US10940382B2
Electronic tracking systems are disclosed for assisting users with locating objects in a sporting environment. One such system includes a ball tracking component that tracks a game ball while moving in the sporting environment, and a heads up display that is worn by the user. This heads up display has an electronic display screen with a transparent display area that dynamically displays images within the user's field of view. A processor, which communicates with the ball tracking component and heads up display, is programmed to detect movement of the game ball, and responsively determine launch characteristics and/or flight characteristics of the moving game ball. The heads up display displays the launch/flight characteristics contemporaneous with an object indication adjacent to or superimposed over the moving game ball as the game ball is visible through the transparent display area of the display screen within the user's field of view.
US10940369B2
A rubber composition for a hollow ball includes a base rubber, an inorganic filler composed of a large number of flat particles, and a carbon-based filler. As to the carbon-based filler, a degree of flatness DLc obtained by dividing an average particle diameter D50c (μm) by an average thickness Tc (μm) is not less than 50. A weight ratio Mc/Mi is not less than 0.01 and not greater than 1.00. The rubber composition is obtained by a production method including: a first step of mixing the base rubber and the carbon-based filler to obtain a master batch; and a second step of adding the large number of flat particles that form the inorganic filler, to the master batch to orient the large number of flat particles. The hollow ball 2 includes a core 4 formed from the rubber composition.
US10940365B2
The present invention provides a method for arranging dimples on a golf ball surface in which the dimples are arranged in a pattern derived from at least one irregular domain generated from a regular or non-regular polyhedron. The method includes choosing control points of a polyhedron, generating an irregular domain based on those control points, packing the irregular domain with dimples, and tessellating the irregular domain to cover the surface of the golf ball. The control points include the center of a polyhedral face, a vertex of the polyhedron, a midpoint or other point on an edge of the polyhedron and others. The method ensures that the symmetry of the underlying polyhedron is preserved while minimizing or eliminating great circles due to parting lines.
US10940345B2
A tank on a firefighting aircraft initially is loaded with water. A polymer gel emulsion vessel is provided on the aircraft, but is not activated and mixed with tank water until such polymer gel preparation is initiated by an operator. When initiated, a pump pulls water from the tank and doses it with gel emulsion. Double elbows and/or the pump impeller fully activates the polymer gel. The activated polymer gel is mixed within the tank by one of a variety of systems including mixing paddles or sparging with gas. In one embodiment, a hollow tower of telescoping form has a float to keep an upper end near a surface in the tank and a sparging gas entry is a controlled distance below the surface, such that gas of limited pressure, such as from a ram air inlet can sparge and mix the water and activated polymer gel emulsion effectively.
US10940341B2
Apparatus and methods related to fire suppression in cargo compartments of aircraft are disclosed. An exemplary apparatus provides an interface (38) between a fire suppressant conduit (18) and a cargo panel (28) of a cargo compartment (12) of an aircraft (10). The apparatus comprises an adaptor (40) configured to provide the fire suppressant conduit (18) access to the cargo compartment (12) through the cargo panel (28) and a sealing member (42) configured to provide a seal between the adaptor (40) and the fire suppressant conduit (18). The adaptor (40) comprises an aperture (56) for receiving the fire suppressant conduit (18) where the aperture (56) is sized to permit passage of a nozzle (36) of the fire suppressant conduit (18) therethrough. Associated methods (600, 700) for removing the cargo panel (28) of the cargo compartment (12) of the aircraft (10) without disassembly of the nozzle (36) of the fire suppressant conduit (18) are also disclosed.
US10940339B2
Described herein are energy absorbing apparatuses and methods of their use that utilize varying energy absorbing relationships between the apparatus members to absorb an energy input. The energy absorbing process occurs via a material forming process.
US10940330B2
A method of calculating radiation dose includes dosimetric projection of a collimator geometry. The method includes defining a three-dimensional (3D) geometry of a collimating device which defines an aperture configured to allow a radiation beam passing through, projecting the collimating device along the radiation beam into a two-dimensional (2D) geometry in a plane, calculating dosimetric opacity values of the collimating device at locations adjacent to the aperture based on the 3D geometry of the collimating device, and calculating transport of the radiation beam through the collimating device based on the 2D geometry projected in the plane and using the dosimetric opacity values of the collimating device at the locations adjacent to the aperture.
US10940324B2
In embodiments, a WCD system includes electrodes with which it senses an ECG signal of the patient. A processor may detect sequential peaks within the ECG signal, measure durations of time intervals between the peaks, including between non-sequential peaks, and identify a representative duration that best meets a plausibility criterion. The plausibility criterion may be that the representative duration is the one that occurs the most often, i.e. is the mode. Then a heart rate can be computed from a duration indicated by the representative duration and, if the heart rate meets a shock condition, the WCD system may deliver a shock to the patient. An advantage can be that the representative duration can be close to a good R-R interval measurement of a patient, notwithstanding noise in the ECG signal that is in the shape of peaks.
US10940312B2
The exemplified systems and methods facilitate a nerve conduction block at a target nerve using electrical stimulation applied from one or more electrodes located on a percutaneous lead that are placed in parallel, or substantially in parallel, and without direct contact, to a long axis of the peripheral nerve over an overlapping nerve region of greater than about 3 millimeters. The exemplified system and method can be further configured to block nerve condition without eliciting onset activity and co-excitation of non-targeted structures. The exemplified method and system can be performed using conventional percutaneous leads, though an improved percutaneous lead design is disclosed herein. In an aspect, an introducer is disclosed that facilitates accurate and consistent insertion of the percutaneous lead to the specified or intended position relative to the target nerve. In another aspect, a treatment kit comprising the various system components to treat pain is disclosed.
US10940303B2
The various implementations described herein include a percutaneous port for promoting tissue in-growth around the percutaneous port. In one aspect, the percutaneous port includes a tubular structure having an outer surface, and a coil having an outer surface and comprised of a plurality of loops. Furthermore, at least a portion of the outer surface of the coil is joined to the outer surface of the tubular structure.
US10940302B2
The invention relates to an implantable access device for accessing the vascular system of a human or animal body, particularly subcutaneously implantable access port, comprising: at least one inlet opening, at least one outlet opening and at least one passageway between the at least one inlet opening and the at least one outlet opening, further comprising at least one valve assembly in the at least one passageway, which in a first, unactuated operating condition prevents a fluid flow through the at least one passageway and in a second, actuated operating condition permits a fluid flow through the at least one passageway, which is characterized in that the at least one valve assembly in the first, unactuated operating condition is longitudinally elongated and radially compressed in such a way to prevent a fluid flow through the at least one passageway and that the at least one valve assembly in the second, actuated operating condition is longitudinally compressed and radially elongated in such a way to permit a fluid flow through the at least one passageway.
US10940300B2
Apparatus and methods for inserting a medicament into a body cavity are described. The apparatus comprises an elongate tube with a plunger rod therein. The plunger rod has at least one projection which cooperatively interacts or engages with at least one discontinuity on the inside of the elongate tube so that proximal movement of the plunger rod with respect to the elongate tube expels the medicament into the body cavity.
US10940296B2
Described embodiments include apparatus (28) that includes a shunt (26). The shunt includes a flared distal portion (40), a flared proximal portion (44), and an intermediate portion (42), disposed between the distal portion and the proximal portion. The apparatus further includes a constricting flexible longitudinal element (38) passing circumferentially along the intermediate portion of the shunt, configured to constrict the intermediate portion of the shunt, and one or more proximal-portion-collapsing flexible longitudinal elements (36) configured to collapse the proximal portion of the shunt. Other embodiments are also described.
US10940293B2
A catheter that includes a reinforcing body including a wire wound or woven so that a gap is provided between each winding or weave of the wire; an inner layer, the reinforcing body being embedded in at least a part of the inner layer; and an outer layer that covers an outer periphery of the inner layer in a circumferential direction, and the reinforcing body is formed integrally including a first diameter portion with a first outer diameter, a second diameter portion with a second outer diameter larger than the first outer diameter, and a tapered portion increasing in diameter toward a distal end side or a proximal end side between the first diameter portion and the second diameter portion, and at least the second diameter portion of the reinforcing body is embedded in the outer layer.
US10940290B2
Fluid delivery systems and methods of delivering an agent and treating a disorder are disclosed that include a subcutaneously implantable port having a body defining a chamber with an open top and a delivery opening and a septum coupled to the body to extend over the open top of the chamber. The systems and methods can further include an intrathecal catheter having an proximal end configured to be coupled to the port and fluidly coupled to the delivery opening of the chamber and a plug having a body with a passage to receive the intrathecal catheter therethrough. The plug can be configured to be inserted into the fascia to protect against leakage of cerebrospinal fluid.
US10940277B2
A nosepiece for delivering substance to a nasal cavity of a subject, the nosepiece comprising a body part which comprises a base portion which defines a flow passage therethrough, and a projection at a distal end of the base portion which at least in part provides a tip of the nosepiece and confers a rigidity in the sagittal direction, which enables the tip to open fleshy tissue at an upper region of the nasal valve and thereby expand an open area of the nasal valve, and a flexibility in a lateral direction, orthogonal to the sagittal plane, which facilitates insertion of the tip into the nasal valve.
US10940276B2
A method for filling a plurality of microdepressions in a major surface of a web with finely divided powder in which the web is fed continuously to and through a powder filling stage including a driven roller. A method of manufacturing an elongate carrier with microdepressions containing finely divided powder comprising steps filling a plurality of microdepressions in a major surface of a web as described, removing from upper surface of the web excess powder not filled within the microdepressions and remaining on areas of the surface between the depressions, and optionally slitting and/or cutting the web in width and/or length.
US10940272B2
The present disclosure relates to a feedback mechanism for a drug delivery device, the feedback mechanism comprising a bushing, the bushing comprising a central aperture adapted to accommodate a piston rod, wherein one or more resilient flaps are provided on the bushing, the flaps extending into the central aperture to allow them to engage one or more transversal ribs on the piston rod.
US10940269B2
A medication injection pen comprises a dose set knob rotatable with respect to a housing to set a desired injection dose. The dose set knob comprises at least one internal thread. A leadscrew includes a thread element for advancing in a first direction via a corresponding thread engagement. A driver is rotationally fixed to the leadscrew and is rotatable in a first direction to rotate and advance the leadscrew in the first direction. The setback member is rotationally fixed to the driver. The dose stop member is rotationally coupled to the setback member and is axially movable relative to the dose set knob when the dose set knob is rotated relative to the setback member. Axial movement of the dose stop member limits the user from setting a dose that is greater than an injectable volume of medication remaining in a cartridge.
US10940266B2
A control unit for an electronically controlled pump unit controls the pump unit to infuse insulin into a diabetic's body in a substantially continuous way according to a preset infusion schedule as a function of time. The control unit includes an intervention unit that continuously evaluates a blood-glucose indicative input for detecting an actual or expected hypoglycaemia and executes, in response to an actual or expected hypoglycaemia, a temporary hypoglycaemia intervention. The intervention includes, for an intervention time interval, overriding the preset infusion schedule by temporarily suspending insulin infusion or temporarily reducing insulin infusion below the preset infusion schedule. The intervention unit adapts its way of operation with respect to executing the hypoglycaemia intervention in accordance with a control signal that is separate from the blood-glucose indicative input. The control unit automatically generates the control signal as a function of time and/or based on sensor input.
US10940263B2
A medical device includes a body and a cannula extending from the body, for insertion into a patient's skin. The medical device also includes a guard covering the cannula, an adhesive for securing the medical device to the patient's skin, and an adhesive liner covering the adhesive. The guard is connected to the adhesive liner to enable conjoint and at least partial removal of the guard and the adhesive liner.
US10940262B2
Devices are provided that include a faceplate for a medical device. In embodiments, an identifier chip adapted to be affixed to an exterior portion of a faceplate provides a unique identifier for the faceplate. Accordingly, the identifier chip enables tracking and monitoring of an associated medical device. And, in embodiments, the faceplate includes a visual communication alert indicator to enable the faceplate to provide visual cues a user. As such, the status of the medical device and the faceplate can be easily communicated to the user. Methods to use the faceplate are also provided.
US10940261B2
An infusion system comprises an infusion pump that comprises an input unit and a display unit. The input unit is adapted for adjusting a value of at least one parameter for controlling operation of the infusion pump and/or an infusion process, and the display unit displays the value of the at least one parameter. The input unit comprises at least one slide bar adapted to be touched by a user's finger and moved along its length to change the value of the parameter, wherein movement in a first direction increases the value of the parameter and in a reversed, second direction decreases the value. The slide bar is adapted so that the rate of change of the parameter value correlates with the speed of the finger movement and in an idle mode is decelerated in a similar way as under influence of an inertia load and/or a friction.
US10940254B2
The invention relates to an apparatus for extracorporeal blood treatment that comprises a device 1 for providing fresh dialysate and a drain 2 for used dialysate, a balancing device 4 for balancing fresh dialysate and used dialysate, an ultrafiltration device 15, and a dialyser 3 that is divided into a blood chamber 6 and a dialysate chamber 7 by a semi-permeable membrane 5. The invention further relates to a method for operating such an apparatus for extracorporeal blood treatment. The apparatus according to the invention is based on the use of the ultrafiltration device 15 of the blood treatment apparatus for raising the liquid level in the air separation device 12 on the secondary side of the dialysate system I. In the apparatus according to the invention, the ultrafiltration device 15 is designed such that the ultrafiltration device can be operated not only in an ultrafiltration mode, but also in a ventilation mode. In the ultrafiltration mode, the ultrafiltration device 15 is operated in such a way that used dialysate is removed from the container 12A of the first air separation device 12 whereas in a ventilation mode the ultrafiltration device 15 is operated in the opposite direction so that used dialysate is supplied into the container 12A of the first air separation device 12, as a result of which the liquid level 12D rises in the container of the first air separation device.
US10940250B2
A control circuit for controlling a supply of power to an external electronics module for controlling an implanted device of the user, the control circuit electrically coupled to a switching circuit for controlling an electrical connection between an external power source, a battery, and an external electronics module, the control circuit further electrically coupled to a sensor for sensing at least one from the group consisting of a voltage and a current received from the external power source, the control circuit being configured to control the switching circuit to electrically disconnect the external electronics module from the external power source and electrically connect the external electronics module to the battery in response to a sensed fluctuation of at least one from the group consisting of voltage and current and electrically connect the external electronics module to the external power source and electrically disconnect the external electronics module from the battery when the fluctuation is not sensed.
US10940247B2
A surgical collection assembly for filtering material from liquid obtained during surgery. A jar having an inlet and an outlet each adapted for connection to a suction line. A set of orientation features to position an upper portion of a collection basket within the jar such that an upper portion of the collection basket does not impede a flow of material entering the jar through the inlet. A bottom surface with a pattern of recessed paths in the bottom surface, the pattern of recessed paths connected to the outlet. A plunger assembly that may be reversibly attached to the jar so that a distal end of a plunger may be used to compress collected material within the collection basket to help remove fluid from the collected material. For certain uses, the surgical collection assembly may have a simple jar lid without an integrated plunger.
US10940245B2
A system, method and apparatus for notifying a surgeon of an occlusion in an ocular surgical apparatus are disclosed herein. Through operation of a handpiece of the surgical apparatus, the handpiece may become blocked or occluded. An occlusion detector is configured to sense the occlusion in the handpiece, and an occlusion signal is generated. A control module is provided to send an occlusion warning signal to a foot pedal of the surgical apparatus, where a tactile notification is provided to a user of the apparatus that an occlusion has occurred.
US10940235B2
A biocompatible nerve conduit for nerve re-generation, wherein a porous fiber tube is coated with a bioresorbable hydrogel, with the fibers being formed from a polymer that supports nerve regeneration by preferential adsorption of endogenous proteins and braided with pores in the range from 5 to 200 micrometers using a kink-resistant braiding pattern and the hydro gel coating material and thickness being selected to control the overall porosity, so that nutrients and oxygen can diffuse through said hydrogel coating but the infiltration of fibrous tissue through the coating is prevented.
US10940233B2
Provided is a method of forming a fibrinogen hydrogel composition, the method including providing a fibrinogen hydrogel or precursor thereof, comprising fibrinogen hydrogel forming salt. The fibrinogen hydrogel forming salt concentration is greater than or equal to the threshold concentration to form a fibrinogen hydrogel. The method further includes denaturing the fibrinogen hydrogel such as by heating. The method optionally further includes combining the fibrinogen hydrogel with a carrier material. When present, the concentration of the carrier material typically ranges from 0.1 to about 50 wt.-%. The method further includes reducing the salt concentration below the threshold concentration to form a fibrinogen hydrogel.
US10940231B2
Methods are provided for making freeze dried hydrogel and structures therefrom that may be introduced into a patient's body for medical applications. Precursor components are combined to initiate crosslinking. The combined precursor components are placed in a chilled tray, and allowed to crosslink to a desired level of complete crosslinking before and/or after being placed onto the tray. The partially crosslinked hydrogel is frozen and freeze dried. After freeze drying, the hydrogel is conditioned to substantially complete crosslinking, and formed into one or more structures, e.g., plugs, hemostatic, or other medical devices. For example, the hydrogel may be cut, machined, rolled, folded, compressed, and/or cored into that may be loaded into delivery devices that may be introduced into a body to implant or otherwise deliver the structures into the body, e.g., to seal a puncture or other passage through tissue.
US10940230B2
This invention relates to a hemostatic member using chitosan having superior hemostatic activity, and more particularly to a chitosan-based hemostatic member for the cervix, suitable for use through insertion into an affected part upon cervical biopsy or surgery, configured to include a hemostatic pack having a projection at an upper end thereof through tying with a thread so as to form a spherical shape using chitosan nonwoven fabrics having a hemostatic function, wherein the thread contains an X-ray-sensitive material, thereby realizing effective hemostasis of the affected part upon cervical biopsy or surgery.
US10940228B2
Aqueous compositions, methods of manufacturing such aqueous compositions, and methods of removing reducing and/or suppressing malodours using such aqueous compositions are described. These compositions utilize a combination of hydrogen peroxide, a source of copper II, nonionic surfactant and alcohol to provide a highly effective and stable malodour removing, reducing and/or suppressing composition. The compositions are particularly useful as aerosol compositions for effective malodour removal, reduction and/or suppression in particular malodours from open sites such as landfill and in closed domestic environments such as the home. Also described is a stabilized hydrogen peroxide solution, which is stable on the addition of copper (II) salts.
US10940226B2
A dispenser includes a housing having a cavity. A container is provided within the cavity and includes a volatile material therein. The dispenser further includes a resistive heating wire. The container is in thermal communication with at least a portion of the resistive heating wire.
US10940211B2
The present invention provides antibodies that bind to Staphylococcus aureus Hemolysin A toxin, and methods of use. According to certain embodiments of the invention, the antibodies are fully human antibodies that bind to Hemolysin A. The antibodies of the invention are useful for inhibiting or neutralizing Hemolysin A activity, thus providing a means of preventing or treating a Hemolysin A-related disease or disorder such as S. aureus infection. In some embodiments, the antibodies of the present invention are used in treating at least one symptom or complication of a S. aureus infection.
US10940208B2
Nanoassembled complexes of nucleic acids, avidin and biotinylated compounds for use as drug carriers
Nanoassembled complexes of nucleic acids, avidin and biotinylated compounds functionalized to make them suitable for delivering and releasing drugs are described. These nanoassembled complexes consist of central poly-avidin nucleus, i.e. nucleus formed from the self-assembling of tetrameric avidin units on oligonucleotide sequences of nucleic acids, on which biotinylated compounds are further auto-assembled through high-affinity interactions between the avidin of the central nucleus and the biotin of the biotinylated compounds. The biotinylated compounds are functionalized so as to bind drugs with a reversible bond, allowing the delivery thereof and a controlled release.
US10940207B2
The present invention provides, among other things, compositions and methods of formulating nucleic acid-containing nanoparticles comprising no more than three distinct lipids components, one distinct lipid component being a sterol-based cationic lipid. In some embodiments, the present invention provides compositions and methods in which the lipid nanoparticles further comprise helper lipids and PEG-modified lipids. The resulting formulation comprises a high encapsulation percentage for nucleic acids.
US10940187B2
Disclosed in this application are compositions which include digestive enzymes and which are formulated to reduce one or more symptoms of Schizophrenia or a Schizophreniform Disorder. Also disclosed is a method for treating an individual with Schizophrenia or a Schizophreniform Disorder using digestive enzymes and their derivatives to alleviate the symptoms of Schizophrenia or a Schizophreniform Disorder. The method comprises administering to the individual an effective amount of digestive enzymes that are either naturally or recombinantly derived, or their derivatives, in an amount effective to reduce one or more symptoms of Schizophrenia or a Schizophreniform Disorder.
US10940183B2
A non-covalent complex of an albumin molecule and a hydrophobic ligand, compositions containing the same, and methods of use thereof are provided. The present complex may find use in delivering the hydrophobic ligand to microorganisms that have albumin-binding outer surfaces, such as a cell wall.
US10940177B2
Provided herein are stable lisinopril oral liquid formulations. Also provided herein are methods of using lisinopril oral liquid formulations for the treatment of certain diseases including hypertension, heart failure and acute myocardial infarction.
US10940159B2
A combination immediate/delayed release delivery system for compounds which have short half-life's, such as the antidiabetic remogliflozin etabonate, is provided which provides a dosage form that has two distinct phases of release, a formulation that promotes immediate release of the compound upon ingestion and another formulation which delays the release of the compound so that a dosing regimen of remogliflozin etabonate, once daily, may be achieved while providing effective control of plasma glucose and minimizing the nighttime exposure of this compound. The delivery system includes, but is not limited to, a combination of enteric coating of an immediate release formulation such that a delay in release is provided. Methods for forming the so-described immediate/delayed release delivery system and using such delivery system for treating diabetes are also provided.
US10940149B1
The present invention relates to polymorphic forms of nilotinib lauryl sulfate salt.
US10940144B2
The present invention aims to find a novel pharmaceutical use of omidenepag, esters thereof, or salts thereof. The present inventors have made intensive studies to find a novel pharmaceutical use of omidenepag, an ester thereof, or a salt thereof, and have found as a result that omidenepag, an ester thereof, or a salt thereof significantly dilates retinal blood vessels, and significantly increases blood flow. Therefore, omidenepag, an ester thereof, or a salt thereof is expected to protect retinal nerve cells and be useful for prevention and/or treatment of ophthalmic diseases involving retinal nerve cell disorder.
US10940136B2
The present invention provides a new use for cannabinoids in the prevention of pre-cachexia or cachexia in a patient suffering from cancer, wherein said cannabinoid is administered at low dosage and wherein administration is started prior to chemotherapy and is maintained for at least the duration of the chemotherapy.
US10940126B2
Pain associated with a contribution of IL-8 and osteoclasts in a subject is prevented, treated and/or alleviated by the administration of an effective amount of a compound capable of inhibiting or blocking the action of interleukin 8 (IL-8). Methods and compounds for this use are disclosed, as well as a diagnostic method and kit.
US10940121B2
A method for producing a gel patch comprising an adhesive mass layer on a backing fabric, comprising a step of applying a composition comprising a physiologically active substance, a water-soluble polymer, glycerin, and water to the backing fabric to form the adhesive mass layer, wherein a loss tangent of the composition in dynamic viscoelasticity measurement at 1 Hz at a time of application to the backing fabric is 0.75 to 1.
US10940119B2
In one aspect, methods of preparing composite nanoparticle compositions are described herein. For example, in some embodiments, a method comprises providing a zein solution stream, an organic fluid stream including at least one additive and at least one buffer fluid stream. The zein solution stream, organic fluid stream and buffer fluid stream are delivered to a chamber for mixing at one or more rates sufficient to flash precipitate composite nanoparticles including the additive encapsulated by a shell comprising the zein.
US10940116B2
The invention is directed to pharmaceutical compositions such as tablets that exhibit delayed release properties when administered as either whole or half tablets. The invention is also directed to delayed release tablets comprising deferiprone for oral administration, for which twice daily administration is bioequivalent to the same daily dose of an immediate release tablet administered thrice daily. The invention is also directed to methods of making and using the same.
US10940110B2
A method is provided for improving lung function in COPD by administering a muscarinic antagonist with a high efficiency nebulizer.
US10940105B2
Provided is a resin-linear organopolysiloxane block copolymer which has a high degree of freedom in formulation due to excellent compatibility with other materials, in addition to exhibiting excellent film forming properties and followability of a film, while the stickiness of a film is suppressed. The resin-linear organopolysiloxane block copolymer has: a resin structure (A1) block that has siloxane units represented by R1SiO3/2 (wherein R1 represents a monovalent organic group, a hydroxyl group, or an alkoxy group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms) and SiO4/2; and a linear structure (A2) block represented by (R2SiO2/2)n (wherein n represents a number of 5 or more while R represents an alkyl group, a fluoroalkyl group, or an aryl group) in each molecule. The resin structure (A1) and the linear structure (A2) are linked to each other by an Si—O—Si bond, and an Si atom bonded to the resin structure (A1) constitutes an RSiO3/2 unit.
US10940095B2
In one aspect of the invention features nursing bottle. The nursing bottle includes a container for holding a liquid and having a rim defining an open end and a nipple assembly secured to the container at the open end. The nipple assembly includes a flexible nipple extending away from the container and defining an interior nipple volume, a vent bulb disposed within the interior nipple volume and defining an interior bulb volume, a tube extending into the container to a distal end disposed in a closed end of the container, and a vent manifold. The vent manifold defines a first aperture providing fluid communication between the container and the interior nipple volume, a second aperture providing fluid communication between the tube and the interior bulb volume, and a vent conduit providing fluid communication between the interior bulb volume and atmosphere.
US10940093B2
A medication dispensing apparatus includes a housing for at storing at least one medication in bulk, a dispenser and a verification sensor. The at least one medication including a plurality of doses of the at least one medication. The dispenser separates a single dose from the at least one medication in bulk. The dispenser moves the single dose of the at least one medication from a position within the housing to a position outside the housing. The verification sensor verifies that the at least one medication is a correct medication.
US10940090B2
A syringe assembly (2) comprises a syringe barrel (4) comprising an inner chamber (14) filled or adapted to be filled with medicament, and a channel (18) in fluid communication with the chamber and through which medicament is dispensed. The assembly further comprises an outer sheath (6) configured to be removably attached to the syringe barrel, and comprising a projection (40) which is received by the channel when the outer sheath is attached to the barrel, thereby creating a seal, which prevents medicament from flowing therethrough.
US10940086B2
A mount for supporting a cylindrical bottle includes an annular core having an inner side surface defining a hollow opening, an outer side surface, a top surface and a base surface. A plurality of pliable ribs each at least partially encircles the annular core so as to overlap the outer side surface, the top surface and the base surface such that at least an upper end of each rib where it overlaps the top surface extends into the hollow opening. The mount may be used in conjunction with a collar having a body portion for surrounding the bottleneck and defining along at least a portion of an axis thereof a substantially quadrilateral cross-section having in each corner thereof a respective arcuate recess.
US10940072B2
A surgical table includes a sagittal adjustment device for manipulating the position of a patient. The surgical table includes a base portion including an upper surface for spacing the sagittal adjustment device from the ground. The sagittal adjustment device includes a first support portion and a second support portion. The first and second support portions are supported by and moveable over the upper surface of the base portion. The first and second support portions each include an upper surface configured to support portions of the body of the patient thereon. One of the first and second support portions is pivotally attached to the base portion, and moveable between a first position and a second position. The pivotal movement between the first and second positions of the one of the first and second portions serves in repositioning the body of patient to manipulate the spine of the patient.
US10940071B1
A device for supporting a patient's arm includes a rail clamp configured to be secured to a rail or other structure on a table such as an operating table. The rail clamp includes a clamp body and a socket configured to receive a base on an attachment such as a lateral brace. The base may be inserted longitudinally in the longitudinal socket on the rail clamp. The base may comprise an arm brace. The base is moveable in the longitudinal socket such that the arm brace may be raised or lowered relative to the rail clamp. The arm brace may be used when a patient is lying prone or laterally on a table.
US10940070B2
A transfer device is used to help a person move from one seated position at a first location to another seated position at a second location. The device is particularly useful for persons who cannot use their legs because the device is structurally supported to allow the person using the device to support himself by his arms and upper body muscles. The device is supported by the floor joists disposed below the floor. The person can have multiple support frames installed at different locations in his house so that the device can be moved from place to place as needed. Each location only requires a small hole to be cut in the floor with the unused holes being closed by plugs. The device allows the person to place his feet on a pivot disc while bracing his knees or shins against a knee board. The person then grasps handgrips and secures his forearms in an arm support assembly and lifts his lower body out of the first location. Another assistant rotates the device to align the person with the second seat wherein the person can lower himself into the second seat.
US10940061B2
Load control apparatuses, systems and methods to control a location, orientation, or rotation of a suspended load by imparting thrust vectors to the suspended load or to a structure that holds the load. The load control apparatuses, systems and method may be integrated into a structure that holds a load, such as a rescue litter. The load control apparatuses, systems, and methods may be modular. The modular load control apparatuses, systems, and methods may be secured to a load or to a structure that holds the load.
US10940053B2
The disclosure relates to a disposable hygiene article comprising an absorbent core which has first and second areas. The second area is located centrally in the middle portion of the article and extends longitudinally along a centre axis, transversally and symmetrically in a transverse direction towards each side edge of the core and in a thickness direction of the article. The second area protrudes outwards from a plane of the first area, and covers from 5-15% of a total area of the core. The first area surrounds the second area and covers the remainder of the total area of the core. The second area has grammage higher than grammage of the first area. The second area is integrated with the first area, and the second area is surrounded by a discontinuous embossing pattern which conforms to the shape of the second area of the core.
US10940050B2
A wound dressing assembly includes a wound cover and a carrier. The wound cover has a length and width substantially greater than a height (or thickness), a first major surface, and a second major surface, opposite the first. The first major surface has disposed thereon a wound cover pressure sensitive adhesive comprising a colloidal absorbent, and it is arranged and configured to adhere to mammalian skin during use. The carrier has a length and width substantially greater than a height (or thickness), a first major surface, and a second major surface, opposite the first. The first major surface of the carrier is disposed in facing relation and is removably attached to the second major surface of the wound cover, and it has disposed thereon at least one pressure sensitive adhesive. After application of the wound cover to skin for use, the carrier is removable from the wound cover to leave the wound cover adhered to the skin.
