desired focus. Waveguide apparati may be assembled to create multiple focal planes. The DOE may have a low diffraction efficiency, and planar waveguides may be transparent when viewed normally, allowing passage of light from an ambient environment (e.g., real world) useful in AR systems. Light may be returned for temporally sequentially passes through the planar waveguide. The DOE(s) may be fixed or may have dynamically adjustable characteristics. An optical coupler system may couple images to the waveguide apparatus from a projector, for instance a biaxially scanning cantilevered optical fiber tip.
US10767982B2
Methods and systems for capturing motion and/or determining the shapes and positions of one or more objects in 3D space utilize cross-sections thereof. In various embodiments, images of the cross-sections are captured using a camera based on reflections therefrom or shadows cast thereby.
US10767980B2
The present invention relates to modifying a reformer tube to facilitate regular tube inspections to assess the service life and subsequently predict its remaining life accurately.
US10767979B2
An error of a measured distance is reduced. An optical measurement device (100) includes: a light source (10), which emits lights; a sensor head (30), which condenses reflected lights reflected by a target (TA); a light reception portion (40), which is configured in a manner that each of a plurality of pixels is capable of detecting a light reception amount, and which obtains a light reception amount distribution signal of each pixel for the condensed reflected lights; a measurement portion (51), which measures a distance from the optical measurement device (100) to the target (TA) based on the light reception amount distribution signal; and a correction portion (52), which corrects the measured distance that is measured based on a predefined characteristic value in a waveform of the light reception amount distribution signal.
US10767973B2
Techniques and apparatus for producing sampled Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) interference signals without aliasing, based on a swept-source OCT interference signal. An example apparatus comprises a k-clock circuit configured to selectively output a k-clock signal at any of a plurality of k-clock frequencies ranging from a minimum k-clock frequency to a maximum k-clock frequency, and an anti-aliasing filter configured to filter a swept-source OCT interference signal, to produce a filtered OCT interference signal, where the anti-aliasing filter has a cut-off frequency greater than one-half the minimum k-clock frequency but less than the minimum k-clock frequency. The apparatus further comprises an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter circuit configured to sample the filtered OCT interference signal at twice the k-clock frequency, to produce a sampled OCT interference signal. In some embodiments, the A/D converter circuit samples the filtered OCT interference signal at both rising and falling edges of the k-clock signal.
US10767967B2
A device is disclosed for controlling a rate of gas pressure increase generated by a propellant for propelling a projectile from an upstream towards a downstream end of a gun barrel. The device includes a first surface area defined by the propellant and a deterrent applied to a second surface area defined by the first surface area, the second surface area being less than the first surface area. The arrangement is such that the second surface area defines a deterrent free third surface area of the propellant. A primer is operatively disposed relative to the third surface area such that when the primer is activated, the third surface area of the propellant is ignited. The arrangement is such that firstly, while the third surface area is burning and generating gas between the upstream end of the gun barrel and the projectile, the rate of gas pressure increase begins to propel the projectile towards the downstream end of the gun barrel. Secondly, the third surface area of the propellant while burning exposes a progressively increasing surface area of the propellant for burning together with an associated increased generation of gas, the increasing surface area of the propellant defining a concave crater, the crater having a wall which progressively increases in surface area during the burning such that the rate of increase in gas pressure continues to increase for accelerating the projectile towards the downstream end of the gun barrel.
US10767957B2
In some embodiments, a method comprises attaching a servicing string to the first rotatable member and the second rotatable member of a compound archery bow. The servicing string retains the first rotatable member and the second rotatable member in a non-brace orientation, for example in a partially drawn orientation. The bowstring is removed from the compound archery bow. A servicing cable is attached to the first rotatable member and the second rotatable member, and the servicing string is detached from at least one of the first rotatable member or the second rotatable member. The servicing cable is let down, unloading the compound archery bow.
US10767955B2
A laser projection insert including a laser module disposable in the chamber of a simulative training firearm. An activation cap includes a printed circuit board and a photo sensor disposed on the printed circuit board. The photo sensor is configured to receive an optical signal from the simulative training firearm. The activation cap is configured to control the laser module to emit light. A power source is disposed between the activation cap and the laser module. A first part of the power source is positioned on the activation cap and a second part of the power source is positioned on the laser module.
US10767951B2
A firearm suppressor is adapted to convert from an over-barrel configuration to a muzzle-forward configuration. The firearm suppressor includes a core assembly that has a removable expansion chamber that can be included in the over-barrel configuration and removed in the muzzle-forward configuration. The firearm suppressor can be converted from the over-barrel configuration to the muzzle-forward configuration by removing the core assembly from a first hollow sleeve, removing the expansion chamber and inserting the core assembly into a shorter second sleeve.
US10767941B2
A method of forming a superhydrophobic layer on a motor vehicle heat exchanger housing includes the steps of flowing a precursor gas of a mixture of heptadecafluoro-1,1,2,2-tetrahydrodecyl, trimethoxysilane (HTMS) and a carrier gas into a reaction chamber and depositing the superhydrophobic layer on the motor vehicle heat exchanger housing by chemical vapor deposition. A heat exchanger having a heat exchanger housing with a superhydrophobic layer made by the chemical vapor deposition method is also disclosed.
US10767933B2
A plate heat exchanger, and a heat exchanger plate for the plate heat exchanger for heat exchange between a first fluid and a second fluid are disclosed. The heat exchanger plate comprises a heat exchanger area comprising a first end zone, a central main zone adjoining the first end zone, a second end zone adjoining the central main zone, and a corrugation of ridges and valleys on the heat exchanger area. A longitudinal center axis extends along and through the three zones. The ridges and valleys extend along a respective continuous line, which is at least partly curved and forms an angle of inclination with the longitudinal center axis. The angle of inclination at the longitudinal center axis is less steep for the continuous lines at the first end zone than at the central main zone.
US10767930B2
The invention relates to a charging installation (1) of a metallurgical reactor, with a cooling assembly (4) disposed for cooling a reactor side of the charging installation (1). In order to facilitate the installation and maintenance of a heat protection shield in a charging installation of a metallurgical reactor, the cooling assembly (4) comprises a plurality of cooling panels (10), each cooling panel (10) comprising at least one coolant channel (12). The channel (12) is formed as a groove in the base plate (11), which groove is covered by a cover plate (13) mounted on the base plate (11).
US10767928B1
A drying apparatus is disclosed that includes at least a first absorbent layer and a waterproof layer attached to the first absorbent layer to form a drying body. At least three elongated handles can extend from radially from the drying body. Wet items such as food can be placed on the drying body and the elongated handles can be brought together to wrap the drying apparatus around the items. The elongated handles can be grasped by a user's hand and the drying apparatus can be swirled or slung by the elongated handles to force water and moisture from the items and into the absorbent layer of the drying apparatus to dry the items.
US10767925B2
A method for dehydration and critical point drying of a sample in a single chamber is introduced, comprising the steps of (a) dehydrating the sample by replacing water by an intermediate fluid, (b) replacing the intermediate fluid by a transitional fluid, (c) pressurising the transitional fluid to or beyond its critical pressure and/or heating the transitional fluid (4 to or beyond its critical temperature, and (d) in response to gradually releasing the pressure, letting the transitional fluid gasify and escape from the sample. In step (a) and/or step (b), a ratio of the fluid to-be-replaced to the replacing fluid is measured and used to control a supply of the replacing fluid.The method reduces consumption of intermediate fluid and/or transitional fluid, making the process more efficient in terms of duration and user interaction while ensuring a high degree of dryness and the integrity of the sample.
US10767924B2
This method includes introducing a downstream stream (140) of cracked gas from a downstream heat exchanger (58) in a downstream separator (60) and recovering, at the head of the downstream separator (60), a high-pressure fuel gas stream (144).The method includes the passage of the stream (144) of fuel through the downstream exchanger (58) and an intermediate exchanger (50, 54) to form a reheated high-pressure fuel stream (146), the expansion of the reheated high-pressure fuel stream (146) in at least a first dynamic expander (68) and the passage of the partially expanded fuel stream (148) from the intermediate exchanger (50, 54) in a second dynamic expander (70) to form an expanded fuel stream (152).The expanded fuel stream (152) from the second dynamic expander (70) is reheated in the downstream heat exchanger (58) and in the intermediate heat exchanger (50, 54).
US10767915B2
The Smarter Cooler with its Insert Isolator design will provide cooling from four different large areas surrounding the food on all sides, as well as providing a cooler and better insulated bottom area of the cooler, and once the “Ice” starts to melt and be stored in the Ice Water Reservoir below the food and beverage storage area, an additional surface, five areas, not only has insulation qualities, but also cooling properties, to help keep food and beverages colder longer. The result will be a cooler that keeps the ice water isolated from the food and beverages in the cooler to prevent spoilage of the food, that inevitably drops into the melted ice water in any other cooler on the market.
US10767905B2
An ejector includes a body including an inflow space into which a refrigerant flows, a passage formation member disposed inside the body and having a conical shape, and a nozzle passage having an annular cross section functioning as a nozzle and a diffuser passage having an annular cross section functioning as a pressurizing portion between an inner wall surface of the body and a conical lateral surface of the passage formation member. A drive mechanism that displaces the passage formation member along a center axis is coupled to an upstream actuating bar which extends from the passage formation member toward the inflow space and is slidably supported by the body. A largest outer diameter portion of an annular member forming a wall surface of the nozzle passage provides a throat portion functioning as an edge for enlarging a passage cross-sectional area to cause a separation vortex in the refrigerant.
US10767903B2
A coaxial ground heat exchanger and installation method are disclosed where the heat exchanger has a central core tube that can be provided with a thermally insulating casing and an outer tube that delimits an annular gap which extends radially outwards from the core tube. The core tube and the annular gap can be configured such that a flowable heat transfer medium can flow through. The outer tube is formed by a tubular expandable cover that directly adjoins a wall of a ground heat exchanger borehole when the heat exchanger is installed.
US10767901B2
A combustion apparatus has a burner including a burner body and a combustion plate, as well as a combustion box. A combustion plate flange part projects outward beyond an inner rim of a body flange part and beyond an inner rim of a combustion box flange part. A packing has a portion interposed between the combustion plate flange part and the body flange part, and a portion interposed between the combustion box flange part and the body flange part outside an outer rim of the combustion plate flange part. A distribution plate having formed therein a multiplicity of distribution holes for introducing the air-fuel mixture toward an air-fuel mixture ejection part is provided with a distribution plate flange part so arranged as to come into direct contact with that portion of the combustion plate flange part which is positioned inside an inner rim of the packing.
US10767897B2
An air conditioner includes a base including a first fixation member, a front panel including a second fixation member, and a filter. A first end of the filter is detachably connected to the first fixation member, and a second end of the filter is detachably connected to the second fixation member. At least one of the base or the front panel includes a supporting member abutting against the filter to cause the filter to bend in an arc shape.
US10767893B2
A zone-control unit for use in a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system, the zone-control unit includes a heat exchanger, an inlet piping assembly coupled with the heat exchanger for supplying fluid to the heat exchanger, an outlet piping assembly coupled with the heat exchanger for receiving fluid from the heat exchanger, a bracket that maintains the inlet piping assembly and the outlet piping assembly in positional relationship, and an ancillary component coupled with the heat exchanger.
US10767888B2
A living atmosphere control system is provided with a primary living area, a green cell containing plants consisting of Boston fern, aloe vera, areca palm, peace lily, and garden mums, at least one inlet configured for transporting oxygen from said green cell into said living area, and at least one outlet configured to transport carbon dioxide from said living area to said dehumidifying coils.
US10767887B2
A thermal conditioning system for controlling a thermal comfort of an occupant of a building includes a vapor compression system to control an air temperature in the building space and a radiant system to control a radiant temperature in the building space. The system also includes a feedback controller to generate a first control signal for controlling a state of the vapor compression system to reduce an error between a set-point air temperature and a current air temperature in the building space and includes a feedforward controller to generate a second control signal control for controlling a state of the radiant system based on the state of the vapor compression system.
US10767885B2
A building management system for generating a building model for a building and operating building equipment of the building based on the building model. The system includes a processing circuit configured to receive a context, wherein the context includes metadata defining the building model for the building and generate a building model editor interface for viewing and editing the received context, wherein the building model interface includes building elements for the building model, wherein the building elements are based on the received context and represent the building equipment. The processing circuit is configured to receive user edits of the context via the building model interface, wherein the user edits include edits to the building elements, generate an updated context based on the user edits of the context, and deploy the updated context to control environmental conditions of the building with the building equipment based on the updated context.
US10767884B2
A wiring configuration tool may be configured to determine a new wiring configuration for a replacement HVAC controller based, at least in part, on the existing wiring configuration for a current HVAC controller and, for example, the make and model of the replacement HVAC controller. The wiring configuration tool may be hosted by a server that provides a user interface for interacting with the user. The user may access the wiring configuration tool via a web services interface, a smart phone application or in any other suitable manner.
US10767881B2
A method of controlling a compressor is disclosed. The method includes: after the compressor is stopped for protection, updating the number of protective stops of the compressor occurring during a current operation of the air conditioner; and when the number of protective stops of the compressor is greater than a first preset number, lowering the frequency of the compressor so that when the compressor restarts the compressor would start and operate at the lowered frequency. Disclosed also is a device for controlling a compressor. Thus, by lowering the frequency of the compressor, the compressor would reach the high or low temperature protective value comparatively slowly, so the number of restarts of the compressor can be reduced.
US10767875B2
In conditioning air for an enclosure, a first ambient airstream is cooled by the cooling coil of a refrigerant cooling system to reduce its temperature and humidity content. The thus cooled and dehumidified air is then passed through a segment of a rotating desiccant wheel to reduce moisture content and increase temperature and is then supplied to the enclosure. The desiccant wheel is regenerated by the use of a second ambient airstream which is first heated with the condenser coil of the refrigerant system and then passed through the regeneration segment of the desiccant wheel. A bypass plenum is provided in the apparatus that selectively allows a third ambient airstream to be cooled in the plenum independent of the evaporator coil and desiccant wheel in the first plenum. That airstream is then supplied with the air treated in the first plenum to the enclosure.
US10767869B2
The present invention relates to a user interface (10) for a cooking hob. The user interface (10) or at least a portion of said user interface (10) is subdivided into partitions (12). Each partition (12) corresponds with a cooking zone of the cooking hob. Each partition (12) comprises a digital display (20), at least one power input device (22) and at least one timer input device (24). The digital display (20) includes at least two seven-segment digits. The digital display (20) is provided for indicating a current cooking parameter, in particular a current power value, of the corresponding cooking zone and a current timer value relating to said corresponding cooking zone. Further, the present invention relates to a cooking hob with at least one user interface (10).
US10767867B2
A bearing support may include a central shaft, a flange shaft, and a tube boss. The central shaft may include a central longitudinal axis extending between a first end and a second end of the bearing support. The flange shaft may extend radially outward of the central shaft at an acute angle, relative to the central longitudinal axis from the first end to the second end, and the flange shaft may include a rim defining an aperture. The tube boss extends from the central shaft radially outward through the aperture, according to various embodiments. An annular channel may be between the rim and the tube boss.
