US10220846B2
A method for operating a vehicle, including the following: detection of a vehicle environment; detection of a steering angle for a vehicle wheel that is defined by a steering device; ascertainment of a collision probability for the vehicle based on the detected vehicle environment and the detected steering angle in the case of an unchanged steering angle; correction of the steering angle if the ascertained collision probability is greater than or equal to a predetermined collision probability threshold in order to prevent a collision. Also described is a device for operating a vehicle and a computer program.
US10220840B2
Disclosed herein are a vehicle configured to prevent a collision and a control method thereof. The vehicle includes a chassis; a steering unit configured to change a direction of the chassis; a brake unit configured to adjust a braking force of the chassis; a detector configured to detect movement information of the chassis; and a controller configured to confirm a variation rate of movement of the chassis based on the detected movement information and configured to automatically control an operation of the steering unit and the brake unit when the confirmed variation rate is out of a reference range. When a collision occurs, the vehicle may automatically perform at least one of steering control, side braking control, or a damping control, and thus a secondary collision may be prevented, the incidence of additional injury may be reduced, the speed of the vehicle may be stably reduced or stopped, and the vehicle may be moved to a safe lane so that a stabilization time of the vehicle may be reduced.
US10220834B2
A control system for a hybrid vehicle configured to promptly disengage a clutch for halting an engine is provided. A clutch device comprises a reciprocating member having tapered reciprocating teeth, and a rotary member having tapered teeth opposed to the tapered rotary teeth. A controller is configured to turn off an actuator to eliminate the electromagnetic attraction thereby allowing the engine to be started, and to apply a torque of the first motor to the clutch device after the actuator is turned off thereby disengaging the reciprocating teeth from the rotary teeth.
US10220832B2
A vehicle includes a rotary electric machine, an internal combustion engine, a temperature sensor, and a limiter. The rotary electric machine generates power to move the vehicle. The internal combustion engine is started by the rotary electric machine to generate power to move the vehicle. The temperature sensor detects temperature of the rotary electric machine or of a drive circuit for the rotary electric machine. The limiter restricts the power generated by the rotary electric machine if the temperature is higher than a first threshold temperature. The start prohibitor prohibits the rotary electric machine from starting the internal combustion engine if the temperature is higher than a second threshold temperature which is higher than the first threshold temperature.
US10220827B2
A vehicle includes a storage configured to store navigation information, a communication module configured to receive current location information, a power apparatus configured to generate a driving force and to adjust the generated driving force, and a controller configured to acquire, if a cruise control mode is input, information about a location at which an event occurs based on the navigation information, and to control operation of the power apparatus based on the current location information and the information about the location at which the event occurs.
US10220816B2
In a wiper blade (100) for a windscreen wiper, having a wiper strip (112) and an adapter unit (105) for hinging the wiper blade (112) to a wiper arm, wherein the adapter unit (150) is attached at a base connection device (160) provided on the wiper strip (112) and is configured for connection to a connection member associated with the wiper arm. The adapter unit (150) includes a guide adapter (250) permanently connected to the base connection device (160) and having guide elements (352, 354, 356, 358) that are spherically curved at least in sections. The guide adapter is detachably connected to a function adapter (280) configured for connection to the connection member and including slide elements (382, 386) that are slidably displaceable on the guide elements (352, 354, 356, 358) such that the function adapter (280) is movable at least from a released position into a holding position by a combined translatory and rotary movement relative to the guide adapter (250).
US10220812B2
A heat flux sensor is installed in such a way that heat flux emanating from a biological object present at a predetermined position is detectable. It is determined whether or not a biological object is present at the predetermined position by comparing sensing results of the heat flux sensor with determination criteria. The determination criteria is preset according to heat flux that can be sensed when a biological object is present at the predetermined position. When the sensing results of the heat flux sensor satisfy the determination criteria, in other words, when the heat flux sensed by the heat flux sensor is the heat flux emanating from a biological object, it is determined that a biological object is present at the predetermined position. Consequently, it is possible to realize accurate detection of a biological object.
US10220806B2
Method and apparatus are disclosed for monitoring and alerting vehicle occupants for ignition systems. An example vehicle includes a cabin, a touchscreen within the cabin, an engine to activate responsive to the touchscreen receiving a passcode, seats within the cabin, occupancy sensor modules to detect occupancy of the seats, and a warning controller. The warning controller is to initiate a timer upon detecting, via the occupancy sensor modules, that an occupant has exited the cabin and emit an alert responsive to the timer reaching a predetermined threshold.
US10220805B2
An attachment member may couple a radiator to a grille of an automotive vehicle. The attachment member may be easily fit into a complementary grille opening on the grille. The complementary shapes of the attachment member and the grille opening may limit movement of the attachment member relative to the grille in one or more directions. The attachment member may install from above the grille opening or horizontally slide into the grille opening. Engagement features on the attachment member may engage with surfaces of the grille opening to limit relative vertical movement. The attachment member may provide a first engagement with the grille at a first level and a second engagement with the radiator at a second level different than the first level.
US10220802B2
An apparatus and method for replacing a power source element is provided. The apparatus includes a multiple compartment housing attached to a vehicle, power source elements, a controller, and a communications interface. The power source elements are placed within receptacles of the multiple compartment housing. Each power source element is electrically connected to an input power coupler for electrical connection to the vehicle such that each power source element is configured to supply power to the vehicle independently without requiring power supplied by any other power source element. The controller is configured to monitor a power level of each power source element and generate an associated power level reading. The communication interface is configured to retrieve each associated power level reading from the controller and to an external system.
US10220800B2
An insulation element for insulating a structural element in a vehicle includes a support element having a first surface and a second surface and an expandable material, which is arranged at least on partial areas of the first surface of the support element. The support element has at least one penetration and the expandable material projects through the penetration and forms a protrusion on one side of the second surface of the support element. The protrusion is dimensioned and the expandable material designed in such a way that the protrusion has a larger cross section after expansion than a cross section of the penetration.
US10220799B2
A sensor bracket includes a bracket on which a camera that detects a state around a vehicle is mounted, a flat spring that abuts against the camera and biasing in a direction that maintains a mounted state of the camera when the camera is mounted on the bracket, and a recess that receives a portion of a tool and restricts a displacement range of the tool when the flat spring is pressed by the tool and is mounted on a projection for the spring of the bracket.
US10220798B2
A combination of a vehicle including a steering wheel assembly and an electronic cell phone device having a side positioned camera and a mounting system that enables said cell phone device to be mounted on said steering wheel assembly. The camera faces at least one front seat side window of the vehicle allowing handsfree recording and uploading to cloud storage of events inside and outside the vehicle without the necessity of the driver positioning the camera at the area being recorded.
US10220787B2
An exterior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a mirror head adjustably mounted at a mounting arm and adjustable between a retracted position and an extended position. The mirror reflective element is oriented to provide a driver of the vehicle a field of view rearward and sideward of the vehicle with the mounting arm attached at the side of the vehicle when the mirror head is in the retracted position and when the mirror head is in the extended position. The mirror head is connected to the mounting arm via pivotable first and second links that cooperatively pivot relative to the mounting arm and the mirror head to move the mirror head between the retracted and extended positions. An actuator is disposed at an end of the first link and operates to pivot the first link to move the mirror head between the retracted position and the extended position.
US10220780B2
The present disclosure relates to a lighting module for a vehicle, the lighting module comprising: a light emitting device; and a control unit configured to control a lighting state of the lighting device, wherein the lighting module is adapted for arrangement in a first location of at least two spatially separated locations of the vehicle; wherein the control unit of the lighting module comprises a connection port, wherein the control unit is configured to receive a voltage status via the connection port, the voltage status being indicative of that the lighting module is configured to be arranged in the first location.
US10220778B2
A vehicle-mounted alert system includes display devices equipped to a vehicle, a sight line detection device detecting driver's sight line, a surrounding monitoring device detecting a presence of an object near the vehicle and a direction of the object with respect to the vehicle, and an alert control device controlling the display devices to display an alert image for informing the driver of the presence of the object detected by the surrounding monitoring device. The alert control device controls the display device located in a direction of the sight line of the driver to display the alert image, and then, controls the display devices so that the alert image successively moves from the display device located in the direction of the sight line of the driver to the display device determined based on the direction of the object detected by the surrounding monitoring device.
US10220766B2
A method for capturing objects in the environment of a vehicle includes generating a first light pattern in the environment of the vehicle using a light-emitting apparatus of the vehicle; generating a second light pattern in the environment of the vehicle using an alter light-emitting apparatus of an alter vehicle; transmitting generation parameters of the second light pattern from the alter vehicle to the vehicle; optically capturing the first light pattern and the second light pattern using a capturing module of the vehicle; and generating a depth image of at least part of the environment of the vehicle on the basis of the captured light patterns and the transmitted generation parameters.
US10220765B2
A communication system for a vehicle comprises a mechanism for sensing a braking of the vehicle and a control device for sending a signal to a headlight activation circuit to modulate the vehicle's headlights based upon the braking of the vehicle. In particular, a headlight of the vehicle is able to be modulated based upon an application of one or both of a front brake and a rear brake. The headlight activation circuit is able to modulate the headlight between an on position and an off position or modulate the headlight between a high beam position and a low beam position. Consequently, the vehicle is better seen as it approaches likely congestion areas such as intersections and slowing or stopped traffic and attempts to enter traffic.
US10220763B2
Improved light emitting diode (LED) vehicle headlamps having a dedicated daytime running lamp (DRL) component are described. In various embodiments, a combination Low Beam/DRL headlamp is provided, which uses pulse width modulation (PWM) detection to determine which of the two internal LED light sources (Low Beam or DRL) is powered on. If the Low Beam/DRL headlamp detects a PWM signal on the Low Beam voltage input then it switches to drive the DRL LEDs. If, alternatively, it detects a steady state input voltage then it switches to drive the Low Beam LEDs.
US10220760B2
A deceased animal moving device lifts and transports a deceased animal. The device includes a base configured for being moved on a surface. A mast is coupled to and extends upwardly from the base. A winch is coupled to a top of the mast providing a spool and a line selectively extendable from and retractable onto the spool. A shield coupled to the base has a lower edge positioned at a front of the base proximate a bottom of the base. The line is directed from the spool towards the shield for lifting a deceased animal attached to the line upwardly against the shield when the line is retracted.
US10220757B2
The present invention relates to a device for loading and unloading loads, and more particularly, to a device for loading and unloading loads which includes a loading and unloading mat disposed inside a carrying box and a driving shaft connected with one end or both ends of the loading and unloading mat to carry out a rolling motion so that the loading and unloading mat forms a slope by operation of the driving shaft, thereby naturally loading and unloading the loads along the slope.
US10220756B2
A vehicle seat of the present invention has: a seat main body that has a seat cushion and a seatback; a concave portion that is provided in at least one of the seat cushion and the seatback, and that is provided at a region supporting a seated vehicle occupant, and that is formed in a shape that is recessed in a direction of moving away from the seated vehicle occupant; and a biometric signal detecting section having an airbag, which is mounted so as to extend over the concave portion and is capable of inflating and contracting, and a pressure sensor, which detects pressure applied to the airbag in a state in which the airbag is inflated.
US10220749B2
A center console for a vehicle includes a base, a storage compartment disposed within the base having an upwardly facing opening, and a cover hingedly connected to the base for selectively covering the opening of the storage compartment. The cover includes a first cover portion, a second cover portion, two rods positioned between the first cover portion and the second cover portion, and two reversible sections disposed around the rods. The reversible sections are axially rotatable about the rods between a first position and a second position. When in the first position, the reversible sections present an armrest, and in the second position, the reversible sections present a storage tray.
US10220747B2
A collapsible vehicular armrest substrate includes load-bearing strips extending across a gap defined within a support frame. A first tunable element secures the load-bearing strips in a support position on the support frame. A first tension-adjusting portion sets a predetermined first tension limit of the first tunable element. The load-bearing strips disengage from the support position when the first tunable element experiences an actual tension greater than the predetermined first tension limit.
US10220741B2
A vehicle seat includes: a trim cover including: a plurality of surface materials joined each other; a core material; a welt surface material wrapping the core material; a welt provided along a seam of two pieces of joined surface materials; and an empty core part provided with the welt, the empty core part reaching one end of the welt; and a seat element overlapped on the empty core part.
US10220738B2
The invention relates to a suspension device, in particular for a vehicle seat, comprising an upper suspension part and a lower suspension part, which can be connected to one another by a first swivelling connector and a second swivelling connector, wherein a first spring unit can be connected in a first end region on the one hand by means of an adjusting device to the first swivelling connector and can be connected in a second end region on the other hand to the lower suspension part, wherein by means of the adjusting device the position of the first spring unit can be adjusted in order to adjust the spring force and the spring rate of the suspension device.
US10220731B2
A vehicle seat sliding device for sliding a seat includes a fixed rail, a movable rail, a rolling element, and at least one rolling element holder. The fixed rail is for a floor of a vehicle. The movable rail is slidably engaged with the fixed rail and is mounted to the seat. The rolling element includes an outer circumferential surface for abutting an abutment surface of the fixed rail. The at least one rolling element holder is mounted to the movable rail and holds the rolling element so as to be rotatable and slidable along a longitudinal direction of the movable rail. The at least one rolling element holder is configured such that a distance between a rotation axis of the rolling element and the abutment surface becomes smaller as the rolling element slides toward one side in the longitudinal direction of the movable rail.
