US10915962B2
Techniques for using factor risk models to more accurately estimate the risk or active risk of an investment portfolio are disclosed. Inherent “modeling error” in factor risk models is identified and compensated for. One or more factors are added to compensate for factors that are unspecified or unattributed in the original factor risk model and which lead to modeling error. The approach can be used with a variety of different factor risk models, and for a variety of securities. Knowledge of the risk associated with modeling error can be utilized when estimating risk or active risk using factor risk models or when constructing optimal portfolios by mean-variance optimization or other portfolio construction strategies using factor risk models.
US10915958B2
Management of a position concentration risk of an account includes the establishment of a threshold level for an aggregate trader position. The aggregate trader position may be associated with one or more customer accounts that are managed by one or more clearing firms. An actual parameter value associated with each of the customer accounts is aggregated to determine an aggregate parameter value, which is compared against the established threshold value. If, based on the comparison between the aggregate parameter value and the established threshold value, it is determined that the aggregate parameter value meets or exceeds the established threshold value, an advisory alert is generated, which may be automatic. The advisory alert is then communicated or otherwise provided to one or more authorized entities.
US10915953B2
System, method, and FPGA circuit for processing electronic messages in a distributed computer system
A distributed computer system includes a matcher server that stores an order book of pending orders and a gateway that routes an order message to the matcher server for matching. The gateway also receives individual quote messages bundled into a mass quote message, each individual quote message including a price value for one of a plurality of different instrument identifiers. The gateway routes the mass quote message to a field programmable gate array (FPGA) circuit without involving the matcher server. The FPGA parses and stores data for each individual quote message to a data structure located in the memory of the FPGA. The parsed data is organized in the data structure according to both the instrument identifier and a client identifier that corresponds to a client that sent the mass quote message. The FPGA receives away market feed messages that each include a price value and a corresponding instrument identifier without first being routed through the matcher server or the gateway and updates the data structure. The FPGA delivers, in response to a query sent as part of the matching process performed on the matcher server for the instrument, information stored in the data structure regarding the instrument.
US10915951B2
Methods and apparatuses for generating and operating a swaps execution facility (SEP) compliant swaps trading platform. A swaps trading platform is generated, where the generated swaps trading platform is configured to operate in accordance with a plurality of predefined rules associated with swaps execution facility (SEP) requirements. One or more communication channels are established with respective one or more clearinghouses for transmission of clearinghouse information concerning one or more trade requests. One or more communication channels are established with respective one or more swaps data repository (SDR) providers for transmission of SDR information concerning the one or more trade requests.
US10915949B2
Described herein is a method and a system to create an account at a financial institution using a computing machine, in particular an automated teller machine (ATM). The computing machine enables an applicant to submit an application form along with a softcopy of an identification document, for creating or opening a new account at a financial institution. Based on the submitted application form and the softcopy of the identification document, the computing machine transmits the identification information of the applicant to a central server of the financial institution. In case of successful verification, the central server creates the account in real time, and the computing machine presents a confirmation of account creation to the applicant.
US10915948B1
Systems and methods related facilitating default sharing between frequently used line of business products according to one or more example embodiments are shown. Such systems and methods make use of sharing of information between the line of business products. In some embodiments, this sharing of the data between line of business products facilitates a universal portal that may be personalized and/or customized in function and appearance. In some embodiments, the universal portal is an application on a user device that, at least, provides access to other applications running on the user device in a consolidated manner as well as additional functions present in the universal portal itself. In some embodiments, visual aspects of the presentation of applications and functionality are changed in the universal portal based on information that has been shared between different line of business products.
US10915945B2
In one aspect, while watching TV through a computer game application, a user can purchase an advertised using a “hot key” on the game controller item and the purchase and download happens in background so when the user is done with TV she can play a newly purchased game or otherwise use the purchase. The purchase and viewing are all done within a single application. The purchase feature may be enabled only for a master profile in the computer game system so that other users such as children cannot purchase products through the computer game application.
US10915941B2
Systems and methods for integrated retail and ecommerce shopping platforms. A shopping system for selling products including: a shopping facility including a primary product storage area; at least one showroom; at least one delivery location; a transport system for moving products between locations within the primary product storage area, the at least one showroom and the at least one delivery location; an inventory control system; a network server in operational communication with the inventory control system and the transport system, the network server adapted to transmit interactive shopping interface pages over a network; and a customer client device associated with one of the customers adapted to receive and display the interactive shopping interface pages, for selectively displaying product information about the products sold by the shopping system, and receiving customer input regarding the selecting and deselecting of one or more of the products for possible purchase by the customer.
US10915937B1
Systems and methods for using an information wallet system to deliver a gift and receive, redeem, or re-gift the gift are disclosed. The information wallet system's storage is securely maintained by a financial institution computing system (i.e. a bank) and receives and holds purchase transaction information. Purchase information transaction may be received from a user computing device or an entity computing system, such as a merchant computing system. In one embodiment, a user may purchase a gift through an online website or at a brick and mortar location and direct the gift to be deposited into the information wallet storage of a recipient. A recipient may then continue to hold the gift, redeem the gift, or re-gift the gift to another party.
US10915936B1
An interactive shopping system for use in a retail store. The system can include a container for holding products selected by at least one user, a client device, a scanner, a scale, and a processor in communication with the client device, a positioning system in communication with the client device or the processor, and a visual or audible indicator. The at least one user can select products, view product information, initiate a payment transaction, and complete a purchase utilizing the interactive shopping system.
US10915933B2
A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system for identifying a social platform; obtaining one or more efficiency data points concerning the social platform; and processing the one or more efficiency data points to generate a value impact multiplier for the social platform.
US10915929B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for detecting user interactions and delivering content using interaction metrics. In one embodiment, an example method may include receiving a bid request for an available content delivery slot, the bid request comprising context information, determining first candidate content for the available content delivery slot, and determining a first base bid value for the first candidate content. Example methods may include determining a predicted conversion rate for an impression of the first candidate content served at the available content delivery slot, determining an estimated revenue for serving the impression at the available content delivery slot, determining a first bid modifier using the predicted conversion rate and the estimated revenue, and sending a response to the bid request comprising a first bid amount, wherein the first bid amount is based at least in part on the first base bid value and the first bid modifier.
US10915927B2
Virtual teleportation systems and methods are disclosed. A remote advertising system includes an identification, location and authentication system associated with a physical venue, including a master sensor node and a plurality of sensors. A cloud-based advertisement service is deployed in the physical venue. An application installed on a mobile device determines a first set of coordinates corresponding to the mobile device location, transmits a first search request for a service, receives and displays a list of services, including the physical venue associated with the master sensor node and the physical venue including a teleportation indicator, and receives an indication that the teleportation indicator is selected. The application determines a second set of coordinates corresponding to the physical venue location, replaces the first set of coordinates with the second set of coordinates, transmits a second search request, and receives and displays a second list based on the second set of coordinates.
US10915926B2
Systems and methods are provided for location-based advertisements. In accordance with one exemplary implementation, a method is provided for providing advertisements to a user of a navigation system. The method may include identifying high-value intersections in a map. The method may also include identifying, based on the high-value intersections, a set of landmark locations and associating the landmark locations with the high-value intersections in a database. The method may also include detecting at least one of the high-value intersections in a route requested by the user. The method may also include presenting, on a device of the user, an advertisement associated with at least one landmark location while presenting maneuver information for the at least one high-value intersection.
US10915921B1
Methods, systems, and media for managing online advertising campaigns based on causal conversion metrics are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: receiving conversion information corresponding to test group including consumers that were presented with an advertisement using an advertising channel; receiving advertisement viewability information indicative of a probability that each of the consumers viewed the advertisement; determining that a subset of the consumers did not view the advertisement based on the probability; placing the consumers into a control group and a test group based on the probability corresponding to each of the consumers; calculating a causal conversion metric based on a comparison of the conversion information corresponding to consumers of the control group and conversion information corresponding to consumers of the test group; and determining whether to place an advertisement using the advertising channel based on the causal conversion metric.
US10915917B2
Systems and methods are provided for providing targeted marketing to goods and services provides and consumer resource management services to consumers. An example system and method for targeted marketing comprises collecting transaction data from point-of-sale (POS) terminals and using a consumer identifier in the transaction data to access stored information about the consumer. This information may be used to target offers and advertisement to the consumer. In an example system for consumer resource management, a consumer may configure a consumer account on the enterprise infrastructure via a web-site. The consumer may use the consumer account to purchase and configure gift cards that may be used for purchasing goods and services. A universal transaction identifier may be associated with the consumer account and used to purchase goods and services from more than one selected goods and services providers.
US10915909B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a terminal verification method, a terminal device and a computer readable storage medium. The method includes: reading machine verification parameters of a target terminal, determining that the target terminal is a fake in response to determining that the machine verification parameters of the target terminal satisfy a first condition, a second condition and a third condition, and displaying on a user interface of the target terminal that the target terminal is a fake.
US10915898B2
A method and system for processing DDA payment transactions including generating a private virtual identifier, associating the private virtual identifier with a DDA, and generating a public virtual identifier associated with the private virtual identifier. The method can also include distributing the public virtual identifier to consumers, receiving a DDA payment request from a billing entity including the public virtual identifier, retrieving the private virtual identifier in response to receipt of the public virtual identifier, and processing the DDA payment request using the private virtual identifier to facilitate payment to the billing entity on behalf of the consumer. The method and system also authenticates the identity of a user during a transaction.
US10915895B1
A method and system are configured for performing a transfer of digital currency from an owner of the digital currency to a recipient of the digital currency. The transfer of digital currency includes transferring a sequence of digitally signed transactions from the owner to the recipient. The method and system are further configured for recording the performed transfer of digital currency to a block chain public ledger, generating a digital contract for the recipient that converts the transferred digital currency from an intangible asset type to a financial asset type, and storing the generated digital contract along with electronic credentials associated with accessing the digital currency in a holding account for the recipient.
US10915890B2
Disclosed embodiments include methods, systems, and computer-readable media configured to provide wearable devices storing tokens associated with digital versions of physical documents/cards. The wearable devices may further transfer tokens securely to interested parties without Bluetooth® or other network connectivity beyond NFC radio. In some embodiments, a token vault operator system may receive a request to establish a token vault account for a user, authenticate an identity of the user based at least on the received request, and generating a token vault ID associated with the user. The token vault operator system may further configure access to data sets generated for and associated with the token vault ID, generate tokens associated with the token vault ID, each token corresponding to one of the one or more data sets, and provide the generated plurality of tokens associated with the token vault ID to at least one user device.
US10915888B1
A contactless card can include a plurality of keys for a specific operation, e.g., encryption or signing a communication. The contactless card can also include an applet which uses a key selection module. The key selection module can select one of the plurality of keys and the applet can use the key to, e.g., encrypt or sign a communication using an encryption or signature algorithm. The contactless card can send the encrypted or signed communication to a host computer through a client device. The host computer can repeat the key selection technique of the contactless device to select the same key and thereby decrypt or verify the communication.
US10915875B1
A computer-implemented method for granting a user access to an on-line banking area of a website belonging financial institution responsive to receiving the valid user name and password. The method providing the user with account information regarding checking, savings, mortgage, home equity and/or loan accounts held by the user at the financial institution. The method grants the user access to a request tracking area of the website of the financial institution, receive request related data from the user, the request related data including data relating to at least one expense or goal, calculate portions of each expense respectively owed by each of a plurality of participants in the request and track whether a participant has paid. The method includes sending a message to at least one participant, the message requesting payment for the portion owed by the participant and receiving the payment from the participant in various payment forms.
US10915874B2
A system and process for converting a digital media file into a digital token is disclosed. The embodiments modify a digital media file so that a set of rules are attached to the digital media file creating a digital token, which can be used to persist the digital media file through a network. In an exemplary embodiment, the network is a distributed ledger or blockchain based network that securely tracks distribution of the digital media file. The digital token may have a value added to it or value may intrinsically exist as the digital token is persisted through the network. The value associated with distribution of the digital media file may be used to reward the owner of the digital media file, distributors of the token, or as an incentive program for commercial transactions and non-commercial transactions.
US10915870B2
Computer-implemented methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided. In one embodiment, shipment information/data corresponding to a proposed shipment from a customer computing device is received. The shipment information/data may be generated based on a task-management record from user input provided from a shipper. The shipment information/data also identifies a destination location and a desired delivery date for the proposed shipment. In one embodiment, updated shipment information/data is generated and causes the customer computing device to generate updated task-management records via a task-management software application based at least in part on one or more tender dates.
US10915860B2
A food and beverage item identification and tracking device, and system for improving supply chain logistical operations and inventory management are disclosed. Multiple food and beverage item identification and tracking devices may be attached to corresponding beverage containers or food containers. Each of the food and beverage item identification and tracking devices includes a wireless communication device and a user interface. The user interface includes an LED to emit light responsive to an instruction received wirelessly, so that the food or beverage container is visually identifiable. The user interface may also include a speaker or buzzer so that the food or beverage container is audibly identifiable. A remote computing device may control the food and beverage item identification and tracking devices so that a subset of the tracking devices can be identified, and packaged for shipment. The system is designed to operate within either a distributor location or a reseller location.
US10915856B2
The disclosure provides a system for delivering packages in a location to multiple recipients by a service provider comprising, a plurality of lockers, each having a locking portion, a delivery code that associates one or more packages with a designated recipient and designates the number of lockers to be opened for that designated recipient, a central control unit comprising a first input device for reading a delivery code and open the number of lockers designated in the delivery code, a second input device adapted to read each package identifier. When the first input device reads the delivery code, the number of designated lockers is unlocked, and when the second input device reads a package, the package information is transmitted to the central control unit, and the service provider places the read package in the interior space of an unlocked locker and closes the associated door.
US10915849B2
The present disclosure comprises a method for determining quality level of performance data associated with an enterprise comprising one or more domain entities. The method comprises analyzing, by a data quality assessment system, performance data, received from one or more data sources of the enterprise, using one or more quality evaluation parameters associated with the performance data. Thereafter, the data quality assessment system generates one or more events based on the analysis of the performance data. The one or more events are classified by the data quality assessment system, based on predefined event processing guidelines. Further, the data quality assessment system determines a quality index value for each of the one or more domain entities based on the one or more classified events, using the predefined event processing guidelines. Thereafter, the data quality assessment system determines the quality level of the performance data associated with the enterprise.
US10915846B2
A method for planning preparation of a plurality of dishes according to a plurality of corresponding recipes includes automatically identifying, by a processor, a plurality of candidate sub-recipes, wherein each candidate sub-recipe in the plurality of candidate sub-recipes comprises an intermediate component that is required by at least two of the plurality of corresponding recipes, and automatically selecting, by the processor, at least one candidate sub-recipe in the plurality of candidate sub-recipes for preparation, in accordance with at least one constraint on the preparation of the plurality of dishes.
US10915840B1
Aspects of the disclosure provide a computer-implemented method and system for the assignment of roadside assistance service providers such as tow trucks to distressed vehicles/drivers requiring roadside assistance. The methods and systems may include a roadside assistance service provider system with a collection module, an assignment module, and a feedback module. The collection module collects roadside assistance service provider information and historical statistics from real-world information and stores the information in a database that may then be analyzed using particular rules and formulas. The assignment module assigns particular roadside assistance service providers to particular distressed vehicles/drivers based on one or more characteristics. The feedback module may provide near real-time cues to the tow truck driver's mobile device, such as alerting when the amount of time spent on a task exceeds a predefined threshold, flagging high priority tasks/assignments, providing a step-by-step checklist for the repair.
US10915827B2
A method of training a predictive model to predict a likely field value for one or more user selected fields within an application. The method comprises providing a user interface for user selection of the one or more user selected fields within the application; analyzing a pre-existing, user provided data set of objects; training, based on the analysis, the predictive model; determining, for each user selected field based on the analysis, a confidence function for the predictive model that identifies the percentage of cases predicted correctly at different applied confidence levels, the percentage of cases predicted incorrectly at different applied confidence levels, and the percentage of cases in which the prediction model could not provide a prediction at different applied confidence levels; and providing a user interface for user review of the confidence functions for user selection of confidence threshold levels to be used with the predictive model.
US10915815B1
An information processing method based on contextual signals and a prefrontal cortex-like network includes: selecting a feature vector extractor based on obtained information to perform feature extraction to obtain an information feature vector; inputting the information feature vector into the prefrontal cortex-like network, and performing dimensional matching between the information feature vector and each contextual signal in an input contextual signal set to obtain contextual feature vectors to constitute a contextual feature vector set; and classifying each feature vector in the contextual feature vector set by a feature vector classifier to obtain classification information of the each feature vector to constitute a classification information set. An information processing system based on contextual signals and a prefrontal cortex-like network includes an acquisition module, a feature extraction module, a dimensional matching module, a classification module and an output module.
US10915812B2
In a method of managing a plurality of computing paths in an artificial neural network (ANN) driven by a plurality of heterogeneous resources, resource information, preference level metrics, and a plurality of initial computing paths are obtained by performing an initialization. The resource information represents information associated with the heterogeneous resources. The preference level metrics represent a relationship between the heterogeneous resources and a plurality of operations. The initial computing paths represent computing paths predetermined for the operations. When a first event including at least one of the plurality of operations is to be performed, a first computing path for the first event is set based on the initial computing paths, the preference level metrics, resource environment, and operating environment. The resource environment represents whether the heterogeneous resources are available. The operating environment represents contexts of the ANN and at least one electronic device including the heterogeneous resources.
US10915807B2
An embodiment of the present invention provides a counting information updating method for a portable electronic device having a plurality of spheres connected with each other. The method includes: generating an angular velocity signal by a first sensor of the portable electronic device and generating an acceleration signal by a second sensor of the portable electronic device in response to a sphere moving operation; and estimating counting information corresponding to the sphere moving operation by using the angular velocity signal with an assistance of the acceleration signal.
US10915802B2
A request including data to be recorded in an information code is transmitted to a server from a terminal. Code generation information for generating an information code, in which the data is to be recorded, is received from the server. The information code is generated based on the received code generation information by the terminal. Practically, in response to the request, the server obtains an array pattern of the light-color and dark-color cells in the code region necessary for generating the information code in which the data is recorded. Information on the array pattern is set as code generation information and transmitted to the terminal. By another example, in the server, code print information including an array pattern of the light-color and dark-color cells in the code region can be obtained, and transmitted to the server for printing by the terminal.
US10915801B2
A portable electronic device of an embodiment includes a plurality of secure elements and a communicator. The communicator performs communication with a reader/writer device to which an external device is connected using non-contact communication. The communicator changes a transmission destination to a secure element corresponding to a transmission destination identifier for identifying the transmission destination among the plurality of secure elements on the basis of the transmission destination identifier and change-instruction-information giving instructions to change the transmission destination, assigned to telegraph data received from the reader/writer device using the non-contact communication and transmits the telegraph data received from the reader/writer device to the secure element.
US10915800B2
A controller causes a display device, upon receipt of an instruction designating fixed data, to display a fixed image represented by the fixed data; generates, upon receipt of an instruction designating a position for generating a first region in the fixed image, a first position information on a basis of the position designated, and stores the first position information in the storage device; acquires, upon receipt of an instruction designating a plurality of pieces of variable data, the plurality of pieces of variable data through a data input device; and causes an image forming device to form on a recording medium an image, in which a variable image represented by the variable data is inserted as replacement in the first region in each page of the fixed image, on a basis of the fixed data, the first position information, and the plurality of pieces of variable data acquired.
US10915795B2
An exemplary method includes initiating a conversation with a user for resolving ambiguity among a group of labels corresponding to an object in an image, wherein each label is associated with a confidence value; iteratively performing, when each of the confidence values is below a first threshold value, or two or more of the confidence values are above the first threshold value: using a wordweb to identify properties that distinguish between a first one of the labels and a second one of the labels, ranking the identified one or more properties; selecting the property having the highest rank to generate a question, and filtering at least one of the first label and the second label based on user input received in response to the question; and when only one of the confidence values exceeds the first threshold value, classifying the object using the label corresponding to the one confidence value.
US10915793B2
Methods and systems for encoding 3D data for use with 2D convolutional neural networks (CNNs) are described. A set of 3D data is encoded into a set of one or more arrays. A 2D index of the arrays is calculated by projecting 3D coordinates of the 3D point onto a 2D image plane that is defined by a set of defined virtual camera parameters. The virtual camera parameters include a camera projection matrix defining the 2D image plane. Each 3D coordinate of the point is stored in the arrays at the calculated 2D index. The set of encoded arrays is provided for input to a 2D CNN, for training or inference.
US10915779B2
A method for extracting uniform features of at least one object, from a point cloud of an environment, includes acquiring the point cloud associated with the environment having the at least one object, wherein the point cloud is associated with a volume comprising a plurality of points; segmenting the point cloud into at least one sub-volume corresponding to each of the at least one object; applying a non-uniform transform on each of the plurality of points corresponding to each of the at least one sub-volume, to obtain a transform coefficient for each of the plurality of points; and selecting a subset of the plurality of transform coefficients as the extracted uniform features of the at least one object within the environment.
US10915763B2
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for determining a lane, the method including extracting plural straight-line segments from a captured stereo image including a first image and a second image of a driving road, selecting a first lane from the stereo image based on line segments of the plural straight-line segments, corresponding to lanes of the driving road, predicting a second lane candidate, based on the first lane, including at least a portion of a lane area excluding the line segments in the stereo image, and determining a second lane by updating a position of the predicted second lane candidate based on a confidence value of the predicted second lane candidate.
US10915761B2
A vehicular vision system includes a camera and an image processor that processes frames of image data captured by the camera. With the vehicle parked, the vehicular vision system processes frames of captured image data to track a three dimensional object to determine movement of the three dimensional object relative to the parked vehicle. The vehicular vision system determines that the three dimensional object is a bicycle sideward and rearward of the parked vehicle and approaching the parked vehicle from rearward of the parked vehicle. With a door of the parked vehicle closed, and at least in part responsive to the determined bicycle being within a threshold distance to the parked vehicle and approaching a side region adjacent the door of the vehicle, the vehicular vision system generates an output indicative of determination of the determined bicycle approaching the side region adjacent the door of the vehicle.
US10915760B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for detecting humans in images using occupancy grid maps. The methods, systems, and apparatus include actions of obtaining an image of a scene without people, generating a reference occupancy grid from the image, generating pairs of training images with humans rendered and corresponding training occupancy grids based on the occupancy grid and the image, training a scene-specific human detector with the pairs of training images with humans rendered and corresponding training occupancy grids, generating a sample occupancy grid from a sample image using the scene-specific human detector, and augmenting the sample image using the sample occupancy grid.
US10915758B1
Virtual sensor technology, in which a camera is controlled to capture at least one configuration image of an area monitored by a monitoring system and input is received that defines one or more characteristics of the at least one configuration image that enable sensing of an event in the area. Based on the received input, configuration data used in sensing the event is generated and stored. After storage of the configuration data, the camera is controlled to capture one or more images of the area, the one or more images are analyzed based on the configuration data, and occurrence of the event is detected based on the analysis of the one or more images. Based on detecting occurrence of the event, a transmitting device is controlled to send, to a controller of the monitoring system, a signal that indicates the detection of the occurrence of the event.
US10915755B2
A method of detecting a change in a scene between images that capture a scene at different times, the images comprising reference images and a query image, the method includes reconstructing the query image using a reconstruction model, the reconstruction model being based on the reference images and detecting a change in the scene by comparing the query image with the reconstructed query image.
US10915753B2
An operation assistance apparatus 10 includes: an image data acquisition unit 11 configured to acquire image data according to equipment; an inquiry receiving unit 12 configured to receive an inquiry about an operation of equipment; an equipment identifying unit 13 configured to identify equipment included in an image, based on the acquired image data; a matched information extraction unit 14 configured to extract information that matches the received inquiry from information according to the identified equipment; and an information display control unit 15 configured to display the extracted information on a screen.
US10915742B2
An entertainment device safety system includes a video camera configured to capture video of an entertainment device and a user of the entertainment device and a video analytic module to perform real-time video processing of the captured video to generate non-video data from video. A computer receives the video and the non-video data from the video camera analyzes the video or the non-video data to determine a user position in relation to the entertainment device. The user position is compared to a user position rule to determine whether the user position violates the user position rule. A notification is transmitted in response to a determination that the user position violates the user position rule.
US10915740B2
A facial expression feedback system for providing real-time feedback on how closely a user matches his or her facial expression to a target expression is presented. The facial expression feedback system receives sensor data captured by a set of sensors. The facial expression feedback system evaluates the captured sensor data to generate a set of confidence scores with respect to a target facial expression. The system presents the feedback by modifying a multimedia presentation based on the generated set of confidence scores.
US10915736B2
An image processing method includes receiving an image frame, detecting a face region of a user in the image frame, aligning a plurality of preset feature points in a plurality of feature portions included in the face region, performing a first check on a result of the aligning based on a first region corresponding to a combination of the feature portions, performing a second check on the result of the aligning based on a second region corresponding to an individual feature portion of the feature portions, redetecting a face region based on a determination of a failure in passing at least one of the first check or the second check, and outputting information on the face region based on a determination of a success in passing the first check and the second check.
US10915735B2
One of the aspects of the present invention discloses a feature point detection method. The method comprises: acquiring a face region in an input image; acquiring first positions of first feature points and second feature points according to a pre-generated first model; estimating second positions of the first feature points according to the first positions of the first feature points and pre-generated second models; detecting third positions of the first feature points and the second feature points according to the second positions of the first feature points, the first positions of the second feature points and pre-generated third models. According to the present invention, the final detected face shape could approach to the actual face shape much more.
US10915712B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products for unsupervised tunable stylized text transformations are provided herein. A computer-implemented method includes identifying stylistically amendable portions of input text by applying at least one neural network to the input text; determining stylistic text modifications to the amendable portions of the input text, the text modifications encompassing a set of stylistic parameters, wherein the determining comprises applying at least one neural network to the set of stylistic parameters; generating a stylized output set of text by transforming the input text, wherein the transforming comprises modifying at least one of the stylistically amendable portions of the input text via at least one of the stylistic text modifications encompassed by the set of stylistic parameters; and outputting the stylized output set of text to a user.
US10915699B2
A document creation platform provides a user interface for creating electronic documents. In response to a first user input, the platform creates an electronic document with a plurality of clauses. In response to a second user input in a first clause, the platform designates a user-specified sequence of words in the first clause as a defined term. The platform also opens an addendum section of the electronic document to receive a user-specified definition of the term. In response to a third user input, the platform inserts the term into the electronic document in a second clause. The platform identifies a fourth user action at a location of the term in the electronic document, and in response: determines that the term has an associated definition; retrieves a current version of the definition from the addendum section; and displays the retrieved current version of the definition in a separate window.
US10915697B1
In an embodiment, the disclosed technologies are capable of identifying a target word within a text sequence; displaying a subset of candidate synonyms for the target word, determining a synonym selected from the subset of candidate synonyms, and replacing the target word with the selected synonym, where the subset of candidate synonyms has been created using syntactic dependency data for the target word.
US10915694B2
A device may receive a widget template of a widget. The widget template may include information relating to one or more fields of the widget and content for the one or more fields. The device may receive a stylesheet of the widget. The stylesheet may include information relating to respective style identifiers of the one or more fields. The device may generate a markup object of the widget based on the widget template. The markup object may include respective markup object entries for populating the one or more fields with the content. The device may assign the respective style identifiers to the respective markup object entries, and cause an action to be performed in connection with the markup object.
US10915693B2
An embodiment herein provides a method for implementing verification IP for pre-silicon functional verification of a layered protocol. The method includes generating serially connected layer blocks. A layer block includes modular components that may be enabled or disabled to change a functionality of the layer block. The modular components include a layer core, a stimulus handler, one or more transmit routers and one or more receive routers. The layer core implements the complete functionality of the layer block. The stimulus handler drives input stimulus transactions into the layer core of the layer block. The one or more transmit routers routes one or more transmit core transactions from the layer core to the connected succeeding layer block. The one or more receive routers routes one or more receive core transactions from the succeeding layer block to the layer core.
US10915686B2
Disclosed are mask definition tools, apparatus, methods, systems and computer program products configured to process data representing a semiconductor fabrication mask. A non-limiting example of a method includes performing a decomposition process on a full Transmission Cross Coefficient (TCC) using coherent optimal coherent systems (OCS) kernels; isolating a residual TCC that remains after some number of coherent kernels are extracted from the full TCC; and performing at least one decomposition process on the residual TCC using at least one loxicoherent system. The loxicoherent system uses a plurality of distinct non-coherent kernel functions and is a compound system containing a paired coherent system and an incoherent system that act in sequence. An output of the coherent system is input as a self-luminous quantity to the incoherent system, and the output of the incoherent system is an output of the loxicoherent system.
US10915684B2
The following relates generally to design and redesign of digital circuits. In one disclosed embodiment, a circuit is annotated by identifying at least one possible error location according to an error library; the at least one possible error location is localized; and the circuit is redesigned based on the localized at least one possible error location.
US10915675B2
Structural optimization of additively manufactured parts accounting for manufacturing-induced states
An example embodiment designs a real-world object by defining a first model of the object being produced using an additive manufacturing (AM) process, where behavior of the object being produced is given by a first equation which includes a first plurality of corresponding sensitivity equations for a first plurality of design variables. Similarly, such an embodiment defines a second model of the object after being produced, wherein behavior of the object after being produced is given by a second equation which includes a second plurality of corresponding sensitivity equations for a second plurality of design variables. In turn, the second model is iteratively optimized with respect to a given one of the second plurality of design variables using both the first plurality of corresponding sensitivity equations and the second plurality of corresponding sensitivity equations.
US10915674B2
Techniques for autonomously modeling a two-phase cooling architecture are provided. In one example, a computer-implemented method can comprise generating, by a system operatively coupled to a processor, a reduced physics model based on a profile of a heat source and a parameter of a cooling structure. The reduced physics model can provide an output. Also, the computer-implemented method can comprise generating, by the system, a full physics model based on the output. The computer-implemented method can further comprise combining, by the system, the reduced physics model and the full physics model to define an architecture that achieves a flow distribution of a coolant.
US10915673B2
An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for solar site assessment includes generating a three-dimensional model of a solar site based at least in part on data captured by an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), importing one or more solar paths into the three-dimensional model based at least in part on a geo-location of the solar site, and determining, one or more solar collection estimates corresponding to one or more locations in the solar site based at least in part on the three-dimensional model and the one or more solar paths.
US10915663B1
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can be configured to train a featurizer based at least in part on a set of training data. The featurizer can be applied to at least one input to generate at least one tensor. The at least one tensor obfuscates or excludes at least one feature in the at least one input.
US10915658B1
A system can include, for example, a secure data module(s) configured to store sensitive data regarding the user(s), a synthetic dataset generating module(s) configured to generate the synthetic dataset based on the sensitive data, and a control module configured to receive a request from an application for a dataset related to the user(s), provide the request to the synthetic dataset generating module(s), receive the synthetic dataset from the synthetic dataset generating module(s), and provide the synthetic dataset to the application. The synthetic dataset generating module(s) can be configured to generate the synthetic dataset based on the dataset.
US10915657B2
Systems and methods obtain personal identity information, identify a user's personal documents containing sensitive information, and can optionally protect the sensitive documents. A user's personal identity information can be obtained from various sources such as operating system, email clients, web browsers, Active Directory or from user's documents. The user's documents on hard drives, cloud storage etc. can be searched. Sensitive documents with personal identities are identified and optionally protected against misuse and theft.
