US10970636B1
Techniques are disclosed for predicting the probability of successfully building the software application whether an integration build between source components of a software application will be successful. An integration service executing on a server computer determines whether to test an integration build of source components of a software application. The integration service obtains metrics related to the developer of each component as well as any previous integration builds of the components. Based on the metrics, the integration service predicts a probability of a successful integration build of the source components. Based on the probability of a successful integration build, the integration service may notify a developer to perform an action to increase the likelihood of the integration build being successful.
US10970633B1
A method for optimizing an on-device neural network model by using a Sub-kernel Searching Module is provided. The method includes steps of a learning device (a) if a Big Neural Network Model having a capacity capable of performing a targeted task by using a maximal computing power of an edge device has been trained to generate a first inference result on an input data, allowing the Sub-kernel Searching Module to identify constraint and a state vector corresponding to the training data, to generate architecture information on a specific sub-kernel suitable for performing the targeted task on the training data, (b) optimizing the Big Neural Network Model according to the architecture information to generate a specific Small Neural Network Model for generating a second inference result on the training data, and (c) training the Sub-kernel Searching Module by using the first and the second inference result.
US10970631B2
Provided is a method of machine learning for a convolutional neural network (CNN). The method includes: receiving input target data; determining whether to initiate incremental learning on the basis of a difference between a statistical characteristic of the target data with respect to the CNN and a statistical characteristic of previously used training data with respect to the CNN; determining a set of kernels with a high degree of mutual similarity in each convolution layer included in the CNN when the incremental learning is determined to be initiated; and updating a weight between nodes to which kernels included in the set of kernels with a high degree of mutual similarity are applied.
US10970630B1
Various technologies pertaining to allocating computing resources of a neuromorphic computing system are described herein. Subgraphs of a neural algorithm graph to be executed by the neuromorphic computing system are identified. The subgraphs are each executed by a group of neuron circuits serially. Output data generated by execution of the subgraphs are provided to the same or a second group of neuron circuits at a same time or with associated timing data indicative of a time at which the output data was generated. The same or second group of neuron circuits performs one or more processing operations based upon the output data.
US10970624B2
Technical solutions are described for forming a semiconductor device for a crosspoint array that implements a pre-programmed neural network. An example method includes sequentially depositing a semiconducting layer, a top insulating layer, and a shunting layer onto a base insulating layer. The method further includes etching selective portions of the top insulating layer corresponding to resistance values associated with weights of the crossbar that implements the neural network.
US10970621B1
A color predictor is provided to predict the color of a food item given its formula comprising the ingredients and its quantities. The color predictor may utilize machine learning algorithms and a set of recipe data to train the color predictor. The color predictor can also be used by a color recommender to recommend changes in the given formula to achieve a target color.
US10970619B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for hierarchical weight-sparse convolution processing are described. An exemplary method comprises: obtaining an input tensor and a plurality of filters at a convolution layer of a neural network; segmenting the input tensor into a plurality of sub-tensors and assigning the plurality of sub-tensors to a plurality of processors; generating, for each of the plurality of filters, a hierarchical bit representation of a plurality of non-zero weights in the filter, wherein the hierarchical bit representation comprises a plurality of bits indicating whether a sub-filter has at least one non-zero weight, and a plurality of key-value pairs corresponding to the plurality of non-zero weights in the filter; identifying, based on the hierarchical bit representation, one or more of the plurality of non-zero weights and corresponding input values from the assigned sub-tensor to perform multiply-and-accumulate (MAC) operations.
US10970618B2
A process of using a logical entanglement device such as a non-volatile logic gate as a failsafe to constrain the behavior of an autonomous machine controlled by an artificial intelligence (AI). Such a device may be employed to extend an AI self-boundary to include other objects or entities such as humans. This logical entanglement device may act much like a mirror neuron and cause the AI to respond to human nonfunctionality or suffering as if it were its own, causing the AI's behavior to reliably mimic empathy and compassion when interacting with humans and limiting the possibility of the AI devaluing the functionality and well-being of humans.
US10970617B2
An acceleration and compression method for a deep convolutional neural network based on quantization of a parameter provided by the present application comprises: quantizing the parameter of the deep convolutional neural network to obtain a plurality of subcode books and respective corresponding index values of the plurality of subcode books; acquiring an output feature map of the deep convolutional neural network according to the plurality of subcode books and respective corresponding index values of the plurality of subcode books. The present application may implement the acceleration and compression for a deep convolutional neural network.
US10970605B2
An electronic apparatus includes a processor configured to obtain a plurality of images, extract deep features with respect to the plurality of images using a feature extraction model, classify the plurality of images into certain groups using the extracted deep features and a classification model, display a result of the classification on the display, determine whether the feature extraction model and/or the classification model need to be updated using the result of the classification, and train and update at least one of the feature extraction model and the classification model based on a result of the determination. The electronic apparatus may estimate a deep feature of an image using a rule-based or artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm. When the deep feature of the image is estimated using the AI algorithm, the electronic apparatus may use a machine learning, neural network, or deep learning algorithm, or the like.
US10970596B2
The present disclosure provides logistic regression gradient calculation methods and apparatuses. One exemplary calculation method comprises: acquiring training data, the training data including X-row user data and Y-row click-through data corresponding to the X-row user data; converting the X-row user data into X-column data; segmenting the X-column data and a weight vector to form N X-column data segmentation blocks and N weight vector segmentation blocks; starting N threads respectively to generate N sub-logistic regression gradients according to the N X-column data segmentation blocks, the N weight vector segmentation blocks, and the corresponding Y-row click-through data; and splicing the N sub-logistic regression gradients to form a full logistic regression gradient. With embodiments of the present disclosure, a computing machine can support training of a super-large-scale logistic regression model, which increases the calculation speed, shortens the training time, and greatly reduces the memory usage of the computing machine.
US10970583B2
An information processing apparatus includes a display controller that displays on a display a drawing that expresses a meaning of target data, and an extracting unit that extracts partial data that is at least part of the target data, the partial data being used to express a specific portion if the specific portion is specified as part or whole of the drawing.
US10970580B2
To appropriately perform blotting out processing for a portion that a user intends to prevent from being displayed for an electronic document having text information on a character string for search, along with image information. The information processing apparatus according to the present invention, in a case where the electronic document is an electronic document in a format searchable for a character string and where a character string obtained by performing OCR processing for a character image object existing in an area and a character string of an invisible text object existing in the area do not match with each other, a setting unit performs re-setting of an area to which blotting out processing is applied for at least one of the character image object and the invisible text object so that both the character strings match with each other.
US10970578B2
A system receives images capturing a non-planar surface from different respective angles, where each of the images captures a section of an area on the non-planar surface, the area including textual or graphical information. The system stitches together the images to obtain a stitched image that captures an entirety of the area on the non-planar surface. The system processes the stitched image to extract the textual or graphical information from the area on the non-planar surface. The system then associates the extracted textual or graphical information with one or more information fields in a report template, and generates a report by populating the one or more information fields of the report template with corresponding associated information within the extracted textual or graphical information.
US10970575B2
Described embodiments relate to a method operable in a biometric authentication system. The method comprises initiating generation of an acoustic stimulus for application to a user's ear; and determining a quality measure of a response signal to the acoustic stimulus. Responsive to determining that the quality measure is inadequate for performing a biometric process, the method comprises one or more of: (i) modifying one or more properties of the acoustic stimulus to improve a signal to noise ratio, SNR, of the response signal and (ii) cancelling the effect of noise from outside the ear on the response signal of the user's ear to the acoustic stimulus to improve the SNR of the response signal.
US10970572B2
The driver condition detection system includes a driver monitor camera capturing a face of a driver of a vehicle and generating a facial image of the driver, and a driver condition detection part configured to detect a condition of the driver based on the facial image. If a part of face parts of the driver is hidden in the facial image, the driver condition detection part is configured to detect a condition of the driver based on face parts of the driver not hidden in the facial image. The face parts of the driver are a mouth, nose, right eye, and left eye of the driver.
US10970560B2
This disclosure relates to a system to trigger presentation of in-vehicle content based on detected physical objects. The system may be coupled to a vehicle. The system may include one or more physical processors. The processor(s) may be configured to obtain output signals conveying detection information that facilitates detection and identification of physical objects near and/or within an interior of the vehicle. The processor(s) may be configured to identify the physical objects near or within the interior of the vehicle. The processor(s) may be configured to obtain usage information conveying recent and/or anticipated use of the physical objects. The processor(s) may be configured to control one or more vehicle components to provide content that is specific to the identity of the physical object and/or specific to the usage information.
US10970547B2
The techniques disclosed herein improve the efficiency of a system by providing intelligent agents for managing data associated with objects that are displayed within mixed-reality and virtual-reality collaboration environments. Individual agents are configured to collect, analyze, and store data associated with individual objects in a shared view. The agents can identify real-world objects and virtual objects discussed in a meeting, collect information about each object and generate recommendations for each object based on the collected information. The recommendations can suggest modifications to the objects, provide resources for obtaining or modifying the objects, and provide actionable information allowing users to reach a consensus regarding an object. The data can be shared between different communication sessions without requiring users to manually store and present a collection of content for each object. The intelligent agents can also persist through different communication sessions to enhance user engagement and improve productivity.
US10970537B2
An image processing apparatus generates a left-eye viewpoint image and a right-eye viewpoint image, detects one or more pairs that are each a pair of a partial image of the left-eye viewpoint image and a partial image of the right-eye viewpoint image that are similar to each other, performs, for each of the one or more pairs, image adjustment processing for adjusting the three-dimensionality of one of or both of the partial images of the left-eye and right-eye viewpoint images, displays the left-eye viewpoint image or the left-eye viewpoint image after the image adjustment processing in a manner such that this image is capable of being observed with a left eye, and displays the right-eye viewpoint image or the right-eye viewpoint image after the image adjustment processing in a manner such that this image is capable of being observed with a right eye.
US10970532B1
The disclosed computer-implemented method for preventing sharing of sensitive content in image data on a closed computing platform may include (i) detecting initiation of a network connection for sending network traffic data to a data storage service on the closed computing platform, (ii) monitoring the sending of the network traffic data to identify a target traffic indicator associated with image data, (iii) interrupting the sending of the network traffic data upon identifying the target traffic indicator, (iv) analyzing the image data to identify sensitive content, and (v) performing a security action that protects against the sensitive content being shared to the data storage service on the closed computing platform. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10970529B2
A system includes a laser displacement sensor which is provided on a shoulder of a roadway, emits a laser beam which scans a roadway space in a height direction thereof, receives a beam reflected by an object which is present in the roadway space, and measures a distance up to a reflection point on the object, at which the laser beam was reflected; and a vehicle window detection device that detects a window of the vehicle based on the distance measured by the laser displacement sensor. The vehicle window detection device detects the window of the vehicle based on a change in a distance in a horizontal direction from the laser displacement sensor to the reflection point after the vehicle in the roadway space was detected.
US10970522B2
The present disclosure provides a data processing method, an electronic device and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: acquiring first image data of images stored in a local device and second image data of images stored in another device; comparing the first image data with the second image data to determine a storage type of an image contained in the first image data and/or contained in the second image data; establishing a mapping relation between a first face group contained in the first image data and a second face group contained in the second image data according to the storage type; and processing the first image data and the second image data for the first face group and the second face group having the mapping relation with each other.
US10970519B2
A method for validating objects appearing in volumetric video presentations includes obtaining a volumetric video presentation depicting a scene, wherein the volumetric video presentation is associated with a metadata file containing identifying information for the scene, identifying user-generated content that depicts the scene, by matching metadata associated with the user-generated content to the metadata file associated with the volumetric video presentation, comparing a first object appearing in the volumetric video presentation to a corresponding second object appearing in the user-generated content, assigning a score to the first object based on the comparing, wherein the score indicates a probability that the first object has not been manipulated, and altering the volumetric video presentation to filter the first object from the volumetric video presentation when the score falls below a threshold.
US10970515B2
According to various embodiments, an electronic device includes: a housing; a display exposed through a part of the housing and located within the housing; a fingerprint sensor located at a portion of the housing and coupled with the display; a processor electrically coupled with the display and the fingerprint sensor; and at least one memory electrically coupled with the processor, wherein the memory stores fingerprint data for confirmation and stores instructions to be executed by the processor and the instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to receive the fingerprint data of a user using the fingerprint sensor, to analyze the received fingerprint data to determine whether at least a part of the fingerprint data is a result of at least a part of the finger at least partially covered with an external material, and to at least partially compare a part of the stored fingerprint data for confirmation with the analyzed fingerprint data.
US10970513B2
An array substrate is provided. The array substrate includes a first base material, and a display circuit layer and a recognition circuit layer laminated on the first base material. The display circuit layer includes multiple gate lines, multiple data lines, and multiple thin-film transistors (TFT). Projections of the multiple gate lines on the first base material and projections of the multiple data lines on the first base material define multiple sub-pixel projection areas. Each of projections of the multiple TFTs on the first base material falls into a corresponding area of the multiple sub-pixel projection areas. The recognition circuit layer includes multiple photoelectric sensors. Projections of the multiple photoelectric sensors on the first base material fall into different areas of the sub-pixel projection areas. The photoelectric sensor is configured to sense target lights carrying user fingerprint information. A display screen and an electronic device are further provided.
US10970508B2
A method and apparatus for decoding codes applied to objects for use with an image sensor that includes a two dimensional field of view (FOV), the method comprising the steps of providing a processor programmed to perform the steps of obtaining an image of the FOV and applying different decode algorithms to code candidates in the obtained image to attempt to decode the code candidates wherein the decode algorithm applied to each candidate is a function of the location of the code candidate in the FOV.
US10970505B2
The present specification provides a two-part code reading apparatus, including: a supporting base with a reading window that comprises: a cavity formed in the supporting base; a reflector disposed on one side of the cavity, wherein the reflector is parallel to a flat surface when the supporting base is placed on the flat surface; a translucent plate that covers an opening of the cavity and forms an acute angle with the reflector; and a hole disposed on a side of the cavity opposite to the reflector, the hole allows light to pass through; and a handheld code scanner with a camera, wherein the camera is aligned with the hole when the handheld code scanner is detachably placed on the supporting base, so that incoming light reflected by the reflector is capable of being directed to the camera through the hole.
US10970501B2
A code reader may include at least one imager configured to capture image data of a scene including a machine-readable indicia. A first circuit may be in electrical communication with the imager(s), and be configured to receive the image data from the imager. A second circuit may be in communication with the imager and the first circuit, and be configured to control operation of said imager, and to process the image data including the machine-readable indicia to decode and/or identify data represented by the machine-readable indicia. The decoded and/or identified data may be output to a computer. A third circuit may be in electrical communication with the first circuit, and be configured to process the image data to produce processed (e.g., subsampled and compressed) image data, and to output the processed image data to the computer.
US10970499B2
Systems and methods for dynamically changing displayed content of a tag. The methods comprise: performing operations by sensors of the tag to detect when an individual is interacting with a first item to which the tag is coupled; determining a type of interaction between the individual and the first item; selecting at least one first accessory from a plurality of accessories for the first item based on the type of interaction; obtaining information for the selected at least one first accessory that is to be presented to the individual; and dynamically changing the displayed content of the tag to include the obtained information while the individual is still in proximity to the tag or interacting with the first item.
US10970496B2
Systems, apparatuses and methods provide for detecting the proximate placement of an external NFC reader to a specific location on a display surface. The display surface can be intended for viewing indicia and enabling interaction with an NFC communication device embedded within the display. A circuit can control an NFC security system that can scan for unauthorized tags affixed to the surface of a display. The NFC security system may be activated by an NFC enabled mobile phone placed proximate to the indicated region for receiving an NFC coded message from the display. An NFC security scan can be performed prior to the mobile phone reading the message from the intended NFC tag in the display. Enabling interactive display modes can allow for making selections indicated on the display or detecting motion gestures across the face of the display.
US10970492B2
A call assistant device is used to command a call management system to perform a specified task in association with a specified call. The call assistant device can be an Internet of Things (IoT) based device, which can include one or more buttons and connect to a communication network wirelessly. When a user activates the call assistant device, e.g., presses a button, the call assistant device sends a message to the call management system to perform a specified task. Upon receiving the message, the call management system executes the specified task in association with a specified call of the user. The task to be performed can be any task that can be performed in association with a call, e.g., generating a summary of the call, bookmarking a specified moment in the call, sending a panic alert to a particular user, or generating an action item.
US10970491B2
A database may contain a corpus of text strings, the text strings respectively associated with vector representations thereof, where each of the vector representations is an aggregation of vector representations of words in the associated text string. An artificial neural network (ANN) may have been trained with mappings between: (i) the words in the text strings, and (ii) for each respective word, one or more sub strings of the text strings in which the word appears. A server device may be configured to: receive an input text string; generate an input aggregate vector representation of the input text string by applying an encoder of the ANN to words in the input text string; compare the input aggregate vector representation to the vector representations; identify a relevant subset of the vector representations; and transmit the text strings that are associated with the relevant subset of the vector representations.
US10970490B2
A conversation for simulation by an artificial intelligence-based tutor is automatically generated. The conversation relates to content on which the artificial intelligence-based tutor is being trained. The automatically generating the conversation includes automatically generating inputs from a simulated student regarding the content, and automatically generating on behalf of the artificial intelligence-based tutor expected responses to the inputs generated from the simulated student. The conversation is provided as an output to be input to the artificial intelligence-based tutor for simulation by the artificial intelligence-based tutor.
US10970481B2
Disclosed herein are methods and systems that allows a user, when entering a string of input characters, to remove multiples input characters at one time back to where a typographical error occurs in the string. The method offers improvement over the current character-by-character deletion method where a user hits a deletion key multiple times to remove input characters that include the typographical error.
US10970470B1
Devices and techniques are generally described for compression of natural language processing models. A first index value to a first address of a weight table may be stored in a hash table. The first address may store a first weight associated with a first feature of a natural language processing model. A second index value to a second address of the weight table may be stored in the hash table. The second address may store a second weight associated with a second feature of the natural language processing model. A first code associated with the first feature and comprising a first number of bits may be generated. A second code may be generated associated with the second feature and comprising a second number of bits greater than the first number of bits based on a magnitude of the second weight being greater than a magnitude of the first weight.
US10970466B2
Based on natural language processing of a passage of a first electronic document, a determination is made that the passage indicates an action to be undertaken. In response to this determination and based on an analysis of a second electronic document, the second electronic document is identified as incorporating content preconfigured to allow completion of the action. In response to this identification, the passage is linked to the second electronic document.
US10970454B2
Invention disclosed herein is a method for performing connectivity verification of an integrated circuit device. In embodiments of the invention, the method includes creating a directed graph representation of the integrated circuit device. The method can further include determining target gates referred to as trace signals within the integrated circuit device. The method can further include creating a hierarchical representation of trace signals and determining nested trace signals. The method can further include determining one or more locations for cut points for non-nested trace signals. Thereafter, performing connectivity verification using the one or more locations for cut points. Finally improving scalability of the connectivity verification by utilizing hierarchical decomposition embodiment of the invention.
US10970452B2
Provided are a system for designing a semiconductor circuit and an operating method of the same. The system includes a working memory loading a clustering application for generating a cluster, based on instances respectively corresponding to cells of the semiconductor circuit, and loading a design tool for placing the cells. The clustering application, when an output terminal of a first instance is connected to a second instance and the number of instances connected to the output terminal of the first instance is one, classifies the first instance and the second instance into a candidate group pair. The clustering application, when all instances connected to an input terminal of the second instance are classified into the candidate group pair with the second instance, generates the cluster including the first instance and the second instance.
US10970448B2
Systems and methods for improving timing closure of new and existing IC chips by breaking at least one parameter of interest into two or more partial parameters. More specifically, a method is provided for that includes propagating at least one timing analysis run for a semiconductor product. The method further includes identifying at least one parameter of interest used in the at least one timing analysis run. The method further includes splitting the at least one parameter into two parts comprising a controlled part and an uncontrolled part. The method further includes correlating or anti-correlating the controlled part with another parameter used in the at least one timing analysis run. The method further includes projecting timing using the correlation or anti-correlation between the controlled part and the another parameter and using the uncontrolled part of the at least one parameter.
US10970446B1
The disclosed approaches process a circuit design having first attributes associated with two or more signals or with sources of the two or more signals. The first attributes specify identifier values. The elements of the circuit design are placed on a target integrated circuit (IC), and timing analysis of the circuit design is performed after placing the elements of the circuit design. In response to the first attributes of the two or more signals or sources specifying equivalent identifier values and a path of at least one of the two or more signals or sources being timing-critical, equal numbers of one or more pipeline registers are inserted on paths of the two or more signals or sources.
US10970440B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device (for a layout diagram stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium) includes generating the layout diagram. The generating the layout diagram includes: placing standard functional cells to partially fill a logic area of the layout diagram according to at least one corresponding schematic design thereby leaving, as unfilled, a spare region in the logic area; selecting a first pitch for additional cells to be placed in the spare region, wherein use of the first pitch minimizes wasted space in the spare region; selecting standard not-yet-programmed (SNYP) spare cells, which are to become at least some of the additional cells, according to the first pitch; and placing the selected SNYP spare cells into the spare region of the layout diagram.
US10970437B2
Data is received that characterizes a chip in the package system (CPS) having a plurality of wires and vias. Thereafter, using the received data, a chip power calculation is performed. The chip power calculated is used to generate a thermal-aware power map. Further, package and system level thermal analysis is performed using the power map to generate a tile-based CPS thermal profile. A plurality of chip finite element sub-models are then generated that each correspond to a different tile. A thermal field solution is solved for each sub-model so that, for each wire, wire temperature rises are extracted from the corresponding the chip sub-model analysis and combined with temperature values from the CPS thermal profile. This extracting and combining is then used to generate a back-annotation file covering each metal wire and via in the CPS.
US10970436B2
The present application discloses a method for numerically simulating orthodontic effect of an orthodontic appliance. The method comprising: providing a numerical dental model representing a patient's dental tissues, wherein the numerical dental model comprises mechanical parameters and geometrical parameters of the patient's dental tissues; providing a numerical orthodontic appliance model representing an orthodontic appliance, the orthodontic appliance corresponding to an expected orthodontic state, and the numerical orthodontic appliance model comprising mechanical parameters and geometrical parameters of the orthodontic appliance; combining the numerical orthodontic appliance model with the numerical dental model to simulate wearing of the orthodontic appliance on the patient's dental tissues; calculating orthodontic change after the wearing of the orthodontic appliance on the patient's dental tissues, based on the mechanical parameters and geometrical parameters included in the numerical orthodontic appliance model and the numerical dental model respectively; and assessing the orthodontic effect of the numerical orthodontic appliance model based on the orthodontic change.
US10970431B2
An automated model development tool can be used for automatically developing a model (e.g., an analytical model). The automated model development tool can perform various automated operations for automatically developing the model including, for example, performing automated operations on variables in a data set that can be used to develop the model. The automated operations can include automatically analyzing the predictor variables. The automated operations can also include automatically binning (e.g., combining) data associated with the predictor variables to provide monotonicity between the predictor variables and one or more output variables. The automated operations can further include automatically reducing the number of predictor variables in the data set and using the reduced number of predictor variables to develop the analytical model. The model developed using the automated model development tool can be used to identify relationships between predictor variables and one or more output variables in various machine learning applications.
US10970429B2
A method for simulating the influence of thermally coupled surface radiation on a solid body, which solid body has at least one surface capable of being exposed to radiation, by calculating the radiative exchange between grey, diffuse surfaces, characterized in that the surface or surfaces to be exposed to radiation is/are subdivided adaptively, hierarchically into radiation tiles of the same or virtually the same radiation intensity, and the surface temperature resulting from irradiation is achieved by means of a hierarchical view factor method, which view factor method comprises the evaluation of a solid angle integral using a primary solid angle subdivision, which primary solid angle subdivision comprises a homogeneous view factor discretization, wherein each solid angle subdivision is adaptively and hierarchically discretized into its partial areas by spherical projection and wherein the total of all partial amounts of that solid angle integral can be determined by means of ray tracing.
US10970402B2
Distributed machine learning employs a central fusion server that coordinates the distributed learning process. Preferably, each of set of learning agents that are typically distributed from one another initially obtains initial parameters for a model from the fusion server. Each agent trains using a dataset local to the agent. The parameters that result from this local training (for a current iteration) are then passed back to the fusion server in a secure manner, and a partial homomorphic encryption scheme is then applied. In particular, the fusion server fuses the parameters from all the agents, and it then shares the results with the agents for a next iteration. In this approach, the model parameters are secured using the encryption scheme, thereby protecting the privacy of the training data, even from the fusion server itself.
US10970400B2
Generation of a first prediction model is caused based on first training data, where the first prediction model enables determining whether an exploit to be developed for software vulnerabilities will be used in an attack. For each training instance in the first training data, the first prediction model is used to generate a score. Each training instance is added to second training data if the score is greater than a threshold value. The second training data is a subset of the first training data. Generation of a second prediction model is caused based on the second training data, where the second prediction model enables determining whether an exploit to be developed for software vulnerabilities will be used in an attack.
US10970399B2
A method for processing data in a plurality of processing acts includes: configuring a plurality of processing circuits in a first configuration, in such a way that both a first and a second of the plurality of processing circuits execute a first of the plurality of processing acts; and configuring the plurality of processing circuits in a second configuration, in such a way that the first processing circuit executes a second processing act and the second processing circuit executes a third processing act, which is different than the second processing act. An apparatus is designed for carrying out the method.
US10970392B2
A first mobile application is received. A reversing operation is performed on the first mobile application. A static analysis engine is used to determine a plurality of libraries included in the mobile application. Each library included in the plurality of libraries is categorized. A determination that the first mobile application is similar to a second mobile application based at least in part on a comparison of the respective categorizations of the respective libraries included in the respective first and second mobile applications. Commonality in the libraries of the two mobile applications can be used for a variety of purposes including detecting repackaging and also common authorship.
US10970384B2
In authenticating a first circuit by a second circuit, the second circuit selects one of a set of public values and sends to the first circuit a request for a secret value corresponding to the selected one of the set of public values. The first circuit derives the secret value from the selected one of the set of public values using a seed from set of seeds that is stored in a destructive fashion such that each use of a seed destroys that seed. The set of seeds is smaller in number than the set of public values. The second circuit determines whether the secret value matches the selected one of the set of public values using a one-way function. A positive authentication is generated based upon the determination of a match.
US10970380B2
A network device logs transmission control protocol (TCP) flow data for connections between registered devices that are registered for use of secure Internet of Things (IoT) application programming interfaces (APIs). The logging generates logged flow data. The network device receives, from a first registered device, a call validation request for an IoT API call directed to the first registered device from a second registered device. The call validation request includes packet information of the IoT API call. The network device compares the packet information with the logged TCP flow data. When the comparing indicates a match of the packet information and the logged TCP flow data, the network device sends a response to the first registered device to accept the IoT API call. Otherwise, the network device sends a response to the first registered device to reject the IoT API call.
US10970379B2
The present invention generally involves a mobile application configured to guard access to other applications that may be stored within a smartphone. For example, applications stored within the smartphone may include password managers, email clients, or payment applications, which a user of the smartphone may desirably secure by providing an extra layer of protection. In exemplary embodiments, the security application may employ GUI configured to display a folder for allowing a user to select which mobile applications to secure. The GUI may display a set of images as a means of implementing an authentication protocol to provide a user with access to the stored data. The user may control certain settings such as the source of the authenticating images, the number of images and authenticating images, and or a sequence that may be an authenticating sequence associated with the authenticating images for granting access to the data.
US10970372B2
The use of user-specific data to process a biometric print, such that use of the biometric print is revoked by invalidating the user-specific data. The processed print is generated by performing one-way processing of the biometric print using the user-specific data. The processed print, not the biometric print, is then provided to the authentication system for later authentication of the user. During matching, the user later provides a current biometric, resulting in generation of a current biometric print. For each of multiple users, the user-specific is obtained for that user, and at least one processed print is generated for each user based on the current biometric print. The current processed prints are used by the authentication system to match against each of the enrolled processed prints. If a match is found, the user is identified as being the user associated with the matching enrolled print.
US10970359B2
A web page distributing server receives a transmission request for a web page from a terminal device, and transmits, to the terminal device, web page data to display the entire web page in response to the transmission request. The web page distributing server transmits, to the terminal device, a program that causes the terminal device to achieve a completion determination function to determine whether or not a browser of the terminal device has completed reading of data necessary to display a position containing a specific part in the web page and an intermediate movement function to move a position of a browser screen to a specific scroll position which is a position where the specific part is contained in the browser screen in response to the determination by the completion determination function that the reading has been completed.
US10970353B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products for identifying original content. In one aspect a method is described that includes identifying a first document in a collection of documents. The first document contains a content piece and the content piece does not occur in any earlier document in the collection. The first document is associated with a first author and the first author associated with a first rank. The first rank of the first author is determined using a score of the content piece. The score is a figure of merit of the content piece.
US10970351B2
A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for allocating storage of media programs among global and local storage assets for hot and cold storage is disclosed. Trend data is obtained from a plurality of sources including web page click-throughs and social media, indexed and combined with data describing available media programs to identify media programs of interest and reallocate them to hot storage as required. The system uses REST-compliant methods and commands and is therefore pluggable and can be used with a variety of existing systems.
US10970349B1
Described herein are methods and system for electronic workflow management having a central server that periodically scans data accessible to multiple computers and data interacted with by different users to generate a nodal data structure comprising of interrelated nodes where each node corresponds to a workflow component, such as files, messages, tasks, and the like. The server then executes various analytical protocols to identify and link/merge nodes corresponding to related content. Upon receiving a set of notifications for a user, the server augments the notifications with data retrieved/derived from the nodal data structure. The server then prioritizes outputting the notifications based on their respective contextualized data and/or based on attributes received from the user.
US10970347B2
A system and method for managing user activity context includes monitoring a user's actions on an electronic device; analyzing a resource accessed by the user; identifying an activity being performed by the user based on the analysis of the resource; and generating an activity context graph for the identified activity, wherein the activity context graph includes information regarding the resource. The activity context graph may be updated with additional resources accessed by the user if the additional resources are associated with the identified activity. The activity context graph may be provided to another user and may be updated to reflect the other user's profile, settings, or other information.
US10970344B2
The present disclosure relates to a method and system for providing location based service to end users. The method includes acquiring one or more historical orders associated with a user within a predetermined time interval; retrieving a first set of points of interests (POI) associated with the user based on the one or more historical orders; storing the first set of POIs associated with the user in a first database; retrieving a second set of POIs from a second database; updating the first set of POIs in the first database based on the second set of POIs and the one or more historical orders; receiving location information of the user from a user equipment; determining one or more personalized content items based on the updated first set of POIs and the location information of the user; and transmitting the one or more personalized content items to be displayed on the user equipment.
US10970343B2
Adapting database queries from a common interface into conditions specific to database storage formats, optimization of a data model, and virtualization of query results from combined databases.
US10970341B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for predicting a type of an event in a computer-implemented system, implementations including receiving event data including a set of features representative of an event, determining a probability for at least one feature in the set of features from a data structure that stores a plurality of feature-probability pairs, the data structure representative of a type of event, providing a joint probability based on the probability of the at least one feature, the joint probability indicating a likelihood that the event is of the type of event, comparing the joint probability to a threshold to provide a comparison, and selectively executing one or more actions based on the comparison.