US10220729B2
An occupant support for a vehicle includes a vehicle seat and a foundation. The vehicle seat is configured to support an occupant of the vehicle above a floor of the vehicle. The foundation is configured to interconnect the vehicle seat to the floor to permit movement of the vehicle seat relative to the floor along a linear path.
US10220727B2
An improved system and method for controlling a moveable object associated with a mobile platform are provided. The provided system and method generates an application specific protected volume between the moveable object and a feature of the mobile platform to be protected. The provided system and method use magnetic sensing techniques to sense the moveable object when it infringes upon the protected volume, and provide control of the moveable object responsive to sensed infringement.
US10220726B2
An electric vehicle accomplishes speed changes through the use of electronically controlled, multiple electric motor configurations that are coupled to an output drive shaft instead of a speed change transmission. A parallel-coupled motor configuration includes at least two motors that are each coupled to the output drive shaft through respective gear arrangements, each gear arrangement having a respective gear ratio. In a serially-coupled motor configuration, the stator of the second motor is coupled to the rotor of the first motor, where the rotor of the second motor is coupled to the output drive shaft. The required torque to reach or maintain a desired vehicle speed can be obtained by selective energization of either one or both of the motors (in both multi-motor configurations). Two motors are also coupled to a differential gear so that the rotational speed contributed by both motors are additive at the output shaft.
US10220723B2
A fuel cell vehicle (1) includes: a fuel cell (11); a storage battery (17); a power control unit (10), electrically connected to the fuel cell (11) and the storage battery (17), for controlling electric power in the vehicle (1); a power distribution unit (16), provided on an electrical path between the storage battery (17) and the power control unit, for distributing the electric power from the storage battery; and power-generation auxiliary machines (15) which are electrically connected to the power distribution unit (16) and to which the electric power, distributed by the power distribution unit (16), is supplied for performing operation for electric power generation by the fuel cell (11). The power distribution unit (16) and the power control unit (10) are connected directly without use of a harness.
US10220711B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide control means for a vehicle, the control means being operable to control charging of tractive energy storage means of the vehicle, the control means being configured to allow charging of the energy storage means in dependence on a location of the vehicle and a time of day, wherein if the location of the vehicle corresponds to one or more prescribed locations the control means is operable to permit charging only during one or more prescribed periods of the day.
US10220705B2
Technology is described for sharing an autonomous vehicle. An autonomous vehicle may receive a request to perform a task. The autonomous vehicle may determine whether the task conflicts with previously scheduled tasks to be performed at the autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle may add the task to a schedule of tasks to be performed at the autonomous vehicle when the task does not conflict with the previously scheduled tasks. The autonomous vehicle may provide commands to enable the autonomous vehicle to perform the task in accordance with the schedule.
US10220704B2
A method and apparatus for detecting a status of a vehicle door are provided. The method includes detecting a status of a door based on at least one image received from a camera of a vehicle, determining a function to be performed from among a plurality of functions based on the detected status of the door, and performing the determined function. The method and apparatus may be implemented in a vehicle to display graphical indicators warning of a door being ajar or as a supplemental detection system to a hardwired door status sensor.
US10220703B2
An accelerator pedal unit for a motor vehicle, having a base body on which an accelerator pedal is accommodated rotatably mounted in a rotary joint and which, starting from a resting position, can be moved by actuation in an actuating direction. A sensor unit is accommodated in the base body, which senses the position of the accelerator pedal via a feeler element. A return spring is provided, with which the accelerator pedal is prestressed into the initial position. A moveable counter-stop element can be moved into a stop position in which, when the accelerator pedal is actuated, the stop element comes into contact with the counter-stop element and runs into the sprung unit when an additional force is applied to the accelerator pedal and can be moved into a release position in which, when the accelerator pedal is actuated, the stop element can move freely in a movement region.
US10220700B2
Vehicle engine systems and protectors for such systems are presented. Vehicle engine systems can include one or more engine components associated with an engine. In some embodiments a protector can be attached to an engine system to substantially cover a portion of one or more engine components. The protector can have a shield and a support. In some arrangements, the shield can be operatively connected to two cylinder banks of an engine. The shield can extend over and substantially cover a portion of a fuel line and/or a fuel line connector. In one or more embodiments, the support can include a support end configured to support a vehicle component such as a throttle body.
US10220697B2
A series hydraulic hybrid system for a vehicle is described. The hydraulic hybrid system has a hydraulic circuit and a high pressure accumulator. The hydraulic circuit has a first hydraulic displacement unit in fluid communication with a second hydraulic displacement unit. The high pressure hydraulic accumulator is in fluid communication with the hydraulic circuit and a low pressure hydraulic accumulator in fluid communication with the hydraulic circuit. The high pressure hydraulic accumulator is in fluid communication with the hydraulic circuit through a proportional flow control valve. The proportional flow control valve is adapted to continuously vary a flow of hydraulic fluid between the high pressure hydraulic accumulator and the hydraulic circuit.
US10220696B2
A vehicle includes, an engine including a crankshaft, a crankcase which is configured to accommodate the crankshaft therein, and a centrifugal clutch which is arranged coaxially with the crankshaft, and a propeller shaft to which rotational power output from the engine and changed in speed is transmitted, the propeller shaft passing through the crankcase and intersecting the crankshaft in plan view, at least a part of the propeller shaft being located between the centrifugal clutch and a support wall portion of the crankcase configured to support the crankshaft and above a lower end of the centrifugal clutch.
US10220692B2
A glass run couples to an outer-cabin side of a frame and includes a body and an installation member. The body includes an outer-cabin side wall, an inner-cabin side wall and a glass run side wall. The installation member is assembled on a flange having a plurality of elevated parts formed at regular intervals, has a substantially U-shaped cross-section including the glass run side wall, a body side wall and a connecting wall and has an anchoring part formed on an inner side for receiving the plurality of elevated parts on the flange. A thin part is formed by providing a concave part on an inner side of a connecting part between the body side wall and the connecting wall of the installation member.
US10220687B2
A vehicle electrical system includes a wire harness routed between a sliding door opening/closing an opening of a vehicle and the vehicle, and including at least a power supply line for supplying power; and a transmission/reception unit that transmits/receives at least a portion of control signals between the vehicle and the sliding door. The transmission/reception unit includes a first transmission/reception unit mounted to the vehicle and a second transmission/reception unit mounted to the sliding door. The first transmission/reception unit and the second transmission/reception unit wirelessly communicates with each other.
US10220673B2
Provided is a cold-storage heat exchanger. The cold-storage heat exchanger includes a pair of header tanks, and tubes which are arranged in three rows with respect to the direction of the flow of air and connected at opposite sides thereof to the header tanks. A cold-storage medium is stored in the tubes that are disposed in a middle row, and refrigerant circulates through the tubes that are disposed in front and rear rows. Therefore, the cold-storage medium can effectively store cold-energy transferred from the refrigerant. When the engine of a vehicle is stopping, the cold-storage heat exchanger can discharge the cold-energy that has been stored into the passenger compartment of the vehicle, thus preventing the temperature in the passenger compartment from rapidly increasing, thereby creating pleasant air-conditioned conditions for a user, and minimizing the energy and time required to re-cool the passenger compartment.
US10220671B2
An exemplary method includes conditioning an electrified vehicle to maintain a target conditioning level using power from a grid source. The conditioning either lasts from a conclusion of a first drive cycle to the beginning of a second drive cycle that is subsequent the first drive cycle, or lasts from a conclusion of a first drive cycle for set time.
US10220668B2
The present teachings provide for an HVAC assembly. A first flue can be configured to fluidly couple a first heat exchanger to a mixing flue. A second flue can be configured to fluidly couple a second heat exchanger to the mixing flue. A door can inhibit fluid communication through the second flue when in a first position. The door can inhibit fluid communication through the first flue when in a second position. The door can permit fluid communication through the first and second flues when in a third position. The third flue can be configured to fluidly couple the first heat exchanger to a portion of the second flue downstream of the second heat exchanger and upstream of the mixing flue when the door is in the third position.
US10220660B2
In a vehicle tire pressure sensor, a wireless, low frequency (LF) receiver identifies a particular type of signal protocol that was used to form a first message that is sent to the sensor by the vehicle. Using the identification of the protocol used to form the first message, the sensor determines a type of signal protocol to be used to transmit information to the vehicle, such as an identifier for the tire pressure sensor in a second message.
US10220659B2
A tire pressure monitoring system includes a plurality of detection devices that are provided in respective ones of a plurality of tires of a vehicle and each wirelessly transmit an air pressure signal including air pressure information of tire in response to a request signal and a monitoring device that transmits the request signal to each of the detection devices and receives the air pressure signal transmitted from each of the detection devices in response to the request signal, to monitor air pressure of each of the tires. Each of the detection devices, when receiving a request signal, measures the received signal strength of the received request signal and transmits to the monitoring device an air pressure signal at a different diming in accordance with the measured received signal strength. The monitoring device receives the air pressure signals transmitted from the plurality of detection devices at different timings.
US10220658B2
An air maintenance tire assembly includes a tire having a tire cavity bounded by first and second sidewalls extending to a tire tread region, air pumping means for generating pressurized air for maintaining air pressure within the tire cavity at a preset pressure level, the air pumping means including a soft tubing and compression fittings for mitigating dynamic loading on the compression fittings, and a valve housing disposed adjacent an outward end of the valve stem and operative to selectively open and close pressurized air flow from the valve stem internal passageway into the tire cavity. The valve housing is connected to the air pumping means by the soft tubing and compression fittings for mitigating dynamic loading on the compression fittings.
US10220648B2
Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a binder cover system comprising: a binder comprising a front portion and a rear portion; and a cover removably coupled to the binder and comprising: a front sleeve defining a cavity in which the front portion of the binder is received; and a rear sleeve defining a cavity in which the rear portion of the binder is received; and a utility pocket coupled to at least one of the front sleeve and the rear sleeve.
US10220643B2
Disclosed herein is a mobile printer freefall detection and protection mechanism. Printers may be subject to vibration or free fall during printing. This is more likely to happen for a mobile printer. In such cases, the printing performance will be adversely affected a lot or a thermal printhead (TPH) in the printer could be damaged. This disclosure describes a system and method of solving this problem by measuring the G-forces at using at least one sensor to determine if it is safe to start operation again.
US10220642B2
A print apparatus has a supporting section for supporting a roll of a continuous sheet, a driving mechanism having a motor for rotating the roll supported by the supporting section, a detection unit configured to detect a rotation state of the roll supported by the supporting section, a conveyance roller for conveying the continuous sheet drawn out from the roll and a print unit configured to form an image on the continuous sheet conveyed by the conveyance roller. A control unit is configured to obtain information indicating a moment of inertia of the roll supported by the supporting section based on detected values of the detection unit and to adjust a driving torque of the motor based on the obtained information, intermittently during printing.
US10220641B2
A printer comprises a linerless label operation mode and a linered label operation mode as operation modes. When a cutter unit is coupled to a coupling portion, a control unit of the printer detects the operation mode of the printer based on whether the cutter unit is a cutter unit configured to cut the linerless label or a cutter unit configured to cut the linered label, and sets the operation mode of the printer to a linerless label operation mode or a linered label operation mode.
US10220639B2
Both stability and high glossiness of a glossy ink used for printing can be achieved. A printer is provided that performs inkjet printing for a medium. The printer includes a glossy ink head as an inkjet head that discharges droplets of a glossy ink, a heater, and an ultraviolet light source. The glossy ink includes an ultraviolet-curable resin curable by being irradiated with ultraviolet light, a glossy pigment, and a solvent added to disperse the pigment. Particles of the glossy pigment have particle sizes less than or equal to 0.5 μm. The heater heats the medium to volatilize and strip the solvent in the ink. The ultraviolet light source irradiates dots of the glossy ink on the medium with ultraviolet light after a preset waiting time has passed subsequent to a timing of the droplets of the glossy ink landing on the medium.
US10220637B2
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge section for discharging a liquid containing agglomerate components having a polarity toward a medium and at least one ion supplying section for supplying ions having a polarity opposite to that of the agglomerate components to the liquid discharged on the medium. The liquid discharge apparatus of such a structure can suppress the unevenness caused by contact of dots of the liquid discharged on the medium. The liquid apparatus can prevent or reduce contact between dots of the liquid discharged on the medium.
US10220632B2
A liquid-consuming apparatus includes: a tank including a liquid chamber, an upstanding wall facing a particular direction, and an inlet formed in a surface of the tank; a liquid-consuming unit consuming liquid stored in the liquid chamber; a cover rotatable between a covering position where the upstanding wall is covered with the cover and an exposure position where the upstanding wall is exposed, around a rotation axis extending in a further direction; and a casing including an engaging target part which holds the cover in the covering position, and supporting the tank, liquid-consuming unit, and cover. The cover includes: an engaging part to engage with the engaging target part in the state that the cover is in the covering position; and a tab which is subjected to an operation for releasing an engagement between the engaging part and the engaging target part.