US10915652B1
Systems and methods for embodiments of identity management systems and data models used by identity management systems are disclosed. Embodiments of the identity management systems and associated data models as disclosed herein may associate identities with their respective entitlements, while preserving the hierarchy imposed by the source system from which those identities or entitlement were derived, including the hierarchical structure that resulted in the (direct or effective) assignment of such an entitlement, along with the hierarchical nature of the digital assets to which those entitlements pertain. Using embodiments of the disclosed data model embodiments of identity management systems may implement tasks, processes or policies that take advantage of the ability to easily navigate between an identity and its respective entitlements, the management structures that resulted in the entitlement being assigned or the hierarchical relationships between the digital assets corresponding to those entitlements.
US10915651B2
A “Data Transfer Tool” extracts, labels and stores user data or information that may be confined within application silos during user interaction with arbitrary apps. The Data Transfer Tool enables sharing of this otherwise siloed data shared across and between authorized apps. The Data Transfer Tool provides a task-centric approach to define and extract structured and semantically meaningful information from source applications by providing multiple semantic models that are individually tailored to particular source apps. The Data Transfer Tool applies an accessibility API or the like of the OS in combination with the semantic model for the source app to scrape user entered or selected data or information from the source app. The Data Transfer Tool enables and creates new user experiences and increases user efficiency when interacting with various apps by making the scraped data or information available to subscribing destination apps approved to receive that data or information.
US10915649B2
The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for access control delegation. One example method includes identifying creation of a derived entity from an originating entity. A definition of the derived entity is modified to include an association to the originating entity. A derived access control definition is created based on an originating access control definition. Access control condition(s) in the derived access control definition are identified. Modified access control condition(s) are created by modifying column reference(s) to include a reference to the association to the originating entity. A query is received for the derived entity. A modified query is created by including, in the received query, the modified access control condition(s) and unfolding the association to the originating entity. The modified query is executed, including evaluation of the modified access control condition(s) to determine records of the derived entity that are accessible to a query user.
US10915647B2
A media playback system for presenting to a user a composition of a plurality of media streams. It has a media selection component configured to receive a scenario dataset, to receive user input for selecting viewing times defining segments of media and composition selections, and to output a list of segments of media from the scenario dataset that are authorized to be viewed by the user. The system has a playback control component configured to retrieve from media storage at least the segments of media from the output list of segments, to decode the segments of media, and to compile composition instructions. The system has a media playback component configured to receive the rendered media and the composition instructions.
US10915646B2
This application discloses a method for network secure storage. The method includes: receiving a client request to create a window; creating a window in response to the client request; allocating a storage area for the window; allocating a rendering process to the window; and providing, to the rendering process, a storage service using the storage area.
US10915639B2
A method may include obtaining, from a runtime system that executes code, a source value at a source point of the code and a sink value at a sink point of the code, identifying a potential taint flow from the source point to the sink point by performing a series of taint inferences that each infer a relationship between the source value and the sink value, and determining whether the potential taint flow is an actual taint flow by performing a series of taint checks that each analyze the execution of the code using the source value and the sink value.
US10915635B2
A system for providing security in a computer system is provided. The system includes a physical unclonable function (PUF) device and one or more logic circuits. At startup of the computer system, the logic circuits call the PUF device a preset plurality of times with an identical input value to generate a plurality of PUF values that are candidate identifiers of an integrated circuit. The logic circuits apply a hash function to the candidate identifiers to produce respective hash values. The logic circuits also access a reference hash value from a non-volatile memory and verify all of the respective hash values using the reference hash value. The logic circuits further enable the computer system to operate in a first mode or a second mode based on the verification results.
US10915630B2
A method includes identifying an impersonating message, transmitted over a Controller Area Network (CAN) bus by an attacking node connected to the bus, that appears to originate from a source other than the attacking node. The method further includes, in response to identifying the impersonating message, driving the attacking node into an error-passive state in which an ability of the attacking node to communicate over the bus is limited, relative to before entering the error-passive state. The method further includes, subsequently to driving the attacking node into the error-passive state, driving the attacking node into a bus-off state in which the attacking node cannot communicate over the bus, by transmitting, over the bus, a plurality of passive-error-flag-trumping messages that collide with, and trump, respective instances of a passive-error flag that the attacking node transmits over the bus. Other embodiments are also described.
US10915621B2
A key generating method includes obtaining a first error correcting code (ECC) for original data, obtaining read data from a cell array of a memory comprising the original data, generating a second ECC for the read data, obtaining a location of a cell in which an error occurs from the cell array of the memory in response to the second ECC being different from the first ECC, and generating a key for the memory based on the location of the cell in which the error occurs.
US10915611B2
The present invention relates to a control program execution method. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the control program execution method performed in a terminal device in which a lower control program for managing a device to be controlled and/or an upper control program for executing the lower control program are installed comprises the steps of: receiving an input of an execution request for the upper control program from a user; searching for the device to be controlled, by the upper control program executed on the basis of the execution request; searching for the lower control program corresponding to identification information of the searched-for device to be controlled, by using the identification information; and connecting communication between the searched-for lower control program and the device to be controlled, wherein the lower control program is sequentially executed after the upper control program is executed.
US10915610B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for providing inclusive CAPTCHA. The method, in response to a user request for a webpage having CAPTCHA, creates a media file in real-time, wherein the created media file is characterized by distortion interference and corresponds to a selected theme from a plurality of themes associated with real-world scenarios. Further, randomly selecting a comprehension question from a plurality of comprehension questions for the created media file as the CAPTCHA, the comprehension question being based on the selected theme, geography associated with a user requesting the webpage and context of the created media file and transmits the webpage including the CAPTCHA. Further, in response to a user input to the comprehension question, intelligently detecting either a human input or a machine input based on a self-learning CAPTCHA decision module, by considering one or more of spelling errors, incomplete responses, contextual metonyms, synonyms and variants thereof.
US10915605B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for identifying, stratifying, and prioritizing patients who are eligible for care management services. For each patient, patient health data is used to determine one or more of a disease burden associated with the patient, an amount of health system utilization by the patient, and an amount of money spent on healthcare services for the patient. It is further determined if the patient exceeds a respective threshold value associated with each of these criteria. If the patient exceeds the respective threshold value, the patient is stratified into a category comprising one of high-risk senior, high-risk adult, high-risk pediatrics, or high-risk maternity. The patient may also be prioritized based on one or more factors, and a notification may be sent to the patient informing the patient of his/her eligibility for care management services.
US10915600B2
A utility vehicle comprises a plurality of ground engaging members and a frame supported by the plurality of ground engaging members. The frame includes a front frame portion, a mid-frame portion, and a rear frame portion. The utility vehicle further comprises an attachment supported at the front frame portion. Additionally, the utility vehicle includes an operator area supported by the frame and including an operator seat and an adjacent passenger seat spaced apart from the operator seat. The operator seat and the passenger seat are in a side-by-side arrangement. The utility vehicle also comprises an auxiliary power assembly having an attachment shaft configured to be operably coupled to the attachment. The attachment shaft extends in a generally longitudinal direction of the utility vehicle and projects outwardly from the front frame portion.
US10915598B2
Techniques of content delivery for HTML content based on a predefined template generated at a content serving service are provided. A request for HTML content is received and a member ID that matches the request is determined to identify a set of campaigns. For each identified campaign, a cache is read to identify respective HTML content. Upon determining that one of the campaigns has corresponding HTML content stored in the cache and that was already generated at the content serving service, a URL is generated based on the request. The HTML content and the URL are sent to a client device. For a campaign that does not have stored HTML content, HTML content for that campaign is generated using a template with a predefined format and content that is specific to the campaign. The template has formatting parameters for the content. The generated HTML content is stored in the cache.
US10915575B2
Methods and systems for improved query evaluation in computer systems are provided. A system receives a full text query for evaluation against a collection of XML documents. The query comprises specifies one or more tokens and one or more contexts. The contexts each represent a path within an XML expression. The query is used to make multiple determinations. First, determining, using token lists, first documents that contain the tokens included in the query. Second, determining, using tag lists, second documents that contain the contexts included in the query. Third, determining third documents by comparing the first documents and the second documents to determine which documents contain both the tokens and the contexts. The query is then evaluated in view of the third documents.
US10915573B2
A cognitive, artificially intelligent system employs, in part, visual recognition and image processing to transform electronic design information, such as a schematic diagram, into a machine-readable data structure suitable for machine-based comparison of one data structure against another data structure of like kind. A comparison method identifies and quantifies similarities or equivalencies between the any such data structures, and hence between respectively corresponding electronic designs.
US10915560B2
A method is provided that includes generating answer-passage pairs, each associated with a respective one of multiple feature vectors. The method includes, for each answer in the pairs, merging the feature vectors associated with any of the pairs that include the answer to obtain a merged answer vector. The method includes, for each passage in the pairs, (i) merging the feature vectors associated with any of the pairs that includes the passage to obtain a merged passage vector, (ii) merging the feature vectors from the merged answer vector for each answer that is associated with the passage via at least one of the pairs to obtain a merged passage-answer vector, and (iii) concatenating the merged passage vector and the merged passage-answer vector to obtain a concatenated passage vector. The method includes ranking the concatenated passage vector for each passage to obtain a ranked list of passages with associated confidence scores.
US10915551B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for, in response to initiation of a deployment to a multi-tenant system, cloning a shared table in a shared container of a database system to provide a cloned table, the shared table corresponding to a plurality of table views in respective tenant containers, providing, within each tenant container of the tenant containers, an updated view to the cloned table, for a data object of the deployment, determining a previous location of the data object within the database system from an object catalog, and a new location of the data object within the database system from a deploy file, and storing the data object in one of the shared container, and a tenant container of a respective tenant based on one or both of the previous location, and the new location of the data object.
US10915549B2
Embodiments incrementally refresh a clone of a source PDB while the source PDB accepts write operations. Specifically, refreshing the PDB clone incorporates changes made to the source PDB since a refresh reference time stamp, which marks the time at which the PDB clone was created or, if the PDB clone has been previously refreshed, the time at which the PDB clone was last refreshed. A PDB clone is incrementally refreshed by incorporating, into the PDB clone data, those source data blocks that have changed since the refresh reference time stamp. Recovery is performed on the PDB clone, once the blocks are copied, to apply any changes made to the source PDB while the blocks were being copied, which recovery makes the PDB clone files consistent. This recovery is based on redo entries recorded for the source PDB during the time it took to copy the blocks to the PDB clone.
US10915545B2
A system displays summaries of relationships of a selected data asset with other data assets at a limited number of levels upstream and downstream from the selected data asset in rows above and below the selected data asset. In each row, data assets are arranged in order of usage, with most used data asset displayed directly above or below the selected data asset. The user views grandparent-level data assets of a parent-level data asset that is directly above the selected data asset. The system includes a carousal feature to further navigate the lineage data upstream or downstream. By selecting a new data asset in the parent row, the user can view grandparent-level data assets of the newly selected data asset. The user can view multiple upstream or downstream levels arranged in respective rows displayed above or below the selected data asset. The system can analyze data from any application.
US10915542B1
Techniques for contextual modification of data sharing constraints in a distributed database system are disclosed. The constraint modifications can improve data sharing processes, particularly in applications that involve cross-model data sharing and/or have a need for low data latency.
US10915540B2
A method and an apparatus are provided. Distribution information in a first attribute dimension is acquired from a persona data collection of users who use a network service. The persona data collection includes persona data sets corresponding to the users. An evaluation data collection to match the distribution information in the first attribute dimension is extracted from a sample data collection that is collected from sample users. The sample data collection includes sample data sets corresponding to the sample users. Further, a level of accuracy of the persona data collection in a second attribute dimension is determined based on the evaluation data collection in the second attribute dimension.
US10915515B2
Techniques related to a database performance tuning framework are disclosed. The techniques include a system for improving performance of a database query, the system configured to generate one or more query execution time statistics relating to a database query operation performed by a database in response to a received query, store the query execution time statistics, determine the database query operation is slow based on the stored query execution time statistics, generate one or more database statistics based on the contents of the database, generate a suggested index using one or more of the generated database statistics, create the suggested index, determine another one or more query execution time statistics for the database query operation after creating the suggested index, and retain the suggested index based on a comparison of the stored query execution time statistics and the another query execution time statistics.
US10915510B2
Some aspects disclosed herein are directed to, for example, a system and method of detecting database application incompatibilities. Systems and methods described herein may format traces, collect data, store the data, and/or provide one or more user interface which allows an end user to quickly and easily identify affected statements, such as structured query language (SQL) statements, for remediation action(s).
US10915507B1
A method and apparatus for data conversion in a run-time execution environment are provided. In the method and apparatus, a data request specifying a second schema for requested data is received. A data portion is retrieved from a data store, whereby the retrieved data has a first schema. On a condition that the first schema and the second schema are determined to be different, the data portion is converted to the second schema to produce a converted data portion, whereby the conversion is performed based at least in part on data conversion information. The converted data portion is then provided to the run-time execution environment for use in a run-time execution of the computer program.
US10915505B2
Embodiments related to a system and method managing the implementation, execution, data collection, and data analysis of a structured collection procedure running on a portable, hand-held collection device are disclosed. The collection device performing the structured collection procedure has program instructions that when executed by a processor causes the processor to initiate automatically a schedule of events of the structured collection procedure upon one or more entry criterions being met at some unknown time, store in memory patient data collected in accordance to the schedule of events, end automatically the structured collection procedure upon one or more exit criterions being met at some unknown time, and mark/indicate the structured collection procedure as completed if no exception occurred during performance of an event in the schedule of events.
US10915498B2
A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes identifying an event associated with a high speed storage tier of a data storage system, determining a policy rule that is triggered in response to the event, and implementing one or more data management actions associated with the high speed storage tier according to the policy rule.
US10915497B1
An apparatus in one embodiment comprises a storage system having at least first and second storage tiers each comprising a plurality of storage devices. The first storage tier implements a file system having a user visible name space and a corresponding hidden data store. The second storage tier implements a cloud-based object store. The storage system is configured to controllably relocate files from the hidden data store of the file system of the first storage tier to the cloud-based object store of the second storage tier. In conjunction with the relocation of a given one of the files, the given file is replaced in the hidden data store with a corresponding stub providing user access via the user visible name space to an object comprising the given file in the cloud-based object store of the second storage tier. The controllable relocation is illustratively performed in accordance with one or more configured policies.
US10915494B1
A vector processor includes a coefficient memory and a processor. The processor has an Instruction Set Architecture (ISA), which includes an instruction that approximates a mathematical function by a polynomial. The processor is configured to approximate the mathematical function over an argument, by reading one or more coefficients of the polynomial from the coefficient memory and evaluating the polynomial at the argument using the coefficients.
US10915492B2
Techniques are disclosed for enabling collaborative work on a media content among collaborators through a cloud-based environment. An example method comprises receiving the media content; extracting a plurality of text-based data based on the media content; and indexing the plurality of text-based data so as to enable one or more actions to be performed on the media content using the plurality of text-based data. In some embodiments, the media content comprises an audio component, and the method further comprises transcribing the audio component of the media content so that the plurality of text-based data comprises a transcript of the media content. In some embodiments, the actions include a text-based search or a semantics-based search. Among other benefits, some embodiments provided herein enable indexing media content for text-based searches and/or metadata extraction to effectively manage multimedia files in a cloud-based storage/service environment.
US10915490B2
Systems and methods for providing audio streams over peripheral component interconnect (PCI) express (PCIE) links are disclosed. In particular, exemplary aspects of the present disclosure are used to calculate an uplink timing requirement and adjust a margin time before a modem encodes audio data so that the encoding is done before data is transmitted to an external network. Further aspects of the present disclosure allow a first integrated circuit (IC) to synchronize its clock with that of the modem.
US10915487B2
Apparatus and methods structured with respect to a data bus having a number of data lines and a number of shield lines can be implemented in a variety of applications. Such apparatus and methods can include driver and receiver circuits that operate to generate and/or decode a data bit inversion signal associated with data propagated on data lines of the data bus. The driver and receiver circuits may be arranged to operate on a two bit basis to interface with the data bus having data lines grouped with respect to the two bits with shield lines for the respective two bit data lines.
US10915485B2
A circuit for asynchronous data transfer includes a slave device having an asynchronous slave clock for transferring data to a master device having a master clock. The slave clock is a non-continuous clock signal. The slave device includes a clock detection circuit, a register bank, a temporary storage register, and a datapath selector. The slave device receives a data transfer command from the master device. The clock detection circuit detects a presence of the slave clock signal and generates a sync signal. To transfer the data to the master device, the datapath selector selects one of the temporary storage register and the register bank based on the sync signal. The slave device ensures seamless data transfer to the master device regardless of the presence or absence of the slave clock signal.
US10915482B2
Aligning received BDIs with received data on a cross-chip link including receiving, from the cross-chip link, a control flit comprising incoming data flit information for a plurality of incoming data flits; adding the incoming data flit information to a control structure; receiving, from the cross-chip link, the plurality of incoming data flits; directing each of the plurality of incoming data flits to virtual channel queues based on the incoming data flit information at a first read pointer in the control structure; receiving a bookend flit comprising a plurality of BDIs for the plurality of data flits; and associating each of the BDIs with the plurality of data flits based on the incoming data flit information at a second read pointer in the control structure.
US10915479B1
A network element includes one or more ports for communicating over a network, a processor and packet processing hardware. The packet processing hardware is configured to transfer packets to and from the ports, and further includes data-transfer circuitry for data transfer with the processor. The processor and the data-transfer circuitry are configured to transfer between one another (i) one or more communication packets for transferal between the ports and the processor and (ii) one or more databases for transferal between the packet processing hardware and the processor, by (i) translating, by the processor, the transferal of both the communication packets and the databases into work elements, and posting the work elements on one or more work queues in a memory of the processor, and (ii) using the data-transfer circuitry, executing the work elements so as to transfer both the communication packets and the databases.
US10915474B2
Apparatuses and methods including memory commands for semiconductor memories are described. A controller provides a memory system with memory commands to access memory. The commands are decoded to provide internal signals and commands for performing operations, such as operations to access the memory array. The memory commands provided for accessing memory may include timing command and access commands. Examples of access commands include a read command and a write command. Timing commands may be used to control the timing of various operations, for example, for a corresponding access command. The timing commands may include opcodes that set various modes of operation during an associated access operation for an access command.
US10915473B2
A data storage device may include: first and second memory devices suitable for sharing an input clock signal line and at least one I/O signal line; and a controller suitable for enabling the first and second memory devices at the same time, and controlling the first and second memory devices by transmitting an input clock signal to the input clock signal line and transmitting an input signal synchronized with the input clock signal to the I/O signal line.
US10915471B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses relating to memory interface circuit allocation in a configurable spatial accelerator are described. In one embodiment, a configurable spatial accelerator (CSA) includes a plurality of processing elements; a plurality of request address file (RAF) circuits, and a circuit switched interconnect network between the plurality of processing elements and the RAF circuits. As a dataflow architecture, embodiments of CSA have a unique memory architecture where memory accesses are decoupled into an explicit request and response phase allowing pipelining through memory. Certain embodiments herein provide for an improved memory sub-system design via the improvements to allocation discussed herein.
US10915470B2
A memory system is disclosed, which relates to technology for an accelerator of a high-capacity memory device. The memory system includes a plurality of memories configured to store data therein, and a pooled memory controller (PMC) configured to perform map computation by reading the data stored in the plurality of memories and storing resultant data produced by the map computation in the plurality of memories.
US10915466B2
Caches may be vulnerable to side-channel attacks, such as Spectre and Meltdown, that involve speculative execution of instructions, revealing information about a cache that the attacker is not permitted to access. Access permission may be stored in the cache, such as in an entry of a cache table or in the region information for a cache table. Optionally, the access permission may be re-checked if the access permission changes while a memory instruction is pending. Optionally, a random index value may be stored in a cache and used, at least in part, to identify a memory location of a cacheline. Optionally, cachelines that are involved in speculative loads for memory instructions may be marked as speculative. On condition of resolving the speculative load as non-speculative, the cacheline may be marked as non-speculative; and on condition of resolving the speculative load as mis-speculated, the cacheline may be removed from the cache.
US10915465B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to a domain register of a processor in a computer system are described. The computer system has a memory configured to at least store instructions of routines that are classified in multiple predefined, non-hierarchical domains. The processor stores in the domain register an identifier of a current domain of a routine that is being executed in the processor. The processor is configured to perform security operations based on the content of the domain register and the security settings specified respectively for the predefined, non-hierarchical domains.
US10915464B2
A security system includes a physical unclonable function circuit, a write-in protection circuit, a memory, and a readout decryption circuit. The physical unclonable function circuit provides a plurality of random bit strings. The write-in protection circuit receives a write-in address and original data, and includes an address scrambling unit. The address scrambling unit generates a scrambled address by scrambling a write-in address according to a random bit string provided by the physical unclonable function circuit. The memory stores the storage data corresponding to the original data according to the scrambled address. The readout decryption circuit reads out the storage data from the memory according to the write-in address to derive the original data.
US10915457B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to a computer system having a page table entry containing permission bits for predefined types of memory accesses made by executions of routines in predefined domains are described. The page table entry can be used to map a virtual memory address to a physical memory address. In response to a routine accessing the virtual memory address, a permission bit corresponding to the execution domain of the routine and a type of the memory access can be extracted from the page table entry to determine whether the memory access is to be rejected.
US10915455B2
The disclosed computer-implemented method includes receiving an indication that cache data is to be copied from an originating cluster having a specified number of replica nodes to a destination cluster having an arbitrary number of replica nodes. The method further includes copying the cache data to a cache dump and creating a log that identifies where the cache data is stored in the cache dump. The method further includes copying the cache data from the cache dump to the replica nodes of the destination cluster. The copying includes writing the copied data in a distributed manner, such that at least a portion of the copied data is distributed over each of the replica nodes in the destination cluster. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10915452B2
A method, system, and computer program product for maintaining a cache obtain request data associated with a plurality of previously processed requests for aggregated data; predict, based on the request data, (i) a subset of the aggregated data associated with a subsequent request and (ii) a first time period associated with the subsequent request; determine, based on the first time period and a second time period associated with a performance of a data aggregation operation that generates the aggregated data, a third time period associated with instructing a memory controller managing a cache to evict cached data stored in the cache and load the subset of the aggregated data into the cache; and provide an invalidation request to the memory controller managing the cache to evict the cached data stored in the cache and load the subset of the aggregated data into the cache during the third time period.
US10915451B2
A high bandwidth memory system. In some embodiments, the system includes: a memory stack having a plurality of memory dies and eight 128-bit channels; and a logic die, the memory dies being stacked on, and connected to, the logic die; wherein the logic die may be configured to operate a first channel of the 128-bit channels in: a first mode, in which a first 64 bits operate in pseudo-channel mode, and a second 64 bits operate as two 32-bit fine-grain channels, or a second mode, in which the first 64 bits operate as two 32-bit fine-grain channels, and the second 64 bits operate as two 32-bit fine-grain channels.
US10915449B2
Systems, methods, and software described herein facilitate servicing of data requests based on quality of service assigned to processing jobs. In one example, a method of prioritizing data requests in a computing system based on quality of service includes identifying a plurality of data requests from a plurality of processing jobs. The method further includes prioritizing the plurality of data requests based on a quality of service assessed to each of the plurality of processing jobs, and assigning cache memory in the computing system to each of the plurality of data requests based on the prioritization.
US10915440B2
A computer storage device having a host interface, a controller, non-volatile storage media, and firmware. The firmware instructs the controller to: store a namespace map to map blocks of logical addresses defined in a namespace to first blocks of logical addresses defined in a capacity of the non-volatile storage media; without changing a size of the namespace, adjust the namespace map to map the blocks of the logical addresses defined in the namespace to second blocks of the logical addresses defined in the capacity of the non-volatile storage media (e.g., to consolidate blocks for performance improvement); and translate the logical addresses in the namespace to physical addresses for the non-volatile storage media using the namespace map.
US10915439B2
Processing prefetch memory operations and transactions. A local processor receives a write prefetch request from a remote processor. Prior to execution of a write prefetch request received from a remote processor, determining whether a priority of the write prefetch request is greater than a priority of a pending transaction of a local processor. The write prefetch request is executed in response to a determination that the priority of the write prefetch request is greater than the priority of a pending transaction. Prefetch data produced by execution of the write prefetch request is provided to the remote processor.
US10915435B2
Methods and systems for a deep learning based problem advisor are disclosed. A method includes: obtaining, by a computing device, a log file including events generated during execution of a software application; determining, by the computing device, at least one possible cause for a problem in the software application using the obtained log file and a knowledge base including calling paths for each of a plurality of methods in source code of the software application; for each of the at least one possible cause for the problem, the computing device simulating user actions in the software application; and determining, by the computing device, a root cause based on the simulating user actions in the software application.
US10915433B2
Regression testing of software applications is described. Breakpoints are inserted in a programming code of an object to perform testing of all software applications that use the object. A processor in a computing device can receive data representing a programming code of a functionality of a software application rectifying a problem associated with the functionality of the software application. The processor can determine another software application executing the functionality. The processor can insert a breakpoint in the programming code of the functionality of the software application and the another software application. The breakpoint can be inserted at a location in the programming code of the software application where the problem was rectified. The processor can execute the programming code of the functionality including the inserted breakpoint. The processor can determine, based on the executing, whether the problem has been rectified in the software application and the another software application.
US10915430B2
A method includes identifying a set of tests for a source code, analyzing the set of tests to identify overlapping blocks of the source code that are to be tested by each of the set of tests, merging a subset of the tests that include the overlapping blocks of the source code to create a merged test, and causing the merged test to be executed to test the source code. In an implementation, code coverage results are used when analyzing the set of tests to identify overlapping blocks of the source code.
US10915426B2
Methods, systems and computer program products for intercepting and recording calls of a module in real-time is provided. Each listed target module is loaded into system memory. A link is established between each target module and the recording framework, which begins execution of an application that includes the plurality of target modules. In response to one of the plurality of target modules being called by the application, control is passed to the recording framework, which includes passing to the recording framework original registers from the application and a register containing an entry point of the recording framework. Recording framework records arguments passed to the target module. Tags identifying the execution environment, transaction name, transaction id, calling program name, and whether the call is for input or output are recorded. When the target module completes, control passes back to the recording framework, which records the output parameters from the target module.
US10915424B2
The techniques described herein may provide deadlock detection and prevention with improved performance and reduced overhead over existing systems. For example, in an embodiment, a method for improving performance of software code by preventing deadlocks may comprise executing software code in a computer system comprising a processor, memory accessible by the processor, and program instructions and data for the software code stored in the memory, the program instructions executable by the processor to execute the software code, logging information relating to occurrence of deadlock conditions among threads in the executing software code, detecting occurrence of deadlock conditions in the software code based on the logged information, and modifying the software code or data used by the software code so as to prevent occurrence of at least one detected deadlock condition.
US10915420B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method that includes detecting events relating to user equipment on a communication network, collecting first event data including event times and locations, and collecting second event data regarding second event dimensions determined at least in part by the event type. The method also includes generating, for each of the event types, an event data structure associated with the user, based on the first event data and second event data. The event data structures are concatenated to generate an event history flow associated with the user; the event history flow is analyzed to identify causal events for a detected event. The method also includes generating a model for performance of the user equipment based on the causal events to predict a future event, and identifying potential adjustments to the communication network to prevent that event. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10915413B2
Restoring of a database table in the database system (e.g., an in-memory insert-only database system, etc.) is initiated. Thereafter, a transaction log volume storing data log records and multi-version concurrency control (MVCC) log records corresponding to the database table is accessed. Based on such access, data log records corresponding to the database table are replayed while insert and update MVCC log records corresponding to the database table are skipped. Subsequently, restoring of the database table in the database system is finalized. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
US10915407B2
The Source Volume Backup with Adaptive Finalization Apparatuses, Methods and Systems (“SVBAF”) transforms backup request inputs via SVBAF components into backup response outputs. A set of blocks to be copied from a source volume to a target volume is designated and copied while an operating system is configured to write to the source volume. Blocks of the source volume that were written to by the operating system while the operating system was configured to write to the source volume are identified. Finalization settings are analyzed to determine whether to enter a CoW mode. If the CoW mode should not be entered, the designated set of blocks is changed to include at least one of the identified blocks and a pass is repeated. Otherwise, the operating system is instructed to enter the CoW mode and bring the target volume into a state consistent with a state of the source volume.
US10915403B2
A versioned records management computing system that uses a restart era in order to promote rapid recovery. A persistent store includes a multi-versioned record collection. The records are also associated with a restart era that corresponds to the era of operation of the computing system after a restart. Upon a recovery, the current restart era changes. An object collection media has an object collection that conforms to an object model such that the object model is used to operate upon the records. The object collection media is operable such that the object collection is durable so as to survive restarts of the system to thereby allow for accelerated recovery.
US10915399B2
A storage system includes: a control processor, configured to: read user data with a read threshold, detect an uncorrectable error in the user data, detect a sector balanced when the number of 1's and 0's in the user data is within the difference stored in a range register, apply an XOR RAID recovery to correct the uncorrectable error in the user data; and a non-volatile memory array, coupled to the control processor, configured to store the user data; and wherein the control processor is further configured to forego an additional read of a sector N with a different value of the read threshold when the sector balanced initiates the XOR RAID recovery.
US10915396B1
Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for improved decoding of a binary linear code. An example method includes receiving a noisy codeword; computing a syndrome based on the noisy codeword; identifying N error patterns that correspond to the syndrome; selecting M error patterns from the N error patterns, wherein M≤N are positive integers, wherein a distance between a codeword corresponding to each of the M error patterns and the noisy codeword is less than a distance between a codeword corresponding to any other error pattern and the noisy codeword, and wherein the distance excludes a Hamming distance; modifying the noisy codeword based on each of the M error patterns one-at-a-time; and decoding the modified noisy codeword one-at-a-time until a successful decoding is achieved.
US10915393B2
Existing semiconductor devices cannot detect a failure occurring in a circuit required for mode switching processing for other than arithmetic cores, so that reliability is inadequate. A semiconductor device of an embodiment of the invention includes: a selector which is provided corresponding to among plural arithmetic cores one used as a checking arithmetic core in lock-step mode and which, in lock-step mode, blocks the interface signals outputted from the corresponding arithmetic core and, in split mode, lets the interface signals outputted from the corresponding arithmetic core through; an access monitor which monitors the interface signals outputted via a selector and, when an abnormal state of the interface signals is detected, outputs an error signal; and an error control unit which outputs, based on the error signal outputted from the access monitor, an abnormal state processing request to a higher-order system.
US10915392B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products for detecting and correcting integration issues and errors between different computer systems are disclosed. For example, a computer-implemented method may include collecting transaction data for each one of a plurality of respective merchants where the transaction data is associated with service integration between computer systems associated with the respective merchants and one or more service provider computer systems, analyzing the transaction data across a plurality of respective issue detection models, generating for each one of the plurality of merchants action data corresponding to one or more of the respective issue detection models based on the analyzing, and providing each one of the plurality of merchants with the respective generated action data.
US10915390B2
In some examples, a computing device can determine a data state from telemetry data received from a plurality of client devices, determine a state change using the data state determined from the telemetry data, determine, using the state change, a potential cause of a fault of a component of a client device of the plurality of client devices, where the potential cause of the fault is determined in response to receiving a support inquiry from the client device, and display a timeline of state changes, where the timeline includes the determined state change of the client device.
US10915386B2
A battery management system includes: a plurality of slave controllers configured to be respectively connected with a plurality of battery modules to generate battery sensing information related to the respective battery modules; and a master controller connected with an uppermost slave controller from among the slave controllers, wherein each of the slave controllers includes a first receiver and a first transmitter configured to communicate with a preceding slave controller or the master controller and a second receiver and a second transmitter configured to communicate with a following slave controller, and each of the slave controllers is configured to connect the first receiver with the first transmitter or the second receiver with the second transmitter depending on types of diagnosis packets inputted through the first receiver.