US10970329B1
Various embodiments provide for associating a collection of media items with a graphical element. For instance, a system can: generate corpus data from a set of features of a collection of media content items; determine a set of candidate graphical elements for the collection of media content items based on the corpus data and further based on a set of first mappings associating at least one graphical element and at least one n-gram; determine a set of prediction scores corresponding to the set of candidate graphical elements based on the set of features; determine a ranking for the set of candidate graphical elements based on the set of prediction stores; select a set of predicted graphical elements, from the set of candidate graphical elements, based on the ranking; and provide the set of predicted graphical elements in association with the collection of media content items.
US10970322B2
A method trains an artificial intelligence system to respond to a complex query. A query/answer (Q/A) system sends a first query to an information server, where the first query is a query about a first topic with regard to a first entity, and where the information server provides access to unstructured information sources. In response to receiving a negative response to the first query for the first entity, the Q/A system sends variations of the first query and a second query about a second topic to the information server. The Q/A system identifies a pattern in the table of information in order to create the answer to the first query for the first entity. The Q/A system then trains an artificial intelligence system to respond to a complex query about the first entity with information in the table of information.
US10970319B2
Intent-resolution using a phrase index may include obtaining data expressing a usage intent, the data indicating an unresolved data portion, identifying a phrase fragment based on the data expressing the usage intent and a phrase pattern, the phrase fragment including the unresolved data portion, identifying candidate tokens, identifying candidate phrases by traversing a phrase index based on the phrase fragment, wherein identifying the candidate phrases includes, in response to a determination that the phrase index includes an indexed phrase at least partially matching the phrase fragment in accordance with the phrase pattern, the indexed phrase is identified as one of the candidate phrases, identifying candidate resolved-requests, weighting and sorting the candidate tokens, the candidate phrases, and the candidate resolved-request, to obtain sorted candidate resolutions, and outputting one or more of the sorted candidate resolutions for presentation to a user as respective candidates for resolving the unresolved data portion.
US10970316B1
Techniques are provided for maintaining a class hierarchy of an object-oriented data model in tables of a relational database that minimize performance impact (e.g., in terms of both processing resources and storage footprint). In one embodiment, an object-relational mapping system accesses a class hierarchy of an object-oriented data model. A plurality of tables of a relational database are generated, including a primary table, a joined table and an overflow table. The object-relational mapping system maps classes of the class hierarchy to the primary table, joined table and overflow table, wherein the mapping maps properties of classes to columns of the primary table and joined table until a column threshold is reached and then maps excess properties to columns of the overflow table, and the mapping shares at least one column of the primary table, joined table or overflow table among classes such that multiple different properties are mapped to the shared column. The properties of the classes are stored to the plurality of tables according to the mapping.
US10970307B2
An example operation may include one or more of connecting, by a broker node, to a blockchain comprised of an arranger node and a plurality of client nodes, retrieving from the blockchain, by the broker node, a request for information sent by a client node of the plurality of the client nodes, decrypting, by the broker node, the request for the information with a private key of the broker node, extracting, by the broker node, a public key of a client associated with the client node from the decrypted request for the information, selecting, by the broker node, a set of client properties based on the public key of the client, generating, by the broker node, a modified request for information based on the request for the information and the set of the client properties, and sending, by the broker node, the modified request for the information to the arranger node.
US10970303B1
Available capacity of resources hosted in different networks may be evaluated to select resources for the performance of a query. A query may be received via an interface for one network. The available capacity of the one network and other networks may be evaluated to select resources hosted in another network to perform the query instead of the resources in the one network. The query may then be routed to the resources in the other network and result of the query performed at the resources in the other network provided.
US10970293B2
Methods and apparatus related to using document feature(s) of a document that is responsive to a query, and optionally query feature(s) of the query, to determine a presentation characteristic for presenting a search result that corresponds to the document. In some implementations, measures associated with the document feature(s) and/or query feature(s) may be used to determine the presentation characteristic. The measures may be based on past interactions, by corresponding users, with other documents that share one or more of the document features with the document, where a plurality of the other documents are different from the document (and optionally each different from one another). In some implementations, the document and/or the other documents include, or are restricted to, documents that are access restricted.
US10970284B2
A query optimization system is described that, at runtime, optimizes the execution pipeline generated for a query. Based upon communications between nodes in the execution pipeline, the execution pipeline generated for a query is optimized by modifying the execution pipeline to create a modified execution pipeline. The modified execution pipeline is then executed to execute the query and results obtained for the query. The changes or modifications made to an execution pipeline may include changing the capabilities (e.g., changes to inputs and/or outputs of a node, changing the task(s) or function(s) performed by the node) of one or more nodes within the execution pipeline. The changes may include changing the position of one or more nodes within a directed acyclic graph representing the execution pipeline.
US10970281B2
Some embodiments provide a program that receives a query for records in a table having a value in a column of the table that is included in a set of values. The program further iterates though a hierarchical tree structure in order to identify a set of leaf nodes of the hierarchical tree structure based on the set of values. Each leaf node in the hierarchical tree structure includes data describing a superset of values in the column of the block of records associated with the leaf node. Each non-leaf node includes data describing a superset of the values described by the data in child nodes of the non-leaf node. The program also processes the query on a set of block of records in the table associated with the set of leaf nodes. The program further generates results for the query based on the processing.
US10970279B2
Trace data is received that was captured for an execution of a query on first tables when execution trouble occurs during an execution of the query on the first tables. Trace data includes counts of evaluation states caused by the execution and includes identifications of portions of the query that reference variables of the first tables and that correspond with the evaluation states. Second tables are generated from the evaluation state counts and the identifications of the trace data without accessing data values of the first tables, so that the first tables are kept private. Evaluation states are reproduced from the execution of the query on the first tables by executing the query on the second tables without accessing the data values of the first tables.
US10970274B2
A software-based method and system for maintaining documents and datasets associated with a given commercial transaction as original, authenticated documents or datasets associated with the underlying transaction. Datasets that have been designated as “auditable” are maintained by the system as tamper-evident and reflect the data actually provided to the system by the transaction owner or a trusted third party at each stage of the transaction. In certain preferred embodiments the system establishes and maintains a verified, original audit trail or trails reflecting the custodial chain of ownership of said data. A visual interface is provided to the stakeholders for secure access to authoritative copies of documents, transaction data and the related audit trails. In addition, the system includes real-time analytics and monitoring with threshold-based alerts, and drill-down capability to any level of the data, documents and audit trail.
US10970267B2
A semiconductor package apparatus may include technology to determine difference information between a parent node of a hierarchical data structure and a child node of the parent node, and store the difference information with the child node of the hierarchical data structure. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
US10970266B2
A method includes reading, by a capture engine, log data. The log data can be synchronously hardware-replicated. The log data reflects that an update was started for a database of a first site. The capture engine corresponds to a capture engine of a second site. The method also includes identifying, by the capture engine, the update. The method also includes determining whether the update was committed to the database of the first site. The method also includes replicating, by an apply engine, the update to a database of the second site based on the determining. The update is replicated to the database of the second site based on a determination that the update was committed to the database of the first site. The committed update corresponds to a consistent replication of updates across two or more databases that reside in multiple database management systems.
US10970264B2
A secure layer extensions unit identifies a secure layer extension identifier associated with a communication protocol supported by a client device; receives, from a secure sockets layer (SSL) engine, a handshake communication in view of the communication protocol, wherein the handshake communication excludes the secure layer extension identifier; generates a modified handshake communication for the client device that includes the secure layer extension identifier in view of the communication protocol; and forwards the modified handshake communication to the client device.
US10970260B2
Techniques are provided for moving data between partitions. Such a process may be performed without requiring any locks that block transactions that target a partition from being executed. Instead, such transactions may proceed while a move operation is being performed. The move operation involves copying data from the targeted partition to another partition that is hidden from (or “invisible” to) those transactions that attempt to read from or write to the partition. During the move operation, changes that are made to the partition are also reflected in a journal. Eventually, the changes reflected in the journal are drained and applied to the hidden partition. Once the partition and the hidden partition are synchronized, the identities of the partitions are swapped so that future transactions will target the previously-hidden partition instead of the previously-viewable partition.
US10970259B1
Improved techniques of managing a data storage system involve selectively inserting block virtualization structures (BVS) in access paths between data blocks of a file system and block pointers pointing to the data blocks. A BVS provides metadata for supporting deduplication of data in that data block. In some arrangements, a file system may support selective insertion of such a BVS between a block pointer and data block according to a specified criterion. For example, such a file system might support insertion of BVS's between block pointers and those data blocks storing cold data for which access latency is not important to overall performance of the data storage system.
US10970253B2
Embodiments for data deduplication in a data deduplication environment by one or more processors. A data extent, existing on a remote server instance, may be denoted as a virtual base extent to eliminate redundant transfer of the data extent for fast data deduplication in a distributed data protection environment. A synchronization operation is performed to replace the virtual base extent with actual data via a replication process.
US10970245B2
An algorithmic matching pipelined compiler and a reusable algorithmic pipelined core comprise a system. The reusable algorithmic pipelined core is a reconfigurable processing core with a pipelined structure comprising a processor with a setup interface for programming any of a plurality of operations as determined by setup data, a logic decision processor for programming a look up table, a loop counter and a constant register, and a block of memory. This can be used to perform functions. A reconfigurable, programmable circuit routes data and results from one core to another core and/or IO controller and/or interrupt generator, as required to complete an algorithm without further intervention from a central or peripheral processor during processing of an algorithm.
US10970230B2
There are provided a memory system and an operating method thereof. The memory system includes: a host for receiving and storing a host map segment; a memory device including a system block for storing map data, the memory device performing overall operations in response to an internal command; and a controller for generating the internal command for controlling the memory device in response to a host command received from the host. The controller receives the map data from the memory device and then stores the received map data, and generates the host map segment, using the map data, and then transmits the generated host map segment. A number of generatable host map segments is adjusted based on a work load calculated in a setting period.
US10970221B2
A technique for managing data received into a cache operates in cycles. To process a current batch of compressed blocks during a current cache processing cycle, a storage system obtains a new mapping structure and a new segment of contiguous storage space. If the system can place some of the current batch of compressed blocks into previously-allocated space, the system does so and partially populates the new mapping structure with entries for mapping the other compressed blocks that were not placed. The system then asserts a hold on the new mapping structure, so that the mapping structure is retained in cache at the end of the current cache processing cycle, and more completely populates the new mapping structure with entries for other compressed blocks during a later cache processing cycle before releasing the hold.
US10970216B2
An embodiment of a semiconductor package apparatus may include technology to create a tracking structure for a memory controller to track a range of memory addresses of a persistent memory, identify a write request at the memory controller for a memory location within the range of tracked memory addresses, and set a flag in the tracking structure to indicate that the memory location had the identified write request. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
US10970212B2
One embodiment facilitates data placement in a storage device. During operation, the system receives, from a host, a request to read data. The system determines that the data is not available in a read cache. The system issues the read request to a solid state drive and a first hard disk drive. In response to unsuccessfully reading the requested data from the solid state drive and successfully reading the requested data from the first hard disk drive, the system sends the requested data to the host. In response to unsuccessfully reading the requested data from both the solid state drive and the first hard disk drive: the system issues the read request to a second hard disk drive; and the system sends the requested data to the host.
US10970206B2
Methods, apparatus, and system to compress a data file to form a compressed data file. The data file may be used to configure control of hardware, such as peripheral hardware. The compressed data file may be stored locally or transmitted to another computer device. The compressed data file may be stored in a flash memory. The compressed data file may require less space in flash memory components, relative to flash memory suitable to hold the (original, pre-compressed) data file. Compression and/or decompression may be performed by, for example, a flash memory controller. The compressed data file may be decompressed dynamically, on an as-needed basis, to provide code for execution by a processor and/or to configure a computer device to use hardware or other components. Other software and hardware components do not need to be aware that the data file is compressed in the flash memory.
US10970205B2
An example apparatus comprises a controller coupled to a non-volatile memory (NVM) device. The controller may be configured to cause a logical block address (LBA) to be stored in a first logical-to-physical (L2P) data structure in the NVM device and a physical block address (PBA) to be stored in a second L2P data structure in the NVM device The first L2P data structure and the second L2P data structure may have a same size associated therewith.
US10970201B2
A system, apparatus and method for utilizing a transpose function to generate a two-dimensional array from three-dimensional input data. The use of the transpose function reduces redundant elements in the resultant two-dimensional array thereby increasing efficiency and decreasing power consumption.
US10970194B2
Methods and systems for initializing test environments comprising receiving input defining a plurality of parameters which are used to identify template configuration information which comprises static configuration information and instances of environment variables. A copy of the template configuration information is created and updated based on one or more of the parameters. The updated information is saved as an environment configuration descriptor that defines one or more services required for the test environment. The descriptor is then used to initialize test environment.
US10970192B2
A debug-enabled processing device includes a processor, a communication transceiver circuit, and a debug support unit. The debug support unit has a plurality of dedicated debug registers to facilitate debugging a software program under execution by the processor. One of the plurality of debug registers is a control register having at least four bits, which are used to enable/disable a plurality of debugging operations. Others of the debug registers include a set of index registers that may be configured to pass data to and from the processor.
US10970181B2
A system and method are provided for processing to create distributed volume in a distributed storage system during a failure that has partitioned the distributed volume (e.g. an array failure, a site failure and/or an inter-site network failure). In an embodiment, the system described herein may provide for continuing distributed storage processing in response to I/O requests from a source by creating the local parts of the distributed storage during the failure, and, when the remote site or inter-site network return to availability, the remaining part of the distributed volume is automatically created. The system may include an automatic rebuild to make sure that all parts of the distributed volume are consistent again. The processing may be transparent to the source of the I/O requests.
US10970179B1
A method, computer program product, computing system, and system for automated disaster recovery are described. The method may include creating, using a backup engine running at a computing device, a backup of a server at a primary computing site; storing the created backup at a storage device at a secondary computing site; monitoring, using a monitoring component, an operating status of the server at the primary computing site; in response to determining, via the monitoring component, that the server at the primary computing site is unavailable based on the operating status, initiating a disaster recovery process at the secondary computing site; and running a copy of the server from the created backup at the secondary computing site.
US10970177B2
In one aspect, a computerized method for managing consistency and availability tradeoffs in a real-time operational database management system (DBMS) includes the step of implementing consistency in an AP mode of the real-time operational DBMS by implementing the following steps. The method adds a set of schemes that enable a real-time operational DBMS to linearize read/write operations in all situations except a first specified situation and a second specified situation. The real-time operational DBMS is in AP mode, at least one master node for every data item is available in the database cluster of the real-time operational DBMS at all times. The method implements a CP mode of operation.
US10970168B2
A method includes determining, by a computing device of a dispersed storage network (DSN), routing path performance information of a set of routing paths with respect to a set of storage units of the DSN. The method further includes adjusting a pillar width to decode threshold ratio of a dispersed storage error encoding function when the routing path performance information deviates from a performance threshold. The performance threshold includes a first error rate threshold and a second error rate threshold. The method further includes dispersed storage error encoding a data object using the adjusted pillar width to decode threshold ratio to produce a plurality of sets of encoded data slices. The method further includes sending the plurality of sets of encoded data slices to the set of storage units via the set of routing paths for storage therein.
US10970161B2
A method is disclosed including: obtaining one or more values of a system metric, the system metric being associated with a hardware resource of a computing device; detecting whether the system metric is approaching a threshold, the threshold being associated with a key performance indicator (KPI) of the computing device, the detecting being performed based on the obtained values of the system metric; calculating a predicted value of the system metric in response to detecting that the system metric is approaching the threshold, the predicted value of the system metric being calculated by using a linear predictor that is trained using unevenly-sampled training data; detecting whether the predicted value of the system metric exceeds the threshold; and reconfiguring the computing device to prevent the system metric from reaching the predicted value in response to detecting that the predicted value exceeds the threshold.
US10970160B2
A BER corresponding to a group of memory cells programmed via a programing signal having one or more program step characteristics is determined. The determined BER and a target BER is compared. In response to the determined BER being different than the target BER, one or more program step characteristics are adjusted to adjust the determined BER to the target BER.
US10970155B1
System and method for performing a read transaction between a requester device, such as a host processor, and a completer device, such as a peripheral device. A device driver operating on the requester device receives a read request including a target address at which target data is to be read on the completer device. The length of the read request is increased from an initial length by an additional length for exchanging information with the completer device. The completer device generates and sends a read response comprising the target data and information about the target data. The length of the target data is equal to the initial length and the length of the information about the target data is less than or equal to the additional length. The device driver receives the read response and performs a resolution operation.
US10970150B1
Systems and methods for detecting and managing incidents are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for detecting an incident includes receiving issue data created for an issue tracking system; analyzing the received issue data over a predetermined interval; determining whether a potential incident has occurred based on the analysis; upon determining that a potential incident has occurred, creating an incident management assistant program; identifying one or more relevant users to communicate an alert to; and communicating the alert to the identified relevant users, the alert including a pointer to the incident management program.
US10970149B2
A method for execution by one or more processing modules of one or more computing devices of a dispersed storage network (DSN), the method begins by determining a DSN node configuration automatically during deployment. The method continues by modifying the DSN node configuration to enable/disable specific hardware features. The method continues by modifying the DSN node configuration to test hardware failure scenarios. The method continues by modifying the DSN node configuration for component replacement procedures. The method continues by reporting the modified DSN node configuration to a DSN management unit and providing a status on component and health of the DSN node to an operator of the DSN.
US10970148B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, device and computer program product for managing an input/output (I/O) stack. The method comprises obtaining metadata related to an I/O request stored in the I/O stack, the metadata at least comprising a timestamp when the I/O request is placed in the I/O stack; determining, based on the timestamp, a length of time during which the I/O request waits for processing; and in response to the length of time exceeding a threshold time length, performing a predetermined operation on the I/O request to prevent the I/O stack from being congested.
US10970147B2
An abnormality determination means performs detection of abnormality of one of the pairs of detection means at a normal speed, and performs detection of abnormality of the other of the pairs at a speed not higher than the normal speed, and, when a sign of abnormality of the detection means is detected at the normal speed, a CPU performs switching to the other normal pair and continues control, and the abnormality determination means performs detection of abnormality of the other normal pair at the normal speed, and meanwhile, continues to perform detection of abnormality of the abnormal pair at a speed not higher than the normal speed.
US10970145B2
A service may be provided that reads sensors, and that communicates information based on the sensor readings to applications. In one example, an operating system provides a sensor interface that allows programs that run on a machine to read the values of sensors (such as an accelerometer, light meter, etc.). A service may use the interface to read the value of sensors, and may receive subscriptions to sensor values from other programs. The service may then generate messages that contain the sensor value, and may provide these messages to programs that have subscribed to the messages. The messages may contain raw sensor data. Or, the messages may contain information that is derived from the sensor data and/or from other data.
US10970144B2
A method for packet processing on a multi-core processor. According to one embodiment of the invention, a first set of one or more processing cores are configured to include the capability to process packets belonging to a first set of one or more packet types, and a second set of one or more processing cores are configured to include the capability to process packets belonging to a second set of one or more packet types, where the second set of packet types is a subset of the first set of packet types. Packets belonging to the first set of packet types are processed at a processing core of either the first or second set of processing cores. Packets belonging to the second set of packet types are processed at a processing core of the first set of processing cores.
US10970138B2
The disclosed technology is generally directed to IoT technology. In one example of the technology, the following actions are performed for each module of a plurality of modules on a first edge device. An identification message that includes information associated with identification of the module is received. The validity of the module is then verified. After the module is verified, based at least in part on the identification message, an IoT support service is selected from a plurality of IoT support services. The module is then caused to be registered with the selected IoT support service. The plurality of modules are compositable together into an application for the first edge device. The modules of the plurality of modules are capable of being used interoperably with other modules without altering the other modules.
US10970137B2
Systems and methods for managing Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are disclosed. For example, the system may include one or more memory units storing instructions and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to perform operations. The operations may include sending a first call to a first node-testing model associated with a first API and receiving a first model output comprising a first model result and a first model-result category. The operations may include identifying a second node-testing model associated with a second API and sending a second call to the second node testing model. The operations may include receiving a second model output comprising a second model result and a second model-result category. The operations may include performing at least one of sending a notification, generating an updated first node-testing model, generating an updated second node-testing model, generating an updated first call, or generating an updated second call.
US10970125B2
Computing environments are scalably generated and provisioned based on metadata associated with separately defined containers of groups of sandboxes. Each container of a group of sandboxes is its own digital construct and is wrapped with metadata that defines the nature and aspects of the grouping, including enumerating individual members of a team, factors or attributes of assignments, and the like. The metadata, therefore, identifies the sandboxes to generate and, within those sandboxes, the computing environments to generate and how such computing environments are to be provisioned. In variable team settings quantities and identities of individuals can be unknown and can dynamically change. Administrators provide team definitions without rosters, or with rosters that comprise only previously registered individuals. Subsequently joining individuals are dynamically added to the roster and appropriate sandboxes and computing environments are generated at a different time than the sandboxes and computing environments were generated for other users.
US10970114B2
A computer-implemented method is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a notification from a job scheduler that an execution time for a job registered with the job scheduler is at or before a first time being a current time. The method also comprises identifying, in response to receiving the notification, at least one task from a task data structure with a target runtime that is at or before the first time. The task data structure stores task data for one or more tasks received from one or more client computers, and the task data associates each of the one or more tasks with a target runtime. The method further comprises initiating execution for each of the at least one task and determining whether there is a specific task from the task data structure with a specific target runtime after the first time. In addition, the method comprises in response to determining that there is a specific task from the task data structure with a specific target runtime after the first time, registering a future job with the job scheduler with a runtime that is at or about the specific target runtime.
US10970113B1
Systems and methods for orchestrating seamless, distributed, and stateful high performance computing
An orchestration system may provide distributed and seamless stateful high performance computing for performance critical workflows and data across geographically distributed compute nodes. The system may receive a task with different jobs that operate on a particular dataset, may determine a set of policies that define execution priorities for the jobs, and may determine a current state of compute nodes that are distributed across different compute sites. The system may distribute the jobs across a selected set of the compute nodes in response to the current state of the set of compute nodes satisfying more of the execution priorities than the current state of other compute nodes. The system may produce task output based on modifications made to the particular database as each compute node of the set of compute nodes executes a different job of the plurality of jobs.
US10970112B2
Systems and methods for transaction/file-based management of a plurality of processes associated with various jobs are provided. Through the management of discrete applications, a file distribution manager/scheduler orchestrates automated execution of different types of jobs. The processes executed for the various processes can vary based on job type, or other parameters.
US10970106B1
Disclosed herein are various systems, methods, and processes for sharing a storage device with multiple virtual machines. A pseudo-identity is created for a storage device. Information in a hypervisor is configured to modify a response to a command issued to the storage device by a virtual machine. Physical characteristics of the storage device are determined and it is also determined whether the physical characteristics are acceptable. If the physical characteristics are acceptable, a virtual disk associated with the virtual machine is used. If the physical characteristics are unacceptable, a mapping of the virtual machine is migrated to another storage device.
US10970099B2
Techniques for providing adaptive virtual function (VF) drivers capable of operating with physical devices having a plurality of different hardware configurations are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may include logic to implement a virtual machine (VM), the logic to initialize an adaptive virtual function (VF) driver to facilitate communication between the VM and a physical device to be virtualized, establish communication between the adaptive VF driver and a physical function (PF) driver of the hypervisor for the physical device, activate a standard feature set for the adaptive VF driver to execute on a PF of the physical device, and negotiate activation of an advanced feature set for the adaptive VF driver to execute on the PF, the adaptive VF driver to provide the advanced feature set to the PF, the PF activate each feature of the advanced feature set supported by the PF.
US10970093B2
In an apparatus, in a case where a confirming unit confirms that remote desktop connection is made and a software screen is set to be displayed on a foreground, a setting unit cancels the setting for displaying the software screen on the foreground.
US10970085B2
A method and apparatus of a device for resource management by using a hierarchy of resource management techniques with dynamic resource policies is described. The device terminates several misbehaving application programs when available memory on the device is running low. Each of those misbehaving application programs consumes more memory space than a memory consumption limit assigned to the application program. If available memory on the device is still low after terminating those misbehaving application programs, the device further sends memory pressure notifications to all application programs. If available memory on the device is still running low after sending the memory pressure notifications, the device further terminates background, idle, and suspended application programs. The device further terminates foreground application programs when available memory on the device is still low after terminating the background, idle, and suspended application programs.
US10970082B2
A startup accelerating method is provided. In response to determining that a login process of an application is started up, pre-fetched data corresponding to a main process of the application is obtained. The pre-fetched data is loaded into a cache, the pre-fetched data being obtained according to a historical startup procedure for the main process. In response to determining that a startup of the login process is completed or determining that the main process is started up, the pre-fetched data is obtained, and a startup procedure of the main process is completed according to the pre-fetched data loaded in the cache. In response to at least portion of total data remaining upon determining that the startup of the login process is completed or determining that the main process is started up, the remaining at least portion of the total data is not pre-fetched, the total data corresponding to pre-fetched information.
US10970077B2
In an embodiment, a processor includes a load/store unit that executes load/store operations. The load/store unit may implement a two-level load queue. One of the load queues, referred to as a load retirement queue (LRQ), may track load operations from initial execution to retirement. Ordering constraints may be enforced using the LRQ. The other load queue, referred to as a load execution queue (LEQ), may track loads from initial execution to forwarding of data. Replay may be managed by the LEQ. In an embodiment, the LEQ may be smaller than the LRQ, which may permit the management of replay while still meeting timing requirements. Additionally, the larger LRQ may permit more load operations to be pending (not retired) in the processor, widening the window for out of order execution and supporting potentially higher processor performance.
US10970074B2
A computational system includes one or more processors. Each processor has multiple registers, as well attached memory to hold instructions. The processor is coupled to one or more broadside interfaces. A broadside interface allows the processor to load or store an entire widget state in a single clock cycle of the processor. The broadside interface also allows the processor to move and store 32 bytes of information into RAM in less than four to five clock cycles of the processor while the processor concurrently performs one or more mathematical operations on the information while the move and store operation is taking place.
US10970060B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for collecting and presenting IoT metrics. A software update package can be deployed to an IoT gateway. A device template used to register an IoT endpoint with an IoT management service can also define metrics that can be collected regarding the performance of the IoT endpoints.
US10970048B2
A computing system includes a server. The server is communicatively coupled to a data repository and is configured to store a data in the data repository. The server is further configured to create, via a visual information flow creation tool, at least one information flow object, wherein the at least one information flow object comprises a flow, a sub-flow, an Action, or a combination thereof. The server is also configured to interface with the at least one information flow object via a front-end application programming interface (API), a back-end API, or a combination thereof. The server is additionally configured to execute the at least one information flow object via the front-end API, the back-end API, or a combination thereof, and to retrieve results obtained by executing the at least one information flow object via the front-end API, the back-end API, or the combination thereof.
US10970046B2
A semiconductor device including a random number generator includes a memory device component including an array of a plurality of memory cells, and a comparator component including a plurality of comparators connected to respective pairs of read bitlines (RBLs). Each of the plurality of comparators is configured to read the array by comparing signals of its corresponding pair of RBLs, and generate an output based on a comparison. The outputs are assembled to generate a bit stream corresponding to a random number.
US10970041B2
A list of digital elements to be sorted are converted to a group of analog signals. The group of analog signals are simultaneously compared to each other to determine the largest analog signal in the group. The largest analog signal is then compared to each of the analog signals in the group to determine which one or more of the analog signals in the group matches the largest analog signal. The matching one or more of the analog signals is removed from the group and the process is repeated until the group of analog signals have been sorted.
US10970038B2
Provided is an improved direct store delivery (DSD) system for providing customized information to a user. The DSD system includes a device that receives a first voice command from the user and determines a current location of the user. The first voice command is then transformed into a first text request based on a conversion of the points in speech to points in data. Further, the first text request is processed to determine a first set of information, based on a current location of the device, to be provided audibly to the user. The first set of information is transmitted to the user through speech. The device further receives a second voice command from the user to interact with the first set of information. The second voice command is processed to determine a final set of information, and the final set of information is visually displayed to the user in an instance in which the user has arrived at a desired location.
US10970034B2
A system is described for maintaining synchrony of operations among a plurality of devices that have independent clocking arrangements. The system includes a task distribution device that distributes tasks to a synchrony group comprising a plurality of devices that are to perform the tasks distributed by the task distribution device in synchrony. The task distribution device distributes each task to the members of the synchrony group over a network. Each task is associated with a time stamp that indicates a time, relative to a clock maintained by the task distribution device, at which the members of the synchrony group are to execute the task. Each member of the synchrony group periodically obtains from the task distribution device an indication of the current time indicated by its clock, determines a time differential between the task distribution device's clock and its respective clock and determines therefrom a time at which, according to its respective clock, the time stamp indicates that it is to execute the task.
US10970028B2
An electronic apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive data output through a screen of an external display, a memory storing one or more instructions, and a controller including at least one processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory, wherein, based on the external display outputting an image corresponding to content, the controller is configured to obtain data that is output through the image, the data including first data including information associated with the content, obtain network connection information for connecting to a network associated with the content based on the first data, and control, by using the network connection information, at least one of the electronic apparatus and an external electronic apparatus, to be connected to the network.
US10970026B2
Techniques for application launching in a multi-display device are described. In one or more implementations, an apparatus such as a mobile device includes multiple interconnected display devices. According to one or more implementations, techniques described herein enable application launching behavior to be determined based on context information. For instance, based on a determined context condition of a multi-display client device, an application launch behavior is determined and used to launch an application on the client device.
US10970019B2
An information processing apparatus includes a controller that receives a file a description format of which is to undergo conversion and a request for the conversion of the description format of the file and that performs control to cause a display device to display an image representing content of the file before the conversion of the description format of the file is complete.
US10970016B2
In an image processing system, a controller of an image forming apparatus, when user identification information is entered, causes a communication device to transmit a transmission request for an encryption code to a mobile terminal device at which the user identification information has been set, and, when the communication device receives the encryption code, uses the encryption code to encrypt image data. A controller of the mobile terminal device, when a communication device receives the transmission request for the encryption code, converts a fingerprint of a user detected by a fingerprint sensor into the encryption code, and causes the communication device to transmit the encryption code to the image forming apparatus.
US10970011B2
The present invention relates to the technical field of printer consumables, and particularly relates to a consumable chip, a consumable and a consumable communication method. The consumable chip directly executes a read request without verifying an imaging device check code in the read request of an imaging device, and then, the consumable chip can respond to the read request of the imaging device in time without being limited by an authentication mechanism of the imaging device, thereby increasing the response speed of the consumable chip to the read request of the imaging device, expanding the compatibility of the consumable chip for imaging devices of different types, and obtaining a certain fault-tolerant capability.
US10970006B1
A method for executing a saved job from a remotely located multi-function device (MFD) is disclosed. For example, the method is executed by a processor and includes authenticating a user, accessing a saved job from an application server, wherein the saved job was created from a local MFD, setting a plurality of parameters on the remotely located MFD based on metadata obtained from the saved job, and executing the saved job on the remotely located MFD.
US10970001B2
A memory controller controls an operation of a memory device including a plurality of planes, based on a request from a host. The memory controller includes a request storage unit and a request controller. The request storage unit stores a plurality of read requests received from the host. The request controller controls the request storage unit to perform a processing operation for a read request that has been map-cache-hit, more preferentially than a pairing operation for multi-plane reading, based on whether the plurality of read requests have been map-cache-hit.
US10969984B2
A network device may store domain name system (DNS) information in a DNS file in a first DNS store of a first control plane component included in the network device, the DNS information being associated with a plurality of DNS entries stored in a first DNS memory of the first control plane component; may transfer, based on storing the DNS information in the DNS file in the first DNS store, a copy of the DNS file from the first DNS store to a second DNS store of a second control plane component included in the network device, the copy of the DNS file including the DNS information associated with the plurality of DNS entries; and may transfer, based on detecting an event associated with the first control plane component, the DNS information from the copy of the DNS file to a second DNS memory of the second control plane component.