US10940048B2
Assembly features and methods for a peel-and-place dressing for use with negative-pressure treatment
Dressings for tissue treatment with negative pressure and methods of assembling the dressings for tissue treatment with negative pressure are disclosed. A method of assembling a dressing, which may comprise at least three layers assembled in a stacked relationship, may comprise providing an assembly station having at least one retaining pin, placing a first layer on the assembly station, placing a second layer on the assembly station, and bonding the second layer to the first layer. The first layer may comprise a plurality of apertures, at least some of which may be engaged by the retaining pins, and the second layer may comprise fluid restrictions and alignment areas for engaging with the retaining pins so that the fluid restrictions may be aligned with the apertures of the third layer.
US10940042B2
The presently disclosed subject matter provides techniques for inducing collagen cross-linking in human tissue, such as cartilage or cornea, without using a photosensitizer (e.g., riboflavin), by inducing ionization of the water contained in the tissue to produce free radicals that induce chemical cross-linking in the human tissue. In an embodiment, a femtosecond laser operates at sufficiently low laser pulse energy to avoid optical breakdown of tissue. In an embodiment, the femtosecond laser operates in the infrared frequency range.
US10940040B2
Methods are provided for using an intraocular shunt deployment device to deploy an intraocular shunt from the device and into an eye.
US10940032B2
A device for treating carpal tunnel syndrome of a person's hand, which has a palmar aspect, with thenar and hypothenar regions, and a dorsal aspect opposite the palmar aspect. The cuff has a C-shaped profile in cross section, wherein two ends of the C-shaped profile of the cuff form the cuff opening. The cuff is formed from two or more cuff parts, wherein these cuff parts have a C-shaped profile in cross section and are connected to each other by means of a connection element to form the cuff. The cuff parts are preferably connected to each other, by means of the connection element, in a movable and/or pivotable and also releasable manner, such that the width of the cuff opening can be individually adapted for each patient. This results in simple, efficient and safe treatment and handling of the cuff according to the invention or of the device.
US10940028B2
An adjustable socket system includes first and second shell components and first and second longitudinal supports connected to a base. The socket system is movable between an open configuration to loosen the fit of the socket system, and a closed configuration to secure the fit of the socket system on residual limb received therein. A tightening system includes a tensioning unit having a handle defining a moment arm rotatable about a rotation axis, and a tensioning element operatively coupled to the handle via a movable connection point located and protected between the first shell component and the first support and to the shell components via a control point. Rotation of the handle displaces the movable connection point and the tensioning element relative to the control point to move the socket system to the closed configuration.
US10940027B2
A powered prosthetic thigh can have a proximal portion configured to couple to a prosthetic hip socket and can have a distal portion attached to the proximal portion. The distal portion can have a distal connector configured to couple to a prosthetic knee. The powered prosthetic thigh can also have a computer controlled actuator configured to rotate the prosthetic thigh relative to the prosthetic hip socket.
US10940018B2
A spinal implant for placement between vertebral bodies includes a first member for engaging one of the vertebral bodies, a second member for engaging an opposing one of the vertebral bodies, and at least one extendable support element for inducing movement of the entire first member away from the second member. The first member is connected to the second member such that the first member moves away from the second member by a larger distance at a first end of the implant than at a second end of the implant. A connecting member may connect the first and second members together at the second end of the implant. The connecting member may include one or more rotatable linkages, or the connecting member may be an extension of one of the first and second members slidably received within a track defined within the other of the first and second members.
US10940017B2
The present application is generally directed to implantable systems, devices and related methods pertaining to spinal surgery. In particular, the present application discloses a frame and spacer system for inserting into a disc space. The frame and spacer system is of low profile. The frame can receive different fixation devices, including threaded and non-threaded fixation devices.
US10940009B2
The invention relates to a joint socket for a joint endoprosthesis, in particular in the form of a hip joint socket for a hip joint endoprosthesis. The joint socket has the form or substantially the form of a section of a hollow-spherical shell. The joint socket comprises a socket wall, in which socket wall at least one through-opening is formed. The through-opening is closed with a closure element. The closure element is formed as one piece with the socket wall. At least one predetermined breaking point is formed between the closure element and the socket wall. The at least one predetermined breaking point is irreversibly destroyable for removing the closure element from the socket wall. The joint socket comprises at least one connecting device for force- and/or form-fittingly connecting the closure element removed from the socket wall to the socket wall in a connecting position.
US10940007B2
A method has been developed for repairing a cartilage lesion. The method includes bringing a three-dimensional porous substrate into direct contact with prepared bone. The three-dimensional porous substrate is fixedly coupled to a three-dimensional scaffold such that the substrate supports the scaffold. The three-dimensional porous substrate comprises at least three layers of woven fibers. The substrate is configured to be inserted into bone tissue including cartilage lesions such that the substrate and the scaffold replace the bone tissue including the cartilage lesions. The substrate and scaffold are further configured such that after the substrate and the scaffold have replaced the bone tissue including the cartilage lesions, the substrate and scaffold promote growth and integration of new bone tissue into the implant.
US10940006B2
A mitral cerclage annuloplasty apparatus comprises a tissue protective device and a knot delivery device. The tissue protective device comprises a first protective tube and a second protective tube. The knot delivery device comprises a tube wherein a loose knot is looped around its distal end through a hole and wherein tight knot is formed when the distal end of the tube is cut open. Alternatively, the knot delivery device comprises an inner tube and outer tube. The inner tube is insertable and rotatable inside the outer tube. When the tubes are in a closed position by rotating either the outer tube or the inner tube, a hole is created near its distal end. When the tubes are in open position by rotating either the outer tube or the inner tube, the hole joins the opening of the outer tube and lengthens.
US10940002B2
An implant system for restoring and improving physiological intracardiac vortical flow in a human heart is provided including a dual force transducting annular implant comprising laterally extending struts transitioning into annular structural members for positioning on the atrial side of the valve annulus; an anchoring system comprising a therapeutic base plate assembly attachable to the apex of the heart; and a tether assembly comprising a tether connected between the implant and the therapeutic base plate assembly.
US10939999B2
An apparatus for replacing a diseased cardiac valve is movable from a radially collapsed configuration to a radially expanded configuration. The apparatus comprises an expandable support member and a prosthetic valve secured therein. The main body portion extends between first and second end portions and includes an outer circumferential surface, a circumferential axis extending about the circumferential surface, and a plurality of wing members spaced apart from one another by an expandable region. Each of the wing members includes first and second end portions and a flexible middle portion extending between the end portions. The second end portion is integrally formed with the uyimain body portion. The first end portion is adjacent the circumferential axis and substantially flush with the outer circumferential surface in the radially collapsed configuration. The first end portion extends substantially radial to the outer circumferential surface in the radially expanded configuration.
US10939991B2
Metal foils, wires, and seamless tubes with increased mechanical strength are provided. As opposed to wrought materials that are made of a single metal or alloy, these materials are made of two or more layers forming a laminate structure. Laminate structures are known to increase mechanical strength of sheet materials such as wood and paper products and are used in the area of thin films to increase film hardness, as well as toughness. Laminate metal foils have not been used or developed because the standard metal forming technologies, such as rolling and extrusion, for example, do not lend themselves to the production of laminate structures. Vacuum deposition technologies can be developed to yield laminate metal structures with improved mechanical properties. In addition, laminate structures can be designed to provide special qualities by including layers that have special properties such as superelasticity, shape memory, radio-opacity, corrosion resistance etc. Examples of articles which may be made by the inventive laminate structures include implantable medical devices that are fabricated from the laminated deposited films and which present a blood or body fluid and tissue contact surface that has controlled heterogeneities in material constitution. An endoluminal stent-graft and web-stent that is made of a laminated film material deposited and etched into regions of structural members and web regions subtending interstitial regions between the structural members. An endoluminal graft is also provided which is made of a biocompatible metal or metal-like material. The endoluminal stent-graft is characterized by having controlled heterogeneities in the stent material along the blood flow surface of the stent and the method of fabricating the stent using vacuum deposition methods.
US10939986B2
An inferior vena cava filter comprises a recovery hook (1), a connection component (12), and multiple supporting rods. The connection component (12) is disposed below the recovery hook (1), and a component connected to a push device is disposed in the connection component. Multiple first supporting rods (4) are divided from the lower part of the connection component (12). One second supporting rod (2) and two third supporting rods (5) are divided from the far end of each first supporting rod (4). One part of the far end of the second supporting rod (2) is bent to form a hook shape. The third supporting rods (5) continue to extend downwards. When expanded, the third supporting rods (5) and the third supporting rods (5) divided from the first supporting rods (4) extend in an inner arc shape, and the lower ends of the adjacent two third supporting rods (5) divided from the adjacent two first supporting rods (4) get close. When expanded, the supporting rods form a filtering net shape as a whole.
US10939984B2
An apparatus, method, and system are described for unique storage of baby teeth. The disclosed embodiments describe a storage unit that may have a removable (or removably secure) cover and a base. A baby tooth storage kit may include the storage unit adapted to house tubes that may store baby teeth together with their corresponding “tooth fairy” note. The kit may also be adapted to store a writing implement and a plurality of notes. Also, described herein is a unique game or instruction set for using the kit in an original way if so desired.
US10939982B2
Intraosseous dental implant comprising a shaft (11) provided with a first end (12), a second end (13) opposite the first end (12), and at least one threading (14) made on the external surface of the shaft (11).
US10939981B2
A sliding molar distalizer is provided. The distalizer features a canine attachment bracket, a molar tube, and a rod connected to the bracket and having an engagement end for engaging the molar tube. A hook formed on a portion of the rod receives an elastic for imparting distalization force directly on the distalizer towards the molar tube. An orthodontic tube formed on the attachment bracket holds an archwire that passes through premolar brackets. A buccal push flange lever is formed at a distal portion of the rod for imparting force on the molar tube.
US10939980B2
The invention relates to a method for planning a heat treatment of a dental prosthesis part (1), in which a 3D model (9) of the dental prosthesis part to be produced (1) already exists. A temperature profile (16) for the heat treatment of the dental prosthesis part (1) is automatically determined by a computer (17) as a function of determined geometric parameters (10, 11, 12, 13) of the dental prosthesis part to be produced (1) and/or of determined material parameters of the dental prosthesis part to be produced (1).
US10939978B2
The high-speed turbine dental handpiece adapted for single safe use comprises a nose, a handle connected to the rear end of the nose, a plug connector disposed at the rear end of the handle, and a clip ring for fixing the handle and the plug connector, wherein the plug connector is provided with a first fixing slot at a side wall, the tail end of the handle is provided with a second fixing slot matched with the first fixing slot, the inner wall of the clip ring is provided with bumps matched with the first fixing slot and the second fixing slot, and when the clip ring is hooped on the plug connector, the bumps are embedded into the first fixing slot and the second fixing slot to limit and fix the handle and the plug connector. The invention effectively prevents the disposable dental handpiece from being reused in various ways, it is simple in structure and convenient to detach and thus can be conveniently detached and destroyed after being used, and in addition, with the disposable light-emitting component, whether the dental handpiece is used can be identified simply and clearly. According to the inventor, the concept of “one handpiece for one patient for single use” as advocated by the WHO in the field of oral health can be achieved, effectively solving the problem of iatrogenic cross infection in the field of stomatology. The invention is similar to a disposable syringe but with a more complex structure as a dental handpiece.
US10939971B2
A system and method of providing feedback during manual joint positioning includes a computer-assisted device having an articulated structure including a joint and a control unit coupled to the articulated structure. To provide feedback to a user during manual positioning of the joint by a user, the control unit is configured to determine a first target position for the joint, release a brake associated with the joint when the joint is moving toward the first target position, apply the brake when the joint is moving away from the first target position, and change the first target position to a second target position when the joint is at the first target position.
US10939970B2
A robotic surgery system includes a control unit assembly that supports and operates one or more robotic tools and a mechanical arm assembly that movably supports the control unit assembly in space. The mechanical arm assembly includes a boom assembly with one or more boom arms rotatably coupled to each other via one or more joints and having one or more actuators. An elevating linkage assembly is coupled to the boom assembly and has an actuator operable to allow vertical movement of the control unit assembly in a substantially weightless manner. Yaw and pitch control assemblies are interposed between the elevating linkage assembly and the control unit assembly and have actuators operable to allow movement of the control unit assembly in yaw and pitch. The one or more actuators are actuatable to allow movement of the control unit assembly in space upon actuation of one or more user interfaces of the control unit assembly.
US10939967B2
A robotic system for operating a endovascular deployment device (40) including a treatment device (43) mounted to a delivery tool (42) connected to a proximal control (41), and further including an optical shape sensor (44) (e.g., an endograft endovascular deployment device incorporating an optical shape sensor). The robotic system employs a robot (50) attachable to proximal control (41) and/or delivery tool (42) for navigating the treatment device (43) within a cardiovascular system (e.g., a robot controlling an axial rotation and/or axial translation of an endograft mounted to a sheath catheter). The robotic system further employs a robot controller (74) for controlling a navigation of treatment device (43) within the cardiovascular system by the robot (50) derived from a spatial registration between a shaping sensing by the optical shape sensor (44) of a portion or entirety of endovascular deployment device (40) to a medical image of the cardiovascular system (e.g., an X-ray/reconstructed image of an abdominal aorta).
US10939961B2
Systems and methods for positioning a cut guide using navigation-based techniques are discussed. For example, a system for use in an orthopedic surgery on a target bone can comprise a cut guide adjustably positionable onto the target bone via two or more coupling receptacles created on the target bone. The coupling receptacles can include one or more guide members and a plurality of landing members. The system also includes an input interface that can receive a target bone representation, and a model receiver module that can receive a generic post-coupling bone model. The target bone representation can include a data set representing two or more landing sites of the target bone, and the generic post-coupling bone model can include a data set representing a bone having two or more coupling receptacles each sized, shaped or otherwise configured to receive and secure the respective coupling feature of the landing members. The system can include a navigation-based guide coupling preparation system that can generate a plan for positioning the cut guide onto or conforming to the target bone. The system can further include a display module that provides presentations of the coupling between the target bone and the cut guide.
US10939954B2
Disclosed embodiments include apparatuses, systems, and methods for positioning electrodes within a body. In an illustrative embodiment, an apparatus for slidably moving multiple features relative to a sheath inserted into a body and positioned relative to a reference point includes a primary actuator configured to move a primary electrode, a secondary actuator configured to move a secondary electrode, and a control mechanism. The control mechanism is configured to selectively prevent movement of at least one of the primary actuator based on a position of the secondary actuator and of the secondary actuator based on a position of the primary actuator and lock positions of the primary actuator and the secondary actuator.
US10939952B2
An assembly including an adapter assembly and an extension assembly for connecting an end effector to an electrosurgical instrument is provided. The adapter assembly includes a first pusher assembly configured for converting rotational motion into linear motion. The first pusher assembly includes a pusher member and first and second pawl assemblies for operable engagement with a flexible band assembly of the extension assembly.
US10939949B2
Example methods and apparatuses are disclosed for providing tissue ablation through electrolysis, electroporation, or a combination thereof. A way to deliver the combination through a pulse that has an element of gradual decay and can thereby reduce both muscle contraction and electric breakdown discharge at the electrodes is disclosed. The apparatus disclosed may include an electrode, a power supply, and a controller. The controller may control a charge applied to the electrode to induce a direct current through a treatment site to produce electrolysis products and a voltage to produce electroporation. The duration and magnitude of the charge applied may determine the dose of the products and the degree of the permeabilization of cells in the treatment site.
US10939944B2
The disclosure relates to medical devices and methods of manufacturing medical devices. An orthopedic screw includes a shaft having a proximal end, a distal end, a body extending between the proximal end and the distal end, and a longitudinal axis. A distal thread on an external surface of the shaft extends around the longitudinal axis. A head portion includes a series of cutting teeth that lie on a plane that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the shaft. A distal tip portion defines a cutting edge.
US10939936B2
An intravascular device is provided having a flexible catheter tube with an expandable portion located on an end thereof. The expandable portion has a plurality of struts capable of being moved between an expanded and a collapsed position. An incising element provided along at least a portion of one of the struts has a sharpened edge for creating an incision in atherosclerotic material located within a blood vessel and generating microparticles of the same when the expandable portion is in the expanded position.
US10939935B2
Ultrasonic treatment instrument for articulations, and ultrasonic treatment system for articulations
An ultrasonic treatment instrument for articulations has a bone abrasion mode in which vibration is performed at a first frequency and a first amplitude, and a cartilage dissolution mode in which vibration is performed at a second frequency which is higher than the first frequency, and a second amplitude which is less than the first amplitude, wherein a first vibration velocity, which is a product of the first frequency and the first amplitude, and a second vibration velocity, which is a product of the second frequency and the second amplitude, coincide or substantially coincide.
US10939926B2
An apparatus for indicating the position and length of a bone tunnel, including a first member configured to couple with a drill guide; and a second member in spaced relation to the first member, the second member comprising an indicator configured to provide an indication of thickness of a boney member with the first member disposed on a first side of the boney member and the second member disposed on a second side of the boney member.
US10939925B2
An endoscopic pedicle probe for use during spinal surgery to form a hole in a pedicle for reception of a pedicle screw has an enlarged proximal end for cooperation with the hand of the surgeon and an elongate shaft terminating in a distal tip that may be pushed through the pedicle to form the hole. The tip may be detachable for replacement. An endoscope extends through the shaft and is connected with a monitor to enable the surgeon to visually observe the area being treated. In a preferred form a light means extends through the shaft to illuminate the area being treated, and in a further preferred form a conduit extends through the shaft to convey a fluid to flush the area being treated. In a further embodiment, two endoscopes are associated with the probe.
US10939922B2
A cutting guide includes a body and a rotatable device. The body includes a top portion, a bottom portion parallel to the top portion, and a side portion connecting the top and the bottom portions. The rotatable device is coupled to one end of the top portion of the body, and includes a pivotal element and a handle. The handle in the rotatable device has a first portion coupled to the pivotal element, and a second portion configured to be rotated around an axis of the pivotal element. Each of the top portion of the body, the side portion of the body, the bottom portion of the body, and the handle has one respective edge providing a respective guide surface for cutting a bone in a surgical procedure.
US10939917B2
A method of treating an aneurysm with an occlusion device having an inner embolic device with a proximal section and a distal section. The distal section has a first stiffness and the proximal section has a second stiffness. Further, the device has an expandable mesh capable of a collapsed position and an expanded position. The mesh can be disposed over, and attached to, a portion of the proximal section of the inner embolic device. The first stiffness is greater than the second stiffness and the inner embolic device comprises a preselected shape which assists in transforming the expandable mesh from the collapsed position to the expanded position.
US10939903B2
An anvil assembly suitable for trans-oral delivery includes an anvil head configured to receive a suture that secures the anvil head in a delivery position and is separable from the anvil head following delivery of the anvil assembly. An anvil delivery assembly includes the anvil assembly, a delivery assembly secured to the anvil assembly, and a suture selectively secured to the anvil assembly for securing the anvil assembly in a delivery position and retrieving the anvil assembly.
US10939902B2
Methods and devices are provided for attaching soft tissue to bone. In general, a deployment device, insertion assembly, and suture anchor are provided. The insertion assembly is coupled between the deployment device and the suture anchor to allow the deployment device to deploy the suture anchor into bone. Each of the various components disclosed herein can be used alone, in combination with one another, or in combination with various other devices.
US10939897B2
An adhesive deliver apparatus includes: a separable holder having a flexible press region thereon and comprising an interior receiving chamber for placing the adhesive tube; a support tube having a substantially elongated shape and comprising a proximal end and a distal end; a connector connected with the proximal end of the support tube and arranged to operably connect with a nozzle of the adhesive tube; and an inner tube positioned within the support tube and comprising an inlet end connected with the connector and an outlet end approximating to the distal end of the support tube; wherein when the press region is pressed to cause an interior surface of the press region to press the adhesive tube, the adhesive fluid will be squeezed out from the adhesive tube and transmitted through the inner tube from the inlet end to the outlet end.
US10939862B2
A diagnostic system for measuring and analyzing startle response of a subject comprises a stimuli delivery module, whereby startle stimuli and prepulse stimuli are delivered to subject; said diagnostic system comprises at least one sensor module, whereby the startle response of subject are detected and recorded; said sensor module comprises at least one electrode and one eyeblink response measuring means; and said diagnostic system comprises a diagnosis module whereby the features of the startle response and prepulse inhibition of subject are extracted and analyzed.
US10939858B2
An inventive medical device includes an implantable device, such as an electrochemical sensor. The implantable device has an implantable portion configured for insertion into a patient, a contact portion configured for connection to another device, and an interconnecting portion connecting the implantable portion and the contact portion. A housing is provided that has a first part that is removably connectable with a second part to form a sterile packaging to seal the implantable portion against a surrounding environment. The first part comprises a first sealing surface and the second part comprises a second sealing surface and the first and second sealing surfaces interact to form a sealing area. The interconnecting portion of the implantable device extends through the sealing area. An inventive method of producing the medical device is also disclosed.
US10939856B2
Provided are a processor device, an endoscope system, and an image processing method capable of discovering not only a lesion in which scattering particles according to a specific scattering model are present but also various lesions. A processor device 16 includes an image acquisition unit 54 that acquires images of three wavelength ranges of a blue wavelength range, a green wavelength range, and a red wavelength range; a scattering characteristic amount calculation unit 71 that calculates a scattering characteristic amount representing a scattering characteristic of an observation object, using the images of the three wavelength ranges; and an image generation unit 74 that generates a scattering characteristic amount image representing a distribution of the scattering characteristic amount.
US10939854B2
Herein is disclosed a sensor for noninvasive measurement of the partial pressure of CO2 (pCO2) in the skin of a human. The sensor comprises a housing, a gas measuring chamber for measuring gases, at least one chimney for communication of gases diffusing through the skin to the gas measuring chamber, a broad band light source transmitting light into the gas measuring chamber and a detector system comprising a first and a second photodetector. The first photodetector detects light at a wavelength wherein CO2 absorbs light and the second photodetector acts as a zero reference detector by measuring light in a freeband where no gases absorb light.
US10939852B2
A method of monitoring changes in oxygen saturation of a subject by analysing a three colour channel video image of the exposed skin of the subject. Within each colour channel a normalised signal obtained by dividing the intensity signal by its mean value, and the normalised signals are averaged across plural regions of interest within the exposed skin area image of the subject. Regions of interest are selected on the basis of the signal-to-noise ratios for the heart rate and breathing rate components. A single representative waveform for each colour channel is obtained by signal averaging and the ratio of the amplitudes of the representative waveforms from two different colour channels, e.g. blue and red, is taken. The changes in the ratio of amplitudes is output as a measure of changes in blood oxygen saturation.
US10939847B2
A reader device includes an array of antenna coils configured to electromagnetically couple with devices implanted beneath or within skin of a human body. An implanted device can include a loop antenna or other means configured to couple with at least one antenna coil of the reader device to receive radio frequency energy from and transmit radio frequency transmissions to the reader device. The antenna coil array is configured to mount to the skin surface to improve the coupling between the implanted device and coils of the array. Further, the reader device is configured to select one or more antenna coils of the array and to operate the selected antenna coil to communicate, via radio frequency transmissions, with and/or provide radio frequency power to the implanted device. An antenna coil of the array can be selected based on a detected amount of coupling with the implanted device.
US10939831B2
A hemostasis or bleed-back control valve such as a Tuohy-Borst adapter is provided that is capable of sensing pressure in vivo. The valve may include a main valve body having a lumen. An upstream main seal may be disposed in the lumen of the main valve body. A catheter fitting may be disposed at a downstream end of the main valve body. A pressure transducer may be in fluid communication with the lumen of the main valve body. Such devices may be suitable for exploratory or interventional medicine involving catheterization.
US10939828B2
Embodiments include a system for determining cardiovascular information for a patient. The system may include at least one computer system configured to receive patient-specific data regarding a geometry of the patient's heart, and create a three-dimensional model representing at least a portion of the patient's heart based on the patient-specific data. The at least one computer system may be further configured to create a physics-based model relating to a blood flow characteristic of the patient's heart and determine a fractional flow reserve within the patient's heart based on the three-dimensional model and the physics-based model.
US10939826B2
The invention generally relates to devices and methods for imaging and aspirating biological material from inside a vessel. In certain embodiments, the invention provides devices that include a body configured to fit within a lumen of a vessel. The body includes an opening. Devices of the invention also include an aspiration channel within the body. The aspiration channel includes a distal end that is connected to the opening. Devices of the invention also include an imaging assembly coupled to the body.
US10939823B2
Provided is an image analysis device, an image analysis method, and an illumination device to efficiently acquire an image to be suitably used to analyze skin. An image acquisition unit is included, the image acquisition unit including an illumination unit including a light emitting unit in which a plurality of light emitting elements including at least a light emitting element that emits visible light and a light emitting element that emits invisible light are packaged, and an image pickup unit that captures an image of reflection light generated by causing irradiation light emitted from the illumination unit to be reflected by an analysis target. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, a device for analyzing human skin.
US10939822B2
A method of guiding a cardiac treatment using a functional imaging modality, comprising: providing functional imaging modality data from a functional imaging modality which images an intrabody volume of a patient containing a heart, the patient having been injected with an imaging agent having a nervous tissue uptake by an autonomic nervous system (ANS) of the heart, the ANS comprising at least one GP; locating the at least one GP innervating the heart based on the functional imaging modality data; and providing the located at least one GP.
US10939813B2
The present invention relates to an otoscope for illuminating the outer ear and to methods of using the otoscope. In one embodiment, the otoscope includes a handle including a light source; and a speculum extending relative to the handle for directing light from the light source to illuminate the outer ear; wherein the speculum includes a lens for magnifying the outer ear, or a lens engager for releaseably engaging a lens.
US10939812B2
A cleaning device system to clean a surgical scope, which cleaning device system includes an attachment element to attach the cleaning device, being positioned outside the body of a patient, to a trocar. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. § 1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. § 1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner.
US10939806B2
Presented are systems and methods for the accurate acquisition of medical measurement data of a body part of patient. To assist in acquiring accurate medical measurement data, an automated diagnostic and treatment system provides instructions to the patient to allow the patient to precisely position a medical instrument in proximity to a target spot of a body part of patient. Based on a series of images acquired from a kiosk camera and an instrument camera, these instructions are generated. Subsequent images from instrument camera are analyzed by automated diagnostic and treatment system utilizing a database and deep convolution neural network (DCNN) to obtain measured medical data. An error threshold measurement by the automated diagnostic and treatment system may determine the accuracy of the instrument positioning and the medical measured data. The measured medical data may be communicated to a physician.
US10939804B2
An enhanced flexible robotic endoscopy apparatus includes a main body and flexible elongate shaft. The main body comprises a proximal end, a distal end and a housing that extends to the proximal end and the housing comprises a plurality of surfaces and a plurality of insertion inlets which reside on at least one of the surface of the housing at the proximal end of the main body, through which a plurality of channels for endoscopy are accessible. Each of the insertion inlets has insertion axis corresponding thereto, along which flexible elongate assemblies are insertable, with the insertion axes of the insertion inlets being parallel to the central axis of the flexible elongate shaft at the proximal end of the flexible elongate shaft.
US10939794B2
A dish washer and a control method are disclosed. The dish washer includes a sump and at least one nozzle configured to inject water. The dish washer also includes a distributor configured to receive water of the sump and distribute the water to the at least one nozzle. The dish washer also includes a reservoir configured to receive and store the water of the sump. The dish washer also includes a circulation path configured to connect the sump and the distributor. The dish washer also includes an inflow path configured to branch off from the circulation path to supply the water of the sump to the reservoir. The dish washer also includes a first valve configured to open or close the inflow path and a second valve configured to open or close the outflow path, and the outflow path is configured to flow the water out of the reservoir.
US10939788B2
The invention relates to a retaining plate (2) for a vacuum cleaner filter bag, comprising a base plate in which a passage opening (3) is formed, and a sealing flap (5) for sealing the passage opening (3), wherein the sealing flap (5) is sealed via an elastic element (7; 10) in the sealed position, and wherein a cover element (9) is provided which is connected to the base plate, the sealing flap (5) and/or the elastic element (7) and partially or completely covers the elastic element (7).
US10939787B2
An apparatus, system and method for handling and translating high level radioactive waste. The apparatus comprises a body for supporting the cask close to the ground so that the cask and the apparatus can pass underneath over head doors. The apparatus further comprises rollers for translating the cask. The apparatus additionally supports the storage cask during spent nuclear fuel transfer procedures.
US10939782B2
A method for heating water in a machine for making and dispensing beverages, the machine having a device with at least one heating metallic duct and a winding of electromagnetic induction. The device is part of a heating and feeding assembly wherein, by a logical unit, a method is carried out which, for every beverage type the machine can dispense, the temperature of heated water is brought to a specific temperature value that can be selected by the user.
US10939776B2
An example disposable food service tray that can withstand high heat is disclosed. The disposable food tray includes a first layer comprising paper board, and a second layer comprising polyethylene terephthalate (PET) affixed to the first layer, wherein an adhesion between the first layer and the second layer is configured to withstand a temperature of up to 525 degrees Fahrenheit for up to six minutes without blistering.
US10939774B2
A frame assembly for supporting a flat article. In one aspect, the frame assembly may include a stack including a transparent window panel and a frame. The frame may include a floor structure for supporting the stack and an outer annular wall coupled to and surrounding the floor structure, the outer annular wall including a plurality of corners, an outer surface defining a periphery of the frame, an inner surface defining a display cavity, and a front edge that defines a display opening configured to allow the stack to pass therethrough into the display cavity. The inner surface of the outer annular wall may include a plurality of recessed regions, each of the recessed regions encompassing one of the corners of the outer annular wall.
US10939765B1
A modular armchair rest for installation and removal during a variety of events at facilities having small fixed and rotating armrest between seats. Users clip one or two modular armchair rests to give patrons additional armrest area. Accessories, such as cupholders and trays, can be removably attached to the modular armchair rest.
US10939764B1
A folding rocking chair includes a left arc bottom rod, a right arc bottom rod, a left front rod, a right front rod, a left rear rod, a right rear rod, a seat frame rod, a left armrest rod, a right armrest rod, a left front armrest support rod, a right front armrest support rod, a left first pivot connecting rod, a right first pivot connecting rod, a left second pivot connecting rod, a right second pivot connecting rod, a backrest rod, a left pivot connecting part, a right pivot connecting part, a left multilink part, a right multilink part, a seat frame support part and a backrest support part.