US10220627B2
A technique of enhancing attachment of a liquid supply unit to a liquid ejection device is provided. A first ink cartridge 100a and a second ink cartridge 100b are attached to a carriage 27 of a printing device 10 via a holder structure 200. Each of the first and the second ink cartridges 100a and 100b includes a circuit substrate 130 having a plurality of terminals 151 to 159 which are electrically connected with a device-side terminal assembly 250 provided on the holder structure 200. Each of the first and the second ink cartridges 100a and 100b also includes a main engagement part 120 configured to engage with a lever member 230 of the holder structure 200 as an engaged part, such as to limit motion of the circuit substrate 130 away from the holder structure 200. The circuit substrate 130 includes a first terminal 151 and a second terminal 152 located on respective ends in an array direction of the terminals. The main engagement part 120 has a width greater than an interval between contact portions CP of the first and the second terminals 151 and 152 in the array direction of the terminals.
US10220625B2
In one example, a liquid container includes an expandable and collapsible bag having a first interior chamber and a second interior chamber separated by a barrier; a passage through the barrier for liquid to pass between the chambers; a first opening between the first chamber and an exterior of the bag; and a second opening between the second chamber and the exterior of the bag.
US10220612B2
A drive signal adjustment method adjusts a drive signal including a drive pulse to be supplied to a drive element of a liquid ejecting head. The liquid ejecting head includes a nozzle, a pressure generation chamber communicating with the nozzle, and the drive element generating a pressure change in a liquid inside the pressure generation chamber. The drive pulse includes an expansion element, an expansion maintenance element, a contraction element, a contraction maintenance element, and an expansion restoration element. A plurality of test patterns are printed by using adjusting drive pulses including modification values in which either one or both of a time of the contraction maintenance element and a period of the drive pulse are modified. The adjusting drive pulse corresponding to a specific test pattern selected from among the plurality of test patterns set as the drive pulse at the time of printing.
US10220611B2
Semiconductor device, liquid discharge head, liquid discharge head cartridge, and printing apparatus
A semiconductor device is provided. The device comprises discharge units each including a discharge element and a driving unit configured to drive the discharge element, and a terminal unit configured to supply power to the discharge units via a wiring line. The discharge units include a first discharge unit including a first discharge element of the discharge elements and a first driving unit of the driving units and a second discharge unit including a second discharge element of the discharge elements and a second driving unit of the driving units. A length of a current path from the terminal unit to the first discharge unit is longer than a length of a current path from the terminal unit to the second discharge unit and a resistance of the first driving unit is lower than a resistance of the second driving unit.
US10220596B2
A method of using a sterilization wrap system including a permeable material having barrier properties and having a first surface and a second opposing surface, the exterior panel being substantially opaque or having a first level of translucence, and an interior panel including a permeable material having barrier properties and having a first surface and a second opposing surface, the interior panel having a level of translucence that is higher than the translucence of the exterior panel, the panels being joined together over at least a portion of their surfaces. Also disclosed is inspection of the sterilization wrap system for exterior panel breaches by looking for light passing through a panel facing the viewer.
US10220593B2
A composite material includes a honeycomb layer with top and bottom sides. The honeycomb layer includes a plurality of walls defining a plurality of cells therein. A first adhesive layer is disposed adjacent to the top side of the honeycomb layer. A second adhesive layer is disposed adjacent to the bottom side of the honeycomb layer. A third adhesive layer is disposed adjacent to the first adhesive layer on the top side of the honeycomb layer. A first composite layer is disposed adjacent to the third adhesive layer on the top side of the honeycomb layer. A second composite layer is disposed adjacent to the second adhesive layer on the bottom side of the honey comb layer. At least the third adhesive layer comprises viscous properties that discourage the creation of channels within the first composite layer when co-cured.
US10220590B2
An inflatable packaging material includes two outer films, a plurality of valve films, and a non-sealable material positioned between the valve films. The films are sealed together by a plurality of seals, including a valve seal extending across the material. The seals define a plurality of air columns and an inflation passage in communication with the columns. The non-sealable material is arranged to form valve portions positioned along the valve seal and spaced passage portions positioned along the inflation passage. The valve portions provide valve passages through the valve seal, to allow airflow into each air column. The passage portions are arranged such that one side seal passes through a space between the passage portions to seal one end of the inflation passage, and the other side seal passes through one of the passage portions to create an open inflation port. The valve films allow air to pass through from the inflation passage to the columns, and prevent reverse flow of air from the columns into the inflation passage.
US10220589B2
A dunnage handler for controlling the outfeed of dunnage from a dunnage machine is disclosed and can include a dunnage accumulator with first and second holding portions configured and associated with each other to define a dunnage accumulation space therebetween and for receiving and removably retaining the dunnage in the accumulation space from a dunnage machine and an articulation associating the first and second holding portions such that the holding portions are movable with respect to each other to vary the accumulation space to accommodate a varying amount of dunnage held therein, where a sensor and controller can be included to stop dunnage production when the accumulator is full.
US10220588B2
A foldable container moveable between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration defining an interior area for holding bulk material is provided. The container includes opposed side panels and a bottom flap extending from a bottom edge of each side panel. A tab member extends from a distal end of each bottom flap and a tab finger extends from each tab member so as to define a hook at a distal end of each bottom flap. The hooks are interconnected so as to hingedly connect the distal ends of the bottom flaps together, thereby causing the bottom flaps to rotate between their respective stowed and deployed configuration positions as the end panels are translated between their respective stowed and deployed configuration positions. Locking tabs extending from distal ends of end flaps extend into the interior area of the container to secure the container in the deployed configuration.
US10220587B2
A module for a folder-gluer (1) includes a frame (13) having two substantially vertical front and rear walls (14, 16) and at least one functional arrangement (28, 33) held by the frame (13), at least one transverse element (17, 18), mechanically connecting and maintaining parallelism between the first and rear walls (14, 16) and the transverse element is configured with at least one substantially horizontal portion forming an apron (19), which is configured to permit an operator (30) to climb onto the frame and to access the functional arrangement (28, 33).
US10220582B2
A space required for forming a cylindrical carcass band is reduced and productivity of carcass band forming is improved.A first forming drum (21) forms a cylindrical carcass ply (3). A second forming drum (22) forms a cylindrical member (7) by forming a cylindrical inner liner (4) and combining the inner liner (4) with the carcass ply (3). A third forming drum (23) forms a cylindrical side member (5) a carcass band (8) by forming a cylindrical side member (5) and combining the side member (5) with the cylindrical member (7). A conveying device (30) conveys the carcass ply (3) from the first forming drum (21) to the second forming drum (22) and conveys the cylindrical member (7) from the second forming drum (22) to the third forming drum (23). The third forming drum (23) is arranged below an arrangement space for the first forming drum (21) and the second forming drum (22).
US10220580B2
A mold device and a method related thereto for forming a plastic container from a preform. The mold device comprises a mold defining a mold cavity, an optional stretch initiation rod system for engaging an interior portion of the preform to define a stretch initiation area, and a centrally disposed pressure source positionable within the preform for introducing a pressurized fluid.
US10220574B2
A composite housing and a method of assembling a composite housing for a scanning assembly. A body of the housing defines an opening of a first perimeter. A polymethylpentene scanning plate is provided which has lip with a marginally larger perimeter than the first perimeter. During assembly of the composite housing, at least a part of scanning plate is thermally contracted to allow it to be positioned within the opening such that the peripheral side surface of the scanning surface faces the edge of the body. When the scanning plate returns to ambient temperature and expands at least a portion of the side surface of the scanning plate engages the edge of the body.
US10220569B2
In one embodiment of the present invention, a support structure generator creates support structures designed to buttress three-dimensional (3D) digital models during 3D printing. In operation, the support structure generator incrementally constructs a support graph that connects overhanging points included in the 3D model with support points on a horizontal ground plane or relatively flat surfaces in the 3D model. After generating the 3D model, the support structure generator translates the connections between the nodes into support posts sized to sufficiently support the connected surfaces with the minimum amount of support material. Advantageously, the support structure is noticeably sparser than conventional support structures that fill a given support region with a solid volume of support material. Consequently, the time necessary for 3D printers to fabricate the support structure of interconnected support posts is less than the time required for 3D printers to fabricate conventional support structures.
US10220563B2
The present invention relates to a silicone rubber like material and a printing device including a stamp layer comprising such a material. The material is suitable for use in soft lithography as it enables stable features having dimensions in the nanometer range to be obtained on a substrate, and also allows for the accommodation onto rough and non-flat substrate surfaces. The invention also relates to methods for manufacturing the silicone rubber like material and stamp layer and use thereof in lithographic processes.
US10220546B2
A method for manufacturing a composite fiber component for a rotor blade of a wind turbine that includes introducing a fiber material into a mold, supplying a flowable matrix material via a longitudinally extending runner of the mold using a vacuum infusion method such that the fiber material is soaked with matrix material from the runner and the matrix material flows transversely to the longitudinal extension of the runner such that a first region of the fiber material is substantially soaked with matrix material from a first section of the runner and a second region of the fiber material is substantially soaked with matrix material from a second region of the runner, and matrix material flow rates are set for the first section and the second section of the runner depending on thicknesses of the fiber material in the first region and the second region of the runner, respectively.
US10220540B1
An adjustable pocket-cutting device includes a body, a router, an actuation lever assembly, and a stop lever assembly. The actuation lever assembly includes an actuation lever pivotally mounted on the housing at an actuation lever pivot, a router mount, and pivots from a retracted position to a deployed position. The stop lever assembly adjustably limits the sweep of the router bit into the work clamped to the worktop and includes a stop lever adjustably mounted to the housing, a stop pin extending through a clearance opening in the housing and across a thickness of the actuation lever such that it abuts against an abutment surface of the actuation lever to limit the sweep of the router bit as the router assembly pivots to the deployed position. A method of using the adjustable pocket-cutting device is also disclosed.
US10220539B2
A saw blade for a machine tool driven oscillatingly about a longitudinal axis has at least one cutting edge, on which, at least in part, abrasive particles are provided. The saw blade is suitable, in particular, for sawing fiber composites.
US10220528B2
Scissors, especially surgical scissors, having first and second elongate members each having a handle portion and a blade portion and being connected by a pivot between the handle portions and the blade portions for relative pivotal movement generally in a cutting plane during a cutting stroke. At least one of the handle portions supports a channel member having a length that extends toward, embraces and extends beyond the handle portion of the other elongate member to restrain movement of the handle portions out of the cutting plane and thus to resist relative lateral movement of the blade portions away from each other during the cutting stroke. The scissors are robust and are able to cleanly, effectively and accurately cut tough or slippery items which might otherwise cause the blades to splay away from each other.
US10220510B2
A unified collaboration environment is formed by establishing a local workspace positional frame of reference using a plurality of UWB transceivers. With a frame of reference established a communication link is established between each of the workspaces, and a collaboration module to establish a peer-to-peer network. Data is received from each of the workspaces including the local workspace frame of reference, the set of available assets and workspace behavior (tasks). The collaboration module crafts a unified collaboration environment by transforming the local workspace into a collaborative positional frame of reference. A user, through a user interface, can offer real-time input to a virtualized version of the workspace to augment actions within the workspace environment.
US10220509B2
The present disclosure relates to an anti-shake method of robot and a robot thereof. The method includes: receiving at least one motion-controlling instruction from a main control unit, determining whether a servo performs the motion-controlling instruction, obtaining a target angle and a current angle of the servo upon determining the servo is not under a control of a main control unit, determining whether the target angle and the current angle is within a fault tolerance range, terminating the servo upon determining the target angle and the current angle is within the fault tolerance range. As such, the shaking of the robot may be avoided when the robot performs actions, so as to reduce power consuming and to extend stand-by time.
US10220505B2
According to at least one exemplary embodiment, a carrier may be overlaid onto a vehicle. The vehicle may be a handle-propelled vehicle, for example a wheelbarrow. The carrier may have contours that fit over the top of the vehicle such that the carrier stays in place relative to the vehicle without additional fastening means when the vehicle is propelled in motion. The carrier design may also allow the carrier to be easily installed and removed from the vehicle. Additionally, the carrier may have a plurality of compartments of varying sizes and shapes. The compartments may be specifically designed to hold a variety of items, for example mobile technology devices, food containers, beverage containers, gardening materials and tools, landscaping materials and tools, or construction materials and tools.
US10220499B2
A power tool has an electric motor driving a spindle and a rotary encoder for setting a torque limit. A control circuit is operatively connected to the rotary encoder for interrupting power supply to the motor when the torque limit has been reached. An actuator sleeve mounted to rotate about the spindle, and a detent holds the sleeve in a plurality of angular positions corresponding to positions of the contacts.
US10220496B2
A reaction arm for use with a torque generating device, the reaction arm including a reaction bar, and a body portion having a first internal diameter, and having formed on an internal surface thereof a female spline having a second internal diameter and a guide bushing having a third internal diameter, the first, second, and third internal diameter being distinctly sized.