US10969983B2
A method for implementing NVMe over fabrics includes generating, by a terminal, a NVMe instruction, where the NVMe instruction indicates a data read operation or a data write operation. The method further includes sending, by the terminal by using remote direct memory access (RDMA), the NVMe instruction to a submission queue (SQ) that is stored in a server. When the NVMe instruction indicates the data read operation, the method includes receiving, by the terminal by using the RDMA, to-be-read data sent by the server. Alternatively, when the NVMe instruction indicates the data write operation, the method includes sending, by the terminal, to-be-written data to the server by using the RDMA. The method further includes receiving, by the terminal, an NVMe completion instruction sent by using the RDMA by the server; and writing, by the terminal, the NVMe completion instruction into a completion queue (CQ) that is set in the terminal.
US10969981B2
An information processing device includes a memory, and a processor configured to perform a first process configured to generate control data used in communication and storing the generated control data in a locked state in the memory while performing start processing of the first process, release the locked state of the control data in response to completion of the start processing or suspension of the start processing, and communicate with a communication device in response to a communication request, and perform a second process configured to determine, based on the control data, whether connection with the first process is established, when it is determined that the connection with the first process is not established, select processing for connecting with the first process in accordance with whether the control data in the memory is locked, and transmit the communication request to the first process while connecting with the first process.
US10969978B2
A throttling value is determined according to one of multiple throttling modes. A threshold value is determined. The throttling value is compared to the threshold value. A request mask is generated based on a result of the comparison of the throttling value to the threshold value. In response to detecting the request mask, an arbitration request is masked using the request mask prior to passing the arbitration request to an arbitration component that manages access of multiple client requestors to a buffer. The arbitration request is generated in response to receiving an access request for the buffer from a client requestor of the multiple client requestors.
US10969965B2
A Data Storage Device (DSD) includes at least one disk for storing data in a plurality of storage areas including at least a first area type for using a first data access methodology and a second area type for using a second data access methodology. It is determined whether to perform a command in a storage area of the first or second area type. If the command is to be performed in the first area type, the command is prioritized over at least one other command for the second area type. In another aspect, a value is determined representing a number of data access operations within a predetermined time period for a data storage capacity of the DSD. Storage areas of the DSD are configured as one of at least the first area type and the second area type based at least in part on the determined value.
US10969964B2
A method, a device, and a computer program product for parallel data transmission are provided in embodiments of the present disclosure. The method includes obtaining attributes of data to be transmitted from a first storage device to a second storage device and a network condition between the first storage device and the second storage device. The method also includes determining a number of concurrencies and a data slice size for use in parallel transmission of the data based on the attributes of the data and the network condition, and transmitting the data in parallel between the first storage device and the second storage device using the determined number of concurrencies and the data slice size. In embodiments of the present disclosure, during parallel data transmission, the appropriate number of concurrencies and data slice size can be selected according to attributes of data to be transmitted and an actual network condition.
US10969958B2
Provided is a technique for supporting communication of a method for using an application for a key-input display apparatus that displays a key input on the application on an execution screen of the application displayed on a display unit. The key-input display apparatus includes an input-history display control unit that outputs an input-history display screen to the display unit. The input-history display screen sequentially displays key operation histories of key inputs one by one as a separate screen from the execution screen of the application. Thus, key inputs for the application are visualized, and therefore there is no need to alternately follow an input operation with an input device, such as a keyboard, and the execution screen of the application with eyes, allowing easy grasp of key inputs by watching the input-history display screen displayed side by side with the execution screen of the application.
US10969954B2
An electronic device includes a housing, a touch screen display located inside the housing and exposed through a first portion of the housing, a microphone located inside the housing and exposed through a second portion of the housing, at least one speaker located inside the housing and exposed through a third portion of the housing, a communication circuit located inside the housing, a processor located inside the housing and electrically connected with the touch screen display, the microphone, the speaker, and the communication circuit, and a memory located inside the housing and electrically connected with the processor.
US10969948B2
Method for adaptively adjusting amount of information in user interface design and electronic device
The disclosure proposes a method for adaptively adjusting amount of information in user interface design and an electronic device. The method includes: obtaining a software structure and reading a user interface in the software structure; identifying a number of a plurality of informative items in the user interface; updating the user interface by removing a part of the informative items if the number of the informative items is not in a predetermined range, wherein the number of the informative items in the updated user interface is in the predetermined range.
US10969947B2
A method for operating an operator control system, in which graphics data of a graphical user interface are produced, wherein the graphical user interface has a user interface extent along a first direction and a display unit displays a detail of the graphical user interface, wherein the detail has a detail extent along the first direction. The operator control system has at least two states, wherein each state has an associated specific detail of the graphical user interface. When one of the at least two states of the operator control system is activated, the detail of the graphical user interface associated with the activated state is displayed, and a state information element is actuated so the activated state of the operator control system is output. The state information element includes an outline of a geometric figure and the activated state is a basis for highlighting a segment of the outline.
US10969941B2
The present disclosure generally relates to underwater user interfaces. In some embodiments, a method includes at an electronic device with a display and one or more input devices, receiving a first request to display a user interface for accessing a first function of the electronic device. In response to receiving the first request, and in accordance with a determination that the electronic device is under water, the method includes displaying a first user interface for accessing the first function. In response to receiving the first request, and in accordance with a determination that the electronic device is not under water, the method also includes displaying a second user interface for accessing the first function.
US10969936B2
Disclosed is a system and method for providing poll-based reviews of various businesses and service providers. In particular, a reviewer provides a review by answering poll-based review questions and/or adding new poll-based review questions to provide the most relevant feedback. The review questions can be ranked in order of relevance and/or importance to each reviewer. The data from the review is summarized and presented so that information related to each reviewee is presented in order of preference to the reviewer. Additionally, the present invention gathers data from each reviewer by using polls to tailor suggestions for new reviewees to the reviewer.
US10969931B2
Data mapping techniques are disclosed. A representation of a first destination data field to which data is to be mapped is provided via a displayed user interface. One or more other destination data fields are not displayed at the same time as the first destination data field is displayed. A user input comprising a selection of a source data input field to be used to determine a data value for the first destination field is received. The displayed user interface is updated to include a representation of the selected source data input field and a control, wherein user interface code with which the displayed user interface is associated is responsive to provide via the displayed user interface a set of structurally valid options to further define how the data value for the first destination field is to be determined.
US10969910B2
A vehicle keypad device is provided that includes a touchscreen having an array of proximity sensors located on an exterior of a vehicle, a keypad display displaying virtual input icons proximate the proximity sensors, and a controller for dynamically adjusting size of the displayed virtual input icons based on a touch event.
US10969903B2
The embodiment of the disclosure discloses a method, a device and a mobile terminal for preventing a false-touch on a touch screen. The method may include comparing an area of a touch area corresponding to a touch event with a preset area threshold; determining whether the touch area overlaps with a touch button area, when the area of the touch area is smaller than the preset area threshold; marking touch points inside the touch button area as invalid touch points, shielding location coordinates of the invalid touch points and location coordinates of the touch points inside a preset area, reporting location coordinates of remaining touch points, when the touch area corresponding to the touch event partially overlaps with the touch button area; and reporting location coordinates corresponding to the touch event, when the touch area corresponding to the touch event does not overlap with the touch button area.
US10969899B2
A hover touch controller device includes a touch sensor having a touch surface with a first aspect ratio and a proximity sensor. Information on when and where a user touches the touch surface is detected. Additionally, information on hover-input events is detected. The hover input events correspond to a user's finger hovering over the touch surface within some maximum depth. The hover touch device further includes a controller. The processor communicates three-dimensional spatial information to a Graphical User Interface (GUI). The GUI generates visualizations based on the hover events and the touch events on a display having an interactive surface with a second aspect ratio. The processor further corrects for any issues associated with supporting a variety of GUI designs. This can include correcting for a difference between the first aspect ratio and the second aspect ratio.
US10969896B2
A display method and an electronic device are provided. The display method includes sensing a first operation performed on a display screen of an electronic device. The display method also includes determining a first contact area of the display screen corresponding to the first operation based on information of the first operation. Further, the display method includes adjusting a first display area of the display screen to a second display area based on information of the first contact area.
US10969886B2
The present disclosure provides a mobile device. The mobile device includes a casing, configured to accommodate or support the mobile device; a thin touchscreen, including at least one driving electrode and at least one receiving electrode, wherein the driving electrode is configured to receive a driving signal, and the receiving electrode is configured to generate a sensing signal to sense a touch operation; a capacitive sensing system, including a sense circuit, coupled to the at least one receiving electrode and configured to generate the driving signal and receive the sensing signal to determine the touch operation; and a power supply unit, configured to output a supply voltage and a ground voltage; and an isolation module, configured to isolate the supply voltage from the ground voltage.
US10969881B2
A wireless docking station is disclosed. The wireless docking station is used for arranging a stylus for signal transmission with an external electronic device. The stylus includes an image capturing module and a first connection port. The wireless docking station includes a placement, a second connection port, a wireless transmission module, a microphone, and a speaker. The placement is used for placing the stylus. The wireless transmission module is connected to the external electronic device, when the image capturing module captures an image, the wireless transmission module transmits the image to the external electronic device. The microphone is used for receiving an external sound signal and transmitting the external sound signal to the external electronic device via the wireless transmission module. The speaker is used for receiving and outputting an output sound signal from the external electronic device via the wireless transmission module.
US10969869B2
A system comprising a host device configured to request a haptic effect from a peripheral device, the peripheral device configured to perform operations including: receiving a request from the host device to generate a haptic effect at a specified intensity; determining an operating range of a motor configured to generate the haptic effect on the peripheral device, where the operating range defines a maximum force that the motor can generate in a linear region of operation, and the operating range changes based on a temperature of the motor; scaling the specified intensity of the haptic effect based on the determined operating range of the motor; and controlling the operation of the motor to generate the haptic effect at the scaled specified intensity, where the scaling is performed by the peripheral device.
US10969867B2
An information processing system includes a controller device to be fastened to a user's hand and an information processing apparatus that is connected to the controller device to exchange information with the controller device. The controller device includes a vibrating element causing a housing of the controller device to vibrate, receives information indicating a vibration intensity of the vibrating element, and acquires information related to a contact area between the controller device and the user's hand so as to cause the vibrating element to vibrate. Also, the controller device or the information processing apparatus corrects information indicating the vibration intensity on a basis of information acquired by acquisition means of the controller device.
US10969859B2
A system comprising a display provided with zones, a token, a proximity sensor for detecting the proximity of a token to one zone and a processor to register in a memory an association upon the detection of the proximity of the token to the zone. The association is logged as a set of data comprising the data of which a representation is made on the zone in the proximity of which the token has been brought. The processor is programmed to update a log file with the logged association. The processor performs an operation in accordance with the content of the log file.
US10969857B2
In one embodiment, a touch sensor controller includes a processor and a monitoring component coupled to the processor. The monitoring component is configured to perform operations comprising receiving, from an impact sensor, an output signal. The output signal is indicative of a plurality of impacts detected by the impact sensor to a surface of a housing of a device. The monitoring component is further configured to perform operations comprising initiating, based on the output signal corresponding to a predefined impact pattern, a transition of the touch sensor from a first power mode to a second power mode.
US10969846B2
In disclosed techniques, secure communication initiation and execution is used for datacenter power control. Information relating to power control is encrypted for inclusion in a first data payload. The first data payload is used for datacenter power infrastructure control. The first data payload is sent from a first component within a datacenter to a second component within the datacenter. The first component and the second component enable power infrastructure power control of the datacenter. The datacenter power infrastructure control is modified based on decryption of the first data payload by the second component within the datacenter. The first data payload provides for intelligent power control within the datacenter. Modifying the datacenter power infrastructure control dynamically changes power control within the datacenter. The changing power control changes power policies within the datacenter. The first component is authenticated using the first data payload. Encryption includes obscurity. The decryption ignores the obscurity.
US10969842B2
A two-phase liquid immersion cooling system is described in which heat generating computer components cause a dielectric fluid in its liquid phase to vaporize. The dielectric vapor is then condensed back into a liquid phase and used to cool the computer components. Using a pressure controlled vessel and pressure controller, the disclosed system may be operated at less than ambient pressure. Utilizing robotic arms and slot-in computing components located within chassis, a self-healing computing system may be created.
US10969840B2
Disclosed herein are embodiments of heat spreaders with interlocked inserts, and related devices and methods. In some embodiments, a heat spreader may include: a frame formed of a first material, wherein the frame includes an opening, a projection of the frame extends into the opening, and the projection has a top surface, a side surface, and a bottom surface; a recess having at least one sidewall formed by the frame; and an insert formed of a second material different from the first material, wherein the insert is disposed in the frame and in contact with the top surface, the side surface, and the bottom surface of the projection.
US10969827B2
A method for controlling a user interface of an electronic device by providing for the benefit of a user a projection of an operating interface includes a projection device to project an operating interface on a surface and controlling a detecting device to detect control operations on the projected interface by the user. A type of the user's control operation is determined, wherein the types of the control operations can include gestures and touch operations. The electronic device is controlled to perform a function in response to the touch operation or the gesture operation.
US10969826B2
Provided is a transparent member having fine uneven portions, which is applied to a portable device, has a reduced thickness and improved concealment, and reduces a haze and a step caused by a print layer. The transparent member includes an attachment layer applied to a transparent substrate or an anti-scattering film. The transparent substrate or the anti-scattering film, which is translucent due to the fine uneven portions, becomes transparent due to the attachment layer that penetrates into a space between the fine uneven portions.
US10969821B2
Methods and apparatus for tracking delay in signals sent from a first clock domain to a second clock domain are disclosed. For example, at a first time a common timing reference signal (SysRef) may be received at the first clock domain, and a latency marker may be input into a first-in first-out data structure (FIFO) coupling the first clock domain to the second clock domain. At a second time, the SysRef may be received at the second clock domain, and a timer may be started at the second clock domain. At a third time, the latency marker may be received from the FIFO at the second clock domain, and the counter may be stopped at a final count. A FIFO latency may be determined based on the final count and on a difference between the second time and the first time.
US10969819B2
The present invention relates to a security control comprising a first controller having a first clock generator for generating a first clock signal, a separate second controller having a second clock generator for generating a second clock signal, wherein the first clock signal is output to a first input of the first controller and to a first input of the second controller, and the second clock signal is output to a second input of the first controller and to a second input of the second controller. In addition, the present invention relates to a method for operating a security control.
US10969810B2
A voltage regulator and a method are presented. The regulator has a pass device coupled to an input node at an input voltage. Furthermore, the voltage regulator has a regulator circuit to control the pass device to provide a regulated output voltage at an output node based on the input voltage. Components of the regulator circuit are arranged and operated between the input node and the output node. The voltage regulator allows a load of the voltage regulator to be arranged between the output node and a reference node at a reference voltage, wherein the reference voltage differs from the output voltage.
US10969801B2
An example valve includes: a first port configured to be fluidly coupled to an actuator; a second port configured to be fluidly coupled to a reservoir; a third port configured to provide an output pilot fluid signal and receive an input pilot fluid signal; a fourth port configured to be fluidly coupled to a source of fluid; a pilot poppet configured to be subjected to a first fluid force of fluid received at the first port and configured to be subjected to a second fluid force of the input pilot fluid signal; a solenoid actuator sleeve that is axially movable between an unactuated state and an actuated state; and at least one setting spring configured to apply a biasing force on the pilot poppet.
US10969794B2
A system for determining an object position on a site with large machinery, particularly a mine site, a construction site, or an agricultural area, based on radio frequency time-of-flight ranging. The system is configured to determine a current position of a reference point indicative of a position of a machine on the site, to access an arrangement dataset indicative of a positional relationship between the reference point and a mounting location on the machine of at least one anchor of a point-to-point radio ranging unit, and to determine a position of the at least one anchor based on the current position of the reference point and the arrangement dataset, wherein the position of the at least one anchor is provided to a position determining unit configured for determining position information of tags based on ranging data of the point-to-point radio ranging unit.
US10969791B1
Provided is a robot, including: a plurality of sensors; a processor; a tangible, non-transitory, machine readable medium storing instructions that when executed by the processor effectuates operations including: capturing, with an image sensor, images of a workspace as the robot moves within the workspace; identifying, with the processor, at least one characteristic of at least one object captured in the images of the workspace; determining, with the processor, an object type of the at least one object based on characteristics of different types of objects stored in an object dictionary; and instructing, with the processor, the robot to execute at least one action based on the object type of the at least one object.
US10969788B2
A method of determining a driving lane of an autonomous vehicle is provided. The method includes classifying, by an autonomous driving logic of an electronic control unit (ECU), at least one object sensed in front of the autonomous vehicle as a stationary object or a moving object. A clustering group is generated by clustering the stationary object and a boundary of an entire driving road is determined based on a position of a moving object approaching the subject vehicle among the moving objects and the clustering group. Additionally, the method includes comparing positions of a plurality of lanes based on lane widths of the lanes for travel of the subject vehicle with the boundary of the entire driving road and determining a driving lane of the subject vehicle.
US10969781B1
Various techniques are described to facilitate the control of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). A graphical user interface (GUI) is provided that allows a user to control a UAV using familiar gestures. The GUI may include live video that is captured and transmitted by a UAV, which may be displayed in a display window on a portable computing device. Upon a user interacting with the display window, the video may be updated to display a new UAV perspective by changing a zoom level, panning, rotating, etc., based upon the type of user interaction. In response to the user interaction, a command may be generated and transmitted to the UAV, causing the UAV to navigate to a location to reflect the change in perspective. Upon the UAV moving to the new position, the live video data that is displayed may match the perspective indicated by the user gesture.
US10969780B2
The present application discloses a delivery method and a delivery control device. The delivery method includes steps S1 to S3. In the step S1, request information sent by a user is acquired, the request information including user location information which indicates a current position of the user. In the Step S2, a delivery apparatus for the user is selected among at least two types of delivery apparatuses according to the user location information. In the Step S3, the selected delivery apparatus is controlled to deliver an article or service to the user.
US10969779B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an apparatus and a method for communicating with another electronic device in an electronic device. The electronic device includes: a first communication module configured to support low frequency communication; a second communication module configured to support cellular communication; at least one sensor; at least one processor; and a memory electrically connected with the processor, wherein, when being executed, the memory may store instructions that cause the at least one processor to detect a motion of the electronic device based on the at least one sensor, and to transmit a signal for controlling an activation state regarding the low-frequency communication with another electronic device to the another electronic device via the second communication module, based on motion information of the electronic device. Other embodiments are possible.
US10969776B2
Methods and apparatus for reducing energy consumed by drones during flight are disclosed. A drone includes a housing, a motor, receiver circuitry carried by the housing, and a route manager. The receiver circuitry is to receive airborne drone-generated wind data from an airborne drone located in an area within which a segment of a flight of the drone is to occur. The airborne drone-generated wind data is to be determined by an inertial measurement unit of the airborne drone. The route manager is to generate a route for the flight of the drone based on wind data, the wind data including the airborne drone-generated wind data. The route is to be followed by the drone during the flight. The route manager is to select at least one portion of the route to cause the drone to be at least partially propelled by wind to reduce energy consumed by the drone during the flight.
US10969772B2
A system for enabling and disabling operation of manufacturing machines provides a manufacturing machine user interface that facilitates receiving quality control information regarding the manufacturing machine from a user. For quality assurance purposes, the computer system of the manufacturing machine may decide whether to enable operation of the manufacturing machine based on the received quality control information. The computer system of the manufacturing machine may also decide to disable operation of the manufacturing machine if the quality control information provided is incomplete, out of date, or otherwise insufficient to indicate the manufacturing machine is ready for safe and effective operation. In some embodiments, one or more client systems, telecommunications devices, and/or personal digital assistant (PDA) devices on which the user interface is displayed and with which the manufacturing machine is in communication may enable operation of the manufacturing machine based on the received quality control information.
US10969770B2
An inspection information prediction apparatus includes an environment-information acquisition unit that acquires environment information of a routing step through which an inspection target has been routed before an inspection step of inspecting the inspection target, a manufacturing-information acquisition unit that acquires manufacturing information of the inspection target, and a prediction unit that predicts inspection information which indicates an inspection result of an inspection portion of the inspection target determined by the manufacturing information and is obtained by applying the environment information, based on the manufacturing information of the inspection target and the environment information of the routing step through which the inspection target has been routed.
US10969754B2
A method for performing validation, estimation, and editing (VEE), including: employing HVAC subsystems to adjust comfort in a building; performing VEE on energy consumption streams; executing VEE rules on each of the streams to generate and store a corresponding post VEE readings, the post VEE readings comprising tagged energy consumption data sets each associated with a corresponding one of the streams, each of the data sets comprising groups of contiguous interval values tagged corresponding to correct data; for the each of the data sets, creating anomalies having different durations using only the first groups of contiguous interval values; generating estimates for the anomalies by employing estimation techniques; for each of the durations, selecting one of the estimation techniques for subsequent employment when performing VEE of subsequent energy consumption data for the corresponding one of the streams; and executing functions on the streams translated by the generating and directing one or more of the HVAC subsystems to change state, where the comfort is adjusted in accordance with building energy consumption.
US10969746B2
In described examples, a physics cell includes: a laser source configured to emit light towards an atomic chamber containing an atomic gas; a photodetector configured to receive emissions from the atomic chamber; and a field coil for generating a magnetic field in the atomic chamber. An electronics circuit includes: a controller circuit coupled to the photodetector output and having control outputs to a digital to analog converter circuit; the digital to analog converter circuit having a coil current output to adjust the magnetic field, a modulation control output to control a modulation of the light, and having an output to control a voltage controlled oscillator; and a radio-frequency output circuit having a voltage controlled oscillator coupled to the output of the digital to analog converter circuit outputting a radio frequency signal to the laser source in the physics cell.
US10969739B2
A developing device including a developing roller mounted in a developing chamber is provided. In the developing device, the developing roller is partially exposed to an environment outside the developing chamber through an opening portion of the developing chamber, an air inlet is provided between an upstream boundary of the opening portion in a rotational direction of the developing roller and an outercircumference of the developing roller, wherein air may pass into the developing chamber through the air inlet, and an air outlet may be formed near the upstream boundary of the opening portion and communicatively connected to the developing chamber so as to discharge the air in the developing chamber. The air outlet is located outside an effective image area in a length direction of the developing roller.
US10969738B2
To improve heat dissipation efficiency by a heat dissipating portion relative to a heat receiving portion contacting an inner peripheral surface of belts while effectively utilizing spaces in the belts forming a nip in which a recording material is cooled, where heat sinks 53 and 54 are disposed on and under upper and lower belts 51 and 52, heat absorbing portions 53a and 53b (contact portions with the belts) are provided by being shifted in a sheet feeding direction so as not to contact each other through the belts, but heat discharging portions 53c, 53d, 54c, and 54d are disposed in an extended manner so as to overlap with the heat absorbing portions on opposite sides. Thus, it becomes possible to enhance heat dissipation efficiency in spaces in limited belt cross sections, and to meet downsizing and speed-up of the device.
US10969732B2
An image forming apparatus includes a main assembly and a drawer unit. The drawer unit includes a rotatable photosensitive member, an optical print head including a light emitting element, a substrate, an electroconductive member, and a first grounding member. The accommodating portion includes a second grounding member configured to ground the electroconductive member in contact with the first grounding member when the drawer unit is positioned between an accommodated position and a drawn-out position.
US10969723B2
An image forming unit forms a toner image on an image carrier using toner. A transfer unit transfers the toner image to a sheet. A cleaner removes, from the image carrier, residual toner that was not transferred to the sheet by the transfer unit. In a detection mode for detecting a part of the image forming apparatus causing a streak, a controller may control the image forming unit to form a pattern on the image carrier, control the transfer unit so that the pattern passes through a transfer position without transferring the pattern to the sheet, control the cleaner to remove the pattern on the image carrier, and control the transfer unit to transfer a residual streak from the image carrier to the sheet. The residual streak occurs from the pattern image by causing an error of the cleaner.
US10969719B2
A fixing device includes: a rotary body; a pressure body; a frame supporting the rotary body; and a pressure varying mechanism for providing a nip pressure to a nip region formed between the rotary body and the pressure body. The pressure varying mechanism includes a first spring and a second spring for urging one of the rotary body and the pressure body. The first spring applies a first urging force, and the second spring applies a second urging force acting in an opposite direction from the first urging force. The pressure varying mechanism can vary the nip pressure between a first nip pressure and a second nip pressure smaller than the first nip pressure. The nip pressure becomes the first nip pressure while only the first urging force is applied, and becomes the second nip pressure while both of the first urging force and the second urging force are applied.
US10969711B2
An electrophotographic belt whose surface barely peels off even after long-term repeated use is provided. The electrophotographic belt includes a layer including a thermoplastic resin composition containing a thermally melt kneaded product including a thermoplastic polyester resin, an ionic electro-conductive agent having a sulfonimide structure as an anion, and an amide compound having at least two amide groups in one molecule.
US10969704B2
Provided is a magnetic toner having a toner particle containing a binder resin and a magnetic body, wherein the binder resin contains a polymer A having a first monomer unit and a second monomer unit, the first polymerizable monomer is at least one selected from the group consisting of the (meth)acrylic acid esters having C18-36 alkyl groups, a content of the first monomer unit and a content of the second monomer unit based on the total moles of all monomer units in the polymer A are respectively 5.0 to 60.0 mol % and 20.0 to 95.0 mol %, and assuming that an SP value of the first monomer unit and the second monomer unit are taken as SP11 (J/cm3)0.5 and SP21(J/cm3)0.5, respectively, 3.00≤(SP21−SP11)≤25.00 is satisfied, and an oil absorption of the magnetic body is 5 to 40 ml/100 g.
US10969693B2
A device and method for producing light-exposed structures on a workpiece having a light-sensitive surface. An optical unit includes a light source and a diffraction grating for producing a strip-shaped illumination pattern having strips extending in a longitudinal direction and having a pattern width extending transversely. A device moves the surface of the workpiece and optical unit relative to each other according to a path sequence, which includes movement longitudinal paths to produce a first and second light-exposed structure having strips, which is oriented parallel to each other on the workpiece surface. The movement paths are mutually spaced apart by less than the pattern width and the light-exposed structures overlap in such a way that strips of the light-exposed structures lie on each other. To obtain good light exposure of the surface by the illumination pattern, the diffraction grating is set oblique to the surface of the workpiece that is light-exposed by the illumination pattern.
US10969682B2
An apparatus includes a developing tank, and the developing tank has a sidewall and a bottom. A fluid manifold is adjacent the bottom of the developing tank. The fluid manifold includes a plurality of holes and a plurality of valves. Developer and rinsing fluid flow through the plurality of holes. Each of the plurality of the valves corresponds to a different hole of the plurality of holes, and the plurality of valves allow the developer and the rinsing fluid to flow through the holes when open and prevent the developer and the flowing liquid from flowing through the holes when closed. The developer flows through a developer inlet to the fluid manifold. The rinsing fluid flows through a rinsing fluid inlet to the fluid manifold. A controller is configured to individually control opening and closing of each of the plurality of valves.
US10969681B2
A method for forming a color filter array includes the step of forming a first color filter array by forming a first color filter film on a surface of a base member using a coating method and by patterning the first color filter film and the step of forming a second color filter array by forming a second color filter film on the surface so as to cover the first color filter array using a coating method and by patterning the second color filter film. The color filters in the first color filter array are uneven in the width of the clearance between the color filters and/or the widths of the color filters.
US10969680B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for adjusting a relative position of templates including determining a first plurality of position points of a surface of a region adjacent to an active region of a first template, the surface of the adjacent region and a surface of the active region forming a continuous surface of the first template; identifying a plane of the surface of the adjacent region of the first template based on the first plurality of position points; determining a second plurality of position points of a surface of an active region of a second template, the active region of the second template protruding from a surface of the second template; identifying a plane of the surface of the active region of the second template based on the second plurality of position points; and adjusting a relative position of the first template and the second template based on the identified planes.
US10969678B2
The invention relates to a system (2) for producing an optical mask (35) for surface treatment, in particular surface microtexturing, said system (2) comprising: a layer of material (20) which has an outer surface (21) that is exposed to the outside environment; and a generating and depositing device for generating and depositing droplets (30) on the outer surface (21) of the layer of material (20) in which a specific arrangement (31), forming the optical mask (35) on the outer surface (21) of the layer of material (20). The invention also relates to a treatment plant comprising a system (2) of said type. The invention further relates to a method for producing a mask as well as to a method for surface treatment.
US10969668B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for active depth sensing. An example device includes a light projector. The light projector includes a light source to emit light and a diffractive element. The diffractive element is configured to receive the emitted light that is polarized, project a first distribution of light when the received light has a first polarity, and project a second distribution of light when the received light has a second polarity.
US10969650B2
This disclosure proposes a liquid crystal cell, a display and an electronic device. The liquid crystal cell comprises a first substrate and a second substrate disposed above the first substrate. The first substrate is configured to be formed with a diffraction phase grating array on a surface thereof close to the second substrate, and the diffraction phase grating array is filled with liquid crystal units. The second substrate is configured to comprise stacked first electrode layer, insulating layer and second electrode layer on a side thereof close to the first substrate.
US10969647B2
An electrophoretic particle includes a particle and a coating layer, in which the coating layer includes at least one of dispersibility and chargeability, and includes a polymer that connects to the particle, where the polymer includes a first functional group and is connected to the particle via a connected body, the connected body has a molecular weight of 500 or less and includes a second functional group and a third functional group, and the particle, the connected body and the polymer are connected via the chemical bond formed by reacting the first and second functional groups and the chemical bond formed by reacting the hydroxyl group and the third functional group.
US10969643B2
A mask includes a base substrate, control switches provided on the base substrate, and electrochromic film components provided on the base substrate. The control switches and the electrochromic film components are connected in one-to-one correspondence. The control switches are configured to, according to at least one light shielding region and a light transmitting region of the mask, control light transmittances of the electrochromic film components in one-to-one correspondence.
US10969634B2
A liquid crystal display panel, a liquid crystal display device and a method of controlling a gray scale of a liquid crystal display device are provided. The display panel includes first and second substrates, and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates, wherein the second substrate is at a light-emitting side of the liquid crystal layer. The display panel further includes a first transparent electrode and a second transparent electrode, which are between the first and second substrates and arranged at two sides of the liquid crystal layer respectively, wherein at least one of the transparent electrodes includes a plurality of sub-electrodes parallel to each other and each extending in a straight line. The display panel also includes a refraction layer between the crystal layer and the second substrate, the refraction layer having a refractive index less than a refractive index of the liquid crystal layer.
US10969629B2
A color conversion substrate and a display device including the same. The color conversion substrate includes a color filter layer having a plurality of color filters, and a color conversion layer disposed on the color filter layer. The color conversion layer includes a plurality of dams, and a plurality of conversion parts disposed between the dams. A reflection layer is disposed on the dams, and a hydrophobic area is disposed on the reflection layer, overlapping an upper surface of the dams, and non-overlapping a side surface of the dams. The display device further includes a light source configured to output a first color light to the color conversion substrate.
US10969628B1
An electronic device may have a display with a backlight. The backlight provides backlight illumination for an array of pixels that is displaying images. The backlight may include an array of cells. Each cell may contain a light source with one or more light-emitting diodes and a cavity reflector that reflects light from the light source outwardly through a diffuser for use in forming the backlight illumination. The light sources may be mounted to a printed circuit. Support posts on the printed circuit may be used to maintain the diffuser at a fixed distance from the printed circuit. The support posts may have opposing first and second ends. The first ends may be attached to the diffuser with fixed connections such as adhesive connections. The second ends may be attached to the printed circuit using floating connections.