US10915358B2
According to various aspects and embodiments, an energy management system is provided. The system includes a memory, at least one processor coupled to the memory, and a data acquisition management component executable by the at least one processor and configured to generate a first request to perform at least one first managed task, the first request including an identifier of at least one asset and an identifier of an attribute of the at least one asset, transmit the first request to one or more data acquisition devices, receive a first response including information descriptive of a value associated with the attribute, and generate, in response to receiving the first response and in accord with at least one energy management goal, a second request to perform at least one second managed task.
US10915356B2
Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for technology that identifies a thread and selects a core from a plurality of processor cores in response to the selected core being available while satisfying a least used condition with respect to the plurality of processor cores. The technology may also schedule the thread to be executed on the selected core.
US10915351B2
Aspects utilize a computing processing capability of a device connected to a cellular network wherein processors are configured to determine processing capabilities of each of a plurality of devices as function of device hardware configuration, software configuration, and average idle utilization, determine first remaining uptime periods of availability that each of the plurality of devices are available for data processing as a function of respective device data comprising battery level, signal strength and usage patterns, wherein the usage patterns are power usage patterns or data usage patterns, in response to receiving a processing task that comprises a needed processing capability, identify a subset of devices that each have a threshold amount of uptime of processing capability in an amount inclusive of the needed processing capability of the task, and assign the processing task to one of the subset devices.
US10915343B2
Techniques for improving server-side execution of script code include in one embodiment: receiving, at a server computer, a request from a client computer to provide a service of an application that the server computer hosts; acquiring a particular runtime from among a plurality of pre-computed runtimes in a runtime pool, each of the pre-computed runtimes in the runtime pool comprising an executable combination of computer program script code and context data that is programmed to create and use one or more data items having global scope; using the server computer, providing the request to the particular runtime and executing the particular runtime to cause generating a response to the request; transmitting the response to the client computer; cleaning up the one or more data items having global scope and returning the particular runtime to the runtime pool after completing the cleaning up.
US10915341B2
A device configured to emulate a correlithm object processing system comprises a memory and one or more processors. The memory stores a mapping table that includes multiple context value entries, multiple corresponding source value entries, and multiple corresponding target value entries. Each context value entry includes a correlithm object. The one or more processors receive at least one input source value and a context input value. The one or more processors identify a context value entry from the mapping table that matches the context input value based at least in part upon n-dimensional distances between the context input value and each of the context value entries. The one or more processors identify a portion of the source value entries corresponding to the identified context value entry, and further identifies a source value entry that matches the input source value. The one or more processors identify a target value entry corresponding to the identified source value entry.
US10915337B2
Computer architecture for emulating correlithm object cores in a correlithm object processing system
A device that includes a node engine configured to determine a core distance for a correlithm object core. The core distance identifies a maximum number of hops away from a root correlithm object. The node engine is further configured to select a correlithm object in an n-dimensional space and set the selected correlithm object as the root correlithm object. The node engine is further configured to identify a plurality of correlithm objects within the core distance from the root correlithm object and link the identified plurality of correlithm objects with the root correlithm object to generate the correlithm object core.
US10915333B2
Performance of a legacy application may be characterized for subsequent adjustment of operating parameters when running the legacy application on a new system. The legacy application is run on the legacy system and one or more key performance metrics that must be met when the legacy application is run on the new system are determined along with other performance information useful for later adjustment of operating parameters of the new system when running the legacy application on the new system.
US10915327B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to an apparatus comprising a plurality of clusters, each cluster having a plurality of execution units to execute instructions. The apparatus comprises dispatch circuitry to determine, for each instruction to be executed, a chosen cluster from amongst the plurality of clusters to which to dispatch that instruction for execution. This determination is performed by selecting between a default dispatch policy wherein said chosen cluster is a cluster to which an earlier instruction to generate at least one source operand of said instruction was dispatched for execution, and an alternative dispatch policy for selecting said chosen cluster. Said selecting is based on a selection parameter. The dispatch circuitry is further configured to dispatch said instruction to the chosen cluster for execution.
US10915319B2
An image processor is described. The image processor includes a two dimensional shift register array that couples certain ones of its array locations to support execution of a shift instruction. The shift instruction is to include mask information. The mask information is to specify which of the array locations are to be written to with information being shifted. The two dimensional shift register array includes masking logic circuitry to write the information being shifted into specified ones of the array locations in accordance with the mask information.
US10915316B1
In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method provides causing displaying in a first screen of a first GUI a first toolbar and a second toolbar. The first toolbar has options related to a branch of source code, including a first option to show a difference between a current version and a previous version of the source code, and the second toolbar has of options related to two branches of source code, including a second option to set up a pull request of merging changes from a source branch into a destination branch. The method further provides receiving a selection of the first option; and causing displaying in the first screen of the GUI a first panel and a second panel. The first panel has a current version of source code in a first branch and an indicator of any difference from a previous version, and the second panel has a current version of source code in a second branch and an indicator of any difference from a previous version. The method also provides receiving a selection of the second option; and causing displaying in a second screen of the GUI a third option to specify an original branch as the source branch, a fourth option to specify a target branch as the destination branch, and a default value for the third option or the fourth option identifying the first branch or the second branch.
US10915314B2
Various methods and systems for autonomously upgrading deployed resources in a distributed computing environment are provided. An autonomous upgrade system identifies updates such as operating system image updates and virtual machine extension updates for deployment in the distributed computing environment. The autonomous upgrade system identifies eligible tenants, identifies deployed resources that may be impacted by the identified update, batches the resources and upgrades the batched resources. The autonomous upgrade system performs a diagnostic test on upgraded resources to determine whether an upgrade was successful. In some embodiments, the diagnostic test is performed by executing a diagnostic script that can be provided by a tenant. The autonomous upgrade system can stop or pause the upgrade if various success metrics are not satisfied. In some embodiments, the autonomous upgrade system tests and certifies newly published updates for deployment to the distributed computing environment.
US10915298B1
Methods of performing mixed-signal current-mode multiply-accumulate (MAC) operations for binarized neural networks in an integrated circuit are described in this disclosure. While digital machine learning circuits are fast, scalable, and programmable, they typically require bleeding-edge deep sub-micron manufacturing, consume high currents, and they reside in the cloud, which can exhibit long latency, and not meet private and safety requirements of some applications. Digital machine learning circuits also tend to be pricy given that machine learning digital chips typically require expensive tooling and wafer fabrication associated with advanced bleeding-edge deep sub-micron semiconductor manufacturing. This disclosure utilizes mixed-signal current mode signal processing for machine learning binarized neural networks (BNN), including Compute-In-Memory (CIM), which can enable on-or-near-device machine learning and or on sensor machine learning chips to operate more privately, more securely, with low power and low latency, asynchronously, and be manufacturable on non-advanced standard sub-micron fabrication (with node portability), that are more mature and rugged with lower costs. An example of enabling features of this disclosure is as follows: to save power in an “always-on’ setting, reduce chip costs, process signals asynchronously, and reduce dynamic power consumption. Current mode signal processing is utilized in combination with CIM (to further reduce dynamic power consumption associated with read/write cycles in and out of memory) for bitwise counting of plurality of logic state ‘1’ of plurality of XOR outputs for MAC arithmetic in BNNs.
US10915297B1
Computational apparatus includes a systolic array of processing elements. In each of a sequence of processing cycles, the processing elements in a first row of the array each receive a respective first plurality of first operands, while the processing elements in a first column of the array each receive a respective second plurality of second operands. Each processing element, except in the first row and first column, receives the respective first and second pluralities of the operands from adjacent processing elements in a preceding row and column of the array. Each processing element multiplies pairs of the first and second operands together to generate multiple respective products, and accumulates the products in accumulators. Synchronization logic loads a succession of first and second vectors of the operands into the array, and upon completion of processing triggers the processing elements to transfer respective data values from the accumulators out of the array.
US10915293B2
Systems and methods for controlling an audio device include a system provider device that retrieves, through a network, audio device information for at least one audio device. The system provider device also receives an indication of a triggered alert from at least one of a plurality of devices. In various embodiments, the system provider device determines an alert type corresponding to the received indication of the triggered alert. In addition, the system provider device modifies an audio setting of the at least one audio device based on the determined alert type. In some examples, the system provider device further modifies the audio setting of the at least one audio device to return the modified audio setting of the at least one audio device to a pre-modified setting.
US10915291B2
The technology described in this document can be embodied in a computer-implemented method of controlling a wearable audio device configured to provide an audio output. The method includes receiving data indicating the wearable audio device is proximate a geographic location associated with a plurality of localized audio messages, and presenting, using one or more user-interfaces, a representation of the plurality of localized audio messages. The method also includes receiving information indicative of a selection of a portion of the one or more user interfaces, and initiating playback of one or more of the plurality of localized audio messages that correspond to the selection, on the wearable audio device.
US10915289B2
A shared terminal, includes circuitry to control a display to display an image to a plurality of users, the plurality of users sharing a use of the shared terminal; and a network interface to communicate with a terminal management server and a destination management server through a network. The circuitry obtains, from a first privately-owned terminal owned by a first user, first terminal identification information for identifying the first privately-owned terminal. Under control of the circuitry, the network interface transmits the first terminal identification information to a terminal management server; receives first user identification information from a terminal management server; transmits the first user identification information to the destination management server; receives a first email address of the first user from the destination management server; and transmits an email whose sender email address is the first email address.
US10915288B2
A server and computer implemented method for sharing physical writing actions, the method comprising the steps of: detecting, at each of a plurality of computing devices associated with a meeting, one or more physical writing actions being performed on physical writing surfaces; generating writing signals based on the physical writing actions; transmitting the generated writing signals to a server; forwarding, via the server, the writing signals for receipt at the plurality of computing devices associated with the meeting; and each computing device outputting a representation of the physical writing actions.
US10915287B2
There is provided a display device for a vehicle, the display device including: a first display unit that is provided at a meter display and that is visible to an occupant of a vehicle; a second display unit that is provided at a projection surface of a head-up display, and that is above and adjacent to the first display unit in a line of sight of the occupant; a memory; and a processor that is connected to the memory, in a case in which an operational state of a function relating to the vehicle has automatically changed, the processor causing display of an image indicating the operational state on the second display unit, and then causing migration of display of the image to the first display unit.
US10915268B2
A computer-implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for scheduling a process to run on a processor. A determination is made whether a process running on a processor is making an input/output operation system call. The process is de-scheduled from running on the processor in response to a determination that the process is making an input/output operation system call. The process is allowed to continue running on the processor in response to a determination that the process is not making an input/output system call.
US10915261B2
A method for execution by a computing device of a dispersed storage network includes identifying a DSN address for data to be accessed within a DSN. A plurality of storage cohorts associated with the data to be accessed are identified. Ranked scoring information for each storage cohort obtaining ranked scoring information for each storage cohort of the plurality of storage cohorts with regards to the data to be accessed is obtained. A storage cohort of the plurality of storage cohorts is selected based on the ranked scoring information. Slice access requests are issued to a set of storage units of the selected storage cohort for the data to be accessed. Slice access responses received from at least one of the set of storage units of the selected storage cohort are processed.
US10915258B2
Systems and techniques for bi-directional negotiation for dynamic data chunking are described herein. A set of available features for a memory subsystem. The set of available features including latency of buffer locations of the memory subsystem. An indication of a first latency requirement of a first data consumer and a second latency requirement of a second data consumer may be obtained. A first buffer location of the memory subsystem for a data stream based on the first latency requirement may be negotiated with the first data consumer. A second buffer location of the memory subsystem for the data stream based on the second latency requirement may be negotiated with the second data consumer. An indication of the first buffer location may be provided to the first data consumer and an indication of the second buffer location may be provided to the second data consumer.
US10915250B2
Systems and methods for optimizing storage system performance are disclosed. A method includes: determining an expected lifetime of each of at least one computing instance; determining a disk data extent evaluation period for each of the at least one computing instance based on the determined expected lifetime; determining an input/output (I/O) wait time threshold for each of the at least one computing instance; determining an I/O wait time of each of the at least one computing instance using the determined disk data extent evaluation period; and in response to the determined I/O wait time of one or more of the at least one computing instance exceeding the determined I/O wait time threshold of the computing instance, moving at least one data extent associated with the one or more computing instance exceeding the determined I/O wait time threshold from hard disk drive storage to solid state drive storage.
US10915224B2
A portable electronic device displays a plurality of icons (e.g., graphical objects) in a region in a touch-sensitive display; detects a predefined user action, with respect to the touch-sensitive display, for initiating a predefined user interface reconfiguration process; and varies positions of one or more icons in the plurality of icons in response to detecting the predefined user action. The varying includes varying the positions of the one or more icons about respective average positions.
US10915222B2
Methods, systems, and computer-storage media are provided for facilitating the care of a patient by a multi-disciplinary care team. A graphical user interface presents one or more clinical problems associated with a patient. For each clinical problem, actionable care team icons are presented that, among other things, identify care teams responsible for caring for the clinical problem and any actions taken by the care teams to address the clinical problem.
US10915200B2
The present disclosure proposes a touch and display driver, a driving method, a host, and a touch display apparatus, wherein the touch and display driver includes a communication interface configured to be communicatively connected to a host to acquire a driver file; and a controller configured to drive a touch component and/or a display component by using the acquired driver file.
US10915194B2
A touch display panel is provided. The touch display panel includes a touch film layer and a fingerprint identification film layer. An orthographic projection of the fingerprint identification film layer on the touch film layer is located in a preset hollow region of the touch film layer. Two ends of at least one specific electrode in touch film layer are connected to a first driver chip via a signal transmission line, and the specific electrode includes a touch drive electrode and/or a touch inductive electrode, cut off by a preset hollow region.
US10915189B2
A display device with a built-in touch screen according to the present disclosure includes a display panel, a data driver, a gate driver, a touch sensing unit, a common voltage supplier, and a switch circuit, and further includes a common voltage adjuster to supply different common voltages to touch electrodes of the display panel, thereby resolving a local stain or screen vibration problem occurring on the display panel. Further, a method for driving a display device with a built-in touch screen according to one embodiment includes: switching the display panel from a touch mode to a display mode, generating different common voltages, and supplying two or more of the different common voltages to a plurality of touch electrodes (TE) or groups of touch electrodes (TE), thereby resolving an image quality defect.
US10915184B1
An object navigation device comprising: at least one touch sensing surface; a control circuit, for setting a direction of the object navigation device according to a touch sensing condition. The touch sensing condition comprises at least one of following conditions: a number of touch regions, at least one relative position of touch regions, shapes of touch regions, tilting angle of at least one object touching the touch sensing surface. A corresponding object navigation method is also disclosed. By this way, the direction of the object navigation device can be automatically set according to the touch sensed by the object navigation device.
US10915176B2
A smart device is stored in a storage unit of a haptic pattern providing apparatus, and the haptic pattern providing apparatus provides a user with an electrical stimulus pattern matched with visual information displayed on the stored smart device through an electro-sensitive panel which is installed over the storage unit and closely attached to a touch screen of the smart device. The haptic pattern providing apparatus senses a touch position of the user on the touch screen, and provides the user with a haptic pattern matched with the visual information displayed on the corresponding touch position through the electro-sensitive panel, such that the user can receive various pieces of visual information displayed on the smart device as haptic information implemented as haptic patterns through a process in which the user scans the electro-sensitive panel closely attached to the touch screen of the smart device with his or her finger.
US10915175B2
One embodiment of the present disclosure sets forth a technique for directing a user to modify an aspect of a vehicle via haptic output. The technique includes identifying one or more characteristics of a real-world condition located along a route of a vehicle. The technique further includes determining, based on the one or more characteristics of the real-world condition, a type of haptic sensation to deliver to a user associated with the vehicle. The technique further includes transmitting a first set of controls signals to at least one haptic output device that is proximate to the user, where the at least one haptic output device generates, based on the first set of control signals, haptic output corresponding to they type of haptic sensation.
US10915170B2
An eye-protection display device (1) and method are provided. The device (1) includes; a display screen (10); a distance detection module (20), configured to detect a vertical distance between a location of two eyes of a user and the display screen (10); a control module (30) to send first control information to an execution module (40) when a detection result of the distance detection module (20) includes at least a case that the vertical distance between the location of the two eyes and the display screen (10) is not a set distance; and the execution module (40) configured to control the display screen (10) to move according to the first control information, so that the vertical distance between the location of the two eyes and the display screen (10) is the set distance.
US10915164B2
An electromagnetic tracking system includes a hand held controller including an electromagnetic emitter configured to generate an electromagnetic field characterized by an electromagnetic field pattern and a first electromagnetic reflector positioned adjacent the electromagnetic emitter and configured to form a modified electromagnetic field pattern. The electromagnetic tracking system also includes a head mounted augmented reality display including an electromagnetic sensor configured to sense the electromagnetic field and a second electromagnetic reflector adjacent to sensor configured to optimally sense electromagnetic field pattern in a region of interest.
US10915163B2
The invention provides an electronic device, a hinge assembly, and an AR interaction process for an electronic device. The electronic device includes a first body, a second body, a hinge assembly, and a rotatable camera. The hinge assembly includes a first hinge, a second hinge, a third hinge, and an L-shaped hinge. The L-shaped hinge has a first segment and a second segment. The first segment is pivotally connected to the first body through the first hinge, the second segment is pivotally connected to the second body through the second hinge, and the first hinge, the second hinge, and the third hinge are parallel to each other and are not coaxial with each other. In addition, the rotatable camera is assembled to the second segment.
US10915155B2
A method and a device are provided for controlling a state of a terminal. The method includes determining a scenario that the terminal is in. The scenario includes a non-use scenario where the terminal is not used. The method further includes deactivating a preset functional module such that the terminal is switched to a non-interactive state when the terminal is in the non-use scenario and the terminal is in an interactive state where the preset functional module is running.
US10915153B2
The present invention is a docking station that consists essentially of two cradle arms and a central cradle portion including one or more temperature control units. It may include a case configured to allow heat transfer between a mobile device and the temperature control units. It may include both a heating element and a cooling element, wherein each of the elements are configured to engage at particular temperatures. It may include control units and temperature sensors. The cradle arms may include upper cradle hooks and lower cradle hooks to securely hold a mobile device. The case may be configured to securely receive the cradle hooks. The cradle arms may include upper and lower portions that are spring coupled. The docking station may include one or more locks that lock the upper and lower arm portions in their relative positions to prevent theft of a docked mobile device.
US10915148B1
A distortion calibration system generates a distortion map for a head-mounted display (HMD). The system includes a camera that takes pictures of a test pattern displayed by the HMD. The images are taken at different camera positions and/or states of the HMD. The system determines a distortion map using the captured images, and uploads it to the HMD as part of, e.g., an optical model. The HMD comprises an electronic display, an eye tracking unit, an optics block, and a module. The module estimates distortion values based on eye tracking information from the eye tracking unit, an optical model, and a state of the HMD (e.., a distance between the optics block and the electronic display). The module determines an adjusted state of the HMD using the estimated distortion values, the eye tracking information, and the optical model, and adjusts the state of the HMD to the adjusted state.
US10915141B2
A headband adjusting device includes a mounting base including an internal ratchet, a linkage mounted on the mounting base. The linkage includes a transmission member and an elastic position limiting member configured to abut against a tooth of the internal ratchet. The headband adjusting device also includes a thumbwheel connected with the linkage and configured to cause the linkage to rotate, the thumbwheel including a disengaging member corresponding to the position limiting member. When the thumbwheel rotates in a first direction, the disengaging member abuts against the position limiting member to unlock the internal ratchet. When the thumbwheel rotates in a second direction, the position limiting member rotates while contacting the internal ratchet. The headband adjusting device further includes a transmission mechanism coupled with the transmission member. The linkage is configured to drive the transmission mechanism, which drives a headband to extend or retract.
US10915135B2
A button assembly is disposed in a rocker. The button assembly including a base, a pressure sensor and a keycap. The base has two lower positioning portions with each of the two lower positioning portions protruding outwardly from respective sides of the base. The pressure sensor is mounted on the base. The keycap overlies the pressure sensor. The keycap has two upper positioning portions with each of the two upper positioning portions protruding outwardly from respective sides of the keycap. The two upper positioning portions are individually fixed on each of the two lower positioning portions. As described above, a push-button structure is thus formed by the two lower positioning portions and the two upper positioning portions configured among the base, the pressure sensor and the keycap to achieve the modularization of the button assembly of the present invention.
US10915127B2
The invention relates to a parameterizable energy supply device comprising; a wireless communication interface for capturing parameterization data for arameterizing the parameterizable energy supply device by means of a communication network; and a processor which is designed to control at least one operational parameter of the parameterizable energy supply device based on the captured parameterization data.
US10915125B2
A power transmission circuit includes a first transmission transistor, a second transmission transistor, and a first control circuit. A first terminal of the first transmission transistor is used as a power input terminal of the power transmission circuit. A second terminal of the first transmission transistor is coupled to a first node. A control terminal of the first transmission transistor is coupled to a control node. A first terminal of the second transmission transistor is used as a power output terminal of the power transmission circuit. A second terminal of the second transmission transistor is coupled to the first node. When a voltage of the power output terminal is greater than or equal to a voltage of the power input terminal, the first control circuit outputs a first voltage to the control node, to turn off the first transmission transistor and the second transmission transistor.
US10915122B2
A bandgap reference circuit including a clamp circuit is provided. The bandgap reference circuit performs the calibration only for one time in a normal mode to store a control code of a reference generator of the clamp circuit. In a suspend mode, the control code is used for controlling the reference generator to cause the clamp circuit to provide a desired source voltage, and a bandgap reference voltage source is shut down to reduce the power consumption.
US10915118B2
A method for controlling a drone includes receiving a request for information about a spatial location, generating data requests, configuring a flight plan and controlling one or more drones to fly over the spatial location to obtain data types based on the data requests, storing heterogeneous data captured by the one or more drones and creating spatio-temporal indices for identifying spatial or temporal coverage gaps in the data necessary to answer the request, controlling the one or more drones to fly over the spatial location to obtain a plurality of data types from the identified spatial or temporal coverage gaps and extracting and analyzing data to answer the request.
US10915097B2
Disclosed is a fault signal recovery system including a data processor configured to generate a signal subset U* by removing, from a signal set U for a plurality of tags, some tags including a fault signal, and a first learning signal subset X* by removing tags disposed at positions corresponding to the some tags from a learning signal set X containing only tags of normal signals, a modeling unit configured to generate feature information F extractable from the first learning signal subset X* and recovery information P on a plurality of recovery models usable for restoring the fault signal, and a recovery unit configured to estimate and recover normal signals for the some tags based on the signal subset U*, the first learning signal subset X*, the feature information F, the recovery information P on the plurality of recovery models, and similarity Z.
US10915092B2
An information processing apparatus includes, a first acquisition unit configured to acquire height data indicating the height of a three-dimensional structure to be formed on a recording medium, a setting unit configured to set a method for correcting the height indicated by the height data on the basis of a user's instruction, a correction unit configured to make a correction to reduce the height indicated by the height data on the basis of the method set by the setting unit, and an output unit configured to convert the height data corrected by the correction unit into first recording amount data indicating the recording amount of a first recording material for forming the three-dimensional structure on the recording medium, and output the first recording amount data.
US10915089B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods, and computer program products for optimizing the manufacture of wooden furniture. The system is configured to receive a user selection of a furniture product; receive a user input associated with the one or more variables for each of the one or more components of the furniture product; generate a furniture plan for the one or more components associated with the at least one of the one or more furniture products; and transmit control signals based on the furniture plan to cause a manufacturing equipment to implement the furniture plan, wherein implementing the furniture plan further comprises manufacturing the one or more components.
US10915087B2
To provide a numerical control device capable of directly determining whether or not a cutting fluid is applied to a cutting point. A numerical control device includes a determination unit configured to make, on a basis of image data acquired when a vision sensor photographs a cutting fluid jetted from an injection nozzle toward a cutting point, determination of whether or not the cutting fluid is applied to the cutting point, and an instruction unit configured to issue an instruction to a nozzle control device configured to control a position and an attitude of the injection nozzle on a basis of a result of the determination of the determination unit.
US10915075B2
A device for controlling an industrial system comprises an input block and a reference value predicter. The reference value predicter includes a disturbance predicter, a state predicter, and a model parameter predicter. A model updater updates the model of the industrial system based on the predicted state and the predicted parameters. A one-prediction-step calculator of the reference value predicter calculates a prediction step based on the predicted disturbances and the model of the system. The device further includes a matrix updater and a linear solver that includes a memory structure such that each row of Jacobian and gradient matrices may be processed in parallel, a pivot search block that determines a maximum element in a column of the Jacobian and gradient matrices, and a pivot row reading block. Moreover, the device further includes a solution updater that updates the solution for an iteration step and controls the iteration process and an output block that sends a solution to the industrial system.
US10915066B2
The invention relates to an apparatus (200, 300, 400, 600) for producing volume reflection holograms with substrate-guided reconstruction beams, comprising: at least one transparent, planar carrier element (210, 310, 410, 610) comprising a first flat side (210.1) and a further flat side (210.2), at least one master element (206, 306, 406, 606) arrangeable at the first flat side (210.1) of the carrier element (210, 310, 410, 610) and at least one optical input coupling element (102, 202, 302, 402, 602) configured to optically couple a light beam (214, 216), wherein provision is made of at least one coupling portion (104, 204, 304, 404, 604) configured to mechanically establish an optical contact between the input coupling element (102, 202, 302, 402) and at least one holographic recording medium (208, 308, 408) providable on the further flat side (210.2) of the carrier element (210, 310, 410) or configured to mechanically establish an optical contact between the further flat side of the carrier element (610) and at least one holographic recording medium (608) providable on a flat side (605) of the optical input coupling element (602), wherein at least the coupling portion (104, 204, 304, 404, 604) is formed from a material with a shear modulus of between 1000 Pa and 50 MPa, preferably of between 30,000 Pa and 30 MPa.
US10915059B2
The image forming apparatus includes an image carrier unit, a developing device, a unit support frame, and a developing holder. The developing holder is provided on the unit support frame, and holds the developing device such that the developing device is swingable in a direction that allows the developer carrier to get nearer to or further separate from the image carrier. The developing holder includes a driving gear and a pair of swinging shaft parts. The driving gear transmits motive power to the developing device. The pair of swinging shaft parts have a rotational axis extending parallel to an axial direction of the developer carrier and are supported rotatable relative to the unit support frame. An axial distance between the pair of swinging shaft parts is longer than a distance from a rotational center of the driving gear to a rotational center of the swinging shaft parts.
US10915057B2
An image forming apparatus includes an opening/closing member that pivots with respect to an apparatus main body between a closed position and an open position, a lock mechanism that holds the opening/closing member in the closed position, and a detection member that detects a position of the opening/closing member. The lock mechanism includes a first engaging portion and a second engaging portion at both ends of the apparatus main body, and a first engaged portion and a second engaged portion at both ends of the opening/closing member, in an axial direction. An engagement width for the second engaging portion and the second engaged portion is large compared with that of the first engaging portion and the first engaged portion, when the opening/closing member is in the closed position and locked by the lock mechanism. The detection member is located close to the second engaging portion in the axial direction.
US10915053B2
A management system includes a printing apparatus replaceably holding a first and a second replaceable item, and a management server. The printing apparatus includes a transmission unit that transmits identification data indicating identification information on the printing apparatus and data including a value related to a usage amount of the second replaceable item. The management server includes an acquisition unit that acquires a value related to a previous usage amount of the second replaceable item from a memory based on the identification data from the printing apparatus. The management server includes a determination unit that makes a determination about a delivery instruction of the first replaceable item based on the value related to the usage amount of the second replaceable item, which is transmitted from the printing apparatus, and the value related to the previous usage amount of the second replaceable item, which is acquired from the memory.
US10915052B2
Recording material determination apparatus and image forming apparatus that receive ultrasonic waves
A recording material determination apparatus includes a transmission unit, a reception unit, and a determination unit. The transmission unit transmits an ultrasonic wave to a recording material. The reception unit vibrates when the reception unit receives the ultrasonic wave having been transmitted from the transmission unit and having passed through the recording material, and outputs a signal corresponding to a vibration state. The determination unit determines a basis weight of the recording material in accordance with the signal output from the reception unit. A resonance frequency of the reception unit differs from a resonance frequency of the transmission unit, and the reception unit is capable of receiving a sound wave in an ultrasonic range and a sound wave in an audible range.
US10915047B2
An image forming apparatus includes a control portion configured to output, in a test mode, a recording member which has passed through a fixing nip portion in a case of a first temperature difference in which a center part temperature of a first rotary member is higher than an end part temperature of the first rotary member and a recording member which has passed through the fixing nip portion in a case of a second temperature difference in which the center part temperature is lower than the end part temperature by one operation of starting test mode to the input portion.
US10915046B2
An image heating apparatus includes a heater having a plurality of heat generating elements, a roller for forming a nip portion with the heater, an acquisition portion that acquires a plurality of count values indicating heat accumulation amounts of a plurality of heating regions heated by the plurality of heat generating elements, respectively, and a control portion that controls electrical power to be supplied to the plurality of heat generating elements to control individual heat generating quantities of the plurality of heat generating elements. The control portion controls the heat generating quantities so that a difference between a first count value indicating a heat accumulation amount of a first heating region heated by a first heat generating element and a second count value indicating a heat accumulation amount of a second heating region heated by a second heat generating element is maintained within a predetermined range.
US10915030B2
A light spot arrangement, a surface profile measuring method and a method for calculating control data for an exposure field are disclosed. The light spot arrangement includes a plurality of measuring light spots (100) which define at least one set of orthogonal line segments, wherein the measuring light spots (100) lying on the orthogonal line segments radiate outward from a center, with each of the orthogonal line segments defined by at least four measuring light spots. With this light spot arrangement comprising at least one set of orthogonal line segments defined by measuring light spots radiating outward from a center, readings of multiple ones of the light spots (100) can be acquired in real time, and exposure can be performed with real-time focusing and leveling based on a surface profile of the wafer (200) derived from a surface fitting process carried out on the readings.
US10915027B2
Post development treatment method and material for shrinking critical dimension of photoresist layer
A lithography method is provided in accordance with some embodiments. The lithography method includes forming a patterned photoresist on a material layer, applying a first bonding material to a side surface of the patterned photoresist, performing a treatment on the first bonding material to bond the first bonding material to the side surface of the patterned photoresist, wherein the treatment creates a bonding site on the first bonding material configured to bond to a second bonding material, applying the second bonding material to a side surface of the first bonding material, and patterning the material layer by selectively processing a portion of the material layer exposed by the patterned photoresist, the first bonding material, and the second bonding material.
US10914989B1
The invention discloses a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a first substrate and a sealant disposed on the first substrate. The first substrate includes a display area and a bezel area surrounding the display area. The sealant is disposed in the bezel area and surrounds the display area, wherein a widened portion is disposed between the display area and the sealant at a corner to increase a shortest distance between a boundary of the display area and the sealant at the corner.
US10914987B2
A complex (10) includes a liquid crystal component (13) and a support (11, 12) of the liquid crystal component (13), in which a lubricating interface derivation region (16) is formed between the liquid crystal component (13) and the support (11, 12). An optical element includes a pair of substrates (11, 12) having electrodes (18, 19) on at least one substrate (11), and a liquid crystal component (13) with which a space between the pair of substrates (11, 12) is filled, in which a lubricating interface derivation region (16) is formed between the pair of substrates (11, 12) and the liquid crystal component (13). It is preferable that the lubricating interface deriving agent (14) is present in the lubricating interface derivation region.