US10939760B2
A support for washing machine with automatic leveling function comprises: a sheath; a regulating mechanism, arranged in the sheath and axially movable relative to the sheath; and a flexible body assembly, which is arranged in the regulating mechanism and accommodates a hydraulic medium; one end of the flexible body assembly is limited and arranged in the sheath, another end is a stretchable end which acts on the regulating mechanism, the stretchable end expands and contracts under the action of the hydraulic medium and drives the regulating mechanism to move axially for automatic leveling. The flexible body assembly comprises a flexible accommodating body, a mounting, and a protection mechanism between the mounting assembly and the flexible accommodating body. The flexible body assembly is arranged in the sheath to avoid any damage, and the arrangement of the protection mechanism avoids the flexible accommodating body from directly contacting with the mounting assembly.
US10939741B2
Provided is a packaging for cosmetics is provided defining a longitudinal axis and a normal plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The package includes a first container body, a second container body, a central body including a base and an applicator, in which the first container body is couplable to the second container body.
US10939735B2
Cooling unit (100, 200) including a base (102, 202) having a housing with control components (110, 112, 212), a cooling tower (104, 204) attached to the base (102, 202) at a first end of the cooling tower (104, 204), the cooling tower (104, 204) having an inner flow path and an exterior surface, and an air distribution system (106, 206) attached to the cooling tower (104, 204) at a second end of the cooling tower (104, 204). The air distribution system (106, 206) has a first enclosure (130), a second enclosure (132) defining an air distribution chamber (126) between the first and second enclosures, a cool air dispenser (138) configured in the first enclosure (130), a warm air (142) dispenser configured in the first enclosure (130) at a location different from the cool air dispenser (138), and a cover (144) disposed on an exterior surface of the second enclosure (132). The control components (110, 112, 212) are configured to convey air through the base (102, 202), the cooling tower (104, 204), and the air distribution system (106, 206) to dispense air through the cool air dispenser (138) and the warm air dispenser (142).
US10939733B2
Fastening devices and systems and methods thereof. Fastening devices and systems and methods thereof can include a unitary or one-piece body having first and second ends configured and operative to be coupled together or to be coupled to their respective complement in another of said fastening devices. The first end can include a ring or annular portion and a projection that are sized and shaped to fit around an anchor and in an orifice, respectively, of the second end. Fastening devices and systems and methods thereof according to embodiments may be used with items, including footwear, apparel, luggage, a backpack, a bag, a purse, a boxing glove, a punching bag, football or lacrosse shoulder pads, or the like.
US10939731B2
An automatic shoe-lacing system includes a support unit for supporting a shoe upper thereon, a robotic arm unit disposed to hold an end portion of a shoelace to move along an eyelet passing path through predetermined shoelace eyelets of the shoe upper, and at least one hook unit. The hook unit has a hook disposed to hold and tense a flexible lace body of the shoelace to prevent twist of the shoelace during the shoe-lacing operation.
US10939720B2
A cycling helmet includes an outer shell and a closed cell foam layer adjacent to the outer shell. The cycling helmet also includes an inner liner adjacent to the closed cell foam layer. The cycling helmet further includes an insert of energy absorbing material adjacent to the inner liner. The insert is configured to move in multiple directions in response to an impact to the cycling helmet.
US10939719B2
A helmet has inner and outer shells separated by a plurality of interconnected relatively soft columns or posts. The columns each have a middle post or pillar section, a capital that is of larger diameter than the post, and a base also of larger transverse dimension than the post. When an impact above a design threshold occurs on the outer shell, the columns, particularly the post sections thereof, near the impact location compress and buckle, dissipating impact kinetic energy, while columns spaced from the impact zone stretch and support more of the impact force. The applied force is therefore reduced and spread out over a relatively large area, and a resultant wave created within the column manifold disperses additional heat, further reducing the force and torque applied on the outer shell and transmitted to the inner shell and onto the skull of a helmet user. A method and mold for fabricating the column manifold are also disclosed.
US10939711B2
Systems including noise suppression devices for personal impact protection systems are provided. One such system includes an inflator having an inflator discharge port; a flexible permeable inner tube configured to receive gas from the inflator via the inflator discharge port; and a flexible outer tube surrounding the inner tube and configured to receive gas from the inner tube, the outer tube including one or more outer tube discharge ports. Another such system includes an inflator having an inflator discharge port; a flexible non-permeable tube configured to receive gas from the inflator via the inflator discharge port; and a permeable gas diffuser element disposed in or adjacent to the tube, the diffuser element being configured to receive gas from the inflator via the inner tube.
US10939709B2
The invention provides a generally X-shaped utility garment comprising two main straps that form an ‘X-shape’ on a wearer's back and a cross-strap above the X shape to stabilize the garment on the wearer's body. The garment, referred to herein as a strapvest, provides a plurality of pockets and/or receptacles for carrying items the wearer needs to access easily. Its receptacles can be detachable, and a user can select which receptacles to have on the strapvest according to the wearer's immediate needs. It can be adjustable in size to fit a wide range of wearers, and can be adapted to carry many different types of items that are needed for work or recreation, by a combination of built-in pockets and other built-in carriers and optional modular receptacles that can be detachably mounted on the straps of the strapvest. It is more convenient for accessing the stored items than a backpack, which needs to be removed to access its contents; it carriers more and potentially heavier items than a utility belt without a tendency to pull the wearer's pants down; and it can be worn with a variety of different types of weather-related or protective outerwear because of its open design and potentially adjustable size.
US10939706B2
The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices. The aerosol delivery devices may include a housing and a cartridge including an atomizer and a reservoir configured to contain an aerosol precursor composition. The cartridge may be configured to move relative to at least a portion of the housing between a retracted configuration and an extended configuration. Related assembly methods are also provided.
US10939702B2
The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices. In various implementations, the aerosol delivery devices comprise a control device that includes a battery, a control component, and an outer housing that defines receiving chamber, and a cartridge that includes a mouthpiece portion, a tank that contains a liquid composition, and a heater configured to heat the liquid composition. The cartridge and the control device each include at least one connector configured to provide a magnetic and an electrical connection between the cartridge and the control device such that the cartridge can be removably and operatively received into the cartridge receiving chamber of the control body, wherein the at least one connector of the cartridge is located on the mouthpiece portion.
US10939687B2
A method for forming pieces of food dough and an apparatus thereof is able to cut the food dough continuously extruded through a nozzle along the shape of the hole of the nozzle without causing deformation, and to locate pieces of the food dough on a conveyor without causing deformation. The apparatus for forming pieces of food dough comprises an extruding device and a cutting device, wherein the extruding device comprises a nozzle to continuously extrude food dough downward, and the cutting device comprises a cutting blade to cut the food dough into the pieces of food dough, a moving mechanism to move the cutting blade forward from an initial position, then to move the cutting blade downward, and then to return the cutting blade to the initial position, and a carrying-out conveyor, which is disposed below the nozzle and moves in the direction that the cutting blade moves forward.
US10939684B2
A quaternary ammonium sulfonamide compound of formula (I): wherein R=(II), C1-C3 linear or branched alkyl, R1 and R2 are the same or different and selected from C1 to C18 linear or branched alkyl, R3 and R4 are the same or different and selected from C1 to C4 linear or branched alkyl, CF3, OR5 where R5 is C1 to C8 linear or branched alkyl or polyethylene oxide, l is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8, m is 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 or 17, n is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 or 18, wherein the aryl groups of R may be substituted or unsubstituted, X=halogen, and Y=(III) wherein R6, R7, R8, R9 and R10 are the same or different and selected from C1 to C6 linear or branched alkyl and the benzophenone is selected from the group consisting of substituted benzophenone and unsubstituted benzophenone, process for preparing the compound and antimicrobial surface coating compositions of the compound.
US10939676B1
A modular platform system includes a base module and at least one extension module. One side of the base module has a recess for receiving a connector on one side of the extension module to connect the extension module to the base module. The extension module may include a recess for receiving a connecting member on a second extension module to connect the second extension module to the extension module.
US10939670B2
A beehive including a plurality of hive bodies including a base hive body and at least one upper hive body. There are a plurality of frames positioned in each hive body with a pinning device coupled to a hive body. The hive body has a plurality of holes spaced along a side of the hive body. The pinning device is inserted through at least one of the holes to contact a frame inside the hive body to thereby inhibit shifting of the frame relative to the hive body.
US10939668B1
Systems and methods for a mosquito fitness tester are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes: a rotatable enclosure comprising an enclosed cavity; a powertrain to rotate the rotatable enclosure in one or more axes; and one or more sensors to monitor one or more insects in the enclosed cavity.
US10939666B2
A dog bark control device which includes a first sensor, a second sensor, a stimulation applying means, and a control unit. The control unit determines whether the animal barks, and when the animal is determined to bark, operates the stimulation applying means to apply stimulation to the animal. The control unit determines that the animal barks when the first sensing signal of the first sensor is a signal indicating that the animal barks, and at the same time, the animal is determined to make a particular motion accompanied by barking from the second sensing signal of the second sensor.
US10939665B1
An electronic ear tag allows an individual to track a herd animal. Further, the electronic ear tag is an ultra-low power, and lightweight tag that runs only when needed. The electronic ear tag includes a substrate, a microcontroller, a rechargeable battery, a wireless communication module, a global positioning system (GPS) module, and a solar panel. The substrate is a circuit board used to support the electronic components of the present invention. The microcontroller is used to manage and control the electronic components of the electronic ear tag. The rechargeable battery is the main power source of the electronic ear tag. The wireless communication module allows the electronic ear tag to communicate with a central network. The GPS module allows the electronic ear tag to communicate with a GPS satellite. The solar panel converts solar energy into electrical energy used to charge the rechargeable battery.
US10939657B2
The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 17R028. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 17R028. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 17R028 and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 17R028 with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.
US10939652B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01072350. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01072350. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01072350 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01072350 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10939647B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01072860. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01072860. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01072860 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01072860 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10939641B1
A novel maize variety designated X13N245 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X13N245 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13N245 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X13N245, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13N245 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13N245 and methods of using maize variety X13N245 are disclosed.
US10939640B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH100449. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH100449, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH100449 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH100449.
US10939639B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV434173. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV434173, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV434173 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV434173 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV434173.
US10939633B2
The invention provides seeds and plants of cucumber hybrid DRCE9601, cucumber inbred line EUR-Y317-1052GY, and cucumber inbred line EUR-Y315-3030GY. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of cucumber hybrid DRCE9601, cucumber inbred line EUR-Y317-1052GY, and cucumber inbred line EUR-Y315-3030GY and to methods for producing a cucumber plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a cucumber plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of cucumber hybrid DRCE9601, cucumber inbred line EUR-Y317-1052GY, and cucumber inbred line EUR-Y315-3030GY comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.
US10939632B1
A novel maize variety designated X13N280 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X13N280 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13N280 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X13N280, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13N280 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13N280 and methods of using maize variety X13N280 are disclosed.
US10939630B2
The invention provides seed and plants of tomato hybrid DRTH7339 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid DRTH7339 and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US10939628B2
The present invention is directed to melon plant and seed, namely of C. melo subsp. melo, which are resistant to ToLCNDV, comprising in their genome introgressed sequences from C. melo subsp. agrestis var. acidulous conferring resistance to said virus, when present homozygously. The introgressed sequences are preferably characterized by defined alleles of SNPs on chromosome 11, inter alia allele A of SNP Melon_sbg_14207_58 (SEQ ID No:9). The introgressed sequences can be chosen from those present in the genome of a plant of ToLR1 accession number NCIMB 42506. The invention is also directed to parts of these resistant plants, as well as progeny, to the use of these plants for introgressing the resistance in another genetic background, as well as to different methods for obtaining resistant melon plants or seeds.
US10939627B2
The present invention provides a system for aligning drive towers within an irrigation system. According to a preferred embodiment, the present invention includes a system and method for cascading alignment of independent drive systems. According to a preferred embodiment, a preferred method may include the steps of: transmitting controller timing data to the first intermediate drive tower and the second intermediate drive tower; assigning a first correction time slot to the second intermediate drive tower; assigning a second correction time slot to the first intermediate drive tower; receiving first alignment data by the second intermediate drive tower; receiving second alignment data by the first intermediate drive tower; performing a first alignment correction based on the first alignment data received by the second intermediate drive tower; and performing a second alignment correction based on the second alignment data received by the first intermediate drive tower.
US10939624B2
A netting material is knitted from at least two synthetic material yarns of which one is an opaque and the other is a transparent or translucent or different opaque yarn. A knitted netting material comprises a plurality of primary yarns knitted to form a mesh construction having an arrangement of primary apertures defined by yarn intersections and yarn connecting portions between yarn intersections, and a plurality of secondary yarns crossing over the primary apertures to form secondary apertures within the primary apertures.
US10939619B2
An enveloping device for enveloping a bale with an enveloping material for a baler includes a supply of the enveloping material. The supply is configured to feed the enveloping material to a pressing chamber of the baler through a feed gap. A braking device is provided for the enveloping material. The braking device is configured such that it has an effect that the enveloping material assumes an at least substantially predetermined position with respect to the pressing chamber of the baler to at least one working means of the baler or to the bale at either an end or a start of an enveloping operation.
US10939617B2
The present invention relates to a no-till stem and root extractor system that has directionality, extracting the root ball from the soil. A conveyor chain crop remnant extractor assembly has a pair of flexible conveyor chains, a pair of coupling conveyor arms, two pairs of rotatable wheels, a pinch cylinder, and a plurality of cross-slat bars. As the device moves along the crop remnants, the pair of flexible conveyor chains, guided and retained by the two pairs of rotatable wheels, pull the stalks and root balls from the earth, pinch, and pulverize the complete crop remnants.
US10939612B2
A mono-filament whip type weed cutter incorporating a pivotable shaft that enables the weed cutter to reach otherwise inaccessible weeds. The mono-filament whip type weed cutter includes two interconnected first and second trimmer support shafts. A rotating wheel connected to one end of the pivotable shaft. A power source is connected to an opposite end of the pivotable shaft. A hinge joint including a sprocket is disposed between and interconnecting the first and second trimmer support shafts. A gear lock bar secures the sprocket in place to position the first and second trimmer support shafts with respect to each other.
US10939607B2
The present invention relates to the technical field of controlling harmful organisms in the cultivation of cultivated plants. The present invention relates to a method for controlling harmful organisms, to a system for controlling harmful organisms and to the use of a digital application map for the application of one or more control agents against harmful organisms.
US10939604B2
A mobile machine includes a frame, and a set of wheels supporting the frame. The mobile machine also includes a set of ground-engaging tools mounted to the frame that are movable relative to the wheels to change a depth of engagement of the ground engaging-tools with ground over which the mobile machine travels. A first sensor senses a position of the frame relative to the ground surface over which the mobile machine is traveling. A second sensor senses a position of the frame relative to the wheels. The sensor signals from both sensors are used to control the frame height.
US10945360B2
A component mounting positional deviation amount measurement unit is set in a feeder setting section of a component mounting machine so as to be exchangeable with a cassette-type feeder, and includes measurement nozzle placement sections in which measurement nozzles exchangeably held in a mounting head of the component mounting machine are placed; measurement component placement sections in which measurement components are placed; and a measurement mounting table on which a measurement fiducial mark is provided. When a component mounting positional deviation amount of the component mounting machine is measured, the measurement component is sucked by the measurement nozzle by holding the measurement nozzle in the mounting head, the measurement component is mounted on the measurement mounting table, and a deviation amount of a mounting position of the measurement component with respect to the measurement fiducial mark is measured as a component mounting positional deviation amount of the component mounting machine.
US10945359B2
A component transfer device including: a component mounting tool mounted on a movable mounting head, the component mounting tool being configured to collect a component from a component supply device and mount the component on a board; a side imaging section configured to image the component held by the component mounting tool from the side; a cleaning nozzle having an emission port on a side surface only of the cleaning nozzle that opens toward the side imaging section; and a positive pressure air supply section configured to supply positive pressure air to the cleaning nozzle and blow out the positive pressure air from the emission port toward the side imaging section.
US10945357B2
In one embodiment, an optical module cage includes a first opening for slidably receiving an optical module, a second opening positioned adjacent to the first opening for slidably receiving a riding heatsink separate from the optical module or an integrated heatsink connected to the optical module, and a guide rail interposed between the first opening and the second opening, wherein the guide rail is configured to support the riding heatsink and not interfere with insertion of the integrated heatsink.
US10945351B2
A modular arrangement is provided for housing electronic equipment and associated cooling structure in a data center environment. The modular units provide cooling air on an as-needed basis to individual pieces of equipment by way of individual plenums and associated valves. The units can be interconnected by vertical stacking, in side-to-side arrangements, and back-to-back arrangements. A number of units can be interconnected to form a cell. The cells can be interconnected to form larger units. In this manner, data centers can be configured in any desired arrangement without requiring complicated cooling design.
US10945349B2
A server chassis including a chassis, a motherboard, a processing assembly and a storage assembly. The chassis includes a bottom plate. The bottom plate has a front side and a rear side that are opposite to each other. The chassis has a first area and a second area. The first area is located adjacent to the front side, and the second area is located adjacent to the rear side. The motherboard is disposed on the bottom plate and located between the front side and the rear side. The processing assembly is disposed on the bottom plate and selectively disposed in the first area or the second area. The storage assembly is disposed on the bottom plate and located adjacent to the front side.
US10945340B2
According to exemplary embodiments, a method for manufacturing a display device may include providing a bending object on a stage, bending the bending object by bringing a bending bar into contact with the bending object, and measuring a movement route of the bending bar.
US10945339B2
The disclosure describes a soft-matter electronic device having micron-scale features, and methods to fabricate the electronic device. In some embodiments, the device comprises an elastomer mold having microchannels, which are filled with an eutectic alloy to create an electrically conductive element. The microchannels are sealed with a polymer to prevent the alloy from escaping the microchannels. In some embodiments, the alloy is drawn into the microchannels using a micro-transfer printing technique. Additionally, the molds can be created using soft-lithography or other fabrication techniques. The method described herein allows creation of micron-scale circuit features with a line width and spacing that is an order-of-magnitude smaller than those previously demonstrated.
US10945335B2
Apparatuses and methods related to the field of microchip assembly and handling, in particular to devices and methods for assembling and handling microchips manufactured with solid edge-to-edge interconnects, such as Quilt Packaging® interconnect technology. Specialized assembly tools are configured to pick up one or more microchips, place the microchips in a specified location aligned to a substrate, package, or another microchip, and facilitate electrical contact through one of a variety of approaches, including solder reflow. This specialized assembly tooling performs heating functions to reflow solder to establish electrical and mechanical interconnections between multiple microchips. Additionally, the interconnected microchips may be arranged in an arbitrarily large array.
US10945334B2
A wiring substrate includes a core layer, first conductor layers including first inner, outer and intermediate conductor layers, second conductor layers including second inner, outer and intermediate conductor layers, and interlayer insulating layers interposed between the first conductor layers and between the second conductor layers. The first and/or second inner conductor layers has a first laminated structure including a metal foil layer and a plating film layer, the first and/or second outer conductor layers has the first laminated structure, the first and/or second intermediate conductor layers has a second laminated structure including a metal foil layer and a plating film layer, and the first and second laminated structures are formed such that a surface of the second laminated structure on a side away from the core layer has unevenness smaller than unevenness of a surface of the first laminated structure on a side away from the core layer.
US10945329B2
In order to reduce the amount of electrical insulation needed for voltage isolation of large voltages generated by a voltage multiplier, the voltage multiplier can be shaped to smooth out electric field gradients. The voltage multiplier can comprise multiple sections, each section located in a different plane. The voltage multiplier can comprise a negative voltage multiplier and a positive voltage multiplier, each inclined at different angles with respect to each other. The voltage multiplier can include a curved shape.
US10945327B2
A system for controlling a plurality of light sources particularly LED's that are provided in a number of different arrangements including a light string and controlled from a controller that includes an input microphone for detecting an audio signal, at least one pre-amplifier, a microcomputer unit receiving signals from the pre-amplifier, and a circuit for driving a plurality of LED and that enables lighting control of the plurality of LED's in accordance with the input audio signal and within a wide dynamic range.
US10945319B1
An apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus has a controller, a main power source, an electrical converter configured to receive a first electrical signal from the main power source, and a capacitor electrically connected to the electrical converter. The apparatus also has an electrical selector switch electrically connected to at least one of the electrical converter and the capacitor, an electrical driver electrically connected to the electrical selector switch, at least one electrical output component electrically connected to the electrical driver, and at least one electrical component that is configured to receive a second electrical signal via the at least one electrical output component. The controller controls an operation of the at least one electrical component based on the second electrical signal, independently of control of the first electrical signal.
US10945307B2
The present disclosure provides a method for implementation of wireless relaying. The method is applied to a wireless relay device. The method comprises: a wireless relay device sends a probe request packet carrying a first detection code and device information of the wireless relay device; receive a probe response packet sent by a first wireless routing device, the probe response packet carrying an SSID and a password corresponding to the first wireless routing device; and send an authentication request packet to a second wireless routing device, the authentication request packet carrying the SSID and the password that is carried in the probe response packet sent by the second wireless routing device to the wireless relay device, and the second wireless routing device being one of the first wireless routing devices.
US10945294B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may generate an uplink random access message, including a random access preamble and an uplink shared channel resource unit, of a two-step random access procedure. The UE may identify configuration information for uplink control information (UCI) multiplexing. The UE may identify a trigger for inclusion of UCI with the uplink random access message. The UE may multiplex the UCI and a reference signal with the uplink shared channel resource unit and map the uplink control information to resource elements in the uplink shared channel resource unit based on a priority of the uplink control information and a location of resource elements to which the reference signal is mapped. The UE may transmit the uplink random access message comprising the uplink control information and an indication of the used UCI configuration to the base station.
US10945292B2
A random access method and a device are provided, to enable a device in the Internet of Things to implement random access. The method includes: selecting, by a terminal from at least two frequencies, frequencies used to send a physical random access channel PRACH signal, as frequencies occupied by target PRACH resources, where the at least two frequencies each have a preset bandwidth, and there is no intersection between frequency bands of the at least two frequencies; generating, by the terminal, a target PRACH signal based on the frequencies occupied by the target PRACH resources, a root allocated by a base station, and a cyclic shift corresponding to the root allocated by the base station; and sending, by the terminal, the target PRACH signal to the base station on the target PRACH resources.
US10945279B2
The present specification relates to a method for transmitting and receiving data in a wireless communication system supporting device-to-device (D2D) communication, and the method performed by a first terminal comprises the steps of: acquiring a resource pool used for D2D communication, wherein the resource pool includes either a scheduling assignment (SA) resource pool indicating a resource region through which an SA is transmitted or a data resource pool indicating a resource region through which D2D data is transmitted; transmitting, to a second terminal through the SA resource pool, the SA including information related to D2D data transmission; and transmitting the D2D data to the second terminal.
US10945272B2
A method performed by a wireless device (121, 122) for determining Channel State Information, CSI, estimates to be transmitted in a CSI report for the wireless device (121, 122) to a network node (110) in a radio communications network (100) is provided. The wireless device (121, 122) receives a message comprising an indication to use CSI estimates corresponding to a determined period of time. In response to said message, the wireless device (121, 122) determines CSI estimates to be used in the CSI report to the network node (110) according to the received indication. A wireless device (121, 122) is also described. A network node (110) and method therein for controlling CSI estimates transmitted by one or more wireless devices (121, 122) in CSI reports to the network node (110) in a radio communications network (100) are also provided.
US10945261B2
A method, device and system for creating resources during a user equipment (UE) hands over from a non-3rd Generation Partnership Project (non-3GPP) system to a 3GPP system are provided. A serving gateway (Serving GW) receives a first resource request message, such as Create Default Bearer Request message, including handover indication information indicating the handover from a mobility management network device, e.g., a MME. As the received resource request message includes the handover indication information, the Serving GW includes the handover indication information in a second resource request message and then sends the second resource request message to a PDN GW. After receiving the second resource request message, the PDN GW policy and charging control (PCC) rules to be used by the UE in the 3GPP access system so as to create the resources used by the UE in the 3GPP system.
US10945260B2
The present disclosure presents method, network nodes and computer program for improving a dual band user equipment, UE/STA, mobility from a first access node, e.g. an eNB, arranged to operate according to a first radio access technology to at least one second access node, e.g. a WLAN AP, arranged to operate according to a second radio access technology. A communications interface is arranged for direct communication between the first access node and the respective second access node. The method, as performed in the first access node, comprises retrieving (S32) resource management related information of the second access node relevant for the user equipment UE/STA over the communications interface. Radio resources provided to the dual-mode user equipment, UE/STA, by both the first and the second access node, are coordinately controlled (S33), over the communications interface, based on the retrieved resource management related information and internal resource management related information for the first node.
US10945254B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques communicating in a wireless network. In one embodiment, a method includes monitoring for a paging downlink control channel comprising downlink control information, wherein the downlink control information comprises a first short message; processing the first short message; determining if the control information further comprises scheduling information; processing the scheduling information if the downlink control information comprises scheduling information and the UE is not in a connected state; and ignoring the scheduling information if the downlink control information comprises scheduling information and the UE is in a connected state.
US10945247B2
The present invention relates to a method for receiving control information by a UE in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus for same. More specifically, the method includes a step of receiving reconfiguration downlink control information (DCI), wherein the reconfiguration DCI includes a plurality of reconfigurations relating to a UE group including the UE and is configured so as to be received on the basis of a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) defined for the reconfiguration DCI.
US10945239B2
A mobile station device includes an information acquisition unit that is configured to and/or programmed to acquire information, which specifies a system bandwidth and a carrier frequency of a second downlink carrier component different from a first downlink carrier component, transmitted using RRC signaling via a physical downlink shared channel within the first downlink carrier component and a communication unit that is configured to communicate with the base station device by aggregate use of both the first downlink carrier component and the second downlink carrier component, where the first downlink carrier component and the second downlink carrier component have different carrier frequencies and each of the first downlink carrier component and the second downlink carrier component has its own downlink system bandwidth.
US10945238B2
A method and a device in a UE and a base station used for wireless communication are provided. First information and a first target signal are received, the first information indicates a listening type; it's determined whether a first time-frequency resource is used for wireless transmission based on the listening type indicated by the first information; if yes, a first radio signal is transmitted with a first power on the first time-frequency resource; wherein if the listening type indicated by the first information is a first listening type, the first power cannot exceed a first maximum transmitting power, receiving quality of the first target signal is used for determining the first maximum transmitting power; if the listening type indicated by the first information is a second listening type, the first power cannot exceed a second maximum transmitting power. The method ensures equity and improves transmission efficiency and spectral utilization ratio.
US10945235B2
A first radio terminal transmits and receives a radio signal by using a limited frequency band limited to a bandwidth of a predetermined number of resource blocks. A second radio terminal transmits and receives a radio signal by using a frequency band wider than the limited frequency band. A base station transmits configuration information of SC-MTCH by SC-MCCH. The base station sets a first period to the first radio terminal and sets a second period shorter than the first period to the second radio terminal as an SC-MCCH change period in which the configuration information of the SC-MTCH can be changed. The base station receives an MBMS interest indication from the first radio terminal, the first radio terminal being in a connected mode, and determines whether or not to shift the first radio terminal to an idle mode based on the MBMS interest indication.
US10945232B2
A computer device may include a processor configured to detect a condition to page a user equipment (UE) device, retrieve mobility category information associated with the UE device from a mobility database, and use the retrieved mobility category information to determine a paging policy. The computer device may be further configured to select a number of base station cells to which the computer device is to send a paging message based on the determined paging policy and page the UE device using the selected number of base station cells.
US10945224B2
A base station and terminal use methods of obtaining synchronization and system information in a wireless communication system. An operation of a base station includes generating a synchronization signal to be transmitted through a Synchronization Channel (SCH), generating a broadcast signal to be transmitted through a Broadcast Channel (BCH), and transmitting repetitively the SCH and the BCH by performing beamforming on the channels with different transmission beams.
US10945223B2
The time of transmission and reception between stations A and B is exchanged, and any deviation in time is calculated in a corresponding manner in the stations. Using the transmission time TXA from station A to B, the transmission time TYB from station B to A, the time TXB of a clock at station B in a transmission from station A to station B, and the clock time TYA at station A in a transmission from station B to A, the following are measured in sequence: 1) station A records the time TXA at which TXA and TYA were transmitted, 2) station B measures the time TXB at which TXA and TYA were received, 3) station B records the time TYB at which TXB and TYB were transmitted, and 4) station A measures the time TYA at which TXB and TYB were received, the transfer time between stations A and B being derived at each station on the basis of the average of the increase ΔTXB-A from TXA to TXB and the increase ΔTYA-B from TYB to TYA, or the deviation in time for a transfer between stations A and B being determined by subtracting the increase ΔTXB-A from the transfer time. The transmission time TXA from station A to B may also be measured using a reflection signal from a transmission terminal.
US10945217B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for controlling uplink transmission power in a multiple element carrier wave system. The method for controlling uplink transmission power by a terminal in a multiple element carrier wave system includes the steps of: generating an uplink signal to be transmitted in a first serving cell; receiving, from a base station, random access start information for commanding the start of a random access procedure for a second serving cell; calculating the estimated surplus power from first transmission power scheduled for an uplink signal transmission, and second transmission power scheduled for a transmission of a PRACH to which a random access preamble is mapped; and when the estimated surplus power is smaller than a threshold power, adjusting the first transmission power or the second transmission power on the basis of power allocation priority.
US10945216B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for uplink power control. One method includes receiving uplink power control parameters. The method includes determining a first transmit power for the first uplink transmission based on a corresponding first set of uplink power control parameters. The method includes determining a second transmit power for the second uplink transmission based on a corresponding second set of uplink power control parameters. The method includes performing the first uplink transmission using a first uplink transmission beam pattern or a first spatial domain transmission filter based on the first transmit power. The method includes performing the second uplink transmission using a second uplink transmission beam pattern or a second spatial domain transmission filter based on the second transmit power.
US10945203B2
This application provides a wake-up method, a station, and an access point. The method is performed in a communications system. The communications system can include an access point (AP) and at least one station (STA). The AP includes a wake-up transceiver (WUR) and a main transceiver. The method can include determining, by a first STA, that the AP is in a sleep state, where when the AP is in the sleep state, the main transceiver of the AP is in an off state. The method can also include transmitting, by the first STA, a wake-up frame to the WUR of the AP, where the wake-up frame triggers the WUR of the AP to wake up the main transceiver of the AP. Therefore, an uplink data transmission latency can be reduced.
US10945195B2
A method and apparatus for allocating resources to a low cost user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. A base station (BS) allocates resource blocks including a punctured direct current (DC) subcarrier to a low cost UE, and communicating with the low cost UE by using the allocated resource blocks. The allocated resource blocks may not be located at center of a set of resource blocks that the low cost UE can access at a given subframe.