US10969625B2
An LCD device with camera module includes a backlight module and an LCD panel. The LCD panel includes a color filter substrate, a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate, a liquid crystal layer between the color filter substrate and the TFT substrate, and a lower polarizer on a side of the TFT substrate away from the liquid crystal layer, the lower polarizer is adjacent to the backlight module. The backlight module defines a hole for the camera module. The hole extends through the lower polarizer. The hole includes a bottom wall and a sidewall coupling to the bottom wall. The bottom wall is defined and formed by the TFT substrate. An elastic element in a coupling region of the bottom wall and the sidewall blocks leakage of light from the backlight module.
US10969623B2
A display panel, a method of manufacturing the same, and a terminal are provided. A buffer layer on an array substrate is provided a blind hole. Compared with the conventional technology, because the buffer layer in the blind hole in the display panel is removed in the present invention, there are less films blocking light when incident light passes through the blind hole, thereby improving the transmittance of the incident light.
US10969621B2
A display assembly used for a display device includes a substrate, a protective member, and a first polarizing plate. The protective member is configured to protect the substrate. The first polarizing plate is disposed between the substrate and the protective member and configured to add a polarizing effect. The first polarizing plate has a first through hole through which light passes toward a back side of the display assembly. At least one of the substrate and the protective member includes a protruding portion having light transmissivity and protruding toward the first through hole.
US10969594B2
An article includes a hollow enclosure defining a void. The void has a first section and a second section separate from the first section. An electronic component is housed in the first section and the second section of the void. A low pressure mold material is molded into the first section of the void and cured around a first segment of the electronic component to encapsulate the first segment of the electronic component. A support seal is inserted into the second section of the void adjacent a second segment of the electronic component. The support seal defines a sealing barrier on one side of the low pressure mold material that limits the flow of low pressure mold material out of the first section of the void.
US10969592B2
Eye-tracked head-mounted displays are provide which, in one aspect, may utilize the same optics for eyetracking and image viewing, with a selected portion of the optics used for an eyetracking optical path and a selected portion of the display optics used for an image viewing optical path.
US10969588B2
Configurations are disclosed for a health system to be used in various healthcare applications, e.g., for patient diagnostics, monitoring, and/or therapy. The health system may comprise a light generation module to transmit light or an image to a user, one or more sensors to detect a physiological parameter of the user's body, including their eyes, and processing circuitry to analyze an input received in response to the presented images to determine one or more health conditions or defects.
US10969586B2
Architecture and designs of wearable devices for displaying images or videos are described. According to one aspect of the present invention, a display device is made in form of a pair of glasses and includes a minimum number of parts to reduce the complexity and weight thereof. Image data along with control signals (including instruction data) is optically transported by an active optical cable all the way through a temple to a microdisplay embedded and deposed near one end of the temple of the glasses. Optical images produced by the microdisplay are captured and projected into an integrated lens or an added light waveguide on a lens for displaying the optical images before the eyes of a wearer.
US10969585B2
A waveguide display includes multiple diffractive optical elements (DOEs) that are configured to in-couple image light, provide expanded exit pupil in two directions, and out-couple the image light to a user. An in-coupling DOE is configured to split the full field of view (FOV) of the image light into left and right portions. The left and right FOV portions are respectively propagated laterally in left and right directions in intermediate DOEs which comprise upper and lower portions. The intermediate DOEs provide for exit pupil expansion in a horizontal direction while coupling light to an out-coupling DOE. The out-coupling DOE provides for exit pupil expansion in a vertical direction and out-couples image light with expanded exit pupil for the full FOV. The intermediate DOE portions are configured to steer image light back towards the center of the waveguide to avoid dark areas or stripes in portions of the out-coupling DOE.
US10969583B2
An augmented-reality system for providing information relating to a wearable medical device and/or a patient wearing a medical device. An augmented-reality enabled computing device includes an image acquisition device, a user interface operatively coupled to the image acquisition device, the user interface configured to receive streaming images of a scene having one or more predetermined recognizable features, and a processor operably connected to the user interface. The processor is configured receive the streaming images, analyze the one or more predetermined recognizable features to determine a context of the scene, retrieve information relating to at least one of the medical device and the patient wearing the medical device, the information corresponding to the determined context of the scene, and augment the received streaming images with contextual information relating to at least one of the medical device and the patient wearing the medical device.
US10969582B2
A heads-up display (HUD) system is disclosed in various embodiments. The HUD system includes a window plate defining an opening to enable light emitting from HUD components to pass therethrough. The window plate includes an inner trough wall and an outer trough wall that cooperate to define a trough therebetween that at least partially surrounds the opening. A transparent cover is attached to the window plate and covers the opening. The cover has a perimeter and an overhang portion located along at least a portion of the perimeter. The opening has a center and the overhang portion extends further from the center than the inner trough wall to facilitate liquid traveling across the cover to enter the trough and inhibit the liquid from entering an interface between the cover and the window plate. The outer trough wall can have a raised profile relative to the cover to protect the cover.
US10969581B2
A liquid crystal panel includes a first transmissive member having a first face where light enters, a liquid crystal layer, and a second transmissive member having a second face where at least a part of light having passed through the first transmissive member and the liquid crystal layer exits. The second face is inclined relative to the liquid crystal layer.
US10969569B2
A light source-integrated lens assembly includes a lens including first through hole at its center along optical axis, an internal light shielding member including second through hole at its center and first protrusion that protrudes from front surface of the lens, and a light emitting element configured to emit light to target object. The internal light shielding member is fitted into the first through hole and the light emitting element is fitted into the second through hole to form a single integrated unit. The lens receives light emitted from the light emitting element and diffused and reflected from inside the target object. When the internal light shielding member is brought into contact with surface of the target object, the internal light shielding member prevents light emitted from the light emitting element and directly reflected at the surface of the target object from being incident on the lens.
US10969568B1
An ultra-wide-angle large-aperture anamorphic lens includes a cylindrical lens group and a spherical lens group arranged in sequence from the object side to the image side. The cylindrical lens group includes a first lens, a second lens, the third lens and the fourth lens. The first lens and the second lens are negative refractive power cylindrical lenses, and the third lens and the fourth lens are positive refractive power cylindrical lenses. The spherical lens group includes a fifth lens, a sixth lens, . . . , a thirteenth lens that are sequentially arranged along the direction that the optical path points to the image side. A 2.4:1 widescreen video or photo may be obtained; at the same time, because the anamorphic lens is a front anamorphic design, in addition to the anamorphic function, it will also have optical characteristics such as elliptical out-of-focus flare and sci-fi line flare.
US10969565B2
A projection lens assembly is provided. The projection lens assembly includes, sequentially along an optical axis from a source-side to an image side, a first lens having a positive refractive power; a second lens having a negative refractive power, where a source-side surface and an image-side surface of the second lens are concave surfaces; a third lens having a positive refractive power or a negative refractive power; and a fourth lens having a positive refractive power, where an image-side surface of the fourth lens is a convex surface. A total effective focal length f of the projection lens assembly and an effective focal length f1 of the first lens satisfy: 2.0
US10969561B2
A driving mechanism for moving an optical element is provided, including a housing, a frame, a holder, and a driving assembly. The frame is fixed to the housing and forms a depressed surface adjacent to the housing. Specifically, the depressed surface faces the housing and is not in contact with the housing. The holder is movably disposed in the housing for holding the optical element. The drive assembly is disposed in the housing to drive the holder and the optical element to move relative to the frame.
US10969557B1
An optical fiber shuffle includes a protective shell and a number of crossover optical cables. The protective shell supports and fixes the crossover optical cables. Each of the crossover optical cables includes a support member, a number of first optical cable units, and a number of second optical cable units. The support member is coupled to the number of first optical cable units and the number of second optical cable units. Each of the first optical cable units includes a number of optical fiber units. The optical fiber units extend into the support member, are sequentially redistributed in the support member, and enter into corresponding second optical cable units. Ends of the first optical cable units facing away from the support member and ends of the second optical cable units facing away from the support member are coupled to a corresponding optical module.
US10969553B2
An adapter panel arrangement including a chassis and a panel of adapters. The adapters defining rearward cable connections and forward cable connections of the panel arrangement. Openings permitting access to the rearward and forward cable connections of the adapters are provided. The chassis further including a removable rear chassis portion to provide access to cable routing areas within the chassis interior.
US10969543B2
A semiconductor integrated optical device includes a waveguide mesa having a first multilayer including a first core layer, a second multilayer including a second core layer, and a butt joint interface between the first core layer and the second core layer; a support having first to third regions; and a buried semiconductor region provided on the support. The first multilayer has a first mesa width on the first region. The second multilayer has a second mesa width on the second region. On the third region, the second multilayer has a waveguide portion having a third mesa width smaller than the first and the second mesa widths. The second core layer has a waveguide core thickness on the second region. In the waveguide portion, the second core layer has a core portion having a thickness different from the waveguide core thickness at a position away from the butt-joint interface.
US10969542B2
A system and method for providing a radiation source. In one arrangement, the radiation source includes an optical fiber that is hollow, and has an axial direction, a gas that fills the hollow of the optical fiber, and a plurality of temperature setting devices disposed at respective positions along the axial direction of the optical fiber, wherein the temperature setting devices are configured to control the temperature of the gas to locally control the density of the gas.
US10969540B2
Some embodiments of the disclosure relate to an optical transmission system that operates at a wavelength in the range from 950 nm to 1600 nm and that employs a single-mode optical transmitter and an optical receiver optically coupled to respective ends of a multimode fiber designed for 850 nm multimode operation. The optical transmission system also employs at least one single mode fiber situated within the optical pathway between the optical transmitter and the receiver and coupled to the multimode fiber.
US10969528B2
A metamaterial optical filter including: a transparent substrate; and a photosensitive polymer layer provided to the transparent substrate, wherein the photosensitive polymer layer is treated using a laser to form a non-conformal holographically patterned subwavelength grating, the holographic grating configured to block a predetermined wavelength of electromagnetic radiation. A system and method for manufacturing holographically patterned subwavelength grating onto the photosensitive polymer layer including: applying a photosensitive polymer layer to a transparent substrate; placing the photosensitive polymer layer between a laser and a mirror; scanning the laser over the photosensitive polymer layer such that a holographic grating is created within the photosensitive polymer layer by interaction between the laser light and light reflected from the mirror; and stacking two or more holographically patterned subwavelength grating layers to form complex metamaterial optical filter stacks.
US10969525B2
Optical devices having multi-functional coatings.
US10969510B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products for characterizing materials in a wellbore having multiple casing strings uses well completion data and instantaneous frequency, instantaneous phase, and/or amplitude attributes, including waveform amplitude or instantaneous amplitude, of an acoustic waveform to determine material densities, acoustic velocities and acoustic travel distances for the materials between the various stages of casings.
US10969507B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, to identify geobodies for exploration and production activities. In one aspect, a method includes receiving seismic volume data regarding a geobody, generating an interpretation object by applying a multi-Z interpretation at representative intervals of edge-detected attributes through the seismic volume data, converting Z-value surfaces to points at each of the representative intervals, the Z-value surfaces generated by gridding polygons having been infilled and converted from the interpretation object, applying a mathematical addition or subtraction to generate a body of points representing the geobody by replicating the points at successive intervals, forming a blended 3D property model of the geobody by combining the seismic volume data resampled into a three-dimensional (3D) cellular grid, and enabling exploration activities by employing the seismic attribute analysis of the geobody identified based on the blended 3D property model.
US10969493B2
A technique is provided for measuring attitude of an aerial vehicle without using a highly accurate IMU. A total station (TS) for tracking a UAV includes a laser scanner. The laser scanner is made to emit laser scanning light to the UAV that is flying. The UAV has four identifiable targets, and identification and locating of the four targets are performed by means of laser scanning. The attitude of the UAV is calculated on the basis of the locations of the four targets.
US10969492B2
The aim of the invention is to provide an architecture of a laser imager having high spatial resolution, compatible with an application installed on board a vehicle, in particular on board an aircraft. For this purpose, the invention proposes the generation of a piece of wide-field laser ranging information by a suitable remote optical system. An example of a piece of equipment (1) according to the invention installed on board an aircraft moving in an environment that is likely to contain obstacles (4), in particular an aircraft on the ground, includes a laser range finder (11) coupled to an optical fibre (F1) emitting laser pulses (I), which is itself coupled to an optical system providing an interface with the environment (12) via an optical cross-connect (13) coupled to a covered optical fibre bundle, in the form of laser illuminations (Fi). An echo detector (14) detecting echoes of the laser pulses reflected by an obstacle (4) in the environment is connected to a processing unit (15) for processing the echoes (Er), which is itself connected to a central data unit (16) containing data relative to the conditions of movement of the aircraft and to a display system (17) for displaying the obstacle (4) location data.
US10969483B2
A method of imaging within an absorptive object comprising: placing transmit and receive antennas in close proximity to a surface of said object; transmitting electromagnetic pulses from the transmit antenna into the object; and receiving a receive signal at the receive antenna simultaneously with the transmit antenna transmitting said pulses; wherein the transmitting and receiving comprises the following steps: a) setting a threshold level for the receive signal strength; b) transmitting one or more pulses; c) comparing the receive signal for said one or more pulses with the threshold level; d) changing the threshold level; e) repeating steps b), c) and optionally d) one or more times. This arrangement can operate at extremely high speed due to the absence of any slow multi-bit ADCs.
US10969478B2
A system includes a base having a sensor opening. An object-detection sensor is aligned with the sensor opening. A motor and a guide are each supported by the base and are spaced from each other. A continuous band is flexible relative to and engaged with the motor and the guide. At least a portion of the continuous band is transparent and extends between the sensor and the sensor opening. If a contaminant, e.g., dirt, water, snow, etc., is on the continuous band at the sensor opening, the motor moves the continuous band to locate a clean section of the continuous band at the opening.
US10969453B2
Systems and methods for magnetic field-dependent relaxometry using magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”] are provided. Relaxation parameters, including longitudinal relaxation time (“T1”) and transverse relaxation time (“T2”), are estimated from magnetic resonance signal data acquired at multiple different magnetic field strengths using the same MRI system. By measuring these relaxation parameters as a function of magnetic field strength, T1 dispersion data, T2 dispersion data, or both, are generated. Based on this dispersion data, quantitative physiological parameters can be estimated. As one example, iron content can be estimated from T2 dispersion data.
US10969444B2
The present disclosure describes a semiconductor circuit arrangement comprising a Hall sensor circuit integrated into a semiconductor substrate and configured to conduct a Hall supply current between a first terminal and a second terminal of a Hall effect region at an angle of 45° with respect to a normal to a primary flat plane of the semiconductor substrate laterally through the Hall effect region, wherein the Hall supply current has a first dependence on a mechanical stress of the semiconductor substrate. A resistance arrangement integrated into the semiconductor substrate, the resistance arrangement being different than the Hall effect region, is configured to conduct a current between a first terminal and a second terminal of the resistance arrangement, wherein the current through the resistance arrangement has a second dependence on the mechanical stress of the semiconductor substrate. A compensation circuit is configured to correct, on the basis of a signal difference between the first terminal of the Hall effect region and the first terminal of the resistance arrangement, a Hall voltage that is measured between a third and a fourth terminal of the Hall effect region and is dependent on the mechanical stress of the semiconductor substrate.
US10969430B2
A delay measurement apparatus for measuring a delay unit comprising: a clock; clock counter; a digital signal source that is uncorrelated with the clock; a first detector arranged to detect transitions of the digital signal entering the delay unit; a first accumulator arranged to accumulate the current clock counter value based on the output of the first detector; a second detector arranged to detect transitions of the digital signal exiting the delay unit; a second accumulator arranged to accumulate the current clock counter value based on the output of the second detector; a measurement counter arranged to count the number of transitions of the digital signal passing through the delay unit; and a calculation device arranged to calculate an average number of clock cycles that elapse while a transition of the digital signal passes through the delay unit based on the first accumulator, the second accumulator and the measurement counter.
US10969429B1
The present disclosure relates to a system and method for debugging in fault simulation associated with an electronic design. Embodiments may include receiving, using at least one processor, an electronic design and performing concurrent fault simulation on a fault to be analyzed associated with the electronic circuit design, wherein the fault has a fault propagation path associated therewith. Embodiments may also include identifying a trace of one or more signals of interest that are in the fault propagation path and generating a faulty database and a good database associated with the one or more signals of interest that are in the fault propagation path. Embodiments may further include identifying one or more differences between the faulty database and the good database.
US10969425B2
A semiconductor integrated circuit includes: a main circuit; a non-volatile memory; and a self-diagnosis circuit configured to execute, when the semiconductor integrated circuit is to be powered off, self-diagnosis processing in which the main circuit is diagnosed and a diagnosis execution record indicating whether the diagnosis is completed and a diagnosis result indicating a result of the diagnosis are stored in the non-volatile memory. The self-diagnosis circuit is configured to: determine, when the semiconductor integrated circuit is powered on, whether there is a failure in the main circuit by reading the diagnosis execution record and the diagnosis result out of the non-volatile memory; and shift a state of the main circuit to a safe state when determining that there is a failure in the main circuit, and instruct the main circuit to start normal operation when determining that there is no failure in the main circuit.
US10969416B2
An integrated circuit including at least one circuit node, multiple duplicate circuit blocks integrated on the integrated circuit in close proximity with each other, each including at least one device that is susceptible to random telegraph noise (RTN), and a switch circuit that swaps electrical coupling of the duplicate circuit blocks, one at a time, to the at least one circuit node in sequential cycles of a clock signal. The duplicate circuit blocks may be large functional blocks, such as an oscillator or a comparator or the like, or limited to circuits including RTN susceptible devices, such as differential pairs or the like. Each duplicate circuit block may include any number of connections for coupling to corresponding circuit nodes. The swapping may further include chopping in which multiple inputs are swapped with each other while multiple outputs are swapped with each other in consecutive clock cycles.
US10969413B2
A device for detecting energy theft from a utility network configured to access energy data for utilities, generate energy results, identify an outlying utility in the energy results, access behavioral data, determine whether there is a likelihood of energy theft associated with the outlying utility, generate descriptive results from the behavioral data indicating the likelihood of energy theft, receive a response of whether the energy theft occurred, and refine operation of the detecting of energy theft of the device.
US10969410B2
A current sensor device includes: at least one bus bar; at least one sensor package that includes a magneto-electric conversion element which detects a current flowing through the bus bar and an external connection terminal which is electrically connected to the magneto-electric conversion element; a printed circuit board that is disposed on the sensor package opposite to the bus bar, and electrically connected to the terminal; a magnetic shield body that shields the magneto-electric conversion element from an external magnetic field; and a resin element that integrally holds at least a part of the magnetic shield body and the bus bar fixed to the sensor package.
US10969402B2
A vibration sensor having a moveable mass adapted to move in response to vibrations or accelerations. The sensor includes a damping arrangement that includes a damping fluid or gel. The moveable mass is arranged to interact directly or indirectly with the damping fluid or gel in order to reduce a mechanical resonance peak of the vibration sensor. The damping fluid or gel has a viscosity between 1000 cP and 100000 Cp and damping properties that are substantially stable over time.
US10969400B2
In order to correct the rotation angle value without an increase in the circuit size, a rotation period measurement unit measures a rotation period of a rotary shaft in which a rotation angle is detected by using a resolver that outputs a signal corresponding to the rotation angle of the rotary shaft. A rotation speed calculation unit calculates the rotation speed of the rotary shaft based on the rotation period. An acceleration calculation unit calculates the rate of change of the rotation speed per interval when a given rotation angle of the rotary shaft is divided into 2n+1 intervals, in which n is an integer of 1 or more. An estimated angle calculation unit calculates the rotation angle estimation value, assuming that the rotary shaft performs a uniform acceleration motion, based on the rotation speed and the rate of change of the rotation speed. A correction value calculation unit calculates the correction value of the rotation angle value converted from the output signal of the resolver. A correction value application unit generates a corrected angle value by applying the correction value to the rotation angle value.
US10969399B1
An accelerometer module is supported within an interior passage of a transmitter housing of a transmitter that is itself receivable within an inground housing of an inground tool to perform an inground operation which subjects the transmitter to mechanical shock and vibration. An accelerometer housing of the module includes an exterior periphery that is receivable in the interior passage of the transmitter. A resilient damping foam can be supported to dispose the foam between the accelerometer housing and the transmitter housing such that the foam cooperates with the accelerometer housing to form a complex mass-spring-damper system that exhibits a resonant frequency which is controllable. An accelerometer cartridge of the module can include a mass that is at least five times the mass of an original accelerometer cartridge. In one feature, the accelerometer cartridge can include a mass of at least 20 grams for a one inch diameter transmitter housing.
US10969397B2
Test strips for determining the activity of a coagulation factor in a blood sample are provided. The strip comprises a support, a sample inlet port for deposition of a blood sample, and a reaction area comprising a blood coagulation reagent. The sample inlet port is connected to the reaction area, and the coagulation reagent comprises blood plasma deficient in the coagulation factor for which activity is to be measured, an ionic citrate source an ionic calcium source, and either one or more coagulation contact phase activator reagents and phospholipids or a mixture of tissue factor and phospholipids. The disclosure further relates to in vitro methods for measuring an activity of a coagulation factor.
US10969394B2
The present application relates to mass spectrometry methods for use in identifying proteins or other biomolecules which are bound irreversibly by test compounds.
US10969393B2
It has been demonstrated that certain compounds bind to TNF and stabilise a conformation of trimeric TNF that binds to the TNF receptor. Antibodies which selectively bind to complexes of such compounds with TNF superfamily members are disclosed. These antibodies may be used to detect further compounds with the same activity, and as target engagement biomarker.
US10969390B2
A method for evaluating an efficacy of a chemoradiotherapy against squamous cell carcinoma comprises the following steps (a) to (c): (a) detecting an expression level of at least one gene selected from a SIM2 gene and genes co-expressed with the SIM2 gene in a squamous cell carcinoma specimen isolated from a subject; (b) comparing the expression level detected in the step (a) with a reference expression level of the corresponding gene; and (c) determining that an efficacy of a chemoradiotherapy against squamous cell carcinoma in the subject is high if the expression level in the subject is higher than the reference expression level as a result of the comparison in the step (b).
US10969379B2
A bioelectrochemical sensor utilizing a nanoporous gold electrode. The bioelectrochemical sensor is suitable for measuring redox in biologic media while having increased resistance to biofouling as compared to conventional electrodes such as planar gold electrodes, due to greater exposed surface area of the three-dimensional ligature structure defining the nanopores. The nanopores have a pore size of 5-100 nm, preferably with an average pore size of less than 50 nm, and more preferably with an average pore size of less than 20 nm.
US10969371B2
A method of detecting gas includes determining and storing, by a controller, a zero level of a photoionization detector using ambient air inflow when an ultraviolet lamp is in a turned OFF state, wherein the stored zero level is based on an ambient temperature; sampling, by the controller, an output of a detector electrode of the photoionization detector when the ultraviolet lamp is in a turned ON state; and comparing the sampled output of the detector electrode to the stored zero level to determine if a threshold concentration of a gas is present.
US10969364B1
Methods and apparatus for long read, label-free, optical nanopore long chain molecule sequencing. In general, the present disclosure describes a novel sequencing technology based on the integration of nanochannels to deliver single long-chain molecules with widely spaced (>wavelength), ˜1-nm aperture “tortuous” nanopores that slow translocation sufficiently to provide massively parallel, single base resolution using optical techniques. A novel, directed self-assembly nanofabrication scheme using simple colloidal nanoparticles is used to form the nanopore arrays atop nanochannels that unfold the long chain molecules. At the surface of the nanoparticle array, strongly localized electromagnetic fields in engineered plasmonic/polaritonic structures allow for single base resolution using optical techniques.
US10969361B2
An electrochemical gas sensor (10) has a housing (20), a working electrode (51), a counterelectrode (52) and a reference electrode (53). The housing (20) has an electrolyte reservoir (30), a gas inlet orifice (21) and at least one gas outlet orifice (22). The electrolyte reservoir (30) is filled with a liquid electrolyte (40). The gas sensor (10) has a counterelectrode carrier (26). The counterelectrode (52) is suspended on the counterelectrode carrier (26) in such a way that the counterelectrode (52) is suspended in the electrolyte reservoir (30) and the electrolyte (40) flows around the counterelectrode (52) on all sides. Preferably, the electrolyte includes (I) a solvent, e.g. water, propylene carbonate, ethylene carbonate or mixtures thereof; (ii) a conductive salt, especially an ionic liquid; and/or (iii) an organic mediator, for example substituted quinones, anthraquinones, etc.
US10969356B2
A method for accurately measuring the real-time valid dew-point value of a material and determining the total moisture content of the material by using an algorithm during the material drying process. The algorithm estimates the valid dew-point value of the material and the total moisture content of the material by analyzing sensor data received on a server. The algorithm determines a valid dew-point value by estimating an inflection point of the moisture content versus time friction/curve for the material, and the total moisture content of the material is determined within the valid dew-point value.
US10969339B2
Optical readers are disclosed in examples herein. An example optical reader including a light source to emit a light beam; and a spot pattern generator to receive the light beam and to generate a two-dimensional spot array from the light beam, the two-dimensional spot array to be directed toward a substrate having nanostructures, the two-dimensional spot array to be sensed to detect a presence or an absence of a substance of interest on the substrate.
US10969335B2
A terahertz wave detection device includes a low-dimensional electron system material formed on a substrate; and a first electrode and a second electrode opposingly arranged on a two-dimensional plane of the low-dimensional electron system material. The first electrode and the second electrode are made of metals having different thermal conductivity. An 8-element array sensor includes eight terahertz wave detection devices aligned in an array. The terahertz wave detection device includes carbon nanotube film; a first electrode disposed on one side of the carbon nanotube film; and a second electrode disposed on the other side of the carbon nanotube film. The first electrode and the second electrode have different thermal conductivity.
US10969331B2
A device may obtain a master beta coefficient of a master calibration model associated with a master instrument. The master beta coefficient may be at a grid of a target instrument. The device may perform constrained optimization of an objective function, in accordance with a set of constraints, in order to determine a pair of transferred beta coefficients. The constrained optimization may be performed based on an initial pair of transferred beta coefficients, the master beta coefficient, and spectra associated with a scouting set. The device may determine, based on the pair of transferred beta coefficients, a transferred beta coefficient. The device may determine a final transferred beta coefficient based on a set of transferred beta coefficients including the transferred beta coefficient. The final transferred beta coefficient may be associated with generating a transferred calibration model, corresponding to the master calibration model, for use by the target instrument.
US10969329B2
An ellipsometer includes: a gantry; a polarization generator and a polarization analyzer mounted in the gantry; and a focusing lens disposed on a sample on a stage, wherein the sample is an object to be measured, wherein a vertical section of the focusing lens is a semi-circle.
US10969322B2
A gas detecting device includes a main body, a gas sensing module, a particulate measuring module and a control module. A chamber is formed within the main body. The main body has a first inlet, a second inlet and an outlet in fluid communication with the chamber. The gas sensing module includes a compartment body, a carrying plate, a sensor and an actuator. The actuator introduces ambient gas into the gas sensing module through the first inlet, and the gas is measured by the sensor and discharged from the outlet of the compartment body. The particulate measuring module is disposed within the chamber of the main body and includes an inlet channel, an outlet channel and a particulate detector. The gas is introduced into the particulate measuring module through the inlet channel, and a concentration of particulates in the gas is measured by the particulate detector.
US10969314B2
The present disclosure provides a device and a method for an anchor bolt (cable) supporting structure test and an anchoring system performance comprehensive experiment, and relates to the technical field of anchoring tests. The device includes a gantry, a loading mechanism, a test mechanism and a test piece, wherein the gantry includes a base and an operation platform; the loading mechanism includes a loading frame, a chuck, a surrounding rock force loading oil cylinder and a hollow drawing oil cylinder; the test mechanism includes a load, a displacement and an acoustic emission and other monitoring mechanisms, and the test piece includes a rock test piece, an anchor bolt (cable), an anchor net, and the like; the loading mechanism and the hollow drawing oil cylinder are disposed on the base, and a torsion motor and an anchor bolt drill are disposed on the operation platform, wherein the rock test piece is placed between bearing plates, one end of the anchor bolt (cable) is fixed by the chuck or anchored into the rock test piece, and the other end of the anchor bolt (cable) passes through the hollow drawing oil cylinder. The device is capable of not only testing mechanical properties of the anchor bolt (cable) and an anchoring member, but also realizing simulation of a stress environment of “five sides loaded and one side non-loaded” so as to perform a surrounding rock drilling response or anchoring system performance comprehensive experiment.
US10969307B2
An extractive system, such as SPME, has an adsorptive phase in the form of a porous coating that has essentially vertical, mutually supporting, columnar structures with nanospaces at the boundaries of the grains.
US10969291B1
An ionization gauge includes an anode, a cathode, and an electromagnetic wave source. The cathode includes a first cathode plate having a through hole through which the anode passes, a storage portion configured to store the electromagnetic wave source, and a passage arranged between the storage portion and the through hole and configured to pass an electromagnetic wave generated by the electromagnetic wave source.
US10969274B2
Method for detecting wavefront aberration for optical imaging system based on grating shearing interferometer, the grating shearing interferometer system comprising a light source and illumination system, an optical imaging system to be tested, a one-dimensional diffraction grating plate, a two-dimensional diffraction grating plate, a two-dimensional photoelectric sensor, and a computing unit. The one-dimensional and two-dimensional diffraction grating plates are respectively placed on the object plane and the image plane of the optical imaging system to be tested. By collecting interferograms with phase-shifting amounts of 0, π/2, π, 3π/2 and N sets of α, π-α, 2π-α (where, N = 2 ( fix ( ceil ( 1 / s ) 2 ) + 1 ) , s is the shear ratio of the grating shearing interferometer system), combined with a certain phase retrieval algorithm, the influence of all high-order diffraction beams on the phase retrieval accuracy is eliminated, and finally the detection accuracy of wavefront aberration for the imaging system to be tested is improved.
US10969271B2
An illuminance calibrating device includes a reference light source and an illuminance detection device. The reference light source, which generates light with a specific wavelength and a source illuminance, adjusts the source illuminance to be a first illuminance according to a control signal. The illuminance detection device includes a shading plate, an illuminance detector, and a controller. The shading plate is configured to lower the first illuminance to a first shading illuminance. The illuminance detector detects the first shading illuminance to generate a detection signal. The controller generates the control signal and calculates a ratio of the first illuminance to the first shading illuminance according to the detection signal.
US10969269B1
A method of sensing vibrations or displacements remotely is provided. Magnets are attached to vibrating objects or the vibrating objects themselves are magnetic. A number of magnetic sensors are placed a specified distance from the magnets. Vibrational displacement of the vibrating objects is determined according to a model that maps changes in magnetic field to vibrations or spatial displacements.
US10969268B2
A weighing scale (1) for a retail store counter includes a housing (2), a load-receiving platform (3) on top of the housing, and operating components (27) enclosed therein, including a weighing cell (24). A load-transmitting mechanical connection (25) couples the weighing cell to the load-receiving platform. Analog and digital weighing electronics convert electrical weight signals of the weighing cell into digital weighing results. A touchscreen display panel (7, 22, 23) interacts with a human operator, and is configured as a layered assembly with a liquid crystal display (23), a projected capacitive (PCAP) touch screen (22) with a plurality of touch-sensing points, and a protective glass plate (21) on top of each other. The layered assembly is integrated horizontally in the load-receiving platform facing the human operator. The top surface operates as a load-receiving surface (45) a touch field keyboard (40, 41, 42, 47) and a display window (43, 46, 48).