US10914986B2
A photoluminescent panel includes a lower substrate, an upper substrate facing the lower substrate, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the lower substrate and the upper substrate, and a color conversion layer disposed on the upper substrate. The color conversion layer includes a light excitation particle which absorbs light having a desired wavelength and emits excited light, and a scattering particle which scatters the excited light.
US10914966B2
The disclosure discloses a manufacturing method of a liquid crystal display grating. The method includes preparing a substrate, depositing a transparent film layer on the substrate, patterning the transparent film layer for producing a plurality of containing grooves, depositing a liquid crystal alignment film in the containing grooves, injecting liquid crystal molecules in the containing grooves, aligning and packaging the liquid crystal molecules. The disclosure can achieve 3D display by the method above.
US10914964B2
A lens barrel detachably attached to a camera body includes a fixed tube section that has a base end installed at the camera body, and a top end, a first pitch screw section being formed on an inner peripheral surface of the top end; a movable tube section that is a tube member configured to hold a plurality of lens and has a second pitch screw section on the movable tube side formed at an outer peripheral surface, and is located so as to be movable inside the fixed tube section in such a state that the second pitch screw section is threadedly engaged with the first pitch screw section, the plurality of lens including two group of lenses, a first group and a second group, held within the movable tube section. The movable tube section having a fixed diaphragm plate that is detachable.
US10914960B2
An imaging apparatus includes a filter configured to transmit light and an image sensor configured to generate an image according to the light. The filter includes first to fourth filter regions. The first filter region transmits light of a first wavelength region, and does not transmit light of a second wavelength region. The second filter region does not transmit the light of the first wavelength region and transmits the light of the second wavelength region. The third, filter region does not transmit the light of the first, wavelength region and does not transmit the light of the second wavelength region. The fourth filter region transmits the light of the first wavelength region and transmits the light of the second wavelength region.
US10914959B2
A system for structuring a directed energy beam includes one or more coherent light sources that emit one or more initial light beams, one or more spatial light modulators that modulate the one or more initial light beams, and a beam combiner that coherently adds orbital angular momentum beams to create a reconfigurable spatial region of localized power that forms the directed energy beam. Each spatial light modulator is loaded with a pattern that receives an incident light beam and outputs an orbital angular momentum beam. The pattern encodes one or more orthogonal orbital angular momentum functions. Characteristically, each orbital angular momentum having an associated complex weight with which each orbital angular momentum beam is weighted in forming the coherent addition.
US10914953B1
A tunable waveguide display includes a source waveguide, a first tunable lens (FTL), an output waveguide, and a second tunable lens (STL). The source waveguide receives light, expands the light in a first dimension, and outputs the expanded light. The FTL adjusts a wavefront of the expanded light to form adjusted light. The output waveguide receives the adjusted light, expands the adjusted light in a second dimension to form image light, and outputs the image light. The STL adjusts a wavefront of the image light. The FTL and the STL control an image plane of the image light.
US10914952B2
A head mounted display (HMD) includes a first transparent light source, a first micro-lens array panel and a first transparent LCD panel. The first transparent light source emits a plurality of pin-lights along a first light projection path. The first micro-lens array panel having a plurality of micro-lens, and the micro-lens respectively receive the pin-lights and adjust characteristics of projection surfaces of the pin-lights to generate a plurality of adjusted lights. The first transparent LCD panel receives the adjusted lights and generates a first display image according to the adjusted lights.
US10914940B2
The spot diameter of a laser beam emitted from a first light source, passing through a first stop member, and focused on an object to be scanned is smaller than the spot diameter of a laser beam emitted from a second light source, passing through a second stop member, and focused on an object to be scanned. After the focal depth at the spot diameter of the laser beam emitted from the first light source, passing through the first stop member, and focused on the object to be scanned is adjusted by moving a first holding member holding the first light source at least in the emission direction of the laser beam from the light source, the first holding member and a housing member are bonded with an adhesive, and the first holding member is positioned and fixed to the housing member.
US10914934B2
The invention discloses a wide-field multi-scale high-resolution microscopic imaging system, which includes a light source, a sample, a microscope imaging objective system, an acquisition system, and a workstation. The microscope imaging objective system is used for forming an image after a light beam emitted by the light source illuminates the sample. To obtain a wide-field curved image plane, the acquisition system includes an acquisition lens array for subfield acquisition of the curved image plane, and a camera array for secondary imaging. The workstation is used for analyzing the acquired image in overlapping fields of view, and performing image splicing based on the fields of view, to finally obtain a wide-field high-resolution image. Because of the desire for an improvement to an imaging method, this invention realizes multi-scale high-resolution observation from cells, tissues, to organs while ensuring a wide field of view.
US10914932B2
It is aimed to prevent excitation light from leaking and being detected by the detector in a fluorescence microscope. A microscope includes an illumination optical system configured to illuminate a specimen with excitation light, a detector configured to detect fluorescence emitted from the specimen, and an observation optical system configured to guide the fluorescence to the detector. The observation optical system includes an optical filter having a variable wavelength characteristic, a light dispersing element configured to disperse, into light beams, light that has passed through the optical filter, and a light block plate configured to block at least some of the light beams resulting from the dispersion by the light dispersing element.
US10914924B2
An optical image capturing module includes a lens assembly and a circuit assembly including a carrier board, a circuit substrate and an image sensing component. The circuit substrate disposed on the carrier hoard has a hole and multiple circuit contacts. The image sensing component disposed on the carrier board is located in the hole, and has a sensing surface and multiple image contacts. Each image contact is electrically connected to circuit contacts via signal transmission elements. The lens assembly includes a lens group and a lens base disposed on the carrier board or the circuit substrate. The lens base has a receiving hole penetrating through two ends thereof, thereby the lens base is hollow. The image sensing component directly faces the receiving hole. The lens group includes at least two lenses having refractive power, and is disposed on the lens base and is located in the receiving hole.
US10914917B2
The present disclosure discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens including, in an order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens. The first lens is made of plastic material, the second lens is made of plastic material, the third lens is made of glass material, the fourth lens is made of plastic material, the fifth lens is made of plastic material, and the sixth lens is made of glass material. The camera optical lens further satisfies specific conditions.
US10914915B2
A projection lens includes a lens barrel, at least one lens, a focus adjusting ring, a focus adjusting gear, and a driving module. The at least one lens is disposed in the lens barrel. The focus adjusting ring is disposed on the lens barrel. The focus adjusting gear is fixed on the focus adjusting ring. The driving module is connected with the focus adjusting gear. The driving module includes a motor, a motor gear, a limiter, and an elastic element. The motor has a rotating shaft. The motor gear is penetrated through by the rotating shaft and engages with the focus adjusting gear. The limiter is fixed on the rotating shaft. The elastic element is disposed between the limiter and the motor gear, wherein the limiter applies a normal force to the motor gear through the elastic element.
US10914912B2
A lens assembly includes a lens barrel formed of a first material, and a lens holder coupled to the lens barrel and formed of a second material, wherein a bonding portion in which the lens barrel and the lens holder are bonded to each other includes a mixed layer in which the first material and the second material are mixed with each other, and the bonding portion includes one or more voids.
US10914896B2
An elementary photonic interconnect switch is integrated into an optoelectronic chip and includes four simple photonic interconnect switches. Each simple photonic interconnect switch has two optical waveguides that cross and are linked by a ring resonator having one ring. A basic photonic interconnect switch, a complex photonic interconnect switch and/or a photonic interconnect network are integrated into an optoelectronic chip and including at least two elementary photonic interconnect switches.
US10914885B2
A light guide plate, a backlight module and a display device are provided. The light guide plate includes a main body and optical structures. The main body has a light-incident surface, an opposite light-incident surface, and an optical surface. The optical structures are disposed on the optical surface. Each of the optical structures has a first optical active surface and a second optical active surface, and the first optical active surface and the second optical active surface are inclined towards different directions and formed in a non-symmetrical shape. A first inclined angle is formed between the first optical active surface and the optical surface. A second inclined angle is formed between the second optical active surface and the optical surface. The first included angle is greater than the second included angle, and a light-emitting angle of the light guide plate decreases exponentially with the first inclined angle.
US10914884B2
A backlight module, a manufacturing method thereof, a display device and a light guide device are provided. The backlight module includes: a light guide structure, including a volume grating layer, the volume grating layer including a plurality of volume grating portions and a light guide portion between adjacent volume grating portions, the plurality of volume grating portions being configured to introduce a beam of a specific wavelength into the light guide portion; and a light extraction structure, located on a light exit side of the light guide structure, wherein a refractive index of the light guide structure is greater than a refractive index of the light extraction structure, and an incident angle of the beam introduced into the light guide portion on a plane where the light guide portion is located is not less than a total reflection critical angle of the light guide structure.
US10914882B2
A projection device includes a laser source and a birefringent depolarizer. The birefringent depolarizer is a single wedge shape and is arranged in front of a projection lens. The laser source is configured to emit a laser beam to penetrate the birefringent depolarizer to be a projection beam having multiple polarization patterns different from polarization patterns of the laser beam. The projection beam is projected onto a projection screen through the projection lens. The polarization patterns are multiple different polarization directions.
US10914872B2
The present disclosure provides a lens assembly. The lens assembly, includes at least one lens having a central part used for imaging and an edge part around the central part; and a shading unit in the at least one lens. The edge part depresses from an image side surface to an object side surface and forms a concave part for positioning the shading unit. In addition, the present disclosure further discloses a lens module including the lens assembly mentioned above.
US10914869B2
A lens assembly includes a lens including an optical portion refracting light and a flange portion extending along a portion of a circumference of the optical portion, a blocking member disposed in front of the lens and having an opening to allow light to be incident on the lens, and a lens barrel accommodating the lens. The optical portion is noncircular and a portion of the blocking member facing the optical portion in an optical axis direction is located to be higher than a portion of the blocking member facing the flange portion in the optical axis direction.
US10914866B1
Materials comprising metamaterials exhibiting form-induced birefringence and anisotropic optical properties are provided. The disclosed articles comprise structures with critical dimensions which are on the order of or smaller than the wavelength for the gigahertz and terahertz spectral range. Methods of preparing same using stereolithography are disclosed. In a further aspect, the disclosed methods pertain to spectroscopic ellipsometry methods comprising a biaxial (orthorhombic) layer homogenization approach is to analyze the terahertz ellipsometric data obtained at three different sample azimuth orientations. The disclosed articles and methods demonstrate provide an avenue to fabricate metamaterials for the terahertz spectral range and allows tailoring of the polarizability and anisotropy of the host material. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
US10914861B2
Inversion-based workflow for consistent interpretation of nuclear density images in horizontal wells
Systems and methods are disclosed for well logging using radiation detection and/or emission of gamma rays. A method according to the disclosure includes collecting data from the subterranean formation using a nuclear density tool, wherein the nuclear density tool is configured to collect data to form an azimuthal image. The method further includes characterizing a section of the subterranean formation comprising data and images acquired in a high angle wellbore section, a horizontal wellbore section, or a combination thereof. The method additionally includes performing a parallel inversion using apparent densities and volumetric photoelectric factor images to build a formation model, wherein the parallel inversion comprises a high angle workflow that models high angle wellbore sections and a horizontal workflow that models horizontal wellbore sections.
US10914854B2
A surface-consistent refraction analysis automatically derives near surface corrections during seismic data processing. Residual time lags are evaluated in multiple CMP-offset-azimuth bins by similarity analysis with a pilot trace where a correlation window is centered at the refracted arrival. The similarity analysis may take the form of computerized cross-correlation, or other criteria such as semblance. The residuals are then used to build a system of linear equations that is simultaneously inverted for surface-consistent shot and receiver time shift corrections plus a possible subsurface residual term. The refraction analysis steps are completely automated and require a fraction of the time needed for conventional near surface analysis.
US10914852B2
A method for identifying seismic horizons in digitized seismic images includes deploying a swarm of agents at an initial position in a seismic image to be analyzed, where the swarm of agents includes picking agents that define a direction for the swarm and averaging agents that smooth the direction of the swarm, identifying a direction to follow in the seismic image for each picking agent, and advancing each picking agent in the identified direction, and averaging, by the averaging agents, the directions identified by the picking agents, wherein if an information concentration measured by a picking agent at a current time step is greater than a previous time step, the picking agent keeps a previous direction, otherwise the picking agent changes direction according to the average current state of the set of averaging agents within its neighborhood.
US10914839B2
An optical assembly, for receiving light waves, includes a receiving optical system for focusing at least one incoming light wave onto a surface of a detector for detecting the at least one light wave, at least one diffractive optical element with a planar extension being situated between the receiving optical system and the detector, and the at least one diffractive optical element including a surface with a surface structure with at least one optical function. Furthermore, a LIDAR device includes an optical assembly of this type.
US10914829B2
A positioning sensor includes m receiving antennas connected to a feeder circuit and n variable loads, and a receiver that receives a first signal via the m receiving antennas. The positioning sensor further includes a memory that stores a first signal strength value of a first signal that the receiver receives when a variable load varies in value, and a processor that calculates a second signal strength value from a complex propagation channel, searches for a complex propagation channel candidate that has a minimum difference between a first signal strength and a second signal strength, determines the complex propagation channel candidate to be a complex propagation channel when the receiver receives the first signal, and estimates an incoming direction of the first signal from the determined complex propagation channel.
US10914828B2
A method and system for removing ground clutter data from time series data are provided. The method comprises receiving first time series data, dividing the first time series data into a plurality of subsets of first time series data, applying a first regression filter to each respective subset first time series data of the plurality of subsets of first time series data to generate a plurality of regression filtered subsets of first time series data, and concatenating the plurality of regression filtered subsets of first time series data to generate a regression filtered first time series data.
US10914808B2
The present disclosure relates to generating a measurement sensor profiling summary in relation to a measurement sensor of an electrical measurement system, the measurement sensor being suitable for measuring an electrical property. The profiling summary is generated by obtaining a plurality of profiling results each comprising an estimate of a transfer function of a measurement sensor of the electrical measurement system and a corresponding certainty value indicative of the accuracy of the estimate of the transfer function, wherein the plurality of profiling results are based on estimates of the transfer function of the measurement sensor and corresponding certainty values that were determined by a monitor module of the electrical measurement system during a profiling period of time; and generating a profiling summary based on at least one of the plurality of profiling results.
US10914803B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods involving the use of magnetic resonance imaging and optogenetic neural stimulation. Aspects of the disclosure include modifying a target neural cell population in a first region of a brain to express light-responsive molecules. Using a light pulse, the light-responsive molecules in the target neural cell population are stimulated. Multiple regions of the brain are scanned via magnetic resonance imaging. The scans allow for observation of a neural reaction in response to the stimulation in at least one of the multiple regions of the brain.
US10914798B2
A method for estimating a coil sensitivity map for a magnetic resonance (MR) image includes providing a matrix A of sliding blocks of a 3D image of coil calibration data, calculating a left singular matrix V∥ from a singular value decomposition of A corresponding to τ leading singular values, calculating P=V∥V∥H, calculating a matrix that is an inverse Fourier transform of a zero-padded matrix P, and solving MHcr=(Sr)Hcr for cr, where cr is a vector of coil sensitivity maps for all coils at spatial location r, and M = ( ( 1 1 … 1 0 0 … 0 … … … 0 0 … 0 ) ( 0 0 … 0 1 1 … 1 … … … 0 0 … 0 ) … ( 0 0 … 0 0 0 … 0 … … … 1 1 … 1 ) ) .
US10914797B2
Methods and apparatus for a sensor having non-ratiometric fault trip level setting. In embodiments, a sensor has a sensing element with a fixed gain. A signal processing module receives the fault trip level setting and maintains the fault trip level setting constant during changes in the supply voltage.
US10914793B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for automatically calibrating a magnetometer during user activity. A portable device associated with a user provides magnetic field measurements during user activity, which are converted to a frequency domain and frequency component(s) that correspond to the user activity are distinguished. A criterion is defined for the distinguished frequency components such that magnetometer bias is estimated by satisfying a condition for the criterion. Accordingly, the estimated magnetometer bias may be applied to the obtained magnetic field measurements. The calibrated magnetic field measurements may be used for any suitable purposes, including for building a magnetic fingerprint map using crowdsourcing techniques.
US10914788B2
Certain embodiments provide battery system including: a battery; a current measurement unit configured to measure a current charged to or discharged from the battery; a voltage measurement unit configured to measure an output voltage of the battery; a function creation unit configured to create a function representing a depth-of-discharge characteristic of the battery on the basis of the measured current and output voltage; and a remaining capacity calculation unit configured to calculate a remaining capacity corresponding to the output voltage of the battery using the created function.
US10914784B2
An automated test equipment (ATE) system comprises a system controller, wherein the system controller is communicatively coupled to a tester processor and an FPGA. The FPGA is communicatively coupled to the tester processor, wherein the FPGA is configured to internally generate commands and data transparently from the tester processor for testing a DUT. Further, the system comprises a demultiplexer positioned between the DUT and the FPGA, wherein, responsive to a determination that the DUT is operating in a high speed mode, the demultiplexer is configured to channel data traffic from the DUT to a Serializer/Deserializer (SerDes) receiver on the FPGA, and further wherein, responsive to a determination that the DUT is operating in a low speed mode, the demultiplexer is configured to channel data traffic from the DUT to input buffers on the FPGA with switchable on/off input terminations.
US10914764B2
A magnetic balance type current sensor includes a plurality of coils and a magnetic detection element whose characteristics change depending on a magnetic field induced by a current to be measured. Each of the plurality of coils includes a coil wire section disposed on a surface located away from a reference plane, a lead wire section connected to the coil wire section, and two electrode sections connected individually to the coil wire section and to the lead wire section. Each of the plurality of coils is capable of generating a canceling magnetic field when a feedback current is passed by using the electrode sections. The lead wire sections and the coil wire sections have crossing portions in which the lead wire sections and the coil wire sections are layered with an insulating section interposed so as to overlap each other in a winding axis direction of the coil wire sections.
US10914753B2
This sample rack conveying apparatus is provided with a pusher unit, a linear motion guide, and a conveyance drive mechanism. The pusher unit has a base portion, a moving member, and a base-side guide. The base portion is supported by the linear motion guide so as to be movable in a first guide direction. The moving member is provided with a pusher that pushes a sample rack. The base-side guide supports the moving member such that the moving member is movable in a second guide direction that crosses the first guide direction.
US10914748B2
The present description relates to methods for clinically assessing Parkinson's disease in a subject using erythrocyte-derived extracellular vesicles (EEV) as a biomarker.
US10914745B2
The present invention provides biomarker-based methods for diagnosing stroke in a patient suspected of having suffered a stroke, and also for discriminating between ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack. Substrates comprising probes for specific combinations of biomarkers useful in the methods of the invention are also described.
US10914741B2
Disclosed are 13C and 15N derivatization reagents and their use for gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy and liquid chromatography/mass spectroscopy chemical identification and quantification.
US10914730B2
The present invention provides assays and assay systems for use in spatially encoded biological assays. The invention provides an assay system comprising an assay capable of high levels of multiplexing where reagents are provided to a biological sample in defined spatial patterns; instrumentation capable of controlled delivery of reagents according to the spatial patterns; and a decoding scheme providing a readout that is digital in nature.
US10914723B2
A method for separating particles in a biofluid includes pretreating the biofluid by introducing an additive, flowing the pretreated biofluid through a microfluidic separation channel, and applying acoustic energy to the microfluidic separation channel. A system for microfluidic separation, capable of separating target particles from non-target particles in a biofluid includes at least one microfluidic separation channel, a source of biofluid, a source of additive, and at least one acoustic transducer coupled to the microfluidic separation channel. A kit for microfluidic particle separation includes a microfluidic separation channel connected to an acoustic transducer, a source of an additive, and instructions for use.
US10914722B2
A sensor array for simultaneously measuring electrophysiological responses and contractility responses of a tissue includes: a substrate; a multi-electrode array (MEA) disposed in or on the substrate; and a plurality of interdigitized electrodes (IDEs) disposed in or on the substrate. The MEA and the IDEs are interpenetrating within a plane substantially parallel to an upper surface of the substrate. Systems for measuring such responses using the sensor array may also include contacts and/or connectors for interfacing with external control devices, electrodes, and cell culture components such as a chamber and lid. Fabrication techniques for making such systems include: forming a sensor array comprising an interpenetrating arrangement of IDEs and electrodes of a MEA in or on a substrate surface; forming a plurality of contacts for interfacing the system with one or more external devices in or on the substrate surface; and forming leads between the plurality of contacts and the sensor array.
US10914718B2
Provided are multi-parameter sonde systems having a unique form-factor, wherein the plurality of sensors are arranged in a tight-fit configuration. This provides a single distal sensing surface and minimal separation distance between adjacent sensors. The sensors may be pie shaped with an interlocking feature to tightly hold the sensors together, with a sensor guard disposed over the outer surface of the interlocked sensors. Sensor-guards disclosed herein may have an integrated sensor storage and sensor guard configuration, thereby avoiding a need for a separate storage cup and that are configured to minimize unwanted biological growth. Also provided are uniquely shaped individual sensors having interlocking features to hold several sensors together in a sonde.
US10914716B2
Techniques for monitoring particulate matter (PM) mass concentration using relatively low cost devices are described. A computer-implemented method comprises determining, by a device operatively coupled to a processor, relationships between: first PM mass data determined by a monitor station device for a first atmospheric area over a period of time; first PM count data determined by a reference PM count device for the first atmospheric area over the period of time; and first conditional information comprising first values for defined conditional parameters, wherein the first values are associated with the first atmospheric area over the period of time. The method further includes generating an initial conversion model based on the relationships, wherein the conversion model converts a PM count to a PM mass based on one or more conditional parameters of the defined conditional parameters and features for updating the conversion model.
US10914706B2
A sensor element includes: a first inner space into which a measurement gas is introduced from outside; a second inner space communicated with the first inner space; a main pump cell constituted by an inner pump electrode facing the first inner space, an external pump electrode on a surface of the sensor element, and a solid electrolyte located therebetween; a measurement electrode facing the second inner space and functioning as a reduction catalyst for NOx; and a measurement pump cell constituted by the measurement electrode, the external pump electrode, and a solid electrolyte located therebetween. The inner pump electrode is a cermet made of an Au—Pt alloy containing Au ranging from 0.6 wt % to 1.4 wt % and ZrO2, and has a thickness ranging from 5 μm to 30 μm, a porosity ranging from 5% to 40%, and an area ranging from 5 mm2 to 20 mm2.
US10914702B2
A gas sensor combines two separate measurement methods in one shared structure. By way of the gas sensor, a qualitative or quantitative measurement of gases based on measurement of a variation in electrical conductivity, and a measurement of a change in work function based on a variation in the capacitance or impedance between two electrodes, can be carried out.
US10914697B2
A drilling system includes a roller cone drill bit having a roller cone and at least one antenna loop disposed in the roller cone for detecting magnetic or electromagnetic waves indicative of a target, a resistivity, or a boundary of the subterranean formation, man-made structure, or object. The drilling system may utilize the antenna loop to determine resistivity measurements of a subterranean formation through which the drill bit is being drilled. The location of the antenna in the roller cone may enable increased look-ahead and look-around measurements. In addition, the location of the antenna in the roller cone may facilitate anisotropic resistivity measurements to aid in steering the drill string into a desired portion of the subterranean formation.
US10914696B2
Provided is a method of suitably judging necessity of a recovering process carried out on a mixed-potential gas sensor based on an extent of reversible deterioration occurring in a sensing electrode. The method includes the steps of: (a) performing impedance measurement between a sensing electrode exposed to a measurement gas and a reference electrode exposed to a reference atmosphere, which are provided in the gas sensor; and (b) judging necessity of a recovering process based on electrode reaction resistance or a diagnosis parameter correlating with the electrode reaction resistance wherein the electrode reaction resistance and the diagnosis parameter are obtained based on a result of the impedance measurement. The two steps are intermittently or periodically repeated during use of the gas sensor, and it is judged that a recovering process is necessary when the judge parameter satisfies a predetermined threshold condition in the step (b).
US10914695B2
Methods for analyzing an accumulation of particles on a filter membrane involve analyzing comprise the particle accumulation in an optical analysis system using a light microscope, and then analyzing the particle accumulation in an SEM-EDX analysis system using a scanning electron microscope and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. In order to simplify and accelerate the testing of the filter membrane both in the optical analysis system and in the SEM-EDX system, the filter membrane is subject to a preparation which includes: (i) fixing the particles to the filter membrane, (ii) coating the particle accumulation with an electrically conductive coating which is produced from a conductivity solution that contains an ionic liquid, and (iii) holding the filter membrane flat or pulling the filter membrane taut.
US10914690B2
A method of characterizing a part including obtaining an X-ray tomography image of the part and then a step of correlating the image with a reference wherein the correlation step includes searching among a predefined set of X-ray tomography image transformations for a transformation that minimizes the difference between the image and the reference in order to characterize the inside of the part.
US10914687B2
An apparatus for the optical detection of inner walls includes at least one camera, an optical imaging arrangement, and an illumination arrangement. The apparatus is configured to record in a panoramic view by means of the camera a plurality of regions of an inner wall which are axially offset from one another. The apparatus is distinguished by virtue of the illumination arrangement having at least two different functional states, wherein a first brightness distribution emitted by the illumination arrangement is assigned to a first functional state, the brightness distribution differing from a second brightness distribution in at least one second functional state.
US10914679B2
The invention relates to a method for determining a scale inhibitor concentration in a sample comprising at least a first scale inhibitor, which is a synthetic organic compound comprising at least one ionised group. The method comprises optionally diluting and/or purifying the sample, and allowing the sample to interact with a reagent comprising a lanthanide(III) ion. The sample is excited at a first excitation wavelength and a sample signal deriving from the lanthanide(III) ion is detected at a signal wavelength by using time-resolved luminescence measurement, and the concentration of the at least first scale inhibitor in the sample is determined by using the detected sample signal.
US10914676B2
An observation apparatus in this embodiment includes a light source configured to irradiate an observation target with light, and a processing unit configured to generate an image based on Rayleigh scattered light derived from χ(3) included in light obtained from the observation target.
US10914671B2
Flow cytometers having an enclosed particle sorting module are provided. Aspects of the flow cytometers include, in addition to the enclosed particle sorting modules, a sample input module fluidically coupled to an inlet of the enclosed particle sorting module, a waste reservoir fluidically coupled to first outlet of the enclosed particle sorting module and a first sorted particle collection system fluidically coupled to a second outlet of the enclosed particle sorting module. Flow cytometers as described herein are configured to control aerosol content in the enclosed particle sorting modules, including the sort chambers of such modules. Also provided are methods of using the flow cytometers, as well as kits that include one or more components of the flow cytometers are consumables for use therewith.
US10914665B2
Provided is a sample property detecting apparatus including: a wave source configured to irradiate a wave towards a sample; a detector configured to detect a laser speckle that is generated when the wave is multiple-scattered by the sample, at every time point that is set in advance; and a controller configured to obtain a temporal correlation that is a variation in the detected laser speckle according to time, and to detect properties of the sample in real-time based on the temporal correlation, wherein the detector detects the laser speckle between the sample and the detector or from a region in the detector.
US10914664B1
A method for dynamically evaluating sag of a fluid by providing a test volume of the fluid into an angled sample chamber, wherein the angled sample chamber has a central axis, and wherein the central axis of the angled sample chamber is angled relative to horizontal, rotating the sample chamber about the central axis for a test period, and determining a sag density, wherein the sag density is a density of a fluid sample taken at a sample location within a stratum of the test volume of the fluid present in the angled sample chamber.
US10914653B2
A system for detecting an oil leak can include: at least one infrared imaging sensor; and an imaging analysis computer operably coupled with the at least one infrared imaging sensor. The imaging analysis computer can be configured to control any infrared imaging sensor and acquire infrared images therefrom at any rate and in any duration. The imaging analysis computer can be configured to analyze the infrared images in order to detect an oil leak. The imaging analysis computer can be configured to detect oil on a surface (e.g., solid surface or water surface) where oil should not be (or is not present in a baseline) in order to determine that there is an oil leak in the vicinity.
US10914650B2
A method of calibrating an offset of a pressure sensor, by which an offset of a sensing value of a pressure sensor, which detects a pressure of hydrogen in a fuel cell system, is accurately calibrated. The method includes receiving, by a controller, a sensing value of a pressure sensor which detects a hydrogen pressure in a state where a hydrogen supply starts after a start of a fuel cell system; counting, by the controller, a time for which the sensing value of the pressure sensor increases from a first pressure P1 to a second pressure P2; calculating, by the controller, an offset value corresponding to the counted time by use of stored setting data; and calibrating, by the controller, a subsequent sensing value of the pressure sensor by the calculated offset value in real time when the offset value is calculated.
US10914639B2
Various embodiments disclosed herein describe a divided-aperture infrared spectral imaging (DAISI) system that is adapted to acquire multiple IR images of a scene with a single-shot (also referred to as a snapshot). The plurality of acquired images having different wavelength compositions that are obtained generally simultaneously. The system includes at least two optical channels that are spatially and spectrally different from one another. Each of the at least two optical channels are configured to transfer IR radiation incident on the optical system towards an optical FPA unit comprising at least two detector arrays disposed in the focal plane of two corresponding focusing lenses. The system further comprises at least one temperature reference source or surface that is used to dynamically calibrate the two detector arrays and compensate for a temperature difference between the two detector arrays.
US10914637B2
A thermo-mechanical bolometer includes a substrate and a sensing component mounted on the substrate. The sensing element comprises (a) at least one thermal-actuation component mounted in parallel with the substrate and (b) a strain sensor mounted on the at least one layer of thermal-actuation component. The at least one thermal-actuation component alone or in combination (a) absorbs electromagnetic waves and converts energy from absorbed electromagnetic waves into a change in temperature and (b) converts the change in temperature into a deformation of the at least one layer. The strain sensor comprises a layer of fragments with a gap space between the fragments, wherein the strain sensor senses the deformation or mechanical movement and exhibits a change in electrical resistance in response to the sensed deformation or mechanical movement.
US10914636B2
We disclose herein a method for testing and/or calibrating a thermopile based device. The method comprising: applying an electrical bias of a first polarity to the thermopile based device and measuring a first value of an electrical parameter; and applying an electrical bias of a second polarity to the thermopile based device and measuring a second value of an electrical parameter.
US10914633B2
Disclosed are a method for achieving ultrahigh spectral resolution and a photonic spectral processor, which is designed to carry out the method. The disclosed photonic spectral processor overcomes the current 0.8 GHz spectral resolution limitation. The new spectral processor uses a Fabry-Perot interferometer array located before the dispersive element of the system, thus significantly improving the spectral separation resolution, which is now limited by the full width at half maximum of the Fabry-Perot interferometer rather than the spectral resolution of the dispersive element spectral as is the current situation. A proof of concept experiment utilizing two Fabry-Perot interferometers and a diffractive optical grating with spectral resolution of 6.45 GHz achieving high spectral resolution of 577 MHz is described.
US10914624B2
The present invention relates to a scoop (1) comprising a bowl (2) and a handle connected to the bowl (2) and comprising a clip (6). The clip (6) can be used for re-closing a bag containing a product to be dosed by the bowl (2). The clip (6) is delimited by a free edge (9), and there is a gap (12) between the free edge (9) of the clip (6) and handle edges (10) of regions of the handle (3) surrounding the clip (6). At least a part of the clip edge (9) and at least a part of the handle edges (10) delimiting the gap (12) are provided with teeth (13) in the form of teeth-shaped protrusions. The teeth (13) at the clip edge (9) and the teeth (13) at a proximate handle edge (10), respectively, are arranged at alternating positions along a longitudinal extension of the gap (12).