US10220487B2
The present application relates to polishing pads for chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) of substrates, and methods of fabrication and use thereof. The pads described in this invention are customized to polishing specifications where specifications include (but not limited to) to the material being polished, chip design and architecture, chip density and pattern density, equipment platform and type of slurry used. These pads can be designed with a specialized polymeric nano-structure with a long or short range order which allows for molecular level tuning achieving superior thermo-mechanical characteristics. More particularly, the pads can be designed and fabricated so that there is both uniform and nonuniform spatial distribution of chemical and physical properties within the pads. In addition, these pads can be designed to tune the coefficient of friction by surface engineering, through the addition of solid lubricants, and creating low shear integral pads having multiple layers of polymeric material which form an interface parallel to the polishing surface. The pads can also have controlled porosity, embedded abrasive, novel grooves on the polishing surface, for slurry transport, which are produced in situ, and a transparent region for endpoint detection.
US10220483B2
The present application has disclosed a substrate grinding device, which includes a carrying platform, a lifting platform and a grinding head, the lifting platform is located above the carrying platform and configured to be movable in a direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the carrying platform with respect to the carrying platform upwardly or downwardly; and the grinding head is mounted to the lifting platform and configured to grind a grind region of a substrate to be ground disposed on the carrying platform, the grind region being a region of the substrate where there is a partial scratch.
US10220480B2
A spindle speed adjusting device in machining is provided, which may include a plurality of signal detection modules, a signal capturing module and a signal processing module. Each of the signal detection modules may keep measuring the vibration signals in machining. The signal capturing module may capture the vibration signals. The signal processing module may execute a transmissibility analysis to obtain the transmissibility between the signal detection modules, and execute a frequency response fitting according to the transmissibility to obtain a plurality of system dynamic parameters, and then execute a stability lobe diagram analysis to calculate the optimized spindle speed of the machining tool so as to make the machining tool operate at the optimized spindle speed. The signal processing module may repeatedly execute the transmissibility analysis, the frequency response fitting and the stability lobe diagram analysis to keep updating the optimized spindle speed until the machining process ends.
US10220473B2
Ejection and stop of a powder flow are switched while maintaining a once generated steady flow without stopping it. A processing nozzle includes a supply source of a fluid containing a powder, a first channel through which the fluid supplied from the supply source passes, a second channel that supplies the fluid to an ejection port of the nozzle, a third channel that releases the fluid outside the nozzle, and a switch that causes the first channel and the second channel to communicate with each other when supplying the fluid to the ejection port, and causes the first channel and the third channel to communicate with each other when not supplying the fluid to the ejection port.
US10220472B2
Laser processing device and method that stores characterization information representing specifics of a specific laser used for processing a material and forms a model to control the laser based on the laser performance specifics. This control sets a spacing between leading edges of sequential pulses of optical energy output by the laser, that when output by the laser, creates a laser power output with a consistent amount of pulse overlap between the sequential pulses, e.g., 50% overlap. This control is specific to the specific laser and creates a very consistent processing using the laser, e.g., a cut.
US10220453B2
A milling tool is disclosed. The milling tool may include an elongated body having a longitudinal axis and a plurality of cutting inserts. The cutting inserts may each have a cutting edge and a cutting radius and be coupled to the body and spaced along the longitudinal axis. One or more of the plurality of cutting inserts may be adjustable (e.g., mechanically adjustable) between first and second cutting radii. A difference between the first and second cutting radii may be at least 10 μm. The milling tool may include cutting inserts having a plurality of different cutting radii. The milling tool may be configured to have a length that spans an entire height of an engine bore. The cutting inserts having different radii may compensate for dimensional errors in an engine bore diameter that occur when milling a deep pocket.
US10220450B2
The present invention discloses a vertically-mounted milling cutter insert and a multitooth milling cutter, wherein the vertically-mounted milling cutter insert comprises a insert base and a cutter tip unit, the insert base is set with a mounting hole for mounting the vertically-mounted milling cutter insert onto the milling cutter wheel, and the cutter tip unit is mounted on the insert base, and the cutter tip unit has a double-cutter tip structure. In the invention, the vertically-mounted milling cutter insert is positioned via the fitting between a bent-plane structure in the vertically-mounted milling cutter insert and a positioning structure in the milling cutter wheel, and the bent-plane structure will not be abraded in use. Because the bent-plane structure will not be abraded, reliable positioning may be guaranteed when two cutter tips are used.
US10220443B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a steel shaped body, particularly, for example, a component for common rail fuel injection valves, comprising the method steps of: forming a powderous composition based on iron oxide, from oxide particles, with the addition of carbon and micro-alloy elements so as to adjust a bainitic microstructure; heating the powderous composition to a sinter temperature; reducing the shaped body obtained by sintering; and cooling the sintered shaped body to room temperature. As a result, from the three essential state phases in a state diagram (10), specifically the ferrite-perlite state range (11), the bainite state range (12) and the martensite state range (13), preferably the bainitic state phase is formed in a medium temperature range by the ferrite-perlite state range (11) being shifted to longer cooling periods and the martensite state range (13) being shifted to lower temperatures.
US10220437B2
The present invention provides a water cooled mold for casting aluminum alloy wheels and a manufacturing method thereof. The water cooled mold is provided with first-type water cooling channels with high heat exchange efficiency and second-type water cooling channels with low heat exchange efficiency. The first-type water cooling channels are concave grooves through which cooling water flows, and a cooling surface of the mold is in contact with open surfaces of the concave grooves. The second-type water cooling channels are grooves with stainless steel pipes, and the stainless steel pipes are in contact with the cooling surface of the mold. The second-type water cooling channels are installed on mold portions corresponding to wheel window positions of a cavity, and the first-type water cooling channels are installed on mold portions corresponding to spokes, flanges and rims of the cavity. The water cooled mold of the present invention is capable of accurately controlling a direction and a range of cooling within a three-dimensional space; the use of a thermal insulating groove is omitted so that the mold can be manufactured more simply and the service life of the mold can be prolonged; the cooling efficiency is high and resources are saved; and the whole device is simple to manufacture and low in cost.
US10220429B2
An actuator assembly for a redraw sleeve that operates independently of the ram drive mechanism is provided. The actuator assembly utilizes an eccentric journal coupled to a drive shaft of a servomotor. The servomotor is structured to provide its output shaft with a variable rotation speed so as to accommodate the need for the redraw sleeve to be in selected locations at specific times. Further, the redraw sleeve includes a collapsing redraw cylinder to allow the redraw sleeve to dwell in a forward position.
US10220426B2
The disclosure provides a method and apparatus for forming a channel letter box using a profile. The method can include determining an incision position on one surface of the profile where at least one surface incision is to be made. The profile can be surface incised at the determined position. The profile can be folded at the incision position to form the channel letter box. The profile can have at least one rib on one surface. The method can also include cutting and attaching a top plate to the channel letter box, wherein a thickness of the top plate is substantially close to a distance from the top of the profile to the top of a top rib of the at least one rib.
US10220423B2
One embodiment provides an apparatus, including: a pipe inspection robot that traverses a pipe; a fetter comprising a water pump; and an intake hose that couples the pump of the jetter to a local water source proximate to the pipe inspection robot. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US10220420B2
A central assembly for a bin sweep apparatus having at least two sweep elements movable substantially independently of each other about the central assembly may comprise a center post and a pair of sweep interface assemblies on the center post. Each sweep interface assembly may be associated with one of the sweep elements of the bin sweep apparatus. In some embodiments, each sweep interface assembly may be configured to sense a position of one of the sweep elements. In some embodiments, each sweep interface assembly may be configured to provide power to one of the sweep elements.
US10220417B2
A method for sorting bags that includes filing past flat one after the other while being separated by a gap; the exterior edges of each bag are checked to determine whether a template and a position of the bag correspond to a calibrated bag or non-calibrated bag. The non-calibrated bags are ejected and the calibrated bags are presented in front of a visual inspection system to determine an acceptable or unacceptable quality of the inspected bag. The acceptable bags are stacked and the unacceptable bags are rejected after they have passed in front of the visual inspection system.
US10220415B2
A truck, a loading bridge, a sorting system for items being dispatched and a retrofit kit for a sorting machine for items being dispatched. In order to ensure that an item being dispatched can be removed in simple ways from the sorting machine for items being dispatched and transported to a further sorting step, the truck has a displaceable floor and the loading bridge has a driving device for the floor.
US10220414B2
Apparatus having a drivebox including a motor, a drive connected to the motor, a suitable number of adjustment brackets, and a set of adjustment gussets. A basket is connected to the drivebox through the adjustment brackets and adjustment gussets, and drivebox imparts a sifting motion onto the basket. The basket has a housing, an infeed end, an discharge end, at least one screening deck contained therein, and positioned at a screening deck angle. The apparatus is of a modular design which enables changing the screening deck angle while installed in a facility and without substantial disassembly.
US10220407B2
An apparatus for processing yarns includes a first roller set for extending yarn beam; a node generator installed after the first roller set for forming node section of the yarn beam; a first cleaning chamber installed after the node generator for cleaning the yarn beams; a material chamber for adding additive to the yarn beam; a second roller set installed after the material chamber for extending the yarn beam; a first heating chamber installed after the second roller set for thermally setting additives to the yarn beam so that the additives are firmly secured to the yarn of the yarn beam; a third roller set installed after the heating chamber for controlling the heating time of the yarn beam in the first heating chamber; and a fourth roller set installed after the third roller set for winding the yarn beam to a desired shape.
US10220400B2
A push pump dispenser injects liquid within a cylinder portion from a nozzle portion by pushing down the finger putting portion located above a grip portion in a state where the grip portion has been grasped by a user. A finger abutting portion of the grip portion is located behind a power point of the finger putting portion.
US10220399B2
A multi reservoir dispenser includes a first reservoir for holding a first fluid and a second reservoir for holding a second fluid. The dispenser further includes a pump mechanism that includes a pivotable trigger and a first plunger cavity that is disposed along the first flow path for receiving the first fluid and a second plunger cavity for receiving the second fluid. The pump mechanism also includes a first plunger that is disposed and movable within the first plunger cavity and a second plunger that is disposed and movable within the second plunger cavity. A selectable actuator is movable between: (a) a first position in which only the first plunger of the pump mechanism is actuated for discharging only the first fluid through a first orifice of a nozzle by causing the first fluid to flow along a first flow path; and (b) a second position in which only the second plunger of the pump mechanism is actuated for discharging only the second fluid through a second orifice of the nozzle by causing the second fluid to flow along a second flow path.
US10220396B2
A nozzle pipe is to be coupled to a distal open end of an air blow-off tube of a blower apparatus for regulating the profile of an airflow blown out from the blow-off tube. The nozzle pipe comprises an outer tubular member and an inner tubular member coaxially disposed within the outer tubular member. The inner tubular member has a circumferential wall formed with apertures allowing air passage therethrough. The outer tubular member and the inner tubular member provides a first space therebetween to form a first air passage, while the inner tubular member provides a second space therein to form a second air passage. A plurality of rectifier fins are disposed inward from the outer tubular member, standing radially and extending longitudinally, and spaced apart circumferentially from each other. The fins extend inclined at an angle with reference to the longitudinal central axis of the tubular members.
US10220392B2
The disclosure provides a system and method to safely and efficiently store and transport process tubes in a carrier tray comprising prior to and during amplification of nucleotides in the process tubes. The process tube disclosed includes a securement region having an annular ledge, a neck, and a protrusion. The securement region of the process tube can secure the process tube in a port of the carrier tray, but still allows the process tube to adjust or float in order to align the process tube into a rigid heater well of a thermal cycler.
US10220381B2
The present inventions is concerned with an apparatus and a method of improving the accuracy of coating a ceramic or metallic honeycomb body, which can usually be used as a catalyst in automotive exhaust mitigation. The invention achieves to directly test whether the coating slurry in the coating chamber is ready to be submitted to the monolith or needs to be replaced before coating the monolith.
US10220380B2
Disclosed herein is a method of coating a catalyst support, in which a monolithic catalyst support provided therein with a plurality of longitudinally formed channels is quantitatively coated with catalyst slurry applied to post-treatment of exhaust gas, including the steps of: introducing catalyst slurry into a quantitative container whose bottom is vertically moved; moving a catalyst support to the top of a container such that the bottom of the catalyst support and top of the container are horizontally disposed each other; sealing the bottom of the catalyst support and the top of the container from the outside; moving the bottom of the container upward; and applying a vacuum to the channels of the catalyst support.
US10220373B2
The exhaust gas purification catalyst carrier of the invention includes a modified aluminum borate which contains aluminum borate and at least one addition element selected from the group consisting of a rare earth element and an alkaline earth metal and which has an electronegativity of 2.732 or lower.
US10220371B2
A method and system of depressurizing a molecular sieve used in ethanol production is shown and described. The method and system utilizes a vapor mixing condenser that receives a vapor sieve feed from the molecular sieve during the depressurization cycle. The vapor from the molecular sieve during the pressurization cycle is used to heat the 190-proof product flow. The heated product flow is diverted directly to the 190-proof product vaporizer, which increases the input product flow temperature to the vaporizer, thereby reducing the amount of heat needed to vaporize the 190-proof product flow. The reduction in heat needed reduces energy costs and increases equipment life.