US10945193B2
The present invention provides a congestion control method and apparatus. The method includes: sending, by a user equipment, a first network connection request to a network device of a first mobile network; receiving, by the user equipment, a first network connection rejection message from the network device, where the first network connection rejection message includes network switching indication information, where the network switching indication information is used for instructing the user equipment to switch to a second mobile network, and the network switching indication information is from a subscription manager SM; and accessing, by the user equipment, the second mobile network according to the network switching indication information. The present invention ensures normal execution of a service on an eUICC user equipment when network congestion occurs.
US10945191B2
Techniques for connectivity using a geographic phone number are described. According to various implementations, techniques described herein enable various policies pertaining to the use of telephone numbers at different locations to be enforced. For instance, techniques described herein enable a client device that is outside of a permitted geographic area for a geographic phone number to use a non-geographic phone number to connect a call, while the call can be routed using the geographic phone number.
US10945190B2
Techniques are disclosed for predictive media streaming using microlocation. Microlocations of a mobile device can be determined by measuring one or more sensor values at one or more times, the one or more sensor values are determined from one or more signals emitted by a corresponding one or more signal sources. Streaming events can be stored at the mobile device. Each streaming event may include a destination device for playing media and a cluster location, the cluster location corresponding to sensor values that are spatially near each other. A selection of a media item is detected and one or more current sensor values are measured. A current cluster location can be identified using the one or more current sensor value. The current cluster location and the streaming events can identify a particular destination device for playing the selected media item.
US10945185B2
A method and apparatus for supporting a fast link recovery and link status reporting in a wireless communication system is provided. When a node detects a radio link problem on a wireless backhaul link between integrated access and backhaul (IAB) nodes from the node to a donor node of an TAB network, the node reselects a cell operated by a gNB which is directly connected to the donor node, and performs a random access procedure towards the cell operated by the gNB to report information on the radio link problem to the cell. The donor node may establish a new path for the node.
US10945176B2
Embodiments of the disclosure generally relate to primary cell change. A network device detects whether layer 2 context being kept and/or one or more serving secondary cells remain for a primary cell change for a terminal device. Then, the network device configures a message indicating the primary cell change based on the detecting and transmits the message to the terminal device. The time period of primary cell change can be reduced efficiently and the data transmission during the primary cell change can be optimized.
US10945171B2
Techniques are described for improving handover performance in the context of UEs incorporated into unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs, a.k.a., drones). A database is constructed that relates locations in a three-dimensional flying space to handover information that may include optimum scanning directions, optimum handover parameters, and/or optimum target cells to be monitored for possible handover.
US10945168B2
A UE receives a handover command from a source eNB, and transmits a handover indication message to the source eNB while maintaining a connection to the source eNB. After transmitting the handover indication message, the UE disconnects the connection to the source eNB. Further, the UE accesses to a target eNB. A handover command includes information indicating timing advance if a handover without a random access procedure is configured.
US10945161B2
According to one configuration, a communication management resource in a wireless network environment records a location of a wireless base station. The communication management resource then defines a region of wireless coverage provided by the wireless base station based on feedback received from the wireless base station. For example, in one arrangement, the user equipment provides performance metrics to the wireless base station. The wireless base station uses the performance metrics to determine boundaries associated with a region of wireless coverage provided by the wireless base station. The wireless base station communicates the boundary information to the communication management resource. Subsequent to identifying the location of the wireless base station and defining the determined region of wireless coverage associated with the wireless base station, the communication management resource then controls allocation of wireless bandwidth in a vicinity of the region of wireless coverage to protect the wireless base station from interference.
US10945158B2
In wireless communications for a 20 megahertz (MHz) channel bandwidth, a first device may determine a high efficiency long training field (HE-LTF) mode. The first device may generate an HE-LTF symbol by using a portion or an entirety of an HE-LTF sequence corresponding to the channel bandwidth and HE-LTF mode. The first device may transmit, in the channel bandwidth, a high efficiency physical layer protocol data unit (HE PPDU) that includes the HE-LTF symbol. A second device may receive, in the 20 MHz channel bandwidth, a downlink HE PPDU that includes an HE-LTF symbol. The second device may obtain, from the HE-LTF symbol, a portion or an entirety of an HE-LTF sequence corresponding to the channel bandwidth and an HE-LTF mode of the HE-LTF symbol. The downlink HE PPDU may be the HE PPDU from the first device. Other methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10945157B2
A method for transmitting a frame includes generating an omni portion of the frame, the omni portion including a non-beamformed long training field and a signal field, the non-beamformed long training field including channel estimation information used to decode the signal field, the non-beamformed long training field configured to be transmitted through one of multiple antennas and multiple streams. The method also includes generating a multi-stream portion of the frame, the multi-stream portion including a data field and a multi-stream long training field, the multi-stream long training field including station-specific decoding information for station-specific data in the data field. The method further includes applying a beamforming indicator to the signal field of the omni portion, and transmitting the frame.
US10945156B2
Control techniques of broadcast information reception operations at user equipment having coverage enhancement functionalities are disclosed. One aspect of the present invention relates to user equipment, comprising: a transmission and reception unit configured to transmit and receive radio signals to/from a base station; and a broadcast information combination unit configured to receive system information blocks from a cell across multiple windows.
US10945154B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for performing a buffer status reporting in a D2D communication system, the method comprising: configuring a plurality of sidelink logical channels, wherein each of the plurality of sidelink logical channels has an associated priority and belongs to a LCG, and one or more of LCGs belong to a ProSe Destination; generating a SL BSR MAC CE including buffer sizes of LCGs in decreasing order of a LCG priority, wherein the LCG priority of a LCG is determined as a highest priority of a logical channel among priorities of logical channels belonging to the LCG; and transmitting a MAC PDU including the SL BSR MAC CE.
US10945151B2
A data transmission rate control terminal device receives beam indication information and scheduling information from a base station. The terminal device determines at least one beam based on a set of N candidate beam pair links (BPLs). The terminal device determines second modulation and coding indication information according to first modulation and coding indication information, and the terminal device transmits data on the at least one beam according to resource indication information and the second modulation and coding indication information.
US10945150B2
Disclosed are methods, circuits, devices, systems and associated computer executable code for operating a wireless communication network. According to embodiments of the present invention, one or more network appliances functioning within a Radio Access Network (RAN), at or near an access point, of an exemplary network may identify within a multiplexed downstream communication line leading towards a wireless access point a packet stream addressed to a destination mobile communication device communicatively coupled to the access point and located within a sector or portion of a coverage area of the access point. The same or another appliance may correlate an identifier of the packet stream destination device with an estimated device location within the coverage area along with an associated coverage area sector. By measuring one or more packet stream parameters of the identified packet stream, an estimate of a data service capacity level providable within the specific sector may be estimated and used to adjust network communication resource allocation.
US10945148B2
A method for handling measurements by a wireless device (130) on a set of serving cells comprising a first cell (121). The wireless device (130) determines (202) one or more types of signals to perform measurements on for each cell in the set. The determination is based on an obtained configuration, per configured event, of one or more events, each setting a condition to trigger a measurement report. At least one of the events is configured in at least one reportConfig linked to a measurement object whose RS Type within the reportConfig is set to one type of signal. The wireless device (130) determines to perform the measurements on the one type of signal that is set. The wireless device (130) then initiates (203) sending an indication to a network node (110) serving the wireless device (130). The indication is based on the measurements on the determined one or more types of signals.
US10945140B1
An automated antenna testing device is disclosed. A carrying stand for objects-to-be-tested to be carried thereon, and an antenna stand corresponding to the carrying stand are installed in a receiving space of a cavity part on a machine part, and a conveyance device for moving the objects-to-be-tested to the carrying stand is installed on the machine part. The conveyance device and the cavity part are installed independently, therefore, an OTA testing environment can be prevented from being affected by external factors.
US10945123B2
Provided are a method for receiving, by a base station, a user equipment identity (UE ID) in a wireless communication system, and a device for supporting the same. The base station transmits, to a mobility management entity (MME), uplink data and release assistance information transmitted by the UE and receives the UE ID from the MME, wherein the release assistance information can indicate whether transmission of downlink data according to transmission of uplink data is expected.
US10945118B2
A communication system is disclosed in which a control node generates configuration data for each of a plurality of MMEs operating in overlay networks. The configuration data defines a type of user equipment (UE) or a type of UE traffic to be serviced by each MME. The MME configuration data is provided to a base station and used to control selection of an MME to service a request from a UE. The control node monitors network traffic within and across the overlay networks and can reconfigure one or more MMEs to service different UE traffic types. This allows for improved flexibility in load balancing with overlay networks.
US10945117B1
Provided are methods of detecting a Diameter spoofing attack. According to an embodiment, the method comprises, obtaining a normal International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) from a packet of a Diameter S6a protocol transmitted from a Mobile Management Entity (MME) to a Home Subscriber Server (HSS) of a home network, adding a record comprising the normal IMSI to a session table, obtaining an Insert Subscriber Data Request (IDR) message of the Diameter S6a protocol and determining a category of the IDR message.
US10945116B2
A method of controlling an inter-vehicle communication system includes: monitoring a current situation based on at least one piece of input information; determining whether the current situation corresponds to an emergency condition; preparing a message corresponding to the emergency condition upon determining that the current situation corresponds to the emergency condition; and broadcasting the prepared message to at least one neighboring vehicle.
US10945113B2
An airtime card and associated methods of using the airtime card for the sale and/or authorization of wireless services is disclosed. The methods and airtime card include the use of an airtime card with a near field communication tag with a unique identifier code used to improve a user's experience and ease of authorization/provisioning of services for the wireless device. In some aspects, the unique identifier may be protected by a security code programmed at the point-of-sale of the airtime card. The services to be purchased and authorized may include at least one of the following: out of the box activation, device upgrades, device reactivations, wireless number changes, wireless number porting, and the addition or purchasing of services including airtime, data, and/or SMS enrollments or data content.
US10945111B1
In one aspect, a system for receiving communications while a user operates a motor vehicle is provided. The system may include (1) a Bluetooth interface configured to establish a connection to a Bluetooth device associated with the motor vehicle, (2) a wireless communication interface configured to receive a wireless communication from a remote device, and (3) a processor coupled to the wireless communication interface and the Bluetooth interface, and configured to: (a) determine the user is operating the motor vehicle based upon the connection to the Bluetooth device, and (b) suppress a notification of the user of receipt of the wireless communication while the user is operating the motor vehicle.
US10945110B2
Disclosed herein is a mobile phone with the Near Field Communication (NFC) technology and method of operating the mobile phone. The mobile phone includes a display; a baseband chip; a near field communication (NFC) module comprising an RF antenna, an NFC tag circuit and an NFC main chip; and the RF antenna configured to receive incoming RF signals.
US10945109B2
A wireless water timer and valve control system includes a control unit in wireless WiFi communication with a router and a valve unit in wireless communication with the control unit and designed to connect to a faucet. The valve unit includes a valve that is operated wirelessly via a signal received by the control unit.
US10945108B2
Based on control data (1002) indicative of a user engagement in a mobile edge application (1001) which is being executed on a source mobile edge server (201-203) of a mobile edge system (200) and on a terminal (130), relocation of the mobile edge application (1001) from the source mobile edge server (201-203) to a target mobile edge server (201-203) is facilitated.
US10945106B1
Methods and systems are provided for a transportation vehicle. One method includes detecting a location of a personal electronic device (PED) on a transportation vehicle based on a signal transmitted by a wireless beacon to the PED; using sensor data to automatically determine usage of a resource on the transportation vehicle, the resource including on the transportation vehicle at least one of a lavatory, a passenger seat, a luggage bin, and a cart; indicating a status of the resource to the PED based on the determined usage; and updating a data store for tracking the usage, after an action is taken associated with the resource, in response to receiving the status.
US10945104B2
A charging method includes: determining, by a control plane function entity (CP), that a data flow that is transmitted by user equipment (UE) on a first data session needs to be migrated to a second data session; charging, by the CP, the data flow on the first UP through a first charging session between the CP and a charging system; obtaining, by the CP, charging information of the data flow before the migration that is counted by the first UP; and determining, by the CP, a quota that is used for the data flow after the migration is necessary to be delivered to the second UP, and delivering the quota to the second UP, thereby charging a service data flow of a user in a case of migration between user planes.
US10945098B2
Methods, systems, user interfaces, media, and devices are described for sharing the location of participants of a communication session established via a messaging system. Consistent with some embodiments, an electronic communication containing location information is received from a location sensor coupled to a first client device. A current location of the first user is determined based on the location information. A current location of the first user is displayed, on a display screen of a second client device, the current location of the first user being displayed within a messaging UI during a communication session between the computing device and the second computing device. The location information may be updated during the communication session as messages are exchanged and as a current location changes. Various embodiments may include additional information with the current location, such as a time period associated with the location, or other such information.
US10945096B2
Mobility observations may be analyzed to create so-called mobility genes, which may be intermediate data forms from which various analyses may be performed. The mobility genes may include a trajectory gene, which may describe a trajectory through which a user may have travelled. The trajectory gene may be analyzed from raw location observations and processed into a form that may be more easily managed. The trajectory genes may be made available to third parties for analysis, and may represent a large number of location observations that may have been condensed, smoothed, and anonymized. By analyzing only trajectories, a third party may forego having to analyze huge numbers of individual observations, and may have valuable data from which to make decisions.
US10945094B2
Methods, systems, and mobile devices for providing users with social media-related information about other users based on the relative geographic locations of the users.
US10945093B2
The principles described herein provide methods and systems for locating a tracking device. In particular, one disclosed method includes associating a user with a tracking device, receiving an indication that the tracking device is lost, setting a flag indicating that the tracking device is lost, receiving a location within a proximity of the tracking device from one of a plurality of mobile devices associated with a community of users, and providing the location to the user.
US10945083B2
The invention relates to a communication system comprising a hearing aid, a communication unit, a relay server, a rule processing server, and at least one external device, wherein the rule processing server comprises a data communication interface to communicate with said relay server and with a plurality of external devices over a plurality of data communication channels, a rule processor, and a rule base comprising a set of rules, each rule defining an action to be triggered in response to a trigger event. Said rule processor is configured to generate an action request signal in response to an event signal representing a trigger event. Said action request signal is configured to cause an action of at least one of the hearing aid, the communication unit, the relay server or the external device, and wherein said action request signal carries information that designates at least one of said devices and at least one action to be performed of said at least one device. Said communication system further comprises an event detector that is configured to detect a trigger event and to generate the event signal in response to a detection of the trigger event.
US10945076B2
This disclosure includes several different features suitable for use in circumaural and supra-aural headphones designs. Designs that reduce the size of headphones and allow for small form-factor storage configurations are discussed. User convenience features that include synchronizing earpiece stem positions and automatically detecting the orientation of the headphones on a user's head are also discussed. Various power-saving features, design features, sensor configurations and user comfort features are also discussed.
US10945074B2
A system may include an input configured to receive an audio signal, a filter having a negative group delay within a range of frequencies which are human-audible, the filter configured to receive the audio signal and filter the audio signal to generate a filtered audio signal, and a modulator configured to receive the filtered audio signal and modulate the filtered audio signal to generate a modulated filtered audio signal for communication over a digital interface.
US10945071B1
A method for sound collection includes: converting time domain signals with a number of M collected by devices for sound collecting with a number of M into original frequency domain signals with a number of M; performing beam-forming on the M original frequency domain signals at each of preset grid points, to obtain beam-forming frequency domain signals with a number of N in one-to-one correspondence with the preset grid points; determining an average amplitude of frequency components with a number of N corresponding to each of frequency points with a number of K based on the beam-forming frequency domain signals with a number of N, and synthesizing a synthesized frequency domain signal including the frequency points and having an average amplitude as an amplitude at the each of the frequency points with a number of K; and converting the synthesized frequency domain signal into a synthesized time domain signal.
US10945070B2
An unmanned aircraft includes: a sensor that includes at least a microphone that generates sound data; and a processor. The processor determines the quality of a target sound by use of the sound data generated by the microphone, identifies a sound source direction from the unmanned aircraft to the sound source of the target sound by use of data generated by the sensor, and controls an unmanned aircraft state that is a state of the unmanned aircraft such that a direction of a sound pickup area is aligned with the sound source direction, in accordance with the determined quality. The sound pickup area is a range in which sound pickup quality of the microphone is higher than that of another area.
US10945066B2
A vibration-proof structure and electronic device utilizing the same is disclosed. The electronic device includes a housing in which a display or a circuit board is mounted. The electronic device further includes a vibration-generating component mounted within the housing a vibration-proof member coupled with the vibration-generating component, the vibration-proof member having an insertion hole formed centrally therein, and a fixing protrusion protruding from a surface of the housing, the fixing protrusion having an extended shoulder disposed at an end of the fixing protrusion, and inserted into the insertion hole of the vibration-proof member to dampen vibrations from the vibration-generating component when the housing is coupled to the vibration-proof member and the vibration-generating component.
US10945065B2
Disclosed is a display apparatus including a display panel configured to display an image by emitting light, a rear surface structure configured to surround lateral and rear surfaces of the display panel, a vibration generating device connected with the rear surface structure and configured to vibrate the display panel, a rear sound emitting portion between the display panel and the rear surface structure, a rear sound guide between the display panel and the rear surface structure to surround the vibration generating device in a spiral shape and configured to connect with the rear sound emitting portion.
US10945061B2
A protective cover assembly is disclosed that includes a membrane and a layered assembly bonded to the membrane. The membrane is positioned in an acoustic pathway and has a first side and a second side, the first side facing toward an acoustic cavity and the second side of the membrane facing toward an opening of the acoustic pathway. The layered assembly includes at least one curable support layer bonded to a side of the membrane formed of a polymer adhesive and defining at least a portion of a wall for the acoustic pathway.
US10945060B2
A microphone assembly includes a printed circuit board that defines a tab that is configured to extend into an opening defined by a substrate layer of a headliner. The microphone assembly includes a microphone element mounted on the tab. The microphone assembly includes a sealing element that surrounds the tab and the microphone element and is configured to fill the opening and define an air path from a cabin side of the substrate layer to the printed circuit board or the microphone element.
US10945058B2
Speaker performance may be improved by increasing the effective acoustic chamber volume by fluidically connecting a speaker chamber containing a speaker with a mechanical housing. Additionally, the performance of left and right speakers may be balanced. Such balancing may be through equalization of the left and right speakers, balancing the acoustic impedance through sizing the openings between the speaker chambers and mechanical housings, and/or balancing of acoustic volumes within the speakers through use of ballast or acoustic expansion material to increase or decrease the effective acoustic volume of one of the speakers.
US10945052B2
Methods and systems for providing information to a user are described. Multiple mobile devices can individually collect data and feed the data to beacons in a location. The information can include sound data, light data, motion data, health and wellness related data, humidity data, and/or temperature data. The beacons receive this data from multiple users and transmit it to a service provider. The service provider collects the data from the beacons and provides the data to one or more users.
US10945033B2
The present invention provides a method for customizing video based on viewer behaviors, by performing the following steps: receiving/preparing plurality variations of customized video related to one video template, wherein each video variation has different features including at least one of: different scenario scene, different characters, different style, different objects displaying plurality of video variations to plurality of viewers; tracking viewer behavior while watching the video and after watching the video, wherein the viewers are identified by their profile in relation to real time context parameters; grading viewer behavior based on predefined viewers target (behavior) criteria; training a neural network to select video variants having specific features per each video presentation of a specific customizable video template in relation to viewer profile and context parameters, for maximizing viewer behavior grading in relation to said video variant. applying said neural network to a given viewer profile to determine for specific video template the video features for maximizing viewer behavior grading; streaming the determined a video based on determined video features.
US10945025B1
A content provider may receive an indication for supplemental content to be output to a target audience, determine a first content item to be viewed by the target audience based on one or more characteristics of the target audience, and may send an indication for the supplemental content to be output at a time associated with the output of the first content item. The content provider may determine a quantity of devices which output the supplemental content for a first time and may determine that this quantity of devices is below a target quantity of devices to output the supplemental content for the first time during a particular time period. The content provider may determine a second content item to be viewed by the target audience and may send an indication for the supplemental content to be output at a time associated with output of the second content item.
US10945015B2
A transmitting method according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes transmitting a first stream, the first stream including: timing update identification information id1 indicating whether or not a correspondence relationship between a first reference clock and a second reference clock has been updated, the first reference clock being used to transmit and receive the first stream, and the second reference clock being used to transmit and receive a second stream related to another content to be reproduced in synchronization with the content related to the first stream; a first time according to the first reference clock; and a second time according to the second reference clock, the second time being associated with the first time based on the updated correspondence relationship.
US10945011B2
A computer-implemented method of using video program viewer interaction data that has been loaded to a media measurement database as input to a measurement engine which then calculates Linear, DVR, and VOD asset viewing activity at three levels: (a) Video Program, (b) Video Program Airing, (c) Video Program Airing Segment, where each level provides summary metrics for groupings of Demographic, Geographic, and/or Device Characteristic, and also second-by-second viewing metrics, including counting advertising impressions, within the Demographic, Geographic, Device groupings. System also accounts for reduced value of ad viewing when viewer is using trick plays or when viewer delays viewing recorded content. Together these metrics provide detailed information on customer viewing behavior which can be used to drive business decisions for service providers, advertisers, and content producers. Additionally, a viewing histogram analysis is produced.
US10945007B2
The present disclosure provides a data transmission method of a system in an IP based broadcasting network, the data transmission method comprising the steps of: generating an MPEG media transport protocol (MMTP) packet using a media processing unit (MPU) for a service; generating an IP packet using the MMTP packet; generating a layer 2 (L2) packet using the IP packet and generating a layer 1 (L1) packet stream using the L2 packet; and transmitting the L1 packet stream, wherein absolute time information of the system is included in one of a transmission frame of the L1 packet stream and the L2 packet.
US10945005B2
A method is provided for presenting a program having a selected program rating when a user request is received through a client device to present a program at a selected program rating level. A version of the program is selected from among a plurality of different versions which corresponds to the selected program rating level. The selected version of the program is caused to be presented on a display device associated with the client device.
US10944997B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide a method of video coding includes receiving input data associated with a first block and a second block of an image frame. The method further includes identifying a reference size and performing a deblocking process if it is determined that the deblocking process is to be performed. The preforming the deblocking process may include processing pixels adjacent to the block boundary using a first set of deblocking filter settings if a first block size of the first block and a second block size of the second block are greater than the reference size, and processing the pixels using a second set of deblocking filter settings if the first block size or the second block size is not greater than the reference size.
US10944995B2
A decoding apparatus is provided. The decoding apparatus includes a communication unit for receiving multiple encoding data respectively corresponding to multiple areas constituting one image, and reference data including attribute information of each of the multiple areas, and a processor for generating multiple divided images by decoding the multiple encoding data respectively, changing the resolutions of some divided images among the multiple divided images on the basis of the received attribute information, and generating a reconstructed image by merging the some divided images having the changed resolutions and the remaining divided images.
US10944994B2
In one aspect, a compressed video bit stream is received and divided into packets that comprise either video data or supplemental information. Each packet is marked with a first subset identifier associated with a corresponding bit stream subset. A first sequence parameter set (SPS) is marked with the same first subset identifier as its associated bit stream subset. The first SPS comprises a second subset identifier indicating a decoding dependency of the bit stream subset associated with the first subset identifier on a bit stream subset associated with the second subset identifier. In another aspect, the packets from the bit stream are received and the first SPS is extracted. The first and second subset identifiers are used as relevant subset identifiers, and for each received packet, the first subset identifier is inspected and the packet is extracted when the first subset identifier matches one of the relevant subset identifiers.
US10944987B2
An embodiment of a motion estimator apparatus may include technology to receive a compound message, and perform rate distortion estimation and check refinement for two or more coding unit descriptions for a source block based on the received compound message. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
US10944972B2
An apparatus for encoding image data, the image data being decomposed into a plurality of different subbands, each subband having a plurality of coefficients, wherein a precinct has different sets of coefficients from different subbands, wherein two sets of coefficients of a first precinct belong to a first spatial region of an image represented by the image data, the apparatus having: a processor for determining, for each group of coefficients within a set, a greatest coded line index (GCLI); an encoder for encoding the greatest coded line indices associated with a first set of the first precinct in accordance with a first encoding mode, and for encoding the greatest coded line indices associated with a second set of the first precinct in accordance with a second encoding mode, the second encoding mode being different from the first encoding mode; and an output interface for outputting an encoded image signal having data on the encoded greatest coded line indices and data on the coefficients.
US10944971B1
A low-complexity method and apparatus for frame accurate field of view switching for virtual reality systems may be used principally for streaming virtual reality data systems, allowing optimal and consistent quality for field of view based VR streaming engines. The method and apparatus may also be used for other virtual reality data systems.
US10944963B2
A method and apparatus for decoding JVET video, including receiving a bitstream, and parsing said bitstream to identify a syntax element indicating an intra direction mode to use for generating at least one predictor. The intra direction mode is a first intra direction mode in a plurality of intra direction modes that includes at least one weighted intra direction mode that corresponds to a non-weighted intra direction mode. The syntax element may identify whether to use a non-weighted or weighted intra direction mode to generate the at least one predictor. Thus, the coding unit may be coded in accordance with the at least one generated predictor associated with the selected intra direction mode.
US10944962B2
A method and apparatus use a geometric modified image for video encoding/decoding. The encoding method may include: generating a geometric modified reference picture by geometrically modifying a reference picture; generating a prediction block of a current block within an encoding target picture by performing inter prediction by referencing the reference picture or the geometrically modified reference picture; and encoding inter-prediction information of the current block.
US10944961B2
Systems and methods for dynamically calibrating an array camera to accommodate variations in geometry that can occur throughout its operational life are disclosed. The dynamic calibration processes can include acquiring a set of images of a scene and identifying corresponding features within the images. Geometric calibration data can be used to rectify the images and determine residual vectors for the geometric calibration data at locations where corresponding features are observed. The residual vectors can then be used to determine updated geometric calibration data for the camera array. In several embodiments, the residual vectors are used to generate a residual vector calibration data field that updates the geometric calibration data. In many embodiments, the residual vectors are used to select a set of geometric calibration from amongst a number of different sets of geometric calibration data that is the best fit for the current geometry of the camera array.
US10944952B2
An apparatus comprises receiver (101) receiving a light intensity image, confidence map, and image property map. A filter unit (103) is arranged to filter the image property map in response to the light intensity image and the confidence map. Specifically, for a first position, the filter unit (103) determines a combined neighborhood image property value in response to a weighted combination of neighborhood image property values in a neighborhood around the first position, the weight for a first neighborhood image property value at a second position being dependent on a confidence value for the first neighborhood image property value and a difference between light intensity values for the first position and for the second position; and determines a first filtered image property value for the first position as a combination of a first image property value at the first position in the image property map and the combined neighbor image property value.
US10944950B2
Systems and methods are provided for transmitting functional safety statistics within a system. A video source produces a video data stream. A functional safety system driver accumulates functional safety statistics from at least one system and writes the functional safety statistics onto an associated system memory. A display sub-system driver writes a frame of the video data stream to the system memory. The display sub-system driver formats the functional safety statistics as video data and appends the functional safety statistics to a portion of the frame of video that is reserved for the functional safety statistics. A display sub-system transmits the frame of the video data stream to a host processor, which extracts the functional safety statistics from the video frame.
US10944947B2
A processor device includes: an image acquisition unit that acquires a static image of an object to be observed; an embedding unit that embeds a correction profile, which is created by a creation unit according to tone change-related information about a change in the tone of the static image, in the static image; and an output unit that outputs the static image, in which the correction profile is embedded, to the outside. In an image display device, a static image in which a correction profile is embedded is received and correction is performed on the static image by using the correction profile. Then, the static image on which the subjected has been performed is displayed on a display.
US10944946B2
A method for setting up a projector (10) for a passenger cabin (4) of an aeroplane (2), wherein the passenger cabin (4) comprises a projection surface (14) with a known configuration (G) and the projector (10) in the passenger cabin (4) is in a known relative position (RP) with respect to the projection surface (14) in a mounting position (M), geometrical data (16) relating to the configuration (G) and relative position (RP) are received by the projector (10), and predistortion data (22) are determined from the geometrical data (16) according to an imaging rule (18) in order to predistort the images (12) and represent them as rectified images (12″) on the projection surface, and the projector (10) is set up by storing the predistortion data (22) in the projector (10). A projector (10) contains an imaging rule (18) and an input (20) for geometrical data (16), and is configured to carry out the method according to the invention and, during operation when set up, to predistort images (12) with the aid of the predistortion data (22) and to project them. A passenger cabin (4) having at least one projector (10) and at least one projection surface (14) has at least one of the projectors (10) according to the invention.
US10944943B2
An image sensor is disclosed. The image sensor includes a substrate including an active region and a dummy region, a plurality of unit pixels on the active region, a transparent conductive layer on a first surface of the substrate, a light-blocking layer on the transparent conductive layer and electrically connected to the transparent conductive layer, the light-blocking layer having a grid structure adjacent light transmission regions, and a pad electrically connected to the light-blocking layer, on the dummy region.
US10944941B2
A smart motion detection device with a determining method includes a memory, a processor, and a sensor array coupled to the memory and the processor. An image captured by the sensor array is processed by the processor. The sensor array is adapted to pre-store the image into the memory when the processor is operated in the sleep mode, and the pre-stored image is transmitted to the processor when the processor is operated in the wakeup mode. The sensor array includes a comparator adapted to generate an alarm signal for switching the processor from the sleep mode to the wakeup mode in accordance with a comparison result of the pre-stored image. The determining method includes the processor analyzing images captured by the sensor array when the sensor array is activated to capture the images, and the processor analyzing images pre-stored inside the memory when the sensor array is not activated.
US10944940B1
An intercom system for collective housing comprises a main entrance station with a camera, a residential entrance substation with a camera and a residential master station for each residence in the housing, a storage unit that stores videos (V1) of visitors shot by the camera of the main entrance station by associating the videos with residence IDs of the respective residences to visit, and a control unit. The control unit includes a check unit that checks the videos (V1) against a video (V2) shot by the camera of a residential entrance substation. If the check by the check unit indicates a match, the control unit compares the residence ID associated with the match stored in the storage unit with that of the residence in which a call button of the residential entrance substation has been operated. The operation of the call button is invalidated if the IDs are different.