US10969266B2
A weighing scale is disclosed. The scale includes a base, a load cell assembly coupled to the base, and a platform coupled to the load cell assembly. Also disclosed are alternative embodiments of the load cell assembly and methods of making and using the scale.
US10969258B2
A vortex flowmeter includes a flow tube configured to receive a flow of process fluid in a first direction. A bluff body is disposed within the flow tube between a first end and a second end. The bluff body is configured to generate vortices in the flow of process fluid. A plurality of sensors are disposed within the bluff body configured to detect deformations within the bluff body resulting from the vortices acting on the bluff body.
US10969257B2
A rotary position sensor (102) may include a sensor housing (202) defining an interior cavity. A first rotor (206) may be positioned and rotatable within the interior cavity, the first rotor (206) including a first magnet (326). Furthermore, the rotary position sensor (102) may include a second rotor (208) positioned and rotatable within the interior cavity, the second rotor (208) including a second magnet (328). The first magnet (326) may include a first shielding member (342) associated with a surface of the first magnet (326), and the second magnet (328) may include a second shielding member (344) associated with a surface of the second magnet (328). The first shielding member (342) may face the second shielding member (344).
US10969241B2
Systems and methods detect steps from one or more sensed accelerometer signals. Systems comprise an accelerometer and a non-transitory computer readable medium, each of which communicates with a processor. The accelerometer is coupled to an individual and generates outputs received by the processor. The non-transitory computer readable medium stores instructions controlling the processor to perform steps of a method. The processor determines a minimum and a maximum reading for respective time periods. Counted peak heights are maxima that exceed a rest threshold. The rest threshold may be a function of the rest maximum. The processor determines a peak threshold for each time period having a counted peak height. A counted amplitude comprises the difference between the maximum reading and minimum readings of a time period in which the counted peak height exceeds the peak threshold. The processor increments a step counter when a counted amplitude exceeds an amplitude threshold.
US10969240B2
The systems and methods described herein are generally directed to altering experience attributes. According to one aspect, a computer-implemented method for altering experience attributes based on a comparison of an estimated arrival time to a desired arrival time is provided. The method includes receiving logistical data for a trip of the vehicle occupant. The method also includes estimating an estimated arrival time based on navigation data. The method further includes determining that the estimated arrival time will occur at least a threshold amount of time after a desired arrival time. The method also includes identifying an experience attribute based on the determination that the estimated arrival time will occur at least the threshold amount of time after the desired arrival time. The method further includes altering a vehicle system based on the experience attribute.
US10969235B2
The method, computer program product and computer system may include computing device which may determine a destination route. The computing device may receive current travel data associated with a primary user on the destination route and determine past travel data associated with a primary user on the destination route. The computing device may calculate, in response to determining that past travel data associated with a primary user on the destination route exists, a reliability degree of the current travel data associated with a primary user on the destination route based on the past travel data associated with a primary user on the destination route. The computing device may transmit a signal to a user device, the signal providing an instruction to display features according to an abstraction level of points of interest on the destination route based on the reliability degree.
US10969222B2
Systems and methods are provided for obtaining measurements of an integrated circuit chip and a connected carrier to obtain the measurements of the interconnect heights. More specifically, a method is provided that includes defining a top best fit reference plane and a bottom best fit reference plane, and adjusting the top best fit reference and the bottom best fit reference to be superposed to one another. The method further includes calculating first distances between each height measurement for a first set of points and the adjusted top best fit reference plane, and calculating second distances between each height measurement for a second set of points and the adjusted bottom best fit reference plane. The method further includes calculating height values of a gap or interconnect between the first substrate and the second substrate by subtracting the thickness of the first substrate and the second distances from the first distances.
US10969221B2
Method for providing avoiding of excitations of oscillations of a measuring machine and/or for reducing or damping such oscillations by actively controlling a driving unit of the measuring machine or actively controlling an actuation of an additionally attached actuator. The method using information about an actual state of the measuring device, the actual state is derived based on a dynamic model and/or by use of a suitable sensor unit. A state controller, an actuator or a frequency-filtering element are used for counteracting or preventing oscillations.
US10969220B2
A method for characterizing a sample, by estimating a plurality of characteristic thicknesses, each being associated with a calibration material, including acquiring an energy spectrum (Sech) transmitted through this sample, located in an X and/or gamma spectral band; for each spectrum of a plurality of calibration spectra (sbase(Lk; Lt)) calculating a likelihood from said calibration spectrum (Sbase(Lk; Lt)), and from the spectrum transmitted through the sample (Sech), each calibration spectrum (Sbase(Lk; Lt)) corresponding to the energy spectrum transmitted through a stack of gauge blocks, each formed of a known thickness of a calibration material; estimating the characteristic thicknesses (L1, L2) associated with the sample according to the criterion of maximum likelihood.
US10969216B2
An example method that includes receiving a geometry of a component that includes a plurality of locations on a surface of the component; determining a first target trajectory including a first plurality of target trajectory points and a second target trajectory including a second plurality of target trajectory points, the first and second trajectories offset in a first direction, and the first and second plurality of trajectory points offset in a second direction; determining a respective target coating thickness of the coating based on a target coated component geometry and the geometry; and determining a respective motion vector of a coating device based on the first and second target trajectories to deposit the respective target coating thickness.
US10969213B1
A specially designed bubble level having an articulating portion that may be used to verify that an angle made in a tubular structure for example, electrical conduit, is level. The level apparatus of the present disclosure may also be used to verify the angular displacement of the tubular structure about a bend, using a bubble level as reference. The apparatus is particularly useful during manual bending of electrical conduit and similar field-modified tubular structures as the apparatus provides a convenient and readily-discernible indication when a tubular structure that is being bent has been brought to a predetermined bend angle.
US10969206B1
A weapon system effectively, efficiently and safely transmits high energy radio frequency energy into the confines of the breech environment to initiate propelling charges. Legacy components are leveraged, along with advanced manufacturing techniques, to create antenna structures which transmit the radio frequency energy throughout the breech to initiate radio frequency-based primers.
US10969205B2
An apparatus includes a pressure device bonded to the surface of a structure at a bonding location. The vessel comprises an interior space within the vessel and a bonding surface. A bonding agent bonds the bonding surface of the vessel to a surface of the structure. A gas-emitting material is disposed within the interior space of the vessel and an initiator is arranged to activate the gas-emitting material. Upon activation of the gas-emitting material by the initiator, the pressure device produces a localized force that breaks the structure.
US10969199B2
An optical system for providing crosswind aim point correction for a sniper rifles and similar weapons comprising an optical transmitter, an optical receiver, a display device and a processor. The optical transmitter produces a collimated laser beam for illuminating a spot on the target. The optical receiver receives optical signals transmitted by the optical transmitter and scattered back from the target and converts the optical signals into time varying electrical signals. The processor processes the time varying electrical signals to determine a path weighted average crosswind. The processor is equipped with software that permits it to calculate the path-weighted average crosswind utilizing at least three different methods.
US10969198B2
A multi-function gunsight for aiming a firearm comprises a body and a sight arm pivotally coupled to the body for rotation between a stowed orientation and a deployed orientation. The body defining a laser cavity, a starboard cavity, and a port cavity. A laser housing is disposed inside the laser cavity defined by the body. The laser housing supports a semiconductor chip that emits laser light and a collimating lens that collimates the laser light emitted by the semiconductor chip. A forward end of the laser housing is coupled to a spherical bearing. The spherical bearing constrains movement of the laser housing in three translation degrees of freedom corresponding to translation along x, y, and z axes of an x-y-z coordinate system. The spherical bearing allows rotation of the laser housing about at least the x and y axes of the x-y-z coordinate system.
US10969195B1
A translucent reflective hand gun front sight includes a rectangular top portion of acrylic, polycarbonate or other suitable plastic having a vertical rear wall, a vertical front wall, a reflective horizontal top wall, a top front wall radiused transition portion forming an internal rectangular solid sight bead to be placed on the target when viewed through the vertical rear wall. The rectangular portion also includes a vertical reflective right side wall and a vertical reflective left side wall. Below the side walls are reflective right and left side shoulders extending outwardly and downwardly from the side walls transitioning into reflective lower vertical side portions extending vertically and downward from the shoulders. A lower most mounting base to affix the front sight to the gun is also provided.
US10969191B2
A crossbow is capable of switching between a compound crossbow and a recurve crossbow, comprising a fore unit and a stock. The stock comprises a stock body, and the stock body is provided with a front end. The fore unit is provided with a mounting end; the mounting end of the fore unit is mounted on the front end of the stock body through a connecting bolt, and the mounting end and the front end are of detachable mounting structures. The fore unit is a compound riser unit or a recurve-bow unit, which is assembled with the stock to constitute a compound crossbow or a recurve crossbow. In the invention, the stock can be quickly assembled with and detached from the compound riser unit and the recurve-bow unit to switch the crossbow between the compound crossbow and the recurve crossbow. The users' expenses are reduced, and the operation is more convenient.
US10969188B1
A firearm suppressor configured for coupling to a firearm with its stock barrel bushing removed. The firearm suppressor includes a barrel bushing feature, a recess, and a release. The barrel bushing feature duplicates the barrel bushing of the firearm, which constrains the movement of the barrel of the firearm. The recess is positioned below the barrel bushing and is configured to receive and retain a cap of a recoil spring plug of the firearm. The firearm suppressor is coupled to the firearm when the cap of the recoil plug of the firearm is retained in the recess. The release is configured to press against the recoil spring plug of the firearm. Actuating the release pushes the recoil spring plug of the firearm away from the firearm suppressor, such that the firearm suppressor is removable from the firearm in the same manner as the original barrel bushing.
US10969187B2
An inertial decoupler and suppressor assembly, associated components, and associated methods. The inertial decoupler is adjustable to change a preload of a spring biasing a piston toward an at-rest position and/or to change a permitted travel distance of the piston away from the at-rest position. The inertial decoupler can be removable from the suppressor and usable with other suppressors, or can be integrated with a dedicated suppressor.
US10969185B2
A system that enables a user to simulate the reloading of a magazine fed hand operated device used in a simulation. The user may eject the physical magazine using the magazine ejection button on the hand operated device, and then engage that same magazine which has been stopped from being fully ejected from the hand operated device's magazine housing by a magazine retention mechanism. An internal magazine engagement sensor registers with the simulation that the magazine has been ejected by the user and then has been re-engaged when the magazine is fed back into the housing and locked in by the hand operated device's locking mechanism.
US10969182B2
Semi-automatic rimfire rifles have a frame, a bolt operable to reciprocate within the frame, the bolt defining a bolt axis, the bolt defining a firing pin passage, a first firing pin portion received within at least a first portion of the firing pin passage, a second firing pin portion separate from the first firing pin portion received within at least a second portion of the firing pin passage, and the first firing pin portion being operable to contact the second firing pin portion such that the second firing pin portion discharges a cartridge in response to the first firing pin portion being struck by a hammer. The first firing pin portion may define a first firing pin axis aligned with the bolt axis. The second firing pin portion may have a nose portion that is offset from the bolt axis extending away from the first firing pin portion.
US10969180B2
An air-conditioning unit includes an air-conditioning case and a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger includes a plurality of tubes and a header tank. The air-conditioning case includes a holder in which the header tank is held while being inserted therein. The holder includes a first rib and a plurality of second ribs for pressing a tank outer wall of the header tank toward an internal space of the header tank. The first rib extends in a tube stacking direction. The plurality of second ribs are each connected to the first rib, are formed to extend from the first rib away from the tubes, and are arranged side by side at a predetermined inter-rib spacing in the tube stacking direction. The inter-rib spacing is larger than a length of the second ribs extending from the first rib away from the tubes in a tube longitudinal direction.
US10969175B2
A setter for firing in a plate which is used for firing a honeycomb formed body and interposed between the honeycomb formed body and a shelf plate, wherein the setter for firing has a setter lower surface section facing the shelf plate, the setter lower surface section including: a central region part formed by a region including a lower surface center of the setter lower surface section; and a peripheral region part formed by a peripheral region of the central region part, and the peripheral region part has at least four or more setter groove parts each having a recessed cross sectional shape and extending radially from the lower surface center respectively in a direction from a boundary with the central region part toward a setter outer circumferential section.
US10969165B2
A refrigeration system includes first and second compressors, a condenser, first and second evaporators, and a valve. The first compressor is fluidly connected to first suction and discharge lines. The second compressor is fluidly connected to second suction and discharge lines. The second suction line is fluidly connected to the first discharge line. The condenser receives refrigerant from the second compressor. The first evaporator receives refrigerant from the condenser and discharges refrigerant to the first suction line. The second evaporator receives refrigerant from the condenser and discharges refrigerant to the second suction line. The valve is disposed between the first evaporator and the first suction line. The first suction line receives refrigerant when the valve is in a first position. The second suction line receives refrigerant when the valve is in a second position. The first compressor is bypassed when the valve is in the second position.
US10969163B2
The present invention discloses a refrigerator and a humidity control method for the same. The refrigerator comprises a humidity controller to controllably maintain moisture and/or perform humidification. The humidity controller is configured to: set a target humidity value, measure an actual relative humidity value of a target space, and calculate a target water replenishing mass W based on a difference between the two values and a current temperature of the target space; measure and calculate a water replenishing time T, and adjust the humidity controller so as to maintain its maximum humidifying rate Vmax within the time T to achieve the humidification purpose; and adjust the humidity controller so as to maintain a humidifying rate consistent with a water vapor loss rate in the target space to achieve the moisture maintaining purpose.
US10969158B2
A household refrigerator has a receiving space for food, a back panel delimiting the receiving space at the back, a no-frost unit, and an air channel arranged behind the back panel and connected to the no-frost unit and has an outlet opening by which cold air from the no-frost unit can be introduced into the receiving space. A suction opening is provided by way of which air can be sucked out of the receiving space by the no-frost unit. The outlet opening and the suction opening are arranged at different levels. A baffle plate is arranged vertically between the outlet opening and the suction opening. The plate is arranged on the back panel and extends forwards in the direction of a loading opening, so cold air blown into the receiving space via the outlet opening flows around a leading edge of the baffle plate that faces the loading opening.
US10969156B2
A refrigerator includes a main body, a damper, a compressor, a condenser, a switchable chamber evaporator, a freezing chamber evaporator, a switchable chamber capillary tube, a bypass capillary tube, a path switching device, a switchable chamber fan, a freezing chamber fan, and a controller. The controller rotates the switchable chamber fan and the freezing chamber fan at different speeds according to satisfaction of a temperature of the switchable chamber, dissatisfaction of the temperature of the switchable chamber, satisfaction of a temperature of the freezing chamber, dissatisfaction of the temperature of the freezing chamber, satisfaction of a temperature of the refrigerating chamber and dissatisfaction of the temperature of the refrigerating chamber.
US10969155B2
A refrigerator includes a cabinet including a storage compartment, a storage compartment door to open or close the storage compartment, a cool air duct provided in the storage compartment and positioned at an upper portion of the storage compartment to discharge cool air to the storage compartment, a damper to adjust an amount of cool air introduced into the cool air duct, and a door discharge duct communicating with the cool air duct and extending in a front-rear direction toward the storage compartment door to discharge cool air received from the cool air duct to the storage compartment door.
US10969151B2
Provided are an ice making device and a method of inspecting the same. In the ice making device, signal lines extending from a temperature sensor are connected to a drive unit. The drive unit performs an ice removal process of removing ice from an ice making tray when a temperature detected by the temperature sensor is equal to or lower than a set temperature. The drive unit performs a sensor inspection process of automatically inspecting whether the temperature sensor is abnormal based on an inspection execution command issued by an operation of a test switch during general processes including supplying water to the ice making tray and an ice making process. Thus, inspection of a drive mechanism of the drive unit and inspection of the temperature sensor can be performed in a series of operations.
US10969148B2
A system for detecting if a refrigerant in an HVACR system is contaminated. The system includes a detector that detectes a property of a refrigerant gas in a vapor space and compares the detected property with a reference property for uncontaminated refrigerant gas. The detector determines that a contaminant is present in the refrigerant gas if the detected property is different from the reference property. The property detected by the dectector can be either a speed of sound through the refrigerant gas or a thermal conductivity of the refrigerant gas. Also disclosed is a method for detecting contamination of refrigerant gas in a HVACR system that includes detecting, by a detector, a property of refrigerant gas in a vapor space of the HVACR system.
US10969143B2
A water heater may be configured to detect a possible main gas valve non-closure condition in which the sensed water temperature continues to rise while a thermopile signal reaches a stable state. When the possible main gas valve non-closure condition is detected, the controller may be configured to toggle the main gas valve ON and determine whether the thermopile signal from the thermopile changes from the stable state or not by at least a predetermined amount.
US10969132B2
In one embodiment, an HVAC system includes a first control unit communicatively coupled to a first plurality of HVAC units and a first interactive display. A second control unit communicatively coupled to a second plurality of HVAC units and a second interactive display. The first control unit is operable to detect and connect to the second control unit using a Wi-Fi direct protocol to create an HVAC control network that is designated as a primary communications network. The first control unit further operable to detect a Wi-Fi network including a wireless access point. The first control unit operable to re-designate the HVAC control network as a secondary communications network and to designate the Wi-Fi network as the primary communications network. The first control unit may also detect and connect to the second control unit over the Wi-Fi network, wherein the first control unit may receive a first temperature change request from the first interactive display and transmit the first temperature change request to the second control unit over the Wi-Fi network.
US10969130B2
Operating heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems using occupancy sensing systems is described herein. One device includes instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to receive a mapping between a space of a plurality of spaces of a building, a fixture of a plurality of occupancy sensing system fixtures in the building, and an HVAC device of a plurality of HVAC devices associated with the building, and modify an operation of the HVAC device based on the mapping and responsive to a determination of occupancy in the space by the fixture.
US10969124B2
An apparatus for removing water vapor from a feed gas is provided that comprises a membrane housing, a membrane that divides a first pressure side and a second pressure side of the membrane housing, a feed gas inlet and outlet on the first pressure side, a sweep gas inlet and outlet on the second pressure side, a sweep gas flow regulator, and a pump. In some embodiments the feed gas can be at ambient pressure and a pressure drop across the membrane can be less than about 1 atm.
US10969120B2
A hot water unit fluid supply control system comprises a switching device coupled to a hot water unit, a rainwater tank and a potable water source. The switching device is configured to selectively switch between a first state, which allows fluid communication between the hot water unit and the rainwater tank, and a second state, which allows fluid communication between the hot water unit and the potable water source. The hot water unit fluid supply control system comprises a control unit configured to: receive fluid characteristic information associated with fluid in the hot water unit from one or more sensors; activate or deactivate a pump of the rainwater tank based on a comparison of a fluid characteristic parameter of the fluid characteristic information with requirements of the hot water unit to thereby cause the switching device to assume the first or second state.
US10969081B2
Disclosed are: a multi-sided luminous lighting member which is mounted to a structure having a complex three-dimensional shape, such as an automobile, so as to be used for the purpose of lighting, signaling, decoration, and the like; and a three-dimensional lighting device using the same. The lighting member according to an aspect of the present invention is a light-transmitting light guide member having a plurality of light emitting surfaces and comprises: a light guide member having a light incident portion which is at least one of the plurality of light emitting surfaces, a first light exit portion which is at least one other surface opposite to the light incident portion among the plurality of light emitting surfaces, and a second light exit portion which is at least one other surface placed laterally in the direction in which light incident to the light incident portion travels toward the first light exit portion, wherein light incident to the light incident portion is emitted from the first light exit portion and the second light exit portion; at least one light emitting diode disposed adjacent to the light incident portion such that light is incident to the light incident portion; and a mounting board for mounting the at least one light emitting diode on the surface thereof, the mounting board being connected to the light guide member.
US10969078B1
The present disclosure relates to a light guide device and a method for sequentially lighting the same. In one embodiment, the light guide device includes: a light guide including a light-emitting surface, light incident surfaces formed on both sides of the light-emitting surface and configured to receive light, and a light-reflecting surface formed opposite to the light-emitting surface and configured to reflect the received light to the light-emitting surface; a first light source unit and second light source unit disposed on the light-incident surfaces, respectively, and configured to irradiate light; and a light transmission control layer formed above the light-emitting surface and configured to control the transmittance of light emitted, wherein the light transmission control layer has a light transmittance which decreases from one end to the other end of the light transmission control layer.
US10969076B2
The invention describes a light converting device comprising: a bonded layer stack comprising a light converter and a diamond layer, wherein the diamond layer is bonded to a bonding surface of the light converter, wherein the light converter is adapted to convert laser light to converted light, wherein a peak emission wavelength of the converted light is in a longer wavelength range than a laser peak emission wavelength of the laser light, wherein a refractive index of the diamond layer is bigger than a refractive index of the light converter, and a light outcoupling structure attached to a first surface of the bonded layer stack, wherein a second surface of the bonded layer stack is a light-entrance surface arranged to receive the laser light, wherein the bonding surface is arranged between the first surface and the second surface of the bonded layer stack, wherein a refractive index of the light outcoupling structure is at least 90% of the refractive index of the light converter, and wherein the light outcoupling structure is optically coupled to the first surface of the bonded layer stack such that total internal reflection of light traversing an emission path from the light-entrance surface to the light outcoupling structure is reduced. The invention further describes a laser-based light source comprising such a light converting device and a vehicle headlight comprising such a laser-based light source.
US10969072B2
A lighting system, comprising: a light source (22) for generating a light source output; an optical system (24) for focusing the light source output to a beam control plane (26); a first lens system (28) for pre-shaping the light source output after the beam control plane; a first reflector (30), wherein the first lens system is adapted to direct light to the first reflector; a second reflector (32) for generating an output beam (34) from the light reflected by the first reflector; a beam control system (27) located at the beam control plane, wherein the beam control system includes a pixelated display device (27c) for providing pixelated modulation of the light passing through the display device, and wherein he first reflector and second reflector are selected from the group consisting of: the first reflector (30) is a hyperbolic mirror and the second reflector (32) is a parabolic mirror, the first reflector (30) is a hyperbolic mirror and the second reflector (32) is a hyperbolic mirror, the first reflector (30) and second reflector (32) are spherical mirrors and the first reflector (30) is a planar mirror and the second reflector (32) is a hyperbolic mirror.
US10969068B1
A light box includes a LED light tube including a first cap, a second cap, a first light body and a second light body. The first light body has a first main light emitting direction and the second light body has a second main light emitting direction. The first cap and the second cap each have two pins. The first cap and the second cap is fixed at two ends of the first light body providing a power to the first light body and the second light body. The angle between first main light emitting direction and the second main light emitting direction is adjustable by adjusting a relative position between the first light body and the second light body.
US10969056B2
An adjustable mounting bracket, which is applied for mounting a display device, is provided by the present disclosure. The adjustable mounting bracket includes a wall panel, a plurality of extending rods, and a limiting structure. The plurality of extending rods are detachably coupled to the wall panel and configured to adjusted length of the mounting bracket. The limiting structure is arranged on the wall panel. A receiving space is formed by the limiting structure and the wall panel. The plurality of extending rods are engaged with the limiting structure and received in the receiving space. The limiting structure is configured to guide the plurality of extending rods to slide in the receiving space. The adjustable mounting bracket provided by the present disclosure can be easily assembled, meet the requirements of installation specifications and packaging specifications, and be suitable for promotion and application.
US10969047B1
A push-to-connect electrical conduit fitting and assembly facilitates the connection of multiple types of metallic conduit regardless of connection type and finish. In various embodiments, an axially internal portion of the fitting has an interior surface that tapers from a narrower radius to a wider radius as it extends axially outwardly from a tube stop element. A packing arrangement including a sealing member, fastening ring and release pusher are maintained within axially intermediate and/or outer portions of the fitting to facilitate retention of inserted conduits.
US10969040B2
A method of connecting a first threaded tubular to a second threaded tubular includes engaging the threads of the tubulars and rotating the first tubular relative to the second tubular to makeup a threaded connection. The method further includes, during makeup of the threaded connection: measuring time, measuring torque applied to the connection, and measuring turns of the first tubular. The method further includes using a programmable logic controller for: evaluating at least one of the measured turns, measured torque, and measured time for at least one of a discontinuity, a torque spike, and a torque drop and accepting or rejecting the connection based on the evaluation.
US10969038B2
A tubular base plate assembly has a lower surface connected to a heating system component and an upper surface. A tubular seal plate assembly is positioned above the base plate assembly upper surface having a mating surface facing the base plate assembly upper surface with a plurality of grooves therein. Sealing material is provided within the grooves. A tubular hub assembly is positioned above the seal plate assembly. A plurality of fasteners connects the seal plate assembly to the hub. A plurality of external brackets connects the seal plate assembly to the base plate assembly to secure the seal plate assembly. The sealing material forms a first gasket between the seal plate assembly and the base plate assembly. Each of the external brackets is joined to the tubular base plate assembly, so that the external brackets and the tubular base plate assembly are integral.
US10969037B2
A two-piece grommet assembly is placed on opposite sides of an opening in a panel and secured thereto. The grommet pieces can be identical in construction. One piece of the grommet assembly is placed on a first side of the panel opening and the second piece of the grommet assembly is placed on the opposite side of the opening. They are applied in mirror orientation and thus “sandwich” the panel opening. The pair of grommets are secured within the opening and to each other with one or more grommet assembly cable ties. Each grommet has one or more saddle surfaces to support and retain one or more objects that pass through the grommet assembly. Each object may be secured to at least one grommet piece with a cable tie or similar device. A single piece grommet is also disclosed herein.
US10969035B2
Embodiments of the disclosure include a redundant control system for a vehicle. The redundant control system includes first and second actuator pistons mechanically coupled to one another and disposed in respective first and second fluid chambers. The first and second actuator pistons are movable by first and second primary stages. One of the primary stages includes a bypass valve with a pilot valve actuatable in response to movement of the first actuator piston.
US10969027B2
A valve stem having a hollow tube and a compression sleeve mounted to the hollow tube; wherein the hollow tube and compression sleeve are partially insertable through a container wall opening from an exterior side of the container wall through to an interior side of the container wall, and a mechanism accessible from the exterior side of the container wall to compress the compression sleeve against the interior side of the container wall.
US10969022B2
A tap for producing and disconnecting a fluidic connection between at least two connector parts. The tap includes one connecting and disconnecting element, a manual actuating element for rotating the connecting and disconnecting element. The manual actuating element and the connecting and disconnecting element are coupled mechanically. The tap includes a main body having at least one connector part and an interior space for receiving the connecting and disconnecting element, the interior space includes a contact surface for being brought into contact with the connecting and disconnecting element.
US10969018B2
A booster assembly includes a booster body configured to removably couple to an actuator body of an actuator of a gate valve, a booster stem configured to removably couple to an actuator stem of the actuator, and a booster biasing member configured to provide a supplemental force to supplement an actuating force applied by the actuator to drive a gate of the gate valve from an open position to a closed position.
US10969001B2
A method of optimizing a planetary gear system for continued operation after failure of a planet gear includes providing a planetary gear system and reducing a backup ratio of a planet gear of the planetary gear system by reducing a rim thickness of the planet gear.
US10968996B2
A torque converter includes a front cover to which a power is inputted, an impeller coupled to the front cover, a turbine from which the power is outputted, a stator and a centrifugal clutch. The impeller forms a hydraulic oil chamber together with the front cover. The impeller includes an impeller core. The turbine is opposed to the impeller. The turbine includes a turbine core. The stator is disposed between an inner peripheral part of the impeller and an inner peripheral part of the turbine. The stator is configured to regulate a hydraulic oil flowing from the turbine to the impeller. The centrifugal clutch is disposed in a space between the impeller core and the turbine core. The centrifugal clutch is configured to directly transmit the power from the impeller to the turbine when a rotational speed of the turbine is greater than or equal to a predetermined value.
US10968989B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a chain guide, which allows easy assembling of a guide shoe to a base member, and reliably prevents detachment of the guide shoe from the base member resulting from vibration or the like during the running of a chain. Provided is a chain guide wherein a base member includes an attachment extension extending upward from a base body part beyond a support surface, and a base-side engaged part formed in the attachment extension, a guide shoe includes a flexible extension extending from a shoe body part, and a shoe-side engaging part formed in the flexible extension, and the shoe-side engaging part is hooked to the base-side engaged part from below, or diagonally from below, or from front or back, to be positioned on the far side of the base-side engaged part during engagement therebetween.
US10968988B2
A tensioner comprising a base having a cylindrical portion extending axially, the cylindrical portion comprising a radially outer surface and a receiving portion that is radially inward of the radially outer surface, an eccentric arm pivotally engaged with the radially outer surface, a torsion spring disposed within the radially inward receiving portion, the torsion spring applying a biasing force to the eccentric arm, and a pulley journalled to the eccentric arm.
US10968975B2
This hydraulic damping device comprises a cylinder for containing oil; a reservoir chamber R which is provided in the outer part of the cylinder and in which liquid accumulates; a piston provided so as to be axially movable within the cylinder and dividing the space within the cylinder into a first oil chamber and a second oil chamber, which contain oil; a baffle member provided as a separate element from the cylinder, the baffle member having a body which is provided in the reservoir chamber R, and also having a protrusion which protrudes from the body, the baffle member preventing the waving of the surface of oil in the reservoir chamber R; and a limiting section (first section to be held) provided to the baffle member and limiting the movement of the baffle member on both one side and the other side in the axial direction.
US10968974B2
A damper includes: a line-shaped member wound around an outer peripheral surface of a piston which makes a relative motion in a cylinder; and a viscous fluid made to adhere to the line-shaped member and exhibiting viscous damping force. The relative motion of the cylinder and the piston produces tension, and in the line-shaped member, as an amplitude is smaller, its contiguously wound portions each try to deform to twist along a circumferential direction of the line-shaped member itself, and as the amplitude is larger, the contiguously wound portions try to deform as a unit. When the amplitude is small, frictional resistance decreases, resulting in smooth motion of the piston, and appropriate damping force is obtained due to the viscous damping force of the viscous fluid. When the amplitude is large, as a result of the increased tendency that the contiguously wound portions of the line-shaped member try to deform as a unit, friction damping force acts relatively greatly.
US10968965B2
A method for determining an actuator path of a hydraulic clutch actuator, includes measuring a first temperature of the hydraulic clutch actuator with a first temperature sensor, measuring a second temperature of the hydraulic clutch actuator with a second temperature sensor, calculating a first temperature difference between the first temperature and the second temperature, using the first temperature or the second temperature as a clutch actuator temperature to determine a compensation value of the actuator path when the first temperature difference is less than a threshold value, and modifying the actuator path using the compensation value. In an example embodiment, the first temperature sensor measures a one of a circuit board temperature, an angle sensor temperature or a pressure sensor temperature, and the second temperature sensor measures another one of the circuit board temperature, the angle sensor temperature or the pressure sensor temperature.
US10968955B1
A bearing includes an annular cup having an outer race and a radially extending flap. The flap defines an inner circumferential surface and a notch extending outwardly from the inner circumferential surface. The notch includes opposing radially extending sides, an outer circumferential wall, and a locking lip raised from the outer wall. Rolling elements are seated on the outer race and arranged to ride on a shaft. A sealing disc has an outer circumferential surface disposed against the inner circumferential surface and a tab received in the notch with the locking lip extending radially over the tab to secure the scaling disc to the cup.
US10968952B2
A multi-row rolling bearing unit including an outer ring and at least two inner rings, between which rolling bodies are guided, and an elastic securing ring which engages in annular grooves of the inner rings, the securing ring having a U-shaped cross-sectional profile with two flanks which engage in the annular grooves.