US10914621B2
A method and system for monitoring fluid flow in an open channel system, using an optical fibre that extends along at least a portion of the open channel system within the channel below the surface of the fluid. The method comprising sending light pulses into the sensor optical fibre, receiving backscattered light from the sensor optical fibre, and analysing properties of the backscattered light to obtain data representing strain along the sensor fibre. The strain data can be processed to derive information about the fluid flow, such as fluid depth, flow velocity and flow volume. A containment system for the optical fibre sensor may be included to protect the fibre and convert the pressure of a fluid in the open channel to a strain in the fibre. The temperature of the fluid may also be measured and temperature compensation of the measured strain carried out. The system is particularly applicable to sewers, drains, culverts or levees, with the optical fibre sensor installed axially at the bottom of the channel.
US10914620B2
A system to automatically calibrate gains and/or offsets for each position feedback signal in order to reduce variations between position feedback signals for each sensor in a linear drive system is disclosed. As a mover travels along a track segment, the segment controller records the position feedback signal output from each position sensor corresponding to a magnet on the mover passing the position sensor. The segment controller determines peak values for each position feedback signal and compares the peak values against a target peak value. The segment controller then adjusts a gain value for each sensor by a ratio of the target peak value to a measured peak value. The segment controller periodically monitors the position feedback values generated by one mover as it travels along the track segment and automatically updates the sensor gains as previously described.
US10914619B2
A process execution method and apparatus of an electronic device are provided for performing hardware diagnosis and executing a process based on the hardware diagnosis result. The electronic device includes a plurality of hardware components; a display configured to display information on the hardware components; and a processor configured to diagnose a hardware component selected as a diagnosis target among the hardware components, determine, based on a diagnosis result, whether the diagnosis target is operating normally, and display information indicating whether the diagnosis target is operating normally and a link for providing a service related to the diagnosis target.
US10914614B2
Provided is an encoder apparatus including: a scale provided to a rotation shaft of a drive apparatus and having a predetermined pattern; a detector that detects the predetermined pattern; a rotation information calculator that calculates rotation information on the rotation shaft by using detection results of the detector; an eccentricity information calculator; and a corrector that corrects the rotation information.
US10914610B2
A zero cross detection circuit has a first comparator circuit receiving a first input signal n1 and a second input signal n2 and outputting a first comparison result, a second comparator circuit having a hysteresis, receiving the first input signal n1 and the second input signal n2, and providing a second comparison result, and a logic circuit providing a zero cross detection signal based on the first comparison result and the second comparison result. The logic circuit provides a reverse signal to the second comparator circuit based on the first comparison result and the second comparison result.
US10914607B2
A method, apparatus, and computer program product are therefore provided for providing a navigation user interface to a plurality of points of interest. Methods may include receiving an indication of a location; receiving an indication of a category of points of interest; identifying a plurality of points of interest associated with the category; generating point of interest specific routes from the location to each of the plurality of points of interest; identifying portions of the point of interest specific routes that are common to more than one point of interest; generating a plurality of consolidated routes, where multiple points of interest are located along at least one of the plurality of consolidated routes; and providing for presentation of the plurality of consolidated routes, where each of the plurality of consolidated routes is distinguished, based at least in part, on the number of points of interest that are located along the respective consolidated route.
US10914606B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and processes for interacting with mapping applications. In one example, a virtual assistant server can efficiently communicate with a map server to provide a user with map data in response to spoken user requests received at a user device. In another example, communicatively coupled electronic devices can be synchronized such that a location marker generated on one device can be displayed on the other device. In another example, an electronic device can display simplified views of individual route directions that can be updated based on movement of the user or in response to user requests. In another example, an electronic device can selectively display an interface including a current location of a user or an interface including a route to a predicted destination based on contextual information associated with the user. The interfaces can include affordances for launching an associated mapping application.
US10914583B2
Sense amplifiers for use in connection with microelectromechanical system (MEMS) gyroscopes are described. The sense amplifiers may be configured to change the level of a gyroscope signal, i.e., the signal produced by a gyroscope in response to angular motion, to a level suitable for processing circuitry arranged to infer the angular velocity. The sense amplifier may further provide a DC discharge path allowing for discharge of the DC component of the output signal. The DC discharge path may include an anti-aliasing filter and a resistive circuit. The anti-aliasing filter may filter the output signal to maintain the resistive circuit in the linear region. The anti-aliasing filter may be designed with a frequency response such that discrete frequency sub-bands are blocked or at least attenuated. The frequency sub-bands may be tuned to substantially match the gyroscope's resonant frequency and its integer multiples.
US10914582B2
A surveying system, comprises a support; a rotating mirror unit including a mounting structure, a motor mounted on the mounting structure and having a shaft rotatable about a first axis, and a mirror mounted on the shaft; a measuring unit including a mounting structure and a light source and optics mounted on the mounting structure for directing a beam of measuring light onto the mirror surface; and a window mechanically connecting the mounting structure of the measuring unit and the mounting structure of the rotating mirror unit.
US10914578B2
An apparatus for determining a position and orientation of first and second rigid bodies in relation to each other. The apparatus includes a light source mounted to the first rigid body, an image sensor mounted to either the first or second rigid body and positioned in a field of light, a shadow mask mounted to either the first or second rigid body and arranged in the field of light, and a computation unit configured to calculate at least one angle by evaluating a shadow image which passes the shadow mask and is detected by the image sensor. The apparatus may include a mechanical constraint mounted to the first and second rigid bodies that defines a fixed distance between the first and second rigid bodies, is stationary in relation to one of the first or second rigid body, and is variably inclinable in relation to the other.
US10914575B1
A composite sine-trapezoidal fringe structured light 3D measurement method includes projecting trapezoidal fringe patterns onto a measured object and capturing fringe images; sorting the fringe images by brightness, resolving them into uniform light images and sinusoidal light images, and obtaining a sub-region ordinal number of each image; using the uniform light image to identify a strength response model of the captured fringe image, and obtaining a strength response model parameter; an actual projection strength, a sub-region phase of the sinusoidal light image according to the actual projection strength, a wrapped phase according to sub-region phase and sub-region ordinal number, an absolute phase according to the wrapped phase and sub-region ordinal number, a surface point of the measured object at the positions of a projector pixel and a camera pixel according to the absolute phase, and an object surface model of the measured object by a reconstruction by triangulation.
US10914569B2
A system and method for measuring three-dimensional (3D) coordinate values of an environment is provided. The method including moving a 2D scanner through the environment. A 2D map of the environment is generated using the 2D scanner. A path is defined through the environment using the 2D scanner. 3D scan locations along the path are defined using the 2D scanner. The 2D scanner is operably coupled to a mobile base unit. The mobile base unit is moved along the path based at least in part on the 2D map and the defined path. 3D coordinate values are measured at the 3D scan locations with a 3D scanner, the 3D scanner being coupled to the mobile base unit.
US10914564B1
A blast containment system for trash cans includes a donut-shaped bag having a sealed donut-shaped bottom positioned at the base of the trash can, and an open donut-shaped top positioned and retained at a top periphery of the trash can. An open-ended tubular region extends through the bag between its donut-shaped top and donut-shaped bottom. A rigid container having an open top is disposed in the tubular region of the bag with its open top being coupled to the donut-shaped top of the bag. A liquid fills the bag.
US10914552B2
Implementations of a flashlight mount are provided. The flashlight mount is configured to position a flashlight on a handguard of a firearm and includes a trigger mechanism configured to actuate a push-button tailcap switch of the flashlight. In a preferred implementation, a flashlight mount comprises: a base that can be secured to a handguard of a firearm; a flashlight mounting ring configured to releasably hold a flashlight; and a trigger mechanism, the trigger mechanism comprises a bifurcated trigger configured to actuate a push-button tailcap switch of the flashlight when pressed forward. In some implementations, the bifurcated trigger comprises two contact members that extend upwardly and outwardly from a body thereof, thereby positioning each contact member on an opposite side of the handguard. In this way, the trigger mechanism of the flashlight mount is configured to facilitate ambidextrous operation of the flashlight.
US10914549B1
A cell phone mount for bug killing guns includes a cell phone clamping portion and a bug gun rail attaching portion. The clamping portion has retaining jaws urged together to hold edges of a cell phone. The attaching portion has a base, a cover, attaching claws and a cam lock. The attaching claws move laterally and vertically to attach to a top rail of the gun. The cam lock has a rotating portion with a vertical shaft, is rotatably mounted to the base and engages the attaching claws. The cam lock has a lever with attached rotary cam. The cam is mounted to the vertical shaft and bears on the cover. When the lever is rotated, the attaching claws move laterally and when the lever is moved vertically, the rotary cam move the attaching claws vertically, attaching the cell phone mount to the top rail of the bug killing gun.
US10914548B2
A power system for a firearm includes a buffer tube adapter that attaches to a buffer tube of the firearm. A buttstock slidably engages with the buffer tube adapter along an axis, and the buttstock is adapted to adjust a length of the firearm. A power source is held by the buffer tube adapter and is at least partially covered by the buttstock. The power source is configured to power electronic accessories mounted to the firearm. The power system is mountable to the firearm without altering the buffer tube of the firearm.
US10914544B2
A control mechanism of a vehicle-mounted system for electromagnetic launch of fire extinguishing bombs for high-rise buildings is provided. A stress wave amplifier is fixedly connected to a secondary coil, a primary coil is fixedly connected to a coil base, a guide shaft passes through a central hole in the primary coil and the coil base, and a head of the guide shaft is fixedly connected to the secondary coil. A step-up transformer TM1 boosts a 380-V alternating current and changes it to direct current to charge a pulse capacitor C1 and store energy in the pulse capacitor C1. A discharge thyristor M3 is triggered, and the pulse capacitor C1 releases the energy instantaneously. A stress wave is generated between the primary coil and the secondary coil. The stress wave is transmitted to a fire extinguishing bomb through the stress wave amplifier, to launch the fire extinguishing bomb.
US10914543B2
A magazine is provided for a firearm. The magazine comprises a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism has a user interface adapted to enable a user to select between a locked condition and an unlocked condition. The locking mechanism has a rotor movable between a first rotational position when the locking mechanism is in the locked condition and a second rotational position when the locking mechanism is in the unlocked condition. The magazine comprises an elongated shaft connected to the rotor. The magazine comprises a block element connected to the elongated shaft. The block element is adapted to move between a first position when the locking mechanism is in the locked condition in which at least one of firearm operation and magazine extraction are prevented, and a second position when the locking mechanism is in the unlocked condition in which firearm operation and magazine extraction are enabled.
US10914542B2
A magazine is provided for a firearm. The magazine comprises a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism has a user interface adapted to enable a user to select between a locked condition and an unlocked condition. The locking mechanism has a rotor movable between a first rotational position when the locking mechanism is in the locked condition and a second rotational position when the locking mechanism is in the unlocked condition. The magazine comprises an elongated shaft connected to the rotor. The magazine comprises a block element connected to the elongated shaft. The block element is adapted to move between a first position when the locking mechanism is in the locked condition in which at least one of firearm operation and magazine extraction are prevented, and a second position when the locking mechanism is in the unlocked condition in which firearm operation and magazine extraction are enabled.
US10914538B2
A heat dissipation retaining structure for a heat production device, an installation method thereof, and a wind turbine generator set. The heat dissipation retaining structure includes a retaining structure body for defining a middle space, and a thermal radiation absorption coating, a heat insulating material, or an infrared low-emissivity and high-reflectivity material is at least partially applied to an inner wall of the retaining structure body. The air temperature of the environment in the retaining structure is actively decreased by the foregoing structure under the conditions that noise is avoided, environmental friendliness is achieved, external power is omitted, and energy consumption is zero, thereby decreasing the temperature of the heat production device, and ensuring that the heat production device works at the allowable normal temperature for a long time.
US10914535B2
A one-piece heat exchanger manufactured using an additive manufacturing process is described. The heat exchanger includes a plurality of channels formed therein. At least some of the plurality of channels may be configured to provide structural support to the heat exchanger to reduce its weight. Different coolant media may be used in a first set and a second set of the plurality of channels to provide different types of cooling in an integrated one-piece heat exchanger structure.
US10914527B2
A tube bundle heat exchanger has tubes which are held at each side in tube plates or oval-tube collecting-tube plates and are connected to these in each case by means of a weld seam. The connection of the tubes to the inlet-side tube plate or oval-tube collecting-tube plate is formed in each case by means of a conical and/or trumpet-shaped transition piece. The cross section of the transition piece reduces as viewed in the gas flow direction in such a way that the inlet-side end, as viewed in the gas flow direction, of the transition piece is connected in a buttjoint to the tube plate or oval-tube collecting-tube plate. The inner and outer contours of the transition piece and of the welded connection region are formed without gaps and comers to the tube plate or oval tube collecting-tube plate and so as to be straight and/or with a radius, measured from the outer contour, of at least 5 mm.
US10914519B2
The invention relates to a method for drying salts with a water of crystallisation content in convective apparatuses that can additionally be indirectly heated. The invention is primarily characterised in that the drying process takes place with a moisture content of the drying gas above a determined level. The gas surrounding the salt particles during the drying process therefore has a specific humidity. In this way, the rate of drying is positively influenced.
US10914513B1
An appliance mounting assembly includes a mounting bracket with first and second distal arms that flare outward in opposing directions from an attachment body and couple to a panel. The mounting bracket includes a pair of coupling members that extend from the attachment body toward the panel surface and distal ends that curve inward toward one another. A self-clinching nut has an undercut, serrated clinching ring, and base. The undercut and the serrated clinching ring are disposed within an aperture defined by the attachment body. A ladder rack has first and second sides coupled via an attachment wall. The first and second sides define protrusions that engage the pair of coupling members in an interference fit. The attachment wall defines a receiving hole that aligns with the aperture assembled. A threaded fastener extends through the receiving hole and engages the self-clinching nut to fasten the ladder rack to the mounting bracket.
US10914512B1
For improving the energy efficiency of a home appliance device, in particular a home refrigeration appliance device, the appliance device has at least one inner liner defining at least one storage space, at least one functional unit which is in an assembled state is connected to the inner liner and is located in the storage space, and at least one seal which is in the assembled state compressed between at least one mating surface of the functional unit and the inner liner. The inner liner has at least one protrusion, which the seal abuts on in the assembled state.
US10914510B2
An appliance mounting device is provided herein. The appliance includes a vacuum insulated structure having a liner positioned within a wrapper, wherein the liner and wrapper cooperate to define an interior cavity. The appliance further includes an insulating material positioned within the interior cavity and a hanger coupled to an adapter plate and a support member. The support member is configured to couple to an interior surface of the vacuum insulated structure while maintaining a vacuum in the interior cavity and a holding member is coupled to a first side of the adapter plate and configured to receive a positioning member.
US10914507B2
A refrigerated appliance is provided herein. The refrigerated appliance includes a cabinet defining a compartment. A first door is coupled to the cabinet. The first door defines a storage chamber therein. A second door is disposed on an opposing side of the first door from the cabinet. A bin is disposed within the chamber. A bracket is disposed between the first door and the bin. The bracket includes a rotatable member to rotate the bin between first and second positions.
US10914501B2
An ice maker assembly is provided that includes an ice maker. A mounting plate is positioned within an ice maker receiving space. The mounting plate defines a plurality of engagement features extending into the ice maker receiving space. A rail system is disposed on opposite sides of the ice maker receiving space. An ice storage bin is removably positioned within the ice maker receiving space. The ice storage bin comprises an ice bin wall positioned on an ice bin base. An auger assembly is disposed through the ice bin base. A latch is slidably disposed along a bottom surface of the ice bin base. The latch includes a plurality of retention features that cooperate with the engagement features. Horizontal movement of the latch causes vertical motion of the ice storage bin.
US10914496B2
A vapor compression system (200; 400; 600; 700; 800; 900; 1000) comprises a plurality of valves (260, 262, 264; 260) controllable to define a first mode flowpath and a second mode flowpath. The first mode flowpath is sequentially through: a compressor (22); a first heat exchanger (30); a first nozzle (228; 624); and a separator (48), and then branching into: a first branch returning to the compressor; and a second branch passing through an expansion device (70) and a second heat exchanger (64) to the rejoin the flowpath between the first heat exchanger and the separator. The second mode flowpath is sequentially through: the compressor; the second heat exchanger; a second nozzle (248; 625); and the separator, and then branching into: a first branch returning to the compressor; and a second branch passing through the expansion device and first heat exchanger to the rejoin the flowpath between the first heat exchanger and the separator.
US10914493B2
The present disclosure is directed to multi-stage falling particle receivers and methods of falling particle heating. As the particles fall through the receiver, the particles are periodically collected and released by flow retarding devices. The periodic catch-and-release of the particles falling through the receiver reduces particle flow dispersion, increases particle opacity and solar absorption, and reduces erosion and damage to surfaces caused by direct particle impingement.
US10914490B2
An outer shell panel includes: a front panel which is provided on a front surface portion of a body casing; and side panels which are arranged on side surface portions of the body casing. The side panels each include: a base member which is provided on a side end portion of the front panel; a connecting member has a flat plate shape and has no light transmissivity, the connecting member including a first surface and a second surface formed on to the opposite side of the first surface, and being attached to the base member, with the first surface located to face the base member; and a design panel which has a flat plate shape and has light transmissivity, the design panel being attached to a peripheral edge of the connecting member to be opposite to the second surface of the connecting member.
US10914489B2
A shutter structure includes a rotary shaft, a shutter plate, an upper rib and at least one lower rib. The rotary shaft is provided in a cylindrical duct line. The shutter plate rotates about the rotary shaft and switches between an open state and a closed state. The shutter plate has a peripheral edge portion, a curved portion, and a shutter plate shaft portion. The peripheral edge portion includes an upper shielding plate and two lower shielding plates. The lower shielding plates are located symmetrically to each other with respect to a center line. The center line is perpendicular to the shutter plate shaft portion. When the shutter plate is in the closed state, the upper shielding plate comes into contact with the upper rib from an upstream side, and the lower shielding plates come into contact with the at least one lower rib from a downstream side.
US10914481B2
A duct-type air conditioning system, a control method and a device for an indoor ventilator thereof. The control method comprises the following steps: upon turning on the duct-type air conditioning system, acquiring an indoor temperature and a set temperature recorded the last time the duct-type air conditioning system was turned off, and acquiring a present set temperature (S1) according to the indoor temperature and the set temperature recorded the last time the system was turned off; detecting a real-time indoor temperature, according to the present indoor temperature and the present set temperature, calculating a temperature difference between the present indoor temperature and the set temperature, and generating an air velocity adjustment instruction according to the temperature difference, controlling, according to the air velocity adjustment instruction, the indoor ventilator to adjust the air supply velocity (S4) of an indoor unit.
US10914479B2
According to certain embodiments, a thermostat is configured for use in a climate control system. The thermostat is operable to use two-way communication for communicating operational information between the thermostat and at least one rooftop unit (RTU) within the climate control system. For example, the two-way communication comprises sending first operational information to the RTU and receiving second operational information from the RTU. The operational information comprising one or more climate control commands, setpoints, configuration information, diagnostics, and/or sensor data. The thermostat is further operable to operate the climate control system based on the operational information communicated between the thermostat and the RTU.
US10914477B2
A device for providing clean air in a beverage filling plant is described. The device includes an inflow channel with at least one filter for pretreating the air sucked in via a supply-air feed. The inflow channel is adjoined by a first outflow channel with at least one filter for treating the air pretreated in the inflow channel for feeding into a filling cleanroom of the beverage filling plant. The inflow channel is adjoined by a second outflow channel for treating the air pretreated in the inflow channel for feeding into a blowing cleanroom for the blow-molding of plastic containers. A dehumidifying device for dehumidifying the pretreated air is arranged in the second outflow channel.
US10914476B2
A multi-circuit refrigeration system includes a first plurality of compressors, a second plurality of compressors, and a control panel. The control panel is configured to receive an input related to humidity from a humidity sensor or humidistat. Based on the input, the control panel is configured to sequence operation of the first plurality of compressors and the second plurality of compressors between a balanced mode and a clustered mode. In the balanced mode, a first compressor of the first plurality of compressors and a first compressor of second plurality of compressors are energized before a second compressor of the first plurality of compressors or a second compressor of the second plurality of compressors is energized. In the clustered mode, the first compressor and the second compressor of the first plurality of compressors are energized before the first compressor or the second compressor of the second plurality of compressors is energized.
US10914472B2
Disclosed herein is an oven including a display module. The oven includes a main body and a display module pivotably installed on the main body, wherein the display module includes a fixed module fixedly coupled to the main body, a moving module pivotably coupled to the fixed module and including a display panel provided to be manipulated by a user, a driving module and disposed on the fixed module and configured to generate a driving force such that the moving module is pivoted, and a detection module including a press pin configured to detect a position of the moving module depending on whether or not the press pin is pressurized.
US10914471B2
A combustor has a structure enabling selective control of the amount of air supplied to the liner and the transition piece and includes a liner having one end connected to a fuel injector, the liner comprising an inner liner surrounded by an outer liner having a first opening that is elongated in a circumferential direction of the outer liner and is configured to introduce cooling air into an annular space between the inner liner and the outer liner; a liner sliding cover configured to adjust an opening degree of the first opening; and a transition piece connected at one end to the other end of the liner and connected to a turbine at the other end, the transition piece having an effusion hole configured to supply cooling air to a combustion chamber, the effusion hole having an opening area that is less than the opening degree of the first opening.
US10914469B2
Adjustable gas grill burners are disclosed. Methods of making and using adjustable gas grill burners are also disclosed.
US10914468B2
A burner apparatus (10) includes a fluid-based flame stabilizer for discharging a stabilized flame therefrom, a burner tile (44), and fuel lances associated with the burner tile. Each of the fuel lances has a discharge nozzle (40). A Coanda feature (34) having a Coanda surface directs a portion of the stabilized flame from the passage defined by the burner tile at the discharge end of a primary flow passage (32) toward at least one first fuel lance of the plurality of fuel lances to cross light the at least one first fuel lance. In another embodiment, a method of combustion includes supplying a first gaseous fuel to fuel lances of a burner apparatus and igniting and sustaining combustion of a gaseous fuel by cross lighting at the discharge nozzles of the fuel lances by flow from the fluid-based flame stabilizer along a Coanda surface of a Coanda feature toward the discharge nozzles.
US10914462B2
Examples of the present disclosure are related to systems and methods for lighting fixtures. More particularly, embodiments disclose lighting fixtures utilizing metal core PCB (MCPCB) for thermal, mechanical, and/or optical controls.
US10914456B2
A mounting system includes an upper collar, a first lower collar that is configured to magnetically couple a rimmed finishing section to a luminaire, and a second lower collar that is configured to magnetically couple a rimless finishing section to the recessed luminaire. The first lower collar is removably coupled to the upper collar when the rimmed finishing section is to be coupled to the recessed luminaire, and the second lower collar is removably coupled to the upper collar when the rimless finishing section is to be coupled to the recessed luminaire.
US10914455B2
A light fixture includes a flexible shroud, an outer housing, and a light source within a light engine. The light engine couples within the outer housing so as to define a gap between the light engine and an inner perimeter of the outer housing. The flexible shroud forms at least first and second edge portions. The light engine couples with the first edge portion, and the inner perimeter of the outer housing couples with the second edge portion, so that the flexible shroud covers at least part of the gap. A shroud for a light fixture may include a flexible shroud that defines one or more edges. The shroud may include one or more coupling features along the one or more edges. The flexible shroud may form a thickness variation at the coupling feature, to engage a corresponding coupling feature of a light fixture.
US10914450B2
A lamp shade structure and a lamp are provided. The lamp shade structure includes a main body and light guide structures. The main body has a concave surface and an outer surface opposite to the concave surface. The light guide structures are disposed on the concave surface or the outer surface, in which each of the light guide structures has a central thickness and a peripheral thickness, and the central thickness is smaller than the peripheral thickness.
US10914448B2
A vehicle lamp installation method includes, among other things, engaging both a mounting bracket and an outer panel of a vehicle with an alignment fixture that locates the mounting bracket relative to the outer panel in a mounting position. The method further includes securing the mounting bracket to a body structure of the vehicle when the mounting bracket is in the mounting position. A vehicle assembly includes, among other things, a body structure of a vehicle, a mounting bracket secured to the body structure in a mounting position, and an outer panel secured to the body structure. The mounting bracket is located in the mounting position relative to the outer panel using an alignment fixture that engages with both the outer panel and the mounting bracket.
US10914438B2
A system and method comprised of an LED light strip whose electrically insulating core structure is somewhat flexible and elastic and whose alternating light producing sections and narrower clip sections have a top side containing LED elements and control signals and an underside containing a high capacity voltage bus, and a three sided mounting structure where an installed LED light strip is the fourth side with LED elements facing out and the voltage bus protected inside, and a clip system of two halves which affix to each other around a narrower clip section with a lower half connecting electrically to the voltage bus under the narrower clip section and installing in one side of the mounting structure and an upper half connecting electrically to control signals on the top half of the narrower clip section and installing in the other side of the mounting structure.
US10914437B1
A lighting structure including a light-transmitting cap, a wire, a light emitting diode (LED) and a transparent adhesive. Two guide pieces project in parallel and protrude from the bottom of a body of the light-transmitting cap, and an opening of the body is located between the two guide pieces. Two lugs extend from the body, and correspond to two ends of a guide trench between the two guide pieces. A soldering surface of the LED is soldered on a soldering section of the wire. The transparent adhesive wraps around the soldering section, the guide trench and the two lugs, and wraps around a light emitting surface of the LED. The light-transmitting cap covers the LED with the LED at the opening. The soldering section is located between the two guide pieces, and the transparent adhesive attaches the LED to the light-transmitting cap.
US10914429B1
A lighting apparatus includes a connector, a housing connected to the connector, a light source assembly provided in the housing and having a driving board electrically connected to a light source board, and a ring-shaped element rotatably secured to an outer surface of the housing and configured such that rotation of the ring-shaped element operates the switch.
US10914418B2
A method for controlling a carrier includes obtaining a motion characteristic of the carrier. The motion characteristic is indicative of a type of a payload being supported by the carrier. The carrier is configured to support a plurality of different types of payload including the type of the payload being supported by the carrier. The method further includes selecting a set of control parameter(s) from a plurality of different sets of control parameter(s) based on the motion characteristic. Each individual set of control parameter(s) of the plurality of different sets of control parameter(s) is suitable for controlling the carrier to support one of the plurality of different types of payload. The method also includes controlling movement of the carrier according to the selected set of control parameter(s).
US10914416B2
A Cured In Place Pipe System includes a tubular substrate constructed of needle-punched fibers of carbon, aramid and thermoplastic. The tubular structure defines a longitudinal channel running along the length. Within the channel is an air bladder, preferably including an air duct. The tubular substrate is enclosed within a loose-fitting protective film. The tube is preferably constructed with multiple overlapping layers that aren't permanently bound, thereby allowing for circumferential expansion to accommodate various host pipe sizes, shapes, and configurations. The integrated thermoplastic has a melt/flow point of approximately 300-342° F., a cure point of approximately 330-370° F., and bonding point of approximately 372-412° F. at approximately 5-20 psi.
US10914414B2
A pipe coupling for connecting adjacent pipes. The pipe coupling has a connection type at each end that may be male or female. A female end may have an interior surface defining a receiving chamber. An interior circumferential groove is formed in the interior surface in which a band is seated. A plurality of rigid fingers is extends from the band into the receiving chamber. The receiving chamber receives a male end of an adjacent pipe, the male end having an exterior surface. An exterior circumferential groove is defined on the exterior surface to receive the plurality of rigid fingers. A variety of connection types and combinations are disclosed. The female end may define a sight window to permit viewing of the position of a male end of an adjacent pipe. The receiving chamber may have a reduced diameter proximate to the middle of the coupling to improve sealing.
US10914413B2
A quick connect fluid connector that is detachably connectable to a fluid system to process a gas into or from the fluid system through the quick connect fluid connector. The quick connect fluid connector includes one or more temperature sensors that can sense the temperature of the gas within the fluid connector during processing. Based on the sensed temperature(s), an alert can be generated to alert a human operator conducting the processing and/or automatically shut-off the processing if the sensed temperature becomes too high. The operator will therefore be alerted if the cylinders are being processed too quickly or if the processing duration could be shortened.
US10914409B2
Provided is a method for heating or cooling a liquid or a body by means of a vapor compression circuit containing a heat transfer fluid. The vapor compression circuit element includes at least one layer that includes copolyamide of formula X/10.T/Y, where the structural variables are described herein.
US10914408B2
Provided is a method of determining whether a multilayer tubular structure (MLT) satisfies an extractables test by filling the multilayer tubular structure MLT with an alcohol-containing petrol of FAM B type to obtain a filled MLT and measuring the amount of extractable material. The MLT satisfies the extractables test when the residue of the filtrate is less than or equal to 6 g/m2 of the inner surface area of the MLT.
US10914406B2
A tube holder includes at least a set of clamping members having circular arc-shaped clamping concave portions, a spindle pivotably supporting end portions on one side along the circular arcs of the clamping members in a state where the clamping concave portions facing curvature center sides of the respective circular arcs face each other, and a biasing member pivoting and biasing end portions of the other side along the circular arc of the clamping member in a direction of mutual approaching. The clamping member is formed such that an inscribed circle formed between facing surfaces of the clamping concave portions is smaller than a virtual circle formed by extension of the circular arcs of the clamping concave portions in a state where a space between the other end portions is closed and the clamping concave portions are disposed on the same virtual circle formed by extension of the circular arcs in a state during opening and closing where the clamping members are pivoted and the end portions on the other side are moved close to and away from each other.
US10914405B2
A riser clamp assembly for receiving and supporting an insulated pipe. The clamp assembly includes a first riser clamp and a second riser clamp. Each of the riser clamps includes a semi-circular body portion extending arcuately between opposite first and second ends and defining an inner cylindrical wall and an outer cylindrical wall extending axial between top and bottom edges. A generally C-shaped flange projects radially from the inner cylindrical wall generally midway between the top and bottom edges to define an axial center opening. A support brace extends radially from the outer cylindrical wall adjacent each end of the body portion for interconnecting the first and second riser clamps around the insulated pipe.
US10914404B2
An assembly includes a flexible tubular member having a medial portion defined between a first end and a second end of the tubular member. The assembly further includes an end cap molded over the first end of the tubular member, such that the end cap seals the first end of the tubular member. The assembly additionally includes a fitting having a first end portion configured to secure to the second end of the tubular member and a bracket attached to the medial portion of the tubular member. The bracket is configured to mount to a structure adapted to secure at least one end of the tubular member in place.
US10914397B2
According to one aspect, embodiments of the invention provide a self-aligning connector system for connecting an actuator to a valve body of a valve, comprising an actuator adapter plug having a conical protrusion and a peripheral groove formed in an outer surface of the actuator adapter plug, and a valve adapter sub-assembly comprising an outer housing having a bore configured to receive the actuator adapter plug, and an expansion spring coupled to the outer housing and configured to provide radial pressure on the outer housing to receive the conical protrusion of the actuator adapter plug and latch onto the peripheral groove.
US10914393B2
A multistage automated thermally actuated valve utilizing a thermally expansive substance to substantially close the valve at a first temperature and a spring to open the valve at a second, lower temperature. A multistage automated valve comprising a first thermal assembly to balance fluid flow at a first temperature and a second thermal assembly to balance fluid flow at a second temperature in order to balance fluid flow in a system operated at a first temperature as well as at a second temperature. A method of utilizing an automated thermally actuated valve to balance and manage hot water supply in a piping system.