US10767864B2
A gas turbine engine may include a combustor having an inner wall and an outer wall defining a combustion chamber there between. The inner wall and the outer wall may each have at least one opening into the combustion chamber. The gas turbine engine may also include at least one mobile conduit through which a cooling fluid may flow. The mobile conduit may pass through the combustion chamber from the at least one opening in the outer wall to the at least one opening in the inner wall. The gas turbine engine may further include a first joint and a second joint fluidly connecting the mobile conduit to the at least one opening in the inner wall and the at least one opening in the outer wall, respectively. The first joint and the second joint may enable multiple degrees of freedom of the mobile conduit within the combustion chamber.
US10767862B2
A flame rod (1) including: a rod portion (11) made of a metal material containing aluminum; and a protective cover layer (21) containing a cover material having high conductivity and high heat resistance, wherein the protective cover layer (21) covers a surface of an insertion portion (11A) of the flame rod (11), and the protective cover layer (11) has a thickness of 0.002 mm or more and less than 0.1 mm.
US10767857B2
A burner unit includes first and second burner assemblies supplied with a gas mixture via first and second valves, respectively. A first valve control assembly controls the first and second valves between open and closed positions. Third and fourth burner assemblies of the burner unit are supplied with a gas mixture via third and fourth valves, respectively. A second valve control assembly controls the third and fourth valves between open and closed positions. The first and second valve control assemblies are separate assemblies that are configured to cooperate to simultaneously provide a gas mixture to the first, second, third and fourth burner assemblies in respective high power settings of the first and second valve control assemblies.
US10767847B2
The application relates to a lighting device, comprising a housing, a planar arrangement of lamps, which are arranged in the housing, and a plate device, which is received on the housing, wherein a housing rear wall is formed by the plate device, the plate device has a circuit board, on which an electric circuit associated with the lamps is arranged, and the plate device has a heat sink device for passive cooling, which is formed by pin-type cooling elements. The application also relates to a headlight.
US10767845B2
The invention provides a troffer-based lighting arrangement (100) comprising end plates (1100) and a lighting unit (1200) configured between said end plates (1100), wherein the lighting unit (1200) comprises a grounding point (1207) and head ends, wherein the end plates (1100) are associated with the respective head ends via connectors (1300), wherein the lighting unit (1200) and end plates (1100) are in physical contact with each other for providing grounding continuity between the lighting unit (1200) and the end plates (1100), and which connectors (1300) comprise head end locking tabs and end plate locking slots (1103), wherein the locking tabs reside in the respective locking slots (1103).
US10767843B2
Systems and methods for controlling a light emitting diode (LED) system associated with an area and having a plurality of LED arrays are provided. In some implementations, the lighting system can include a first LED array associated with visible light and a second LED array associated with UV light. The lighting system can include one or more first sensors configured to detect occupancy within the area and send signals indicating whether the area is occupied. The lighting system can include one or more second sensors configured to detect microbes within an area and send signals indicating whether microbes are present in the area. The lighting system can include a control circuit configured to receive the signals sent by the one or more first and second sensors and to control the first LED array and the second LED array based on the signals.
US10767842B2
An amenity, such as a heater or a light fixture is mounted in a frame which is suspended from a swiveling arm attached to an upright. Utilities are conducted to the amenity through the upright, the arm and the frame. The swiveling arm permits easy relocation of the amenity to maximize comfort and utility for users.
US10767835B2
Illumination devices with improved color mixing optics are disclosed herein for mixing the colors produced by a multi-colored LED emitter module to produce uniform color throughout the entire beam angle of the output light beam, along with smoother edges and improved center beam intensity. Embodiments disclosed herein include a unique arrangement of multi-color LEDs within an emitter module, a unique exit lens with different patterns of lenslets on opposing sides of the lens, and other associated optical features that thoroughly mix the different color components, and as such, provide uniform color across the output beam exiting the illumination device. Additional embodiments disclosed herein include a unique arrangement of photodetectors within the primary optics structure of the LED emitter module that ensure the optical feedback system properly measures the light produced by all similarly colored emission LEDs.
US10767834B2
A vehicle includes a light source configured to emit light. A substrate defines a surface. The surface integrally defines an optical grating. A light transmissive layer is positioned over the optical grating. The light source is configured to direct the light through the light transmissive layer to the optical grating.
US10767832B2
The present invention provides a light source module for a vehicle comprising: a plate-like heat sink; substrates provided on both sides of the heat sink, respectively; light emitting devices provided on the substrates, respectively; a hole for transmitting light emitted from the light emitting devices; and a pair of bases coupled to the outside of the substrates, wherein the light emitting device includes a first light emitting device and a second light emitting device which are arranged diagonally, and a blocking member is disposed at a lower end of the second light emitting device. As such, it is possible to increase the heat dissipation efficiency by increasing the contact between the heat sink and the substrates.
US10767829B2
A light irradiation device (1) includes a light-source module (2), a light deflector (3), a parallel light generation unit (4), and a projecting light generation unit (5) in this order along the optical path. All of the light-collection point of the light-source module (2) on the emission side, the center mirror Or of the light deflector (3), and the focal point of the parallel light generation unit (4) on the incidence side are set at the same position P1. The mirror (31) of the light deflector (3) forward- and reverse-rotates about the axis passing through the mirror center Or to emit scanning light Ls as the reflected light and the deflected light to the parallel light generation unit (4). The parallel light generation unit (4) collimates the scanning light Ls to be parallel light that is parallel to the optical axis for emission.
US10767816B1
A light bulb apparatus includes a light bulb shell, a bulb head, and a heat sink cup. The heat sink cup has a first end connected to the light bulb shell, and a second end connected to the bulb head. The light bulb apparatus includes a flexible filament and a central support. The flexible filament has a first terminal and a second terminal, and the central support provides a first electrode electrically connected to the first terminal, and provides a second electrode for electrically connected to the second terminal. The light bulb apparatus includes an expanding structure and a driver module. The expanding structure is mechanically coupled to the central support, and includes a plurality of holding portions for holding the flexible filament. The driver module is electrically connected to the bulb head and the central support for providing electrical power to the flexible filament.
US10767811B2
A medical device assembly including a support member, a first arm rotatably connected to the support member at a first rotary axis, a second arm rotatably connected to the first arm at a second rotary axis, and a medical unit connected to an end of the second arm opposite the first arm. The first arm is prevented from rotating about the first rotary axis when the first arm and the second arm are substantially aligned. The first arm and/or the second arm can also be prevented from rotating to prevent the medical device assembly from abutting against an obstacle.
US10767808B2
A variable curved surface bracket structure is provided, including a base and a bracket, and the bracket is in contact with the back of the display screen; the bracket includes a fixed sheet and moving sheets respectively hinged on two sides of the fixed sheet. The variable curved surface bracket structure further includes a moving mechanism, disposed on the base and drivingly connected to the moving sheets to make the moving sheets rotate forward or backward relative to the fixed sheet. The moving mechanism includes a pushrod structure arranged on the base and includes a retractable pushrod and a driving device drivingly connected to the pushrod; at least a linkage strut assembly including at least a connecting rod and at least a strut. The disclosure allows the curvature of the display screen in contact with the bracket to be adjustable, curved or planar, to meet different viewing needs.
US10767807B2
A portable, multi-configuration appliance stand capable of supporting one or more appliances, including but not limited to dryers, lights, and blowers. In embodiments, the appliance stand includes an appliance arm that supports the appliance, where the appliance arm is attached to an arm support via a multi-axial connector that functions as a multi-axial connector joint. In embodiments, the multi-axial connector is capable of translating along at least two axes, as well as rotating. In other embodiments, a locking mechanism secures the multi-axial connector at a fixed configuration between the appliance arm and the arm support.
US10767806B2
A clamp comprising a spanner extending across a gap between first and second longitudinally extending edges of a band clamped onto a fluid conduit having a circumference orientated about an axis; a connecting assembly configured to tighten the spanner and band to the conduit and a gasket between the band and spanner and the conduit; the gasket comprising a first circumferential seal bead protruding from an inner side of the gasket and having a circumferential length that is equal to or greater than the circumference of the conduit and at least one standalone header bead protruding from the inner side of the gasket and disposed at least partially between the spanner and the conduit and having a circumferential length that is substantially less than the circumference of the conduit.
US10767805B2
Systems and methods for pipe lining systems and methods of use are described. Systems and methods may include a CIPP lateral liner that is inserted into a bladder forming a CIPP liner assembly that can be inserted into a pipe line for a pipe repair. CIPP liner assembly can include a membrane that produces superior results compared to the prior art. A backing ring may be used with these systems and methods.
US10767804B2
A leak-sealing device for sealing a leak in a container, a tank and/or a pipe includes a housing-type carrier unit, at least one expandable sealing member provided on an end region of the carrier unit, which does not expand, or only a little, in the storage position thereof, and at least one fluid connection and/or at least one fluid-release unit which is coupled to the carrier unit in such a way that, during the supply of fluid, the leak-sealing member is at least partially filled and expanded with the fluid in the sealing position thereof by means of a fluid supply. A method for sealing a leak using the leak-sealing device and to a system including the leak-sealing device and a fluid-supply device utilizes a release unit for fluid release.
US10767802B2
Provided is a plug device which includes: a body portion; and a valve element portion. A fluid flow passage is formed in the body portion. The fluid flow passage extends along an axis, and has a valve hole at one end thereof. The valve element portion is accommodated in the body portion in an advancing and retracting manner along the axis. A proximal end portion of the valve element portion is made of a conductive fluororesin material containing a fluororesin material and carbon nanotubes dispersed in the fluororesin material. The proximal end portion is conductive with a conductive member maintained at a ground potential. A volume resistivity of the conductive fluororesin material falls within a range of larger than 1.0x×103 Ω·cm and less than 1.0×104 Ω·cm.
US10767797B2
A female connector and a plug-in connector comprising the female connector and a male connector that can be coupled to the female connector. The female connector includes a first end configured for being attached to a pipe or a hose and a second end configured for being connected to the male connector. The second end including elastic retention means configured for retaining the male connector inside the female connector. The female connector also includes a non-removable cover arranged at the second end of the female connector covering the retention means, preventing the retention means from being able to be manipulated from the outside of the plug-in connector.
US10767796B2
A sanitary shower useful as an overhead shower has a shower body including a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, and a shower head that is removably attachable to the shower body, has a fluid inlet connecting with the fluid outlet of the shower body and includes a shower outlet providing a shower fluid jet. A plug-on connector removably attaches the shower head to the shower body via latching lugs that snap radially into engagement with latching holes and are blocked and unblocked from disengagement by a movable locking ring.
US10767791B2
The present disclosure relates to a clamp having a band for substantially surrounding an object between a first end with a first opening and a second end with a second opening, a bracket, and a fastener. The bracket includes a base with a bottom surface for placement on a surface of the object and a wall. The base also includes a first base aperture for receiving the first end and a second base aperture spaced from the first base aperture for receiving the second end. The wall has a wall opening and extends substantially perpendicular to a top surface of the base. The fastener extends through the wall opening, the first opening and the second opening to secure the first end to the second end and moves the first end towards the second end to tighten the band and the base of the bracket to the surface of the object.
US10767782B2
A valve seat, which a valve body of a movable core sits on, protrudes from an outside region of the valve seat located at an end of a columnar body toward the movable core. A gas flow passage in the movable core has: an inflow passage extending on a stationary core side in the direction in which the movable core moves; and two or more outflow passages branched on a valve body side from the inflow passage. A protrusion height of the valve seat is 0.3 times or more an inner diameter of the outflow passages. A gas accumulation space includes: a region located away from the movable core by a distance 0.5 times or more the inner diameter of the outflow passage; and a region located away from the movable core by a distance greater than or equal to the inner diameter of the outflow passage.
US10767778B2
A servo valve comprising first and second nozzles and first and second piezoelectric actuators arranged to control fluid flow through the first and second nozzles respectively. A first fluid flow path is defined between the first nozzle and the first piezoelectric actuator and a second fluid flow path is defined between the second nozzle and the second piezoelectric actuator. The first and second piezoelectric actuators are arranged such that applying a voltage to the first and second piezoelectric actuators causes a change in dimension thereof, which acts to open or restrict said first and second fluid flow paths respectively.
US10767758B2
Transmission control devices may have two control boxes, and a planar transmission control plate disposed between the two control boxes. The transmission control plate seals the intermediate space between the two control boxes or the channel portions and borings thereof in the form of a flat gasket. The plate also makes available throughflow-openings between channels or borings in the control boxes for a fluid, the fluid in the channels controlling the function of a transmission. The sealing function is achieved by embossed beads and/or partial coatings.
US10767744B2
This anti-backlash gear includes a gear wheel and gear teeth. Each gear tooth comprises first and second flanks, a top face and a bottom face, wherein for each gear tooth each flank extends from the top face to the bottom face, wherein the gear teeth comprise a polymeric material which comprises a repeat unit of form I wherein t1, and w1 independently represent 0 or 1 and v1 represents 0, 1 or 2. For each gear tooth, at least one of said flanks comprises two or more surfaces arranged to form a single protrusion extending along the at least one said flank such that a tooth thickness of each gear tooth varies between the top face and the bottom face of said gear tooth in a direction parallel to an axis of rotation of the gearwheel in operation. In use, the single protrusion is elastically deformable so as to absorb backlash.
US10767742B2
A transmission uses a chain and sprocket final drive that provides all final drive torque multiplication in addition to transferring power to the differential axis. The transmission includes a front support structure that provides for a small driving sprocket. The front support includes an insert made of hardened material that can serve as the inner bearing race for the driving sprocket. In some embodiments, four fluid passageways are provided to the torque converter. In some embodiments, the park gear may be integrated with the driven sprocket.
US10767739B2
To provide a tensioner that enables, with a simple structure, reduction of installation space of the tensioner and reduction of production costs. The tensioner includes a plunger, a housing, a spring, and a locking mechanism that stops the plunger from projecting out to the front side. The locking mechanism includes a first locking member and a second locking member. The first locking member includes a first spring holder arranged on a first side of a first end of the spring, and a restrained part. The second locking member includes a second spring holder arranged on a second side of a second end of the spring, and a movement restricting part that restricts movement of the restrained part toward the first side. The restrained part and movement restricting part are configured to releasably engage with each other.
US10767732B2
A gear drive system is provided having a first gear and a second gear. The second gear has a first peripheral portion and a second peripheral portion. A first set of gear teeth can be defined peripherally over the first peripheral portion and/or the second peripheral portion. The first peripheral portion and/or the second peripheral portion can be more resilient, resulting in a first backlash between the first set of gear teeth and the teeth of the first gear, less than a second backlash between the second set of gear teeth and the teeth of the first gear. Each gear tooth of the second gear can have a gear tooth spacing between adjacent gear teeth. The gear tooth spacing over the first peripheral portion and/or the second peripheral portion can be less than the gear tooth spacing at portions other than the first peripheral portion and/or the second peripheral portion.
US10767722B2
Flows of magnetorheological fluid inside a mount are controlled to be stopped in the direction of the axis of the mount and in directions perpendicular to the axis by applying coil excitation current to an exciting coil, and thus the elastic properties of the mount are adjusted such that the mount is hardened in the axial direction and in the directions perpendicular to the axis. As a result, a variable damping force can be exerted on the external forces applied to the mount in the axial direction and in the directions perpendicular to the axis.