US10220369B2
A mercury sorbent and method for enhancing mercury removal performance of activated carbon from flue gas by the addition of non-halogen ammonium-containing compounds are provided herein.
US10220363B2
A reactor comprises a reactor vessel defining a confined reactor volume, a support assembly extending about a periphery of the confined reactor volume, a basket positioned within the reactor vessel and supported by the support assembly, the basket having an interior surface and an exterior surface, a downflow zone being defined between the exterior surface of the basket and an interior surface of the confined reactor volume, an inlet screen positioned adjacent to one end of the interior surface and an outlet screen positioned adjacent to an opposite end of the interior surface, an upflow zone defined between the inlet screen and outlet screen, the inlet screen and the outlet screen containing a quantity of particulate catalyst, and a circulating device positioned above said upflow zone and configured to continuously circulate fluid upwardly though said upflow zone and downwardly through said downflow zone, the support assembly and the basket configured to promote the formation of a fluid vortex within a portion of the downflow zone.
US10220358B2
A mixing device including a blade with radially outwardly extending arms and/or with a longitudinally extending wall with an elliptical cross-section. The elliptical cross-section may synergistically provide enhanced mixing and enhanced durability of the blade compared to previously known joint compound mixers. For example, the elliptical cross section may provide structural support to the radially outwardly extending arms and/or the longitudinally extending walls while allowing the radially outwardly extending arms and/or the longitudinally extending walls to cut through and spread joint compound. The structural support may allow the blade to be made of a plastic material. For example, the blade may be made of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS). Making the blade out of plastic may reduce scratching and degradation of the container that holds the joint compound during mixing, compared to previously known drywall mixers made of metal.
US10220357B1
A decanter for bottled wine includes a main body having a first end, a second end, a bottle mouth insertion portion, an accommodating chamber and a wine guide portion, an outer cylinder covering the main body and a rotary shaft. At least one retaining ring is provided on an outer wall of the bottle mouth insertion portion. A bottom of the accommodating chamber has a plurality of equally spaced first through, protruding posts each having a second through hole, and an inner shaft seat. An inner end of the rotary shaft is pivotally connected to the inner shaft seat. The wine guide portion is disposed inside the second end of the main body and located at an outer end of the accommodating chamber. The wine guide portion includes an outer shaft seat for pivotally connecting an outer end of the rotary shaft and a plurality of wine guide holes.
US10220353B2
A media comprising a hydrophobic media layer and a hydrophilic matrix applied to one face of the hydrophobic media layer is provided. The media may be incorporated into a filter cartridge for an air filtration system for a gas turbine engine. The media may have the capability to wick droplets of water.
US10220341B2
Embodiments of the inventions include a filter frame and an air filter. The air filter has filtration media and a wood fiber-based filter frame securing filtration media. The filter frame having an upstream facing surface. The upstream facing surface having an orientation substantially perpendicular to a direction of air flow through the filter. The filter additionally having a plurality of sides coupled to the upstream facing surface, the plurality of sides having an orientation substantially parallel to the direction of air flow through the filter, the direction of air flow through the filter defining an exterior side of the filter frame; and a folded edge defined between the upstream facing surface and a first side of the plurality of sides, the folded edge having a debossing on the exterior side of the filter frame.
US10220340B2
A laminated nonwoven fabric includes a first nonwoven fabric that comprises first fibers, and a second nonwoven fabric that comprises second fibers. The second nonwoven fabric is laminated on the first nonwoven fabric. An average fiber diameter D1 of the first fibers and an average fiber diameter D2 of the second fibers satisfy a relation of D1>D2. In viewed from a side of a principal surface of the second nonwoven fabric being not opposed to the first nonwoven fabric, a total area of first portions of the second fibers superimposed on the first fibers and existing on the nearer side than the first fibers is larger than a total area of second portions of the second fibers existing and superimposed on voids S of the first nonwoven fabric formed of the first fibers.
US10220338B2
An electronic system providing unique identification of a genuine filter system assembly to the engine control unit (“ECU”). A resistor is made to be an integrated part of the filtration system hardware such that when connected through a wired convection, the ECU detects a particular voltage signal and identifies the system as a genuine filter. The resistor could be integrated in any part of the filter system such that it could be used to recognize the filter or the cartridge. The resistor connection could be made via male/female pins, conducting wires, plates, conductive plastic material or other mechanisms.
US10220333B2
A method for separating at least one of components with different vapor pressures from a solution that includes the components by atomizing the solution. The method includes an atomization step, and a separation step. A solution L is atomized into mist in air whereby producing mist-mixed air in the atomization step. Droplets of the mist included in the mist-mixed air are classified according to their particle diameter sizes, and exhaust air that contains air as carrier gas is exhausted in the separation step. In the atomizing separation method, the heat energy of both of the latent heat and sensible heat that are included in the exhaust air exhausted in the separation step are collected, and one or both of the solution L to be atomized in the atomization step and air to be blown toward the solution L are heated by the collected heat.
US10220327B2
A steam heating type sewage treatment device includes: a treatment tank connected to a sewage supply pipe, a stirring device disposed in the treatment tank; a steam heating device disposed on an outer surface of the treatment tank; a vacuuming device fixed to a top of the treatment tank and connected to the treatment tank via a first connecting pipe; a heating device connected to the treatment tank by a second connecting pipe and connected to a steam storage tank by a third connecting pipe, and a fourth connecting pipe connected between the steam input pipe and the steam storage tank to recycle the steam. The heating device pressurizes or heats the steam entering the vacuuming device and the connecting pipes, and the heated steam is guided by pipes into the steam heating device, thus achieving the effect of steam recycling.
US10220325B1
A manipulable multi-piece toy having a spherical body that is removably captured between a base and an attachment member is provided. The base and the attachment member are configured to have portions of a coupling element associated therewith. The base also has a depression with curvature for receiving and securely retaining a first portion of the spherical body in its assembled configuration. In some configurations, the depression comprises a seat with geometry that mates with geometry of the spherical body. By one approach, the base includes a vehicular or figure body. In another aspect, the attachment member includes, for example, a helmet, a hat, a headdress, hair, horns, ears, and/or a mask.
US10220324B1
A toy apparatus including a figurine, a can for modeling compound mounted to the figurine and arranged as a head and face for the figurine. The figurine includes rotatable arms that are actuated by depressing the head/face can. Cans with different head and face characteristics are interchangeable with different figurine bodies, and the figurine's body includes recess molds for filling with modeling compound.
US10220323B1
A combination stuffed toy, sleeping bag, and storage enclosure including a foldable sleeping bag and a flexible stuffed covering. Each of a plurality of a pair of interconnectable strap buckles is attached to the flexible stuffed covering within each of a plurality of a pair of strap pockets disposed on the flexible stuffed covering. A handle is centrally attached to an upper side of the flexible stuffed covering. A first fastening element of each of a plurality of fasteners is disposed on a lower side of the flexible stuffed covering, and a second fastening element of each of the plurality of fasteners is disposed on each of the upper side of the flexible stuffed covering and the foldable sleeping bag. The first fastening element of each of the plurality of fasteners is detachably connected to the second fastening element of each of the plurality of fasteners.
US10220316B2
Provided are an information processing device, an information processing method, a program, an information storage medium, an information processing system, and a management device for allowing a user to request capture of a desired play image. A request section transmits capture condition data representing a condition for capturing a play image that indicates details of a game in progress. A confirmation process execution section performs a confirmation process for capture of the play image appropriate to the condition represented by the capture condition data.
US10220310B1
An input device includes a body having a generally hemispherical shape including a flat side and a curved side opposite the flat side, a foot pad on the flat side of the body, the foot pad including a foot rest position for receiving a foot of a user, a load sensor configured to detect pressure applied to the foot pad by the foot of a user, an accelerometer in the body configured to detect angular motion of the body in response to the pressure applied to the foot pad, and an output circuit coupled to the pressure sensor and to the accelerometer and configured to output data generated by the pressure sensor and the accelerometer.
US10220301B1
Systems and methods for displaying dynamically changing content within scrollview class applications are described. In some example embodiments, an intermediate module fetches images from an underlying layer of a webview module, and provides the images to a scrollview module, which presents the images via a scrollable user interface on a computing device, such as a scrollable user interface within a game application presenting an online game via a user interface of a mobile device.
US10220290B1
A system and method for collaborative scoring of a real-time sporting event is disclosed herein. The system includes a verification server and sources of content for a specific sporting event. The verification server is configured to receive digital communications from the sources, analyze each of the digital communications to verify that each of the communications is for the specific sporting event, determine a real-time score for the specific sporting event based on a collaboration of verified content from the digital communications, and post the score for the specific real-time sporting event.
US10220289B2
A device for practicing sport activities is associated with an exercise machine. The device for practicing sport activities comprises a plurality of diffusers designed to emit stimuli and including at least one speaker configured to emit music, a controller of the device for practicing sport activities, including a program of the sport activities to be performed and a relative intensity of the sport activities. The controller is configured to adjust the emitted stimuli propagated by the plurality of diffusers according to the sport activities to be performed and the relative intensity of the sport activities.
US10220276B2
A golf club length adjustment device, comprising a first member affixed to a main shaft, the main shaft configured to couple to a golf club head, a second member slideably coupled to the first member, the second member adapted to couple to a golf club grip, wherein the first member is configured to slide along a club axis relative to the second member to change the length of the golf club, a backout prevention unit configured to limit the second member from uncoupling from the first member after the golf club length adjustment device has been assembled, a decoupling tool configured to be inserted through an access hole formed in a proximal end of the grip, the decoupling tool configured to engage and deflect the backout prevention unit, disengaging the backout prevention unit from the second member, allowing for disassembly of the second member from the first member.
US10220261B1
An exercise device for attachment to an exercise machine includes an enclosure having an outer wall that defines an internal space therein, at least one cable aperture and an attachment mechanism for attaching to the exercise machine. A winding assembly is rotationally captured within the internal space and includes a winding spool configured for receiving at least one cable wound therearound under the urging of a coil spring. A motor is used to compress or retract a torsion spring fixed between a moving rotor plate and the winding spool for changing a cable unwind resistance. A controller circuit is electrically connected with at least a power source, a user interface, and the motor. To perform exercises with the exercise device, a person sets a desired cable unwind resistance with the user interface and then repeatedly pulls and releases the cable.
US10220251B2
A device that is used to extend the spine and put it in traction, that is portable and user friendly. The device in an embodiment is grasped by the handles on either side and then is pushed toward the lower leg and against the upper calves via vertical intermediary bar pushing the legs with a horizontal bar in one direction and the shoulders in the other. The described process stretching the spine and putting the back in traction for the purposes of pain relief and stretching of the back muscles. The device can be an inexpensive alternative to other devices, as well as, easier to use. The force placed on the device and therefore on the spine or back is controlled by the user as is the ability to stop quite quickly if pain were to arise, giving the user complete and instant control.
US10220249B1
A treadmill includes a frame having two sides each provided with two sprockets, two slide rails mounted on the two sides of the frame, two chains engaging with the two sprockets at the two sides of the frame respectively and corresponding to the two slide rails respectively, a plurality of elongate board mounted between the two chains, and a plurality of rollers mounted on each of the two chains. Each of the elongate board has two ends each provided with a connecting member connected with one of the two chains. The rollers on each of the two chains rest on one of the two slide rails. Thus, when the two chains are rotated, the rollers on each of the two chains slide on one of the two slide rails.
US10220243B2
An exercise system, in a first mode of operation, provides for strengthening of legs of a user and enhancing the user's ability to develop and maintain balance and, in a second mode of operation, for providing various forms of core, arm, and upper body training. The system includes two resilient hemispheres each having a projecting dome and, on an opposite side, a rigid substantially flat weighted base in relationship about each hemisphere and a circumferential ring is proportioned to engage a periphery of the base of each hemisphere. An outer area of the periphery of each base includes elements with connecting rings secured to the engagement elements. Resistance training bands of selectable resistance are securable to one or plural connecting rings. A push-up handle of each hemisphere is press-fittably securable into an axial recess within the weighted base and selectably connects to different weights within the recess.
US10220240B2
An exercise machine for performing triceps press exercises, including a moving user support that supports a user in a seated position. The exercise machine includes a linkage assembly that allows the moving user support to tilt as the user performs the triceps press exercise. As the user extends his or her arms from an exercise starting position to an exercise ending position, a user support frame—and thus the user's torso—reclines progressively backwards. The user's natural reaction to this reclining sensation is to bring his or her head forward, which encourages the user to plant his or her lower back firmly into a stable position against a back pad and in turn reduces the risk of injury associated with excessively arching of the lower back.
US10220236B2
The present disclosure contemplates a portable strength-training apparatus, system, and method for conducting strength-training exercises using resistance bands. The apparatus of the present disclosure can serve as an anchor while conducting the strength training exercises using the resistance bands. The apparatus and system of the present disclosure can allow for safely performing the strength-training exercises at varying resistance levels while allowing exercises at any angle. The apparatus, system, and method of the present disclosure may allow a user to strength train the user's entire body with the resistance bands. The apparatus and system of the present disclosure may include a base platform with base attachment mechanisms that can be coupled with the resistance bands which are in turn coupled with human interface mechanisms such as grips, wraps, or bars.