US10914389B2
A system for stopping flow in a pipe with a plug positioned in the pipe to allow for repairs of the pipe. The plug comprises a body with an inflatable or compressible member, and a cap and connector valve on the body. An inflation line with a coupling connects to the valve for blocking off and sealing a damaged area of the pipe. An inflation line is used to deposit and retrieve the plug within the pipe before and after a repair is made.
US10914379B2
A dust cover is provided that is attached to a ball joint in which a spherical portion in a stud having the spherical portion and a shaft is accommodated in a socket and a knuckle is fastened into the shaft and is provided with a large diameter opening fixed to the outer peripheral surface of the socket, a small diameter opening attached to the shaft part of the stud, and a film portion connecting the large diameter opening and the small diameter opening. The small diameter opening is provided with a seal portion in close contact with the outer peripheral surface of the shaft and a contact portion in close contact with the knuckle. In the contact portion, a foreign matter discharge groove discharging external foreign matter which tends to accumulate on the small diameter opening to the outside are formed.
US10914353B2
A mechanical disc brake structure contains: a body, a brake set, and a drive unit. The body includes two clamp seats between which an accommodation space is defined so as to accommodate a circular disc. The brake set contains: a rotation member includes a coupling column, a rotatable block, and a connection portion. The rotatable block has a push face, the rotation member includes a through aperture, and the stop fringe has a first retaining portion. The engagement member includes a braking disc having a forced face and a shaft. The shaft has a second retaining portion and a threaded orifice. An actuation structure is defined between the push face and the forced face. A torsion spring is accommodated in the through aperture. A screw element is screwed with the threaded orifice, and a locking member is locked with the rotation member.
US10914338B2
A structure capable of preventing improper wheel alignment even when, for example, an accident such as a collision accident, steered wheels riding on a curb, or the like occurs is realized. A telescopic shaft in which the inner shaft (9a) and the outer tube (10a) are combined with each other by a spline engagement between the male spline portion (45) provided on one end portion in the axial direction of the outer-circumferential surface of the inner shaft (9a) and the female spline portion (23) provided on the other end portion of the inner-circumferential surface of the outer tube (10a) such that torque can be transmitted and the entire length of the telescopic shaft can be extended and contracted, the inner shaft (9a) having an inner-side small-diameter cylindrical portion (41) provided on a portion of the inner shaft (9a) that is located further on the other side than the edge of the other end in the axial direction of the outer tube (10a) and having an outer-diameter dimension that is smaller than the adjacent portions on both sides in the axial direction thereof, is provided.
US10914329B2
A system for carrying or using a device includes the device and at least one attachment apparatus. The device may include at least one attachment element. The attachment apparatus may include a length of material and at least one attachment point arranged on an end of the length of material. The at least one attachment point may include at least one magnetic feature configured to attach and detach the device and the length of material. The material can include but is not limited to cloth, metallic (magnetic and non-magnetic), fibrous material, and so forth.
US10914328B2
It is made possible to suppress variations of the speed of an actuator into which a regeneration flow rate flows, regardless of variations of the regeneration flow rate caused by posture changes of the front part and to enhance the operability when the front part moves in the free fall direction, and hydraulic fluid discharged from an actuator driving the front part is regenerated. Accordingly, a controller 19 of a hydraulic system is provided with a regeneration control calculation section 19b, and a pump flow rate control calculation section 19c, and when the regeneration control calculation section controls a regeneration valve 12 to perform regeneration, the pump flow rate control calculation section controls a pump flow rate regulation device 20 to increase the delivery flow rate of a hydraulic pump 1 as the angle of an arm 16 approaches the vertically downward direction based on posture information about the arm 16 acquired by an inertial measurement unit 31.
US10914325B2
A valve apparatus for influencing a flow of medium between a supply port (38) and a pressure port (40) has a valve device (10). In one closed position, the valve device blocks the connection between the supply port (38) and the pressure port (40). The valve device opens this connection in one opened position, in which the pressure port (40) is connected to at least one of two medium chambers (62, 80) by a respective fluid channel (64, 82). One fluid chamber (64) comprises a fluid duct (68) in the valve slider (22). The other fluid channel (82) has a further fluid duct (84) that is separate from the fluid duct (68). In one of the opened positions of the valve slider (22), the further fluid duct (84) opens at one end (92) into the medium chamber (80). In every displacement position of the valve slider (22), the further fluid duct (84) is permanently connected at the other end (94) to the pressure port (40).
US10914324B2
An example valve includes a main stage, a pilot stage, and a solenoid actuator. The main stage includes a sleeve and a piston axially movable within the sleeve. The piston defines a cavity therein. The pilot stage includes a pilot pin received at, and axially movable in, the cavity of the piston, where the piston forms a pilot seat at which the pilot pin is seated when the valve is in a closed state. The solenoid actuator includes a solenoid coil, an armature, and a solenoid spring. The solenoid spring applies a biasing force in a distal direction on the pilot pin to seat the pilot pin at the pilot seat. Energizing the solenoid coil causes the armature to move in a proximal direction, thereby reducing the biasing force that the solenoid spring applies on the pilot pin.
US10914311B2
A pre-cooler system employs a powered pre-cooler fan assembly having a fan adapted to receive bypass engine fan air through an inlet plenum with an outlet guide vane array (OGVA) adapted to control airflow from the inlet plenum and fan, with a rotational power source operationally connected to the fan. A shroud directs airflow from the inlet plenum, fan and OGVA into a pre-cooler disposed downstream of the fan and OGVA.
US10914304B2
A pneumatic timing valve includes a spool and seal system having a first seal cartridge and a spool. The first seal cartridge has an annular body with radial ports. The spool is positioned within the first seal cartridge and movable between a first and second position. The spool has a central bore and radial ports that intersect the central bore. The radial ports of the spool complement the radial ports of the seal cartridge. The seal cartridge radial ports, the spool radial ports, and the central bore of the spool define fluid flow passages.
US10914300B2
A pressure washing device is provided with a bypass mode. The device comprises a bypass mode and bypass structure that is in fluid communication with a fluid tank for at least one of storing and cooling a fluid that has been heated to unacceptable levels. The present disclosure further provides various devices and features for managing and mitigating heating and over-heating of fluids and components in communication with the fluids.
US10914299B2
A diaphragm pump for pneumatic high-pressure delivery of 1 to 10 MPa of fluidised dusts, in which filling occurs from below via pneumatic suction by hydraulic reciprocating movement of the diaphragm and also by applying a negative pressure. The dust is held in a loosened fluidised state over the entire pump operation, wherein the high-pressure gas requirement is low. A drive of the diaphragm pump by a hydraulic pressure intensifier and multiple diaphragm pumps are operated in a phase-displaced manner with respect to each other. A dust delivery system which uses the diaphragm pump is operated with a low drive power.
US10914298B2
A structure of fixing a bearing of an air compressor, the air compressor contains: a base, a cylinder, and a transmission mechanism. The base includes multiple positioning orifices, and one of the multiple positioning orifices accommodates a bearing. The cylinder is integrally connected with the base and includes an air storage chamber. The transmission mechanism actuates a piston to move in the cylinder reciprocatingly, thus producing compressed air. The first ring of the bearing is non-circular, and a shape of the one positioning orifice of the base corresponds to the first ring so as to avoid an idle rotation of the bearing in the one positioning orifice of the base or a removal of the bearing from the second positioning orifice.
US10914293B2
The present disclosure relates to techniques for extracting heat energy from geothermal briny fluid. A briny fluid can be extracted from a geothermal production well and delivered to a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger can receive the briny fluid and transfer heat energy from the briny fluid to a molten salt. The molten salt can be pumped to a molten salt storage tank that can serve as energy storage. The briny fluid can be returned to a geothermal source via the production well. The briny fluid can remain in a closed-loop system, apart from the molten salt, from extraction through return to the geothermal production well.
US10914292B2
A system for extracting work from the expansion of a working fluid includes a vessel having at least a portion of the working fluid, a heating device in thermal communication with the portion of the working fluid in the vessel for heating the portion of the working fluid in the vessel and expanding the working fluid, and a conversion tool. The conversion tool is in fluid communication with the vessel and is configured to receive working fluid from the vessel when the working fluid expands. The conversion tool is further configured to extract work from the expanded working fluid.
US10914289B2
The invention relates to a method for dismantling a wind turbine and erecting a wind energy generating system, wherein the wind turbine comprises a tower placed on a foundation on a wind turbine site and a nacelle with a rotor mounted on the tower. The method comprises the steps of removing the rotor from the wind turbine, mounting an airborne wind energy system for generating electrical power on a part of the remaining wind turbine via a cable, and electrically connecting the airborne wind energy system to a power grid via a power transmission line.
US10914285B2
A spar cap for a rotor blade of a wind power installation, having a longitudinal extent from a first end to a second end, a transverse extent orthogonal to the longitudinal extent, and a thickness orthogonal to the longitudinal extent and to the transverse extent. A method for producing a spar cap as mentioned at the outset. The spar cap has a longitudinal extent from a first end to a second end, a transverse extent orthogonal to the longitudinal extent, and a thickness orthogonal to the longitudinal extent and to the transverse extent, at least two tiers of a first fiber composite material, and at least one tier of a second fiber composite material, wherein the first fiber composite material has a matrix material and/or fibers which is/are different from that/those of the second fiber composite material, the second fiber composite material is disposed in a portion adjacent to the second end, in the direction of the thickness between the at least two tiers of the first fiber composite material, and the at least one tier of the second fiber composite material terminates ahead of the second end.
US10914273B2
An engine includes an air intake system, an exhaust system, a single-cylinder-sourced EGR system, an exhaust sensor that is disposed to monitor exhaust gas from the single one of the cylinders, and a diverter valve. A controller includes an instruction set that executable to determine operation of the engine in a fuel cut-off mode, discontinue fuel flow to the single one of the cylinders, divert exhaust gas from the single one of the cylinders to the air intake system, determine an airflow, temperature, and an equivalence ratio of the diverted exhaust gas from the single one of the cylinders, determine a mass flowrate of oxygen in the diverted exhaust gas, integrate the mass flowrate of oxygen in the diverted exhaust gas, and discontinue the diverting of the exhaust gas from the single one of the cylinders when the integrated mass flowrate of oxygen is greater than a threshold value.
US10914271B1
A leak diagnosis system using a purge pump of an active purge system is provided. The leak diagnosis system includes a canister for adsorbing an evaporated gas from a fuel tank, a purge line for connecting the canister with an intake pipe, the purge pump and a purge control solenoid valve mounted to the purge line, and an auxiliary canister and an auxiliary canister control valve mounted to the purge line and located between the intake pipe and the purge control solenoid valve.
US10914262B1
Methods and systems are provided for monitoring a fuel injector of an internal combustion engine. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving a set of feature data, the feature data sensed from a fuel injector during a fuel injection event; processing, by a processor, the set of feature data with a machine learning model to generate a prediction of a fault status; and selectively generating, by the processor, a notification signal based on the prediction.
US10914261B2
An intake air cooling apparatus abnormality detection system for an engine includes a first intake air temperature sensor that detects an intake air temperature in an intake pipe at the downstream side of an intercooler and a second intake air temperature sensor that detects the intake air temperature in an intake manifold. An abnormality determination unit determines that an abnormality occurs in an intercooler cooling water circuit if a state in which at least one of a value based on an output from the first intake air temperature sensor and a value based on an output from the second intake air temperature sensor exceeds a predetermined threshold value continues for a certain time or longer when a load state determination unit determines that the engine is in a high load state.
US10914256B2
An in-vehicle controller prohibits engagement of a lock-up clutch when a temperature of a fluid that actuates the lock-up clutch is lower than a prescribed temperature. In addition, the in-vehicle controller stops fuel injection by a fuel injection valve when fuel cut conditions including such a condition that the lock-up clutch is engaged are established. Under a situation where the temperature of the fluid is lower than the prescribed temperature, in the case where a PM accumulation amount on a filter is equal to or larger than an accumulation amount threshold, the in-vehicle controller executes speed increase processing so as to execute gear shift control of a continuously variable transmission such that a rotational speed of a turbine impeller in a torque converter is increased to be higher than that in a case where the PM accumulation amount is smaller than the accumulation amount threshold.
US10914253B2
A system for detecting and controlling air-fuel ratio imbalance conditions between cylinders of an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders is disclosed.
US10914248B2
A method and system for controlling temperature in an exhaust gas routing system of an internal combustion engine is provided. The exhaust gas routing system includes an exhaust gas manifold, an exhaust gas turbine which includes an electric machine arranged downstream of the exhaust gas manifold in the exhaust gas stream, an aftertreatment system arranged downstream of the exhaust gas turbine, and a control means configured to control the operation of the electric machine to adapt an operating mode of the exhaust gas turbine between motor operating, regeneration operating and neutral operating modes control means (50) such that the temperature of the aftertreatment system is controlled based on a target temperature.
US10914239B2
Disclosed is a high-speed section disconnect for a driven turbocharger with a traction drive. The turbo shaft is attached to a turbine and compressor, and interfaces with a high-speed traction drive. A mechanical coupling connects the traction drive to a transmission, which is connected to the engine so that power can flow to or from the turbo shaft, but the mechanical coupling can be selectively disconnected so that the high-speed section of the driven turbocharger can also be decoupled from the engine during certain operating conditions to reduce mechanical losses in the system.
US10914231B2
A turbocharger for an internal combustion engine is provided, where the turbocharger includes a housing, a shaft, a turbine wheel, and a compressor wheel. The shaft is rotatable with respect to the housing and defines a centerline. The turbine wheel is mounted to the shaft and is disposed within the housing. The compressor wheel is also mounted to the shaft and is disposed within the housing. The turbine wheel and/or the compressor wheel has a plurality of blades with leading edges that converge at an apex. The apex is aligned with the centerline. A method of constructing a turbocharger is also provided, where the method includes the step of performing a finishing operation on the turbine wheel and/or the compressor wheel to form an apex where the leading edges of the blades converge.
US10914213B2
An internal combustion engine is provided with an engine body, a catalyst device provided in an exhaust passage of the engine body and having an exhaust purification catalyst with at least an oxidation function and a microwave absorber contained in a catalyst coat layer formed inside a substrate, and a microwave emitter for irradiating the catalyst device with microwaves. A control device for the internal combustion engine is configured so that if engine startup is requested when a temperature of the exhaust purification catalyst is less than a predetermined temperature, it makes the microwave emitter irradiate the catalyst device with microwaves and operates the engine body so that an air-fuel ratio of exhaust discharged from the engine body becomes a predetermined lean air-fuel ratio leaner than a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio.
US10914210B2
An engine unit including a heater provided in a blow-by gas returning path for returning a blow-by gas that leaks out from a combustion chamber of an engine to an intake path. The heater is electrically connected to a controller of the engine through wiring harnesses. The controller is configured to, while controlling energization of the heater, perform an abnormality detection on the wiring harness based on a magnitude of current flowing to the wiring harness during energization of the heater, and perform an abnormality detection on the heater and the wiring harnesses based on a magnitude of voltage applied to the wiring harness located downstream from the heater during non-energization of the heater.
US10914206B2
This application discloses a cylinder block structure including: a cylinder block surrounding a cylinder array formed by a plurality of cylinders lined up in a first direction; a reinforcement plate including: a first fastening portion fastened to the cylinder block; and a second fastening portion fastened to the cylinder block at a position separated from the first fastening portion in a second direction that intersects with the first direction; and an oil pump that supplies oil to the cylinder block. The oil pump is fastened to the cylinder block together with the reinforcement plate. The reinforcement plate is interposed between the cylinder block and the oil pump, and has a length that is equal to or more than half of the cylinder array in the first direction.
US10914203B2
An internal combustion engine includes a cylinder head, a support structure, a cam pulley, and a seal member. The support structure is provided above the cylinder head and supports the camshaft. The cam pulley is provided at an end of the camshaft. A timing belt is wound around the cam pulley. A seal member is provided to cover a gap provided between the cylinder head and the support structure at a facing surface facing the cam pulley. The seal member provides sealing between the cylinder head and the support structure in an axial direction of the camshaft.
US10914197B2
A casing of a turbocharger, which surrounds a housing to be encased such as a turbine housing and/or a compressor housing and/or a bearing housing of the turbocharger at least in sections, with axial casing segments, which axially adjoin the housing to be encased, with at least one radial casing segment, which radially adjoins the housing to be encased radially outside, and at least one stiffening element is formed or acts on at least one casing segment.
US10914194B2
A turbomachine includes a spool and a turbine section including a turbine rear frame, a turbine, and a support member. The turbine includes a first plurality of turbine rotor blades and a second plurality of turbine rotor blades, the first plurality of turbine rotor blades and second plurality of turbine rotor blades alternatingly spaced along the axial direction and rotatable with one another. The support member extends between the first plurality of turbine rotor blades and the spool and couples the first plurality of turbine rotor blades to the spool. The turbomachine also includes a bearing assembly including a bearing, the bearing rotatably supporting the support member and supported by the turbine rear frame, the bearing spaced apart from the spool along the radial direction.
US10914169B2
A frequency sensor comprises a surface functionalized with a reactant sensitive to an analyte and a vibration detector coupled to the functional surface to detect a frequency of a fluid having the analyte and located on the functional surface during vibration thereof. The frequency sensor comprises a measurement circuitry coupled to the vibration detector to determine a frequency shift over time of the detected frequency, wherein the frequency shift corresponds to the presence of the analyte which has reacted with the reactant.
US10914166B2
A system, assembly, module, and method are disclosed for powering a downhole tool in a drilling operation. The system may include a reusable battery module and/or controller to operate multiple batteries.
US10914163B2
A frac plug includes a body having an outer surface, a first pocket in the outer surface, and a second pocket in the outer surface. In addition, the frac plug includes a first sensor removably disposed in the first pocket. The first sensor is configured to measure and record a plurality of pressures. The frac plug also includes a second sensor removably disposed in the second pocket. The second sensor is configured to measure and record a plurality of pressures. Further, the frac plug includes a first cap releasably coupled to the body and closing the first pocket. Moreover, the frac plug includes a second cap releasably coupled to the body and closing the second pocket. The first cap includes a port and the second cap includes a port.
US10914157B2
The Mill-Right system is a hydraulic control system that optimizes drilling performance by controlling speed and force at the drill bit. It controls 3 drilling parameters through integrated software. 1) Weight on Bit (WOB); 2) Rate of Penetration (ROP); and 3) Differential Pressure (DP).
US10914154B2
A pumping system pumps material or fluid, for example, downhole to perform a stimulation operation. A pumping system may comprise multiple pumps that must be powered-up in a sequence that does not overload a power source. A variable frequency drive may be coupled to a pump via a motor and may adjust the speed of the motor to control the rate of pumping of fluid from the pump. A soft-starter may be coupled to a pump via a motor to provide a constant pumping rate of fluid from the pump. A power-up sequence may be determined that provides power to the variable frequency pump and the soft-starter to power-up the corresponding motors such that the power source is not strained or overloaded. Mixing variable frequency drive driven pumps with pumps driven by a soft-starter may provide an efficient use of available power, conserve space, allow for control over a pumping rate of fluid and reduce costs.
US10914146B2
A method for firing a detonator in a chain of switch assemblies includes a step of lowering the chain of switch assemblies into a wellbore; a step of powering-up a switch assembly of the chain of switch assemblies; a step of independently entering through a set of states during which the switch assembly interacts with a downstream switch assembly and determines a status of one or more elements associated with the switch assembly; and a step of firing a detonator electrically connected to the switch assembly or entering a sleeping state.
US10914145B2
A bulkhead assembly for transmitting current to a downhole tool such as a perforating gun. The bulkhead assembly comprises a tubular bulkhead body having a bore therein. The bulkhead assembly also includes an electrical contact pin. The contact pin comprises a shaft having a first end and a second end. The shaft is fabricated substantially from brass and comprises a plurality of grooves. At the same time, the bore comprises a profile for mating with and receiving the plurality of grooves. This grooved, mating arrangement increases shear strength of the bulkhead assembly. Preferably, a first end of the electrical contact pin is in electrical communication with a wire within a wellbore. The wire transmits electrical signals from an operator at the surface. The shaft comprises a conical portion proximate the first end that frictionally fits into a mating conical profile of the bore. A tandem sub having an improved electrical communication is also provided herein.
US10914142B2
The present disclosure provides an expansion assembly for setting a liner hanger into mating engagement with an interior surface of a wellbore casing. In one embodiment, the expansion assembly comprises a cone mandrel and an expanding cone assembly positioned adjacent the cone mandrel. The expanding cone assembly includes a plurality of sections, the plurality of sections positioned adjacent each other, each separable by a space S, and together forming an annular ring. The plurality of sections are configured to expand radially outward to a first outer diameter when subjected to a linear downhole force when moving downhole and to contract radially inward to a second smaller outer diameter when moving uphole.
US10914140B2
Systems and methods for simulating subterranean regions having multi-scale, complex fracture geometries. Non-intrusive embedded discrete fracture modeling formulations are applied in conjunction with commercial simulators to efficiently and accurately model subsurface characteristics in regions having complex hydraulic fractures, complex natural fractures, or a combination of both.
US10914137B2
A wellbore cleanout system including a first tubular, and a pump member including a stator and a rotor. The stator has a first end, a second end, an outer surface, and an inner surface defining an internal passage. The rotor is arranged within the internal passage and includes a first end portion connected to the first tubular and a second end portion. The rotor is coupled for rotation with the first tubular. A drag system including at least one drag member is fixedly mounted to the outer surface of the stator. A second tubular is connected to the second end of the rotor. The second tubular is coupled for rotation with the first tubular.
US10914134B1
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a system and method for treating a casing-casing annulus of a wellbore using a sealant material. The sealant material is heated to a first temperature, equal to or greater than the melting point of the sealant material such that the sealant material is in its molten state. The casing-casing annulus is heated to a second temperature, equal to or greater than the melting point of the sealant material. The sealant material in its molten state is pressurized and injected into the casing-casing annulus such that the sealant material in its molten state occupies pore or imperfections of a cemented zone located in the casing-casing annulus. The sealant material is allowed to solidify such that formation fluids are prevented from migrating to the surface of the wellbore.
US10914130B1
A stripper head assembly for holding back pressure while stripping work-strings in and out of pressurized well environments, wherein, the stripper head assembly comprises a stripper head, a stripper insert, a stripper rubber, and one or more retention pins. The stripper head comprises an outer portion of the stripper head assembly. The stripper head comprises, from top to bottom, a top portion, a body portion, a lower neck portion and a flange base. A portion of the stripper insert fits within a portion of the stripper rubber. A portion of the stripper rubber fits within a portion of the stripper head. A portion of one or more bolts attaches to a portion of the stripper head.
US10914118B2
Thin-film devices, for example, multi-zone electrochromic windows, and methods of manufacturing are described. In certain cases, a multi-zone electrochromic window comprises a monolithic EC device on a transparent substrate and two or more tinting zones, wherein the tinting zones are configured for independent operation.
US10914116B2
Disclosed is an automatic detachable door of a detachable type for a showcase. The automatic detachable door includes a plurality of foldable screens (30), of which a cover cap (40) is respectively fitted into upper and lower portions of the respective foldable screens (30), a first fitting protrusion (41) is mounted to one side of the upper cover cap (40), and a second fitting protrusion (47) is mounted to one side of the lower cover cap (40); and upper and lower frames (20 and 22) which are provided with a plurality of fitting holes (23) at a certain interval. Power transmission members (70) are fitted into the fitting holes (23) of the upper frame (20). A center of the power transmission member (70) is provided with a protrusion receiving hole (71) for receiving the first fitting protrusion (41). Two rod receiving holes (73) are formed at symmetric positions at an equal distance from a center the protrusion receiving hole (71). A coil spring (81) and a powered rod (80) are sequentially inserted into the respective rod receiving holes (73). An upper portion of the protrusion receiving hole (71) is provided with a locking shoulder (72) on which a holding bolt (46) for holding the first fitting protrusion (41) is seated. An upper portion of the first fitting protrusion (41) is provided at a center thereof with a fastening hole (45) to which the holding bolt (46) is fastened. A lower portion of the first fitting protrusion (41) is provided with a protrusion body (42) having an outer diameter larger than an outer diameter of the first fitting protrusion (41). A top surface of the protrusion body (42) is provided with two seating holes (43) at two symmetric positions at an equal distance from the center of the first fitting protrusion (41), in which the seating holes (43) are formed to receive front ends of the rods (80). The protrusion body (42) is engaged to a protrusion body seating member (44) formed on a top surface of the cover cap (40). The plurality of foldable screens (30) are simultaneously opened or closed by a rotating member mounted to the upper frame (20).
US10914115B2
The present invention relates to a door skin comprising an exterior surface having outer portions lying on a first plane, spaced grooves recessed from the plane of the outer portions, and tonal portions having a planar area and a plurality of spaced depressions recessed from the plane of said planar area. The present invention is also directed to a method of etching a plate, for use with a molded die set, for embossing a wood grain pattern in the door skin, and the etched plate formed therefrom.
US10914105B2
A cabinet door assembly for a household appliance that couples a cabinet door to the household appliance. The cabinet door assembly can include a cabinet door and hinge assembly. The hinge assembly can include one or more braces that secure to the cabinet door and repositionable hinges.
US10914104B2
A pivoting mechanism includes a first hollow tube and a second hollow tube. The second hollow tube is rotatably sleeved on the first hollow tube to generate a torsion force with the first hollow tube. An electronic device is also provided.
US10914101B2
A vehicle includes a vehicle door assembly including a door handle assembly and a door latch assembly that includes a door latch device operatively connected to the door handle assembly using a latch release lever that moves along a travel path to place the door latch device in an unlatched configuration. A latch release blocking structure is located within an interior volume of the vehicle door assembly. The latch release blocking structure includes a first leg that is mounted to a support portion. An overhang portion is connected to the first leg. The overhang portion extends over at least a portion of the travel path of the latch release lever. A second leg extends from the overhang portion toward the support portion to a free end that is spaced from the mounting structure providing a gap along the travel path of the latch release lever.
US10914099B2
A gate unit includes a gate mount that is adapted to mate with a frame bordering a passageway and formed to include a latch receiver and a gate mounted on the gate mount for pivotable movement about a gate-pivot axis between an opened position opening a walkway passage formed in the gate mount and a closed position closing the walkway passage formed in the gate mount. The gate unit further includes a gate lock configured to lock the gate in the closed position closing the walkway passage formed in the gate mount.
US10914094B2
A slide lock post assembly repairs a damaged post. The assembly has a post slide plate and a wedge plate, collectively forming an anchor assembly. The anchor assembly fits within an inner cavity of an anchor receiver. The post slide plate attaches to a repair post and the anchor receiver attaches to a base post. The post slide plate slides into the anchor receiver and the resulting assembly holds the two posts rigidly together. The post slide plate has side walls that flare outwards ensuring that the post slide plate can't be pulled upwards and out of the anchor receiver. Security pins can be tightened against the post slide plate and anchor receiver such that the plate is secured within the receiver. A decorative shroud can be slid over the other parts of the slide lock post assembly to conceal said components and beautify the resulting post repair.
US10914087B1
Ammunition boxes may be equipped with a cohesive and adhesive shell restraining overlay adapted to restrain ammunition shells in a stabilized position. The shell restraining overlay provides sufficient adhesiveness to restrain a housed ammunition shell at a desired shell position, but allows for relatively effortless shell release without creating excessive movement or noise. The stabilizing overlay also stabilizes the shells from inadvertent spillage from the ammunition box.
US10914084B2
A connecting system is for dismountably connecting two intersecting formwork beams. The system includes a resilient single-component structure having two intermediate arms joining together respective regions for pressing the two intersecting formwork beams together at support regions. The resilient single-component structure is configured to slide longitudinally over one of the two intersecting formwork beams. Pressure or impact on the resilient single-component structure produces elastic deformation of the resilient single-component structure so as to clamp or hold the two intersecting formwork beams and press them together. The two intermediate arms extend at their upper ends into respective extensions for pressing on support regions of one of the beams to be connected, while at the other end they extend into a U- or V-shaped bridge for pressing on the support region of the opposite beam to be joined. Each of the intermediate arms has double elbows joined to respective straight-parallel extensions.
US10914083B2
A self-climbing concrete wall form hoist for forming a concrete wall section atop a previously formed wall section has a wall mounting releasably secured to the previously formed wall section, a plurality of moveable vertical masts, an extendable cylinder inside each mast, and a platform alternatively supported on the masts, which in turn are supported alternatively on the upper and lower wall mountings. The apparatus cycles between a platform raising position when the masts and platform are supported on the upper wall mounting and a lower wall mounting raising position when the masts and platform are supported on the upper wall mounting. The extendable cylinders are extended to raise the mast and platform relative to the lower wall mounting when the masts are supported on the upper wall mounting, and the extendable cylinders are retracted when raising the lower wall mounting relative to the platform when the masts and platform are supported on the upper wall mounting. The self-climbing concrete wall form hoist can descend a wall by effectively reversing the steps required to complete wall climbing.
US10914077B2
A wall (or roof) system includes: an exterior sheathing covers a frame, a plurality of spaced apart battens are affixed on the sheathing, and a siding in contact with the battens. Each batten includes: a backweb having two sides and a length, a plurality of elongated piers upstanding on each side of the backweb, each pier running the length of the backweb, and each pier having a distal surface, and a first air flow channel defined between adjacent piers and a horizontal pier cutting through adjacent piers. Air flows between airspaces created between the exterior sheathing and the siding by the batten. Air also flows through the first air flow channel and this air flow may reduce moisture entrapment between the batten and the siding or the exterior sheathing. The batten may also have a second air flow channel at an angle to the first air flow channel.
US10914073B2
An asphalt shingle manufacturing machine that includes a curtain die for applying a liquid release layer on an asphalt coated substrate. The moisture of the liquid release layer evaporates leaving a dispersed solid particulate release layer. The curtain die includes a first body section and a second body section with a shim disposed between the body sections to define a distribution channel. The second body section may include chamber manifold defined therein to store a volume of liquid release agent. The distribution channel places the chamber manifold in fluid communication with a discharge outlet of the curtain die in order to disperse a volume of liquid release agent from a chamber manifold out of the discharge outlet. The shim may be configured to define a width of the distribution channel to determine the flow rate and discharge pattern of the liquid release agent.
US10914061B1
An assembled slab-type steel-wood composite joint, includes a steel-wood composite column, square wood beams, connecting assemblies for connecting the steel-wood composite column and the square wood beams, and wood slabs connected to and supported by the steel-wood composite column, the square wood beams and the connecting assemblies. The steel-wood composite column includes a hollow cross-shaped outer square wood column, and square blocks are integrally formed on the outer square wood column; and a steel sleeve is inlaid in the outer square wood column, an inner wood column is inlaid in the steel sleeve, column vertical steel bars penetrate through the inner wood column, horizontal steel bars penetrate through the square blocks and are fixedly connected to the steel sleeve, and threads are arranged at the ends of the horizontal steel bars.
US10914057B2
Embodiments of a valve assembly and a plumbing system incorporating the same are provided herein. In some embodiments, a valve assembly for use with an enclosed environment includes a housing having an interior volume, an inlet disposed at a first end of the housing and fluidly coupled to an environment surrounding the housing, and an outlet disposed at a second end of the housing opposite the first end and fluidly coupled to the enclosed environment; a first valve having a first valve seat and a first sealing member at least partially extending through a first opening in the first valve seat in a closed position; and a second valve disposed beneath the first valve and having a second valve seat and a second sealing member at least partially extending through a second opening in the second valve seat in a closed position.
US10914056B2
A vessel rinsing apparatus including a mounting base, a fluid discharge member including a plurality of nozzles, a valve member operably coupled to the fluid discharge member and configured to control water flow through the nozzles, and an escutcheon supported by the mounting base.