US10767720B2
A fiber-reinforced plastic leaf spring and a method for producing the fiber-reinforced plastic leaf spring are provided, which is suitable in particular for use in a motor vehicle. It has an elongate leaf spring main body which comprises a first eye bushing at a first end and a second eye bushing at a second end. The leaf spring main body and the first and second eye bushings are formed using at least a first layer and a second layer of a composite material. Each of the layers is guided along a centerline of the leaf spring main body to form the leaf spring main body and, to form the first and second eye bushings, is respectively wrapped around a bushing element having a first center axis and around a bushing element having a second center axis.
US10767708B1
Power transmission systems including clutch arrangement and control systems are adapted to be used in numerous different operational environments. Such power transmission systems may include clutch arrangements that provide more effective power transmission capabilities as well as greater durability and longer life. Control arrangements are provided to more effectively control and monitor clutch operation in ways that provide for greater system flexibility and drive options.
US10767705B2
In a power transmission shaft including a rear-side shaft having a male spline joint portion formed on the outer periphery of a front end of the rear-side shaft and a tubular front-side shaft having a female spline joint portion formed on the inner periphery of a rear end of the tubular front-side shaft, a seal ring is housed in a seal housing groove configured at the rear end of the tubular front-side shaft. The seal ring is interposed between an outer peripheral seal surface of the rear-side shaft and an inner peripheral surface of the seal housing groove with a compressive deformation. Additionally, the seal ring is sandwiched and retained between the inside wall surface of the seal housing groove and the inside end face of a disk-shaped retainer part of a retainer press-fitted to the rear end of the tubular front-side shaft.
US10767701B2
A cage and roller assembly includes a plurality of rollers to be brought into rolling contact with a raceway surface provided on the outer periphery of a shaft, and an annular cage that retains the rollers. Lubricating oil is supplied through an oil supply hole that is provided inside the shaft and is open at the raceway surface. The cage includes a pair of annular portions, and a plurality of cage bars that couple the annular portions together and are arranged with intervals in a circumferential direction. The rollers are housed in pockets each formed between the pair of annular portions and between the cage bars that are adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction. The cage has an inner recessed groove that is provided on a radially inner surface of the cage bar and extends through the annular portions in an axial direction.
US10767698B2
A one-way snap-in cage for a deep groove ball bearing having an annular backbone portion and a hanging out portion extending from the backbone portion towards an axial side. The hanging out portion including a pocket for accommodating a rolling element of a bearing in a circumferential direction and a pocket connection used to connect adjacent pockets. A bottom portion of the pocket is formed integrally with the backbone portion. The ratio Hc/Dw of a radial size Hc of the cage in terms of thickness to the diameter Dw of the rolling element of the bearing satisfies the relation 17.679%≤Hc/Dw≤37.389%, the radial size Hc of the cage is equal in value to half of the difference between the maximum outer diameter Dc_max and the minimum inner diameter Dc_min of the cage. The present invention further provides a deep groove ball bearing using the cage.
US10767695B2
A sliding contact surface-forming material with improved friction-proof and wear-proof characteristics under dry friction conditions such as in the open air, while keeping the low swelling, friction-proof, and wear-proof characteristics under moist atmosphere typically under water unchanged, wherein the sliding contact surface-forming material includes a reinforcing base impregnated with a resol-type phenolic resin having polytetrafluoroethylene resin dispersed therein, the reinforcing base being composed of a woven fabric formed by using, respectively as the warp and the weft, a ply yarn which is formed by paralleling at least two strands of a single twist yarn spun from fluorine-containing resin fiber and a single twist yarn spun from polyphenylene sulfide fiber, and by twisting them in the direction opposite to the direction in which the single twist yarns were spun.
US10767688B2
A bearing system for a rotating vertical shaft includes a first ball bearing, having a first pitch diameter and a first axial stiffness and a second ball bearing having a second pitch diameter and a second axial stiffness. The first ball bearing is a deep groove Conrad bearing. The second ball bearing is an angular contact bearing. The first and second ball bearings are coaxial, secured to one another and rotatable together. The first pitch diameter is at least 1.5 times greater than the second pitch diameter. The bearing system has an axial stiffness ratio defined by the first axial stiffness divided by the second axial stiffness. The axial stiffness ratio is based on an axial preload force applied to the second outer ring such that an operating torque of the bearing system is within a predetermined range at temperatures from minus 40 to positive 85 degrees Celsius.
US10767684B1
A mounting device for covering a roof penetration in a roof includes a base having a central hub, an outer perimeter structure, a top which is open, a bottom which is open, and ribs extending from the hub outward to the perimeter structure. A continuous internal reservoir extends between the hub and the perimeter structure, for holding a sealant against and in cooperation with the roof. The reservoir unsevered by the ribs. A cap is moveable onto the base for forming, in cooperation with the perimeter structure, an environmental seal over the roof penetration.
US10767680B2
A self-drilling screw includes a shank and at least one thread. The shank includes a self-drilling portion, a head portion spaced from the self-drilling portion along a longitudinal axis, and a straight rod portion between the self-drilling portion and the head portion. The thread is spirally formed on the straight rod portion and includes a plurality of thread convolutions. Each thread convolution is provided with three to eight recesses spaced apart circumferentially, and a screw thread portion is formed between two adjacent recesses. The recess features a recess length circumferentially, and the screw thread portion features a screw thread length circumferentially. The screw thread length is 25% to 200% of the recess length. The self-drilling screw can be driven into articles to be fastened quickly without loss of binding forces between the self-drilling screw and the articles.
US10767679B2
A spring latching connector includes a housing having a bore therethrough, a piston slidably received in said bore, a circular groove formed in one of said bore and piston and a circular coil spring disposed in said groove for latching said piston and housing together. The groove is sized and shaped for controlling, in combination with a spring configuration, disconnect and connect forces of the spring latching connection.
US10767677B2
A blind fastener device for fastening at least two workpieces, including a sleeve, an expander having a tensioning section, a locking section, and an expansion section, and a nut. A portion of the expander passes through the sleeve to cooperate with the nut so that relative rotation of the expander and nut draws the expander's distal end toward the sleeve's proximal end thereby drawing a portion of the expansion section of the expander into a structural region located on the sleeve and expanding at least a portion of the sleeve's structural region, and drawing a portion of the locking section past the sleeve's distal end toward the sleeve's proximal end and deforming at least a portion of the sleeve's distal end to a locked state.
US10767674B2
A construction machine includes a bidirectionally tiltable type hydraulic pump 2, a hydraulic cylinder 1 having a cap chamber 1e and a rod chamber 1f, a first flow path 11 connecting the hydraulic pump 2 and the cap chamber 1e, a second flow path 12 connecting the hydraulic pump 2 and the rod chamber 1f, a discharge flow path 16 branched from the first flow path 11, a discharge valve 32 that is disposed in the discharge flow path 16 and controls a discharge rate of hydraulic working oil from the cap chamber 1e to the discharge flow path 16, an operation device 54 that instructs an action of the hydraulic cylinder 1, and a controller 56. The controller 56 controls the hydraulic pump 2 and the discharge valve 32 such that at least a part of hydraulic working oil discharged from the cap chamber 1e is discharged to the discharge flow path 16 when an operation amount of the operation device 54 lies within a fine operation region during a pulling action of the hydraulic cylinder 1 in a state that a load is applied in a contraction direction. Accordingly, operability improves during fine operation of the pulling action of the hydraulic cylinder in the state that the load is applied in the contraction direction.
US10767667B2
The present invention relates to an electronically controlled valve for a variable displacement pump, a hydraulic pump and a hydraulic pump system with switchable control functions. Multiple control functions of different types of hydraulic pumps can be implemented via one single electronically controlled valve combined with control elements and sensors. The hydraulic pump systems can be easily integrated into the overall application systems for intelligent control.
US10767659B2
An exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system that utilizes an insulated separation wall that separates the hot, humid EGR gas duct from the cool, dry inlet air duct in the upstream proximity of the compressor inlet of the associated turbocharger compressor. This insulated separation wall inhibits the condensation of water droplets and the formation of ice particles near the mixing point of the EGR gases and inlet air in the upstream proximity of the compressor inlet, such that the turbocharger compressor wheel, blades, and other components are not subsequently damaged by the condensed water droplets or formed ice particles. The added insulation in this cold sink area essentially thermally isolates the hot, humid EGR gas flow from the cool, dry inlet air flow until the actual mixing point of the flows.
US10767657B2
An axial alignment structure for a fluid pressure pump (100) includes: a first housing made of a resin; and a second housing made of a resin, in which a housing is configured in a state where the first housing and the second housing are joined to each other by thermal welding at a welding position, and a pump rotor is accommodated in the housing, and the first housing and the second housing have an axial alignment mechanism that axially aligns the first housing and the second housing such that axes of the first and second housings coincide with each other at the time of joining of the first housing and the second housing to each other by the thermal welding.
US10767654B2
The invention relates to a side-channel machine having a housing, located in the housing a side-channel for guiding a gas, and at least one gas inlet opening which is formed in the housing and is fluidically connected to the side-channel. Furthermore, the side-channel machine has at least one gas inlet pipe which connects to the at least one gas inlet opening. The side-channel machine further comprises at least one gas outlet opening and at least one gas outlet pipe which connects to the at least one gas outlet opening. Furthermore, the side-channel machine has an impeller that can be made to rotate in the housing, with impeller blades, which bound impeller cells arranged in the side-channel, for delivering the gas in the impeller cells from the at least one gas inlet opening to the at least one gas outlet opening. The side-channel machine further has at least one interrupter arranged between the at least one gas inlet opening and the at least one gas outlet opening.
US10767637B2
This patent seeks to describe a design and method of production of a solid state radiometric thruster for the intent of producing a new method of powered flight at varying scales of operation. By using modern nano-manufacturing techniques it is possible to create surface microstructures of the same size as the mean free path for gases at any desired operational pressure, allowing for radiometric forces to be harnessed for propulsion even when the total part dimensions are several orders of magnitude larger than would normally allow this effect to create a noticeable force.
US10767635B2
A technical object of the present disclosure is to provide an anemometer for a wind turbine which is capable of precisely measuring a wind velocity and a wind direction. To this end, an anemometer for a wind turbine of the present disclosure is an anemometer for a wind turbine which is used for a wind turbine including a plurality of rotating blades and a hub which is equipped at a rotation center of the plurality of rotating blades and has a nosecone and is equipped in the nosecone.
US10767634B2
A blade icing state identification method and apparatus for a wind generator set are disclosed. The method includes setting a preset wind speed threshold and a preset rotating speed threshold, and setting the preset rotating speed threshold as a lower limit value of a maximum limited rotating speed of the wind generator set operating under a limited power condition; comparing a current wind speed and a current rotating speed of the wind generator set with the preset thresholds respectively; progressively increasing a blade icing possibility index when the current wind speed is greater than the preset wind speed threshold and the current rotating speed of the wind generator set is smaller than the preset rotating speed threshold, and otherwise, progressively decreasing the blade icing possibility index; and determining that blades are in an icing state when the blade icing possibility index is greater than a preset index.
US10767629B2
A wind turbine power generation facility includes: at least one wind turbine power generating apparatus; a lightning sensor for detecting or predicting occurrence of lightning in an installation area of the at least one wind turbine power generating apparatus; and a controller for switching an operation mode of the at least one wind turbine power generating apparatus to a lightning-protection mode in which a rotor rotation speed is lower than a rated rotation speed, on the basis of an output signal of the lightning sensor.
US10767605B2
A heat exchanger includes: a stack formed by stacking a plurality of tubes through which gas flow; a tubular inner tank in which the stack is housed; and a tubular outer tank that is mounted on the outside of the inner tank so as to define an inner space between the outer tank and an outer peripheral surface of the inner tank. Each of both end portions of the tubes has a thickness greater than each of middle portions of the tubes. The both end portions of the tubes adjacent to each other in the stack are joined together so as to form a clearance between the middle portions of the adjacent tubes in the stack. Outer peripheries of both end portions of the stack are joined to an inner peripheral surface of the inner tank. An introduction hole for introducing a cooling medium is formed in the outer tank.
US10767595B2
A method for power generation via a liquid-gas phase transition. The method includes receiving atmospheric air as input to create an enthalpy difference gradient. A regenerative piston engine received atmospheric air. The regenerative piston engine collects heat generated from the enthalpy difference gradient. The regenerative piston engine converts the collected heat to a mechanical form of energy at the regenerative piston engine.
US10767591B2
The present application relates to an abnormality determination device for a variable geometry turbocharger having a nozzle mechanism capable of changing a flow path area of exhaust gas with an actuator. The abnormality determination device includes: a first detection part configured to be capable of detecting at least one of a load of the actuator or supply energy to the actuator; and a determination part configured to determine that an abnormality is present, if a detection result by the first detection part is out of an allowable range corresponding to an operational state of the variable geometry turbocharger.
US10767590B1
Methods and systems are provided for diagnosing a positive crankcase ventilation (PCV) system. In one example, a diagnostic method for a PCV system is provided that includes, when an intake manifold air pressure is above a threshold boost value, determining a PCV system breach based on a pressure determined using a pressure sensor positioned on a clean side of an oil separator coupled to a crankcase and receiving crankcase gas from the crankcase. In the PCV system a ventilation line provides fluidic communication between the oil separator and an intake conduit upstream of a compressor.
US10767589B2
A crank angle sensor that outputs a crank angle signal at a predetermined crank angle by synchronizing rotation of a signal rotor fixed on a crank shaft of an internal combustion engine, an interval of the crank angle signals being longer at a specific crank angle corresponding to a position of a crank position reference part of the signal rotor, includes a backward rotation detecting function that outputs different crank angle signals in a forward rotation of the crank shaft and in a backward rotation of the crank shaft, and a control part disallows the detection of the crank position reference part when a stop request to the internal combustion engine is generated or when the backward rotation of the crank shaft is detected based on the crank angle signal, and controls the internal combustion engine by calculating the crank angle based on the crank angle of the crank position reference part detected before the detection of the crank position reference part is disallowed and the crank angle signal.
US10767584B2
Systems and apparatuses include an apparatus including an aftertreatment system control circuit structured to receive a signal indicative of an exhaust gas characteristic from a sensor, determine an aftertreatment system characteristic based on the exhaust gas characteristic, determine an acceptable input value responsive to the aftertreatment system characteristic, and control at least one of a fuel system actuator and an air handling actuator to achieve or substantially achieve the acceptable input value.
US10767581B2
A method for operating an internal combustion engine for a motor vehicle including receiving measurement signals of a cylinder pressure sensor and determining cylinder pressure fluctuations as a function of the received measurement signals of the cylinder pressure sensor. The method also includes increasing an exhaust gas recirculation rate of the internal combustion engine as a function of the determined cylinder pressure fluctuations until a predefined limiting value of the cylinder pressure fluctuations is reached. In addition, the method includes determining an actual value of the exhaust gas recirculation rate if the predefined limiting value of the cylinder pressure fluctuations is reached, and storing the determined actual value as a setpoint value for the exhaust gas recirculation rate of the internal combustion engine.