US10944922B2
An imaging system is provided that includes a pixel array having a plurality of columns with rows of pixels and with each pixel having a plurality of photodiodes and a common readout circuit that stores respective accumulation voltages from each of the plurality of photodiodes. Moreover, the system includes row driver circuitry that control the pixel array for pixel addressing and readout, such that the respective accumulation voltages of the photodiodes is read out on a readout channel coupled to a bit line column, and a hybrid multiplexer that multiplexes and routes output signals from the pixel array to a video imaging device to be displayed thereon.
US10944919B2
An exemplary system includes a scene processing module configured to receive a single frame comprising a first set of pixel data comprising a first combined scene including a fluorescence scene component and a second set of pixel data comprising a second combined scene including a combination of a visible color component scene and the fluorescence scene component. The scene processing module is further configured to extract a display fluorescence scene component from the first combined scene and extract a display visible scene component from the second combined scene. The system further includes a display unit configured to generate, based on the display fluorescence scene component and the display visible scene component, a displayed scene.
US10944918B2
A rear-facing camera of an electronic mirror device acquires a rear image of an area to the rear of a vehicle, and a left rear-side facing camera and a right rear-side facing camera acquire rear side-images of areas to the rearward sides of the vehicle. An electronic mirror ECU then creates a normal synthesized image by synthesizing the rear image acquired by the rear-facing camera with the rear side-images acquired by the rear-side facing cameras, and then displays the normal synthesized image on a display unit. Additionally, the electronic mirror ECU creates a blind spot priority synthesized image in which the rear side-image that contains an image area corresponding to the object is superimposed onto the rear image, and switches the image displayed on the display unit to this blind spot priority synthesized image.
US10944912B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for reducing flickering artifacts in imaged light sources. Example methods may include receiving images corresponding to a scene captured by a camera; determining a light source in the scene using at least one artificial intelligence (AI)-based algorithm; determining, using an event-based camera, data representing flickering of the light source, the flickering having a frequency; determining, based on the data, that a time duration of overlap between an on state of the light source and an exposure time of the camera is below a threshold; and delaying the exposure time of the camera by a delay time to increase the time duration of overlap.
US10944902B2
Digital image generation through use of capture support data is described. In one example, an image capture device is configured to obtain capture support data from an imaging support system via a network through inclusion of a pre-capture system. The pre-capture system, for instance, is configured to obtain capture support data from an imaging support system via a network. The capture support data is configured for use by digital image processor along with raw image data received from an image sensor to generate a digital image, e.g., that is configured for rendering.
US10944901B2
A computerized method for computing the photo quality of a captured image in a device image acquisition system, comprising on-board combining of a plurality of quality indicators computed from said captured image and its previous image frames quality indicators and a confidence level for at least one of said quality indicators; and using a processor to determine, based on said combining, whether photo quality is acceptable and taking differential action depending on whether quality is or is not acceptable.
US10944898B1
A system for guiding image sensor angle settings in different environments. The system may include a memory storing executable instructions, and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to perform operations. The operations may include obtaining a plurality of synthetic images, the synthetic images representing a plurality of scenes; training a classification model to classify, based on the synthetic images, a plurality of images captured from an environment of a user by an image sensor; determining, based on the classification, whether the image sensor is positioned at a predetermined angle; and adjusting, based on the determination, a position of the image sensor.
US10944895B2
The accessory apparatus provides, with an image-capturing apparatus, a notification channel used for providing a notice from the image-capturing apparatus to the accessory apparatus, a first data communication channel used for data transmission from the accessory apparatus to the image-capturing apparatus, and a second data communication channel used for data transmission from the image-capturing apparatus to the accessory apparatus. An accessory controller acquires from a timer, in response to receiving a transmission request as the notice, a first time of receiving the transmission request and acquires, in response to receiving a specific command through the second data communication channel from the image-capturing apparatus, accessory information corresponding to the first time or a second time acquired based on the first time. The accessory controller transmits the accessory information to the image-capturing apparatus through the first data communication channel.
US10944893B1
Transferable mini-camera for a plurality of devices. In an embodiment, the mini-camera comprises a connector configured to attach to a socket and detach from the socket on a plurality of devices, a rechargeable battery configured to charge from each of the plurality of devices when the connector is attached to the socket of that device, a wireless transceiver configured to wirelessly communicate with a first device when the connector is detached from the socket of the first device, a camera configured to capture image data, and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to wirelessly transmit image data, captured by the camera, to the first device via the wireless transceiver, while the connector is attached to the socket of a second device and not the socket of the first device.
US10944886B2
There are provided a printing system, a method of generating a halftone processing rule, a method of acquiring a characteristic parameter, image processing device and method, a halftone processing rule, a halftone image, a method of manufacturing a printed material, an ink jet printing system, and a program which are capable of reducing an operation load of a user and acquiring a halftone processing rule appropriate for the printing system. A characteristic parameter acquisition chart including a pattern for acquiring characteristic parameters related to characteristics of the printing system is output, and the output characteristic parameter acquisition chart is read by image reading means. The characteristic parameters are acquired by analyzing the read image of the characteristic parameter acquisition chart, and halftone processing rules that define the processing contents of halftone processes used in the printing system are generated based on the acquired characteristic parameters.
US10944884B2
An imaging device includes: an imaging unit that divides an object to be imaged into multiple areas, and captures multiple divided images; a correcting unit that corrects the multiple divided images captured by the imaging unit; and a generating unit that generates one composite image by compositing the multiple divided images after being corrected by the correcting unit.
US10944883B2
An image forming apparatus includes an executing unit configured to, if there is a shortage of storage capacity for image information necessary to perform image formation, execute the image formation at a reduced image quality below a required image quality, and an informing unit configured to inform that image formation has been executed at a reduced image quality, and inform an effective measure to enable image formation that does not involve a reduction in image quality, the effective measure including at least one of making a setting change to storage capacity allocation and increasing storage capacity.
US10944881B2
A document transport assistance member for an image processing device including a transport roller and a reading part provided upstream of the transport roller in a transport path, the document transport assistance member including a cover sheet, a support sheet, and a bonding part that serves as a bonding part where the cover sheet and the support sheet are bonded together, and bonds a first end portion at a first direction side along a first axis, wherein a length between a side end of the document transport assistance member at the first direction side and a rear end of the bonding part at the opposite side from the first direction is greater than a length between a reading position where the reading part can read the document and a position of a nipping part where the transport roller performs nip on the document transport assistance member in the transport path.
US10944878B2
An image reading apparatus includes a manuscript reader, a communication device, a distance determination device, a manuscript leaving determination device, a controller, and an approaching person determination device. The manuscript leaving determination device determines whether a manuscript is left in the image reading apparatus. The communication device performs wireless communication with a portable device carried by a user. The approaching person determination device determines presence and absence of a person approaching the image reading apparatus. The controller transmits, to the portable device, warning information indicating a risk of information leakage when the distance determination device determines that a distance between the image reading device and the portable device has reached a predetermined first threshold value and the approaching person determination device determines that there is an approaching person in a state in which the manuscript leaving determination device has determined that a manuscript is left in the image reading apparatus.
US10944876B2
An image processing apparatus includes an operation unit having a display device, and includes a sensor to detect an abnormality of the operation unit. Where the sensor detects an operation unit abnormality, display data is generated for performing display including an error notification regarding the detected abnormality. The generated display data is provided to at least one of the display device and an information processing apparatus. In a case where (i) first data for performing display includes the error notification, includes an instruction portion to receive an instruction to continuously use the image processing apparatus, and is provided as provided display data, and (ii) an instruction to continuously use the image processing apparatus is received via the instruction portion, screen data is provided, in place of the generated display data, the provided display data for displaying a screen for using an the image processing apparatus function.
US10944873B2
Methods and systems for routing voice over internet protocol (VOIP) are described. A service provider may provide a VOIP infrastructure for routing VOIP calls. One or more other service providers may join the VOIP infrastructure. A computing device may identify the service provider servicing the VOIP calls and may further process the calls accordingly.
US10944866B2
A communications system according to certain embodiments includes a mobile device and a second type of communications system, such as a landline telephone system, that share usage information. The shared information can include call logs of in-coming and out-going calls, missed calls, text messages, address book information, GPS data, internet browsing data, and the like.
US10944863B2
A system may facilitate communication between a messaging platform associating a hash tag with a message and a content matching platform. A natural language processing (NLP) facility may produce at least one of an understanding, theme, emotion, and intent of a message. A metadata matching facility may identify candidate hash tags by determining similarity from a pool of hash tags with an output of the NLP, where the content matching facility communicates at least one of the candidate hash tags to the messaging platform. In another aspect, a method may include communicating a message to a content matching platform, and processing text of the message with NLP to generate NLP output including at least one of a theme, understanding, intent, and emotion of the message. A candidate hash tag may then be determined and communicated based on similarity of the NLP output with a plurality of hash tags.
US10944848B2
A content distribution network includes a first server in communication with an anycast server that provides content via a unicast signal, and with a multicast server that provides the content via a multicast signal. The first server is configured to receive a list of source addresses associated with the content, and to provide a metadata file including an anycast Internet protocol address of the anycast server from the list of source addresses as an Internet protocol address of the content in response to a first request for the content. When the number of client devices requesting the content exceeds a first threshold, the first server receives an updated list of sources including a multicast Internet protocol address of a multicast server, and provides the multicast Internet protocol address of the multicast server as the Internet protocol address of the content in the metadata file.
US10944837B2
A method of registering distributed devices includes discovering a plurality of devices at a central panel or server, localizing the devices, and authorizing the devices with a mobile device communicating with the central panel or server. The method also includes registering the devices with the central panel. The model can include verifying link quality with each of the devices before registering the devices with the central panel by comparing signal quality between each device and a central panel with a pre-defined threshold level.
US10944834B1
A socket service may be used to link a peer socket to another peer socket. The peer socket is for communicating data to and from a client device and the other peer socket is for communicating data to and from another client device. If a socket opens and the corresponding peer socket is not yet open then the socket waits for the corresponding peer socket to open. When a client device requests a socket to be opened, the client device requests a particular client-defined function mapping to be associated with the socket. When the socket is opened, the endpoint specified in the client-defined function mapping is invoked. An identifier associated with the client device is sent to the endpoint. If the endpoint returns a socket identifier for another socket, then the socket service links the peer socket to the other peer socket, linking the client device to another client device.
US10944811B2
Network traffic in a cloud computing system is monitored in response to a request to capture network traffic of a tenant port of a first virtual machine (VM) executing in the cloud computing system, wherein the first VM is associated with a first tenant organization different from a second organization managing the cloud computing system. A decapsulating VM having a first network interface and a second network interface is instantiated, wherein the decapsulating VM is inaccessible to the first tenant organization. An encapsulated port mirroring session from the tenant port of the first VM to the first network interface of the decapsulating VM is then established. A plurality of packets comprising captured network traffic received via the encapsulated port mirroring session are decapsulated, and the captured network traffic is forwarded via the second network interface of the decapsulating VM to a sniffer VM.
US10944809B2
Described are examples for obtaining data from a single stream output. An indication of requested data from multiple stream sources can be received from an application. A single stream output including one or more output frames can be received from a stream server where at least one output frame includes at least data from each of the multiple stream sources. The requested data can be extracted from the single stream output and provided to the application.
US10944807B2
Implementations are provided herein for organizing present and future reads from a tiered streaming data storage layer. Implementations allow for access to multi-tiered streaming data organized in different append-only segments, some of which may be related to each other. Streaming data can be read from fast local tier 1 storage, streaming data can be retrieved from fold tier 2 storage, and registrations can be made to read streaming data that has not yet been written to the storage layer.
US10944806B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system for indicating a program boundary in an adaptive bitrate media stream, where the system includes a memory and a processor that performs operations including generating multiple transcoded media output streams of different bit rates from an input linear media stream, fragmenting the multiple transcoded media output streams into chunks, detecting a program boundary in the input linear media stream, and supplying a program change indicator in a manifest file for implementing program change features in mobile communication devices. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10944803B1
A resident of a controlled-environment facility is provided with messaging-initiated interactive sessions. A non-resident records a message for a resident. At a later time, the resident requests use of a resident device. Use of the resident device is authorized and the resident is notified of the message from the non-resident. The message is presented to the resident for review via the resident device. If requested by the resident, approval for an interactive session between the resident and the non-resident is determined. The immediate availability of the non-resident for the requested interactive session is determined. If the non-resident is available, a request is issued to the non-resident for the approved interactive session. The non-resident may be notified of the remaining time the resident has access has access to the resident device and may be presented an option for the approved interactive session during this time window.
US10944796B2
Techniques for providing network slice-based security in mobile networks (e.g., service provider networks for mobile subscribers) are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system/process/computer program product for network slice-based security in mobile networks in accordance with some embodiments includes monitoring network traffic on a service provider network at a security platform to identify a new session, wherein the service provider network includes a 5G network or a converged 5G network; extracting network slice information for user traffic associated with the new session at the security platform; and determining a security policy to apply at the security platform to the new session based on the network slice information.
US10944795B2
A system for cybersecurity rating using active and passive external reconnaissance, that uses a web crawler that sends message prompts to external hosts and receives responses from external hosts, a time-series data store that produces time-series data from the message responses, and a directed computational graph module that analyzes the time-series data to produce a weighted score representing the overall cybersecurity state of an organization.
US10944794B2
A system is disclosed herein including a plurality of information handling systems (IHSs) coupled to and managed by a remote management system (RMS). According to one embodiment, each IHS may be configured to monitor data pertaining to the IHS, determine if the data triggers one or more events, and transmit a notification to the RMS if one or more events are triggered. The RMS may be configured to receive a notification transmitted from at least one IHS, select a policy to be applied to one or more of the IHSs based on the received notification, and transmit the selected policy to the one or more IHS s. The one or more IHSs may be further configured to receive the selected policy from the RMS, store the selected policy, and perform actions specified by the selected policy when policy rules specified by the selected policy are violated.
US10944789B2
Phishing enhancement and phishing detection enhancement technologies. The technologies can include determinations of an effectiveness rate of one or more phishing threat actors. The technologies can also include selection of effective URLs from at least one effective phishing threat actor. The technologies can also include generation or adjustment of a phishing system using a machine learning process to identify patterns in the selected effective URLs that enable the selected effective URLs to avoid detection by the phishing detection system. The technologies can also include generation of synthetic phishing URLs using the phishing system and the identified patterns. The technologies can also include adjustments or training of the phishing system or the phishing detection system according to the synthetic phishing URLs to enhance the systems.
US10944788B2
Provided herein are systems and methods for verifying online communications. A sender and/or a recipient of an online communication can be a registered user of a verification system. Upon request by the sender and/or the recipient in relation to a particular instance of an online communication, the verification system can (1) confirm that the sender and/or the recipient is a registered user of the verification system, (2) verify that the sender and/or the recipient has sent and/or received, respectively, the particular instance of the online communication, and (3) communicate the verification of the particular instance of online communication to the sender and/or the recipient.
US10944784B2
Embodiments can identify requests that may be tied to a DDOS attack. For example, the primary identifiers (e.g., a source address) of requests for a network resource (e.g., an entire website or a particular element of the website) can be tracked. In one embodiment, a statistical analysis of how often a particular source address (or other primary identifier) normally makes a request can be used to identify source addresses that make substantially more requests. A normal amount can correspond to an average number of request that a source address makes. According to some embodiments, a system can use statistical analysis methods on various request data in web server logs to identify potential attacks and send data concerned potential attacks to an HBA system for further analysis.
US10944783B2
A dynamic denial of service (DDoS) mitigation system comprising a BGP address family exchange connected to at least one DDoS mitigation route reflector, and at least one DDoS mitigation route reflector being an address family identifier specific route reflector, where each DDoS mitigation route reflector advertises BGP content in a first address family to the BGP family exchange. The BGP address family exchange translates the BGP content from the first address family to a destination address family and announces the translated content to a destination route reflector, and wherein the destination address family includes a flow specification diversion route.
US10944781B1
Disclosed computer-implemented methods for identifying malicious domain names from a passive domain name system server log (DNS log) may include, in some examples, (1) creating a pool of domain names from the DNS log, (2) identifying respective features of each name in the pool, (3) preparing a list of known benign names and respective features of each known benign name, (4) preparing a list of known malicious names and features of each known malicious name, (5) computing a classification model based on (A) the features of each benign name on the list of benign names and (B) the features of each malicious name on the list of malicious names, (6) identifying respective features of an unclassified domain name, and (7) classifying, using the classification model, the unclassified domain name as malicious, based on the respective features of the unclassified domain name. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10944772B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for obtaining, processing, and presenting data related to security events, and for implementing courses of action to protect assets in response to the security events. An event management module identifies malicious activity present on a first network domain and/or a second network domain based on received network domain activity. A threat intelligence module receives data identifying the malicious activity in first data constructs of a predefined data structure. The threat intelligence module obtains additional data related to the identified malicious activity and generates second data constructs that include enriched data regarding the malicious activity. The enriched data includes data describing a campaign in which at least a portion of the malicious activity is involved and one or more courses of action. A course of action module receives the second data constructs and implements a given course of action.
US10944771B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for computing network operations. For example, methods may include identifying one or more partial matches between a value associated with a configuration item and a value associated with one or more computing resource types from a set of computing resource types; forming a search query based on the one or more partial matches; invoking a search of one or more information sources using the search query to obtain ranked search results; selecting one computing resource type from the set of computing resource types based on a ranking of the search results; and updating the configuration item to associate the configuration item with the selected computing resource type.
US10944767B2
Mechanisms are provided for training a classifier to identify adversarial input data. A neural network processes original input data representing a plurality of non-adversarial original input data and mean output learning logic determines a mean response for each intermediate layer of the neural network based on results of processing the original input data. The neural network processes adversarial input data and layer-wise comparison logic compares, for each intermediate layer of the neural network, a response generated by the intermediate layer based on processing the adversarial input data, to the mean response associated with the intermediate layer, to thereby generate a distance metric for the intermediate layer. The layer-wise comparison logic generates a vector output based on the distance metrics that is used to train a classifier to identify adversarial input data based on responses generated by intermediate layers of the neural network.
US10944758B1
Devices and methods are provided for determining computer resource connectivity and providing computer resource protection. A computer system may identify a first indication of each network configuration between a computing resource and a data resource. The system may identify a second indication of a request for credentials associated with accessing at least one of the computing resource or the data resource. The system may determine an action including accessing the computing resource and the data resource using a network configuration and a credential. The system may determine that the action has occurred a number of times that is less than a threshold. The system may cancel a credential or network configuration associated with the action.
US10944756B2
A method comprising: pre-generating insights for each of a plurality of user-content combinations, each user-content combination comprising a different respective combination one of a plurality of first users and one of a plurality of first pieces of content, wherein each insight specifies a relationship type and other content having that relationship with the respective first content; subsequently receiving a query seeking insights on a target one of the first users and first pieces of content; based on the query, identifying the respective set of insights for that user-content combination; subsequently pruning away one or more insights which specify no related pieces of content to which the target user is permitted access; and outputting at least one of the remaining subset of insights to the target user.
US10944754B2
Methods and electronic devices are provided for configuring a sharing target device. A method includes transmitting, to an authentication server associated with a mobile network operator for managing data usage, a device configuration request message for configuring the sharing target device to share a data usage amount assigned to the electronic device; receiving, from the authentication server, in response to the device configuration request message, an access code permitting access to the authentication server; and transmitting the received access code to the sharing target device, wherein the sharing target device receives, using the access code, a subscriber profile from the authentication server for sharing the data usage amount assigned to the electronic device.
US10944748B2
Novel tools and techniques might provide for implementing application, service, and/or content access control. Based at least in part on a consumer's choice of applications, services, content, and/or content providers—particular in exchange for a subsidy on content and/or network access fees provided to the consumer by chosen content providers—, a computing system may determine whether access to applications, services, and/or content not associated with the chosen content providers (“other content”) should be allowed or restricted. If restricted, the computing system might utilize various network access techniques and/or technologies to block the consumer's access to the other content, to allow access to the other content on a charge per access basis, or to allow access to the other content at reduced network access speeds. In some embodiments, an access provider (e.g., an Internet service provider, etc.) might perform both determination and implementation of content access and restriction.
US10944746B1
A method for integrating an email system based on Internet of Things Enabled Email Address (IoTEEA) with IoT devices to establish a standard. According to embodiments of the invention, a method for creating an email account, installing IoTEEA into the IoT device memory, connecting the IoT device to the email account by the information from IoTEEA, using IoTEEA to claim the ownership of the IoT device, gathering data, encrypting the data, and sending the data to the email account sub folder by the IoT device, decrypting the data by the IoTEEA owner, analyzing the data, providing controller, transferring the ownership of the IoT device to another owner from the email account, and making minimal configuration as Plug and Play.
US10944741B2
A method for reading an identity document, a readout terminal and a readout system, which simplifies the multiple reading of identity documents. According to the method, an authentication key and an information item are stored in hidden fashion in the chip of the identity document.
US10944738B2
Disclosed are various examples for single-sign on by way of managed mobile devices using Kerberos. For example, a certificate is received from a client device. In response, a Kerberos ticket-granting ticket is generated and sent to the client device. A request for a service ticket is later received from the client device. The request for the service ticket can include the ticket-granting ticket. The service ticket is then generated and sent to the client device. Subsequently, the service ticket is received from the client device and a security assertion markup language (SAML) response is sent to the client device in reply. The SAML response can provide authentication credentials for a service provider associated with the service ticket.
US10944735B2
An authentication apparatus including an input interface to acquires an image of a hologram label on an access object including key information; a processing history storage table that correlates a first image with the key information and stores the correlated image; an information determination circuit that refers to the processing history storage table, based on key information included in a second image that is being acquired after the first image, and determines whether the key information corresponds to key information of the second image; and a processing determination circuit that compares feature data of the second image that is not key information with feature data of the first image that is not key information in response to the information determination circuit determining the key information of the first image as being present, and uses the results of the comparison to determine whether to execute processing using the second image.
US10944727B2
Disclosed are various examples for securing the streaming of a media file from a web service to a media player. A request for a portion of a media file can be received including an authentication key. A web service can validate the authentication key. If the authentication key validates, the web service can send the portion of media to a media player. The media player can render the media on a display of a client device. Requests can be iteratively sent for each portion of the media file.
US10944722B2
A novel method for managing firewall configuration of a software defined data center is provided. Such a firewall configuration is divided into multiple sections that each contains a set of firewall rules. Each tenant of the software defined data center has a corresponding set of sections in the firewall configuration. The method allows each tenant to independently access and update/manage its own corresponding set of sections. Multiple tenants or users are allowed to make changes to the firewall configuration simultaneously.
US10944714B1
A request for a network address corresponding to a domain name is received. From a plurality of network addresses associated with the domain name, a network address is identified based at least in part on a request-property-based address selection criterion. The network address is included in a response to the request.
US10944706B2
This disclosure relates to dynamic determination of data-transmission characteristics based on historical data accesses. For example, some embodiments include accessing a content stream having (i) a first content item and a second content item to be provided to one or more user devices associated with a user and (ii) a trigger condition for providing the second content item. In addition, some embodiments include detecting that the first content item has been consumed at the one or more user devices through a first communication channel and, further, determining that the trigger condition has been met. A machine-learning model inputs action data to determine a second communication channel from among two or more available communication channels. In some cases, the second content item is triggered to be delivered via the second communication channel, responsive to the first content item being consumed and the trigger condition being met.
US10944705B2
A method of processing messages executes at a computing device having one or more processors and memory. The memory stores one or more programs configured for execution by the one or more processors. A first message for a user is analyzed for a structured content element. When found, content from a data source distinct from the message is obtained by executing an associated action. A first message display state is formed for the message comprising a message notification and the content. A messaging application user interface, comprising an electronic message list with a plurality of objects, is updated. Responsive to selection of a first object of the plurality of objects, the first object representing the first message, the user is enabled to toggle the first message display state between first and second display states, the second display state differing from the first by providing direct access to the first message.
US10944702B2
A method and device for publishing at least one message and a storage medium is provided. The method includes the following steps. A first message published by a first session account in a first session of an instant messaging client is acquired, and session accounts participating in the first session include at least three session accounts containing the first session account, and the first message is used for allowing reply information of at least one reply of at least one session account participating in the first session to the first message to be displayed in the first message. And the first message is displayed in the first session.
US10944701B2
Responsive to a search query received from a remote user device, retrieve one or more channel based communication and engagement objects (CBCEO). Each CBCEO comprises a primary communication channel which is associated with an enterprise data source. Each primary communication channel facilitates electronic communication between the respective enterprise data source of the primary communication channel and users. The one or more retrieved CBCEO are integrated into an advertising unit of a data source. The advertising unit is rendered on a display page by the data source to a display of the user device. An enterprise data source is selected via the one or more CBCEO of the rendered advertising unit from the user device and a secure bidirectional conversation is established. The secure bidirectional conversation comprises an exchange of messages between the user device and the enterprise data source through a primary communication channel of the enterprise data source.
US10944700B2
The present disclosure provides a method and a device for processing live commenting messages, and a terminal. The method includes: obtaining a total number of a plurality of first live commenting messages sent by a plurality of first terminals in a unit time; calculating a ratio of the total number of the plurality of first live commenting messages to a first threshold; grouping the plurality of first live commenting messages based on the ratio, wherein the grouped plurality of first live commenting messages serve as second live commenting messages; grouping a plurality of second terminals based on the ratio, wherein the plurality of second terminals are configured to receive the second live commenting messages; and sending the second live commenting messages in each group to a corresponding group of second terminals.
US10944695B2
In some examples, a method can include monitoring data traffic along an uplink port and along at least a subset of a plurality of host ports, determining whether the uplink port is oversubscribed based on the monitored data traffic, determining whether a given host port of the at least a subset of host ports is receiving excessive data traffic in response to determining that the uplink port is oversubscribed, and flagging a host port that is determined to be receiving excessive data traffic.
US10944680B2
The present invention relates to communications methods, apparatus and systems for collecting metrics and/or traffic routing using SDN principles. In an exemplary method embodiment, the method includes the steps of: operating a SBC to: (i) receive a session initiation signal used to initiate a first media session; (ii) send to an SDN controller session identification information identifying a first RTCP packet stream corresponding to the first media session and causing said SDN controller to control a first open flow switch to establish an entry in a table to cause the first open flow switch to send a copy of the RTCP packets corresponding to the first RTCP packet stream to the SBC while also communicating the RTCP packets corresponding to the first RTCP packet stream towards the intended first RTCP packet stream destination.
US10944677B2
An information processing apparatus includes a plurality of offload devices each of which offloads and executes a relay process of a virtual switch, each of the plurality of offload devices including a memory that stores port conversion information, the port conversion information associating virtual port identifiers for identifying virtual ports before and after a virtual port to which a virtual machine executed by the information processing apparatus is connected is moved between the offload devices, and a processor coupled to the memory and that converts an input virtual port identifier for identifying an input virtual port into which a packet is input based on the port conversion information, searches an output virtual port identifier for identifying an output virtual port of the packet by using the converted input virtual port identifier, and converts the searched output virtual port identifier based on the port conversion information.
US10944673B2
Some embodiments provide a method for forwarding a data message. The method performs a lookup to map a set of header fields of the data message to an identifier corresponding to a service that performs non-forwarding processing on data messages. The method uses a dynamically-updated data structure for the identifier to retrieve instructions for forwarding data messages to the service. The method forwards the data message according to the retrieved instructions from the data structure for the identifier.
US10944655B2
A time series system is updated using a data-verification system. The aggregation system may include one or more aggregators. When an upgrade is appropriate, a shadow aggregator may be added to the set of active aggregators. Metrics are provided from one or more collectors to an active aggregator. The shadow aggregator may receive the metrics intended for a particular aggregator, process the metric, and then pass the metric to the intended aggregator for processing. After a period of time, the shadow aggregator data is verified against the intended aggregator data. If the shadow aggregator data is verified, the shadow aggregator becomes an active aggregator and processes data as normal.
US10944654B2
An example system includes a database disposed within a remote network management platform that manages a managed network, where one or more worker nodes are configured to execute containerized software applications on behalf of the managed network. The system also includes a computing device configured to request and receive configuration data identifying the applications; access traffic data generated by packet detection modules disposed amongst the one or more worker nodes and configured to (i) monitor network traffic between the applications and (ii) generate and store the traffic data which is indicative of the monitored network traffic; parse the traffic data for one or more patterns indicative of communicative relationships between the applications; based on the one or more patterns being present in the traffic data, generate mappings between the applications that have communicative relationships therebetween; and store, in the database, the configuration data and the mappings.
US10944650B2
A plurality of sniffing policies describing deep packet inspection processes performed on network traffic at sniffing access points from the plurality of access points is received. Network traffic levels are monitored at the plurality of access points and a level of sniffed traffic backhauled over the Wi-Fi network for analysis. A change can be detected in network traffic affecting a sniffing policy. Responsive to exceeding a certain level of sniffed traffic being backhauled, an amount of sniffed traffic sent upstream for analysis is adjusted. More specifically, a programmable policy engine at each of a sniffing access points serving as intrusion detection sensors to sniff traffic at various locations on the Wi-Fi network are reprogrammed dynamically. The adjustments reprogram a sniffing pipeline at each of the intrusion detection sensors including adjusting an endpoint device for sending sniffed traffic and dropping more traffic during deep packet inspection.
US10944646B2
Enabling multiple provider software defined network programming using blockchain distributed ledgers
The disclosure provides a secure and scalable approach for (a) exchanging, between a first network and a second network, provisioning requirements of a user device, (b) executing a smart contract that includes the provisioning requirements, and (c) connecting the user device to one of the networks. The method comprises connecting the user device to a first network, and connecting the first and second networks through a scalable blockchain network. The method further comprises sending a smart contract, by the first network to the second network, through the blockchain network. The second network either accepts or rejects the contract. If the second network accepts, then the user device connects to the second network and the second network provides network services to the user device. The provided network services comply with the conditions or parameters of the smart contract.
US10944645B2
There is provided a node of a network and a method of operating the same. According to the method, data transmissions between a plurality of resources at the node of the network are monitored (400). A pattern in the monitored data transmissions is identified between the plurality of resources at the node of the network (402). A distribution of the plurality of resources at the node of the network the network is adapted based on the identified pattern in the monitored data transmissions (404).
US10944642B1
Embodiments described herein enable a receipt of a first input representative of a risk score for a data type and a plurality of second inputs representative of a plurality of a plurality of setting evaluations of a network-based application; and a presentation of a first polygonal shape based on the first input, a plurality of second polygonal shapes, and a third polygonal shape based on the second inputs such that the first polygonal shape and the second polygonal shapes are concentric with each other and such that the first polygonal shape and the third polygonal shape are presented over the second polygonal shapes. The presentation enables a user to readily visualize a set of areas where the first polygonal shape and the third polygonal shape differ in order to determine how the network-based application is compliant and non-compliant with the first input.