US10220234B2
A shoulder end range of motion improving device has a linkage, the linkage including a first link member, a second link member supported on the first link member, the second link member configured for being secured to an arm of a patient and being rotatable about a second link axis for rotating the arm of the patient about a shoulder joint of the patient through an arm range of motion, the second link axis being displaceable into a selectable fixed position, the fixed position being maintained during rotation of the second link member, an actuator for rotating the second link member about the second link axis, and a controller controlling the actuator for selectively rotating the second link member about the second link axis through the arm range of motion.
US10220233B2
A mobile exercise device having a front wheel connected via a front wheel mount to a weight carriage that extends rearwardly from the front wheel mount. A weight loading member is mounted to the weight carriage and is operable to receive exercise weights and to support the exercise weights so that the exercise weights move as the weight carriage moves. A user engagement member includes a first end for engaging hips of a user and a second end for connecting to the weight carriage. Lifting the weight carriage via the user engagement member causes the weight loading member to be lifted and to rotate with respect to the front wheel.
US10220229B2
A nozzle positioning includes a primary pole, a grasping element supported on the upper end of the pole and configured to secure the pole to a surface, and a nozzle mount supported on the grasping element. The nozzle mount is configured to support a nozzle in a substantially horizontal position and to allow the nozzle to rotate about a longitudinal axis perpendicular to the horizontal upper surface of the grasping element. The grasping element is in the form of a hook configured to fit over a window sill or similar structure.
US10220223B2
A cosmetic composition for caring for and/or making up the skin and/or the lips, containing, in a physiologically acceptable medium, includes at least: one active agent comprising at least one glycol with a C4-C16 hydrocarbon-based chain and/or a hydroxylated ester resulting from the esterification of polyol and/or of C4-C16 carboxylic acid(s), and one additional agent chosen from essential oils, agents for promoting capillary circulation and temperature regulators, and mixtures thereof.
US10220222B2
In one embodiment, radiotherapy treatment is provided to a target volume of a patient by configuring a multileaf collimator of a radiation treatment machine in a first orientation so as to form an actual aperture having a first orientation, delivering radiation to the target volume through the actual aperture while in the first orientation with a single pass along an arcuate path centered on the target volume, configuring the multileaf collimator in a second orientation so as to place the actual aperture in a second orientation that is different from the first orientation, and delivering radiation to the target volume through the actual aperture while in the second orientation with a single pass back along the arcuate path such that a relatively large cumulative dose of radiation is delivered to the target volume through a virtual aperture created by an area of overlap between the first and second actual aperture orientations.
US10220219B2
Methods, systems, and devices for signal analysis in an implanted cardiac monitoring and treatment device such as an implantable cardioverter defibrillator. In illustrative examples, captured data including detected events is analyzed to identify likely overdetection of cardiac events. In some illustrative examples, when overdetection is identified, data may be modified to correct for overdetection, to reduce the impact of overdetection, or to ignore overdetected data. New methods for organizing the use of morphology and rate analysis in an overall architecture for rhythm classification and cardiac signal analysis are also discussed.
US10220215B2
An Implantable Medical Device (IMD) is disclosed having a bi-directional short-range far-field Radio-Frequency (RF) data antenna, operable in accordance with a short-range RF standard such as Bluetooth for example. The antenna is neither located inside the conductive case of the IMD, nor in the non-conductive header of the IMD that includes the lead connectors. Instead, the antenna is outside of the case, proximate to and generally planar with a flat planar side of the case that faces outward of the patient when the IMD is implanted. Dielectric materials keep the antenna from shorting to the case and to the patient's tissue. Because the antenna is not located within the conductive case, data communications to and from the antenna are less subject to attenuation. Not locating the antenna in the header reserves room for the header's lead connectors, thus simplifying IMD design.
US10220214B2
An apparatus for delivering an electrical microstimulator is provided. The apparatus comprises a handle having a handle body. An elongate delivery rod includes a delivery sheath for reciprocal movement with respect to the handle body. The delivery rod extends longitudinally from the handle body. A microstimulator docking feature is provided for selectively maintaining the electrical microstimulator on the delivery rod. The microstimulator docking feature includes at least one arm which engages the electrical microstimulator. An anchor tester is associated with the handle body for selectively sensing motion of the electrical microstimulator under influence of an applied predetermined longitudinal testing force. A method of delivering an electrical microstimulator to a target implant site of a patient's body is also provided.
US10220205B2
One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a system for electrical stimulation. A waveform generator can be configured to generate an electrical waveform. An electrode can be electrically coupled to the waveform generator and configured to deliver the electrical waveform to a nerve to reduce at least one reflex that affects a bodily function.
US10220202B2
A flexible circuit electrode array with more than one layer of metal traces comprising: a polymer base layer; more than one layer of metal traces, separated by polymer layers, deposited on the polymer base layer, including electrodes suitable to stimulate neural tissue; and a polymer top layer deposited on the polymer base layer and the metal traces. Polymer materials are useful as electrode array bodies for neural stimulation. They are particularly useful for retinal stimulation to create artificial vision, cochlear stimulation to create artificial hearing, or cortical stimulation many purposes. The pressure applied against the retina, or other neural tissue, by an electrode array is critical. Too little pressure causes increased electrical resistance, along with electric field dispersion. Too much pressure may block blood flow.
US10220198B2
A connection device includes a connection body which has a hose adapter and a connector piece for releasably fastening a further fluid conduit component or fluid storage component. The connection body is coaxially surrounded by a securing sleeve. The securing sleeve is axially securable on the connection body in two securing positions that are axially mutually spaced apart relative to a central longitudinal axis of the connection body. Rotatability of the securing sleeve is possible in a first securing position, and jamming of the securing sleeve on a hose portion that is plug-fitted onto the hose adapter is possible in a second securing position.
US10220192B2
A bulbous valvuloplasty balloon is described that maintains its bulbous shape in its final deployed configuration along with the method of use for post dilation of a TAVR device. The bulbous balloon has two larger diameter bulb segments located on each side of a smaller diameter waist and can be used to post dilate a TAVR device that has been implanted at the site of a stenotic aortic valve. The post dilation causes deformation of the underlying tissues residing outside of the TARV stent structure.
US10220184B2
The invention provides a catheter for placement within a vessel of a patient. The catheter comprises an elongated catheter body, a septum extending longitudinally through the interior of the catheter body from the dividing the interior of the catheter body into a first lumen and a second lumen. Each lumen has curved or angled internal walls at the distal end of the catheter that terminate at ports located on opposing sides of the catheter body. The invention also provides a method for exchanging fluids in a patient comprising the step of positioning the catheter of the present invention in communication with a fluid-containing vessel of a patient. The method is particularly well-suited for hemodialysis, plasmapheresis, and other therapies which require removal and return of blood.
US10220176B2
Ventilator circuit aerosol delivery systems used to administer medication to a patient are disclosed. In one implementation, a metered dose inhaler (“MDI”) ventilator assembly may include a housing that defines an interior space, an inhalation port that defines an inhalation passageway in communication with the interior space, an exhalation port that defines an exhalation passageway in communication with the interior space, a patient port that defines a patient passageway in communication with the interior space, and a MDI receptacle positioned on the housing and in communication with the interior space. The MDI receptacle is operative to receive a MDI container and dispense an aerosolized medication within the MDI container into the interior space so that during inhalation, an inhalation flow including the aerosolized medication may flow through the inhalation port, the interior space, and the patient port. Conversely, during exhalation, gases, moisture, condensation, and/or mucus expelled from the patient flow through the patient port, the interior space, and the exhalation port.
US10220171B2
An interface for positive pressure therapy includes a mask assembly, a headgear assembly and a connection port assembly. The mask assembly comprises a seal member that has an upper portion movably connected to an integrated lower portion, wherein the upper portion rolls during hinging movement of the upper portion relative to the lower portion. The headgear assembly allows connection to the mask assembly in a direction substantially normal to a direction of strap tension. The connection port assembly includes a swivel elbow with a valve member that controls flow through a port that opens toward the user.
US10220164B2
A delivery device is provided which has a container containing a dose of a powder, a chamber adapted to receive the container, at least one gas inlet by which gas may enter the chamber, and at least one gas outlet by which gas and entrained powder may exit the chamber for inhalation. The delivery device has a pre-use configuration in which the container is accommodated, at least partially, within a storage enclosure in a wall of the chamber. The delivery device has a deployment member adapted to put the delivery device in an operative configuration by displacing the container from the storage enclosure into the chamber, such that the container is movable within the chamber, in use, the deployment member being adapted to at least partially occupy the storage enclosure in the operative configuration.
US10220148B2
An automatic mixing device, an actuating device having integrated plunger and configured to be removably mounted to the automatic mixing device, and a retractable syringe having the automatic mixing device are provided. The actuating device has an initially compressed spring and a trigger member that is rotatable to initiate spring decompression to drive depression of a mixing plunger seal of the automatic mixing device. Another seal located in an outer chamber of the mixing device is capable of axial movement upon depression of the mixing plunger, from a first position in sealing engagement with one or more apertures in an inner barrel to a second position intermediate the apertures and vents in an outer barrel. This allows depression of the mixing plunger to force a first substance from the outer chamber through the apertures to mix with a second substance in an inner chamber of the inner barrel. The mixed substance in the inner barrel is then delivered by the syringe with subsequent needle retraction.
US10220142B2
Methods, computer systems, and computer readable media are provided for transitioning a clinical care room from a first scene to a second scene in order to facilitate completion of a medication-administration process. The first scene in the clinical care room is presented where the clinical care room has one or more zones. The first scene is associated with a first group of setting for components within the one or more zones. An input indicating that the medication-administration process has been initiated is received. Incident to receiving the input, the second scene is provided. The second scene is associated with a second group of settings for the components. The second group of settings is optimized to facilitate completion medication-administration process.
US10220139B2
An apparatus includes a cannula assembly, a housing, a fluid reservoir, a flow control mechanism, and an actuator. The housing includes an inlet port removably coupled to the cannula assembly and defines an inner volume. The fluid reservoir is fluidically coupled to the housing and configured to receive and isolate a volume of bodily fluid from a patient. The flow control mechanism is at least partially disposed in the inner volume. The actuator is operably coupled to the flow control mechanism and is configured to move the flow control mechanism between a first configuration, in which bodily fluid can flow, via a fluid flow path defined by the flow control mechanism, from the cannula assembly, through the inlet port and into the fluid reservoir, to a second configuration, in which the fluid reservoir is fluidically isolated from the cannula assembly.
US10220137B2
An infusion set preferably for use with an inserter is disclosed. The infusion set includes a septum cap that encapsulates an upper resilient septum and a lower resilient septum of a base, and includes at least one radial port to receive insertion of a blunt cannula when an extension set hub is engaged with the infusion set in a direction substantially parallel to the skin surface. The extension set hub is configured to provide a snap-fit engagement with the septum cap, wherein the blunt cannula of the extension set hub is guided through the radial port of the septum cap and penetrates the interface between the upper septum and the lower septum. The extension set hub and the septum cap can be rotated in a 360 degree manner about the base of the infusion set.
US10220107B2
A plasma generating method, used in a plasma generating apparatus which includes a container, a first electrode, and a second electrode, includes: supplying a liquid in the container so that the second electrode is in contact with the liquid; in a first period, generating first plasma in a bubble generated in the liquid by applying a first voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode; supplying a first gas in the liquid in a second period after the first period; and generating second plasma in the first gas by applying a second voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode. In generating the first plasma, the first gas is not supplied in the liquid. The bubble contains a second gas.
US10220101B2
The present invention relates to a composition and a combination comprising at least one first drug and at least one protein-binding prodrug, wherein the proteinbinding prodrug comprises a protein-binding group, a second drug, and a linker that can be cleaved hydrolytically, enzymatically, or in a pH-dependent manner in the body, as well as to a kit and a pharmaceutical composition comprising said composition or combination.
US10220100B2
The present invention provides compositions and methods for the targeted delivery, release and/or formation of a drug compound at a target site(s) within the body of an individual, such as a diseased and/or inflamed tissue in the body of the individual. These compositions may comprise a halogenated phenol ring cleavably linked to a core structure of a drug compound. Due to the variety of substituents that may be utilized in forming the different types of linkages, numerous examples of drug compounds linked to a halogenated phenol ring are proposed. The present invention further provides compositions comprising halogenated phenol starting compounds that do not undergo cleavage during a dehalogenation reaction to form a drug compound in a targeted tissue when administered to an individual. Methods of administering these non-cleaving compounds are further provided.
US10220099B2
The synthesis of various pyrazino[1′,2′:1,5]pyrrolo[2,3-b]-indole-1,4-dione analogs has been successfully implemented in the present application. From these efforts, compounds having the structure of Formula I-c: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, tautomer, or stereoisomer thereof, wherein R1, R2, R4-R8, R3′, R6′, and n are as defined herein, are provided. These biologically active derivatives have been further used to prepare cell-specific drug conjugates effective in treating various diseases including cancer.