US10914043B1
A construction method for a cantilever beam on a central pier. A scaled model of the cantilever beam on the central pier is established and tested to obtain the stress distribution regularities of the cantilever beam according to test data and analysis results of the scaled model, so as to find out week parts of the cantilever beam, and thus the optimization design can be performed to make the cantilever beam reasonably carry the load and improve the materials with a higher utilization ratio. The wheeled stand support used in the present application has a high turnover rate and it is easy and convenient to dismantle and assemble the wheeled stand support. A height of the cantilever beam mold can be adjusted by a hydraulic cylinder.
US10914041B2
The invention relates to a machine (1) having a machine frame (2), mobile by means of on-track undercarriages (3) on rails (4) of a track grid (5), and a stabilizing unit (8) which comprises a vibration exciter (15) for generating horizontal vibrations extending transversely to the longitudinal direction of the machine and flanged rollers (10) designed to roll on the rails (4). In this, a camera (11) is mounted on the machine frame (2) for recording a section of the track grid (5) set in vibrations, wherein the camera (11) is connected to an evaluation device (16) in order to derive from the recorded image data a resulting deflection (sr) of the track grid (5). In this manner, the amplitude (ar) of the sleeper deflection can be recorded, which is a measure of the actually effective vibration for stabilizing the track.
US10914039B2
The present invention provides soft, durable and bulky tissue products comprising non-wood fibers and more particularly hesperaloe fiber. The inventors have discovered that high yield hesperaloe pulp fiber, when incorporated in amounts of at least about 5 percent by weight of the tissue product, produces products having a GMT less than about 1000 g/3″ and a GM Slope less than about 7.0 kg. At the foregoing tensile strengths and modulus the tissue products of the present invention are also generally soft, such as having a Stiffness Index less than about 10.0, and more preferably less than about 9.0, such as from about 7.0 to about 9.0.
US10914031B2
A laundry washing machine having a washing basket that is loaded through the upper area, and an agitator located inside the washing basket. The agitator has a base, a hollow elongated body provided with at least one opening, and a filtration element located within the agitator. The agitator has a plane defined by the intersection of at least two areas of the edge of the opening to form an angle, relative to a tangential velocity vector of the rotational movement of the agitator starting from said opening, the angle being defined between 15° and 90°.
US10914026B2
A door-lock for household appliances, comprising: a casing having an opening through which it is intended to be inserted a hook connected to the door of the appliance, a cam articulated to the casing and rotatable between an open door position and a closed door position, wherein the insertion of the hook in the casing rotates the cam from the open door position to the closed door position, a locking mechanism including a locking pin movable between an unlocking position and a locking position, a main switch switchable between an open position and a closed position, wherein said locking pin in the unlocking position prevents the closure of the main switch, and a hook sensing mechanism including a hook sensing pin movable between a disengaged hook position and an inserted hook position, wherein said hook sensing pin cooperates directly with said main switch and prevents the closure of the main switch in the disengaged hook position.
US10914022B2
A spiral yarn structure includes a core yarn comprising at least one core filament which is a filament fiber of 5-25D, a cover yarn comprising a plurality of cover fibers formed by stretching roves having a count ranging from 0.5 Ne to 2.0 Ne, wherein the cover fibers encloses the core yarn, and a wrap yarn wrapping the cover yarn at a twist factor K≤3, wherein the wrap yarn comprises at least one wrap filament which is a filament fiber of 5-25D, and the at least one wrap filament wraps an outer side of the cover yarn at an inclined angle to form the spiral yarn structure having a count ranging from 40 Ne to 80 Ne.
US10914012B2
A membrane electrode assembly includes an anode having a first catalyst layer on a first gas-liquid diffusion layer, a cathode having a second catalyst layer on a second gas-liquid diffusion layer, and an anionic exchange membrane between the first catalyst layer of the anode and the second catalyst layer of the cathode. The first catalyst layer has a chemical structure of M′aM″bN2 or M′cM″dCe, wherein M′ is Ni, Co, Fe, Mn, Cr, V, Ti, Cu, or Zn, M″ is Nb, Ta, or a combination thereof, 0.7≤a≤1.7, 0.3≤b≤1.3, a+b=2, 0.24≤c≤1.7, 0.3≤d≤1.76, and 0.38≤e≤3.61, wherein M′aM″bN2 is a cubic crystal system and M′cM″d Ce is a cubic crystal system or amorphous.
US10914011B2
A method for hydrogen evolution by electrolysis includes soaking a membrane electrode assembly into an alkaline aqueous solution. The membrane electrode assembly includes an anode having a first catalyst layer on a first gas-liquid diffusion layer, a cathode having a second catalyst layer on a second gas-liquid diffusion layer, and a cationic exchange membrane between the first catalyst layer of the anode and the second catalyst layer of the cathode. The first catalyst layer, the second catalyst layer, or both of the above has a chemical structure of MxRuyN2, wherein M is Ni, Co, Fe, Mn, Cr, V, Ti, Cu, or Zn, 0
US10914008B2
An oxygen-free or oxygen-poor solution for the electroless deposition of a platinum group metal is described. The solution includes a ruthenium (II) amine complex having a first oxidation potential, and a platinum group metal compound having a reduction potential larger than the opposite of the oxidation potential of the ruthenium (II) amine complex.
US10914004B2
A method of depositing a thin film having a desired etching characteristic while improving a loss amount and loss uniformity of a lower film includes, on the semiconductor substrate and the pattern structure: a first operation of depositing a portion of the thin film by repeating a first cycle comprising (a1) a source gas supply operation, (b1) a reactant gas supply operation, and (c1) a plasma supply operation for a certain number of times; a second operation of depositing a remaining portion of the thin film by repeating a second cycle comprising (a2) a source gas supply operation, (b2) a reactant gas supply operation, and (c2) a plasma supply operation for a certain number of times after the first operation, wherein a supply time of the source gas supply operation (a1) is longer than a supply time of the source gas supply operation (a2).
US10914000B1
Process for manufacturing a printhead for a 3D manufacturing system that uses metal electrodeposition to construct parts. The printhead may be constructed by depositing layers on top of a backplane that contains control and power circuits. Deposited layers may include insulating layers and an anode layer that contain deposition anodes that are in contact with the electrolyte to drive electrodeposition. Insulating layers may for example be constructed of silicon nitride or silicon dioxide; the anode layer may contain an insoluble conductive material such as platinum group metals and their associated oxides, highly doped semiconducting materials, and carbon based conductors. The anode layer may be deposited using chemical vapor deposition or physical vapor deposition. Alternatively in one or more embodiments the printhead may be constructed by manufacturing a separate anode plane component, and then bonding the anode plane to the backplane.
US10913997B2
Provided is an arc evaporation source capable of stably retaining an arc spot on the front end surface of a target and apparatus downsizing. An arc evaporation source includes a target to be melted and vaporized from its front end surface by arc discharge and at least one magnet disposed apart from a side surface of the target radially thereof. The magnet is disposed to form a magnetic field satisfying conditions a) and b) below, on the side surface, in a region of up to 10 mm from the front end surface axially of the target: a) an angle which magnetic lines of force forms with the side surface of the target is 45 degrees or less; and b) a component of the strength of the magnetic lines of force along the axial direction of the target is 200 G or more.
US10913989B2
The present invention relates to a method for leaching precious metals contained in a waste denitrification catalyst by using a pressure leaching process, and more specifically, to a method for leaching precious metals contained in a waste denitrification catalyst by using a pressure leaching process, the method comprising the steps of: forming a mixture by mixing a waste denitrification catalyst with a sodium salt solution; and leaching vanadium and tungsten contained in the mixture by feeding the mixture into a sealed pressurized reactor, and then heating and stirring the mixture.
US10913988B2
A hot-rolled steel sheet includes a predetermined chemical composition, and a structure which include, by area ratio, ferrite and bainite in a range of 80% to 98% in total, and martensite in a range of 2% to 10%, in which in the structure, in a case where a boundary having an orientation difference of equal to or greater than 15° is defined as a grain boundary, and an area which is surrounded by the grain boundary, and has an equivalent circle diameter of equal to or greater than 0.3 μm is defined as a grain, the ratio of the grains having an intragranular orientation difference in a range of 5° to 14° is, by area ratio, in a range of 10% to 60%.
US10913983B2
Disclosed are targeted anti-proliferative approaches for breast cancer utilizing CDK7 inhibitors having efficacy in multiple subtypes of breast cancer, including but without limitation to ER-positive, HER2-positive and Triple Negative Breast Cancer. Methods utilize CDK7 inhibitors alone as well in conjunction with EGFR inhibitors, which provides synergistic anti-proliferative effects on breast cancer cells across a broad spectrum of breast cancer subtypes. Methods for determining sensitivity of breast cancer subtypes to CDK7 inhibitors based upon CITED2 expression levels are also described.
US10913978B2
Devices, apparatus and methods for sequencing macromolecules are disclosed. The devices and apparatus include independently controllable fluid channels bi-directionally coupled to a measurement module.
US10913975B2
Presented are methods and compositions for spatial detection and analysis of nucleic acids in a tissue sample. The methods can enable the characterization of transcriptomes and/or genomic variations in tissues while preserving spatial information about the tissue.
US10913966B2
In various embodiments a molecular circuit is disclosed. The circuit comprises a negative electrode, a positive electrode spaced apart from the negative electrode, and an enzyme molecule conductively attached to both the positive and negative electrodes to form a circuit having a conduction pathway through the enzyme. In various examples, the enzyme is a polymerase. The circuit may further comprise molecular arms used to wire the enzyme to the electrodes. In various embodiments, the circuit functions as a sensor, wherein electrical signals, such as changes to voltage, current, impedance, conductance, or resistance in the circuit, are measured as substrates interact with the enzyme.
US10913960B2
A microbial cell, which is genetically modified to increase the expression relative to the corresponding genetically unmodified cell of an AlkB alkane hydroxylase (Eb) having an amino acid sequence at least 95% identical with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 and a wax-ester synthase (Ef) having an amino acid sequence at least 95% identical with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2. The cell does not have a genetic modification that increases formation of a carboxylic acid or a carboxylate ester from a simple carbon source.
US10913950B2
The invention relates to RNAi agents, e.g., double-stranded RNAi agents, targeting the TMPRSS6 gene, and methods of using such RNAi agents to inhibit expression of TMPRSS6 and methods of treating subjects having a TMPRSS6 associated disorder, e.g., an iron overload associated disorder, such as β-thalassemia or hemochromatosis.
US10913947B2
Alternative splicing events in SCN1A gene can lead to non-productive mRNA transcripts which in turn can lead to aberrant protein expression, and therapeutic agents which can target the alternative splicing events in SCN1A gene can modulate the expression level of functional proteins in Dravet Syndrome patients and/or inhibit aberrant protein expression. Such therapeutic agents can be used to treat a condition caused by SCN1A, SCN8A or SCN5A protein deficiency.
US10913944B2
Methods, systems, kits and compositions are described for quality control and quantitation of nucleic acid libraries of double stranded nucleic acid libraries prior to massively parallel sequencing. Electrophoretic separation within a channel using a detectably labeled single stranded sizing ladder may be used to define the molecular weight range and amount of the double stranded nucleic acids.
US10913933B2
An in vitro liver organoid is provided along with methods of making and using the organoid. A cell culture system that includes the liver organoid is also provided. The liver organoid has fetal liver characteristics and supports expansion and differentiation of hematopoietic stem cells.
US10913926B2
An automatic processing device of culture plates (2) for microbiological samples, wherein the processing device (1) includes a support frame (3); a slide (4) provided with a seating (5) configured for removably housing a culture plate (2) and movably mounted on the support frame (3) so as to be selectively displaceable between a first loading position, a plurality of image-acquiring positions, and a first unloading; a camera (6) of a linear type, provided with an optic (7) of a telecentric type and a trilinear sensor, and arranged according to a vertical axis (8) such as to acquire, at an image-acquiring zone, a multiplicity of linear images of corresponding linear portions of an upper surface of the culture plate (2), during the displacing of the slide (4); a first lighting device (11) orientated such as to illuminate the linear portions of an upper surface of the culture plate (2); an advancing device (14) of the slide (4) configured such as to enable obtaining a constant and substantially vibration-free advancing speed of the slide (4) in the image-acquiring zone; and an electronic control device (9) of a functioning of the camera (6), of the lighting device and of the advancing device (14).
US10913925B2
The systems and methods disclosed herein are generally related to a cell culture system. More particularly, the systems and methods enable the culturing and interconnecting of a plurality of tissue types in a biomimetic environment. By culturing organ specific tissue types within a biomimetic environment and interconnecting each of the organ systems in a physiologically meaningful way, experiments can be conducted on in vitro cells that substantially mimic the responses of in vivo cell populations. In some implementations, the system is used to monitor how organ systems respond to agents such as toxins or medications. The system enables the precise and controlled delivery of these agents, which, in some implementations, enables the biomimetic dosing of drugs in humans to be mimicked.
US10913918B2
The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil comprising: a lubricating base oil; and 40 mass % or less of a polymer, based on a total amount of the refrigerating machine oil, the polymer having a structural unit represented by the following formula (I) and a weight average molecular weight of from 500 to 100000. [In formula (I), Ra, Rb and Rc each independently represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group, and Rd represents an oxygen-containing organic group or a C1-18 hydrocarbon group.]
US10913915B2
The present invention relates to a lubricating composition containing (a) an oil of lubricating viscosity; and (b) a compound selected from the group consisting of: (i) an ester-containing heterocycle; (ii) an amide-containing heterocycle; and (iii) a pyrimidine, wherein the ester-containing heterocycle and the amide-containing heterocycle have a hydrocarbyl group containing 6 to 40 carbon atoms. The invention further provides for a method of supplying an internal combustion engine with the lubricating composition.
US10913912B2
A process for cleaning and dewatering hydrophobic particulate materials is presented. The process is performed in two steps: 1) agglomeration of the hydrophobic particles in a first hydrophobic liquid/aqueous mixture; followed by 2) dispersion of the agglomerates in a second hydrophobic liquid to release the water trapped within the agglomerates along with the entrained hydrophilic particles.
US10913911B1
A treatment composition for remediating for remediating H2S and other contaminant(s) in contaminated gasses comprising: an aqueous hydroxide solution containing at least one hydroxide compound at a collective concentration of 35-55 weight percent of the aqueous hydroxide solution; at least one organic acid selected from the group consisting of fulvic acid and humic acid; and a chelating agent, wherein the aqueous hydroxide solution constitutes at least 80 wt % of the treatment composition, the at least one organic acid constitutes 0.1-5 wt % of the treatment composition, the chelating agent constitutes 0.1-5 wt % of the treatment composition, and a pH of the treatment composition is at least 12.0.
US10913907B2
The present disclosure relates to a process for hydro-processing of hydrocarbons to maximize the yield of light distillates. The process comprises hydrocracking hydrocarbons and separating to respective products based on the boiling points. The heavier vacuum residue is further hydrocracked to light distillates.
US10913889B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a method of producing a viscoelastic surfactant (VES) fluid, the VES fluid comprising desulfated seawater. The method of producing the VES fluid comprises adding an alkaline earth metal halide to seawater to produce a sulfate precipitate. The method further comprises removing the sulfate precipitate to produce the desulfated water. The method further comprises adding a VES and one or more of a nanoparticle viscosity modifier or a polymeric modifier to the desulfated seawater. Other embodiments are directed to VES fluids that maintain a viscosity greater than 10 cP at temperatures above 250° F.
US10913879B2
Provided herein are thermally conductive underfill compositions which have a combination of melt viscosity, glass transition temperature (Tg), coefficient of thermal expansion, and/or transparency that renders such materials useful for the preparation of a variety of electronic devices, such as flip chip packages, stacked dies, hybrid memory cubes, through-silica via (TSV) devices, and the like. In certain embodiments of the invention, there are provided assemblies comprising a first article permanently adhered to a second article by a cured aliquot of a formulation as described herein. In certain embodiments of the invention, there are provided methods for adhesively attaching a first article to a second article. In certain embodiments of the present invention, there are provided methods for improving heat dissipation by electronic devices assembled employing thermally conductive, but electrically non-conductive adhesive.
US10913874B2
The present application relates to an encapsulating composition, an organic electronic device, a method for evaluating reliability of the organic electronic device and a method for preparing the organic electronic device, and provides an encapsulating composition which can improve flatness and adhesion of an organic layer sealing an organic electronic element to effectively block moisture or oxygen introduced into an organic electronic device from the outside, thereby securing the lifetime of the organic electronic device.
US10913872B2
A peroxide-curable ethylene copolymer composition having (A) a crosslinkable ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer, (B) an effective amount of triallyl phosphate (TAP), (C) an organic peroxide, and, optionally, (D) a supplemental polymer; wherein the (A) crosslinkable ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer is made by copolymerizing ethylene and an olefin-functional comonomer in the presence of a molecular catalyst useful therefor. Also provided are a cured product made from the composition, methods of making and using same, and articles containing same.
US10913871B2
An ink composition including water, particles that include a polymer having at least one of a urethane bond or a urea bond and have a polymerizable group, and a hydrophobic compound that has an alkyl group having 8 or more carbon atoms and has a molecular weight of 5000 or less, a method for producing the ink composition, and an image-forming method.
US10913870B2
Provided are a child and environmentally friendly aqueous based heat transfer disperse dye ink compositions suitable for placing an image on an object and processes of their use. The compositions may include a heat transfer disperse dye and a nonsublimable dye or pigment having a hue representative of the hue of the disperse dye when heat transferred onto a substrate, with either or both of the dyes or pigments having a particle size less than 350 nm, and wherein the ink composition may have a viscosity less than 10 cps at room temperature. A process that uses the ink compositions optionally include marking an intermediate substrate, drying the image, optionally heating the intermediate substrate, optionally placing the inked intermediate substrate in contact with a dye receptive surface of a receptive object, and optionally transferring the image to the receptive object by application of sufficient heat and pressure.
US10913866B2
The invention relates to a coating composition based on organic or water-based solvent, containing at least one binder (A), optionally at least one cross-linking agent (B), and at least one matting agent (M) based on silicon dioxide (SiO2), wherein the coating composition contains a combination of a) a matting agent based on silicon dioxide (SiO2) that is surface-modified with one or more waxes, b) an organic matting agent, and c) polyamide particles, and a clear lacquer comprising a coating composition of this type. In this way, automobile series paints can be produced having targeted, adjustable low gloss.
US10913861B2
A process and composition for coating a pipe and a pipe support includes mixing a cellulose acetate, a plasticizer, and an oil together so as to form a solid mixture, heating the solid mixture so as to form a liquid state, covering an area of the joinder of the pipe and the pipe support with the liquid state, and drying the liquid state on the area of the joinder. An ethylene-based polymer stabilizer is added to the mixture of the cellulose acetate, the plasticizer and the oil. The oil migrates by gravity from the liquid state from the covered pipe into an area of contact between the pipe and the pipe support. The liquid state is applied around the outer diameter of the pipe and over the outer surface of the pipe support underlying the outer diameter of the pipe.
US10913855B2
Quenchers of the related art do not have a quenching ability high enough to sufficiently inhibit the emission of fluorescence from fluorescence compounds. Therefore, the present invention aims to provide a quencher which can sufficiently quench the fluorescence from fluorescent compounds including xanthene-based dyes. The present invention relates to a quencher formed of a compound represented by the following general formula (1), and the like. (In the formula, n1 pieces of R5 each independently represent a group having a polymerizable unsaturated group, an amino group having a substituent, or the like, R6 represents a group having a polymerizable unsaturated group, a hydroxy group, or the like, An− represents an anion, Ar1 represents a specific ring structure, * and ** each represent a position of bonding to the specific ring structure, Ar2 represents a benzene ring or the like, in a case where Ar2 is the benzene ring, n1 represents an integer of 0 to 4, and R32 and R33 each independently represent an alkyl group or an aryl group.).
US10913849B2
A resin composition, optionally for a semiconductor package, and a prepreg and a metal clad laminate using the same are provided. The resin composition according to the present invention may exhibit excellent flowability although being packed with a high content of an inorganic filler, and may provide a prepreg and a metal clad laminate having excellent adhesive strength for a metal foil, and low relative permittivity and a low dissipation factor.
US10913847B2
A copolyester having a low melting point and a high crystallinity includes a first recurring unit, a second recurring unit, and a third recurring unit, which are respectively represented by Formulas (I), (II), and (III) defined herein. A molar ratio of the first recurring unit to the second recurring unit ranges from 1:0.5 to 1:3, and a molar ratio of the first recurring unit to the third recurring unit ranges from 1:1.3 to 1:8. The copolyester may have a melting point lower than 220° C. and a lattice enthalpy greater than 12 J/g. A process for producing the copolyester and a fiber made from the copolyester are also disclosed.
US10913839B2
This disclosure relates to wear-resistant rubber compositions, such as those, for example, comprising at least one hydroxy-terminated polybutadiene, at least one natural rubber, at least one polymerization accelerant; at least one sulfur; and at least one polybutadiene, wherein the wear-resistant rubber composition may have an effective cross-linking density of at least about 30×10−5 moles/cm3.
US10913836B2
Elastomeric composites comprising natural rubber, a filler and nanofiller, which exhibit improved performance are disclosed. The elastomeric composite comprise a filler in an amount of less than 50 parts, yet exhibit high elastic modulus, high elasticity and reduced relaxation and/or creep. Articles and devices for dispensing fluid materials and comprising elastomeric composites are also disclosed.
US10913831B2
A film formed from a polyethylene copolymer using a reduced chromium oxide catalyst, ethylene monomers and a co-monomer selected from butene monomers or 1-hexene, where the polyethylene copolymer has a density in the range of from about 0.935 to about 0.950 g/cm3 and an I21/I5 in a range of about 18.0 to about 30.0. The film formed from the polyethylene copolymer has a dart drop impact (g/μm) that significantly greater as compared to a film of the polyethylene copolymer formed using a silyl chromate catalyst in place of the reduced chromium oxide catalyst. A method of making such films is also provided.
US10913827B2
A process for the manufacture of polycarbonate particles is disclosed herein. The process includes combining a first solution including a polycarbonate and a phosphorus-containing flame retardant or a flame retardant polycarbonate, and an organic solvent with a second solution including a surfactant and an aqueous solvent substantially immiscible with the organic solvent, under conditions of shear and temperature effective to provide an emulsion. At least a portion of the organic solvent is removed from the emulsion to provide an aqueous slurry having a plurality of particles, wherein the particles include the polycarbonate and the phosphorus-containing flame retardant or the flame retardant polycarbonate.
US10913825B2
The present invention refers to a process for the preparation of a graphene dispersion comprising the following steps: i) providing cellulose acetate flakes or powders; ii) swelling the cellulose acetate flakes or powders in an alcohol having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms; iii) adding acetic anhydride in a concentration range from 30 to 50 wt % referred to the total weight of the mixture; iv) adding graphene nanoplatelets to yield a graphene dispersion. The graphene dispersion is used as ink for composite materials that are employed in the field of foldable electronics. The invention relates also to a composite material comprising uniformly dispersed graphene nanoplatelets and its use for manufacturing electronic devices.
US10913822B2
The compound of the present application has a low melting point and excellent flexibility, and the like, so that a phthalonitrile resin or a prepolymer thereof or a polymerizable composition forming the same can exhibit excellent workability and a wide process window and it can be made to ensure improved impact strength. The compound can form the phthalonitrile resin or the like into a liquid phase or form it into a rubber phase. Such a phthalonitrile resin or the like can be applied to various applications.
US10913817B2
The present invention relates to the use of bis-anhydrohexitol ethers as reactive diluents in a crosslinkable resin, adhesive, coating or composite matrix composition. Not only do these products make it possible to advantageously reduce the viscosity of the mixtures obtained, but they also lead to a very small reduction in the glass transition temperature of the crosslinked mixtures, compared to other reactive diluents, while spectacularly improving the mechanical properties of the latter such as the Young's modulus, the tensile strength, the elongation at break and the toughness.
US10913814B2
The present invention relates to an aqueous dispersion based on polyurethane-urea, a composition comprising the same, and a use of the same in a coating agent, a sealant and an adhesive. The aqueous polyurethane-urea dispersion comprises a polyurethane-urea dispersed therein having sulfonate and/or carboxylate groups and lateral carboxyl groups, wherein the amount of said sulfonate and or carboxylate groups is 1.5 to 15 mmol/100 g; said lateral carboxyl is introduced by an aminocarboxylic acid having an amino functionality of greater than 1; the amount of said lateral carboxyl is 1.5 to 9.5 mmol/100 g, based on the polyurethane-urea solid components. Compared with the prior art, the composition of the polyurethane-urea based aqueous dispersion and a carboxyl reactive cross-linking agent provided by the present invention has a good cross-linking property and an excellent heat-resistance, which is not prone to come unglued when being exposed to heat.
US10913808B2
The present disclosure provides a supported catalyst system and process for use thereof. In particular, the catalyst system includes an unbridged metallocene compound, an additional unbridged metallocene compound having a structure different than the first unbridged metallocene compound, a support material and an activator. The catalyst system may be used for preparing polyolefins.
US10913806B2
A (meth)acrylic conductive material which contains a (meth)acrylic elastomer and a conductive agent, and which is characterized in that: the (meth)acrylic elastomer is obtained by polymerizing a monomer component containing a (meth)acrylic monomer represented by formula (I) (wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; and R2 represents an alkyl group having 1-10 carbon atoms, which may have a hydroxyl group or a halogen atom, or an alkoxyalkyl group having 2-12 carbon atoms, which may have a hydroxyl group); and the (meth)acrylic elastomer has a weight average molecular weight of 1,200,000 to 10,000,000 and a molecular weight distribution (weight average molecular weight/number average molecular weight) of 1-6.
US10913805B2
The present invention relates to a modifier useful for the modification of a conjugated diene-based polymer, having excellent affinity with a filler, and capable of improving the compounding properties of a conjugated diene-based polymer, a method for preparing the same, a modified conjugated diene-based polymer including the modifier, and a method for preparing the polymer.
US10913802B2
Disclosed herein are anti-Factor XIIa antibodies and methods of using such for treating diseases associated with Factor XII, including diseases associated with contact system activation, plasma prekallikrein signaling (e.g., hereditary angioedema), and ocular diseases.
US10913792B2
The present invention provides anti-GM-CSF antibodies for use in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Anti-GM-CSF antibodies, in particular MOR103, are administered to patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis at dosages that are beneficial in a clinical setting.
US10913777B2
The present disclosure is related to a BMC fusion protein that is capable of in vitro assembly, comprising a constituent BMC shell protein subunit and a sterically hindering protein domain that is cleavable. The BMC fusion protein is capable of in vitro assembly triggered by removal of the fused sterically hindering domain. The present disclosure is also related to a means to produce BMC shells in vitro, triggered by removal of a fused sterically hindering domain from one or more constituent BMC shell protein subunits. The BMC fusion protein enables encapsulation of broad classes of materials and biophysical studies of shell assembly, encapsulation, and permeability that would otherwise be unavailable from BMCs assembled in vivo.
US10913760B2
A binder comprising a polymeric binder comprising the products of a carbohydrate reactant and nucleophile is disclosed. The binder is useful for consolidating loosely assembled matter, such as fibers. Fibrous products comprising fibers in contact with a carbohydrate reactant and a nucleophile are also disclosed. The binder composition may be cured to yield a fibrous product comprising fibers bound by a cross-linked polymer. Further disclosed are methods for binding fibers with the carbohydrate reactant and polyamine based binder.
US10913759B2
The present invention relates to a process for purifying, such as salt/ion depletion, and/or ash reduction, and/or sulphur removal, and/or free sugar depletion, and/or VOC depletion or fractionating, preferably by using dewatering, of a slurry comprising a lignin or lignin derivative or a combination thereof. A lignin or lignin derivative obtainable from said process and uses thereof are also disclosed.
US10913756B2
The present disclosure involves a composition enriched in compound 61501b, wherein the compound 61501b has a purity of not less than 90% or more. The composition has a significant advantage in preparing a high-purity compound Sp-1. In addition, the present disclosure also provides a preparation method of the composition enriched in compound 61501b. The method adopts a crystallization technique to perform separation and purification, has a simple and convenient operation and good reproducibility, and therefore the compound 61501b in the prepared composition has high purity and quality. Further, the present disclosure also involves a novel crystal form of compound 61501b.
US10913754B2
A lanthanum compound, a method of synthesizing a thin film, and a method of manufacturing an integrated circuit device, the compound being represented by Formula 1 below, wherein, in Formula 1, R1 is a hydrogen atom or a C1-C4 linear or branched alkyl group, R2 and R3 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a C1-C5 linear or branched alkyl group, at least one of R2 and R3 being a C3-C5 branched alkyl group, and R4 is a hydrogen atom or a C1-C4 linear or branched alkyl group.
US10913753B2
The disclosure relates to inhibitors of USP28 and/or USP25 useful in the treatment of cancers, inflammation, autoimmune diseases, and infectious diseases, having the Formula: where R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R5′, R6, R7, X, m, and n are described herein.
US10913751B2
The present invention relates to compounds having structural formula (I) wherein R1 and R2 are defined as set forth in the description. The invention also relates to a process for the manufacture of the above compounds of formula (I), wherein a 4a,7,8,8a-tetrahydropyrido[4,3-e]-1,4,2-dioxazine reacts with a hydride selected from the group consisting of: lithium triethylborohydride (LiBHEt3), sodium triethylborohydride (NaBHEt3), and lithium tetrahydroaluminate (LiAlH4), in the presence of tetrahydrofuran. Furthermore, the invention is aimed at the above compounds of formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, for use in medicine, preferably in the treatment of the diabetes and pathologies or conditions correlated thereto.
US10913750B2
This disclosure relates to methods of treating cancer (e.g., melanoma) with (MI-181).
US10913743B2
The present invention relates to the use of organic oxy imides as flame retardants for plastics. According to the present invention, a flame-retardant plastics composition is likewise specified, including an oxy imide as flame retardant. Additionally specified are mouldings produced from an inventive flame-retardant polymer composition.
US10913741B2
Compounds having a structure according to formula (I) or (II) where R1, R2, R1, R4, Ar and X1 are as defined herein, are agonists for the Toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7) and can be used as adjuvants for stimulating the immune system. Some such compounds can be used in conjugates for targeted delivery to the organ or tissue of intended action.
US10913740B2
The invention provides compounds of formula (I): wherein X is and the variables are defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof, that are useful as JAK kinase inhibitors. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, methods of using such compounds to treat respiratory diseases, and processes and intermediates useful for preparing such compounds.
US10913739B2
The present disclosure relates to processes for the production of salts and crystalline forms of a compound having the formula.
US10913736B2
The present disclosure is generally directed to compositions useful in the inhibition of MetRS and methods for treating diseases that are ameliorated by the inhibition of MetRS.
US10913733B2
The present invention is directed to thiazolyl piperidine compounds of the general structural formula I: which are inhibitors of O-GlcNAcase. The present invention is also directed to uses of the compounds described herein in the potential treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which O-GlcNAcase is involved. The present invention is also directed to compositions comprising these compounds. The present invention is also directed to uses of these compositions in the potential prevention or treatment of such diseases in which O-GlcNAcase is involved.
US10913719B2
Disclosed is a process for preparing a compound of Formula 1, from a compound of Formula 2 wherein X, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, n, R6, R7, G and W are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compounds of Formulae 2 and 4 wherein X, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, n, R6, R7, G and W are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed is a process for preparing the compounds of Formulae 2 and 4.
US10913713B2
The invention provides novel methods for preparing indolinobenzodiazepine dimer compounds and their synthetic precursors.