US10944641B1
Application performance can be simulated based on captured application-specific traffic flows through a managed network. Traffic flows may be captured across the managed network and associated with a particular application. The captured flows can be used to generate trend lines and models. The generated trend lines and models may be used to simulate application performance responsive to changes in network characteristics and provided to a user through a graphical user interface as a graph. The user may then adjust simulated network characteristics through the graphical user interface to perform various hypothetical network simulations.
US10944632B2
A Wi-Fi device includes a controller coupled to a writeable memory implementing a MAC and PHY layer and to a transceiver. Connection data stored in the writeable memory includes Wi-Fi connection parameters including ≥1 router MAC level information or a most recently utilized (MRU) channel used, and IP addresses including ≥1 of an IP address of the Wi-Fi device, IP address of the MRU router, an IP address of a MRU target server, and an IP address of a network connected device. An accelerated reconnecting to a Wi-Fi network algorithm is implemented by the processor is for starting from being in a network disconnected state, establishing current connection parameters for a current Wi-Fi network connection using the Wi-Fi connection parameters for at least one MAC layer parameter for the MAC layer.
US10944625B2
A bearer configuration method and related products are disclosed. The method comprises: a first network device configures a bearer sequence number for at least one first bearer of a terminal, wherein the first bearer and at least one second bearer configured by the first network device for the terminal support a data duplication function, the first network device and a second network device provide dual connectivity (DC) transmission for the terminal, and a difference between a first bit to which a bearer sequence number of each first bearer is mapped and a most significant bit is greater than a difference between a second bit to which a bearer sequence number of each second bearer is mapped and the most significant bit.
US10944623B2
Embodiments include a system for prognosis of a wireless aircraft network including a network manager including a network prognostic manager, one or more data controllers operably coupled to the network manager over a first connection, and one or more wireless nodes operably coupled to the one or more data controllers over a second connection, wherein the second connection is a different type of connection than the first connection, wherein the network manager includes a network prognostic manager, wherein the network prognostic manager. The network manager performs a method of receiving measured parameters from a wireless communications network, computing thresholds associated with the parameters, comparing the received parameters to the computed thresholds, identifying a failure condition based on the comparison of the received parameters to the computed thresholds, and based at least in part on the identified failure condition, executing a corrective action.
US10944607B2
A transmission apparatus includes a transmission signal generator which, in operation, generates a transmission signal having an aggregate physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) that includes a legacy preamble, a legacy header, a non-legacy preamble, a plurality of non-legacy headers and a plurality of data fields; and a transmitter which, in operation, transmits the generated transmission signal, wherein the legacy preamble, the legacy header and the plurality of non-legacy headers are transmitted using a standard bandwidth, the non-legacy preamble and the plurality of data fields are transmitted using a variable bandwidth that is larger than the standard bandwidth and wherein a plurality of sets of each of the plurality of non-legacy headers and each of the plurality of data fields are transmitted sequentially in a time domain.
US10944595B2
Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for a User Equipment to perform a phase tracking in a wireless communication system. According to the present invention, it may be provided the method and apparatus including receiving, from a base station, a Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) configured according to a specific pattern through a DMRS symbol; receiving, from the base station, a plurality of reference signals used for the phase tracking, wherein the plurality of reference signals is transmitted on a specific antenna port, and received through a specific resource region identical to at least one different reference signal transmitted on a different antenna port for the phase tracking; and performing the phase tracking based on at least one of the DMRS or the plurality of reference signals.
US10944592B2
A method for data transmission of a random access procedure for a user equipment of a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises transmitting a preamble and data of the random access procedure in one message to a network of the wireless communication system, wherein the step of transmitting the preamble and the data comprises transmitting the data with the same numerology as that of the preamble.
US10944585B1
Embodiments described herein involve appliance migration. Embodiments include connecting, by a second appliance that is configured to perform a service, to a first uplink and a first downlink of a first appliance that is configured to perform the service. Embodiments include connecting, by the second appliance, to a first endpoint and a second endpoint to which the first appliance is connected. Embodiments include determining, by the second appliance, existing flows processed by the first appliance. Embodiments include processing, by the second appliance, a plurality of packets received via the first endpoint by: forwarding, by the second appliance, first packets of the plurality of packets that correspond to the existing flows to the first appliance; and performing, by the second appliance, the service for second packets of the plurality of packets that do not correspond to the existing flows.
US10944576B2
An authorization method using provisioned certificates is disclosed. The method includes writing security attributes to fields within a certificate and issuing the certificate to a software application on a principal node. The software application requests to perform actions on one or more resources on a resource node, sending one or more action requests along with a copy of its certificate. The resource node has an agent which verifies the permissions from the certificate and routes the request to its designated resource. The resource node returns one or more messages to the principal node, verifying whether or not complete the requests.
US10944571B2
Some embodiments provide a method for recovering user data for a device. To initiate recovery, the method sends to a first server a first request including at least (i) a device identifier and (ii) a first set of cryptographic data for a second set of servers with which the first server communicates. If the first server verifies the device identifier with an attestation authority, the method receives from the second set of servers a second set of cryptographic data generated by the second set of servers. After receiving input of a device passcode for the device, the method sends to the first server a second request comprising at least a third set of cryptographic data for the second set of servers generated based on the device passcode. If the first server verifies the device passcode with the second set of servers, the method receives access to the user data.
US10944566B2
A computer-implemented method, computerized apparatus and computer program product for supporting fairness in secure computations. A trusted execution platform with remote attestation (“enclave”) is provided to each of a plurality of participants. An authenticated public ledger accessible by all participants is also provided. Each of the enclaves is configured for obtaining at least a portion of an input to a function for computing a joint secret output, complementing the input by obtaining any remainder portion(s) thereof from one or more other enclaves, and, responsive to obtaining an indication from the ledger that the output can be computed by each of the enclaves, providing to the owner participant the output computed using the function and input. At least one of the enclaves is further configured for providing the indication to the ledger responsive to obtaining knowledge that the output can be computed by each of the enclaves.
US10944564B2
Hardware circuitry, in response to receiving a request for an authentication value of a plurality of authentication values of a replaceable item from a host device to which the replaceable item has been connected, determines that the authentication value was not previously sent. The circuitry responsively determines that the replaceable item previously sent a maximum number of unique authentication values of the authentication values. The maximum number of unique authentication values is less than a total number of the authentication values. The circuitry responsively sends the authentication value to the host device. The circuitry, once the authentication value has been sent or will have been sent to the host device, determines that the maximum number of unique authentication values has now been sent, and in response prohibits the authentication values that have not been sent from being sent later.
US10944558B2
The present disclosure provides a key storing method, a key managing method and apparatus which belong to terminal technologies. An example method includes generating a terminal root secret key. A first key digest of the terminal root secret key is generated. The terminal root secret key is stored in a first specified storage region of a terminal, the first specified storage region being a password protected region. The first key digest is stored in a second specified storage region in the terminal, the second specified storage region being a programmable hardware region with fusible features.
US10944552B2
A method for operating system to transmit a plurality of frames from a first communication device to a second communication device is disclosed. The method incudes generating a security-sequence using a security-sequence-counter-value, changing the security-sequence-counter-value to a new security-sequence-counter-value; encrypting, at the first communication device, the security-sequence using a first-derived-session-key to provide an encrypted-security-sequence-counter-value; providing, at the first communication device, a frame comprising the security-sequence and encrypted-security-sequence-counter-value, transmitting a first-type frame from the first communication device to the second communication device, decrypting the encrypted-security-sequence-counter-value using the first-derived-session-key to provide the security-sequence-counter-value, configuring a security-sequence detector to detect a security-sequence using the security-sequence-counter-value, setting a key-validity-counter-value in accordance with the number of first-type frames transmitted since the first-derived-session-key was updated; and updating the first-derived-session-key based on a master-session-key in response to the key-validity-counter-value reaching an update value.
US10944546B2
An event interface system facilitates the creation of a blockchain object and deployment of the blockchain object on a blockchain. The system also provides an interface between events that may affect the blockchain object and the blockchain object stored on the blockchain. Additionally, the system can monitor a state of the blockchain object and control interactions with the blockchain object and updates to the blockchain object according to the determined state.
US10944544B2
A method and apparatus for reducing a variable number of pre-key bits to a fix key size is disclosed. The resulting key is used with a symmetric block cipher to descramble content. By being able to directly adapt a large and variable number of bits, it is possible to use cryptographic algorithms that were not thought possible, such as the output of modem public key and hashing functions, in order to create a key to directly use with a symmetric block cipher. Some or all of the pre-key bits may be used in the creation of the key.
US10944539B2
A backscatter communication method and apparatus based on pattern-based demodulation is disclosed. The backscatter communication method includes receiving a communication signal, and demodulating the communication signal based on a slope of the communication signal at an edge of each time interval.
US10944523B2
Uplink carrier aggregation architecture. In some embodiments, an uplink (UL) carrier aggregation (CA) architecture may include a first antenna port and a second antenna port. The UL CA architecture may also include a first radio-frequency (RF) circuit configured to route a first transmit (TX) signal and a first receive (RX) signal to and from the first antenna port, respectively, the first RF circuit further configured to route a second RX signal from the first antenna port. The UL CA architecture may further include a second RF circuit configured to route a second TX signal to the second antenna port to provide UL CA capability between the first and second TX signals.
US10944518B2
A wireless communication device (alternatively, device, WDEV, etc.) includes at least one processing circuitry configured to support communications with other WDEV(s) and to generate and process signals for such communications. In some examples, the device includes a communication interface and a processing circuitry, among other possible circuitries, components, elements, etc. to support communications with other WDEV(s) and to generate and process signals for such communications. The WDEV generate a first orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) frame that specifies information regarding resource unit (RUs) to be used by other WDEV. The WDEV transmits the first OFDMA frame to other WDEVs and receives a second OFDMA frame from the WDEVs based on some RUs specified within the first OFDMA frame. The WDEV then generates and transmits a third OFDMA frame to the other WDEVs (e.g., based on RU(s) spanning RU(s) within which information is received in the second OFDMA frame).
US10944514B2
A technique for transferring data in a radio communication is described. As to one method aspect of the technique, the data is received in at least two hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processes (580, 582). For each of the at least two HARQ processes (580, 582), an error detection scheme is performed for the received data. For each of the at least two HARQ processes (580, 582), a feedback (596, 598) is sent based on a logical combination (589) of results (585, 587) of the error detection scheme for the at least two HARQ processes (580, 582).
US10944513B2
A device includes a transmitting unit configured to transmit a first allocation signal synthesized by use of the superimposed coding to plenty of user equipment at least including a first and a second user equipment, and the first allocation signal at least including a first power signal part for the first user equipment and a second power signal part for the second user equipment; a receiving unit that receives at least a feedback retransmission request from the first and the second user equipment; and a processing unit that processes the first and the second power signal parts with a preset processing coefficient to obtain a second allocation signal in response to the retransmission request.
US10944505B2
A method for channel-coding information bits using a code generation matrix including 32 rows and A columns corresponding to length of the information bits includes, channel-coding the information bits having “A” length using basis sequences having 32-bit length corresponding to columns of the code generation matrix, and outputting the channel-coded result as an output sequence. If “A” is higher than 10, the code generation matrix is generated when (A-10) additional basis sequences were added as column-directional sequences to a first or second matrix. The first matrix is a TFCI code generation matrix composed of 32 rows and 10 columns used for TFCI coding. The second matrix is made when at least one of an inter-row location or an inter-column location of the first matrix was changed. The additional basis sequences satisfy a value 10 of a minimum Hamming distance.
US10944498B2
The present invention discloses a device and a method for monitoring two-stage faults of a TDM-PON with high precision. A two-stage TDM-PON system includes an OLT I, a feeder fiber II, a stage-1 1:n optical splitter III, a stage-1 branch fiber IV, a stage-2 1:n optical splitter V, a stage-2 branch fiber VI, and an optical network unit (ONU) VII. A two-stage optical network monitoring system includes a monitoring part on the OLT I side and a monitoring part on the ONU VII side, where the monitoring part on the OLT I side includes a control-end isolator-free semiconductor laser, a control-end coupler, a control-end optical coupling device, a control-end photodetector, an integrated signal acquisition and processing device, and an optical coupling device; and the monitoring part on the ONU VII side is similar to the monitoring part of the OLT I side.
US10944495B2
Provided is an anti-interference method and system. The anti-interference method includes: setting an orthogonal code division sequence according to a subcarrier position in a frequency domain of resource elements (REs) of a data channel in at least one sub-frame; and configuring transmitting frequency domain symbols of the REs by using the orthogonal code division sequence corresponding to the subcarrier position of the REs.
US10944488B1
An optical interconnect computing module having free space optical interconnects that form communication links with other systems with like optical interconnects and with computer blades contained within the computing module. The computing module adapts to changes in the position and orientation and other factors of the optical interconnects. The optical interconnects utilize solid-state electronic and optoelectronic components and optical components. The ability to adapt is controlled by an algorithm implemented in software, firmware and logic circuits. Computing modules within an equipment rack and between equipment racks as well as blades contained within a computing module may experience changes in position and orientation due to installation misalignment, servicing of equipment, vibrations, floor sagging, thermal expansion and contraction, earthquakes, line-of-sight obstructions, manufacturing imperfections and other sources.
US10944487B2
Thermal control is provided for external light sources for silicon photonics based pluggable modules. In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a first circuit board; a light source disposed upon the first circuit board; a silicon photonics modulator; a connector comprising a first portion and a second portion, wherein: the first and second portions are physically matable and separable; mating the first and second portions of the connector optically couples the first and second portions, the first portion is disposed upon the first circuit board, and is optically coupled to an output of the light source, and the second portion is optically coupled to an input of the silicon photonics modulator; and a thermal controller to control a temperature of the light source. Some embodiments disable the light source when the connector is separated.
US10944486B2
In high data rate receivers, comprising a photodetector (PD) and a transimpedance amplifier (TIA), a transmitted optical signal typically has poor extinction ratio, which translates into a small modulated current with a large DC current at the output of the PD. The large DC current saturates the TIA, which significantly degrades the gain and bandwidth performance. Accordingly, cancelling photo diode DC current in high data rate receivers is important for proper receiver operation. A DC current cancellation loop, comprising a low pass filter section and a trans-conductance cell (GM) are connected to the input of the TIA. PD DC current IDC is drawn from the input node of the TIA in the GM cell, such that the cancellation loop maintains the DC voltage value of the TIA input node to be the same as a reference voltage (VREF).
US10944485B2
A method and structure for tap centering in a coherent optical receiver device. The center of gravity (CG) of the filter coefficients can be used to evaluate a proper convergence of a time-domain adaptive equalizer. However, the computation of CG in a dual-polarization optical coherent receiver is difficult when a frequency domain (FD) adaptive equalizer is adopted. In this case, the implementation of several inverse fast-Fourier transform (IFFT) stages is required to back time domain impulse response. Here, examples of the present invention estimate CG directly from the FD equalizer taps and compensate for an error of convergence based off of the estimated CG. This estimation method and associated device architecture is able to achieve an excellent tradeoff between accuracy and complexity.
US10944483B2
A reflection-type coherent optical communication system combined with unidirectional optical signal amplification, comprises a polarization controller, a polarization beam splitter, a polarization maintaining optical circulator, an In-line polarizer, an optical modulator, a photoelectric converter, an electrical comparator, an optical amplifier, a laser, a coupler, a reflection end and a coherent receiver. A light source is disposed at a receiving end, and the laser emits an optical carrier. The optical carrier is transmitted through the coupler and an optical fiber. Thereafter, the polarization state of the optical carrier is controlled by two ways, the optical carrier passes through the polarization controller in a first way, and two beams of light are output by the polarization beam splitter. A beam of light with high-power is modulated through a first branch, and the modulation signal is returned along an original optical path.
US10944482B2
A coherent optical receiver for AM optical signals has a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) as an optical front-end. The PIC includes a polarization beam splitter followed by two optical hybrids each followed by an opto-electric (OE) converter. Each OE converter includes one or more differential detectors and one or more squaring circuits, which outputs may be summed. The PIC may further include integrated polarization controllers, wavelength demultiplexers, and/or tunable dispersion compensators.
US10944479B2
An optical module includes a photoelectric converter configured to receive an optical signal having an intensity that changes at one of a first frequency or a second frequency that is higher than the first frequency, and convert the optical signal into a current signal corresponding to the intensity of the optical signal; a signal processor configured to acquire, when the optical signal has the intensity that changes at the first frequency, wavelength information set on a transmitting side based on a ratio between a plurality of signal intensities included in the current signal relating to the optical signal having the intensity that changes at the first frequency; and a decoder configured to generate, when the optical signal has the intensity that changes at the second frequency, communication data from the current signal relating to the optical signal having the intensity that changes at the second frequency.
US10944476B2
The present invention is directed to data communication system and methods. More specifically, various embodiments of the present invention provide a communication interface that is configured to transfer data at high bandwidth using nDSQ format(s) over optical communication networks. In certain embodiments, the communication interface is used by various devices, such as spine switches and leaf switches, within a spine-leaf network architecture, which allows large amount of data to be shared among servers.
US10944473B2
A method and an apparatus for predicting a fault of an optical circuit includes determining a classification threshold of an operating parameter based on a classification sample set corresponding to the operating parameter of optical circuit and predicting, based on comparison results between the classification threshold and a plurality of measured values in a sequence, whether a fault occurs in the future on the optical circuit corresponding to the sequence.
US10944468B2
Examples disclosed herein relate to a high gain active relay antenna system. The active relay antenna system comprises a first antenna pair having a first receive antenna and a first transmit antenna to communicate wireless signals in a forward link from a base station to a plurality of users; and a second antenna pair having a second receive antenna and a second transmit antenna to communicate wireless signals in a return link from the plurality of users to the base station. The active relay antenna system further comprises a first active relay section and a second active relay section to provide for adjustable power gain in the wireless signals.
US10944456B1
A wireless communication device includes a look-up table that stores a beam pattern table, and at least one beamforming antenna transmitting or receiving a radio signal with a beam pattern specified by a set of antenna weight vectors selected from the beam pattern table, where a number of antenna weight vectors for obtaining a beam pattern with a narrow half power beam width for transmission included in the beam pattern table is larger than a number of antenna weight vectors for obtaining a beam pattern with a narrow half power beam width for reception.
US10944452B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A network device, such as a base station, may transmit a request message to a user equipment (UE). The request message may include a request for the UE to transmit a set of sounding reference signals (SRSs). The set of SRSs may include two (or more) beamformed signals. The network device may receive the set of SRSs according to the request message. The network device may identify, based on a co-phasing parameter associated with the two (or more) beamformed signals, an antenna port precoder configuration to use for communicating with the UE.
US10944451B2
The present invention relates to a 5th-generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system provided for supporting higher data transmission rates than 4th-generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). The present invention relates to a method in which an access point (AP) operates a full-duplex scheme in a communication system supporting a beam-forming scheme, the method comprising the steps of: generating a magnetic interference intensity table according to transmitted beam patterns and received beam patterns; determining, by the AP, a transmitted beam pattern and a received beam pattern for all stations (STAs) on the basis of channel measurement feedback information received from the stations, which provide service, and the electromagnetic-interference intensity table; and performing a communication operation with each of the stations on the basis of the determined transmitted beam pattern and received beam pattern.
US10944425B2
Devices and methods are disclosed for generating on the basis of a first protograph matrix P1 of size m×n, wherein the first protograph matrix P1 defines a first code H1, a second protograph matrix P2 of size (m+d)×(n+d), wherein the second protograph matrix P2 defines a second code H2. The device comprises a processor configured to: generate an auxiliary protograph matrix P′ of size (m+d1)×(n+d1) on the basis of the first protograph matrix P1 using row splitting; generate d2 random integer numbers, wherein d2=d−d1; generate a binary matrix M of size d2×(n−m), wherein rows of the binary matrix M are generated on the basis of the d2 random integer numbers; generate a matrix M′ by lifting the binary matrix M; Other operation steps are also included.
US10944422B1
Entropy agnostic data encoding includes: receiving, by an encoder, input data including a bit string; generating a plurality of candidate codewords, including encoding the input data bit string with a plurality of binary vectors, wherein the plurality of binary vectors includes a set of deterministic biased binary vectors and a set of random binary vectors; selecting, in dependence upon a predefined criteria, one of the plurality of candidate codewords; and transmitting the selected candidate codeword to a decoder.
US10944419B2
Disclosed examples include a segmented DAC circuit, including an R-2R resistor DAC to convert a first subword to a first analog output signal, an interpolation DAC to offset the first analog output signal based on an N-bit digital interpolation code signal to provide the analog output signal, and a Sigma Delta modulator to modulate a modulator code to provide the N-bit digital interpolation code signal that represents a value of second and third subwords.
US10944414B1
An apparatus and method for sampling an analog signal with analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) is disclosed. The ADCs may be separated into a group of interleaved ADCs and a spare ADC. The interleaved ADCs can sample the analog signal according to an interleaving sequence. An interleaved ADC controller can monitor the inactivity of the spare ADC and can replace one of the interleaved ADCs in the interleaving sequence with the spare ADC based on the inactivity.
US10944412B2
Methods and circuits are provided for range extension of a phase-locked loop (PLL). The PLL uses a phase subtractor with a limited unextended range. It also includes first and second registers and combinatorial logic. The phase subtractor calculates the current phase difference. The first register stores the previous phase difference. The combinatorial logic determines, from the current phase difference and the previous phase difference, if a range excursion occurs, and if it is upward or downward. When an upward excursion occurs, the value in the second register is incremented. When a downward excursion occurs, the value of the second register is decremented. The bits in the second register are combined with the bits of the current phase difference to obtain an extended current phase difference.
US10944406B1
A CDR method/circuit utilizes a closed-loop clock alignment circuit and a duplicate clock to align a sampling point clock to both mid-interval and optimal sample point phases during data receiving processes. An initial clock is generated having the mid-interval sampling point phase, then the closed-loop clock alignment circuit generates a phase correction signal based on a phase difference between the data sampling clock and the initial clock, and then the phase correction signal is fed back to a high-speed phase mixer to adjust/align the sampling point clock to the initial clock. Subsequently, the duplicate clock is generated and utilized to determine an optimal sampling point phase while the data sampling clock is utilized to read the received data signal, and then the closed-loop clock alignment circuit is re-used to re-align the data sampling clock to the duplicate clock when the optimal sampling point phase is identified.
US10944403B2
The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for operating superconducting circuitry. In one aspect, a programmable circuit includes: (1) a superconducting component arranged in a multi-dimensional array of alternating narrow and wide portions, the superconducting component having an input terminal at a first end and an output terminal at a second end opposite of the first end; and (2) control circuitry coupled to the narrow portions of the superconducting component, the control circuitry configured to transition the narrow portions between superconducting and non-superconducting states.
US10944396B2
To provide a semiconductor device that generates a stable negative potential with high accuracy and achieves lower power consumption. The semiconductor device includes a voltage conversion circuit, a comparator, a logic circuit, a transistor, and a capacitor. The voltage conversion circuit has a function of outputting, as a second signal, a signal obtained by conversion of a voltage of an input first signal in response to a clock signal output from the logic circuit. The comparator has a function of being controlled to be supplied with or not supplied with a power supply voltage in response to a power gating signal. The transistor has a function of holding an output voltage of the comparator in the capacitor in a period during which the transistor is in an off state. The logic circuit has a function of switching between supply and stop of the clock signal on the basis of the voltage held in the capacitor in a period during which the power supply voltage to the comparator is stopped.
US10944393B2
A drive device for a semiconductor element includes a drive circuit receiving from outside a pulsed drive signal for driving ON/OFF of the semiconductor element; and a protection circuit receiving a signal representing a chip temperature of the semiconductor element and, when the detected chip temperature exceeds an overheating threshold temperature, controlling operation of the drive circuit so as to adjust a drive control voltage that is provided to the semiconductor element; and a drive information output circuit externally outputting drive information corresponding to the adjusted drive control voltage that is provided to the semiconductor element by the drive circuit.
US10944392B2
In a switch circuit for use in a vehicle, conduction between a drain electrode and a gate electrode of each of a first main transistor and a second main transistor is switched on or off depending on a voltage between the gate electrode and a source electrode. A first surge protection device is connected between the drain electrodes of the first main transistor and the second main transistor. The first surge protection device keeps a voltage that is applied to the first surge protection device at a first predetermined voltage or lower. A sub transistor is provided between the gate electrodes and the source electrodes of the first main transistor and the second main transistor. The sub transistor is turned on when the first main transistor and the second main transistor are turned off.
US10944387B2
A delay line includes a delay chain, a pulse generator generating a pulse based on a received input signal, and a delay chain control circuit. The delay chain control circuit has a first input receiving the pulse, a second input receiving output from a last element of the delay chain, and a selection input receiving a delayed version of the received input signal. The delay chain control circuit has an output coupled to provide input to a first element of the delay chain in response to the delayed version of the received input signal. An output selection circuit receives outputs from each element of the delay chain, counts assertions of the output of the last element of the delay chain and, in response to the count being equal to a desired count, passes a desired one of the outputs of the elements of the delay chain as output.
US10944385B1
In certain aspects, a delay circuit includes a multiplexer, a first delay path coupled between an input of the delay circuit and a first input of the multiplexer, and a second delay path coupled between the input of the delay circuit and a second input of the multiplexer. The first delay path includes a first delay device, and the second delay path includes a first inverter, a second delay device, and a second inverter. In other aspects, a delay circuit includes a latch including a first input, a second input, and an output. The first input of the latch is coupled to an input of the delay circuit. The delay circuit also includes a delay path coupled between the input of the delay circuit and the second input of the latch, wherein the delay path includes a pulse generator and a delay device.
US10944381B2
A filter includes a series arm resonator, a first parallel arm resonance circuit and a second parallel arm resonance circuit. The each of the first parallel arm resonance circuit and the second parallel arm resonance circuit includes: a parallel arm resonator that is connected to a node; a pair of elements consisting of a capacitor and a switch, which are connected in parallel with each other, that is connected in series with the parallel arm resonator; and an inductor that is provided on a path that connects the node and ground to each other via the switch. The inductance value of the inductor of the first parallel arm resonance circuit and the inductance value of the inductor of the second parallel arm resonance circuit are substantially equal to each other.
US10944378B2
Duplexers for high power applications are disclosed. In some embodiments, a duplexer includes 2N band pass filters, where N is an integer greater than 1. The 2N band pass filters each have an input and an output and are in an electrically parallel configuration. The duplexer includes a first adaptation circuit configured to couple a transmit signal received from a transmitter to each one of the 2N band pass filters. The duplexer includes a second adaptation circuit configured to couple outputs of the 2N band pass filters to an antenna, the second adaptation circuit providing an isolated path between the antenna and a receiver.
US10944377B2
Broadband power splitter. In some embodiments, a power splitter can include an input port, a first output port and a second output port. The power splitter can further include a first signal path implemented between the input port and the first output port, and a second signal path implemented between the input port and the second output port. Each of the first and second signal paths can include a variable capacitance configured to provide a plurality of capacitance values that result in different frequency responses of the respective signal path.
US10944366B2
In an embodiment, a class-AB amplifier includes: an output stage that includes a pair of half-bridges configured to be coupled to a load; and a current sensing circuit coupled to a first half-bridge of the pair of half-bridges. The current sensing circuit includes a resistive element and is configured to sense a load current flowing through the load by: mirroring a current flowing through a first transistor of the first half-bridge to generate a mirrored current, flowing the mirrored current through the resistive element, and sensing the load current based on a voltage of the resistive element.
US10944364B2
A configurable amplifier module is disclosed. The configurable amplifier module includes a first amplifier having a non-inverting input, an inverting input, and a first output; a second amplifier having a non-inverting input, an inverting input, and a second output; a first resistor; a second resistor; a third resistor; a detecting unit connected to the second output of the second amplifier and configured to detect whether a current flows through the detecting unit; and a control unit connected to the second resistor and the detecting unit and configured to control the second resistor to be connected to the third resistor or a direct current signal.
US10944363B2
The present disclosure relates to a power amplifier circuit. The power amplifier circuit includes a voltage-controlled current source and a current mirror. The voltage-controlled current source is configured to receive a first voltage and to generate a first current. The current mirror is connected to the voltage-controlled current source and to generate a second current in response to the first current. The second current continuously changes from 0 mA to about 120 mA as the first voltage continuously changes from 0 V to about 1 V.
US10944359B2
A quartz crystal resonator is coupled to an electronic circuit. A capacitive or resistive element is provided for adjusting a frequency of the quartz crystal resonator on activation or deactivation of a function of a circuit. Control is made according to a model of an expected variation of a temperature of the quartz crystal resonator.
US10944358B2
A quartz crystal resonator is connected to an array of switchable capacitors or resistors. The switched actuation of elements of the array is controlled by bits of a control word. At least one of the bits of the control word is controlled by pulse width modulation to effectuate a tuning of the oscillation frequency of the quartz crystal resonator.
US10944355B2
A cable management system includes a cable-retaining spacer block defining a plurality of cylindrical passages arranged to define a rectangular array. Each cylindrical passage is configured to receive a transmission cable. Brackets are configured to support ends of the cable-retaining spacer block and enable suspension from a support cable. Another cable management system includes a center base, first and second intermediate wings configured to operably couple to the center base to define a first plurality of cylindrical passages configured to retain transmission cables therein, and first and second outer wings configured to operably couple to the first and second intermediate wings to define a second plurality of cylindrical passages configured to retain transmission cables therein. These cable management systems enable snap-together engagement without the use of tools, thus facilitating assembly.
US10944353B2
A system for controlling a rotation of one or more solar panels about an axis of rotation, comprising one or more solar panels defining a longitudinal axis, one or more bellows actuators coupled to the one or more solar panels and defining an axis of rotation parallel to the longitudinal axis of the panels, a fluid source, a first valve circuit coupled to the bellows actuators and the fluid source, a second valve circuit coupled to the bellows actuators and the fluid source, and a controller, wherein introduction or release of fluid from one or more of the bellows actuators is configured to cause rotation of the one or more actuators about the axis of rotation.