US10220098B2
Disclosed are synthetic polypeptides modeled after NspI nucleoporin which are useful for forming hydrogels characterized by selective permeability. The polypeptides and hydrogels formed from them include phenylalanine-glycine (FG) repeats, which are believed to participate in the selectivity of the nuclear pore complex. Also disclosed are filtering devices, drug delivery devices, and methods of separating or selectively filtering macromolecules using the hydrogels.
US10220096B2
A hydrogel composition includes: (1) a polymer network including a first water-soluble polymer and a second water-soluble polymer that are crosslinked through dynamic bonds; and (2) a catalyst to modulate a rate of exchange of crosslinking of the polymer network.
US10220094B2
The present invention provides a method of producing an aqueous solution containing an N—C8-22 acyl acidic amino acid and/or a salt thereof and having pH 8.4-9.5, including the first step for reacting an acidic amino acid and/or a salt thereof with a C8-22 fatty acid chloride in a water solvent at pH 10-13 to form an N—C8-22 acyl acidic amino acid salt, and the second step for adjusting the pH of the aqueous solution after the first step to 8.4-9.5.
US10220092B2
Aspects of the disclosure include devices, systems and methods for optogenetic modulation of action potentials in target cells. The subject devices include light-generating devices, control devices, and delivery devices for delivering vectors to target cells. The subject systems include light-activated proteins, response proteins, nucleic acids comprising nucleotide sequences encoding these proteins, as well as expression systems that facilitate expression of these proteins in target cells. Also provided are methods of using the subject devices and systems to optogenetically inhibit and intercept action potentials in target cells, e.g., to treat a neurological or psychiatric condition in a human or non-human animal subject.
US10220090B2
The present invention relates to BCMA (B-Cell Maturation Antigen) antigen binding proteins, such as antibodies, polynucleotide sequences encoding said antigen binding proteins, and compositions and methods for diagnosing and treating diseases. The present invention also relates to BCMA antibody drug conjugates.
US10220088B2
Disclosed is a vaccine comprising a fiber protein, selected from fiber-2 protein of Fowl Adenovirus C (FAdV-C), fiber-2 protein of Fowl Adenovirus A (FAdV-A), fiber protein of Fowl Adenovirus B, D and E (FAdV-B, FAdV-D and FAdV-E), or an immunogenic fragment thereof for use in preventing hepatitis-hydropericardium Syndrome (HHS) or inclusion body hepatitis (IBH) or Gizzard Erosion (GE) in birds, preferably in poultry, especially in broilers.
US10220086B2
The present invention provides co-administration (for example, immunogenic cocktail compositions and/or prime-boost regimens) of computationally optimized H1N1 influenza hemagglutinin (HA) polypeptides. Co-administration of the optimized H1N1 influenza hemagglutinin (HA) polypeptides facilitates synergistic neutralization of viral infection and provides for improved protective immunity (e.g., a broad reactive immune response) to diverse and multiple H1N1 influenza virus strains, including both seasonal and pandemic strains.
US10220077B2
A method of treating a disease selected from the group consisting of emphysema, sepsis, septic shock, ischemic injury, cerebral ischemia, a neurodegenerative disorder, meningitis, encephalitis, hemorrhage, cerebral ischemia, heart ischemia and a cognitive deficit in a subject in need thereof is provided. The method comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a combination of at least two agents, wherein a first of said two agents upregulates an activity and/or expression of Nrf2 and a second of said two agents is a glutamatergic modulator, thereby treating the disease.
US10220065B2
The present invention relates to compositions consisting of a combination of a lipophilic extract of Zingiber officinale and an extract of Cynara scolymus, which are useful for the prevention and treatment of oesophageal reflux and irritable bowel syndrome, to reduce postprandial drowsiness, and having prokinetic and anti-dyspeptic activities.
US10220040B2
The invention relates to classes of pharmaceutically-active heterocyclic compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and hydrates thereof, and compositions comprising the same. The invention also relates to methods for treating or preventing a disease or disorder, which comprises administering a therapeutically or prophylactically effective amount a compound described herein.
US10220028B2
A compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, having a structure of: wherein A, B and D are each oxygen or sulfur, provided that least one of A, B and D is sulfur; and R1-R8 are each independently hydrogen, hydroxyl, acyl, substituted acyl, acyloxy, substituted acyloxy, alkyl, substituted alkyl, alkenyl, substituted alkenyl, alkynyl, substituted alkynyl, alkoxy, substituted alkoxy, aryl, substituted aryl, amino, substituted amino, halogen, heterocycloalkyl, substituted heterocycloalkyl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, or a thio-containing group.
US10220024B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a cancer cell inhibitory drug, particularly a cancer stem-cell inhibitory drug, or a cancer stem-cell detection probe. A cancer cell inhibitory drug containing at least a compound represented by general formula (1).
US10220014B2
The present invention relates to a method for treating and/or preventing Huntington disease and other polyglutamine diseases, comprising the step of administering an effective amount of a precursor of propionyl-CoA to an individual in need thereof.
US10220008B2
Using high-throughput screening, in an oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD) model, isoxsuprine hydrochloride was identified as a potent neuroprotective compound. In an animal middle artery occlusion (MCAO) model of transient focal ischemia, isoxsuprine significantly reduced infarct volume compared to vehicle. The invention, therefore, provides methods of treatment and pharmaceutical compositions that are useful in the treatment and prevention of a wide-variety of ischemia-related injuries, including stroke.
US10219992B2
The present disclosure relates to cosmetic compositions comprising an organosilane (A) having the formula: (R1)n(R2O)(3-n)SiR3O(CH2CH2O)a(C3H6O)bR4 where n is 1, 2, or 3, a≥1, b may vary from 0 to 30, with the proviso a≥b, R1 is a hydrocarbon group containing 1 to 12 carbon atoms, R2 is hydrogen or an alkyl group containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R3 is a divalent hydrocarbon group containing 2 to 12 carbon atoms, R4 is hydrogen, R1, or an acetyl group; and a cosmetic ingredient (B), and optionally in a cosmetically acceptable medium.
US10219989B2
A method of producing mixtures of interference pigments having special effects comprises mixing at least one large particle size interference pigment with at least one normal size interference pigment of predetermined colors and in proportions desired to obtain a unique effect.
US10219986B2
A method of forming a stabilized calcium phosphate moiety for use in dental or biomedical applications includes providing a solution or dispersion including a calcium salt and reacting an organic phosphate having a polymerizable methacrylate or vinyl group with the solution or dispersion in order to form the calcium phosphate moiety having at least one pendant polymerizable group and at least one organic functional group, which may be the same group. A polymerizable composite system having a stabilized calcium phosphate formed according to the method is also provided.
US10219983B2
A cap system for sealing injectable drugs within a vial is disclosed. The system includes an elastomeric stopper, a retainer member, a locking member, a cap assembly and a piercing member. The retainer member is arranged to snap onto the vial and the locking member slid with respect to the retainer member to permanently seal the vial. The cap assembly includes a cap and a band and is coupled to the locking member. The cap releasably holds the piercing member. The band is arranged to be removed to enable the cap to move the piercing member to penetrate the stopper, whereupon the cap can be removed. The piercing member is arranged to be connected to a syringe or other instrument to withdraw the vial's contents.
US10219977B2
A spa is provided that includes: a basin; a motor having a shaft defining a rotation axis; a hub mounted to the shaft, the hub having North and South pole domains spaced apart from each other and arranged to encircle the rotation axis in alternating relation; and an impeller which is disposed in the basin in axially spaced relation to the hub and is at least substantially constrained against movement but for rotation about the axis, the impeller including a rotor body of a non-magnetic, electrically-conductive material having relatively low magnetic permeability. The improvement in which is that there are lights and coils coupled to the impeller for rotation therewith, the lights and coils being coupled and adapted such that, in use, the rotating magnetic fields associated with the drive hub created induced currents in the coils which actuate the lights and create a net force that rotates the impeller.
US10219975B2
Systems and methods for providing network connectivity and remote monitoring, optimization, and control of pool/spa equipment are provided. “Internet-of-Things” (IoT) functionality is provided for pool and spa equipment in a flexible and cost-effective manner. Network connectivity and remote monitoring/control of pool and spa equipment is provided by various components such as a network communication and local control subsystem installed in pool/spa equipment, and other components. Also disclosed are various control processes (“pool logic”) which can be embodied as software code installed in any of the various embodiments of the present disclosure.
US10219973B2
A system and apparatus for promoting perfusion at a tissue site containing a sprain by applying a vacuum to intact skin extending over or surrounding the tissue site. The system and apparatus comprise a manifold formed from a porous material and configured to be disposed proximate the intact skin for distributing vacuum to the intact skin, and a sleeve adapted to cover the manifold and form a chamber containing the manifold to seal the manifold within the chamber between the sleeve and the intact skin. The system and apparatus further comprise a fluid coupling member adapted to deliver vacuum to the manifold for distribution to the intact skin. A method for applying vacuum to the intact skin of a tissue site is also disclosed and described herein.
US10219971B2
A compression device controller for use with a compression garment includes a pressurized fluid source (e.g., a pump), a manifold in fluid communication with the pressurized fluid source, a pressure sensor in communication with the manifold, at least two bladder ports, and at least two two-way valves. The pressure sensor is arranged to measure a signal representative of pressure in the manifold. Each bladder port is connectable in fluid communication to a respective inflatable bladder of the compression garment. Each two-way valve is in fluid communication with the manifold and with a respective bladder port. Each two-way valve is actuatable to control fluid communication between the manifold and the respective bladder port.
US10219969B2
An electric walking aid and control method thereof are disclosed. A location of the electric walking aid, and a distance between the electric walking aid and the user, are dynamically controlled and adjusted to provide the user with static and dynamic support function, so as to support the user under static and dynamic situation of interaction between walk and stand, during the walking training process.
US10219967B2
The present invention relates to a method for treating inflammatory symptoms associated with plantar fasciitis in a foot. The method involves stretching gastrocnemius and soleus muscles associated with the foot by placing the sole of the foot on an inclined ramp surface and cooling at least one portion of the sole of the foot. The method may further involve providing localized pressure to at least one portion of the plantar fascia, and to a portion of the foot below the toes, to cause dorsiflexion thereof.
US10219955B2
Methods and apparatuses for manufacturing multiple different articles are provided. One apparatus embodiment includes a first intravaginal article assembly module; a second intravaginal article assembly module; and an applicator module capable of receiving and handling applicators suitable for both first intravaginal articles from the first intravaginal article assembly module and second intravaginal articles from the second intravaginal article assembly module. The apparatus only operates with one of the first intravaginal article assembly module and the second intravaginal article assembly module at one time. The first intravaginal articles are absorbent articles and the second intravaginal articles are non-absorbent articles.
US10219954B2
A medical compression garment is provided including a midline opening cut in a medial segment of the elastic garment, dividing its front fabric portion into first and second sections. Fasteners, such as hook-and-loop fasteners, are attached to the first and second sections which connect together to close the opening. Pulls may be included. To don the garment, a wearer places their legs into the garment and pulls the garment along the legs until its top is aligned with the groin. The wearer then inverts and pulls the first and second sections of the garment together and fastens them to close the opening. Afterwards, the wearer pulls up the garment until it reaches the waist. When the wearer subsequently wants to take off the garment, the wearer unfastens the first and second sections and pull the garment down from the waist. The garment thus facilitates the donning and removal process.
US10219947B2
A system and process for treating retinal diseases includes passing a plurality of radiant beams, i.e., laser light beams, through an optical lens or mask to optically shape the beams. The shaped beams are applied to at least a portion of the retina. Due to the selected parameters of the beams—pulse length, power and duty cycle—the beams can be applied to substantially the entire retina, including the fovea, without damaging retinal or foveal tissue, while still attaining the benefits of retinal phototherapy or photostimulation.
US10219944B2
An ophthalmic phototherapy device and associated treatment methods to expose an eye to selected multi-wavelengths of light to promote the healing of damaged or diseased eye tissue. The device includes a housing having an interior; an eyepiece disposed on the housing and configured and arranged for placement of an eye of the patient adjacent the eyepiece; a first light source producing a first light beam having a first therapeutic wavelength and disposed within the housing; a second light source producing a second light beam having a second therapeutic wavelength and disposed within the housing, where the second therapeutic wavelength differs from the first therapeutic wavelength by at least 25 nm.
US10219933B2
An orthosis for supination and/or pronation of a forearm of a wearer, the orthosis including a base, an upper arm support coupled to the base and configured to secure an upper arm of the wearer, a rotation assembly coupled to the base and including an output member rotatable relative to the base within a rotation plane, and a forearm support member coupled to the output member of the rotation assembly and configured to releasably engage a wrist and the forearm of the wearer.
US10219931B2
An obstruction device includes an obstruction disc mounted on a proximal portion of a shaft. Anchoring members are disposed on the shaft on a proximal side of the obstruction disc. The anchoring members include a pair of loops which are orthogonal to each other, one being a longitudinal member and the other a latitudinal member. One or more support struts, which include one or more loops, are disposed on a distal side of the obstruction disc.
US10219929B2
The present disclosure describes systems for endoluminal devices utilizing a sleeve for constraining an expandable device toward a constrained configuration suitable for endoluminal delivery to a treatment site along vasculature; and a mechanism for retracting at least a portion of the sleeve.