US10767575B2
A control system for fuel injection by predicting engine noise may include an engine noise predicting device configured to derive a predicted engine noise value in real time by a predicted engine noise coefficient which is pre-stored according to a currently measured combustion pressure value of an engine; and a combustion controller configured to determine a difference between the real-time predicted engine noise value derived by the engine noise predicting device and a target engine noise value for a current operation condition of the engine, and when the engine noise is determined as being degraded due to an abnormal combustion, configured to change the target engine noise value to control fuel injection according to the changed target engine noise value.
US10767572B2
A supporting arrangement for an eccentric member (8) of an adjusting arrangement (6) of a connecting rod (2) of a reciprocating piston internal combustion engine having at least one piston rod (18) that is guided displaceably by a piston (20) and a seal member (24) is connected to the supporting piston (20) in a supporting cylinder (12, 14) which is provided in the connecting rod (2) and has a longitudinal axis (16). The supporting piston (20) enclosing at least one cylinder chamber (22) with the supporting cylinder (12, 14). A side (28) of the supporting piston (20) that is directed toward the cylinder chamber (22) has a brake piston (30) that can be moved in the longitudinal axis (16). The brake piston (30) is mounted on the supporting piston (20) and can be prestressed by a spring (32).
US10767563B2
Systems and methods for controlling a fluid-based system are disclosed. The systems and methods may include a model processor for generating a model output, the model processor including a set state module for setting dynamic states, the dynamic states input to an open loop model based on the model operating mode, where the open loop model generates current state derivatives, solver state errors, and synthesized parameters as a function of the dynamic states and a model input vector. A constraint on the state derivatives and solver state errors is based a series of utilities that are based on mathematical abstractions of physical laws that govern behavior of the component. The model processor may include an estimate state module for determining an estimated state of the model based on at least one of a prior state, the current state derivatives, the solver state errors, and the synthesized parameters.
US10767555B2
A gas turbine engine includes a fan that includes a plurality of fan blades rotatable about an axis. An on-wing portion includes a compressor section and a combustor that is in fluid communication with the compressor section. A turbine section is in fluid communication with the combustor. A core flow path is arranged within a core nacelle. The fan is arranged upstream from the core flow path. A fan drive gear system module is coupled to the turbine section for rotating the fan about the axis. A connector assembly including first and second members respectively is secured to the on-wing portion and the fan drive gear system module. The first and second members are removably secured to one another by radially extending fasteners. The first members are connected to an on-wing portion of the gas turbine engine and the second members are connected to the fan drive gear system module. The fasteners are accessible through the bypass flow path.
US10767554B2
A turbine for an exhaust gas turbocharger has a housing with two exhaust gas volutes, between which a separating wall is provided and which have a common waste-gate opening. The turbine housing is equipped with a linear valve, which has a valve element and a displacement shaft for actuating the valve element. The displacement shaft of the linear valve is led through the separating wall in a separating wall plane and, in the direction of the shaft longitudinal axis of the linear valve, is movably arranged in the separating wall. The valve element is arranged in a separating wall cutout between the exhaust gas volutes and is led out of the area of the exhaust gas volutes in the direction toward the waste-gate opening, toward a valve seat which is formed on the inner side of the waste-gate opening, facing the exhaust gas volutes.
US10767548B2
A failure diagnosis method of a coolant temperature sensor for a vehicle, may include determining, by a controller, whether or not it is in a flow stop state that stagnates the flow of coolant by a flow control valve; obtaining, by the controller, an engine outlet coolant model temperature when it is in the flow stop state; and diagnosing, by the controller, as a failure of an engine outlet-side outlet water temperature sensor when the coolant model temperature is equal to or greater than a reference temperature and the flow stop state is maintained by the flow control valve.
US10767545B2
Provided is an internal combustion engine, comprising at least one cooling device for cooling at least one operational liquid of the internal combustion engine during and/or after operation of the internal combustion engine. The at least one cooling device has at least one heat exchanger and lines for transporting the at least one operational liquid to and from the at least one heat exchanger. The heat exchanger exchanges heat with a cooling medium, which cooling medium has during the operation of the internal combustion engine a lower temperature than the at least one operational liquid of the internal combustion engine. Heat is exchanged by the heat exchanger between the at least one operational liquid and the cooling medium, which cooling medium has before and/or during a starting operation of the internal combustion engine a higher temperature than the at least one operational liquid of the internal combustion engine.
US10767543B2
An exhaust system for receiving exhaust gas from an engine of a vehicle includes first, second, and third exhaust components, and first and second pipes. The first and second exhaust components are each adapted to receive exhaust gas from the engine. The first pipe has a first inlet, and first and second outlets. The first inlet is adapted to receive exhaust gas from the first exhaust component. The second pipe has a second inlet, and third and fourth outlets. The second inlet is adapted to receive exhaust gas from the second exhaust component. The third exhaust component is disposed downstream of and laterally between the first and second exhaust components. The third exhaust component has third and fourth inlets, and fifth and sixth outlets. The third inlet is fluidly connected to the first outlet. The fourth inlet is fluidly connected to the third outlet.
US10767528B2
The invention relates to a diesel oxidation catalyst which has a support body with a length L extending between a first end face a and a second end face b and catalytically active material zones A, B, and C arranged on the support body, wherein—material zone A contains palladium or platinum and palladium in a weight ratio of Pt:Pd of ≤1 and an alkaline earth metal and extends over 20 to 80% of the length L starting from the end face a, material zone B contains ceroxide, is free of platinum, and extends over 20 to 80% of the length L starting from the end face b, material zone C contains platinum or platinum and palladium in a weight ratio of Pt:Pd of ≥5, and neither material zone A nor material zone C is arranged over material zone B.
US10767522B2
Lost motion exhaust rocker engine brake system with actuation solenoid valve and method of operation
A compression-release engine brake system for effectuating a compression-release engine braking operation of an internal combustion engine. The compression-release system includes a lost motion exhaust rocker assembly including an exhaust rocker arm, an actuation device including an actuation piston and an actuation cavity, and a reset device including a reset check valve and a slider-piston. Hydraulic fluid in the exhaust rocker arm is locked in the actuation cavity when the reset check valve is in the closed position, and flows through the reset check valve when the reset check valve is in the open position. The slider-piston is associated with the reset check valve so that in an extended position of the slider-piston the reset check valve is free to move toward the closed position, and in a retracted position of the slider-piston the reset check valve is moved to the open position thereof by the slider-piston.
US10767521B1
A variable port engine assembly and method of use utilizing a rotating camshaft having different sized ports that are dynamically aligned with intake, combustion, and exhaust ports and timed to open and close with appropriate engine cycles to change gas flow volumes through the combustion chamber to modify fuel efficiency and power.
US10767520B1
A valve seat insert of an engine has a valve seating surface including an outer curved segment forming a first wear crown for contacting the valve at an early wear state, an inner curved segment forming a second wear crown for contacting the valve at a later wear state, and a linear segment extending between the outer and the inner curved segments. A top flow crown is set off radially inward from the engine head, and a sloping segment extending from the top flow crown is oriented at an acute angle relative to the valve seat center axis.
US10767518B2
A hydraulically operated camshaft phasing mechanism has two lock pins. One of the lock pins engages at an intermediate position and an end lock pin engages near one of the stops at the end of the phaser range of authority. At least one of the locking pins, preferably the end lock pin, when the vane is at an end stop position, is engaged by oil pressure and spring loaded to release when the oil pressure side of the end lock pin is vented.
US10767515B2
A method for liquid air and gas energy storage (LAGES) which integrates the processes of liquid air energy storage (LAES) and regasification of liquefied natural gas (LNG) at the import terminal through the exchange of thermal energy between the streams of air and natural gas (NG) in their gaseous and liquid states and includes harnessing the LNG as an intermediate heat carrier between the air streams being regasified and liquefied, recovering a compression heat from air liquefier for LNG regasification and utilizing a cold thermal energy of liquid air being regasified for reliquefaction of a part of send-out NG stream with its return to LNG terminal.
US10767506B2
A system for controlling a plurality of hydraulic effectors operably connected to an engine to control engine parameters. The system also includes a plurality of sensors operably connected to measure a state or parameter of each effector, a pump configured to supply fluid to the plurality of effectors, and a controller operably connected to the plurality of sensors, the plurality of effectors, and the pump. The controller executes a method for an adaptive model-based control for controlling each effector, The method includes receiving a request indicative of a desired state for each effector, receiving a weighting associated each request, obtaining information about a current state of each effector, and updating an adaptive model based control (MBC) based upon the information. The method also includes generating a control command for an effector based upon the adaptive MBC and commanding the effector based upon the control command.
US10767505B2
A tubular shaft (8) of a turbomachine, including at the inner periphery of same, a bath (11), substantially perpendicular to splines (9), the bath (11) includes cavities (17) distributed over a circumference centred on an axis of rotation (LL) of the shaft (8).
US10767482B2
Provided is a rescue capsule for shelter in tunnel construction, relating to lifesaving equipment. The rescue capsule includes a housing. A cavity of the housing includes an equipment compartment which is located at an upper portion of the cavity and a passenger compartment which is located at a lower portion of the cavity. An exterior of the housing is provided with an external skeleton. The exterior of the housing is further provided with an external indicating sign and an external rescue indicator. The housing is further provided with an explosion-proof sealing door. An oxygen cylinder, a power supply, a maintenance box, a first air purifier and a medical box are provided in the equipment compartment. Areas where the maintenance box and the medical box of the equipment compartment are provided communicate with the passenger compartment.
US10767475B2
A method, apparatus, and program product to determine distribution of a plurality of components amongst a plurality of phases for a multi-component, multi-phase system including a multi-component, multi-phase fluid. A plurality of phase boundaries of the multi-component, multi-phase fluid and a vapor-liquid equilibrium (VLE) are determined based on a plurality of geophysical parameters associated with an oilfield and using one or more computer processors, including by determining hydrocarbon partitioning in a water phase, based in part on applying empirical equilibrium multi-phase mole fraction ratios (K-values) of the multi-component, multi-phase system that are functions of temperature and pressure only. In addition, an amount of at least one fluid component distributed in a plurality of phases of the multi-component, multi-phase system is predicted by solving a set of flash equations with the one or more computer processors based on the plurality of phase boundaries.
US10767470B2
Methods and systems are included that relate to the detection and monitoring of defects in wellbore conduits using a distributed sensor system and a wireline transmitter. A method for inspection of wellbore conduits may comprise: running a wireline transmitter into a wellbore; generating an electromagnetic field using the wireline transmitter, wherein the electromagnetic field penetrates one or more conduits disposed in the wellbore, and wherein the electromagnetic field induces emission of at least one secondary electromagnetic field from the one or more conduits; generating at least one signal in response to the secondary electromagnetic field, wherein the at least one signal is generated using a distributed sensor system, and wherein the distributed sensor system comprises electromagnetic field sensors installed in the wellbore and distributed along the one or more conduits; and identifying a pipe electromagnetic or geometric property of the one or more conduits based on the at least one signal.
US10767467B2
Disclosed embodiments include well ranging apparatus, systems, and methods which operate to receive normal components of electromagnetic field strength azimuthal measurements within a first well at different tool azimuth angles in the first well. Further activities include determining an approximate range from the sensors to a second well that serves as a source of an electromagnetic field, via direct transmission or backscatter transmission, using the normal components of the electromagnetic field strength azimuthal measurements. In some embodiments, the approximate range can be determined without introducing sensor azimuthal separation into range calculations. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
US10767452B2
A well tool includes a deformable liner configured to be positioned within a wellbore. The deformable liner is configured to be deformed radially. The well tool includes a first inflatable packer configured to be positioned within the deformable liner. The first inflatable packer is configured to be inflated while positioned within the deformable liner to deform the deformable liner radially. The well tool includes a second inflatable packer configured to be positioned around the deformable liner. The second inflatable packer is configured to be inflated to an inner wall of the wellbore.
US10767451B2
A tubular for reservoir fines control includes a body having an outer surface and an inner surface defining a flow path. A plurality of openings are formed in the body connecting the outer surface and the flow path. A material mesh is overlaid onto the outer surface. The material mesh is formed from a material swellable upon exposure to a selected fluid. The material mesh has a selected porosity allowing methane to pass into the flow path while preventing passage of fines.
US10767446B2
A concave section such as an extension section, a cutting section, and a notch section is provided to receive a lid of a float valve in an inside of outer tube assembly of a drill string. Thus, when the float valve is provided for the drill string, it is made possible to collect a core with a larger diameter by a thinner drill string, by expanding the inner diameter of the drill string.
US10767445B2
A downhole pump used for a reciprocating pump system includes a barrel coupling to a tubing string and having a standing valve and includes a plunger coupling to a rod string and having a traveling valve. One or both of the valves can include an assembly comprising a housing, an insert, a ball, and a seat. The insert allowing for flow therethrough defines a ball stop at one end has a ball passage at the other end. The insert positions in flow passage of the housing, and one of the ends engages a shoulder in the passage. The insert is secured in the flow passage with metallic material metallurgically affixed between at least a portion of the insert and the flow passage. For example, brazing material can be brazed at the end of the insert to metallurgically affix the insert in the passage. The ball is positioned in the insert, and the seat is positioned adjacent an end of the insert. The assembly is then incorporated into components of the pump.
US10767441B2
A storm plug packer apparatus and method for securely and reversibly packing a cased well, allowing removal of the drill string above the plug in circumstances such as evacuation ahead of a storm, and resumption of drilling operations afterward, and allows operations by other tools that need to be temporarily fixed to the inside of the casing. Transfer balls are arrayed radially about the circumference of an outer sleeve, recessed in mounting holes behind ball-retainer rings and deformable membranes, and accommodated by troughs in an inner sleeve in an unset state. In a set state, the inner sleeve moves downward in relation to the outer sleeve, and the crenated, ramped axial profile of the inner sleeve pushes the transfer balls outwards, against the deformable membranes and in turn against the inside of the well casing, fixing the storm plug packer and all tools below it in place.
US10767440B2
A wiper dart includes one or more wiper elements disposed about a mandrel, each wiper element comprising a wiper cup that extends radially outward and rearwardly relative to the mandrel, and a nose assembly coupled to the mandrel. A drive element is disposed about the mandrel and includes a shoe and a cup coupled to the shoe. The cup extends radially outward and rearwardly from the shoe and exhibits a maximum diameter less than or equal to a maximum diameter of the one or more wiper elements, and the shoe provides at least one of axial and radial support to the cup.
US10767432B1
A well drilling fishing equipment alignment device that includes a base and an inner support that is connected to and that extends from that base. The inner support is configured to receive, hold, and vertically align an equipment retrieval device, typically an overshot. Also included is an outer cover that is configured to cover and protect at least a portion of the equipment retrieval device when it is connected to the inner support. The base provides a flat bottom and a handling feature. The inner support includes a preferably hollow vertical support member that includes a lower end guide support that mates with a feature of the equipment retrieval device. Beneficially the guide support includes a perimeter lip that engages a bottom edge of an equipment retrieval device guide to form a joint.
US10767426B2
A system for processing fluids is disclosed including a pump in fluid communication with a used fluid pit, a membrane separator in fluid communication with the used fluid pit, wherein an insert is disposed within the membrane separator, and a clean fluid pit in fluid communication with the membrane separator.
US10767425B2
A wrench assembly comprising an upper clamp assembly, a lower clamp assembly coupled to the upper clamp assembly, an alignment device disposed between the upper and lower clamp assemblies to allow the upper clamp assembly to move laterally relative to the lower clamp assembly when rotated relative to the lower clamp assembly, and an eccentricity sensing mechanism coupled between the upper clamp assembly and the lower clamp assembly.