US10944338B2
A power apparatus applied in an SST structure includes a first AC-to-DC conversion unit, a first DC bus, an isolated transformer, a DC-to-AC conversion unit, a second AC-to-DC conversion unit, and a second DC bus. The first AC-to-DC conversion unit has a first three-level bridge arm and a second three-level bridge arm. The first DC bus provides a first DC voltage. The isolated transformer has a primary side and a secondary side. The DC-to-AC conversion unit has a third three-level bridge arm and a fourth three-level bridge arm. The second AC-to-DC conversion unit has a fifth three-level bridge arm and a sixth three-level bridge arm. The second DC bus provides a second DC voltage.
US10944335B2
Embodiments herein relate to a three-phase paralleled passive front-end drive, that includes a rectifier bridge, a coupling reactance operably connected to the rectifier bridge and configured to transfer power from the rectifier to a first direct current (DC) bus, and a bus coupler operably coupling the first DC bus to a second DC bus. The paralleled drive also includes a first inverter operably connected to the first DC bus; a second inverter operably connected the second DC bus, the first inverter and second the inverter each configured to provide a plurality of motor excitation signals, respectively. The paralleled drive also includes a plurality of interphase inductors operable to combine the plurality of motor excitation signals from the first inverter with the plurality of motor excitation signals from the second inverter.
US10944332B2
Provided is a power converter capable of being miniaturized while securing noise resistance and insulation between a power semiconductor module and a drive circuit board. The power converter according to the present invention includes a power semiconductor module that converts DC power into AC power, a driving signal circuit board that outputs a driving signal for driving the power semiconductor module, and a resin support member that supports the driving signal circuit board, in which the power semiconductor module has a signal terminal that transmits the driving signal and a main terminal that transmits an input of the DC power and an output of the AC power, the support member is disposed between the driving signal circuit board and the power semiconductor module, the signal terminal and the main terminal are provided on a side of the power semiconductor module that faces the support member, and a metal shielding plate is embedded in a region between the driving signal circuit board in the support member and the main terminal.
US10944322B1
Voltage regulator circuits and methods therefor provided. In some embodiments, a voltage regulator circuit comprises: a first switch coupled to a power input; a second switch coupled to the first switch; a switching node between the first switch and the second switch; an inductor coupled between the switching node and an output node; a capacitor coupled between the output node and ground; a driver configured to operate the first and second switches according to a pulse-width-modulated (PWM) signal; a PWM circuit configured to generate the PWM signal based on at least an error signal; and a phase detector configured to generate the error signal based on a phase difference between the PWM signal and a clock reference signal.
US10944320B2
An ultrasound transducer may be driven by a driver circuit having one or more charge pumps and a multi-level inverter. The one or more charge pumps are configured to drive the ultrasound transducer only during output transitions of the inverter.
US10944317B2
An LLC converter includes a transformer that includes a primary winding and a secondary winding, a resonant stage that includes the primary winding, a switching stage that includes switches and that is connected to an input voltage and the resonant stage, a rectifying stage that is connected to the secondary winding and that provides an output voltage, and a controller that senses the output voltage and that controls switching of the switches based on proportional-integral control of the output voltage to reduce errors in the output voltage with respect to a DC voltage and based on quasi-resonant control of the output voltage to reduce errors in the output voltage with respect to a range of voltages with a frequency bandwidth.
US10944314B2
A transport system includes: a mover having a first magnet group arranged in parallel to a first direction and a second magnet group arranged in parallel to a second direction crossing the first direction; and a plurality of coils arranged in parallel to the first direction so as to be able to face the first magnet group and the second magnet group, and the mover is able to move in the first direction along the plurality of coils by electromagnetic force received by the first magnetic group from the plurality of coils while an attitude of the mover is controlled by electromagnetic force received by the first magnetic group or the second magnetic group from the plurality of coils.
US10944308B2
A device for storing kinetic energy, which has a flywheel in a housing. The flywheel is mounted in the housing via a shaft. A motor-generator unit is provided for storing energy as well as for energy recovery. In order to improve efficiency, a vacuum pump for evacuating the interior is arranged in the housing. The vacuum pump is disposed on the shaft.
US10944306B2
A rotary electric rotor includes a rotor core having a shaft through-hole; a rotor shaft having a male screw portion on its first side; a washer having an annular structure with cutouts elastically deformable in a radial direction, having a washer tapered surface, and having an annular projection portion that extends in an axial direction from an end surface and is fixed to the rotor core in a state of being disposed in a gap between an inner circumferential surface of the shaft through-hole and an outer circumferential surface of the rotor shaft and pressing the inner circumferential surface of the shaft through-hole, the end surface and the washer tapered surface are opposite surfaces of the washer; and a nut having a female screw portion that meshes with the male screw portion and having a nut tapered surface that faces the washer tapered surface.
US10944304B2
Disclosed herein are a motor and a method of manufacturing the motor. The motor includes a rotor, a stator including a plurality of coil bobbin unit groups, and a coil prepared on coil bobbin units by winding a wire sequentially on coil bobbin units of each coil bobbin unit group, cutting the wound wire at a cutting point, connecting one end of the cut wire to a neutral point port, and connecting the other end of the cut wire to a driving point port.
US10944292B2
In order to reduce a power transmission antenna and power receiving antenna of a wireless power supply device for supplying power underwater to a size suitable for an underwater mobile body and sensor, this underwater wireless power supply device 101 wirelessly transmits energy by resonating at a frequency determined by the impedance of a power transmission antenna 103 that transmits energy wirelessly in a good conductor medium 102, the impedance of a power receiving antenna 104 which receives energy transmitted from the power transmission antenna 103, and the impedance of the good conductor medium 102. The power transmission antenna 103 and the power receiving antenna 104 have the multiple antenna coils 105, 106, and at least one dielectric 107, 108 arranged between the multiple antenna coils 105, 106, and the multiple antenna coils 105, 106 each has multiple laminated coils 109.
US10944290B2
A transmitter coil inductively couples to a receiver coil contained in a contact lens. In one approach, the transmitter coil is contained in a headgear, for example a head band. When the user wears the headgear, the transmitter coil is positioned on a side of the user's head and between the user's ear and the user's eye opening. In one implementation, a head band loops from one ear behind the user's head to the other ear, and also extends slightly forward of each ear. The transmitter coil(s) may be located in the portion of the headband that extends forward of each ear. This places the transmitter coil close to the receiver coil, typically within 40-50 mm of the user's eye opening, while still maintaining an unobtrusive aesthetic.
US10944277B2
A power tool charging device includes a charging unit that charges a rechargeable battery of a power tool, a condition detection unit that detects condition information of the rechargeable battery, and an information processing unit that receives the condition information of the rechargeable battery from the condition detection unit and outputs the received condition information of the rechargeable battery to a communication unit capable of performing near field communication with another device.
US10944276B2
The device housing includes a roller cradle. The device can include a device support roller rotationally located in the roller cradle, the device support roller being removably couplable with the roller cradle. Also, a release mechanism can be include, where the release mechanism includes a push button operably coupled to a coupler mechanism that is operably coupled to the device support roller. The release mechanism and/or coupler mechanism are biased. When the release mechanism is not activated, the device support roller is engaged, and when the release mechanism is active, the device support roller is disengaged. The system can include a plurality of device support rollers, each device support roller having a device-receiving slot, each device-receiving slot being of a different shape and/or dimension from the other device-receiving slots of the other device support rollers.
US10944272B2
Embodiments of this application disclose a charging method and related devices. An example charging method includes: sending a charging start request for a packet data unit (PDU) session to a charging function apparatus, where the charging start request carries an indication receiving address; receiving an indication message that is sent by the charging function apparatus based on the indication receiving address, where the indication message carries an indication type; and performing charging processing based on the indication type.
US10944258B2
An ESD circuit is connected to a power pad and a first node. The ESD circuit includes a RC circuit and a first ESD current path. The RC circuit is connected between the power pad and the first node. The RC circuit is capable of providing a first control voltage and a second control voltage. The first ESD current path is connected between the power pad and the first node. When the power pad receives a positive ESD zap, the first ESD current path is turned on in response to the first control voltage and the second control voltages provided by the RC circuit, so that an ESD current flows from the power pad to the first node through the first ESD current path.
US10944254B2
A closing control method for a high-voltage DC circuit breaker. The method comprises: closing breaking units of the transfer branch (2) group by group, then closing the main branch (1), and finally open the transfer branch. During the process of closing the breaking units of the transfer branch group by group, determine whether there is a fault in the power transmission system after closing current breaking unit group. if there is no fault, proceed to close the next breaking unit group until all breaking unit groups are closed before proceeding to the next step; if there is a fault, all the breaking units that have been closed are opened and the closing operation is ended. The method can pre-charge the power transmission system during the closing process of the high-voltage DC circuit breaker, and lower the overvoltage and system oscillation caused by the closing operation.
US10944252B2
The invention relates to an improved surge protection device comprising a fast acting, self-restoring circuit breaker, preferably, along with surge arrestor/absorber to improve the protection and availability of the equipment which is in use with power source affected with surges/spikes which otherwise would have operated the spike/surge arrestor in-built in the equipment that would have led to its non-availability, and protection for equipment that may or may not be having in-built overcurrent, surge protection devices.
US10944248B2
Current hoist systems often use a manual crank system with a lever arm that ratchets a rotational drum to tension a conductor. This disclosure describes systems and techniques for creating and operating a hoist system when connected and applying tension to an energized or de-energized conductor. Additionally, the systems and techniques may be applied to lifting or tensioning electrical equipment or cables that may support the conductor infrastructure. A hoist system may use a locally driven motor to apply a desired tension to a conductor or cable and may be controlled by an operator located at or away from the hoist system itself.
US10944246B1
A cable management assembly for guiding cable arranged in a tray includes a guide member and a cable manager member. The guide member has a mounting region shaped to receive a portion of a side of the tray to mount the guide member to the tray, and has a contoured guiding surface forming at least part of an outer surface thereof. The contoured guiding surface defines a guide path for cable extending from an interior, over the contoured guiding surface and to an exterior. The cable manager member has a mounting region shaped to fit around at least a portion of the contoured guide surface of the guide member and an extension that extends away from the body. The cable manager member is adjustably mountable along a length of the guide member to position the extension adjacent the guide path.
US10944237B2
A laser projection module, that may include a laser projection module cover comprising a top portion, a bottom portion and a one or more of side portions to define a cavity within the cover, wherein the top portion is configured to couple an optical lens. A lead frame may be at least partially integrated into the bottom cover portion of the laser projection module, where the lead frame includes an outer lead frame portion and an inner lead frame portion relative to the cover, wherein the inner lead frame portion is configured to couple a laser diode assembly in one area of the inner lead frame portion within the cavity.
US10944235B2
A light source comprises a GeSn active zone inserted between two contact zones. The active zone is formed directly on a silicon oxide layer by a first lateral epitaxial growth of a Ge germination layer followed by a second lateral epitaxial growth of a GeSn base layer. A cavity is formed between the contact zones by encapsulation and etching, so as to guide these lateral growths. A vertical growth of GeSn is then achieved from the base layer to form a structural layer. The active zone is formed in the stack of base and structural layers.
US10944221B2
At least one example embodiment is directed to a device including a first section having a connector that enables communication according to a first protocol. The device may further include a second section engageable with the first section. The second section may include a cavity that houses the connector when the second section is engaged with the first section, and an antenna that enables wireless communication according to a second protocol when the second section is engaged with the first section.
US10944219B2
An electrical power system including an electrical power connector, a contact configured to electrically connect a power supply to a load, a first sensor configured to sense a first characteristic of the electrical power connector, a second sensor configured to sense a second characteristic of the electrical power connector, and an electronic controller. The electronic controller configured to receive the first and the second characteristics, analyze the first and second characteristics, and determine an abnormal condition based on the analysis.
US10944208B1
Electrical extension cord stand and anchor apparatuses provide a stand comprising a base having at least one set of prongs extending perpendicular from a surface of the base, wherein the base comprises means for holding the base onto a surface. The at least one set of prongs mates with a pair of slots in an electrical extension cord head having a plurality of pairs of slots therein for plugging electrical devices therein. Methods of making and using the same are further provided.
US10944206B1
A waterproof electrical connector system enables quick and easy coupling of a first and second housing to electrically connect a first and second electrical cable connected thereto. The electrical cables extend into a fixed portion of the housings and are electrically coupled with a bridging connector that is configured in a rotating portion of the housing. The assembly of the first and second housings has a latch and latch extension that can be moved along a radial portion of a latch channel to a circumferential portion of the latch channel to enable the rotating portions of the housings to be rotated. Upon rotating the rotating portions, the electrical cables are electrically connected by the bridging connector. The two housings may be substantially the same, having the same components and the same geometry. Each housing may have an inner and outer latch channel and latch interface, making operation quick and easy.
US10944204B2
It is aimed to provide a connector capable of ensuring good sealing. A connector (10) includes a female housing (20) having a female-side sealing surface (22), a male housing (30) having a receptacle (62) into which the female housing (20) is fit, a sealing ring (40) disposed in the receptacle (62) and to be held in close contact with the sealing surface (40) when the female housing (20) and the male housing (30) are connected, and a protecting member (50) mounted on the female housing (20) to cover the female-side sealing surface (22).
US10944203B2
An electrical connector includes an insulative housing forming a mating cavity, a plurality of passageways located by two sides of the mating cavity, a bottom cover attached upon a bottom side of the housing to shield the mating cavity in a vertical direction. A plurality of contacts are disposed in the corresponding passageways, respectively. Each contact includes a retaining section retained in the corresponding passageway, a resilient contacting section extending from the retaining section and into the mating cavity, and a leg extending from the retaining section and downwardly through the bottom cover. A waterproofing glue plate is attached upon the bottom cover, and the legs of the contacts extend through the glue plate. The leg forms a transverse groove located in at least one surface and embedded within the glue plate so as to enhance securement between the glue plate and the leg.
US10944201B2
A waterproof structure for a connector includes a housing retaining terminals and having an opening, a cover closing the opening, and a packing mounted on the cover and sealing between the housing and the cover at the opening. The cover has through holes and projections projecting from an outer surface of the cover. The packing has a body sandwiched between the housing and the cover and locked portions continuous to the body. The locked portion projects from the through hole to an exterior space of the cover toward a direction in which the projection projects, and the locked portion is locked by the projection at least in a direction perpendicular to the direction of projection of the projection.
US10944197B2
A connector terminal may include a terminal body extending along a center line, a contact portion provided at a first end portion of the terminal body in an extension direction of the terminal body, and a lance portion provided at a second end portion of the terminal body in the extension direction of the terminal body. The lance portion includes at least three positioning lances, when viewed from the extension direction of the center line, an angle formed by a first imaginary straight line connecting the center line and the first positioning lance and a second imaginary straight line connecting the center line and the second positioning lance is larger than 0 degrees and smaller than 180 degrees around the center line, and an angle formed by the first imaginary straight line and a third imaginary straight line connecting the center line and the third positioning lance is larger than 0 degrees and smaller than 180 degrees around the center line.
US10944190B2
Disclosed is a method of preparing an amino acid ester of maytansinol by reacting maytansinol with an N-carboxyanhydride of an amino acid (NCA) in the presence of a drying agent. Also disclosed is an improved method of preparing an amino acid ester of maytansinol in which a nucleophile is added to the reaction mixture after completion of the reaction between maytansinol and an N-carboxyanhydride of an amino acid.
US10944186B2
An antenna system comprises a first antenna element adapted to a first frequency band and a second antenna element adapted to a second frequency band different from the first frequency band. The first antenna element includes a radiating structure having a planar radiating element and configured to radiate at a frequency in the first frequency band and a band-stop filter having a planar conductive element and configured to attenuate a current flow at a frequency in a second frequency band different from the first frequency band. The planar conductive element is arranged in a meander pattern, has an end electrically connected to the planar radiating element, extends in a direction substantially parallel to the planar radiating element, and has an electrical length substantially equal to ¼ of a wavelength of the frequency in the second frequency band.
US10944180B2
A phased array antenna includes an array of antenna element modules. Each of the array of antenna element modules includes a dielectric substrate having a lower surface and a radiating element. Each of the antenna element modules also includes an integrated circuit (IC) chip adhered to the lower surface of the dielectric substrate. The IC chip includes a circuit to adjust a signal communicated with the radiating element. The phased array antenna also includes a multi-layer substrate underlying the array of antenna element modules, the multi-layer substrate including a beam forming network (BFN) circuit formed on a layer of the multi-layer substrate and the BFN circuit is in electrical communication with the IC chip of each of the array of antenna element modules.
US10944172B1
An antenna and a base station including the antenna. The antenna includes a sub-array that includes first and second unit cells and a feed network. The first and second unit cells comprise first and second patches, respectively, having quadrilateral shapes. The feed network comprises a first transmission line terminating below first corners of the first and second patches, respectively; a second transmission line terminating below third corners of the first and second patches, respectively; a third transmission line terminating below a second corner of the first patch and a fourth corner of the second patch; and a fourth transmission line terminating below a fourth corner of the first patch and a second corner of the second patch. The first corners are opposite the third corners on the respective first and second patches and the second corners are opposite the fourth corners on the respective first and second patches.
US10944157B2
According to examples of the disclosure, a wearable audio device is provided. The device includes a ground plane, an enclosure configured to enclose the ground plane, and configured to be coupled to an ear of a user, and an elliptically polarized spiral monopole antenna configured to be coupled to the ground plane. The antenna includes a ring and a plurality of arms, each arm of the plurality of arms being configured to be coupled between the ring and the ground plane.
US10944154B1
Embodiments of wireless audio systems and methods for wirelessly communicating audio information are disclosed herein. In one example, wireless transceiver includes a first antenna, a second antenna, and a radio frequency (RF) module. The first antenna is configured to establish a first wireless communication link with an audio source. The second antenna is configured to establish a second wireless communication link with another wireless transceiver. The RF module is configured to receive audio information from the audio source using the first wireless communication link and transmit audio play information to the another wireless transceiver using the second wireless communication link. A first RF radiation field of the first antenna has a higher intensity in a first direction than a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and a second RF radiation field of the second antenna has a higher intensity in the second direction than the first direction.
US10944142B2
This tunable bandpass filter is provided with: a conductive member having a plurality of resonance rods protruding so as to be aligned in a single plane; a dielectric plate disposed parallel to the single plane; a drive part which is attached to the dielectric plate and drives the dielectric plate in directions parallel and perpendicular to the single plane; and a waveguide containing at least the resonance rods and the dielectric plate.
US10944139B2
Disclosed is battery module, which includes a cell assembly having battery cells arranged side by side in one direction and air channels formed at the intervals of the battery cells, and an inlet duct mounted to a front surface of the cell assembly at which the air channels are located to distribute a cooling air to the air channels. The inlet duct includes an air inlet disposed to face air channels, which are located in a central region in the arrangement of the air channels, at a location spaced apart therefrom, a cooling fan being installed at the air inlet to introduce the cooling air; and a guide vane composed of a plurality of plate barriers respectively extending obliquely toward the air channels based on the air inlet at a predetermined acute angle to distribute the flow of air.
US10944135B2
The present invention provides a battery module including: a battery cell laminate in which a plurality of battery cells having a structure in which an electrode assembly is inside a sealed battery case with an electrolyte solution are arranged with the sides being in contact with each other; and a cooling/buffering member, mounted beneath the battery cell laminate to support a load of the battery cell laminate, and formed of a porous structure to emit heat generated from the battery cell laminate during a charge and discharge process down the battery cell laminate.
US10944132B2
Techniques for dynamically changing internal state of a battery are described herein. Generally, different battery configurations are described that enable transitions between different battery power states, such as to accommodate different battery charge and/or discharge scenarios.
US10944125B2
A production method for a lithium-ion secondary battery includes configuring an electrode group provided with a positive electrode and a negative electrode, storing the electrode group, electrolytic solution, and a third electrode in a housing, charging the negative electrode by performing charging between the third electrode and the negative electrode inside the housing, and discharging the charged negative electrode by performing discharging between the third electrode and the negative electrode, thereby producing the lithium-ion secondary battery.
US10944120B2
A polymer electrolyte including a copolymer having at least one first repeating unit represented by Formula 1 and at least one second repeating unit represented by Formula 2: wherein, R1 to R4, L1, and m in Formula 1 and R5 to R7, L2, G and n in Formula 2 are the same as defined in the specification.
US10944119B2
The invention relates to a process for generating hydrogen, comprising decomposing in a reaction vessel aqueous alkali formate in the presence of a transition metal-containing catalyst system dissolved in one or more organic solvent(s), characterized in that said organic solvent(s) comprise at least one solvent which is water-immiscible, thereby releasing hydrogen and forming bicarbonate in the aqueous phase, and separating the catalyst-containing organic solvent(s) from said bicarbonate. Also disclosed are apparatuses for carrying out hydrogen generation.
US10944115B2
A cathode layer and a membrane electrode assembly of a solid oxide fuel cell are provided. The cathode layer consists of a plurality of perovskite crystal films, and the average change rate of linear thermal expansion coefficients of these perovskite crystal films is about 5% to 40% along the thickness direction. The membrane electrode assembly includes the above-mentioned cathode layer, and the linear thermal expansion coefficients of these perovskite crystal films are reduced towards the solid electrolyte layer of the membrane electrode assembly.
US10944106B2
The present application relates to a metal oxide and synthesis of a lithium ion battery. Specifically, the present application selects a cobalt oxide compound, which uses Co3O4 as a main body, as a precursor of lithium cobalt oxide, and anion doping is performed in particles of Co3O4 to obtain a doped precursor for lithium cobalt oxide. The general formula of the precursor can be expressed as Co3(O1-yMy)4, where about 0
US10944105B2
The present invention provides a positive electrode active material includes a first lithium transition metal oxide represented by formula Lia(NibCocMnd)1-eMeO2 or Lia(NibCocAld)1-eM′eO2, wherein 0.9
US10944102B2
A process for solution-based formation of a nanostructured, carbon-coated, inorganic composite includes selecting a supply of inorganic material in a solution, selecting a supply of a carbon-containing solution, and synthesizing the composite by causing the inorganic material to react in the carbon-containing solution. The synthesized composite may be conductive-carbon-coated, and may be for electrochemical applications such as battery cathodes and anodes. The selecting step may involve varying relative amounts of polar fluid, microblender and water components to synthesize a crystalline inorganic composite. There may be a step of retaining and reusing the supply of carbon-containing solution that remains after the synthesizing, and testing the supply of carbon-containing solution that remains to determine whether it can be used again. There may be steps of controlling the composite particle size and morphology and forming desired particle size as a function of the chemical composition of the carbon-containing solution.
US10944096B2
A negative electrode for an electrochemical cell of a lithium metal battery may be manufactured by welding together a lithium metal layer and a metallic current collector layer. The lithium metal layer and the current collector layer may be arranged adjacent one another and in an at least partially lapped configuration such that faying surfaces of the layers confront one another and establish a faying interface therebetween at a weld site. A laser beam may be directed at an outer surface of the current collector layer at the weld site to melt a portion of the lithium metal layer adjacent the faying surface of the current collector layer and produce a lithium metal molten weld pool. The laser beam may be terminated to solidify the molten weld pool into a solid weld joint that physically bonds the lithium metal layer and the current collector layer together at the weld site.
US10944092B2
A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate and a separator, the separator being between the first and second electrode plates, a case accommodating the electrode assembly therein, the case having an opening, and a cap assembly sealing the opening of the case, the cap assembly having a short-circuit hole provided in one area thereof, a first reverse plate and a second reverse plate positioned on a top of the first reverse plate being provided in the short-circuit hole of the cap assembly.
US10944082B2
A vapor deposition apparatus for forming a deposition layer on a substrate, the vapor deposition apparatus includes a supply unit configured to receive a first source gas, a reaction space connected to the supply unit, a plasma generator in the reaction space, a first injection unit configured to inject a deposition source material to the substrate, the deposition source material including the first source gas, and a filament unit in the reaction space, the filament unit being connected to a power source.
US10944079B2
The disclosure discloses a flexible display panel and a method for fabricating the same, the flexible display panel includes: a flexible substrate and a light-emitting element formed on the flexible substrate, wherein the light-emitting element includes a light-emitting layer, a polarization sheet is arranged on a light-emitting side of the light-emitting element, and the flexible display panel further includes a stress buffer layer.
US10944075B2
The present disclosure relates to a display panel, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display terminal. The display panel includes an interlayer insulating layer, a planarization layer, and a pixel defining layer stacked in sequence. The display panel further includes a sub-pixel, a cathode, and a thin film encapsulation structure. The pixel defining layer is provided with an opening. The sub-pixel is disposed in the opening of the pixel defining layer, and the cathode is disposed on the pixel defining layer and covers the sub-pixel. The thin film encapsulation structure is disposed on the cathode, and the thin film encapsulation structure or the cathode is provided with a first embedded portion. The first embedded portion is embedded in the pixel defining layer and the planarization layer, and is in contact with the interlayer insulating layer.
US10944073B2
The present application discloses a display panel having a display area and a peripheral area. The display panel includes a base substrate; a display unit on the base substrate; an encapsulating layer on a side of the display unit distal to the base substrate and encapsulating the display unit; and a first crack barrier layer on the base substrate and in the peripheral area and forming a first enclosure substantially surrounding a first area. The encapsulating layer includes a first inorganic sub-layer. The first inorganic sub-layer includes a first part enclosed inside the first area by the first crack barrier layer.
US10944072B2
A light emitting capacitor can include a first and second electrode, an electroluminescent layer, and at least one elastomeric layer. The electroluminescent layer, which can include an elastomeric material doped with semiconducting nanoparticles, can be disposed between the first and second electrodes. The elastomeric layer can encapsulate the first electrode, second electrode, and electroluminescent layer. The first and second electrodes can be hydrogel or conductive electrodes. The light emitting capacitor can provide dynamic coloration or sensory feedback. The light emitting capacitor can be used in, for example, robotics, wearables (displays, sensors, textiles), and fashion.
US10944069B2
An organic electroluminescence device includes a first electrode, a hole transport region on the first electrode, a light emitting layer on the hole transport region, an electron transport region on the light emitting layer, and a second electrode on the electron transport region. The electron transport region includes an electron transport layer directly on the light emitting layer. The electron transport layer includes a first ternary compound including a halogen element.
US10944061B2
An organic electroluminescence device having high efficiency, low in driving voltage and excellent in durability and a compound useful for the organic electroluminescence device are provided. An organic electroluminescence device comprising, a substrate having thereon: a pair of electrodes of an anode and a cathode; and at least one organic layer comprising a light-emitting layer between the pair of electrodes, and the light-emitting layer contains at least one kind of a phosphorescent material, and at least either one layer of the at least one organic layer contains a specific compound having a dibenzothiophene or dibenzofuran structure, and the compound.
US10944059B2
The present invention relates to a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 for an organic optoelectronic device, an organic optoelectronic device employing the same and a display device. The details for Chemical Formula 1 above are as defined in the specification.
US10944054B2
A method for manufacturing an organic device 10 according to an embodiment includes: a film forming step of continuously forming first to N-th layers (N is an integer of 2 or more) on a first electrode layer 14 formed on a main surface 12a of a flexible substrate while continuously conveying the flexible substrate 12, wherein in the film forming step, the first to N-th layers are sequentially formed on the first electrode layer by supplying materials of the first to N-th layers from first to N-th film forming sources to the flexible substrate through first to N-th shielding parts arranged between the first to N-th film forming sources and the flexible substrate, the first to N-th shielding parts are fixed in a conveyance direction of the flexible substrate in a state of being spaced apart from the flexible substrate, and a shielding area due to at least one shielding part of the first to N-th shielding parts is different from a shielding area due to other shielding part.
US10944048B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, an array of magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs), an array of first dummy MTJs, and an array of second dummy MTJs. The substrate includes an array region defined thereon, and the array region includes at least an outermost corner. The array of MTJs is disposed in the array region. The array of the first dummy MTJs is disposed along the outermost corner of the array region. The array of the second dummy MTJs is disposed around the array region and the array of first dummy MTJs.
US10944044B2
A memory structure is provided that avoids high resistance due to the galvanic effect. The high resistance is reduced and/or eliminated by providing a T-shaped bottom electrode structure of uniform construction (i.e., a single piece). The T-shaped bottom electrode structure includes a narrow base portion and a wider shelf portion. The shelf portion of the T-shaped bottom electrode structure has a planar topmost surface in which a MTJ pillar forms an interface with.
US10944036B2
Semiconductor light-emitting device, includes: substrate having base and conductive part; first to third semiconductor light-emitting elements; first to third wires connected to the first to third semiconductor light-emitting elements respectively; and light-transmitting resin part covering the first to the third semiconductor light-emitting elements, wherein the base has main and rear surfaces facing opposite sides in thickness direction of the base, wherein the conductive part includes main surface part on the main surface, wherein the main surface part includes main surface first part where the first and second semiconductor light-emitting elements are mounted, wherein the main surface first part reaches both ends of the main surface in first direction perpendicular to the thickness direction, and wherein the main surface first part is separated from both the main surface part where the third semiconductor light-emitting element is mounted and the main surface part where the first, second, and third wires are connected.
US10944017B2
A method for manufacturing a stacked photoelectric conversion device includes forming an intermediate transparent conductive layer on a light-receiving surface of a crystalline silicon-based photoelectric conversion unit including a crystalline silicon substrate, and forming a thin-film photoelectric conversion unit on the intermediate transparent conductive layer. The stacked photoelectric conversion device includes the crystalline silicon-based photoelectric conversion unit, the intermediate transparent conductive layer, and the thin-film photoelectric conversion unit. The light-receiving surface of the crystalline silicon-based photoelectric conversion unit has a textured surface including a plurality of projections and recesses. The textured surface has an average height of 0.5 μm or more. The intermediate transparent conductive layer fills the recesses of the textured surface and covers the tops of the projections of the textured surface. At least a part of the thin-film photoelectric conversion unit is deposited by a wet method.
US10944015B2
In a first aspect of a present inventive subject matter, a semiconductor device includes an n-type semiconductor layer including a first semiconductor as a major component, an i-type semiconductor layer including a second semiconductor as a major component and a p-type semiconductor layer including a third semiconductor as a major component. The second semiconductor contains a corundum-structured oxide semiconductor.
US10944010B2
A semiconductor device includes an oxide semiconductor layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor layer, a gate insulating layer covering the oxide semiconductor layer, the source electrode, and the drain electrode, and a gate electrode over the gate insulating layer. The source electrode and the drain electrode include an oxide region formed by oxidizing a side surface thereof. Note that the oxide region of the source electrode and the drain electrode is preferably formed by plasma treatment with a high frequency power of 300 MHz to 300 GHz and a mixed gas of oxygen and argon.