US10968951B2
A roller bearing includes an inner ring and an outer ring and a cage between the inner ring and the outer ring in which a plurality of rollers are retained. The inner ring or the outer ring includes a guide flange for guiding the rollers, and a biasing member exerts a biasing force, directed toward the guide flange, on the rollers and/or on the cage.
US10968950B2
A sliding bearing includes a bearing surface which comprises a material in which an alloy material based on CuSnX (0.01
US10968949B2
A first arithmetic section calculates a current rotation component phase value and a current rotation component amplitude value. A second arithmetic section calculates a displacement rotation component phase value and a displacement rotation component amplitude value. A third arithmetic section calculates a ratio between the amplitude value of the current rotation frequency component and the amplitude value of the displacement rotation frequency component. Feedback control is performed such that the current rotation component phase value is equal to a value obtained by addition of a phase value of 180 degrees to the displacement rotation component phase value and that the amplitude value of the current rotation frequency component is equal to a product of the displacement rotation frequency component and the ratio.
US10968948B2
A bearing assembly (100) includes a split inner race ring (115) configured to be installed on a shaft (25) and defines two raceways (135, 140) for supporting rolling elements (150,155). A split clamping band (170) is configured to be installed over the split inner race ring (115) to secure the split inner race ring (115) on the shaft (25). A split seal wear ring (290, 295) is configured to be installed on an outer diameter surface of the split clamping band (170). An engagement interface between the split clamping band (170) and the split seal wear ring (290, 295) includes a boss (340) on one of the split clamping band (170) and the split seal wear ring (290, 295), and an aperture (355) on the other one of the split clamping band (170) and the split seal wear ring (290, 295). The aperture (355) is sized and configured to receive the boss (340) for positioning the split seal wear ring (290, 295) on the split clamping band (170).
US10968947B2
A tapered roller bearing includes an inner ring having a large flange surface, and tapered rollers having roller large end surfaces. The large flange surface has an arithmetic mean roughness Ra of 0.1 μm≤Ra≤0.2 μm. The large flange surface further has a roughness curve skewness Rsk of −1.0≤Rsk≤−0.3, and a roughness curve kurtosis Rku of 3.0≤Rsk≤5.0. The tapered roller bearing is capable of realizing both stable rotation torque while the bearing is rotating at a low speed, and excellent resistance.
US10968939B2
A torque transmission driver has a first end portion adapted to receive and transmit torque from a torque generation source, and a second end portion including a shaped tapered bit having drive surfaces with an alternating series of five or six lobes and troughs about a rotational axis, having a taper angle between 15 and 65° from the rotational axis operable to engage corresponding drive surfaces in a plurality of at least two size fasteners, the tapered drive surfaces of the bit comprising a first tapered portion operable to engage drive surfaces of a first sized fastener and a second tapered portion operable to engage drive surfaces of a second sized fastener, the drive surfaces of the second sized fastener being larger than the drive surfaces of the first sized fastener. The taper angle may be nominally 52° from the rotational axis.
US10968937B2
A simple and versatile mounting bracket for mounting e.g. legs on a piece of furniture is provided. The multifunctional mounting bracket facilitates a switch between two states, e.g. a switch between using a table as a dining table and using the table as a coffee table, or a switch between a “table” position and a “stack-up” position without the use of tools.
US10968934B2
An apparatus and method of manufacturing silicon seed rod in which two silicon seeds are joined into one long silicon seed rod by mechanical coupling. A mechanical seed coupler is a body in having an outer wall, an upper surface with an upper aperture, a lower surface with a lower aperture, and an inner wall surrounding an inner space. The mechanical seed couple can be of a shape including a cylinder shape, an elliptical tube shape, a rectangular tube shape and a square tube shape. Furthermore the mechanical seed coupler can be of unitary construction, made from one solid piece of material, or it can be composed of subparts.
US10968929B2
The invention comprises a first fixture group for clamping a first erecting rod, a second fixture group for clamping a second erecting rod, a fixed bolt and a compression spring, wherein the first fixture group comprises a first cylindrical portion with a first non-circular axisymmetric profile, the second fixture group comprises a second cylindrical portion sleeved with the first cylindrical portion, the second cylindrical portion comprises a second non-circular axisymmetric profile correspondingly sleeved with the first non-circular axisymmetric profile, and the first cylindrical portion axially slides relative to the second cylindrical portion to have a rotatable rotating position and a non-rotatable clamping position, the fixed bolt penetrates through the second cylindrical portion, the first cylindrical portion and the compression spring to be screwed with a nut, and the first cylindrical portion is pushed by the compression spring to move from the rotating position to the clamping position.
US10968918B2
Wear rings for electric submersible pump (ESP) stages are provided. An example ESP has one or more running clearance seals reinforced with high-hardness wear rings. Ceramics and carbides may provide the high hardness for the wear rings, but such substances are more brittle than metals and have different coefficients of thermal expansion than metals. For protection, each high-hardness wear ring may be mounted with an elastic cushioning scheme. The elastic mounting preserves each wear ring from shock, stress, and breakage from thermal expansion and contraction of an adjacent pump part. Each high-hardness wear ring may also have a low-stress driving mechanism that cushions the rotational force imparted to the wear ring when the ESP pump is being powered. In some implementations, the elastic mounting scheme may also serve as the low-stress driving mechanism for the high-hardness wear ring.
US10968916B2
Disclosed is an embodiment of a dual seal arrangement for the high-speed shaft of a supercharger with a centrifugal compressor and a mechanical speed step-down transmission to the shaft. A ring located about the shaft splits the rotational speed of the shaft between two seals, so that each seal spins at a speed of roughly half the speed of the shaft. The arrangement can also be used to split the shaft speed between two bearings in the same manner. The high-speed shaft may also have a turbine attached, to form a driven turbocharger.
US10968911B2
An oscillating piston compressor includes two oscillating compression units, and an introduction section configured to introduce an intermediate-pressure refrigerant into a compression chamber of each of the compression units. Each compression unit has a cylinder forming a cylinder chamber, a piston housed in the cylinder chamber, and a blade integrally formed with the piston. The piston rotates in the cylinder chamber while the blade oscillates. The two compression units are configured such that phases of the pistons are opposite to each other. The piston has a non-circular outer peripheral surface, and the cylinder chamber has an inner peripheral surface with a shape determined based on an envelope of the outer peripheral surface of the piston in rotation.
US10968896B2
A connection and fastening unit for components of a lightning protection system, the connection and fastening unit being realized for the purpose of being integrated in a wind turbine rotor blade and for being connected to the components of the lightning protection system, wherein the connection and fastening unit includes a cavity which can be closed in an airtight manner and in which a connector for connection to at least one of the components of the lightning protection system is arranged.
US10968891B2
In various embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a method of controlling active power generation of a wind power plant coupled to a power grid, the wind power plant including a power plant controller for controlling a plurality of wind turbine generators. In an embodiment, the method includes monitoring an operational status of a plant compensation equipment and adjusting a plant reactive power capability when the operational status of the plant compensation equipment indicates a fault in the plant compensation equipment. According to an embodiment, the method includes controlling the wind power plant to curtail the active power generated by the wind power plant by a curtailment amount determined based on the adjusted plant reactive power capability. A corresponding wind power plant is further provided.
US10968890B2
A method and associated control arrangement are disclosed for controlling a power output of a wind power plant (WPP) according to a predetermined power ramp rate limit, the WPP comprising a plurality of wind turbine generators (WTGs). The method comprises receiving a first signal indicating that a first WTG is in a ready state to begin producing power. The method further comprises, upon determining that, responsive to the received first signal, beginning power production of the first WTG at a predetermined default power ramp rate would cause the power output of the WPP to exceed the power ramp rate limit, controlling power production of the first WTG using at least one of: a first delay, a power ramp rate reference less than the default power ramp rate, and a power reference less than a nominal power output of the first WTG.
US10968889B2
A method of controlling the operation of a wind turbine is provided. The wind turbine includes a rotor, a generator and at least one heat generating component. The method includes obtaining a temperature of the heat generating component; determining the presence of a predetermined increase of the temperature of the heat generating component; and upon determining the presence of the predetermined temperature increase, controlling the rotational speed of the generator so as to increase the rotational speed of the generator while not increasing the electrical power output of the generator or while increasing the electrical power output of the generator at a smaller proportion than the increase in rotational speed of the generator so as to reduce the level of electrical current in the generator.
US10968887B2
Provided is a trailing edge assembly of a wind turbine rotor blade, which includes a mounting portion; a flap portion flexibly connected to the mounting portion so that a flap angle subtended between the mounting portion and the flap portion can be altered; a volume adjustable chamber arranged between the mounting portion and the flap portion and realised to alter its volume between a minimum volume associated with a minimum flap angle and a maximum volume associated with a maximum flap angle; and at least one tube to face into an airflow passing over the airfoil region of the rotor blade, and an inner orifice arranged to face into the interior of the volume adjustable chamber such that an airflow between the outer orifice and the inner orifice alters the volume of the volume adjustable chamber. Embodiments of the invention further describe a wind turbine rotor blade.
US10968884B2
Provided is a fluid flow energy harvester (10) comprising a crankshaft (12) and at least one vane (14) pivoted into a sail portion (18) and a crank portion (20) on respective sides of the pivot (16). Both portions (18) and (20) are operatively oscillatable about the pivot (16) when the crank portion (20) is operatively arranged facing into a fluid flow (22). The crank portion (20) is linked to the crankshaft (12) via a crank (24) so that operative oscillation of the vane (14) imparts rotational force to said crankshaft (12). The harvester (10) also includes a fin arrangement (26) which comprises a fin (28) arranged on, and configured to guide, the sail portion (18) of the vane (14) facing towards or in a direction of the fluid flow (22). The harvester (10) also includes a fin actuator (30) configured to control an orientation of the fin (28) relative to the sail portion (18), so that during oscillation of the sail portion (18), either a surface (32) of the sail portion or a surface of the fin (34) impedes the fluid flow (22) when a surface of the other is parallel to such fluid flow. In this manner, stalling of the vane oscillation is counteracted thereby facilitating continuous rotation of the crankshaft (12) during fluid flow (22).
US10968883B2
An air-driven generator for generating electric power from movement of a working fluid. Upper ends of buoyancy conduits are in fluidic communication with an upper end of a gravitational distribution conduit, and a lower end of the gravitational distribution conduit is in fluidic communication with lower ends of the buoyancy conduits. An air injection system injects air into the buoyancy conduits. A closed fluid loop is formed with working fluid flowing from the gravitational distribution conduit driving a fluid turbine system that is interposed between the lower ends of the gravitational distribution conduit and the buoyancy conduits. Flow of working fluid can be induced by an injection of air into working fluid disposed in the buoyancy conduits to achieve a generation of power by actuation of the fluid turbine system. An upper chamber can remove entrained air. A Rankin Cycle Generator can receive and be actuated by exhausted air.
US10968882B2
A movable-blade operation system for a hydraulic machine according to an embodiment includes an oil hydraulic cylinder installed within a rotational shaft, a bidirectional pump, a pump drive motor, a control unit, and an oil head installed in the hydraulic machine. The bidirectional pump selectively feeds pressurized hydraulic oil to one of a first cylinder chamber and a second cylinder chamber. The oil head couples the rotational shaft rotatably, and the hydraulic oil fed from the bidirectional pump to the first cylinder chamber and the second cylinder chamber flows through the oil head. The bidirectional pump, the pump drive motor, and the control unit are installed outside the hydraulic machine.
US10968880B1
Circuits and methods for controlling a coil current are disclosed. The control utilizes current sources to source/sink charge to/from a capacitance of a switching device to turn the switching device ON/OFF. When turned OFF, the switching device blocks coil current from flowing, which can create a large kickback voltage on the coil. To reduce the large kickback voltage, the capacitance can be discharged slowly by a small discharge current. The disclosed circuits and methods provide a gradual reduction of the coil current at a rate that is slow enough to prevent a spark while minimizing a period for shutdown to prevent overheating. The disclosed systems and methods may be simpler than other approaches because the soft shutdown is no ramp signal is required for the reduction. Instead, a rate of gate capacitance discharge is controlled to maintain the kickback voltage at a particular level.
US10968878B2
Circuits and methods to control a current in a coil are disclosed. The circuit and methods provide over-dwell protection and soft shut-down functionality to safely discharge the coil. The safe discharge of the coil is facilitated by a soft-start ramp signal that reduces the coil current gradually by controlling a switching device according. A profile of the soft-start ramp signal over time determines the gradual reduction. The profile of the soft-start ramp signal can be adjusted to set (i) an over-dwell period of the coil current, after which the coil current is shut down, and (ii) a soft shut-down period, over which the coil current is gradually reduced.
US10968874B2
Methods and systems are provided for a foam sleeve circumferentially surrounding an engine passage. In one example, a system may include a collapsible foam sleeve including cuts on its surface that may be fit onto the engine passage. The foam sleeve may be stacked and transported in a collapsed state and then expanded prior to the fitting to the engine passage.
US10968871B2
An engine system may include an engine including a plurality of intake lines through which outside air supplied to combustion chamber flows, a first electric supercharger and a second electric supercharger disposed respectively in the plurality of intake lines, a first exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) device including a first EGR line branched from an exhaust manifold and joining an intake manifold and a first EGR valve disposed in the first EGR line, and a controller determining an engine target torque according to a driving condition of the engine, setting an engine torque within an operation region of the first EGR device when the engine target torque is in a torque dead band between the operation region of the first EGR device and a non-operation region thereof, and compensating a difference value between the engine target torque and the engine torque by a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) motor.
US10968869B2
A device may determine whether there is a communicated point with open air between a pump and a control valve or on an opposite side to the control valve of the pump, by at least two of pressures: between the pump and the control valve in case the control valve is in a cutoff state, the switching valve is in a communication state, and the pump sends in forward direction, on an opposite side to the control valve of to the pump in case the control valve is in a communication state, the switching valve is in the cutoff state, and the pump sends in reverse direction; and between the pump and the control valve or on the opposite side to the control valve of the pump in case the valves are in the cutoff states and the pump is stopped after one of these cases.
US10968865B2
A rocket propulsion system comprises a combustion chamber, an oxygen supply system, comprising an oxygen supply duct and being configured to supply oxygen to the combustion chamber, and a hydrogen supply system, comprising a hydrogen supply duct and being configured to supply hydrogen to the combustion chamber. An ignition unit of the propulsion system, to which at least portions of the oxygen and the hydrogen supplied to the combustion chamber can be supplied, is configured to initiate combustion of the oxygen-hydrogen mixture in the combustion chamber. The propulsion system further comprises a cooling duct extending along an inner surface of a combustion chamber wall and through which at least a portion of the oxygen supplied to the combustion chamber, at least a portion of the hydrogen supplied to the combustion chamber or a combustion gas mixture emerging from the ignition unit flows.
US10968861B2
The cylinder head includes an intake port communicating with a cylinder of a cylinder block, a cylinder head main body having an exhaust port communicating with the cylinder, and a rocker housing integrally formed on the cylinder head main body and an inner side of which is defined as a valve-system accommodating space. The rocker housing includes a lateral wall having a lateral wall main body and a base end portion which extends along a lower end of the lateral wall main body, connects the lateral wall main body to the cylinder head main body, and has a thickness thicker than that of the lateral wall body. A flow path which extends in an extending direction of the base end portion and through which a fluid flow is formed in the base end portion.
US10968859B2
Premixed compression ignition engine and method for controlling premixed compression ignition engine
Control is performed so as to occur SPCCI combustion in which, after an air-fuel mixture in a first area of a combustion chamber that includes an electrode portion of an ignition device is burned by receiving ignition energy, an air-fuel mixture formed in a second area located on an outer periphery of the first area is self-ignited. Control is also performed such that, in a high load operation region of an SPCCI combustion execution region, an air-fuel ratio in the entire combustion chamber becomes richer than a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio and that an air-fuel ratio of the air-fuel mixture in the first area becomes leaner than an air-fuel ratio of the air-fuel mixture in the second area.
US10968855B2
A control support device for supporting control of a vehicle using a learned model obtained by machine learning, includes: a data acquisition unit acquiring sensor information, which is related to a state of an inside or an outside of a supplying vehicle that supplies parameters to be used for the machine learning; a learning unit generating a learned model by performing the machine learning using an input/output data set, which is the sensor information acquired by the data acquisition unit and is data including input parameters and an output parameter of the learned model; and a transmission unit Transmitting at least one of the generated learned model and an output parameter calculated by inputting sensor information of the vehicle, control of which is supported, to the generated learned model as an input parameter.
US10968848B2
An EGR device includes an EGR flow path, an EGR valve, a stepping motor, a motor driver, a return spring, a speed detector, and an opening degree estimator. The EGR flow path conveys exhaust gas from an exhaust flow path of an engine to an intake flow path. The EGR valve is disposed on the EGR flow path. The stepping motor drives the EGR valve to open to close. The motor driver supplies driving power to the stepping motor. The return spring urges the EGR valve in a valve closing direction. The speed detector detects an output shaft rotation speed of the engine. The opening degree estimator estimates an opening degree of the EGR valve. The motor driver changes a drive frequency of the stepping motor according to variations of the output shaft rotation speed detected by the speed detector and the opening degree estimated by the opening degree estimator.
US10968841B2
Skip fire engine control using a first order sigma delta based firing controller is described. An engine controller determines a skip fire firing fraction and (as appropriate) associated engine settings that are suitable for delivering a requested output. The operational firing fraction is selected from a set of available firing fractions. The engine controller uses a first order sigma delta based converter to direct working cycle firings in a skip fire manner that delivers the selected firing fraction. The converter includes or functions substantially equivalent to a first order sigma delta converter and may be implemented any of: algorithmically using a processor; using digital, analog or hybrid components; using a lookup table; or using other appropriate techniques. In some embodiments firing decisions are made on a working cycle by working cycle basis. The described approach may be used in gasoline engines, diesel engines, turbocharged or supercharged engines, or others.
US10968840B2
A method to manufacture a throttle valve for an internal combustion engine comprising a valve body having a seat and a tube for the passage of conditioning fluid; an actuating device, which controls the rotation of a throttle plate; and a substantially uniform layer of a structural and heat-conducting resin interposed between the seat and the tube and applied on the entire available surface of the seat; the method comprising the steps of manufacturing the valve body provided with the seat by causing a first metal material to undergo a die casting process; applying a trace of the structural and thermosetting resin on the bottom of the seat; and inserting the tube into the seat so as to obtain a substantially uniform layer of the structural and thermosetting resin, which is interposed between the seat and the tube.
US10968838B2
An engine speed control device performing: a first PID gain calculation step of calculating a target engine speed to thereby calculate a first PID gain based on an engine speed deviation between the target engine speed and an engine speed; a target rack position calculation step of correcting the first PID gain based on a cooling water temperature to thereby calculate a target rack position of a fuel injection pump; a second PID gain calculation step of calculating a second PID gain based on a rack position deviation between the target rack position and a rack position; and a rack control signal producing step of correcting the second PID gain based on a lubricating oil temperature to thereby produce a rack control signal. The engine speed control device thus controls an engine speed by controlling the rack position based on the rack control signal.
US10968837B1
Embodiments of systems and methods for air recovery are disclosed. The diverted pressurized air may be used to supply a hydrostatic purge to the unutilized portion of a turbine engine fuel manifold circuit to ensure that exhaust gases from the utilized side of the fuel manifold circuit do not enter the portion of the alternative fuel manifold circuit rack. The assembly used to remove compressor section pressurized air may include a flow control orifice, line pressure measuring instrumentation, non-return valves, isolation valves and hard stainless-steel tubing assemblies. In some embodiments, a turbine compressor section diverter system may include a small air receiver used to increase the volume of air supplying the manifold to aid in potential pressure and flow disruptions from a turbine engine compressor section.
US10968832B2
Embodiments of a combined overspeed and fuel stream selector system are provided. In an embodiment, the assembly includes a conduit network, a Discharge Select Valve (DSV), and a shutoff valve. The DSV is fluidly coupled to a primary fuel inlet, a secondary fuel inlet, and a primary fuel outlet included in the conduit network. The shutoff valve is fluidly coupled between the primary fuel inlet and the primary fuel outlet. In a standard operation mode, the shutoff valve is maintained in an open position, while fuel received at the primary fuel inlet is directed through the shutoff valve, through the DSV, and to the primary fuel inlet. Conversely, in a backup operation mode, the shutoff valve is closed to block fuel flow from the primary fuel inlet to the primary fuel outlet, while the DSV directs fuel flow received at the secondary fuel inlet to the primary fuel outlet.
US10968828B2
An anti-icing system for a gas turbine system includes multiple nozzles arranged in a grid and configured to inject fluid within an air intake system of the gas turbine system upstream of a filter to keep ice from forming on the filter. Each nozzle of the multiple nozzles includes multiple orifices for injecting the fluid via jets. The anti-icing system also includes a nozzle head coupled to a nozzle of the multiple nozzles. The nozzle head is disposed over the multiple orifices and is configured to rotate relative to the nozzle. The nozzle head includes at least one outlet for injecting the fluid from the jets via at least one jet.
US10968827B2
A fan nose cone is disclosed for impeding icing and recovering momentum in a gas turbine engine. The fan nose cone comprises: an axially symmetric shell having a convex external surface and an internal surface, the shell having an opening in a forward end of the shell for communication with a source of heated pressurized air; and an axially symmetric deflector disposed forward of the opening, the deflector being configured to direct heated pressurized air exiting from the opening radially outwardly to flow in a downstream direction over the convex external surface of the shell during operation. The shell of the fan nose cone may have a rearward circumferential vent in communication with the source of heated pressurized air for directing heated pressurized from the vent in a radially outward and downstream direction toward the fan blade platforms.
US10968819B2
The invention relates to a control device for a turbocharger, comprising an exhaust gas conducting section through which fluid can flow and which includes a bypass duct for bypassing a turbine wheel that is rotatably arranged in the exhaust gas conducting section, and comprising an adjusting arm (3) for accommodating a valve element (2) provided for opening or blocking a flow cross-section of the bypass duct; the adjusting arm (3) is movably accommodated in the exhaust gas conducting section; furthermore, a flexible element (14) is provided at least for securing the valve element (2) in place on the adjusting arm (3). According to the invention, the flexible element (14) is designed to be retained radially and axially by the valve element (2).
US10968816B2
In a spark-ignition internal combustion engine in which a protrusion including an intake-side inclined surface and an exhaust-side inclined surface is formed on a top surface of a piston, and a cavity is formed in the protrusion at a position associated with a spark plug. The cavity includes a bottom surface and a tubular peripheral surface, and is formed in such a way that a ratio of a depth of the cavity with respect to a diameter of the cavity is 0.3 or smaller.
US10968815B2
A control system for an internal combustion engine (ICE) is provided including a control unit configured for operating an electrically controlled valve for supplying compressed air to at least one cylinder depending on an operational mode for the ICE. A method for controlling such an ICE (200), and a computer are also provided.
US10968814B2
An internal combustion engine for a motor vehicle has at least one cylinder for accommodating a piston and at least one pre-chamber spark plug allocated to the combustion chamber of the cylinder. The engine also has a pre-chamber, fluidically connected with the combustion chamber via several openings, in which at least one ignition spark is generable by the pre-chamber spark plug. At the induction stroke of the internal combustion engine, a rinsing of the pre-chamber with inlet gas including at least fuel and air occurs, so that, at the ignition point, an ignitable mixture of fuel and air is accommodated in the pre-chamber.
US10968811B2
A coolant flow control apparatus may include a coolant controller housing of which an inlet for coolant to flow in, an outlet for the coolant to flow out, a first coolant supply line and a second coolant supply line are formed, a water pump mounted to the coolant controller housing for transmitting the coolant, a valve plate selectively opening/closing the first coolant supply line, a valve piston selectively opening/closing the second coolant supply line, a driving unit selectively moving the valve plate and the valve piston for closing or opening the first coolant supply line and the second coolant supply line respectively and a controller configured for controlling an operation of the driving unit.
US10968801B2
The invention relates to a connecting piece (6) for fluid lines of an exhaust gas aftertreatment system (1), comprising a hollow body (6a) having at least three fluid connection points (14, 15), which are fluidically connected to each other in the hollow body (6a), at least two of the fluid connection points (15) being separated from a third fluid connection point (14) by means of respective membranes (19), each membrane (19) being permeable to a liquid and, when wetted by the liquid, being impermeable to a gas.
US10968798B2
A method of controlling an oxygen purge of a three-way catalyst (TWC) may include: rapidly adjusting, by a controller, an air-fuel ratio (AFR) at an upstream of the TWC to a target AFR when the oxygen purge of the TWC after a fuel cut-off is performed; and maintaining the target AFR until an oxygen purge finish time has passed. According to the method, concentration of NOx slipped from the TWC after the oxygen purge may be reduced.
US10968795B2
Methods and systems are provided for a lubricant detection device. In one example, a system comprises one or more sensors arranged in an oil flow path for detecting if a particle is in an oil flow. Engine operating parameters are adjusted in response to sensing the particle, wherein the engine operating parameter adjustments are different in response to only a first sensor detecting the particle or to both the first sensor and a second sensor detecting the particle.
US10968791B2
A control device for an onboard engine is configured to control the oil discharge pressure of an oil pump and execute, when determining that there may be an abnormality in the control of the oil discharge pressure, a change process that increases the target discharge pressure to a value that is greater than that before it is determined that there may be an abnormality in the control. When a discharge pressure sensor value in a situation in which the discharge pressure is being controlled based on the target discharge pressure increased through execution of the change process does not become greater than or equal to a discharge pressure threshold, the control device sets an upper limit for the engine rotation speed and increases the upper limit as the discharge pressure sensor value increases.
US10968782B2
A gas turbine engine, having an engine central longitudinal axis, includes at least one of a vane support, a vane stage, a blade outer air seal support, and a blade outer air seal. At least one of the vane support, the vane stage, the blade outer air seal support, and the blade outer air seal is rotatable about the engine central longitudinal axis. The gas turbine engine may further include a drive system configured to rotate at least one of the vane support, the vane stage, the blade outer air seal support, and the blade outer air seal about the engine central longitudinal axis.
US10968779B2
A method for unscrewing a link nut of an HP rotor of a twin-spool turbine, including a front fan, an intermediate casing, a HP module with a HP rotor, and a LP turbine module, the intermediate casing including a support bearing for the HP rotor, the rotor being retained in the bearing by the link nut, the method including: placing an unscrewing tool in front of the link nut after having removed the fan and released access to the nut from the front; with rotation of the HP rotor locked and the frontal unscrewing tool including a socket spanner including teeth having a shape that complements that of teeth of the link nut, attaching a mounting for the socket spanner to the intermediate casing, the socket spanner being rotatably mounted on the mounting, and applying an unscrewing torque to the socket spanner. An unscrewing tool implements the method.
US10968771B2
A method and icing effects mitigation system are provided. The icing effects mitigation system includes a fluid duct configured to channel a first flow of fluid through the fluid duct from a duct opening to a rotatable member at least partially positioned within the fluid duct. The rotatable member includes a radially inner rotatable portion and a radially outer rotatable portion. The icing effects mitigation system also includes a duct member extending through the fluid duct in a direction approximately orthogonal to a direction of the first flow of fluid. The duct member is configured to channel a second flow of a second fluid therethrough that causes ice accreted on the duct member to shed on a trajectory that impacts the rotatable member at the radially inner portion.
US10968764B2
A turbine shroud assembly of a gas turbine engine includes seal segments made from ceramic matrix composite materials. The mounting assembly used to support the seal segments has heat shields adapted to resist radiant heating from the seal segments, especially portions of the seal adjacent to a primary gas path along the turbine shroud assembly.
US10968752B2
A turbine airfoil includes an airfoil outer wall that defines leading and trailing ends and first and second sides that join the leading and trailing ends. At least one cooling passage is embedded in the airfoil outer wall and has a radially-elongated entrance manifold, a radially-elongated diffuser orifice that opens to an exterior surface of the airfoil outer wall, and a bank of sub-passages fluidly connecting the radially-elongated entrance manifold with the radially-elongated diffuser orifice. The radially-elongated diffuser orifice is sloped relative to the radially-elongated entrance manifold.
US10968745B2
A turbine, a gas turbine, and a method of disassembling turbine blades, capable of ensuring stable sealing performance as well as facilitating disassembly of turbine blades are provided. The turbine may include a rotor disk including a plurality of slots formed therein, a plurality of turbine blades spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance in a circumferential direction of the rotor disk on an outer peripheral surface, each of the turbine blades being inserted into an associated one of the slots, and a retainer sealing a cooling passage defined between the rotor disk and the turbine blade, wherein the turbine blade includes an airfoil-shaped blade part, a root part inserted into the rotor disk, and a platform part located between the blade part and the root part, and the root part includes a blade hook protruding therefrom to support the retainer.
US10968741B2
A rotary displacement piston pump is disclosed having rotatable single or dual valve/port plate(s). The valve plate, being rotatable forward and/or rearward with respect to the rotation of the piston carrier, alters the phasing of the land area of the pumping action thereby altering the phasing of piston speed inasmuch as the land area can be moved to a position to accelerate the piston(s) in a pre or decompression phase. In this way, pump noise, from colliding pressure fronts within the respective high and low pressure plenums, can be “tuned” out of the pump by adjusting the phasing and position of the valve plate(s) and raising or lowering the pre and decompression pressure(s) as necessary. Pump volume can also be controlled by advancing or retarding the valve plate(s), either in or out of synch, so as to shorten intake/exhaust piston stroke and overlap fluid flow between respective intake/exhaust plenums.
US10968726B2
A power transmission system and method for transmitting power over a three-phase power system on a multi-conductor power cable between a surface and a sub-surface location are provided. A surface system includes a power supply providing a direct current (DC) power signal to the power cable. A sub-surface system includes a downhole system coupled to a Y-point of a downhole motor. The downhole system is configured to be powered by (i) the DC power signal provided by the surface system, (ii) alternating current (AC) power drawn from the Y-point, and (iii) a combination of the DC power and the AC power. The downhole system is powered by the DC power when the power cable does not have an insulation fault, and the downhole system is powered by the AC power or the combination of the DC power and the AC power when the power cable has an insulation fault.
US10968725B2
A method to extract methane from a coal bed seam with carbon dioxide produced and recovered from a fuel cell anode exhaust stream while simultaneously sequestering the carbon dioxide on the coal. The process produces methane to supply a fuel cell to generate electricity while reducing or eliminating GHG emissions.
US10968722B2
A valve assembly (1) for use particularly in a deviated wellbore of an oil, gas or water well comprises a body (50) with an axis and first and second resiliently deformable seats (20, 25) to seat a valve closure member (10a) such as a ball, the seats being deformable to allow passage of the ball at different first and second fluid pressures acting on the seated valve closure member. The first and second seats are axially spaced from one another on a control sleeve (60) on opposite sides of an inner end of a selectively operable fluid outlet conduit connecting the bore with an external surface of the valve assembly, and operation of the valve assembly at pressures between the first and second pressures opens and closes the outlet while maintaining the ball between the first and second seats.
US10968720B2
There are described downhole devices, methods and other apparatus, which may be used to generate energy, monitor fluids and/or provide control signals or otherwise trigger for actuation. The devices, methods, etc. may provide improved autonomy and/or accuracy, while at the same time minimise any effect on the operation of a well. Such devices and methods may be particularly useful downhole and in remote locations. An example of a device comprises a generating material having a fluid contact surface, that contact surface being configured to be in contact with a fluid downhole. The generating material may be configured to generate an electric charge at the material in response a fluid at the contact surface. In some examples, the device further comprises a signal source configured to provide a signal in response to a generated electric charge at the generating material.