US10767423B2
The present invention relates to a stabilizing system (100, 200, 300) adapted to be used in a drilling system, wherein the transversal diameter of the stabilizing system (100, 200, 300) increases when drilling forces are applied onto the stabilizing system (100, 200, 300). The invention further comprises a corresponding method for drilling a hole.
US10767419B2
An apparatus and method for pulling a drill string out from a wellbore and lowering the drill string back into the wellbore, with minimal or no disassembly of the drill string, are provided. The apparatus has a first tension mechanism, a second tension mechanism, an up-hole cable, a down-hole cable and a guide. To pull a drill string out from a wellbore, the up-hole cable is connected to an up-hole end of the drill string and the drill string is pulled upwardly into and through the guide. To lower the drill string into the wellbore, the down-hole cable is connected to the mid-section (and/or the up-hole end) of the drill string and the drill string is pulled downwardly from the guide back into the wellbore.
US10767417B2
An accessory device for attachment to a folding step ladder includes a square or rectangular receiver frame that hingedly attaches to the top end of the ladder and a tray that is removably supported within the receiver frame. In a preferred embodiment, the receiver frame is attached with two or more hinges to the ladder and includes collapsible pivoting support arms on opposite sides extending between and connecting to the sides of the receiver frame and the ladder. In use, the receiver frame is supported horizontally, extending out from the top of the ladder, and is held by the support arms that lock into an extended position. When not in use, the receiver frame is folded down and collapsed against the side of the ladder for transport and storage.
US10767415B2
A reinforcement system and method for a door having a window provides for a window shutter that slides into a position covering the window during a shooting incident. An elongated bar has one end pivotally supported by a securing bracket, which is attached to a wall adjacent the door. A release pin is attached to the securing bracket; it normally supports the bar in a vertical stored position. A holster is secured to the wall on the opposite side of the door in alignment with the securing bracket. The shutter, the securing bracket, and the holster are formed from a ballistic resistant material. During a shooting incident, the user moves the shutter to cover the window, removes the release pin and pivots the bar into a horizontal position barring the door. The free end of bar is received in the holster, thereby reinforcing the door independently of the door frame and door hinges.
US10767410B2
A braking device for a movable door wing comprising an electric motor operated as a generator wherein its motor shaft is rotatable by a movement of the door wing and which outputs a motion-dependent motor voltage, and a braking circuit to which the motor voltage is applied or can be applied and via which the electric motor can be short-circuited in order to dampen a movement of the door wing. In addition, it is provided that the braking device comprises a safety device with a current sensor which is designed to detect amperage generated by the electric motor. The safety device is designed to modify the braking circuit depending on the detected amperage in such a way that upon reaching or exceeding a predetermined or predeterminable overload amperage, the current in the braking circuit is reduced.
US10767409B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a door sealing system for an overhead door assembly of a vehicle comprises a rotating seal apparatus. The overhead door assembly includes a door frame and a door panel. The rotating seal apparatus comprises a rod, a first seal, and a second seal. When the door panel is in a closed position, the rod is actuatable, so that, when actuated, the rod is rotated, compressing the seal against the door panel and compressing the second seal against the door frame.
US10767406B2
A hinge mechanism is provided, including a rotary member, a first member, a second member, a first shaft, and a first slider. The first member has a first guiding channel. The second member pivotally connects to the first member and has a first recess. The first shaft pivotally connects the rotary member and the first member, wherein the first shaft has a first cavity. The first slider is movable between the first recess and the first cavity. When the first slider is located in the first recess, the first member is prohibited from rotating relative to the second member by the first slider. When the first slider slides from the first recess along the first guiding channel to the first cavity, the rotary member is prohibited from rotating relative to the first member by the first slider.
US10767401B2
A fuel door apparatus for a vehicle includes: a fuel door rotatable connected to a door housing, connected with an elastic member of the door housing, and including a guide pin; a locking lever rotatably connected to the door housing, having a first end portion disposed on a rotation radius of the guide pin; a restraining lever spaced apart from the locking lever to be rotatable on the door housing, having a first end portion disposed in a radius, on which a second end portion of the locking lever rotates, and latched on the locking lever in the closed position; and a drive controller being in contact with or separated from the restraining lever depending on whether the fuel door is opened or closed to selectively allow rotation of the restraining lever.
US10767399B2
A locking system is mounted to a door with three rods extending therefrom. The rods have a locked position extending beyond the periphery of the door and an unlocked position not extending beyond the periphery of the door. Three rod receivers are adapted to receive the three rods in the locked position. A handle rotatably engages cam plates which are operatively engaged with the rods whereby rotation of the handle rotates the cam which moves the rod ends from one position to the other. A locking tab extends forwardly from the lower cam plate into a recess and is engaged by a circular lock while the recess prevents movement of the engaged circular lock. A second locking tab extends forwardly from the rod-locking link and a stationary to locking tab is aligned thereto. Both locking tabs are engaged by a padlock preventing movement of the rod-locking link.
US10767398B2
A vehicle door handle circuit coupled to a vehicle control unit includes a transmission antenna circuit, a control circuit and an actuation sensor via which the door handle circuit receives DC voltage for supplying the control circuit or AC voltage for controlling the antenna circuit. The antenna circuit includes a series oscillating circuit with an inductor and a capacitor. A series circuit including a first capacitor and a first rectifier is connected between two contacts and in parallel with the antenna circuit allows part of the AC voltage signal to be used for the voltage supply of the control circuit. A second rectifier connects one of the two contacts to the series circuit. A third rectifier is also provided in order to feed DC voltage to the vehicle control unit.
US10767395B2
A lockable equipment rack for a backpack blower is presented. A lockable equipment rack includes adjustable components configured to storage of a variety of backpack blowers. The equipment rack can be installed in a variety of locations, for example a trailer, and securely store the backpack blower. The lockable equipment rack prevents theft of the backpack blower and tampering of its components.
US10767389B2
Bridge adapters configured for insertion into a cavity within a door stile are presented, the bridge adapter including: a planar body including, a top plate disposed along a distal end of the planar body, a first side plate including a first side plate front edge and a first side plate back edge located opposite the first side plate front edge, where the first side plate is mechanically coupled along the first side plate front edge and the top plate back edge by a first hinge, a bottom plate including a bottom plate front edge and a bottom plate back edge located opposite a bottom plate front edge, where the bottom plate front edge is mechanically coupled along the first side plate back edge and the bottom plate front edge by a second hinge.
US10767380B2
A core form device including a circular plate and a plurality of bendable arms extending from the circular plate which when bent about the circular plate form the core form device.
US10767375B2
A mechanism to secure the base of a pole to the lid of a flatbox finisher is provided. The mechanism utilizes at least one spring grasping device on the lid of the flat box finisher to grasp and secure the base of the pole. The grasping mechanism is depressed and grasps a generally flat rectangular edge of the base of the pole and secures the base of the pole to the lid of the flatbox finisher by friction. In particular, as the base having the pole of the flatbox finisher is first slid over the grasping mechanism, the grasping mechanism is first pushed downward. After the base slides over the grasping mechanism, the grasping mechanism springs back upward and locks the base of the pole into place on the lid of the flatbox finisher.
US10767356B2
A method of controlling actuation of a flush apparatus includes the steps of configuring a control module to actuate the flush apparatus for completing a flushing cycle periodically; and after a given unused time period of the flush apparatus, enabling the control module to enter into a sleep mode to stop an actuation of the flush apparatus. Therefore, during the rush hours, the control module is configured to actuate the flush apparatus frequently and during the off rush hours, the control module is configured to actuate the flush apparatus seldom.
US10767341B2
A control system includes a controller. The controller acquires current terrain data that indicates the current terrain to be worked. The controller decides on a target design terrain that is displaced vertically from the current terrain by referring to target displacement data. The target displacement data indicates the target displacement of a work implement according to the amount of movement from a work start position. The controller generates a command signal to move the work implement toward the target design terrain.
US10767336B2
A pile driver configured to drive a pile into an underwater bed includes a floatable body with a pile guide configured to guide the pile in a downward direction, and an actuator that is fixed to the floatable body and that is configured to drive the pile from the floatable body into the underwater bed. A method of driving a pile into an underwater bed includes the steps of: positioning a floatable body; arranging a pile in a pile guide configured to guide said pile in a downward direction; and driving the pile from the floatable body into the underwater bed by an actuator that is fixed to the floatable body.
US10767329B2
A portable, water-filled barrier system includes a plurality of water-fillable modules, each module being internally divided into cells that emulate a section of a sandbag dike or wall. Automatic valves can seal openings between the filled cells, so that a punctured cell will not cause cells below and behind to deflate. A manifold can be used to simultaneously fill a plurality of modules. The barrier system further includes at least one anchoring support base having an underlying portion that extends under at least one of the modules. A vertical portion of the support base extends upward behind and abuts at least one of the modules, and an anchoring portion includes openings that enable attachment of the anchoring support base to the underlying ground by stakes and/or spikes. A flexible sheet can be installed beneath and in front of the assembled barrier to further inhibit horizontal displacement of the modules.
US10767328B2
The invention provides a dock waler moulded from a settable material, where the dock waler defines a main body which encloses a volume and defines at least one interior cavity. The main body also defines at least one engagement structure arranged to engage with a complimentary engagement structure formed in a dock float assembly.
US10767327B2
A driving system for driving at least one auger of a snow removing device comprising at least one at least one self-adjusting chain tensioner. A first portion of the driving system is positioned within an auger housing and a second portion of the driving system is positioned outside the auger housing. The roller chain is adapted to move across a third opening provided in the auger housing. The first portion is covered by a front guard to prevent snow or debris contained in the auger housing to contact said first portion. The front guard is provided with an opening adapted to surround a portion of a shaft element of the auger with a play between periphery of the opening and the periphery of a corresponding portion the shaft element. The play is either small enough to prevent water and or debris to enter the first casing, or filled with a filling element and/or covered with a sealing element secured to the front guard or the corresponding portion of the shaft element of the at least one auger, to have the play small enough to prevent water and/or debris to enter the first casing. The second portion prevent snow or debris present around the snow removing device to contact the said second portion. A snow blower provided with the driving system, a kit comprising parts and/or components of the driving system, a method for assembling the driving system, and a method for manufacturing some components or parts of the driving system.
US10767325B2
Disclosed is an impact resistant traffic noise barrier system. The system includes a traffic barrier that is designed to be placed adjacent a roadway and next to a flow of traffic. The design and weight of the traffic barrier permit it to withstand a variety of vehicle impacts. As part of the system, a sound wall is installed along the top of the traffic barrier. The sound wall includes a series of beams that are secured to the traffic barrier via anchor plates. Acoustic panels are secured between adjacent beams. An anchor cable extends from an anchor post, to a first post, and along a number of intermediate posts. The anchor cable is thus suspended above the traffic barrier with the anchor cable being connected to the beams. As such, the anchor cable suspends the beams in the event they become separated from the traffic barrier.
US10767322B1
An apparatus and method heat a structure during frozen precipitation. The apparatus comprises: (i) heating means for heating the structure; a control unit 14 for controlling operation of the heating means; and a frozen precipitation forecast sensor that: receives, over a time frame, weather data for a geographic region of the structure; determines, at time instances during the time frame, whether there is a likelihood of frozen precipitation in a geographic zone around the structure based on the received weather data; and transmits command signals to the control unit based on the determinations of whether there is a likelihood of frozen precipitation in the geographic zone around the structure. The command signals can be commands to the control unit for the operational state of the heating means.
US10767320B2
An expansion joint system for bridging an expansion joint gap between two spaced-apart, underlying building or roadway structures. The expansion joint system includes a cover plate, at least one swing arm, sliding bearings engaged with the swing arms, and fasteners for engaging the swing arms to the cover plate. The swing arms include a receiving well configured for receiving a mechanical fastener to fasten the swing arms to the cover plate. The expansion joint system permits movement in response to a seismic or thermal event that causes expansion or contraction of the gap between structural members while maintaining coverage of the gap, and following a seismic or thermal event, the maintains a substantially-centered position of the cover plate.
US10767310B2
A composite forming fabric for a papermaking machine woven according to a repeating fabric weave pattern is provided. The fabric includes a paper side (PS) layer having a PS surface, with the PS layer including PS warps and PS wefts interwoven in a first repeating pattern, and a machine side (MS) layer having a MS surface, with the MS layer including interwoven MS warps and MS wefts. A plurality of pairs of binder weft yarns each including first and second binder weft yarns that are interwoven with the PS warps and the MS warps to bind the PS and MS layers together in the composite forming fabric. In each pattern repeat of the fabric weave pattern at least three of the MS warps pass under each MS weft, where said at least three of the MS warps are co-located adjacent to one another with a further one of the MS warps separating a first of the at least three warps from the others of said at least three warps, and each of the MS warps interlaces with at least two non-adjacent ones of the MS wefts.
US10767307B2
A method for catalytic oxidation of cellulose using a heterocyclic nitroxyl radical as catalyst, main oxidant acting as oxygen source, and an activator of the heterocyclic nitroxyl radical, comprises—a preliminary activation step of the heterocyclic nitroxyl radical with hypochlorite to activated catalyst, and after the preliminary activation step, a cellulose oxidation step using the activated catalyst and hypochlorite as the main oxidant to oxidize cellulose. In the cellulose oxidation step, fibrous starting material is subjected to the oxidation to oxidize the cellulose, whereafter the oxidized fibrous raw material is disintegrated to nanofibrillar cellulose (NFC).
US10767306B2
A fire-retarded cellulose fiber material composed of phosphoric acid and ammonium sulfate as fire-retardant chemical components, absorbed, adsorbed and/or adhered on the cellulose fibers, and optional non-fire retardant additives, and methods of producing the fire-retarded cellulose fiber material are disclosed.
US10767304B2
Disclosed are a dryer and a method of controlling the same, the dryer which is capable of: determining an amount of laundry loaded in the dryer and controlling a drying operation according to the amount of laundry; measuring a current supplied to rotate the drum and extracting a force applied to laundry in the drum to measure an amount of laundry; changing a rotation direction to minimize an error in the amount of laundry, which is caused by entanglement of the laundry; performing a drying operation after determining the amount of laundry through adjustment of the rotation direction; and setting a drying time in consideration of both a calculated amount of laundry and a type of the laundry, such that damage to the laundry is prevented and over-drying or less-drying of the laundry is solved, thereby efficiently drying the laundry.
US10767294B2
The invention relates to a control system for a tufting machine configured for forming tufted carpet. The tufting machine can have a system controller in communication with the tufting machine and with a plurality of yarn feed controllers for controlling operation of yarn feed motors that are configured to supply yarn from a source of yarn to the tufting machine. The system controller is programmable to enable input of a plurality of predetermined yarn feed profiles for selected stitches of a programmed pattern to be tufted such that, although at least two of the predetermined yarn feed profiles can be different, substantially the same feed length of yarn is used from each of the plurality of yarns.