US10944004B2
A semiconductor structure and a method for fabricating the semiconductor structure are provided. The method includes providing a base substrate, and forming a first stress layer in the base substrate. The method also includes forming a gate structure on the base substrate. The first stress layer in the base substrate is on both sides of the gate structure. In addition, the method includes after forming the gate structure, forming an opening in the first stress layer by back-etching the first stress layer. Further, the method includes forming a second stress layer in the opening of the first stress layer.
US10943997B2
A semiconductor layer may be subjected to etching to form a trench therein. An epitaxial layer may be further formed in the trench. Here, the impurity concentration of the epitaxial layer is controlled to be lower than that of the semiconductor layer. In this manner, concentration of electrical fields in the trench is reduced. A first innovations herein provides a semiconductor device including a first semiconductor layer containing impurities of a first conductivity type, a trench provided in the first semiconductor layer on a front surface side thereof, and a second semiconductor layer provided on an inner wall of the trench, where the second semiconductor layer contains impurities of the first conductivity type at a lower concentration than the first semiconductor layer.
US10943994B2
A manufacturing method for a shielded gate trench device comprises the following steps: Step 1, forming a gate trench in a first epitaxial layer; Step 2, forming a first dielectric layer and fully filling the gate trench with a first polysilicon layer; Step 3, forming a top trench: Step 31, carrying out primary polysilicon dry-etching; Step 32, carrying out primary dielectric layer wet-etching to decrease the thickness of the first dielectric layer in the top trench; Step 33, carrying out secondary polysilicon dry-etching; Step 34, carrying out secondary dielectric layer wet-etching to remove the rest of the first dielectric layer on a side face of the top trench and to form the top trench; and Step 4, forming a trench gate in the top trench. By adoption of the manufacturing method, the gate-source capacitance and the gate-drain capacitance can be decreased, and thus, the input capacitance is decreased.
US10943991B2
A semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the semiconductor device are provided, in which the method includes the steps of forming a gate structure on a substrate, forming a spacer on a sidewall of the gate structure, forming two recesses adjacent to two sides of the spacer, performing a cleaning process to trim the spacer for forming a void between the spacer and the substrate, and forming two portions of an epitaxial layer in the two recesses. The semiconductor device preferably includes a cap layer on the two portions of the epitaxial layer as the cap layer includes a planar top surface and an inclined sidewall.
US10943989B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a first inner spacer layer along a substrate and a nanosheet stack disposed on the substrate, performing an ultraviolet (UV) condensation process to form a hardened inner spacer from the first inner spacer layer, forming a second inner spacer layer along the hardened inner spacer, and removing material to form inner spacers by performing an inner spacer etch.
US10943977B2
A semiconductor device is disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a channel region, extending along a direction, that has a U-shaped cross-section; a gate dielectric layer wrapping around the channel region; and a gate electrode wrapping around respective central portions of the gate dielectric layer and the channel region.
US10943976B2
A metal-oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistor structure is provided herein having one or more horizontal and/or one or more vertical MOS transistor structures formed around trench and liner isolation regions. The trench region serves as a gate electrode, while the liner is formed around the sidewalls of trench region and serves as a gate dielectric of a parasitic MOS within the transistor structure. The MOS transistor structure includes various doped regions formed around one or more portions of the trench and liner regions. The doped regions can have one or more different doping types such that in response to a voltage applied to the trench region, a channel region is formed in at least one of the doped regions and provides a current path within the MOS transistor between different doped regions.
US10943971B2
A display device includes a first panel including a pad side area at one side of the first panel, a first optically transparent adhesive member on one surface of the first panel, a printed circuit board including a first attachment portion attached to the one surface of the first panel at the pad side area, a window on the first optically transparent adhesive member, a second optically transparent adhesive member on the other surface of the first panel, and a second panel on the second optically transparent adhesive member opposite the first panel, wherein the pad side area has a connection area at which the printed circuit board is attached to the first panel, and at which an edge of the first optically transparent adhesive member extends beyond an edge of the second optically transparent adhesive member, and a non-connection area at which the printed circuit board is not attached.
US10943969B2
A multi-panel organic light emitting display device is disclosed that includes a plurality of display panels coupled to each other. Each of the plurality of display panels includes: a substrate including an active area and a non-active area; and a display unit including an organic light emitting element on the substrate. Each of the plurality of display panels also includes: a plurality of signal lines disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to the display unit; and a plurality of link lines disposed under the substrate. Each of the plurality of display panels further includes a plurality of side lines connecting the plurality of signal lines and the plurality of link lines. Each of the plurality of display panels also includes a driving circuit electrically connected to the plurality of link lines.
US10943964B2
The present disclosure relates to a display substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The display substrate comprises: a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in an array; a base substrate; and an interlayer insulating layer, at least one heightened part and a plurality of signal wires, sequentially disposed on the base substrate, wherein an orthographic projection of the heightened part on the base substrate is located between orthographic projections of two adjacent sub-pixels on the base substrate, and two adjacent signal wires between the two adjacent sub-pixels are located on two sides of the heightened part and at least partially cover two lateral sides of the heightened part respectively.
US10943960B2
The present application relates to an optical filter and an organic light-emitting display device. The optical filter of the present application has excellent omnidirectional antireflection performance on the side as well as the front. The optical filter can be applied to an organic light-emitting device to improve visibility.
US10943959B1
An optical system may include equipment with a housing that is configured to receive external equipment such as a cellular telephone. The external equipment may include a display. To control the persistence of the display, the optical system may include a light modulating layer. The light modulating layer may switch between a transparent state in which display image light is passed through the light modulating layer to reach the viewer and an opaque state in which display image light is blocked by the light modulating layer from reaching the viewer. The light modulating layer may be placed in the transparent state for a portion of each display frame and the opaque state for the remaining portion of each display frame. The light modulating layer may be formed in the housing of the equipment that receives the external equipment or may be formed with the external equipment directly.
US10943955B2
A pixel arrangement structure, a display substrate, a display device, and a mask plate set are provided. In the pixel arrangement structure, a first virtual rectangle includes one first color sub-pixel block, one second color sub-pixel block, and one third color sub-pixel block, the first virtual rectangle includes a first edge and a second edge; a distance between the second color sub-pixel block and the first edge and a distance between the third color sub-pixel block and the first edge are both smaller than a distance between the first color sub-pixel block and the first edge; and a center of the first color sub-pixel block is located on the perpendicular bisector of the first edge and a distance between the center of the first color sub-pixel block and the first edge is approximately ½ to ¾ of a length of the second edge.
US10943951B2
In one example embodiment, a SOT-MRAM includes a storage unit having a CoαXβPtγ based free layer. The storage unit includes a bottom electrode and the CoαXβPtγ based free layer is disposed over the bottom electrode. Further, the storage unit includes a tunnel barrier layer over the CoαXβPtγ based free layer, and a fixed layer over the tunnel barrier layer. The CoαXβPtγ based free layer, tunnel barrier layer and fixed layer form a magnetic tunnel junction. The storage unit may also include a top electrode over the MTJ.
US10943950B2
A memory device includes a first electrode, a conductive layer including iridium above the first electrode, a magnetic junction on the conductive layer and a second electrode above the magnetic junction. The magnetic junction includes a magnetic structure including a first magnetic layer including cobalt, a non-magnetic layer including platinum or tungsten on the first magnetic layer and a second magnetic layer including cobalt on the non-magnetic layer. The magnetic junction further includes an anti-ferromagnetic layer on the magnet structure, a fixed magnet above the anti-ferromagnetic layer, a free magnet above the fixed magnet and a tunnel barrier between the fixed magnet and the free magnet.
US10943948B2
A magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) device includes two magnetic tunnel junction elements and a magnetic shielding layer. The two magnetic tunnel junction elements are arranged side by side. The magnetic shielding layer is disposed between the magnetic tunnel junction elements. A method of forming said magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) device includes the following steps. An interlayer including a magnetic shielding layer is formed. The interlayer is etched to form recesses in the interlayer. The magnetic tunnel junction elements fill in the recesses. Or, a method of forming said magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) device includes the following steps. A magnetic tunnel junction layer is formed. The magnetic tunnel junction layer is patterned to form magnetic tunnel junction elements. An interlayer including a magnetic shielding layer is formed between the magnetic tunnel junction elements.
US10943943B2
A semiconductor gas imaging device system and method includes one chip dual band Type II Superlattice (T2SL) detectors comprising two back to back diodes wherein the bias is flipped. Embodiment voltages are +1V to −1V. For embodiments, only the detector with negative voltage detects incoming infrared radiation.
US10943938B2
An image sensor including a substrate and an image sensing element is provided. The substrate has an arc surface. The image sensing element is disposed on the arc surface and curved to fit a contour of the arc surface. The image sensing element has a front surface and a rear surface opposite to each other and has at least one first conductive via. The rear surface of the image sensing element directly contacts the arc surface, and the first conductive via is extended from the front surface to the rear surface. In addition, a manufacturing method of the image sensor is also provided.
US10943932B2
This light-receiving element includes: a substrate; a photoelectric conversion layer that is provided on the substrate and includes a first compound semiconductor, and absorbs a wavelength in an infrared region to generate electric charges; a semiconductor layer that is provided on the photoelectric conversion layer and includes a second compound semiconductor, and has an opening in a selective region; and an electrode that buries the opening of the semiconductor layer and is electrically coupled to the photoelectric conversion layer.
US10943930B2
A display device including a substrate having a first region, a second region, and a bending region disposed between the first region and the second region; and a plurality of bending connection lines disposed on the substrate in the bending region and extended in a first direction. Each of the bending connection lines includes a protrusion in a second direction and a recess depressed from the protrusion, and the protrusion of each of the bending connection lines faces the recess of the bending connection lines next thereto.
US10943926B2
The present disclosure relates to a thin-film transistor, an array substrate, a display panel and a display device and fabrication methods thereof. The thin-film transistor includes a gate insulation layer, an active layer having a source region, a drain region, and a channel region, a first doping layer on the source region, a second doping layer on the drain region, and at least one third doping layer arranged between the first doping layer and the second doping layer, wherein the first, the second, and the third doping layers have same conductivity type, and wherein the third doping layer is positioned in the channel region and contacts the gate insulation layer, and the third doping layer does not contact the first doping layer and the second doping layer simultaneously, or the third doping layer is positioned on the channel region and only contacts the first or the second doping layer.
US10943921B2
Some embodiments include a method of forming an integrated structure. An assembly is formed to include a stack of alternating first and second levels. The first levels have insulative material, and the second levels have voids which extend horizontally. The assembly includes channel material structures extending through the stack. A first metal-containing material is deposited within the voids to partially fill the voids. The deposited first metal-containing material is etched to remove some of the first metal-containing material from within the partially-filled voids. Second metal-containing material is then deposited to fill the voids.
US10943919B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of first conductor layers that are stacked in a first direction; a first pillar including a first semiconductor layer and extending through the first conductor layers in the first direction; a first charge storage layer that is provided between the first conductor layers and the first semiconductor layer; a plurality of second conductor layers that are stacked in the first direction above an uppermost conductor layer of the first conductor layers; a second pillar including a second semiconductor layer and extending through the second conductor layers in the first direction, the second semiconductor layer electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer; and a conductor pillar or film extending in the first direction through the second conductor layers other than a lowermost layer of the second conductor layers and being in contact with a respective upper surface of each of the second conductor layers.
US10943915B1
Some embodiments include an assembly having a memory cell with an active region which includes a body region between a pair of source/drain regions. A charge-storage material is adjacent to the body region. A conductive gate is adjacent to the charge-storage material. A hole-recharge arrangement is configured to replenish holes within the body region during injection of holes from the body region to the charge-storage material. The hole-recharge arrangement includes a heterostructure active region having at least one source/drain region of a different composition than the body region, and/or includes an extension coupling the body region with a hole-reservoir. A wordline is coupled with the conductive gate. A first comparative digit line is coupled with one of the source/drain regions, and a second comparative digit line is coupled with the other of the source/drain regions.
US10943901B2
A representative method for manufacturing fin field-effect transistors (FinFETs) includes steps of forming a plurality of fin structures over a substrate, and forming a plurality of isolation structures interposed between adjacent pairs of fin structures. Upper portions of the fin and isolation structures are etched. Epitaxial structures are formed over respective fin structures, with each of the epitaxial structures adjoining adjacent epitaxial structures. A dielectric layer is deposited over the plurality of epitaxial structures with void regions formed in the dielectric layer. The void regions are interposed between adjacent pairs of fin structures.
US10943900B2
A semiconductor device is provided. The Semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first fin type pattern and a second fin type pattern which protrude from an upper surface of the substrate and are spaced apart from each other, a first semiconductor pattern on the first fin type pattern, a second semiconductor pattern on the second tin type pattern and a blocking pattern between the first semiconductor pattern and the second semiconductor pattern, a part of the first semiconductor pattern being inserted in the blocking pattern.
US10943898B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes, for a substrate having a first region protected by a cap layer, forming a first device on a second region of the substrate. The substrate includes an insulator layer disposed between a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer each including a first semiconductor material. The method further includes forming a second device on the first region, including forming one or more transistors each having a channel formed from a second semiconductor material different from the first semiconductor material.
US10943894B2
The optical device includes a photoelectric conversion block including a photoelectric conversion chip configured to include photoelectric conversion elements arranged in a matrix and a first sealing member configured to cover side faces of the photoelectric conversion chip to expose the photoelectric conversion chip and a lens block including a lens and a second sealing member configured to cover side faces of the lens to expose one surface and an other surface of the lens. In the lens block, the one surface of the lens and the second sealing member forms a recessed portion, at least a part of a bottom surface of the recessed portion being formed by the one surface of the lens, a sidewall of the recessed portion being formed by the second sealing member, and the recessed portion being arranged such that the photoelectric conversion chip exposed from the first sealing member is covered.
US10943890B2
Provided are a display module, a display device, and method of assembling and disassembling the display module. The display module includes a cabinet, a light-emitting diode (LED) panel mounted on the cabinet, and a coupling device configured to detachably mount the LED panel on the cabinet, wherein the coupling device comprises a first coupling member and a second coupling member, and at least one of the first coupling member and the second coupling member is configured to be moved by mutual magnetic force.
US10943884B2
Various aspects of this disclosure provide a method of manufacturing an electronic device and an electronic device manufactured thereby. As a non-limiting example, various aspects of this disclosure provide a method of manufacturing an electronic device, and an electronic device manufactured thereby, that utilizes ink to form an intermetallic bond between respective conductive interconnection structures of a semiconductor die and a substrate.
US10943881B2
A semiconductor package includes a substrate, through-electrodes penetrating the substrate, first bumps spaced apart from each other in a first direction parallel to a top surface of the substrate and electrically connected to the through-electrodes, respectively, and at least one second bump disposed between the first bumps and electrically insulated from the through-electrodes. The first bumps and the at least one second bump constitute one row in the first direction. A level of a bottom surface of the at least one second bump from the top surface of the substrate is a substantially same as levels of bottom surfaces of the first bumps from the top surface of the substrate.
US10943880B2
Various semiconductor chips and packages are disclosed. In one aspect, an apparatus is provided that includes a semiconductor chip that has a side, and plural conductive pillars on the side. Each of the conductive pillars includes a pillar portion that has an exposed shoulder facing away from the semiconductor chip. The shoulder provides a wetting surface to attract melted solder. The pillar portion has a first lateral dimension at the shoulder. A solder cap is positioned on the pillar portion. The solder cap has a second lateral dimension smaller than the first lateral dimension.
US10943873B2
A semiconductor device structure is provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a substrate. The semiconductor device structure includes a conductive structure over the substrate. The semiconductor device structure includes first metal oxide fibers over the conductive structure. The semiconductor device structure includes a dielectric layer over the substrate and covering the conductive structure and the first metal oxide fibers. The dielectric layer fills gaps between the first metal oxide fibers.
US10943859B2
The present disclosure describes a semiconductor device including: a semiconductor chip having an electrode; a conductive member including a metal base and having a mounting portion and a peripheral portion surrounding the mounting portion; a solder that is provided between the electrode and the mounting portion; and a sealing resin body that integrally seals the semiconductor chip, at least the face opposed to the electrode in the conductive member, and the solder.
US10943858B2
A semiconductor device structure and a method for making a semiconductor device. As non-limiting examples, various aspects of this disclosure provide various semiconductor package structures, and methods for making thereof, that comprise a thin fine-pitch redistribution structure.
US10943856B2
Described examples include a system in package (SIP) device, including: a first leadframe having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; an integrated circuit die including solder bumps on a first surface and having a second opposite surface, the solder bumps mounted to the second surface of the first leadframe; a second leadframe having a first surface including a die pad portion, and a second opposite surface, the die pad portion attached to the second surface of the integrated circuit die; and an inductor mounted to the first surface of the first leadframe, the inductor having terminals with exterior portions electrically connected and mechanically connected to the first surface of the first leadframe, the inductor terminals spaced from one another by a portion of an inductor body, the portion of the inductor body between the inductor terminals spaced from the first surface of the first leadframe by a gap of at least 100 μms.
US10943850B2
An active cooling system and method for using the active cooling system are described. The active cooling system includes a cooling element having a first side and a second side. The first side of the cooling element is distal to a heat-generating structure and in communication with a fluid. The second side of the cooling element is proximal to the heat-generating structure. The cooling element is configured to direct the fluid using a vibrational motion from the first side of the cooling element to the second side such that the fluid moves in a direction that is incident on a surface of the heat-generating structure at a substantially perpendicular angle and then is deflected to move along the surface of the heat-generating structure to extract heat from the heat-generating structure.
US10943845B2
A three-dimensional packaging structure and a packaging method of power devices. The packaging structure includes power devices, direct copper bonded substrates (i.e., DBC substrates), flexible printed circuit boards (i.e., FPC boards), bonding wires, heat dissipation substrates, decoupling capacitors, a heatsink with integrating the fan, shells, and forms a half-bridge circuit structure composed by the power devices. The power circuit structure is optimized, parasitic inductance in the commutation loop is reduced by mutual inductance cancellation, thus overvoltage and oscillation during the power device switching process can be reduced. Additionally, by using the flexible characteristic of the flexible PCB, a three-dimensional packaging structure is formed and power density is improved.
US10943842B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a substrate top surface; interconnects connected to the substrate and extending above the substrate top surface; a die attached over the substrate, wherein the die includes a die bottom surface that connects to the interconnects for electrically coupling the die and the substrate; and a metal enclosure directly contacting and vertically extending between the substrate top surface and the die bottom surface, wherein the metal enclosure peripherally surrounds the interconnects.
US10943841B2
A substrate comprises a pair of immediately-adjacent integrated-circuit dies having scribe-line area there-between. At least one of the dies comprises insulting material above integrated circuitry. The insulating material has an opening therein that extends elevationally inward to an upper conductive node of integrated circuitry within the one die. The one die comprises a conductive line of an RDL above the insulating material. The RDL-conductive line extends elevationally inward into the opening and is directly electrically coupled to the upper conductive node. The insulating material has a minimum elevational thickness from an uppermost surface of the upper conductive node to an uppermost surface of the insulating material that is immediately-adjacent the insulating-material opening. Insulator material is above a conductive test pad in the scribe-line area. The insulator material has an opening therein that extends elevationally inward to an uppermost surface of the conductive test pad. The insulator material has a minimum elevational thickness from the conductive-test-pad uppermost surface to an uppermost surface of the insulator material that is immediately-adjacent the insulator-material opening and that is less than said minimum elevational thickness of the insulating material. Methods are disclosed.
US10943838B2
A method and system for measuring overlay in a semiconductor manufacturing process comprise capturing an image of a feature in an article at a predetermined manufacturing stage, deriving a quantity of an image parameter from the image and converting the quantity into an overlay measurement. The conversion is by reference to an image parameter quantity derived from a reference image of a feature at the same predetermined manufacturing stage with known overlay (“OVL”). There is also disclosed a method of determining a device inspection recipe for use by an inspection tool comprising identifying device patterns as candidate device care areas that may be sensitive to OVL, deriving an OVL response for each identified pattern, correlating the OVL response with measured OVL, and selecting some or all of the device patterns as device care areas based on the correlation.
US10943836B2
A complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) device that includes a gallium nitride n-type MOS and a silicon P-type MOS is disclosed. The device includes silicon 111 substrate, a gallium nitride transistor formed in a trench in the silicon 111 substrate, the gallium nitride transistor comprising a source electrode, a gate electrode, and a drain electrode. The device further includes a silicon/polysilicon layer formed over the gallium nitride transistor.
US10943834B2
Processing methods may be performed to expose a contact region on a semiconductor substrate. The methods may include selectively removing a first region of a silicon material between source/drain regions of a semiconductor substrate to expose a first region of oxide material. The methods may include forming a liner over the first region of oxide material and contacting second regions of the silicon material proximate the source/drain regions of the semiconductor substrate. The methods may also include selectively removing the second regions of the silicon material proximate the source/drain regions of the semiconductor substrate to expose a second region of the oxide material. The methods may further include selectively removing the second region of the oxide material from a surface of a contact in the semiconductor structure.
US10943833B2
Among other things, one or semiconductor arrangements, and techniques for forming such semiconductor arrangements are provided. For example, one or more silicon and silicon germanium stacks are utilized to form PMOS transistors comprising germanium nanowire channels and NMOS transistors comprising silicon nanowire channels. In an example, a first silicon and silicon germanium stack is oxidized to transform silicon to silicon oxide regions, which are removed to form germanium nanowire channels for PMOS transistors. In another example, silicon and germanium layers within a second silicon and silicon germanium stack are removed to form silicon nanowire channels for NMOS transistors. PMOS transistors having germanium nanowire channels and NMOS transistors having silicon nanowire channels are formed as part of a single fabrication process.
US10943825B2
The present invention provides a method for dicing a substrate on a composite film. A work piece having a support film, a frame and a substrate is provided. The substrate has a top surface and a bottom surface. The top surface of the substrate has at least one die region and at least one street region. The composite film is interposed between the substrate and the support film. Substrate material is etched from the at least one street region to expose a portion of the composite film using a substrate etch process. A first component of the composite film is etched using a first etch process. A second component of the exposed portion of the composite film is plasma etched using a second etch process.
US10943824B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate including an active pattern, a first interlayer dielectric layer on the substrate, the first interlayer dielectric layer including a recess on an upper portion thereof, and a lower connection line in the first interlayer dielectric layer, the lower connection line being electrically connected to the active pattern, and the lower connection line including a conductive pattern, the recess of the first interlayer dielectric layer selectively exposing a top surface of the conductive pattern, and a barrier pattern between the conductive pattern and the first interlayer dielectric layer, the first interlayer dielectric layer covering a top surface of the barrier pattern.
US10943821B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming a metal film containing Al on a surface of a substrate product including a substrate and a nitride semiconductor layer on the substrate, the metal film covering a via hole forming predetermined region, and the surface of the substrate product being located on the nitride semiconductor layer side, forming an etching mask having an opening for exposing the via hole forming predetermined region on a back surface of the substrate product, the back surface of the substrate product being located on the substrate side, and forming a via hole in the substrate product by reactive ion etching, the via hole reaching the surface from the back surface and exposing the metal film. In the forming of the via hole, a reaction gas containing fluorine is used during a period at least including a termination of etching.
US10943819B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes a base, a plurality of islands, and an isolation layer. At least one of the plurality of islands includes a pillar extending from an upper surface of the base, a protrusion connected to the pillar, a capping layer disposed on the protrusion, and a passivation liner disposed on sidewalls of the protrusion and the capping layer. The isolation layer surrounds the islands.
US10943814B1
A method forms a trench isolation opening extending into an SOI substrate, and forms an etch stop member in a portion of the insulator layer abutting a side of the trench isolation opening. The etch stop member has a higher etch selectivity than the insulator layer of the SOI substrate. A trench isolation is formed in the trench isolation opening. A contact is formed to a portion of the semiconductor layer of the SOI substrate. The etch stop member is structured to prevent contact punch through to the base substrate of the SOI substrate.
US10943812B2
A semiconductor device includes a first trench on the device region, a first device isolation layer in the first trench and defining an active pattern of the device region, a second trench on the interface region, and a second device isolation layer in the second trench. The second isolation layer includes a buried dielectric pattern, a dielectric liner pattern on the buried dielectric pattern, and a first gap-fill dielectric pattern on the dielectric liner pattern. The buried dielectric pattern includes a floor segment on a floor of the second trench, and a sidewall segment on a sidewall of the second trench. The sidewall segment has a thickness different from a thickness of the floor segment.
US10943808B2
Implementations described herein provide a substrate support assembly that includes a seal band. The seal band protects an adhesive layer that is disposed between an electrostatic chuck (ESC) and a cooling plate of the substrate support assembly. In one example, a substrate support assembly includes an electrostatic chuck and a cooling plate. A bonding layer secures a bottom surface of the electrostatic chuck to a top surface of the cooling plate. The bonding layer has an adhesive layer and a seal band. The seal band circumscribes and protects the adhesive layer. The seal band has a ring shaped body. The ring shaped body has a top surface connected to a bottom surface by an inner surface and an outer surface. The top surface and the bottom surface angled less than 85 degrees from the inner surface. The outer surface has an indent formed therein.
US10943807B2
A method for aligning and contacting a first substrate with a second substrate using a plurality of detection units and a corresponding device for alignment and contact.
US10943804B2
The present disclosure describes a method for controlling a wet processing system includes dispensing one or more chemicals into a processing chamber according to one or more process parameters. The method also includes injecting one or more illumination markers into the processing chamber and obtaining images representing locations of the one or more illumination markers. The method further includes determining a trajectory of an illumination marker of the one or more illumination markers based on the images and determining whether the determined trajectory is outside a predetermined trajectory range. In response to the determined trajectory being outside the predetermined trajectory range, the method further includes adjusting the one or more process parameters.
US10943792B2
A system in package device includes a landed first die disposed on a package substrate. The landed first die includes a notch that is contoured and that opens the backside surface of the die to a ledge. A stacked die is mounted at the ledge and the two dice are each contacted by a through-silicon via (TSV). The system in package device also includes a landed subsequent die on the package substrate and a contoured notch in the landed subsequent die and the notch in the first die form a composite contoured recess into which the stacked die is seated.
US10943791B2
In a pattern formation method, a photo resist pattern is formed over a target layer to be patterned. An extension material layer is formed on the photo resist pattern. The target layer is patterned by using at least the extension material layer as an etching mask.
US10943789B2
A substrate is disposed on a substrate holder within a process module. The substrate includes a mask material overlying a target material with at least one portion of the target material exposed through an opening in the mask material. A plasma is generated in exposure to the substrate. For a first duration, a bias voltage is applied at the substrate holder at a first bias voltage setting corresponding to a high bias voltage level. For a second duration, after completion of the first duration, a bias voltage is applied at the substrate holder at a second bias voltage setting corresponding to a low bias voltage level. The second bias voltage setting is greater than 0 V. The first and second durations are repeated in an alternating and successive manner for an overall period of time necessary to remove a required amount of the target material exposed on the substrate.
US10943784B2
The present invention provides a method for optimizing a critical dimension for double patterning for NAND flash, forming a core oxide layer on amorphous silicon layer on substrate; densifying the core oxide layer and etching it to form a core pattern; measuring CD values of the bottom and top of the core pattern; providing etching rates of a non-densified core oxide layer and a densified core oxide layer under the same etching condition; calculating the thickness of the core oxide layer required to be densified according to the CD values of the bottom and top of the core pattern and the etching rates to determine the densifying time. The present invention precisely controls the morphology and CD, and obtains a double-patterned target pattern with consistent CD sizes of a top and a bottom and a consistent bottom height, so as to improve a product yield.
US10943782B2
Disclosed are semiconductor devices and methods of manufacturing the same. The method comprises alternately stacking a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of first semiconductor layers to form a mold structure on a substrate, forming a hole penetrating the mold structure, forming on the substrate a second semiconductor layer filling the hole, and irradiating a laser onto the second semiconductor layer.
US10943778B2
A method for manufacturing a substrate includes the following steps: (a) providing a support substrate with a first coefficient of thermal expansion, having on one of its faces a first plurality of trenches parallel to each other in a first direction, and a second plurality of trenches parallel to each other in a second direction; (b) transferring a useful layer from a donor substrate to the support substrate, the useful layer having a second coefficient of thermal expansion; wherein an intermediate layer is inserted between the front face of the support substrate and the useful layer, the intermediate layer having a coefficient of thermal expansion between the first and second coefficients of thermal expansion.
US10943759B2
An X-ray tube includes a vacuum housing, an electron gun, and an anode that includes a target emitting X-rays and a target supporting portion supporting the target. The target supporting portion has an anode main body portion and a protrusion portion including a side surface portion. The anode main body portion includes an outer circumferential surface extending in a direction of a tube axis, and a connection portion formed between the side surface portion of the protrusion portion and the outer circumferential surface. An angle formed by the outer circumferential surface and the connection portion is an obtuse angle.
US10943752B2
A relay cooling device includes a container, a liquid coolant that is stored in the container, and a relay that is immersed in the liquid coolant.
US10943749B2
A control device for controlling at least one associated load and comprising a housing assembly defining a plurality of button zones each comprising at least one switch. The control device further comprises a plurality of interchangeable buttons adapted to be removably attached to the housing assembly over one or more of the button zones. Each button may comprise a front wall and at least one projection extending from a rear surface of the button and adapted to depress an aligned switch when the button is pressed. Each button may also comprise at least one abutment extending from the rear surface of the button and adapted to abut against the front housing portion such that at least a portion of the button pivots or deflect with respect to the at least one abutment when pressed.
US10943737B2
Film capacitor is formed by winding first metal layer, first film, second metal layer, and second film that are in a stacked state in this order. In film surfaces of first and second films, an orientation angle α of first film and an orientation angle β of second film are different in sign from each other when a sign of the orientation angle which represents rotation from reference direction RD to one of both end surfaces is defined to be positive, and the sign of the orientation angle which represents rotation from reference direction RD to another of both end surfaces is defined to be negative. Here, the orientation angle is defined by an acute angle between an orientation main axis MA between reference direction RD parallel to first and second end surfaces when portions of first and second films facing each other through second metal layer are viewed in a direction perpendicular to the film surfaces.
US10943733B2
A ceramic dielectric including: a bulk dielectric including barium (Ba) and titanium (Ti); a ceramic nanosheet; and a composite dielectric of the bulk dielectric and the ceramic nanosheet.
US10943730B2
A single-ended inductor comprises a first partial coil wound in a first direction; and a second partial coil wound in a second direction and adjoined the first partial coil; wherein, the second direction is opposite to the first direction to reduce the coupling of single-ended inductors and peripheral lines and reduce signal interference.