US10968717B2
A method and apparatus according to which a hydraulic fracturing fluid is communicated to a wellhead, the apparatus including a fracturing tree connected to the wellhead and into which the hydraulic fracturing fluid is adapted to flow, a fluid conduit connected to the fracturing tree and through which the hydraulic fracturing fluid is adapted to flow before flowing into the fracturing tree, the fluid conduit defining a straight fluid flow path, and a zipper module connected to the fluid conduit and out of which the hydraulic fracturing fluid is adapted to flow before flowing through the fluid conduit. The hydraulic fracturing fluid flows along the straight fluid flow path of the fluid conduit upon flowing out of the zipper module, and continues to so flow along the straight fluid flow path until the hydraulic fracturing fluid flows into the fracturing tree.
US10968714B2
Systems and methods for moving a tubular string within a subterranean well include a downhole assembly. The downhole assembly includes a torque disconnecting member and a shock generating member. During normal drilling activities, both components are inactive. When a stuck pipe event occurs, first the torque disconnecting member is activated while the shock generating member is still inactive. Once the torque disconnecting member is activated, then the shock generating member is activated. A laterally-protruding shock pad of the activated shock generating member produces shocks against the proximate side of a wellbore wall while the shock generating member is rotating. Systems and methods for moving a tubular string within a subterranean well include a fishing assembly. The fishing assembly includes a fishing member, a swivel member, and an imbalanced member. The imbalanced member has a cross-sectional center of gravity off-centered relative to the longitudinal axis to produce shocks against the proximate side of the wellbore wall while the imbalanced member is rotating.
US10968711B2
A shifting tool includes a body having a longitudinal axis and a structure engaging member supported by the body. The structure engaging member is configured to engage and shift a structure within a tubular. A puncture device is supported by the body. The puncture device is configured to engage a barrier within a flowbore of the tubular in a direction of the longitudinal axis.
US10968707B2
An offshore methane hydrate production assembly (1), having a tubing (41) extending into a subsea well (5) that extends down to a methane hydrate formation (7) below the seabed (3). A submersible pump (45) is arranged in the tubing (41). A methane conduit (35,35) extends down from a surface installation (49). A well control package (15) landed on a wellhead (13) is positioned at the upper end of the subsea well (5). Moreover, an emergency disconnection package (25) is arranged between the methane conduit (35,135) and the well control package (15). The tubing (41) is suspended from the well control package (15). Other aspects of the invention are also disclosed.
US10968705B2
A matrix body PDC drill bit includes a drill crown and a bit body, and further includes a combined limiting sleeve. A connecting block and a connecting sleeve are provided at a junction of the drill crown and the bit body; multiple engaging teeth and engaging grooves for defining circumferential rotation and mutual engagement are provided between the connecting sleeve and the connecting block; the combined limiting sleeve includes several sub-limiting sleeves which are combined and spliced along an outer peripheral surface of the connecting sleeve and are configured to fixedly connected into a whole; an inner side of each sub-limiting sleeve is provided with upper limiting bumps and lower limiting bumps; the connecting block is inserted into the connecting sleeve to allow the upper limiting bumps and the lower limiting bumps to abut against fixed end surfaces of the connecting block and the connecting sleeve, respectively.
US10968702B2
A rock drilling machine, rock drilling rig and method of reinforcing rock surfaces by means of grouting material is provided. The grouting material is fed through the rock drilling machine to a drilling tool connected to the rock drilling machine. The rock drilling machine include a flushing feed path, which is utilized in the feeding of the grouting material.
US10968695B2
A fixing assembly is adapted to fix a main body of a roller shade to an environment, and is adapted to be installed at an end of a roller tube of the main body. The fixing assembly includes a fixing member, which corresponds to the roller tube when installed, and a fixing support corresponding to the fixing member. The fixing member includes a connecting portion and a snap-fitting portion connected to the connecting portion with an end thereof exposed out. The connecting portion can be connected to the end of the roller tube, whereby to fix the fixing member to the roller tube. The fixing support includes a fixing portion and a snap-fitted portion provided on a surface of the fixing portion facing the fixing member. The snap-fitting portion is detachably connected to the fixing support, and can be optionally engaged with the snap-fitted portion at different positions.
US10968694B2
The invention relates to a mounting system for an architectural covering comprising a roller and a bearing for rotatably mounting the roller to a holding member. The bearing comprises a length variation member which is biased to be in a first state yielding a bearing length which allows the roller to be held by the holding member, and which can be manipulated into a second state, in which the bearing length is reduced such that the roller is removable from the holding member. The length variation member comprises at least one sloped portion that extends along at least part of its outer circumference and in the first state extends largely or completely outside the roller. The sloped portion is dimensioned such that the length variation member can be urged to the second state by applying a force on the sloped portion in a single direction.
US10968692B2
A blind having a blind operating mechanism and a blind control element and having an enclosure for the blind control element, with the element completely enclosed, a connector supporting the enclosure on the blind, and depending downwardly, and a drive device at the lower end of the enclosure for operating the element.
US10968691B2
The present invention is a breakaway door with a padded bottom bar to protect vehicles that collide with said breakaway door. The padded bottom bar is mounted adjacent the bottom of the breakaway door. It includes a padded bottom bar having a bumper, a first tab extending from the bumper, and a mounting plate. The mounting plate is fixed to the bottom of the door with the first tab sandwiched between the plate and the door to mount the bumper to the door. A bottom loop suspends from the bottom of the breakaway door. The bottom loop has a cushion and a second tab sandwiched between the plate and the breakaway door to mount the bottom loop too the breakaway door. The bottom loop provides additional sealing and security to the breakaway door.
US10968688B1
A window security assembly includes a plurality of first brackets that is each mountable on a window in a wall of a building. A plurality of second brackets is each mountable on the window in the wall of the building. A plurality of fasteners is each extended through a respective one of the apertures in a respective one of the first brackets and the second brackets. In this way the first brackets and the second brackets are coupled to the window. A panel is positionable in the first brackets and the second brackets when the first brackets and the second brackets are positioned on the window. The panel is comprised of an impact resistant material to inhibit an intruder from gaining access through the window.
US10968678B2
An automated sliding panel mechanism is disclosed. An automated sliding panel mechanism includes a motor attached to a first component of a sliding panel that is configured to move the sliding panel between a closed position and an open position. The mechanism also includes a power source and a rack attached to a second component of the sliding panel and including a base with rack teeth extending from a plane thereof. A gear is rotated by the motor and has gear teeth shaped to mesh with the rack teeth. A manual release mechanism is adapted to move the gear along its axis of rotation, from an engaged position, wherein the gear teeth mesh with the rack teeth to a released position, wherein the gear teeth are disengaged from the rack teeth. The manual release mechanism also includes a holding mechanism adapted to hold the gear in the engaged position and in the released position as selected by a user.
US10968676B2
Movable barrier monitoring apparatus and methods are provided for rapidly responding to barrier travel obstructions and other abnormal occurrences to cause the movable barrier operator to halt barrier travel or stop and reverse barrier travel, while ignoring typical and normal impediments to barrier travel. Alternate methods are described for programming the barrier operator controller to compare characteristics of the monitored barrier run over the defined travel path with the characteristics of a good barrier run without interruption to barrier travel, with the degree of differentiation of such characteristics determinative of whether the operator controller is to interrupt barrier travel or not.
US10968670B2
An articulated lever for a device for moving a furniture part received on a furniture carcass of an item of furniture, which has a spacer member in the form of a first and a second embossing. The first embossing is present on a first side of the first articulated lever, and the second embossing is present on a second side of the first articulated lever. The first and the second side of the first articulated lever are present opposite and spaced from one another. The first and the second embossing are present opposite one another. The first embossing has in the azimuthal and/or radial direction, about a center, an elevation and a depression relative to a remaining surface of the first side. The second embossing has in the azimuthal and/or radial direction, about the center, an elevation and a depression relative to a remaining surface of the second side.
US10968662B2
The dual lock system can have a primary lock having a first bolt, a first external access control interface, a handle on an internal face of the door, a first mechanism to control the retraction of the first bolt based on either one of the first external access control interface and the handle, the first mechanism having an actuator which is moveable vertically in response to the activation of the handle; a secondary lock having a second bolt, a second external access control interface, a second mechanism to control the retraction of the second bolt based on the second external access control interface, the second mechanism having a rotary shaft linked to the retraction of the second bolt; a connecting element connected to transfer the vertical movement of the actuator to a rotary movement of the rotary shaft, wherein both the first bolt and the second bolt are retracted upon activation of the handle.
US10968655B1
An anchoring device for supporting a post from a support surface. The anchoring device comprises a base, at least one stanchion extending from the base, and a plate attached to the stanchion opposite the base. A plurality of side supports is included with each side support attached to and extending from the base. The side supports are also attached to the plate and extend past the plate. First and second guides are included with each guide attached to the plate and each side support. Each guide extends away from the base.
US10968651B2
Autonomous, mobile cleaners for water-containing vessels such as swimming pools and spas are detailed. The cleaners are especially useful for cleaning spas, although they may function adequately in connection with certain other vessels as well. They may be designed and constructed in particular to avoid high centering so as not to become stuck when encountering obstacles within the spas or other vessels.
US10968648B2
A computer-assisted shingle sawing method for recovery optimization using a 0-1 defect relative to the clear line, comprising the steps of taking an image of a next slab to be cut from a wood block; defining from that image, a clear line there-across; and locations of defect on that slab relative to the clear line, determining edge lines of shingles recoverable from the slab according to optimal shingle grade recovery; sawing the next slab along these edge lines, and sawing the next slab from the wood block, thereby releasing an optimum recovery of shingles from the slab. In another aspect there is provided a method for shingle recovery optimization using an optimization by inversion strategy, wherein the inclination of a parting line for cutting the next slab from the wood block is determined for optimal shingle grade recovery. There is also provided an installation for carrying out these methods.
US10968647B2
A walk-behind floor scraper machine for removing floor covering from a floor surface is disclosed. In one aspect, the machine includes a base frame, an electric motor secured to the base frame, and a scraper assembly movably secured to the base frame and driven by the electric motor. The machine also includes a rear wheel arrangement including a pair of wheels having a rotational axis. In one aspect, the machine includes a hydraulic circuit with a hydraulic pump driven by the electric motor and a hydraulic motor powered by the hydraulic pump. The hydraulic motor has a drive axle coupled to the wheels, wherein the drive axle is coaxially aligned with the rotational axis. In one aspect, the machine can include a hydraulic tank-frame integral to the chassis of the machine that simultaneously stores hydraulic fluid and structurally supports the hydraulic motor.
US10968643B2
Provided are examples of transportation systems, elevator systems, and kits for use in towers, as well as tower sections and methods for performing assembly or maintenance operations in towers, particularly wind turbine towers, guides mounted in tower sections for transporting an operator or robot along an inside of a tower and an elevator carrying parts of such guides.
US10968639B2
Floor panels are shown, which are provided with a vertical locking system on short edges including a displaceable tongue that is displaced in one direction into a tongue groove during vertical displacement of two panels. Building panels provided with a locking system for vertical locking of a first and a second building panel by a vertical displacement of the panels relative each other, a displaceable tongue is in a sidewardly open displacement groove provided at an edge of a first panel, said tongue cooperates with a tongue groove provided at an adjacent edge of a second panel for locking the edge and the adjacent edge vertically.
US10968637B2
A handrail system comprising a top rail (50) and one or more support posts (25). The rail and post/s may be formed from a synthetic material such as a fibre reinforced plastics material.
US10968636B2
The present disclosure relates to stair systems and methods for allowing stair movement between building levels while maintaining the structural integrity of the stair system for safe egress passage. The systems and methods of the present disclosure allow for independent movement of the surrounding building walls, landings, floor slabs, and/or any other portion of the surrounding building structure or stair system. The embodiments of the present disclosure are suitable for use in both new constructions as well as in existing constructions for retrofit applications to allow for movement between levels, landings, or within stairwell structures. The present disclosure reduces stair damage during building movement whether it is from wind, thermal, or seismic activity, and/or any other type of suitable force or experience, as the present disclosure allows for directional movement, or a combination thereof, including tension and compression, lateral, or vertical movement.
US10968635B1
A roof edge blocking with cleat having a blocking assembly with a top flange, a first lateral flange, a second lateral flange, an anchoring flange, and a locking tab; and a cover assembly having a cover top flange, an angular wall, a side flange, and a channel, whereby the cover assembly mounts onto the blocking assembly. The first lateral flange perpendicularly extends from the top flange. An upper wall and a lower wall of the anchoring flange extend perpendicularly from the first and second lateral flanges respectively, and are substantially parallel to the top flange. The upper wall and the lower wall are joined at the anchoring flange to define an elongated aperture. The locking tab extends outwardly from the second lateral flange defining a first predetermined angle. The first lateral flange has a first predetermined height and the second lateral flange has a second predetermined height.
US10968627B2
A structure for blocking heat transfer through a thermal bridge of a building, includes an inner visual glass curtain wall, an outer visual glass curtain wall, an indoor metal frame, an outdoor metal frame, an outer decorative metal cover, a first thermal break strip, a second thermal break strip, a first nylon thermal break block and a second nylon thermal break block. The first thermal break strip, which is located in contact with the outdoor metal frame, the indoor metal frame, the first nylon thermal break block and the second nylon thermal break block, is an aerogel thermal insulation blanket. The second thermal break strip, which is located in contact with the indoor metal frame, the second nylon thermal break block, the outer decorative metal cover and the inner visual glass curtain wall, is another aerogel thermal insulation blanket.
US10968616B1
A drainage system for removing groundwater from underneath a water impervious surface including a first housing located below grade having a continuous sidewall, a floor, an open top extending to or through the surface through which stormwater collecting on the surface may enter into the housing, an outlet extending through the sidewall immediately adjacent to the floor and an inlet through the sidewall. A locking ring is fixed within the inlet, and a drain wick is coupled to the locking ring, the drain wick being configured for collecting groundwater underneath the surface and directing the groundwater through the inlet and into the housing. The drain wick includes a pipe having and plurality of radial openings, a perforated first end cap, a second end including screen and a locking nut configured for coupling to the locking ring and a filter bag located between the screen and end cap.
US10968613B2
For a sanitary outlet piece (1), it is proposed to have at least two hose connection points (3, 4, 5), which are laterally offset to each other, formed on an inlet side (6) and are guided in the sanitary outlet piece (1) separate from one another from the inlet side (2) to an outlet side (6) of the sanitary outlet piece (1).
US10968599B2
A work machine includes a cabin, a machine room, a hydraulic oil tank, a partition wall, and a cover member. The machine room accommodates a drive apparatus to move the work machine. The hydraulic oil tank is provided in the machine room and has an oil gauge. The partition wall separates the cabin from the machine room and has an opening through which the oil gauge is viewable from the cabin. The cover member seals a gap between the partition wall and the oil gauge.
US10968597B2
A shovel may include a lower travelling body, an upper swinging body mounted on the lower travelling body, an excavation attachment attached to the upper swinging body, an orientation detecting device configured to detect an orientation of the excavation attachment, and a controller. The controller may have a ground surface shape information obtaining part that obtains information relating to a current shape of an excavation target ground surface based on a transition of the orientation of the excavation attachment detected by the orientation detecting device, and an excavation controlling part that controls the excavation attachment based on the information relating to the current shape of the excavation target ground surface obtained by the ground surface shape information obtaining part.
US10968595B2
An example manhole cover assembly includes a manhole cover and a latch assembly. The manhole cover is supportable by a seat of a manhole frame. The latch assembly includes a latch housing fixedly coupled to the manhole cover. A latch plunger is slidably coupled to the latch housing. The latch plunger includes a follower arm. A latch lever is rotatably coupled to the latch housing. The latch lever includes a stop. The latch lever is rotatable relative to the latch housing between a locked position and an unlocked position. The stop is structured to engage the manhole frame when the latch lever is rotated to unlocked position so as to force the manhole cover away from the frame.
US10968586B1
Scoops for picking up pet waste including a first arm pivotally connected to a second arm at a pivot end, wherein the first arm and the second arm define a collection region distal the pivot end, the second arm being configured to pivot relative to the first arm between an open position and a closed position, the collection region being configured to encompass the pet waste in the collection region when the second arm is in the open position. In certain examples, the scoop includes a coupler configured to facilitate forming a knot in the pet waste bag. In some examples, the scoop includes a container configured to store pet waste bags. In some examples, the scoop includes a latch configured to selectively restrict the second arm pivoting relative to the first arm.
US10968583B2
A road marker includes a single piece of material having a width of approximately three inches or less. The piece includes a top surface, a bottom surface, and a sloped face disposed between the top surface and the bottom surface. The bottom surface is configured to enable the bottom surface to be connected directly to a floor of a channel of a roadway. The road marker further includes a reflector disposed on the sloped face. Another road marker disclosed herein includes a reflecting member including a reflective surface. The road marker also includes a housing configured to support at least a portion of the reflecting member below a surface of a roadway.
US10968582B2
Road markings made of special materials with reflective additives (micro-glass beads) that increase the retroreflection factor of the road marking independent of the color (whiteness, brightness) of the road marking material (thermoplastic, cold plastic, paint). Light sources, such as car headlights, emit radiation, including in the form of visible light. A major portion of the light beams directly incident onto a pavement (6) is absorbed. According to the first embodiment, a portion of all incident light beams is partially reflected directly from a road marking layer (4) and returned in the opposite direction. In both embodiments, a portion of the light beams is incident upon an extending portion (1). Since no additional layer (8) is present on the surface of the extending portion (1), the light beam is partially reflected and, upon refraction, passes inside a micro-glass bead (2). Having passed through the micro-glass bead (2), the light beams are almost completely reflected from the interface between the glass and additional layer (8), which is present along the entire surface of the micro-glass bead (2), except for the extending portion (1). Most of these reflected light beams is returned to the light source.
US10968579B2
An avalanche control device includes a detonation initiator unit and a bio-degradable linear bag. The initiator unit is elongated and includes an ignition end, an inflation end, and a stepped transition zone in between that gets progressively greater in diameter as it extends from the ignition end towards the inflation end. The inflatable bag is adapted for connection to the inflation end of the initiator unit. The design of initiator unit is fixed and reusable, while the bag dimensions can be tailored to the desired blast strength for the end user, in terms of length, diameter, and mixture ratio.
US10968575B2
An earth working machine (10), for example a road milling machine (10), recycler, stabilizer, or surface miner, having a propelling unit (22) and a machine frame (12) carried by the propelling unit (22), comprises a working apparatus (32) for earth working; an operator's platform (24), having an operating console (26) for controlling at least one functional device (32, 39) of the earth working machine (10), being provided on the machine frame (12). Provision is made according to the present invention that the earth working machine (10) comprises, in the region of the operator's platform (24), a seat mount arrangement (66) that is embodied to be brought into releasable mounting engagement with a counterpart mount arrangement (76) of an operating seat (62, 64).
US10968570B2
Embossed fibrous structures that exhibit a Dry Burst of greater than 270 g as measured according to the Dry Burst Test Method and more particularly to embossed fibrous structures that exhibit a Dry Burst of greater than 270 g as measured according to the Dry Burst Test Method and a Total Dry Tensile of less than 2375 g/76.2 mm and/or a Geometric Mean Total Dry Tensile of less than 1130 g/76.2 mm as measured according to the Tensile Strength Test Method are provided.
US10968568B2
The invention relates to a method for the production of paper, carton, or cardboard using baobab tree bast fibers, baobab fruit fibers, and/or Natal fig fibers as paper raw material, comprising the steps of: obtaining baobab fruit fiber and/or baobab tree bast fiber as baobab raw material and/or Natal fig bast fiber as Natal fig raw material; fraying the baobab raw material and/or Natal fig raw material while adding water; heating and preferably bleaching the obtained fiber pulp; applying the fiber pulp to a sieving means comprising removing a portion of the added water in order to produce a paper fiber fleece; pressing the obtained paper fiber fleece; and drying the obtained paper fiber fleece. The invention further relates to paper, cardboard, or carton obtainable by a method of the invention, and their use for the production of natural paper, papier mâché, art paper, hygienic paper, tissue paper, graphic papers, paper, carton, or cardboard for packaging purposes, or paper for specialized technical purposes.
US10968561B2
A system iron according to the present invention includes a body including a steam generator for generating steam; an ironing plate rotatably disposed on the body and spraying the steam, which is generated by the steam generator, to an outside thereof, a top being hung on an outer side of the ironing plate; a spreading unit for tensioning the top hung on the outer side of the ironing plate; a front press for holding a front surface of the top, which is hung on the outer side of the ironing plate; and a pair of arm tensioners for tensioning sleeves of the top hung on the outer side of the ironing plate.
US10968557B2
The present invention relates to a laundry treating apparatus. The laundry treating apparatus of the present invention includes: a cabinet which forms an exterior of the laundry treating apparatus, and has one open surface; a drawer which is configured to be withdrawable from the one open surface of the cabinet and has an open top portion; a tub which is disposed inside the drawer and provides a space for storing wash water; a drum which is rotatably provided inside the tub; a door which opens and closes an open top surface of the tub; a top cover which covers the open top portion of the drawer, and is spaced apart from the door by a predetermined distance along an outer circumference of the door; and a buffer which is disposed at the tub or a part facing the tub, so as to prevent contact between the top cover and the door.
US10968552B2
A nonwoven fabric. The nonwoven fabric can include a first surface and a second surface and a visually discernible pattern of three-dimensional features on one of the first or second surface. Each of the three-dimensional features can define a microzone comprising a first region and a second region. The first and second regions can have a difference in values for an intensive property, and wherein in at least one of the microzones, the first region is hydrophobic and the second region is hydrophilic.
US10968548B2
The machine for making a shoe upper comprises a reel holder rack, a dial and a sinker crown, a needle cylinder with a vertical axis and forward and backward movement having a plurality of grooves, inside of which the needles are slidable, controlled by selection thereof, a cup element, at least four feeders assembled along the circumference of the machine, guide, first brake, first recovery means for recovering each of the threads to be fed to said needles for forming the upper and a suction bell for unloading said upper, said selection of said needles comprising a pre-selection cam defining a working path and a non-working path of the heels of the elastic jacks of the corresponding needles and sub-needles of said cylinder and a lifting cam defining a first path executing working stitches and a second lowered path with respect to the first path executing tuck stitches.
US10968547B2
Bulk metallic glass sheets and parts fabricated from individual bulk metallic glass fibers and tows are provided. Bulk metallic glass fibers and tows are used to prepare complex weave designs having desired thickness and fiber orientation for a particular use of a BMG feedstock. Appropriately designed bulk metallic glass weaves can be thermoplastically heated to form sheets and feedstock for parts having desired wall thickness and area coverage.
US10968545B2
The present invention relates to a asymmetric cap ply reinforcement cord comprising yarns having yarns with two different linear density values in range of 1300-1500 dtex and 850-100 dtex in the cap ply reinforcement layer that is located between the tread and the belt package in a pneumatic radial vehicle tire comprising a tread and a belt package, and that is formed by winding spirally as strip comprising at least two cords such that it will make 0 to 5° angle with the equatorial plane on the said belt package.
US10968543B2
A wound dressing for use in vacuum wound therapy comprising a wound contact layer which is an open structure comprising a yarn comprising gel-forming filaments or fibres, the structure having a porosity which allows exudate to flow through it.
US10968538B1
A type of fully dull polyester drawn yarns and a preparing method thereof are disclosed. The preparing method is to melt spinning a modified polyester with the fully drawn yarn (FDY) technique, and the modified polyester is a product of an esterification and successive polycondensation reactions of evenly mixed terephthalic acid, ethylene glycol, 2,5,6,6-tetramethyl-2,5-heptanediol, a fluorinated dicarboxylic acid, a matting agent, a calcined multiphase solid acid base powder and a doped Bi2O3 powder. The obtained fiber has an intrinsic viscosity drop of 18-26% when stored at 25° C. and R.H. 65% for 60 months. The method of improving the degradation performance of polyester fiber through the incorporation of 2,5,6,6-tetramethyl-2,5-heptanediol, the fluorinated dicarboxylic acid, the doped Bi2O3 powder and the calcined multiphase solid acid base powder is easy to operate.
US10968536B2
Methods, compositions and kits are provided herein for insertional modification of nucleic acids by, for example transposase-mediated covalent insertion of insertion sequence into a sample nucleic acid molecule. Using sequence of the insertion to direct amplification of adjacent nucleic acid sequence, and using bar codes to map amplified sequence to partitions, one can map sample nucleic acid sequence to single molecules of the nucleic acid sample that are derived directly from the sample nucleic acid molecule.
US10968529B2
This present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods of electrophoretic deposition (EPD) techniques for use in insulation systems at least partially encapsulating a semiconductor device, a conductive component and a substrate, such as insulation systems of semiconductor devices, busbars, or the like. Insulation systems formed using EPD processes may be designed to have a dielectric constant that decreases in a direction away from a substrate of the insulation system. This may improve insulation technologies since depositing coatings with sequentially arranged dielectric constants may improve resistance of the insulation system to high temperature, high electric fields, or the like.
US10968528B2
A steel sheet for cans which exhibits excellent weldability; and a production method therefore include the surface of a steel sheet in order from the steel sheet side, a chromium metal layer and a hydrous chromium oxide layer. The deposited amount of the chromium metal layer is 50-200 mg/m2. The deposited amount of the hydrous chromium oxide layer in terms of chromium is 3-30 mg/m2. The chromium metal layer includes: a base part having a thickness of 7.0 nm or higher; and granular protrusions which are on the base part, have a maximum grain size of 200 nm or lower, and have a number density per unit area of at least 30 per μm2.
US10968512B2
In one aspect, articles are described comprising wear resistant coatings employing composite architectures including refractory layers of varying compositions and phases. Briefly, a coated article comprises a substrate and a coating deposited by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) adhered to the substrate, the coating comprising an inner refractory layer comprising M1-xAlxN wherein x≥0.7 and M is titanium, chromium or zirconium and an outer zirconia layer or outer multiphase refractory layer comprising an alumina phase and an oxide phase comprising at least one Group IVB metal, wherein the M1-xAlxN has less than 15 weight percent hexagonal phase.
US10968502B2
A cold-rolled ultra-high strength, multi-phase structured steel is disclosed with improved stamping and forming performance during manufacturing processes, while possessing one or more of the following properties: excellent castability and rollability, excellent galvanizability and/or coatability, excellent formability, excellent fracture resistance, excellent stretch formability and stretch flangeability, excellent dent resistance, excellent durability, excellent impact performance and structural performance, excellent intrusion and crash resistance, and excellent weldability, without the purposeful addition of boron.
US10968493B1
Kits and methods are provided for performing multiplex LAMP reactions. These kits and methods are directed to specific and sensitive methods of target nucleic acid detection and more specifically pathogen diagnostics such as detection of Coronavirus. The kits and methods utilize a plurality of sets of oligonucleotide primers for targeting different template sequences in a single nucleic acid target. The kits and methods also include guanidium salts that enhance the sensitivity of the assay.
US10968491B2
Disclosed herein are various methods, systems, and compositions for the growth independent detection of cells such as microorganisms including bacteria. While existing cellular detection methodologies benefit from cell growth, the methods, systems, and compositions disclosed herein demonstrate embodiments that are independent of cell growth while still allowing for cell-based detection.
US10968488B2
The 16 SNP (Single Nucleotide Polymorphism) loci of a whole genome of a yak are used in phenotypic character or molecular breeding analysis of yaks. Nucleotide sequences of the 16 SNP loci are shown in SEQ ID NO: 1-16. The 16 SNP loci can be used for providing a support for upstream and downstream processes of breeding, and the application has the advantages of high measurement accuracy, easiness in realization of standardized and automated detection, etc.
US10968486B2
The present invention provides a composition, a kit and the use thereof, as well as the method for detecting the cell proliferative abnormality in individuals or grading the disease degree in the individuals. The composition comprises nucleic acids for detecting the methylation level within at least one target region of a gene and the fragment thereof.
US10968478B2
The present invention provides a method of amplifying an RNA molecule in a biological sample by reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR), wherein the RT-PCR is carried out in a solution comprising a polar aprotic solvent; a serum albumin, and a polyol.
US10968477B2
By utilizing a Mini-Primer strategy targeting the target site duplication (TSD) sequence of retrotransposons, insertion and null allele (INNUL) markers, which include short interspersed nuclear elements (SINEs), long interspersed nuclear elements (LINEs), and composite SVA retrotransposons (SINE/VNTR/Alu, where VNTR represents “variable number of tandem repeats” and Alu represents a type of primate specific SINE that has reached a copy number in excess of one million in the human genome), can be effectively used as markers for human identification and bio-ancestry studies regardless of the size of the inserted element. The size of the amplicons for INNULs and the difference between allelic states can be reduced substantially such that these markers have utility for analyzing high and low quality human DNA samples. Multiplexes including either 15 or 20 retrotransposable element (RE) markers plus Amelogenin for single tube amplification of DNA in four color detection were successfully designed. The multiplexes provided power of discrimination suitable for forensic and paternity analyses.
US10968473B2
A method and a system for determining the presence of at least one determined microorganism in a Petri dish comprising one or more colonies of microorganisms and a culture medium, and a computer program product which, when executed, allows the method of the invention to be performed.
US10968470B2
The application provides a method for preparing rubusoside comprising steps of raw material crushing, flash extraction, double centrifugations, macroporous resin purification, desorption, enzymatic hydrolysis, organic film decoloring, concentration, crystallization and drying. The application optimizes the quality control of key process such as extraction, separation, purification and decolorization, and can obtain the rubusoside product with purity more than 99%, and the product is white, no bitterness, less solvent residue, no pesticide residue, and stable quality.
US10968467B2
The present invention relates to a novel variant RNA polymerase sigma factor 70 (σ70) polypeptide, a polynucleotide encoding the same, a microorganism containing the polypeptide, and a method for producing L-threonine by using the microorganism.
US10968459B2
Plant metabolism and alkaloid levels can be regulated by transcription factors that regulate the nicotinic alkaloid biosynthetic pathway. In one embodiment, the disclosure provides a transcription factor that positively negatively regulates alkaloid biosynthesis, such as nicotine biosynthesis. In particular, the present disclosure provides methods for the inhibition of Nicotiana benthamiana auxin response factor 1 (NbTF1) to reduce alkaloid biosynthesis in plants.
US10968458B2
Compositions and methods are provided for the introduction and the regulated expression of genes in plants. Compositions include promoter constructs that provide a level of activity useful for the regulated expression of site-specific recombinases, while avoiding premature excision. Further provided are isolated polynucleotides encoding novel babyboom polypeptides, expression cassettes, and plants comprising the same. Methods for the introduction of genes into plants are provided, including methods for plastid transformation and methods for the transformation of tissues from mature seeds and leaves.
US10968451B2
Nucleic acid molecules such as shRNA clusters and artificial miRNA clusters are disclosed, Also disclosed are methods of use, compositions, cells, viral particles, and kits relating to the nucleic acid molecules disclosed herein. The disclosure provides, at least in part nucleic acid molecules such as shRNA clusters encoding shRNA-like molecules and artificial miRNA clusters encoding modified pri-miRNA-like molecules. The shRNA clusters and artificial miRNA clusters disclosed herein can be used, for example, to produce artificial RNA molecules, e.g., RNAi molecules. Cells, viral particles, compositions (e.g., pharmaceutical compositions), kits, and methods relating to the nucleic acid molecules, e.g., shRNA clusters and artificial miRNA clusters, are also disclosed. The nucleic acid molecules (e.g., shRNA clusters and artificial miRNA clusters), artificial RNA molecules (e.g., RNAi molecules), cells, viral particles, compositions (e.g., pharmaceutical compositions), and kits and methods disclosed herein can be used to treat or prevent a disease, e.g., HIV infection and/or AIDS.