US10767291B2
Preparing textile products by establishing, by a textile product system, data types, valid values for each data type, and valid relationships between the data types encompassing specification of textile products for manufacturing and visualization of the textile products. Receiving, from a user, a first data set comprising values of data types and relationships between the data types associated with at least one of manufacturing of a particular textile product and visualization of the particular textile product. Determining whether the received first data set conforms to the data type, data value, and data relationships valid for at least one of the manufacturing of textile products and the visualization of textile products.
US10767266B2
The ratio of the difference between a surface distance L at each of the different positions in a width direction DW of a metal sheet and a minimum surface distance Lm to the minimum surface distance Lm is an elongation difference ratio. The elongation difference ratio in a center section in the width direction DW of the metal sheet is less than or equal to 3×10−5. The elongation difference ratios in two edge sections in the width direction DW of the metal sheet are less than or equal to 15×10−5. The elongation difference ratio in at least one of the two edge sections in the width direction DW of the metal sheet is less than the elongation difference ratio in the center section in the width direction of the metal sheet.
US10767257B2
The invention relates to a method for removing a metal deposit (2) arranged on a surface (5) in a chamber (1), said method including repeatedly performing a sequence including: a) a first phase of injecting chemical species suitable for oxidizing said metal deposit (2); and b) a second phase of injecting chemical species suitable for volatilizing the oxidized metal deposit, said second phase b) being performed after the first phase a).
US10767256B2
A method of making a ferrite thin film is provided in which a portion of the iron ions in the ferrite are substituted by ions of at least one other metal. The substituting ions occupy both tetrahedral and octahedral sites in the unit cell of the ferrite crystal. The method includes placing each of a plurality of targets, one at a time, in close proximity to a substrate in a defined sequence; ablating the target thus placed using laser pulses, thereby causing ions from the target to deposit on the substrate; repeating these steps, thereby generating a film; and annealing the film in the presence of oxygen. The plurality of targets, the sequence of their ablation, and the number of laser pulses that each target is subjected to, are selected so as to allow the substituting ions to occupy both tetrahedral and octahedral sites in the unit cell.
US10767252B2
The present invention provides a carburized part which is formed by processing a steel into a shape of a part and performing a carburizing treatment on the steel, the steel having a composition consisting essentially of, in terms of % by mass: 0.10% to 0.40% of C; 0.05% to 2.00% of Si; 0.30% to 2.00% of Mn; 0.30% to 3.00% of Cr; 0.025% or less of N; and as a pinning particle forming element which forms a pinning particle by nitrification, one or two or more elements selected from: 0.020% to 0.100% of Al; 0.01% to 0.20% of Nb; and 0.005% to 0.20% of Ti, and optionally: 0.80% or less of Mo, with the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities, in which a crystal grain size number of a surface layer of the part at a depth of 50 μm or less from a surface is greater than 5, and the crystal grain size number of an inner portion of the part at a depth of 3 mm or more from the surface is 5 or less.
US10767243B2
A process for purifying Mo-99 from an acidic solution obtained by dissolving an irradiated solid target comprising uranium in an acidic medium, or from an acidic solution comprising uranium and which has previously been irradiated in a nuclear reactor, or from an acidic solution comprising uranium and which has been used as reactor fuel in a homogeneous reactor, the process comprising contacting the acidic solution with an adsorbent comprising a zirconium oxide, zirconium hydroxide, zirconium alkoxide, zirconium halide and/or zirconium oxide halide, and eluting the Mo-99 from the adsorbent using a solution of a strong base, the eluate then being subjected to a subsequent purification process involving an alkaline-based Mo-99 chromatographic recovery step on an anion exchange material. Also provided is apparatus for carrying out the process.
US10767242B2
A system and method for recovering a metal value from a metal-bearing ore material are provided. A metal-bearing ore can be mixed with certain substances and to form an agglomerated ore. In an intermediate state, between agglomeration and heap formation, bacteria can be added to the metal-bearing ore material to produce an augmented ore. The augmented ore can then be formed into a heap. Bacteria from the heap may be fortified to assist in bacterial growth.
US10767241B2
A fixture is provided for holding sheets having complex shapes during heat treating. The fixture includes a base having a central opening and defining a peripheral foundation. A support structure extends inwardly and upwardly from the base and across the central opening. The support structure includes first axial and traverse openings extending there through. A sheet engagement structure is secured to the support structure and includes second axial openings extending there through. The sheet engagement structure has a peripheral section and at least one connecting leg extending between portions of the peripheral section. A sheet securing ring is removably secured to the sheet engagement structure for slidingly securing a sheet between the sheet securing ring and the sheet engagement structure. The central opening, first axial and traverse openings and second axial openings cooperating to create a uniform and accelerated flow of fluid through the fixture.
US10767236B2
A method of producing a sugar liquid includes a step of filtering a saccharified liquid derived from cellulose-containing biomass, through a nanofiltration membrane and/or reverse osmosis membrane; and a two-step washing step of washing the nanofiltration membrane and/or reverse osmosis membrane after the filtration, with an acid washing liquid and then with an alkali washing liquid; is provided. The method of producing a sugar liquid in which a cellulose-derived sugar liquid is processed through a nanofiltration membrane and/or reverse osmosis membrane is/are effectively washed in a contaminated separation membrane(s).
US10767234B2
Methods of detecting the presence of microorganisms in a sample, the methods including combining a sample, a reducing agent, an oxidant generator and a chemiluminescent agent, and in some cases a shielding agent, wherein the reducing agent both reduces the oxidant generator to produce an oxidant and reduces one or more disulfide bonds on a surface of a microorganism and wherein the oxidant oxidizes the chemiluminescent agent to produce a luminescent compound; and detecting the presence or absence of a signal to indicate the presence or absence of microorganisms in the sample, wherein the intensity of the chemiluminescent signal is inversely proportional to the amount of microorganisms in the sample.
US10767227B2
In alternative embodiments, the invention provides nucleic acid sequences that are genetic polymorphic variations of the human TMEM216 gene, and TMEM216 polypeptide encoded by these variant alleles. In alternative embodiments, the invention provides methods of determining or predicting a predisposition to, or the presence of, a ciliopathy (or any genetic disorder of a cellular cilia or cilia anchoring structure, basal body or ciliary function) in an individual, such as a Joubert Syndrome (JS), a Joubert Syndrome Related Disorder (JSRD) or a Meckel Syndrome (MKS). In alternative embodiments, the invention provides compositions and methods for the identification of genetic polymorphic variations in the human TMEM216 gene, and methods of using the identified genetic polymorphisms and the proteins they encode, e.g., to screen for compounds that can modulate the human TMEM216 gene product, and possibly treat JS, JSRD or MKS. In alternative embodiments, the invention provides cells, cell lines and/or non-human transgenic animals that can be used as screening or model systems for studying ciliopathies and testing various therapeutic approaches in treating ciliopathies, e.g., JS, JSRD or MKS.
US10767225B2
This disclosure provides, among other things, a cartridge comprising: (a) a cartridge body comprising a malleable material and having, disposed on a surface of the body, at least one valve body comprising a valve inlet and a valve outlet, each fluidically connected to a fluidic channel; and (b) a layer comprising a deformable material bonded to a surface of the cartridge body and sealing the at least one valve body at points of attachment, thereby forming at least one valve; wherein the at least one valve body is depressed in the cartridge body relative to the points of attachment and wherein the deformable material covering the at least one valve body retains sufficient elasticity after deformation such that in a ground state the valve is open. Also disclosed is an instrument comprising a cartridge interface and a cartridge as described herein engaged with the cartridge interface, wherein (II) the cartridge interface comprises: (A) at least one mechanical actuator, each mechanical actuator positioned to actuate a valve; and (B) at least one motor operatively coupled to actuate a mechanical actuator toward or away from a valve.
US10767221B2
Presented herein are polymerase-linked nucleotides for improved distinguishing nucleotide sequences for different nucleic acid molecules. Also presented are methods and systems using the polymerase-linked nucleotides for improved distinguishing nucleotide sequences for different nucleic acid molecules.
US10767214B2
The present invention relates to a method of enriching for membranous microvesicles relative to the cellular population in a biological sample. More particularly, there is provided a method for enriching for exosomes from plasma. In a related aspect, there is provided a method of reducing the concentration of cellular and cellular derived molecules in a biological sample. Still further, the present invention provides methods for selectively isolating mRNA subpopulations from exosomes. Yet further, there are provided methods of amplifying exosome derived RNA. The method of the present invention is useful in a range of applications including, but not limited to, diagnostic, prognostic, therapeutic, research and development applications, to the extent that the enrichment of exosomes is required.
US10767209B2
The present invention relates to a device for detecting a plant pathogen spore in soil or water. The present invention also relates to a method for detection of a plant pathogen spore. The device for detecting a plant pathogen spore in soil or water comprises a support member containing a plant pathogen chemoattractant; a filter having a plurality of pores; a culture medium containing a plant pathogen chemoattractant; and a detection means; wherein the support member is adjacent to the filter and the filter is adjacent to the culture medium.
US10767206B2
The invention provides a new fermentation process for producing gellan gum, which can control the feeding amount and feeding speed of the nitrogen sources accurately and quantitatively, and control the growth and gum production of the strains, so as to significantly improve the controllability, stability and yield of the fermentation process for producing gellan gum.
US10767204B2
The present disclosure provides methods and systems for generating sugars from biomass. The methods and systems provide increased yields of carbohydrates and fermentable sugars by combining enzyme recycling with removal of saccharification enzyme inhibitors and increased solids loading.
US10767202B2
The present disclosure relates to methods of using transaminase polypeptides in the synthesis of chiral amines from prochiral ketones.
US10767197B2
A method for enhancing yeast growth for bioproduct production is described. A method for fermentative bioproduct production also is provided. A nutrient composition used in the methods also is described. A liquid mixture containing the nutrient composition, yeast culture (or fungi, algae, or bacteria culture), and sugars also is provided.
US10767194B2
Methods of modulating expression of a target nucleic acid in a cell are provided including introducing into the cell a first foreign nucleic acid encoding one or more RNAs complementary to DNA, wherein the DNA includes the target nucleic acid, introducing into the cell a second foreign nucleic acid encoding a nuclease-null Cas9 protein that binds to the DNA and is guided by the one or more RNAs, introducing into the cell a third foreign nucleic acid encoding a transcriptional regulator protein or domain, wherein the one or more RNAs, the nuclease-null Cas9 protein, and the transcriptional regulator protein or domain are expressed, wherein the one or more RNAs, the nuclease-null Cas9 protein and the transcriptional regulator protein or domain co-localize to the DNA and wherein the transcriptional regulator protein or domain regulates expression of the target nucleic acid.
US10767193B2
Engineered Cas9 systems that utilize alternate protospacer adjacent motifs for target DNA binding, nucleic acids encoding the engineered Cas9 systems, and methods of using the engineered Cas9 systems for modifying target chromosomal sequences in eukaryotic cells.
US10767188B2
The present invention provides methods for obtaining plants that exhibit useful traits by perturbation of plastid function in plant rootstocks and grafting the rootstocks to scions. Methods for identifying genetic loci that provide for useful traits in plants and plants produced with those loci are also provided. In addition, plants that exhibit the useful traits, parts of the plants including seeds, and products of the plants are provided as well as methods of using the plants. Recombinant DNA vectors and transgenic plants comprising those vectors that provide for plastid perturbation are also provided.
US10767185B2
The present invention provides a preparation method for PCV2 capsid protein and a pharmaceutical composition containing said capsid protein. The method of the present invention uses a novel arabinose-induced expression vector and thereby improves the synthesis efficiency of said PCV2 capsid protein. On the other hand, the present pharmaceutical composition combines said capsid protein and other favorable components at a proper ratio so that achieves excellent immune-inducing effects.
US10767180B2
The present invention provides for a double stranded RNA comprising a first RNA sequence and a second RNA sequence wherein the first and second RNA sequence are substantially complementary, wherein the first RNA sequence has a sequence length of at least 19 nucleotides and is substantially complementary to SEQ ID NO. 1. Said double stranded RNA is for use in inducing RNAi against Huntingtin exon 1 sequences. The double stranded RNA of to the invention was capable of reducing neuronal cell death and huntingtin aggregates in an animal model.
US10767179B2
Certain embodiments are directed to methods of identifying neuroblastoma differentiation-inducing compounds or agent and their use in treating neuroblastoma.
US10767176B2
This invention pertains to modified compositions for use in CRISPR systems, and their methods of use. In particular, length-modified and chemically-modified forms of crRNA and tracrRNA are described for use as a reconstituted guide RNA for interaction with Cas9 of CRISPR systems. The resultant length-modified and chemically-modified forms of crRNA and tracrRNA are economical to produce and can be tailored to have unique properties relevant to their biochemical and biological activity in the context of the CRISPR Cas9 endonuclease system.
US10767170B2
Provided are a fungus-sourced high-temperature neutral Family-45 cullulase as well as a coding gene and application thereof. The cullulase has optimal pH value of 5.5, and optimal temperature of 60° C., has certain enzyme activity in alkaline condition, and has good alkali resistance, maintains about 70% enzyme activity in optimal condition after being processed at 90° C. for 1 hour, maintains about 50% enzyme activity in optimal condition after being processed in boiling water for 1 hour, and can be well applied in c and other fields.
US10767164B2
Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) are promising cell source to produce therapeutic endocrine cells for diabetes treatment. A gel solution made by decellularized tissue-specific extracellular matrix (dpECM) significantly promotes three-dimensional (3D) islet-like organogenesis during induced hPSC differentiation into endocrine lineages. Islet organoids are self-organized even in a two-dimensional (2D) culture mode. Cells derived from hPSCs differentiated on such ECM coated substrates exhibit similar cellular composition to native pancreatic islets. These cells express islet signature markers insulin, PDX-1, C-peptide, MafA, glucagon, somatostatin, and pancreatic polypeptide, and secrete more insulin in response to glucose level compared to a traditional matrix substrate (Matrigel). The dpECM facilitates generating more C-peptide+/glucagon− cells rather than C-peptide+/glucagon+ cells. Remarkably, dpECM also facilitated intra-organoid vascularity by generating endothelial cells and pericytes. Furthermore, dpECM niches also induced intra-organoid microvascularization during pancreatic differentiation.
US10767157B2
One embodiment provides a commensal gut production platform for ex vivo production of human gut commensal microbiota. Another embodiment provides devices, systems and methods for ex vivo culturing of gut microflora in a system that mimics the human gut environment. The culturing of the commensal microbiota in the disclosed systems produces gut microbiota having defined characteristics and properties that can be exploited to treat various conditions in a subject.
US10767154B2
A heat exchange module for use in a chemical, pharmaceutical or biological reactor system includes a generally hollow body having an interior space for receiving a replaceable or single use reactant container, and at least one thermally conductive surface adapted to contact the replaceable reactant container to facilitate heat transfer, a fluid circulation path formed within the body between an outer wall of the body and an inner wall of the body through which a heat exchange fluid can be circulated, and at least one baffle protruding from the inner wall of the body into the interior space.
US10767145B2
A single dose pack includes a container including a water-soluble film and a single dose scent boosting composition encapsulated within the container. The single dose scent boosting composition includes about 0.1 to about 10 weight percent of a fragrance based on a total weight of the scent-boosting composition, about 45 to about 75 weight percent of a saccharide based on a total weight of the scent-boosting composition, about 0.1 to about 6 weight percent of a surfactant based on a total weight of the scent-boosting composition; and about 10 to about 25 weight percent of water based on a total weight of the scent-boosting composition.