US10913705B2
The invention describes hydrosoluble iron (III) oxyhydroxide complexes prepared from different sources of iron, amino acids and carboxylic acids. The iron (III) complexes have no undesirable residual taste and can be used as supplementation forms for the prevention or treatment of iron deficiency anemia in humans or animals and pharmaceutical or food compositions containing them.
US10913691B2
The Earthginuity Composting System is an organic waste composting system. It consists of three steps/components. The first step is using a free-standing cylindrical tube that goes in the kitchen. Organic waste goes into the tube. The second step is the Phase 1 Bin. It is a square-shaped plastic bin that sits on raw earth, and it's about thirty three gallons in volume. It has drainage holes at the bottom and two pegs protruding from the front to serve as “anchors” for dumping. The final component is the two Earth Grids. They are three by three feet, sandbox-like squares with NO bottoms and liquid-tight lids. The lack of a bottom to the Earthgrids allows for sitting on raw earth to attract ground bugs/bacteria. The lids have rain holes. You can open, close, and empty the Earth Grids with a Shepherd's Staff (hooked pole).
US10913683B2
Provide is a cement ink for a cement ink for 3D printing (which also includes additive manufacturing) of 3D cement structures and materials. The cement ink includes an American Petroleum Institute (API) Class G cement, a nano-clay, a superplasticizer, a hydroxyethyl cellulose, and a defoamer. The nano-clay may be hydrophilic bentonite. The superplasticizer may be a polycarboxylate ether. The defoamer may be 2-ethyl-1-hexanol. Processes for forming the cement ink and printing 3D cement structures using the cement ink are also provided.
US10913682B2
A material includes a transparent substrate coated with a stack of thin layers including at least one functional coating including at least one silver-based metal functional layer, and at least one niobium-based metal or nitride functional layer.
US10913672B2
In some embodiments, the present invention provides a recombinant protein comprising an affinity tag configured to attach the recombinant protein to a silicate surface, fused to a hydrogen sulfide scavenging enzyme.
US10913667B2
A media clarifier may have a passageway, an inlet, an outlet above the inlet, a screen, and a media bed with both compressible and incompressible media. The screen may span the passageway. The media bed may be adjacent to the screen when the media clarifier is in an operational state. Particulate matter is removed from a water stream as it passes through the media bed.
US10913659B1
A novel synthetic crystalline aluminogermanosilicate molecular sieve material, designated SSZ-114, is provided. SSZ-114 can be synthesized by treating an aluminogermanosilicate molecular sieve of CTH framework topology with water or an aqueous solution of a mineral acid under conditions sufficient to degermanate at least a portion of aluminogermanosilicate molecular sieve to form a degermanated molecular sieve and calcining the degermanated molecular sieve under conditions sufficient to convert the degermanated molecular sieve to SSZ-114. Molecular sieve SSZ-114 may be used in organic compound conversion reactions and/or sorptive processes.
US10913653B2
A method for fabricating a MEMS sensor device. The method can include providing a substrate, forming an IC layer overlying the substrate, forming an oxide layer overlying the IC layer, forming a metal layer coupled to the IC layer through the oxide layer, forming a MEMS layer having a pair of designated sense electrode portions and a designated proof mass portion overlying the oxide layer, forming a via structure within each of the designated sense electrode portions, and etching the MEMS layer to form a pair of sense electrodes and a proof mass from the designated sense electrode portions and proof mass portions, respectively. The via structure can include a ground post and the proof mass can include a sense comb. The MEMS sensor device formed using this method can result is more well-defined edges of the proof mass structure.
US10913646B2
A filling method includes adjusting a start of a filling phase on a filling machine so that the container completes filling within a detection region at which an optical sensor is able to inspect the container to determine the actual fill-level and to send a signal to a controller to cause the container to be topped off if need be.
US10913645B2
A gas stem assembly comprising a vent tube having at least one protrusion extending in a radial direction, a receiver having a hole through which the vent tube extends and having at least one mating recess configured to interact with the at least one protrusion, and a spring configured to bias the at least one protrusion toward the receiver.
US10913640B2
A cable winch arrangement (1) which includes at least one cable drum (2), which is mounted rotatably about a drum axis (3), for winding up and/or unwinding at least one cable (30-37), and a supporting structure (20), and a spindle drive (14) for displacing the cable drum (2) relative to the supporting structure (20), wherein the spindle drive (14) has a spindle (16) extending along a spindle axis (15), and a cable run-off point (6) of the at least one cable (30-37), at which the cable (30-37) runs tangentially onto and/or out from the cable drum (2), is at least substantially positionally fixed with respect to the supporting structure (20), and the spindle axis (15) is arranged coaxially with respect to the drum axis (3) of the cable drum (2).
US10913636B2
The present invention discloses a device and method for adjusting tension of a steel wire rope of an ultra-deep vertical shaft at a hoisting-container-end. The device includes two stages of steel wire rope tension adjusting devices provided on a hoisting container, where a primary steel wire rope tension adjusting device includes left and right steel wire rope tension adjusting devices that are symmetrically arranged, and a secondary steel wire rope tension adjusting device is provided below the primary steel wire rope tension adjusting device. By use of two stages of steel wire rope tension adjusting devices, tension on four steel wire ropes can be adjusted to equalize the tension, thus meeting the requirement for tension equalization in a hoisting process. The four steel wire ropes are equally divided into two groups. Tension of two steel wire ropes is adjusted by rotating a primary drum around which the two steel wire ropes are wound, and then tension of the four steel wire ropes is adjusted by rotating a secondary drum around which the multiple steel wire ropes are wound, thus achieving a final purpose. The device of the present invention has a simple structure, and is conveniently mounted and easily detached. The tension is automatically adjusted by rotating the drums. This solution is novel and has wide application.
US10913629B2
A medium conveyance device includes a first loading base that has a first loading surface formed thereon and is movably supported on a main body, a second loading base that has a second loading surface formed thereon and is movably supported on the first loading base so that the second loading surface is positioned next to with the first loading surface and so that the second loading surface overlaps with the first loading surface, a mechanism that converts motion of the first loading base into motion of the second loading base so that the second loading base is arranged in a position corresponding to a position in which the first loading base is arranged, and an elastic member that is elastically deformed when the second loading base is not arranged in a position corresponding to a position in which the first loading base is arranged.
US10913626B2
A cassette to dispense a pleated tubing having an annular body, an annular cover and a plurality of apertures. The annular body may have a generally U-shaped housing with a central cylindrical core. The annular cover may extend over the annular body and define a gap, while being secured to the body. The plurality of apertures may be radially provided in an angular wall in the annular body.
US10913621B2
Features for loading, transporting and unloading of items are disclosed. Systems, devices and methods for such operations using a tray are described. In some embodiments, a tray having a moveable bottom allows for switching between a configuration for loading and unloading items in and out of the tray and a configuration for transportation of items inside the tray. The trays may also be stacked, for transportation of multiple trays at once, and nested, for saving space when storing the trays. In some embodiments, the trays may be used in conjunction with loading and unloading systems.
US10913614B2
A processing system including a singulation system is disclosed. The singulation system includes a conveying system for moving objects to be sorted from a source area along a first direction, a detection system for detecting objects at the conveying system, and for selecting certain selected objects for removal from the conveying system, and a removal system for removing the certain selected objects from the conveying system for providing a singulated stream of objects.
US10913606B2
An automated warehouse system can include automated pallet movers, a physical space in which the automated pallet movers operate, and a control system to provide commands to each of the automated pallet movers for operating in the physical space. The commands can include a pallet transportation command including a pallet identifier of a pallet to be transported by the automated pallet mover in the physical space, and a destination location to which the pallet is to be transported by the automated pallet mover. The commands can also include a control algorithm command that specifies a control algorithm for moving through the physical space. The automated pallet mover can be configured to transport the pallet to the destination location according to a route resulting from performance of the control algorithm, while other automated pallet movers concurrently transport other pallets to other destination locations.
US10913603B1
In one embodiment, an inventory storage module has a plurality of conveyor segments that define a movement path that has a closed shape, and at least one actuator that can move inventory storage containers along the movement path. Each actuator has a roller having a cylindrical body that has a first end, a second end that are offset from the first end along a central axis, and a cylindrical outer surface that extends from the first end to the second end. Each actuator has a helical track disposed around the cylindrical outer surface in a helical pattern. Further, each actuator has at least one track follower that can ride along the helical track when the roller is rotated about the central axis so as to move the inventory storage containers along an axial direction that is substantially parallel to the central axis.
US10913602B2
A storage system and a load handling device for lifting and moving containers stacked in the storage system are described. The storage system includes a plurality of rails or tracks arranged in a grid pattern above the stacks of containers. The grid pattern can include a plurality of grid spaces and each stack is located within a footprint of only a single grid space. The load handling device is configured to move laterally on the rails or tracks above the stacks. The load-handling device includes a container-receiving space located above the rails or tracks in use and a lifting device arranged to lift a container from a stack into the container-receiving space. The load handling device has a footprint that, in use, occupies only a single grid space in the storage system.
US10913594B2
An ejection tray is provided for use in combination with a medication container including a medication-containing cell. The tray includes a frame configured to receive at least a portion of the medication container. An actuator is movably associated with the frame to eject the medication from the cell. A switch is associated with the frame and configured to change from a first state to a second state upon the actuator being moved to eject the medication from the cell. A host processor is associated with the frame and is electrically coupled or selectively coupled to the switch. The host processor is programmed to detect a change in the state of the switch.
US10913592B2
A beverage container insulator is presented herein. The beverage container insulator can include a body. The body can define a cylinder and have an opening at a first end and a web closing a second end opposite the first end. An interior surface can be defined by the body and can be configured to receive a beverage container. An exterior surface can be defined by the body opposite to the interior surface. First and second apertures can be formed in the web arranged to mirror one another on opposite sides of an axis passing through a middle of the web.
US10913587B2
A woven laminated plastic bag having an easy open feature is provided. The easy open feature is generally defined by a weakened portion in the bag. In various aspects the bag can be fabricated from a woven polypropylene and/or polyethylene layer which can be laminated with a film layer, can form a pinch bottom bag, and can have one or both sides include graphics and/or printing. The bag can also provide a top end and/or a bottom end either or both of which provide a discrete area which may contain discrete graphics and/or printing.
US10913584B2
A closure element for a mixing container of a blender, which comprises a pouring area for ingredients, the pouring area having an outlet opening into the underlying container of the blender, and comprises a measuring area which is disposed next to or under the pouring area and is separated from the pouring area.
US10913579B2
A closure for a container neck comprises a shell and a fitment. The fitment comprises a body and engagement means that extend radially outwardly from the body and releasably retain the fitment within the shell. During application of the closure to the container neck, the engagement means is forced from an extended condition into a retracted condition to release the fitment from the shell, and the fitment is inserted into the container neck into an operative position.
US10913548B2
Metallic fittings for coupling composite ribs to skin panels of aircraft wings are described. An example metallic fitting includes a through hole configured to receive a fastener. The fastener is configured to couple the metallic fitting to a composite rib of an aircraft wing. The example metallic fitting further includes a bore configured to receive a bolt. The example metallic fitting further includes a cavity intersecting the bore. The cavity has an access opening. The example metallic fitting further includes a barrel nut located within the cavity. The barrel nut is configured to threadably engage the bolt to couple the metallic fitting to a skin panel of the aircraft wing. The example metallic fitting further includes a seal located within the cavity. The seal is configured to close the access opening.
US10913539B2
A fragrance dispensing system for an aircraft that includes a fuselage defining a cabin interior and an environmental control system (ECS). The ECS includes a source of air that moves air between the source of air and the cabin interior along an airflow path, a mixer unit in airflow communication with the source of air and positioned downstream from the source of air in the airflow path, at least a first air duct positioned in the airflow path between the mixer unit and the cabin interior, and a fragrance dispensing unit positioned between the air source and the cabin interior along the airflow path. The fragrance dispensing unit is configured to dispense at least a first fragrance into the airflow path.
US10913536B2
This linear movement guide device is provided with a track rail, a slider block attached to the track rail so as to be capable of movement relative thereto via a plurality of rolling bodies, and a position-determining pin which restricts the relative movement between the slider block and the track rail, wherein: the track rail is provided with a securing hole for securing the track rail to a base member, and a position-determining hole into which the position-determining pin is inserted; the slider block is provided with a rocker bearing part having an attachment hole into which a rocker shaft is inserted, and also provided with a connecting hole into which the position-determining pin is inserted; and the attachment hole and the connecting hole are each positioned in a location that avoids the center of the slider block in the lengthwise direction thereof.
US10913531B2
An aircraft, in particular an unmanned aerial vehicle with wing-borne flight mode and hover flight mode, comprises a wing structure (4) having a left (6), middle (7), and right wing section (8). A support structure extends from the wing structure (4), and has an upper and lower support section. Each one of the left and right wing section (6, 8), and upper and lower support section (18, 20) has a thrust unit (10, 12, 22, 24). Left and right wingtip sections are rotatable relative to a left and right wing base section, respectively, around an axis extending substantially in a lengthwise direction of the wing structure. The thrust units (10,12) of the left and right wing sections(6, 8) are provided at the respective wingtip sections, in particular at the extremities thereof.
US10913530B2
A cockpit control system and method for efficiently controlling ground travel in an aircraft equipped with engine-free electric taxi drive systems are provided. The cockpit control system is configured with a display that provides a maximum amount of information during aircraft ground movement with a minimal amount of input from and distraction to pilots or cockpit crew to facilitate essentially hands free operation and control of aircraft ground travel. System test and drive procedures ensure safe aircraft ground travel with the engine-free electric taxi system. Constant pilot hand or other input is not required to achieve safe and maximally efficient aircraft ground travel powered by the aircraft's engine-free electric taxi drive systems or, under selected defined conditions, by the aircraft's engines to achieve this maximum efficiency. The system may further be designed to be uninterruptible by unauthorized persons.
US10913528B1
Vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft can provide opportunities to incorporate aerial transportation into transportation networks for cities and metropolitan areas. However, VTOL aircraft can be sensitive to uneven weight distributions, e.g., the payload of an aircraft is primarily loaded in the front, back, left, or right. When the aircraft is loaded unevenly, the center of mass of the aircraft may shift substantially enough to negatively impact performance of the aircraft. Thus, in turn, there is an opportunity that the VTOL may be loaded unevenly if seating, luggage placement, and/or positions of internal components are not coordinated. Among other advantages, dynamically assigning the payloads and adjusting components of the VTOL aircraft can increase VTOL safety by ensuring the VTOL aircraft is loaded evenly and meets all weight requirements; can increase transportation efficiency by increasing rider throughput; and can increase the availability of the VTOL services to all potential riders.
US10913523B2
An adaptable modular power system (AMPS) is hierarchical in a number of ways. AMPS modules connect to a backplane, and one or multiple AMPS backplanes can form an AMPS domain. At the same time, the vehicle electronics is modular, with various payload boxes needing to communicate with each other. A common power and signaling cable is provided to interconnect payload boxes. A dedicated connector system is also provided so that AMPS modules may communicate, control, receive data, and supply and receive power.
US10913519B2
A visual direction guide for a fishing boat trolling motor to enable a fisherman or other operator positioned remotely in the boat from the trolling motor to visually determine the direction of propulsion of the trolling motor so the operator can steer the motor even when the view from the operator of the trolling motor is visually obstructed by another fisherman, chair, or other object. The visual direction guide has a support shaft, a visual indicator located at the top of the support shaft, and mounting apparatus to secure the support shaft to the trolling motor, so that the visual indicator can be seen by the operator above any visual obstruction to determine the direction of propulsion of the trolling motor to remotely steer the trolling motor. The visual indicator can include a vane, and can include lights. The support shaft can telescope, fold down, or be removed for storage.
US10913517B1
A boat chair configured such that it may be converted between several storage and/or use configurations and may be detachably affixed to and removed from a boat or placed on a boat using a free-standing stand. The boat chair may be configured such that the boat chair may be used in multiple use positions and may be transitioned into one or more storage configurations to allow for the boat chair to be more easily transported and/or stored. The boat chair may further be configured such that the use configurations may allow for customized position and/or use of the boat chair on a boat, including use of a free-standing stand for the boat chair.
US10913512B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a snowmobile including an engine mounted on the chassis, a drive track in contact with the chassis, and a drive train, operatively interconnecting the engine with the drive track for delivering propulsive power to the drive track. The drive train includes a driveshaft, comprising a tubular driveshaft including two or more interior channels, the channels positioned in a substantially longitudinal orientation, two or more sprocket driving features on an exterior surface of the tubular driveshaft, and one or more fitting components, positioned at one or more distal ends of the driveshaft.
US10913499B2
An assembly includes a hinge pillar having an inner member and an outer member. The assembly includes a brace between the inner member and the outer member, the brace having a side portion fixed to the outer member and a front portion fixed to the inner member.
US10913498B2
A method for painting a complex or compound curved three-dimensional surface of a portion of an article. The method comprises providing a paint film; providing sheet metal having opposite major surfaces; laminating the paint film onto a major surface of the sheet metal to form a painted sheet metal laminate comprising a first portion and a second portion; permanently deforming the first portion of the painted sheet metal laminate into a formed portion of the article having a complex or compound curved three-dimensional shape; applying an initial force for securing the second portion of the painted sheet metal laminate during an initial stage of said permanently deforming step; and applying a later force for securing the second portion of the painted sheet metal laminate during a later stage of said permanently deforming step. The later applied force is greater than the initially applied force.
US10913493B2
A power steering system including a first linkage arm pivotally coupled to a cross-link member extending in a transverse direction. Also included is a first shaft generally orthogonal to the first linkage arm, the first shaft configured to rotate the first linkage arm. Further included is a power portion of the first linkage arm extending from a first end of the first linkage arm to the first shaft. Yet further included is an assist portion of the first linkage arm extending from the first shaft to a second end of the first linkage arm. Also included is an electric actuator. Further included is a linkage member extending from the electric actuator and operatively coupled to the assist portion of the first linkage arm.
US10913480B2
Disclosed are a child sitting saddle and a child stroller, the child sitting saddle comprises an enclosure frame assembly, a plug connector, a seat rod assembly and a cloth cover including a seat cloth cover and a backrest cloth cover; the child sitting saddle further comprises a first lock mechanism for locking the enclosure frame assembly with the plug connector, a connecting rod and a second lock mechanism disposed between the seat rod assembly and the connecting rod; when in a chair state, the seat rod assembly obliquely intersects with the backrest cloth cover; when in a sleeping basket state, the seat rod assembly, the seat cloth cover and the backrest cloth cover are all disposed horizontally. The child sitting saddle can be converted between the chair state and the sleeping basket state, and the conversion is convenient.
US10913467B2
A railcar loading system utilizing roller ball track assemblies, or the like, in the center to enable cargo to be moved thereover in any direction (moving cargo in/out and within the railcar). Powered movement devices (e.g., rollers, conveyors) are utilized in the center to assist in movement of cargo in/out or within the railcar. Roller track assemblies, or the like, are utilized on sides of railcar to move cargo to/from the sides. Airbags may be utilized in track assemblies and powered movement devices to raise devices up when activated. Railcar may include an air connector on each side to provide air to solenoid valve that routes air to appropriate airbags. Cargo table is used to move cargo from cargo bay to railcar. Wireless controller may be used to control railcar and table including what tracks are raised and direction cargo is to be moved (what powered movements devices are operational).
US10913461B2
A driving behavior determining method, apparatus, and device, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes obtaining, by a computing device, a driving video of a target vehicle. A content of the driving video includes a road and a neighboring vehicle of the target vehicle, and the neighboring vehicle includes at least one of a front vehicle in front of the target vehicle and a rear vehicle at a rear of the target vehicle. The method also includes: obtaining, by the computing device, vehicle running information that comprises a running status of the target vehicle; and determining, by the computing device, whether a dangerous driving behavior exists according to the driving video and the vehicle running information corresponding to a same time period. The dangerous driving behavior is a driving behavior having an accident risk.
US10913438B2
A master cylinder of a brake for a vehicle may include: a housing having a port through which oil is transferred; a motor connected to the housing so as to supply rotary power; a screw rotatably installed in the motor, and rotated by the rotary power received from the motor; a moving piston engaged with the outside of the screw, and moved in the longitudinal direction of the housing by the rotation of the screw; and a fixed piston fixed to the inside of the housing, and having the moving piston positioned on the outside thereof.
US10913434B2
In accordance with one embodiment, a braking-system suitable for use on an automated vehicle is provided. The braking-system includes a ranging-sensor, a braking-actuator, and a controller in communication with the ranging-sensor and the braking-actuator. The ranging-sensor is used to detect a range-rate, a range, and a direction of an object proximate to a host-vehicle when the object resides in a field-of-view of the ranging-sensor. The field-of-view defines a conflict-zone and a conflict-buffer separate from the conflict-zone. The braking-actuator is used to control movement of the host-vehicle. The controller determines a trail of the object based on the range and the direction. The controller further classifies the object as slow-moving based on a rate-threshold. The controller further determines a tangent-vector based on the trail. The controller activates the braking-actuator when the object is slow-moving, the object is detected within the conflict-buffer, and the tangent-vector intersects the conflict-zone.
US10913433B2
A disc brake includes: an inner pad and an outer pad; a pressing device configured to press the inner pad and the outer pad against a rotor, the pressing device including a first presser member and a second presser member that are movable parallel to a rotational axis of the rotor, and a frame that is a frame-shaped rigid body and is movable in the direction parallel to the rotational axis; and a housing mounted on a non-rotating body, the housing holding the pressing device, the housing including a pad pin that hold the inner pad and the outer pad so as to be movable in the direction parallel to the rotational axis, the pad pin being held by the housing at both ends of the pad pin in the direction parallel to the rotational axis.
US10913432B1
A fender mounted hoist has a frame having lifting points for receiving one or more ratchets. The frame is mounted over a fender well. The fender well includes a right fender well and a left fender well. The right fender well includes a right fender well inside frame, a right fender well base, and a right fender well wall. The left fender well includes a left fender well inside frame, a left fender well base, and a left fender well wall. A main beam has a left end of the main beam and a right end of the main beam. The main beam of the frame is horizontally oriented. A left leg is connected to the frame at the left end of the main beam, and a right leg is connected to the frame at the right end of the main beam.
US10913426B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide an automobile including a processor and a sensing apparatus, and the sensing apparatus is installed on a part that is of the automobile and that may be in contact with a hand of a driver, and includes a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter sends a sound wave signal to the hand of the driver, and the receiver receives a reflected sound wave signal reflected by the hand of the driver, converts the reflected sound wave signal to an electrical signal, and sends the electrical signal to the processor. The processor analyzes the electrical signal to obtain a feature of the reflected sound wave signal, and recognizes an identity of the driver based on the feature of the reflected sound wave signal.
US10913424B2
Provided is a switch for motor vehicles including an outer containing and protecting body which houses a lock cylinder. The lock cylinder is adapted to receive an ignition key and is rotatable through several operative positions by means of the rotation of said key. An antenna is connectable to an electronic immobiliser that is adapted to transmit to a control unit of a motor vehicle the motor vehicle engine ignition enable/disable signals. The antenna is located at said outer body.
US10913413B2
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to automatically adjusting a climate of a vehicle based on detecting the type of clothing a vehicle occupant is wearing. In one embodiment, the method includes, in response to acquiring an identifier from a reader, where the identifier being associated with a tag affixed to a wearable article in proximity of the reader, determining a type of the wearable article based on the identifier. The method includes controlling a climate control system based at least in part on the type of the wearable article.
US10913407B2
A grommet for protecting a tube, the grommet including a first port, a second port, and a flexible bellows disposed therebetween. The first port defines a central axis and includes: a conduit leading to the bellows and a first strap tower defining at least one first strap aperture. A tube extends out of the conduit. A first strap is wrapped around the tube and extends through the at least one first strap aperture to securing the tube to the first strap tower.
US10913400B2
According to this invention, there is provided a cargo storage system for use with a vehicle having a load carrying bed, above the load carrying bed, and a movable including: (a) a grooved bedliner, (b) a cargo tray having opposite lateral sides and opposite longitudinal sides, including a pair of wheels at the forward end and a pair of rollers at the rearward end, the wheels seated in the grooves, rollers riding atop the grooves and support the tray for movement relative to the bedliner and outward extension onto the tail gate, and (c) a tether limiting outward and retraction movement of the tray relative to the bed.
US10913396B2
Method and apparatus are disclosed for adjustment of vehicle rearview mirror displays. An example vehicle includes a rearview camera for capturing an image, a rearview mirror display positioned at a fixed orientation that is to present a portion of the image, a housing to rotate behind the rearview mirror display, and a sensor to detect a orientation of the housing. The example vehicle also includes a controller to adjust, based upon the orientation of the housing, the portion of the image presented via the rearview mirror display.
US10913393B2
Embodiments are described of an apparatus including a computer with a user interface. One or more door clearance detection (DCD) sensors are communicatively coupled to the computer and adapted to be mounted to an exterior of a vehicle door. Each vehicle door has a door impact zone such that an object in the impact zone would be struck by the door if opened, and each DCD sensor has a field of view and a range that establish a detection zone within which the DCD sensor can collect data. Each detection zone includes at least the corresponding door impact zone. Logic stored in the memory or storage includes instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive data from the one or more DCD sensors; determine whether there are objects in the corresponding door impact zone; and warn vehicle occupants if there are objects in the impact zones.
US10913388B2
A procedure is provided for actuating at least one main headlamp of a lighting unit for a motor vehicle. An overall light distribution generated by means of at least two segments of a segmented light module is allocated to a light function. The light control switches on or switches off the light function depending on at least one electric input signal of the light control. In order to facilitate the application of an animation of a vehicle lighting for a plurality of vehicle and environmental situations, the overall light distribution of the light function is built up from a plurality of light distribution segments (a-f; a-b; a-c). Each of the light distribution segments (a-f; a-b; a-c) is generated by means of at least one segment of the segmented light module. The plurality of light distribution segments (a-f; a-b; a-c) are switched on and/or switched off by the light control in a previously determined and stored sequence.
US10913384B2
A vehicle retrofit system comprising a storage receptacle, a collapsible privacy/shower curtain receptacle, a folding counter assembly, and a seat/bed conversion assembly each of which is configured to be contained and deployed within an interior of a vehicle.
US10913377B2
A vehicle seat having a seat subframe, a cushion carrier for a seat part of the vehicle seat, wherein the cushion carrier is adjustably mounted on the seat subframe in order to lower at least one section of the cushion carrier, and a backrest which can be pivoted, relative to the seat subframe, in a comfort region for adjustment of a usage position of the backrest and in a transition region outside of the comfort region toward the cushion carrier into a loading position, wherein there is a locking mechanism which, during adjustment of the backrest in the comfort region, locks the cushion carrier against adjustment and permits adjustment of the cushion carrier by the adjustment of the backrest when the backrest is pivoted beyond the comfort region toward the loading position.
US10913373B2
A charging system including means designed to detect the charging state of a traction battery of an electric vehicle, determination means for determining a charging curve for the traction battery starting from the detected charging state of the traction battery, and calculation means designed to calculate a charge profile which is formed from at least two time intervals with a respective interval-specific constant electric power. The charging curve defines the respective electrical power within a time interval.
US10913372B2
A plurality of charging equipment for charging electric vehicles share a current capacity. A first charging equipment of the plurality dynamically allocates electric current among the plurality of charging equipment such that the maximum amount of electric current capacity is prevented from being exceeded while permitting each of the plurality of charging equipment to charge an electric vehicle.
US10913367B2
Provided is a charge and discharge management device for managing charging and discharging of an energy storage device in a vehicle, the vehicle including: the energy storage device configured to perform electric power transfer with an external power grid; and an electric device configured to adjust an electric power to be charged and discharged by the energy storage device, and configured to travel by power supply from the energy storage device, wherein the charge and discharge management device is configured to charge the energy storage device, by the electric power transfer with the external power grid, for increasing a remaining capacity of the energy storage device to a predetermined level when a conduction integration time of the electric device measured from a start point of a warranty period of the vehicle is equal to or longer than a first predetermined time.
US10913363B2
A vehicle includes an electric machine and a controller configured to inject a voltage into the electric machine. The controller measures the currents caused by the voltage and processes the currents using a discrete Fourier transform to determine positive and negative sequence currents. A phase rotation sequence is identified by comparing the sequence currents to expected positive and negative sequence currents that are associated with possible phase rotation sequences. The electric machine may be controlled according to the identified phase rotation sequence. A cable swapped diagnostic may be output when the phase rotation sequence is different than an expected phase rotation sequence.
US10913361B2
A battery temperature control system includes: a memory storing a maximum charging current map according to temperature of a battery for an electric vehicle, and an allowable current map according to a control pilot (CP) duty; and a temperature controller comparing a maximum charging current corresponding to a current temperature of the battery with an allowable current corresponding to a current CP duty to determine whether to increase the temperature of the battery.
US10913356B2
A power supply system includes a first circuit, a second circuit and a voltage controller. The first circuit includes a first power supply line connected to each of a first load, a power supply source, and a first battery. The second circuit includes a second power supply line connected to a second load and a second battery connected to the second power supply line. The voltage controller includes a DC-DC converter connected between the first power supply line and the second power supply line. The second load is able to perform a function that substitutes for at least part of a function that the first load performs. The voltage controller includes a converter control unit configured to control the DC-DC converter such that an output voltage higher than or equal to a voltage of the second battery is output to the second power supply line.
US10913353B2
An operation control method for a vehicle infotainment system for enabling phone projection to be automatically executed during a connection between a head unit of a vehicle and a smart device, and the method comprises: a phone projection setting step of allowing any one of a plurality of phone projections mounted on a head unit of a vehicle to be set; a step of connecting a first smart device to the head unit of a vehicle; a step of determining whether the first smart device connected to the head unit of a vehicle supports the phone projection set in the phone projection setting step; and a step of executing the set phone projection if the first smart device supports the set phone projection, according to the determination result.
US10913350B2
A front wheel drive based four wheel drive powertrain includes range gearing, bevel gearing, final drive gearing, and a differential. The range gearing, final drive gearing, and differential are on the same axis. The bevel gearing, which transfers power to a rear drive unit, is upstream of the final drive gearing in the power flow. Consequently, no step-down ratio is required to provide a suitable driveshaft speed.
US10913348B2
A method for venting a fuel tank system of an internal combustion engine is provided, wherein the fuel tank system includes at least a fuel tank, a fuel vapor filter that is fluidically connected to an opening to the environment, a vent line that leads from the fuel tank to the fuel vapor filter, a purge gas line that leads from the fuel vapor filter to a fresh gas tract of the internal combustion engine, a purge gas conveying device that is integrated into the purge gas line, and an exhaust tract with a lambda sensor integrated therein. Control of the purge gas conveying device is carried out based on the measuring signal of the lambda sensor in order to regulate a volume flow of the purge gas in the purge gas line. The method may advantageously be carried out in an internal combustion engine that additionally includes a lambda controller. Since such an internal combustion engine should include a lambda sensor anyway for operating such a lambda controller, the method allows regulation of the venting of the fuel tank system of the internal combustion engine without an additional sensor system, which is advantageous for the manufacturing costs for such an internal combustion engine.
US10913343B2
A hybrid module for coupling an internal combustion engine in a motor vehicle includes an axis of rotation, an electric machine, a space, and a clutch. The electric machine has a rotor arranged on the axis of rotation. The space is surrounded by the rotor. The clutch is for transmitting a torque from a drive assembly. The clutch is arranged in the space surrounded by the rotor and includes a rotational part fixed to the rotor and arranged on the axis of rotation. The rotational part extends further radially from the axis of rotation than the rotor such that a heat introduced into the rotational part from the rotor or the clutch can be discharged.