US10968447B2
High-fidelity, high-throughput nucleic acid sequencing enables healthcare practitioners and patients to gain insight into genetic variants and potential health risks. However, previous methods of nucleic acid sequencing often introduces sequencing errors (for example, mutations that arise during the preparation of a nucleic acid library, during amplification, or sequencing). Provided herein are methods and compositions for sequencing nucleic acids. Further provided are methods of identifying an error in a nucleic acid sequence.
US10968446B2
The invention relates to methods and products for generating diverse libraries of genetic material. The products include libraries and constructed nucleic acids as well as kits and databases and systems thereof.
US10968435B2
The invention provides an automated system for producing induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from adult somatic cells. Further, the system is used for producing differentiated adult cells from stem cells.
US10968422B2
A device for treating at least one biological cell includes at least one treatment support comprising a receiving surface enabling the adhesion of the at least one biological cell, at least one actuator capable of deforming said support in order to apply a stress to said at least one cell, and means of controlling said at least one actuator such that the actuator deforms the treatment support according to a given amplitude of deformation and for a given duration so as to generate at least one transitory pore in a membrane of the biological cell.
US10968416B2
The present invention relates to compositions such as cleaning compositions comprising a mix of enzymes. The invention further relates, use of compositions comprising such enzymes in cleaning processes.
US10968415B2
The present disclosure relates to cleaning compositions in general, and cleaning compositions that are well suited for use by individuals, who experience adverse health effects that may occur upon exposure to certain chemicals. This condition, characterized as multiple chemical sensitivities (MCS), makes it virtually impossible for certain individuals to use commercially available cleaning products without inducing immunological responses. The disclosure presents and describes protocols for the formulation and evaluation of a variety of cleaning products using a combination of 14C assay, head space analysis and screening of both ingredients and final products for governmentally-regulated materials. The methods and compositions newly presented herein avoid causing adverse health responses in individuals and are suitable for use by any person, particularly individuals who experience MCS.
US10968413B2
A vinyl-based comb copolymer includes a polyisobutylene-based macromonomer unit and a vinyl-based monomer unit. A polyisobutylene-based macromonomer has at least 0.8 (meth)acryloyl groups represented by a specific formula at one end of a main chain per molecule, and is copolymerized with a vinyl-based monomer. A method for producing the vinyl-based comb copolymer includes copolymerizing the polyisobutylene-based macromonomer with the vinyl-based monomer. A viscosity index improver includes the comb copolymer. A lubricating oil composition includes the comb copolymer.
US10968410B2
A methane (CH4) gas is synthesized from carbon dioxide (CO2) and hydrogen (H2) using catalyst-dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma at room temperature and atmospheric pressure. In the method and apparatus for synthesizing methane gas of the invention, methane (CH4) gas, which is synthetic natural gas, can be effectively synthesized only from carbon dioxide (CO2) and hydrogen (H2) using DBD plasma at room temperature and atmospheric pressure, and also, additional heating and pressurization devices are not used during the methane gas synthesis process, thus reducing production costs and realizing high-value-added processing due to the absence of risks during the processing.
US10968407B2
A pyrolysis gasifier includes a tubular body configured to receive and pyrolyze a combustible waste, a bottom door disposed below the tubular body to selectively seal the tubular body, a main frame supporting the tubular body, a base frame supporting the bottom door, an automatic ash processor configured to, while traveling in one direction, push and remove ash remaining on the bottom door after pyrolysis of the combustible waste, and a guide frame supporting the automatic ash processor and configured to guide the travel of the automatic ash processor.
US10968392B2
Provided are a liquid crystal alignment film capable of being given anisotropy through photoalignment and stable to light, and a liquid crystal display device capable of keeping a high voltage holding ratio without degradation of display quality even when exposed to strong light for a long period of time. To provide these, used is a liquid crystal aligning agent for photoalignment which contains a polymer having a structural unit containing a photoreactive structure and in which the structural unit containing a photoreactive structure undergoes chemical reaction by heating.
US10968387B2
A phosphor, combined with LED having not exceeding 470 nm, of high emission intensity and with chemical and thermal stability is provided. The phosphor according to the present invention comprises an inorganic compound in which element A (A is one or two or more kinds of elements selected from Mn, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb, Dy, and Yb) is solid solved in an inorganic crystal including at least metal element M and non-metal element X and represented by MnXn+1 (3≤n≤52), an inorganic crystal having the same crystal structure, or an inorganic crystal including a solid solution thereof. Here, M comprises at least Al and Si, and if necessary element L (L is a metal element other than Al and Si) and X comprises N, O if necessary, and element Z if necessary (Z is a non-metal element other than N and O).
US10968386B2
Disclosed is a pentamethine cyanine dye of formula (I) and a method of producing the same, where the dye is suitable as a fluorescent material for the STORM and SOFI super-resolution imaging.
US10968378B2
The present invention provides a highly stable haloolefin-based composition that inhibits decomposition or oxidization. The haloolefin-based composition comprising (a) a haloolefin; (b) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of HFO-1234ze, HFC-254eb, HFO-1243zf, HFC-245eb, HFC-245fa, HFC-245cb, HFC-236ea, HFC-236fa, HFO-1225ye, 3,3,3-trifluoropropine, HFC-23, HFC-32, HFC-125, HFC-143a, HFC-134a, FC-1216, HCFO-1233xf, HCFO-1233zd, HCFO-1232xf, HCFO-1223xd, and chloromethane; and (c) water.
US10968377B2
Described are chemical mechanical processing (CMP) compositions and related methods, including compositions and methods for polishing nickel phosphorus (NiP) surfaces for hard disk applications.
US10968373B2
The present invention provides an epoxy adhesive composition that is excellent in compatibility and storage stability, has high strength and excellent adhesiveness, is capable of reducing occurrence of warping or peeling when used for bonding different materials, and is also excellent in impact resistance after being cured. Provided is an epoxy adhesive composition including: a modified polyvinyl acetal resin having a constitutional unit with an acid-modified group; and an epoxy resin, the epoxy adhesive composition containing an organic solvent in an amount of 10.0% by weight or less.
US10968368B2
Labels and multilayer adhesive assemblies and laminates are described that contain one or more tamper indicating layers. After adhering to a surface of interest, upon attempted removal of the label from the surface or other manipulation of the label, the label separates along the tamper indicating layer. One or both exposed faces of the separated tamper indicating layer may include tamper indicating and or authenticity indicating provisions such as indicia to further provide evidence of attempted tampering.
US10968366B2
A chemical mechanical polishing composition for polishing a substrate includes a liquid carrier and cationic metal oxide abrasive particles dispersed in the liquid carrier. The cationic metal oxide abrasive particles have a surface modified with at least one compound consisting of a silyl group having at least one quaternary ammonium group. A method for chemical mechanical polishing a substrate including a metal layer includes contacting the substrate with the above described polishing composition, moving the polishing composition relative to the substrate, and abrading the substrate to remove a portion of the metal layer from the substrate and thereby polish the substrate.
US10968365B1
Safety of products should be the most important aspect in any product available to the consumer. The following product of making an Easter Egg Paste to be placed on an eggshell to eliminate dye intrusion has been improved by reducing the need for edible salts in the formulation, and eliminating the need for emulsifiers such as soy lecithin and replacing them with more edible safe ingredients.
US10968364B2
A plasma polymerized thin film having low dielectric constant prepared by depositing a first precursor material represented by the following Chemical Formula 1: wherein in the above Chemical Formula 1, R1 to R14 are each independently H or a substituted or non-substituted C1-C5 alkyl group, and when the R1 to R14 are substituted, their substituents comprise an amino group, a hydroxyl group, a cyano group, a halogen group, a nitro group, or a methoxy group.
US10968357B2
A transfer-printing ink contains a pigment and a fixing resin. The mass ratio of the pigment to the fixing resin is 1:1 to 1:5, and the ink has a viscosity of 3 mPas to 10 mPas at 23° C. The ink is ejected onto a transfer paper base by an ink-jet recording device when transfer paper is prepared. The ink is then transferred from the transfer paper to cloth as a result of the transfer paper, with the cloth laid over it, being heated.
US10968355B2
Reversible, chemically or environmentally responsive polymers, and coatings containing such polymers
We have demonstrated reversibly reducing metal-ion crosslinkages in polymer systems, by harnessing light, creating a dynamic and reversible bond. The reduction induces chemical and physical changes in the polymer materials. Some variations provide a polymer composition comprising: a polymer matrix containing one or more ionic species; one or more photosensitizers; and one or more metal ions capable of reversibly changing from a first oxidation state to a second oxidation state when in the presence of the photosensitizers and light. Some embodiments employ urethane-based ionomers capable of changing their crosslinked state under the influence of a change in counterion valance, using light or chemical reducing agents. This invention provides films, coatings, or objects that are reversible, re-mendable, self-healing, mechanically adjustable, and/or thermoplastic/thermoset-switchable.
US10968354B2
According to the invention, an electrophoretic dispersion liquid includes at least one type of an electrophoretic particle, and a dispersion medium, in which the content of transition metal of group 8 elements derived from a catalyst which is used to generate at least one of a block copolymer (a particle surface treatment agent) used to form the electrophoretic particle and the dispersion medium is in a range of greater than 0 ppm to equal to or less than 2 ppm in the electrophoretic dispersion liquid.
US10968350B2
The present invention encompasses compositions comprising a polyurethane and a block copolymer with at least two homopolymer subunits. In one aspect, compositions of the present disclosure are coating compositions. In another aspect, compositions of the present disclosure are adhesive compositions.
US10968346B2
The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a polycaprolactone nanostructure with improved cell adhesive ability containing fucoidan according to the present invention comprises dissolving fucoidan in glacial acetic acid as a solvent to obtain fucoidan-glacial acetic acid solution, mixing polycaprolactone with the fucoidan-glacial acetic acid solution to obtain a polycaprolactone-mixed solution, and manufacturing a nanostructure from the polycaprolactone-mixed solution by an electrospinning method. Therefore, a polycaprolactone nanostructure with improved cell adhesive ability containing fucoidan manufactured by the method according to the present invention exhibits characteristics of preventing fucoidan from being released from nanofibers by uniformly distributing fucoidan in the polycaprolactone nanostructure. Accordingly, the fucoidan-containing polycaprolactone nanostructure exhibits an effect capable of controlling cell activity while culturing adhered cells by facilitating adhesion of various types of cells.
US10968343B2
A curable aqueous formulation comprising a) an emulsion polymer with 0.1 to 20 weight percent acid monomers, b) an oxazoline-containing polymer, and c) an aqueous acrylic polymer dispersion with 40 to 100 weight percent acid monomers and having a weight average molecular weight in the range of from 2000 to 500000.
US10968341B2
The present invention relates to a liquid composition comprising a monomer, a (meth)acrylic polymer and a multistage polymer. In particular the present invention it relates to liquid composition comprising a monomer, a (meth)acrylic polymer and a multistage polymer that can be used as a syrup. More particularly the present invention relates also to a process for preparing a liquid composition comprising a monomer, a (meth)acrylic polymer and a multistage polymer.
US10968335B2
A cross-linked rubber obtained by crosslinking a rubber composition containing a conjugated diene rubber and an inorganic filler, wherein when a loss tangent value of a non-interface component forming, of the cross-linked rubber ingredient, a portion other than an interface with the inorganic filler is represented as L(m) and a loss tangent value of an interface component forming, of the cross-linked rubber ingredient, an interface portion with the inorganic filler is represented as L(i), each loss tangent value being measured using an atomic force microscope in a state in which sinusoidal vibrations of 5 kHz are applied to the cross-linked rubber, the cross-linked rubber has a ratio L(i)/L(m) of 0.85 or less.
US10968334B2
The present invention provides a method of effectively modifying starch so as to have an inhibitory effect on swelling and disintegration equivalent to that of chemically-linked starch, without using chemicals or a large amount of water. The method of modifying starch includes subjecting a powdery mixture containing starch and water-soluble hemicellulose at a ratio of 99.5:0.5 to 80:20 (weight ratio) to moist-heat treatment at 100 to 200° C.
US10968329B2
A method of recovering a decomposition product of a thermosetting resin cured product, the method includes a step of contacting an object to be treated, that contains a thermosetting resin cured product, with a treatment liquid containing an alkali metal compound and an alcohol solvent, to decompose and dissolve the thermosetting resin cured product; a step of mixing the treatment liquid, in which a decomposition product of the thermosetting resin cured product is dissolved, and an acidic aqueous solution to separate the mixture into an aqueous layer and an organic layer containing the decomposition product; and a step of recovering the organic layer.
US10968324B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide a resin composite that is excellent in water resistance and is capable of exerting sufficient strength even under wet conditions. The present invention relates to a resin composite comprising a resin, fibers having an ionic functional group, and a polyvalent ion. The fibers having an ionic functional group are preferably cellulose fibers having a fiber width of 1000 nm or less.
US10968322B2
The present invention relates to an additive or additive composition for improved production of fermentable sugars from lignocellulosic biomass during enzymatic hydrolysis. More particularly, the present invention discloses petrochemical waste as an additive or an additive composition containing one or more ethylene glycol oligomers and one or more metal ions which are useful for improved production of fermentable sugars from lignocellulosic biomass during enzymatic hydrolysis.
US10968317B2
A method for preparing a product includes combining starting materials including A) a siloxane oligomer having silicon bonded hydrogen atoms, B) an alkoxysilane having at least one aliphatically unsaturated group capable of undergoing hydrosilylation reaction and C) an iridium complex catalyst. The method can be used to produce a compound of formula (I). This compound can be used in a hydrosilylation reaction with a vinyl-functional polyorganosiloxane. The resulting product includes an ethyltrimethoxysilyl functional polyorganosiloxane useful in condensation reaction curable sealant compositions.
US10968314B2
A polymer powder which is suitable for a powder bed fusion method contains a polymeric material coated with a hydrophobic substance that is at least one selected from the group consisting of a saturated fatty alcohol, an unsaturated fatty alcohol, a saturated fat, an unsaturated fat, a wax, a lactam, an alkene, and an alkane.
US10968313B2
The present invention relates to an amino polymer, its main chain is attached via a —O— group to a structure represented by the following formula (I). The present invention also relates to a process for producing said amino polymer and to its use as fuel oil detergent. Compared with the prior art, the fuel oil detergent of the present invention has the advantages such as a lower manufacturing cost and an improved deposit formation inhibition performance. In formula (I), groups and values are defined as described in the description.
US10968312B2
The present invention relates to a method for the manufacture of polyalkoxylated polymers.
US10968311B2
[Problem] To provide a wholly aromatic liquid crystalline polyester resin having an excellent heat resistance and processability while having an extremely low dielectric tangent [Solving means] A wholly aromatic liquid crystalline polyester resin according to the present invention comprises, structural unit (I) derived from p-hydroxybenzoic acid, structural unit (II) derived from 6-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid, structural unit (III) derived from an aromatic diol compound, structural unit (IV) derived from an aromatic dicarboxylic acid, wherein the composition ratio (mol %) of said structural units (I) to (IV) satisfies the following conditions: 2 mol %≤structural unit (I)≤9 mol % 40 mol %≤structural unit (II)≤75 mol % 9 mol %≤structural unit (III)≤24 mol % 9 mol %≤structural unit (IV) 24 mol %.
US10968310B1
Described are polymerizable materials (e.g., compounds, prepolymers, and compositions thereof) useful in curable compositions such as anaerobically curable compositions, the compositions including adhesives, sealants, paints, coatings, and the like, as well as methods of making the polymerizable materials and using the polymerizable materials and curable compositions.
US10968307B2
A method of forming a three-dimensional object is carried out by: (a) providing a carrier and an optically transparent member having a build surface, the carrier and the build surface defining a build region therebetween; (b) filling the build region with a polymerizable liquid, the polymerizable liquid including a mixture of (i) a light polymerizable liquid first component, and (ii) a second solidifiable component that is different from the first component; (c) irradiating the build region with light through the optically transparent member to form a solid polymer scaffold from the first component and also advancing the carrier away from the build surface to form a three-dimensional intermediate having the same shape as, or a shape to be imparted to, the three-dimensional object, and containing the second solidifiable component carried in the scaffold in unsolidified and/or uncured form; and (d) concurrently with or subsequent to the irradiating step, solidifying and/or curing the second solidifiable component in the three-dimensional intermediate to form the three-dimensional object.
US10968306B2
The present invention is to provide a bound stopper, which has high mechanical strength, is excellent in durability against fatigue breaking, settling or the like when a heavy load is repeatedly received, and is easy to be produced, in which the bound stopper comprises a polyurethane foam obtained from a polyurethane foam composition containing an isocyanate component and a blowing agent, and the isocyanate component contains a urethane prepolymer having an isocyanate group, the urethane prepolymer being obtained from a polyol component, a polyrotaxane containing a cyclic molecule having an active hydrogen group as a constituent, and an isocyanate.
US10968286B2
The present invention relates to site-selective modification of polysaccharides at their reducing end by conjugation with a single aminoxy-Regioselective Addressable Functionalized Template (RAFT) peptide.
US10968275B2
The present disclosure relates to anti-ROR1 binding proteins, including those that bind to a ROR1 or portion thereof such as an intracellular C terminal portion of a ROR1 protein, and the use of such binding proteins in immunohistochemical and diagnostic methods. Related kits and methods of using the binding proteins are also provided, as are methods of treatment of subjects having diseases or conditions determined to be candidates for such treatments by the binding proteins or methods of this disclosure.
US10968274B2
Provided is an anti-INF-γ antibody. Also provided are a composition comprising the antibody and a pharmaceutical application of the antibody in treating IFN-γ mediated syndrome.
US10968271B2
The present invention relates to amino acid sequences that are directed against Interleukin-23 (IL-23). The amino acid sequences of the present invention comprise two NANOBODIES® against IL-23 and one NANOBODY® against serum albumin, linked by two linkers (9GS linkers). In particular, the invention relates to the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NO: 2 and SEQ ID NO: 3 (listed in Table 1 and FIG. 1) (also referred to herein as “anti-IL 23 polypeptides of the invention”).
US10968264B2
The present invention comprises compounds of Formula I. wherein: Z4, Z7, Z9, Z11, Z22, Z23, Z26, Z30, Z34, Z35, p, m, n, q, and BRIDGE are defined in the specification. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for use thereof. The novel compounds are useful for preventing, treating or ameliorating diseases and disorders, such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, the metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, and dyslipidemia, among others.
US10968259B2
Disclosed herein are mutant photosynthetic microorgnaisms having an attenuated SGI1 gene. The mutants have reduced chlorophyll and increased productivity with respect to wild type cells. Also disclosed are methods of using such mutants for producing biomass or bioproducts, and methods of screening for such mutants.
US10968256B2
A novel optogenetic system, including constructs and methods, is provided based on the interaction of Rhodopseudomonas palustris BphP1 and Rhodopseudomonas palustris PpsR2 or a non-dimerizing variant thereof.
US10968249B2
The present invention provides compounds of Formula I, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and methods of using these compounds to prevent or treat FXR-mediated or TGR5-mediated diseases or conditions.
US10968246B2
The invention relates to non-systemic TGR5 agonist useful in the treatment of chemotherapy-induced diarrhea, diabetes, Type II diabetes, gestational diabetes, impaired fasting glucose, impaired glucose tolerance, insulin resistance, hyperglycemia, obesity, metabolic syndrome, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, disorders associated with parenteral nutrition especially during short bowel syndrome, and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and other TGR5 associated diseases and disorders, having the Formula: where R1, R2, R2′, R3, R4, X1, X2, X3, X4, Q, and n are described herein.
US10968237B2
A method for producing tetraalkoxysilane includes reacting a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 below with an alkali metal at a molar ratio ranging from 1.0:1.0 to 1.0:1.1 and in the absence of a solvent to produce a basic catalyst represented by Chemical Formula 2 below; and mixing the basic catalyst represented by Chemical Formula 2, silicon metal, and an alcohol represented by Chemical Formula 3 below to produce tetraalkoxysilane: Chemical Formula 1 R1O(CHR2CH2O)n—H, Chemical Formula 2 R1O(CHR2CH2O)n-M, and Chemical Formula 3 R3OH, where M is alkali metal, R1 represents a C1-C5 linear hydrocarbon group or a C3-C5 branched hydrocarbon group, R2 represents H or a C1-C3 linear hydrocarbon group, R3 represents a C1-C2 alkyl group, and n is an integer of 2-3. Thus, it is possible to increase the proportion of the catalyst in the process, and to minimize production of impurities caused by solvent decomposition.
US10968219B2
The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): or stereoisomers, tautomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof, wherein all the variables are as defined herein. These compounds are antagonists to αv-containing integrins. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and methods of treating a disease, disorder, or condition associated with dysregulation of ay-containing integrins, such as pathological fibrosis, transplant rejection, cancer, osteoporosis, and inflammatory disorders, by using the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions.
US10968218B2
The present invention provides novel compounds having the general formula: wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as described herein, compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds.
US10968210B2
Disclosed are compounds of Formula A, or a salt thereof: Formula (A), wherein: Het, Q and R1A to R4A are defined herein, which compounds have properties for blocking Nav 1.7 ion channels found in peripheral and sympathetic neurons. Also described are pharmaceutical formulations comprising the compounds of Formula A or their salts, and methods of treating cough, itch, acute pain and neuropathic pain disorders using the same.
US10968198B2
The present disclosure describes biaryl triazole compounds, as well as their compositions and methods of use. The compounds inhibit the activity of macrophage migration inhibitory factor and are useful for the treatment of diseases, e.g., inflammatory diseases and cancer.
US10968197B2
Disclosed are of the protected photoinitiators of the formula: wherein Aryl1 is an aromatic or heteroaromatic ring; Aryl2 is an aromatic ring; each R1 is an alkyl, an aryl, an electron donating group or an electron withdrawing group, and subscript a is 0 to 3; each R2 is an alkyl, an aryl, an electron donating group or an electron withdrawing group, and subscript b is 0 to 3; Prot is a protected carbonyl group.
US10968194B2
Cannabinoids can be separated or extracted from plant material. Versions can include a process for separating trichomes from plant material, including mixing plant material with a fluid in a metered feed system and forming a slurry; pumping the slurry into a turbulent processor, agitating the slurry between rotating and static teeth and shearing trichomes from the plant material to form a mixture of fluid, trichomes and plant material; coarse filtering the mixture and removing portions of the plant material to form an interim mixture; and then second filtering the interim mixture and removing other plant material and some trichomes to form a resulting mixture comprising other trichomes and fluid.
US10968188B2
The present disclosure provides a compound of general Formula (I) having c-abl kinase inhibitory activity or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound, and a method useful to treat or prevent neurodegenerative diseases using the compound.
US10968183B2
Novel compounds are disclosed along with methods of inhibiting the TGFβ pathway and methods of treating Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) using such compounds.
US10968181B2
Provided are compounds of Formula I, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and methods for their use and production.
US10968171B2
The present invention relates to a fracturation fluid comprising at least one propping agent and at least one water-soluble (co)polymer prepared from the hydrated crystalline form of 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid and/or at least one of its salts. The invention relates to a process to prepare said fluid, and to a hydraulic fracturation process using said fluid.
US10968147B2
The invention relates to a pyrotechnic agent containing at least one azotetrazolate as a component thereof.
US10968141B2
Provided are a concrete manufacturing method capable of preventing neutralization of concrete and oxidation of a reinforcing rod in reinforced concrete, and a method for manufacturing a reinforced concrete structure using the same. The concrete manufacturing method uses nitrogen dissolved water and is characterized by including: a step of generating nitrogen dissolved water by injecting nitrogen gas into water to replace oxygen and carbon dioxide dissolved in the water with nitrogen; and a step of generating a ready-mixed concrete by kneading the nitrogen dissolved water, cement, an aggregate, and an admixture. The method for manufacturing a reinforced concrete structure is characterized by forming a reinforced concrete structure using a ready-mixed concrete manufactured by a concrete manufacturing method using nitrogen dissolved water.
US10968136B2
Provided is a tempered glass, including, on a surface thereof, a compressive stress layer having a compressive stress, and including a tensile stress layer having a tensile stress inside the compressive stress layer, wherein the tempered glass satisfies the following expression (1): DZ/DT<0.65 . . . (1) where DZ represents a zero stress depth (μm) indicating a depth from the surface to a reference position at which a stress becomes zero between the compressive stress layer and the tensile stress layer, and DT represents an alkali metal diffusion depth (μm) indicating a depth of a region layer, which has diffused therein an alkali metal ion that causes the compressive stress, from the surface, and wherein the tempered glass satisfies the following expression (2): CTM<73 . . . (2) where CTM represents a maximum tensile stress (MPa).
US10968128B2
A process for the generation of power is disclosed. The process comprises receiving a wastewater stream containing organic matter and passing the wastewater stream to an anaerobic digester in which the organic matter contained therein is broken down to produce biogas. The liquid content of said wastewater stream is reduced before said stream enters the anaerobic digester by passing the wastewater stream through an osmotic power unit. The said stream is passed over one side of a semi-permeable membrane which permits the passage of water but not the passage of salts, an aqueous stream of higher salinity than said wastewater stream being passed over the other side of said membrane such that latent osmotic energy present in said aqueous stream of higher salinity is converted into electricity.
US10968117B2
The invention provides a deionization system (1000) configured to deionize an aqueous liquid (10), wherein the deionization system (1000) comprises: (a) a recirculation loop (100) comprising a first loop inlet (111), a first loop outlet (121) and a second loop outlet (122); (b) a flow generation apparatus (200), configured to generate flow of the aqueous liquid (10) in the deionization system (1000); (c) an electrosorption cell unit (300) comprising a treatment section (305) for said aqueous liquid (10), wherein the treatment section (305) comprises (a) a first electrosorption electrode arrangement (310) comprising a first electrosorption electrode (311), (b) a second electrosorption electrode arrangement (320) comprising a second electrosorption electrode (321), (c) a first treatment section opening (331) for introduction of the aqueous liquid (10) from the recirculation loop (100), and (d) a second treatment section opening (332) for releasing aqueous liquid (10) into the recirculation loop (100), wherein the treatment section (305) is configured downstream from the first loop inlet (111) and upstream of the second loop outlet (122).
US10968109B2
A method for synthesizing a mordenite (MOR) molecular sieve with a modulatable location and distribution of B acid sites, and a product thereof and the use thereof. Provided is a method for synthesizing a mordenite MOR molecular sieve with acid sites located at an 8-membered ring “side pocket” in communication with a 12-membered ring pore channel in the presence or absence of an inorganic base. The method includes introducing an additional reagent and an optional fluorinating reagent which have different structures and charge densities into a synthetic gel, and the B acid sites of the obtained MOR zeolite are located at an 8-membered ring “side pocket” in communication with a 12-membered ring pore channel A catalyst product obtained exhibits an excellent performance in terms of adsorption and catalysis. The synthesis method has broad industrial application, particularly being applied to catalysts for the carbonylation reaction of dimethyl ether.
US10968102B2
A method of producing black phosphorus which includes the steps of: weighing and mixing reaction raw materials which comprises metallic tin, red phosphorus and monocrystalline iodine, wherein a weight ratio of tin: red phosphorus: iodine is 0.6-3.5: 5-45: 0.1-0.8; feeding the mixture to a high-temperature resistant metal reaction tube; removing air by introducing inert gas and sealing the reaction tube tightly; placing the metal reaction tube inside a muffle furnace for carrying out calcination reaction by first increasing a temperature at a preset rate to a maximum temperature and keeping warm and then decreasing a temperature at a preset rate and keeping warm, then to room temperature so that the black phosphorus is produced. The conversion rate is very high and the quality of the produced product is classified as high quality.
US10968100B2
A process for producing synthesis gas using at least a first and a second steam reforming reactor each having at least one reaction stage enabling the circulation of a reaction mixture and at least one heat supply stage enabling the circulation of a heat transfer fluid.
US10968099B2
A device and method of forming the device that includes a first substrate having a cavity on a bottom surface of the first substrate and MEMS components formed on the first substrate and in the cavity; a second substrate having an upper surface; a first metal bond that extends around a perimeter of the cavity and forming a first connection between the bottom surface of first substrate and the upper surface of the second substrate; a second metal bond that extends around a perimeter of the first metal bond and spaced from the first metal bond, the second metal bond forming a second connection between the bottom surface of the first substrate and the upper surface of the second substrate; where the MEMS components are hermetically sealed between the first and second substrates. A getter agent can be between the first and second metal bonds.
US10968084B1
One variation of a method for tracking lift events at a construction site includes: accessing a timeseries of load values output by a weight sensor, coupled to a crane hook, and a first geospatial location of the crane hook during a first time period; deriving a lifting profile at the first geospatial location from the timeseries of load values; deriving a weight of the object from the timeseries of load values; identifying a type of the object carried by the crane hook during the first time period based on the lifting profile; accessing a second geospatial location of the crane hook during unloading of the object from the crane hook; and generating a lift event record defining the type of the object, the weight of the object, a pickup location of the object at the first geospatial location, and a drop-off location of the object at the second geospatial location.
US10968079B2
A transportation device such as an elevator installation, an escalator, or a moving walkway may comprise a person conveying unit and an electromagnetic linear drive for driving the person conveying unit. The electromagnetic linear drive may include a stator segment and a runner element. The runner element can be driven by the force of an electromagnetic field of the stator segment in a first drive direction or in an opposite second drive direction. The runner element is movably mounted on the person conveying unit such that a magnetic resistance in an air gap between the stator segment and the runner element is adjustable depending on a drive force acting between the stator segment and the runner element.
US10968072B1
The automatic diving tending system (ADTS) includes a buoyant sealed torsional apparatus having a plate with a perimeter seal to which is affixed a cover with a perimeter flange forming a dry buoyant cavity. On the plate is mounted a bridge supporting a drive shaft, a locking mechanism, a constant torque spring motor, and an overdrive transmission linkage. A tether spool apparatus is mounted on the exterior bottom side of the plate. It includes a frame with a guide, a spool, and coaxial connecting structure that connects to the drive shaft. A line wound on the spool that is pulled off tightens the spring motor, enabling the full length of the line to be rewound back onto the spool and to be stopped at any time by a diver.
US10968062B2
A transfer transporting device includes multiple rollers, an endless belt, a pair of support members, and a pair of unloading members. The rollers include a driving roller and a driven roller. The driving roller is disposed closer to an image carrier that has a toner image formed thereon and that holds the toner image. The driven roller is disposed apart from the driving roller downstream in a sheet transport direction. The endless belt is wound around the rollers. The pair of support members each have an outer wall surface facing a side end surface of the belt. The pair of support members are disposed on both sides of the belt to rotatably support a rotation shaft protruding from side end surfaces of the driving roller. The pair of unloading members are interposed between the outer wall surfaces of the pair of support members and the side end surfaces of the driving roller. The pair of unloading members each reduce, while being in contact with a corresponding one of the side end surfaces of the belt, a driving load on the driving roller further than in a case where the side end surfaces of the belt come into direct contact with the outer wall surfaces. The image carrier and the belt hold therebetween a sheet transported thereto to transfer the toner image on the image carrier to the sheet, and transport the sheet downstream.
US10968055B2
A tray conveyor with trays driven by a linear synchronous motor. The trays are supported on a pair of guide rails in a conveyor frame. The trays include a permanent-magnet array whose magnetic field interacts with a traveling electromagnetic wave produced by a linear-motor stator extending along the conveyor between the guide rails to propel the tray in a conveying direction.
US10968045B1
Drive drum bars (54) are mounted on the drive drum frame (52) of a drive drum tower (50). The drive drum bar has an “open” construction having backing frame (56) to which is mounted a cap (58) for bearing against the side of a conveyor being powered by the drive drum tower.