US10767143B2
Several of the films that comprise various energy producing or control devices, for example, electrochromic devices, lithium batteries, and photovoltaic cells, are sensitive to moisture in some way. They may be especially vulnerable to moisture at particular stages during their fabrication. It may also be highly desirable during fabrication to be able to wash particulates from the surface. The particulates may be generated some aspect of the fabrication process, or they may arise from the environment in which the fabrication takes place. This invention shows ways to remove said particles from the surface without incurring the damage associated with typical washing processes, resulting in higher manufacturing yields and better device performance.
US10767142B2
The present disclosure relates to proteases having an amino acid sequence with at least about 70% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence given in SEQ ID NO:2, over the entire length thereof, and comprising an amino acid substitution at at least one of the positions P9, Q62, D101, N130, G166, N187, 5216, N238 or Q271, based in each case on the numbering according to SEQ ID NO:2. The present disclosure also relates to the production and use thereof. Such proteases exhibit very good stability, in particular storage stability, while at the same time having a good cleaning performance.
US10767140B2
A dishwasher composition includes at least one strong chelant, at least one weak chelant, a structural constituent, at least one surfactant, and a primary polymer. The primary polymer includes a copolymer having sulfonic acid monomer units and monomer units comprising one or more supplemental monomers, wherein the primary polymer comprises from 10 wt. % to 50 wt. % sulfonic acid monomer units and has a weight average molecular weight of less than or equal to 20,000 g/mol. The dishwasher composition can be a liquid or a gel and has a pH of from 7.0 to 9.5. Methods of washing articles include preparing a wash solution that includes water and the dishwasher composition, and contacting at least one article with the washing solution during at least a portion of a wash cycle of a commercially-available dishwasher.
US10767136B2
Precursor or pro-fragrance compounds used as a precursor to deliver at least one fragrant compound that is capable of imparting an odor, in particular one which imparts an odor to a material, more particularly to a fabric or textile. The pro-fragrant compounds of the invention include fragrant alcohols (R1OH) released from a compound of Formula I or in which Formula I is derived from (R1OH) and encompass any fragrant alcohol having more than three carbon atoms. Also, methods of generating the fragrant compounds and to improve, enhance or modify odoriferous properties of a perfuming composition or a perfumed article are also disclosed, as are the resultant perfuming compositions and articles.
US10767134B1
A molybdate ester represented by the following formula: where R1 is a hydrocarbon chain, R2 is either a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon chain, and m and n are independently from 1 to 5, is effective when used in a lubricating composition in an amount sufficient to provide about 50-5000 ppm of molybdenum, with respect to friction and wear reduction, while providing improved protection against copper and lead corrosion.
US10767133B2
A lubricating composition includes an oil of lubricating viscosity and a compound comprising a protected mercaptophenol. The protected mercaptophenol includes a mercapto group in which the hydrogen is substituted with a substituent of at least 5 carbons. The substituent is selected from hydroxy-substituted hydrocarbyl groups, poly(ether) groups, hydrocarbyl groups, and mixtures and salts thereof.
US10767132B2
The bore of the ring has workings suitable to act as a grease reserve at a friction area. A self-lubricating coating layer with a low wettability is applied to the entire surface of the bore, including in the workings suitable to act as a grease reserve, such that after wearing of the layer of self-lubricating coating at the friction surface of the bore, the difference in wettability between the friction surface and the workings still having the coating layer, enables the grease to be drawn out of the workings in order to lubricate the friction area.
US10767119B1
Provided herein are amphiphilic asphaltene ionic liquids and methods of making and using the amphiphilic asphaltene ionic liquids, e.g. as demulsifiers for petroleum crude oil-water emulsions.
US10767115B2
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for processing to improve the properties of pyrolysis oil and, as a result, the commercial value of the same. The net result is creation of an oil with a much lighter color in lieu of the black color, reducing or elimination the undesired sulfury/amine aroma and reducing the amount of PAH which is believed to be a carcinogen.
US10767091B2
The present invention relates to a refrigerant composition, including trifluoroiodomethane (CF3I); 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234ze); difluoromethane (HFC-32), and pentafluoroethane (HFC-125) for use in a heat exchange system, including refrigeration applications and in particular aspects to the use of such compositions as a replacement of the refrigerant R-22 or R-404A for heating and cooling applications and to retrofitting heat exchange systems, including systems designed for use with R-22 or R-404A.
US10767090B2
The invention is directed towards methods and compositions for treating piles of particulate materials to inhibit and prevent the loss of valuable fuel or mineral dust from being released from storage piles or open containers. The method involves applying separately to the pile two different compositions. When separate the two compositions are low viscosity and easy to spray. When combined the two form a gel coating that is resistant to erosion but is flexible while the pile or payload is still settling, jostling, being bumped, and otherwise moving around. This coating is especially effective for coal piles, iron ore piles, and also for piles within and/or being moved by open topped railroad cars. The coating's flexibility prevents the coating from becoming brittle and shattering. The coating has better performance than its ingredients do alone. As a result the invention can both prevent unwanted dust pollution as well as save its users money by avoiding loss of blown away material.
US10767089B2
The present invention is a thermoplastic polymer composition which contains 10-120 parts by mass of a polar group-containing polypropylene resin (B) per 100 parts by mass of a thermoplastic elastomer (A) that is a block copolymer having a polymer block containing an aromatic vinyl compound unit and a polymer block composed of a conjugated diene unit having 40% by mole or more of 1,2-bonds and 3,4-bonds in total, or a hydrogenated product of the block copolymer (provided that a thermoplastic polymer composition containing 1 part by mass or more of a polyvinyl acetal resin is excluded). This thermoplastic polymer composition is able to be bonded with a ceramic, a metal or a synthetic resin without requiring a primer treatment, and has excellent flexibility, mechanical characteristics, moldability, heat resistance and storage stability.
US10767084B2
The present invention related to CNT filled polymer composite system possessing a high thermal conductivity and high temperature stability so that it is a highly thermally conductive for use in 3D and 4D integration for joining device sub-laminate layers. The CNT/polymer composite also has a CTE close to that of Si, enabling a reduced wafer structural warping during high temperature processing cycling. The composition is tailored to be suitable for coating, curing and patterning by means conventionally known in the art.
US10767078B2
Embodiments relate to a water soluble paint composition for a vehicle. The water soluble paint composition includes a core-shell microgel resin, a dimer-modified polyester resin, a (meth)acryl-modified polyurethane resin, a curing agent, a pigment, and water, wherein the dimer-modified polyester resin is included in an amount of 1 to 10 wt % with respect to 100 wt % of the water-soluble paint composition. When the water soluble paint composition according to various embodiments is used to paint a vehicle, air handling equipment and an oven are not needed, so that energy can be saved in the painting process, CO2 production can be reduced, costs can be saved for painting equipment and maintenance, and space for a painting line can be saved, and a paint layer can be formed having excellent smoothing, waterproofing, chipping resistance, and outer appearance.
US10767075B2
A coating composition for forming an electrically insulating film, a method of making the coating composition, and the cured coating composition are provided. The coating composition includes a curable polymer comprising at least one functional group for forming cross-linking structures, a curative configured to react with the at least one functional group in the curable polymer, a sol comprising silica or metal oxide nanoparticles having a particle diameter in a range of from about 0.1 nm to about 100 nm, an organic titanate, and optionally at least one solvent or diluent. The resulting cured coating or paint provides good insulation, coverage, adhesion, toughness, and corrosion resistance.
US10767068B2
A photocurable inkjet printing ink composition contains a photopolymerizable compound and a photopolymerization initiator, wherein in 100 percent by mass of the photocurable inkjet printing ink composition, included are: an acrylamide-based monomer by 5.0 to 50 percent by mass; a monofunctional monomer other than acrylamide-based monomer by 15 to 70 percent by mass; a polymerizable compound having two or more functionalities by 5.0 to 30.0 percent by mass; vinyl caprolactam by 0.1 to 15 percent by mass and/or an acrylated amine compound having two photopolymerizable functional groups and two amino groups in the molecule by 0 to 10 percent by mass; and the percentage of monofunctional monomers in the photopolymerizable compound is 60 to 99.5 percent by mass.
US10767067B2
An object is to provide a non-aqueous inkjet ink composition which offers excellent fine print reproducibility, solid fill property, and anti-mottling property on printed matters, even when it is printed, at high speed, on materials whose printing surface is constituted by a polyvinyl chloride polymer, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, or other vinyl polymer, etc., and which also offers excellent rub resistance, solvent resistance, discharge stability, and resolubility of dried coating film, and has a high flash point. To achieve the object, a non-aqueous inkjet ink composition is provided which contains an acrylic resin, a ketone resin, a pigment, and a pigment dispersant, as well as propylene carbonate and diethylene glycol alkyl ether as an organic solvent.
US10767064B2
An ink jet ink includes water, a water-soluble organic solvent, a resin, and an anionic heptamethine cyanine dye including a substituted or unsubstituted five or six membered ring in the heptamethine chain, the dye having a maximum absorption between 800 and 1200 nm to increase drying speed and improve image quality when dried with NIR or CIR dryers.
US10767059B2
A method for coating a composite structure, comprising applying a first slurry onto a surface of the composite structure, wherein the first slurry is a sol gel comprising a metal organic salt, a first carrier fluid, and a ceramic material, and heating the composite structure to a first sol gel temperature sufficient to form a sol gel-derived base layer on the composite structure.
US10767054B2
Process for preparing disodium 5,5′-indigosulfonate, the feedstock being indigo, this process including the following steps: i) the indigo is subjected to a sulfonation treatment resulting in a mixture that contains 5,5′-indigosulfonic acid, this process including: ii) a reduction treatment is applied to the mixture obtained in step i), and optionally a purification step, so as to obtain a composition including leuco-5,5′-indigosulfonic acid, iii) the leuco-5,5′-indigosulfonic acid is isolated from the composition resulting from step ii), iv) the leuco-5,5′-indigosulfonic acid resulting from step iii) is oxidized to give disodium 5,5′-indigosulfonate.
US10767052B2
The present disclosure relates to a polycarbonate resin composition having increased fluidity and excellent physical properties, and comprising: a first copolycarbonate comprising a repeating unit represented by Chemical Formula 1, a repeating unit represented by Chemical Formula 2, and a repeating unit represented by Chemical Formula 3 below; and a second copolycarbonate comprising a repeating unit represented by Chemical Formula 1 and a repeating unit represented by Chemical Formula 4 below,
US10767050B2
The invention described herein pertains to formaldehyde free, thermosetting liquid high solids binder compositions having rapid cure times on thermal curing and slow cure times at ambient temperatures so that the uncured binder compositions and products which comprise the uncured binder compositions have improved shelf lives.
US10767048B2
The present invention relates to a polyamide molding compound comprising the following components or consisting of these components: (A) 50 to 95 wt % of a mixture comprising the specific polyamides (A1) and (A2); (B) 5 to 50 wt % of at least one glass filler having a refractive index in the range from 1.540 to 1.600; (C) 0 to 10 wt % of at least one additive; wherein the weight proportions of the components (A) to (C) add up to 100% by weight; wherein the content of (A1) in the mixture (A) is >50 wt %, if the ratio is Δ2/Δ1>1 and the content of (A2) in the mixture (A) is >50 wt %, if the ratio is Δ2/Δ1≤1, where Δ1=n(A1)−n(B) applies and Δ2=n(B)−n(A2) applies; wherein the transparent polyamides (A1) and (A2) have a transparency of at least 90% and a haze of at most 3%; and wherein the mixture (A) has a transparency of at least 88% and a haze of at most 5%. The present invention additionally relates to molded bodies composed of these polyamide molding compounds.
US10767040B2
Thermosetting epoxy resin compositions on the one hand at room temperature in the incompletely cured state exhibit extremely slight alteration in shape and on the other hand develop a high surface tack, and, moreover, in the fully cured state are of high impact strength and at the same time exhibits high adhesion, particularly to metallic substrates. These compositions are ideally suited to the production of self-adhesive reinforcing elements.
US10767039B2
The present invention provides a thermoplastic resin and a molded article using the same, wherein the thermoplastic resin comprises: (A) 10 parts by weight to less than 30 parts by weight of a butadiene-based graft copolymer; (B) 5 parts by weight or more to less than 30 parts by weight of an acrylate-based graft copolymer; (C) 35 parts by weight to 65 parts by weight of a vinyl cyanide-aromatic vinyl-based copolymer; (D) 1 part by weight to 10 parts by weight of an ethylene-alkyl acrylate-based copolymer elastomer based on the total 100 parts by weight of (A), (B), and (C); and (E) 1 part by weight to 10 parts by weight of a polyester-based elastomer.
US10767036B2
A polyolefinic fiber made from or containing from 2 wt % to 20 wt % relative to the total weight of the fiber of a polyolefin composition made from or containing: A) 5-35% by weight of a propylene homopolymer or a propylene ethylene copolymer; B) 20-50% by weight of a copolymer of ethylene and a C3-C8 alpha-olefin containing from 0.1% to 20% by weight of alpha-olefin units and containing 25% by weight or less of a fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C.; and C) 30-60% by weight of a copolymer of ethylene and propylene containing from 25% to 75% by weight of ethylene units and containing from 40% to 95% by weight of a fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C.; the amounts of (A), (B) and (C) being referred to the total weight of (A)+(B)+(C), the sum of the amount of (A)+(B)+(C) being 100.
US10767031B2
A method of fabricating plastic products having a preselected color, comprising preparing a dispersion of pigment of the preselected color in cottonseed oil; supplying a preselected plastic resin for the product to be fabricated to a process machine having a rotating screw; furnishing the dispersion to the process machine at a position adjacent to threaded portion of the rotating screw; and blending the dispersion and the resin by rotating the screw.
US10767026B2
The present invention relates to processes for degrading plastic products and the uses thereof. The processes of the invention particularly comprise a step of amorphizing a plastic product prior to a step of depolymerization. The processes of the invention are particularly useful for degrading a plastic product comprising polyethylene terephthalate and/or polylactic acid. The invention also relates to a method of producing monomers and/or oligomers from a plastic product comprising at least one polyester, particularly polyethylene terephthalate and/or polylactic acid, comprising submitting the plastic product both to an amorphization step and to a depolymerization step.
US10767023B2
There are provided a porous water-soluble nonionic cellulose ether having an average pore size of 36 μm or smaller and an average particle size of from 30 to 300 μm; and a method for continuously producing said cellulose ether comprising the steps of: pulverizing a first water-soluble nonionic cellulose ether to obtain a first pulverized product, and sieving the pulverized product through a sieve having an opening of from 40 to 400 μm to obtain a first residue-on-sieve and a first sieve-passing fraction, wherein a portion or all of the first residue-on-sieve containing particles having particle sizes smaller than and greater than the opening of the sieve is re-pulverized together with a second water-soluble nonionic cellulose ether in the step of pulverizing to obtain a second pulverized product, which is pulverized to obtain the cellulose ether as a second sieve-passing fraction containing the re-pulverized particles.
US10767021B2
Provided is a cut sheet having sufficient water resistance and having fewer sharp protrusions in the end face despite including a large amount of inorganic particles and a method of reducing cuts. The cut sheet is formed of a resin composition including inorganic particles of 50% by mass or larger relative to the total mass of the composition and a thermoplastic resin. The cut sheet has a water absorption rate of 10% or lower measured in accordance with JIS K-7209. The actual occupancy rate of the exposed area of the inorganic particles is lower by at least 2% than the theoretical occupancy rate of the area of the inorganic particles in at least one end face.
US10767019B2
The invention is a resin composition containing following polymer (A) and polymer (B), wherein a content of the polymer (A) is 1 to 80 wt % based on the total weight of the polymer (A) and the polymer (B), polymer (A) is a alicyclic structure-containing hydrogenated polymer having a heat distortion temperature of 170° C. or higher, polymer (B) is a polymer incompatible with the polymer (A) and having a heat distortion temperature of lower than 170° C., a microporous film formed by using the resin composition, a separator including the microporous film, and a secondary battery having the separator. One aspect of the invention provides a resin composition suitably used as a raw material for a separator of a secondary battery excellent in safety, a microporous film obtained by forming the resin composition, a separator including the microporous film, and a secondary battery having the separator.
US10767018B2
This invention relates to a process for producing an isotactic polypropylene based composite, comprising: reactive blending of isotactic polypropylene homo-polymer; polypropylene grafted with a carboxylic anhydride or a furan type moiety such as maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene; and an amino silane such as (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane to produce an isotactic polypropylene based composite such that the crystallization temperature of the isotactic polypropylene based composite is in a range of about 120° C. to about 126° C. The reactive blending can further take place in the presence of an organically modified nanoclay.
US10767017B2
A resin composition including a silicon-containing resin component and a solvent, the silicon-containing resin component including at least one of (I) and (II) mentioned below, the solvent including at least one of a terpene compound having at least one of a hydroxy group and an acetoxy group, and a cyclic skeleton-containing acetate compound (excluding the terpene compound): (I) a polysilane-polysiloxane resin having a polysilane structure and a polysiloxane structure, and (II) a mixture of a resin having a polysilane structure and a resin having a polysiloxane structure.
US10767009B2
Polyether polyols are made by a process that includes a continuous addition of starter and alkylene oxide. The feed of starter is discontinued when 80 to 95% of the alkylene oxide has been fed to the reactor. This process produces a product with a narrow molecular weight distribution.
US10766998B2
This invention relates to a process for preparing a flexible polyurethane foam in which the isocyanate-reactive component comprises a specific isocyanate-reactive component. The invention also relates to flexible polyurethane foam wherein the isocyanate-reactive comprises the specific isocyanate-reactive component.
US10766997B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards polyether polyol compositions that can be utilized to form semi-rigid foams. As an example, a polyether polyol composition can include a first polyether polyol having an average nominal hydroxyl functionality from 2 to 4 and a number average equivalent weight from 120 to 1500, a second polyether polyol having a having an average nominal hydroxyl functionality from 4 to 8 and a number average equivalent weight from 120 to 800, and a third polyether polyol having an average nominal hydroxyl functionality from 2 to 4 a number average equivalent weight from 200 to 500.
US10766996B2
Provided is a method for producing a polythiol compound, including reacting 2-mercaptoethanol with an epihalohydrin, wherein the reaction is carried out in the presence of a halide selected from the group consisting of a 2,3-dihalogeno-1-propanol and an allyl halide, and an amount of the halide in the reaction is more than 0.50% by mass and 10.00% by mass or less with respect to the total amount of the halide and the epihalohydrin. Also provided are a method for producing a curable composition, including producing a polythiol compound by the abovementioned production method, and a method for producing a cured product, including producing a curable composition by the abovementioned production method.
US10766992B2
A resin containing a structural unit derived from a compound represented by the formula (aa) wherein T, R1 and Z1 are defined in the specification.
US10766991B2
A sulfonate group-containing copolymer is provided which comprising a structural unit (a) derived from a sulfonate group-containing monomer (A); a structural unit (b) derived from a (poly)oxyalkylene monomer (B); a structural unit (c) derived from a carboxyl group-containing monomer (C). The sulfonate group-containing copolymer comprises from 20% to 90% by mass in an acid form equivalent of the structural unit (c) in 100% by mass of all the structural units constituting the sulfonate group-containing copolymer. The product (P×Mw×n) of the ratio by mass P of the structural unit (b) to the structural unit (a) multiplied by the weight average molecular weight Mw of the sulfonate group-containing copolymer multiplied by the value n is from 950,000 to 800,000,000.
US10766988B2
The present disclosure relates to an ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer having excellent processibility. The ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer according to the present disclosure is excellent in both mechanical properties and processibility.
US10766985B2
The present invention relates to an olefin polymer and a preparation method thereof. The olefin polymer exhibits excellent mechanical strength and high processability, and thus is expected to be utilized as a material for various products. Particularly, the olefin polymer can be stably produced into films by a melt-blowing process and thus is expected to be usefully used as a material for products prepared by a melt-blowing process.
US10766981B2
Bimodal polypropylene compositions and a process to form melt blended bimodal polypropylene compositions comprising combining at least two polypropylenes in at least a two-pass process, and forming a bimodal polypropylene composition having a Flexural Modulus (190° C., 1% secant) of at least 1700 MPa, as well as one or more other selected properties. These compositions are suitable for thermoformed articles and injection molded articles, any of which may be foamed.
US10766976B2
The present invention relates to a method of preparing a vinyl chloride-based polymer, which includes inducing the nucleation of particles by adding a mercaptan-based chain transfer agent to a monomer composition including a vinyl chloride-based monomer and a preliminary polymerization initiator (preliminary polymerization); and preparing a polymer by mixing a vinyl chloride-based monomer and the particle nuclei and adding a main polymerization initiator (main polymerization). In the preparation method, a vinyl chloride-based polymer having a uniform molecular weight distribution and a desired number average molecular weight may be provided by controlling a degree of polymerization of a vinyl chloride-based polymer prepared in such a way that dispersibility is ensured by adjusting the point of time to add the mercaptan-based chain transfer agent to the point of time to reach a specific conversion rate of the preliminary polymerization.
US10766972B2
The present invention provides a modified conjugated diene-based polymer, wherein the Mooney stress-relaxation rate measured at 110° C. is 0.45 or less, and the modification percentage is 75% by mass or more.
US10766966B2
This disclosure relates to antibodies that bind an epitope present on CD73 expressed at the surface of cells, including tumor cells, and that inhibit the enzymatic (ecto-5′ nucleotidase) activity of the CD73 enzyme. Such agents can be used for the treatment of diseases such as cancers.
US10766960B2
The present inventors produced a heterodimerized polypeptide having an Fc region formed from two polypeptides with different amino acid sequences (a first polypeptide and a second polypeptide), and succeeded in producing a heterodimerized polypeptide containing an Fc region with improved function compared to that of a homodimer in which the Fc region is composed of only the first polypeptide or the second polypeptide by conventional technology.
US10766954B2
The invention provides therapeutic antibodies and methods for treatment of diseases associated with diseases associated with aggregation of α-synuclein, e.g., in the brain of a subject. Such methods provide administration of therapeutic antibodies to elicit a beneficial immunogenic response against aggregation of α-synuclein. The methods are particularly useful for prophylactic and therapeutic treatment of diseases associated with the formation of Lewy bodies, e.g., Parkinson's disease.
US10766951B2
Anti-CaENO1 antibodies and humanized antibodies are provided as an effective diagnostic agent or a therapeutic treatment against infections caused by Candida spp., preferably Candida albicans, Candida tropicalis, fluconazole resistance Candida spp., Streptococcus, Staphylococcus.
US10766945B2
The invention provides a fusion protein comprising, from N-terminus to C-terminus: a) a first portion of a Family B G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) that comprises transmembrane helix (TM)-1, TM2 and TM3 of the GPCR; b) a stable protein domain; and c) a second portion of the GPCR comprising TM4, TM5, TM6 and TM7 of the GPCR. The invention also provides a method of crystallising a GPCR comprising providing the fusion protein of the invention and crystallising it to obtain crystals.
US10766942B2
The present invention provides an anti-angiogenic peptide comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 70% identity to amino acid residues 123-140 of SEQ ID NO 1 or amino acid residues 24-141 of SEQ ID NO 2. The invention also provides nucleic acid constructs encoding such peptides, and vectors and cells comprising such nucleic acid constructs. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the peptides or nucleic acid constructs of the invention, and the use of peptides, nucleic acid constructs or pharmaceutical compositions of the invention to treat diseases associated with angiogenesis.10
US10766940B2
Amylin receptor antagonists capable of binding to the amylin receptor and inhibiting activity of amylin or amyloid-beta protein are provided. The amylin receptor antagonists can be administered in the form of pharmaceutical compositions or the like. Methods for preparing and using the amylin receptor antagonists for treating, preventing, or ameliorating Alzheimer's disease are also provided.
US10766939B2
The present invention relates to amylin analogs and to their use in the treatment or prevention of a variety of diseases, conditions or disorders, including obesity, excess food intake and associated metabolic diseases such as diabetes. The analogs have good physical and chemical stability, good solubility, and a long duration of action, and are well suited for use in the form of a liquid formulation.
US10766934B2
The present disclosure provides genetically modified Chlorella sorokiniana. DAD1 gene is overexpressed in wild type Chlorella sorokiniana to obtain the genetically modified Chlorella sorokiniana. The genetically modified Chlorella sorokiniana is characterized by increased biomass, increased carrying capacity, reduced clumping, and increased stress tolerance to ultraviolet light and high light intensity, as compared to the wild type Chlorella sorokiniana. The genetically modified Chlorella sorokiniana can be used for the production of industrially important products.
US10766932B2
The present embodiments provide for an immunogenic multiple antigen presenting system comprising a polymer to which antigens are associated by complementary affinity molecules. For example, the polymer can be a polysaccharide, or antigenic polysaccharide, to which protein or peptide antigens from the same or different pathogens are indirectly linked. The present immunogenic compositions can elicit both humoral and cellular immune responses to one or multiple antigens at the same time.
US10766931B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the prevention and treatment of Borrelia infection. Particularly, the present invention relates to a polypeptide comprising a hybrid C-terminal fragment of an outer surface protein A (OspA), a nucleic acid coding the same, an antibody specifically binding the same, a pharmaceutical composition (particularly for use as a medicament or in a method of treating or preventing a Borrelia infection) comprising the polypeptide and/or the nucleic acid and/or the antibody, a method of treating or preventing a Borrelia infection and a method of immunizing a subject.
US10766923B2
In various embodiments methods and compositions to increase the rate and/or activity of ligation reactions catalyzed by a sortase. In certain embodiments reagents are provided that comprises, inter alia, a polypeptide comprising an amino terminal polyglycine sequence comprising at least three contiguous Gly residues (e.g., a triglycine sequence, a tetraglycine sequence, a pentaglycine sequence, etc.) followed by a peptide that is to be ligated to a moiety followed by a sequence comprising the catalytic domain of a Sortase A enzyme.
US10766922B2
A compound and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof for treating cancer, having a structure represented by the following formula (I) or formula (II): in which X and Y each individually represent: R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 individually represents hydrogen atom, acyl having 20 or less carbon atoms, alkyl having 20 or less carbon atoms, alkanoyl having 20 or less carbon atoms, aroyl having 20 or less carbon atoms, aryl having 20 or less carbon atoms, aralkyl having 20 or less carbon atoms, sulfonyl having 20 or less carbon atoms, phosphonyl having 20 or less carbon atoms, or haloacyl having 20 or less carbon atoms.
US10766914B2
Provided herein are compounds of formula I: wherein the variables are defined herein, processes of making them, and methods of treating cancer comprising administering such compounds.
US10766910B2
The present specification relates to a compound containing nitrogen, and a color conversion film, a backlight unit, and a display device, including the same.
US10766908B2
Porous calcium lactate metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) comprise non-toxic metal ions—Ca(II) and non-toxic, renewable and cheap linkers—lactate and acetate. The MOFs are nontoxic and environmentally-benign, and can be used as degradable carriers.
US10766904B2
The present invention relates to 5,7-disubstituted-imidazo[5,1-f][1,2,4]triazine-4-amine derivatives, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds are potentiators of Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane conductance Regulator (CFTR). The invention also discloses pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, optionally in combination with additional therapeutic agents, and methods of potentiating, in mammals, including humans, CFTR by administration of the compounds. These compounds are useful for the treatment of cystic fibrosis (CF), asthma, bronchiectasis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), constipation, Diabetes mellitus, dry eye disease, pancreatitis, rhinosinusitis, Sjögren's Syndrome, and other CFTR associated disorders.
US10766897B2
The compounds of formula (I) are inhibitors of SSAO activity wherein V, W, X, Y, Z, R1 and R2 are as defined in the claims.
US10766896B2
Imidazo[4,5-c] ring compounds of formula I, (particularly imidazo4,5-c]quinolines, 6,7,8,9-tetrahydroimidazo[4,5-c]quinolines, imidazo[4,5-c]naphthyridines, and 6,7,8,9-tetrahydroimidazo[4,5-c]naphthyridine compounds) having a guanidine substituted benzamide that is attached at the N−1 position by a linking group, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, and methods of making the compounds are disclosed. Methods of use of the compounds as immune response modifiers, for inducing cytokine biosynthesis in animals and in the treatment of diseases including viral and neoplastic diseases are also disclosed.
US10766895B2
Disclosed is a preparation method for a Palbociclib free base crystal form A as shown in Formula I, comprising the following steps: treating a Palbociclib free base and/or a Palbociclib salt compound by using an inorganic base in a water solvent at the temperature of 35 to 100′C. to obtain a Palbociclib free base crystal form A, the water solvent being water or mixed solvent obtained by water and an organic solvent capable of being mixed and disclosed in the water. Also disclosed is a preparation method for a Palbociclib free base crystal form B, comprising the following steps: treating a Palbociclib salt compound by using an inorganic base in a water solvent at the temperature of 0 to 20° C. to obtain a Palbociclib free crystal form B, the water solvent being water or a mixed solvent obtained by water and an organic solvent capable of being mixed and dissolved in the water. The method is safe and convenient in operation and low in pollution, and facilitates industrial production.
US10766894B2
The present invention provides a compound of formula (I) in free form or in pharmaceutically acceptable salt form, a method for manufacturing the compounds of the invention, and its therapeutic uses. The present invention further provides a combination of pharmacologically active agents and a pharmaceutical composition.
US10766887B2
The present invention relates to a benzoxazine-based mixture and a use thereof and, more specifically, to a benzoxazine-based mixture and a use of a cured product in which the benzoxazine-based mixture is cured, wherein the benzoxazine-based mixture has high dielectric characteristics, heat resistant characteristics, and flame-retardant characteristics by comprising a benzoxazine ring in a molecular structure, and thus can be applied to a sealing material, a molding material, a template material, an adhesive, a material for an electric insulation paint, and the like, which are used for a copper clad laminate or an electronic part, used in a printed circuit board.
US10766885B1
A compound having the formula (I): is disclosed. A method of preparing the compound of formula (I) is also disclosed.
US10766884B2
This invention relates to compounds of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in which R-groups R1 to R23, A, Q, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, n, p and q are as defined herein, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and salts, and to methods of using such compounds, salts and compositions for the treatment of abnormal cell growth, including cancer, in a subject.