US10219928B2
A catheter system includes an introducer sheath and a delivery catheter having an external surface. A sleeve connector is supported on and axially movable relative to the external surface of the delivery catheter. A collapsible sleeve has a first end attached to the external surface of the delivery catheter at a first attachment and a second end attached to the sleeve connector at a second attachment. The catheter system includes a medical device placement configuration in which the delivery catheter is received through the introducer sheath, the sleeve connector is removably attached to the introducer sheath, and the collapsible sleeve is positioned radially between the external surface of the delivery catheter and an internal surface of the introducer sheath.
US10219926B2
Methods for crimping a stent on an expandable member of a delivery catheter, and devices and methods for treating a bifurcation are disclosed. A method for crimping includes positioning a stent having a first portion and a second portion over the expandable member, and non-uniformly crimping the stent to the expandable member. The method can include routing an elongate shaft under the second portion of the stent and through the side hole so as to be routed external to the first portion. The stent second portion can be crimped so that the elongate shaft can be slidably disposed relative to the stent second portion prior to deployment of the stent.
US10219925B2
Controlled deployable medical devices that are retained inside a body passage and in one particular application to vascular devices used in repairing arterial dilations, e.g., aneurysms. Such devices can be adjusted during deployment, thereby allowing at least one of a longitudinal or radial re-positioning, resulting in precise alignment of the device to an implant target site.
US10219918B2
A prosthetic device including an internal frame assembled from multiple longitudinal members and multiple transverse members, wherein each member is substantially planar and defines peripheral slots, and wherein the longitudinal members and transverse members are arranged to mate with one another to join the longitudinal members with the transverse members. In certain embodiments, a first group of longitudinal members is radially arranged relative to a central axis extending through the transverse members, and a second group of longitudinal members is tangentially arranged relative to the central axis, preferably with lateral edges of the second group of longitudinal members extending between two different longitudinal members of the first group of longitudinal members to provide enhanced torsional rigidity. An outer shaping member, which may be tubular in shape, may be arranged to cover at least a portion of the internal frame.
US10219916B2
A spinal fusion system may include an interbody fusion cage, a fixation plate, and an implanter. The interbody fusion cage may include a proximal region, a distal region opposite the proximal region, a superior region, an inferior region opposite the superior region, and an open volume between the proximal and distal regions. The superior and inferior regions are located between the proximal and distal regions and are configured such that, when the interbody fusion cage is implanted in the disc space, the superior region contracts the inferior end plate and the inferior region contacts the superior end plate. The fixation plate is receivable in the open volume of the interbody fusion cage and includes a superior blade and an inferior blade. At least one of the blades includes a first opening defined therein. The fixation plate is displaceable between a non-deployed state and a deployed state.
US10219911B2
A prosthetic disc for insertion between adjacent vertebrae includes a core having upper and lower curved surfaces, upper and lower plates, and peripheral restraining structure on at least one of the upper plate, the lower plate and the core. Each plate has an outer surface which engages a vertebra and an inner curved surface which slides over the curved surface of the core. The peripheral restraining structure serves to hold the core against a curved surface of at least one of the plates during sliding movement of the plates over the core.
US10219908B2
A femoral prosthetic component includes a patellar guide portion, a pair of condyles projecting from the guide portion and forming an intercondylar notch therebetween, a bearing surface, and an interface surface configured to face a resected surface of a femur. The interface surface comprises an anterior face and a posterior face, and is substantially contoured between the anterior and posterior face to match a contoured surface of the femur. The substantially contoured interface surface may include at least one planar surface portion to abut a flat cut portion in the surface of the femur. This planar surface portion may be a distal flat at a distal face of the interface surface. The contoured interface surface may alternatively include a plurality of planar surface portions. The femoral prosthetic component is configured such that preparation of the bone to match the interface surface results in minimal resection of the distal femur.
US10219906B2
An implantable inflatable penile prosthesis cylinder has a longitudinal axis and includes an inflatable portion. The inflatable portion includes a chamber that defines an inflatable chamber. The chamber wall includes at least one thin wall section and at least one thick wall section. The at least one thin wall section stretches a greater amount than the at least one thick wall section in a plane extending perpendicular to the longitudinal axis when the inflatable chamber is transitioned from a deflated state to an inflated state.
US10219898B2
The invention discloses an artificial valve (10, 20, 30, 50) for implantation in a mammal body, in or adjacent to a mammal blood vessel, comprising a casing (12, 37, 61) and a closing mechanism, with at least part of said closing mechanism being a first moving part (11; 21, 22; 31, 32, 33; 51) adapted to make movements relative to said casing (12, 37, 61), said movements being to assume an open and a closed position for opening and closing, respectively, the blood flow through said blood vessel, as well as to positions in between said open and closed positions. In the valve of the invention, the closing mechanism is adapted to be powered in its movements to the closed position, with the powering being at least in part by means of a power mechanism (76, 83) external to the blood vessel.
US10219896B2
Embodiments hereof relate to a transcatheter valve prosthesis including a tubular fabric body, a first or inflow tubular scaffold attached to a first end portion of the tubular fabric body, and a second or outflow tubular scaffold attached to a second end portion of the tubular fabric body. A prosthetic valve component is disposed within and secured to an intermediate portion of the tubular fabric body that longitudinally extends between the first and second end portions of the tubular fabric body. The intermediate portion is unsupported such that neither of the first and second tubular scaffolds surrounds the intermediate portion of the tubular fabric body. The intermediate portion may include one or more windows for coronary access and may include one or more commissure reinforcement members coupled thereto to provide support for the prosthetic valve component.
US10219887B2
There are described a variety of intravascular filters wherein at least a portion of the filter has been modified to provide an enhanced echogenic characteristic of the filter. Also described are systems for positioning a variety of intravascular filters within the vasculature wherein the systems include an intravascular filter, an intravascular ultrasound transducer, a user interface configured to receive input from an operator regarding a surgical procedure including an insertion site and a destination site for positioning the filter according to the surgical procedure, a display, and a processor. The filter can include a hub and a plurality of legs or wires or segments extending from the hub, wherein at least a portion of the hub or a portion of one or more of the legs or wires or segments is modified to provide an enhanced echogenic characteristic of the filter or a portion of the filter.
US10219880B2
Disclosed herein a dental mill blank and a method of forming the dental mill blank. The dental mill blank includes a first layer of a first hard restorative material having a first translucency and a first shade, a second layer of a second hard restorative material having a second translucency and a second shade, where at least one of the following is true (1) the first translucency is different from the second translucency, (2) the first shade is different from the second shade. The first layer and the second layer form a first interface having a first curve across a first plane of symmetry of the dental mill blank, where the first curve has a different from zero curvature; and a first straight line along the entire length of a second plane of the dental mill blank, the second plane being orthogonal to the first plane of symmetry.
US10219879B2
The invention relates to glass-ceramics based on the lithium silicate system which can be mechanically machined easily in an intermediate step of crystallization and, after complete crystallization, represent a very strong, highly-translucent and chemically-stable glass-ceramic. Likewise, the invention relates to a method for the production of these glass-ceramics. The glass-ceramics according to the invention are used as dental material.
US10219877B2
An orthodontic appliance may include an archwire and multiple orthodontic brackets. The archwire may fit within a human mouth and contain multiple male connectors. Each orthodontic bracket may have a configuration that facilitates attaching the orthodontic bracket to a single tooth. Each orthodontic bracket may allow one of the male connectors to be locked into the orthodontic bracket with a snapping action. The male connector may be unable to slide with respect to the orthodontic bracket after being locked in the orthodontic bracket. A manual unlocking action may allow the male connector to disengage from the orthodontic bracket.
US10219873B2
This invention is directed to devices and methods for stereotactic access, and particularly to a frameless stereotactic access device for accessing a body cavity and methods therefor. In general, a stereotactic device may include portions or features for fixing the device to a portion of a patient's body, such as, for example, a skull, such that the device may be generally spatially fixed in relation to the patient's body or part thereof. The stereotactic device may also generally include portions or features for guiding a medical device or other device at a particular trajectory in relation to the patient's body or part thereof.
US10219864B2
Disclosed systems, methods, and devices may include a system for removing a kidney stone from a ureter. The system may have an inner shaft extending coaxially within an outer shaft, a stone retention member shaft having a stone retention member and extending coaxially within the inner shaft, a wall protection member coupled to the outer shaft and the inner shaft, and a handle coupled with proximal ends of the outer shaft, the inner shaft, and the stone retention member shaft. The handle may include an eversion mechanism coupled to the inner shaft and configured to actuate the inner shaft, thereby everting the wall protection member to form a pocket adapted to receive a kidney stone. The system may also include a retention member mechanism coupled to the stone retention member shaft and configured to actuate the stone retention member shaft.
US10219862B2
A hand-held skin treatment device comprises a source of electromagnetic radiation, an energy supply electrically coupled to the source and a controller arranged to control the energy supplied to the source of electromagnetic radiation. The source, the energy supply and the controller are enclosed in a watertight housing allowing use of the hand-held skin treatment device in a wet environment. To provide sufficient cooling of the source, the device comprises an internal heat exchanger in heat conducting relation with the source, an external heat exchanger outside of the watertight housing, and a heat path from the internal heat exchanger to the external heat exchanger that passes hermetically through a wall of the watertight housing. With this device, users can conveniently integrate their skin treatment activities with the daily washing routine in a shower or bath. The device is especially useful in the context of hair removal.
US10219860B2
Ablation systems of the present disclosure facilitate the safe formation of wide and deep lesions. For example, ablation systems of the present disclosure can allow for the flow of irrigation fluid and blood through an expandable ablation electrode, resulting in efficient and effective cooling of the ablation electrode as the ablation electrode delivers energy at a treatment site of the patient. Additionally, or alternatively, ablation systems of the present disclosure can include a deformable ablation electrode and a plurality of sensors that, in cooperation, sense the deformation of the ablation electrode, to provide a robust indication of the extent and direction of contact between the ablation electrode and tissue at a treatment site.
US10219857B2
A radio frequency tissue ablation system with a radio frequency generator, the generator comprising a radio frequency source, at least four independently controllable radio frequency outputs, a user interface and a controller configured to delivery radio frequency energy from the radio frequency source to the radio frequency outputs in one of at least two different output configurations in response to a configuration selection made through the user.
US10219841B1
Bone structure coupling devices and methods are provided herein. An example method includes positioning a tubular retraction guide body into a patient, the tubular retraction guide body having two prongs that are positioned in a joint between two adjacent bone structures, creating a hemispherical groove on each of the two adjacent bone structures using a drill bit passed through the tubular retraction guide body, incising out the hemispherical grooves with a broach passed through the tubular retraction guide body, and inserting a graft body having a generally rectangular cross sectional area into the angular grooves to couple the two adjacent bone structures together.
US10219840B2
A posterior spinal implant system configured to immobilize and stabilize spinal segments as an adjunct to fusion in the thoracic, lumbar, and/or sacral spine. The implant system includes a pedicle screw, a spinal rod; a connector connecting the pedicle screw to the spinal rod. The connector includes a connector body, a polyaxial screw receiver positioned on the connector body and configured to receive the pedicle screw and permit polyaxial orientation of the connector relative to the pedicle screw, a polyaxial rod receiver positioned in the connector body and configured to receive the spinal rod and permit polyaxial orientation of the spinal rod relative to the connector, and a lock installed in the polyaxial rod receiver. The lock is operable to lock the connector relative the pedicle screw, lock the polyaxial rod receiver relative to the connector, and lock the spinal rod relative to the polyaxial rod receiver.
US10219836B2
Embodiments herein are generally directed to extendable rods for use in orthopedic assemblies. In some embodiments, these implants may be used in conjunction with procedures to treat spinal deformities, including, but not limited to, early onset scoliosis.
US10219827B2
Pixel array medical devices, systems and methods are described for skin grafting and skin resection procedures. The procedures involve applying a scalpet array to a target skin site. The scalpet array comprises scalpets positioned on an investing plate. Skin pixels are circumferentially incised at a target skin site by applying a load via the scalpet array onto subjacent skin surface that includes the target skin site. Incised skin pixels are captured on an adherent substrate, where the incised skin pixels are extruded through the scalpet array. Bases of incised skin pixels extruded through the scalpet array are then transected.
US10219815B2
Methods for performing non-invasive thrombolysis with ultrasound using, in some embodiments, one or more ultrasound transducers to focus or place a high intensity ultrasound beam onto a blood clot (thrombus) or other vascular inclusion or occlusion (e.g., clot in the dialysis graft, deep vein thrombosis, superficial vein thrombosis, arterial embolus, bypass graft thrombosis or embolization, pulmonary embolus) which would be ablated (eroded, mechanically fractionated, liquefied, or dissolved) by ultrasound energy. The process can employ one or more mechanisms, such as of cavitational, sonochemical, mechanical fractionation, or thermal processes depending on the acoustic parameters selected. This general process, including the examples of application set forth herein, is henceforth referred to as “Thrombolysis.”
US10219812B2
The present invention relates to a drill guide for use in drilling an acetabular tunnel. The drill guide comprises a cannulated shaft having a handle towards a proximal end, and an offset arm towards a distal end. The arm is flexible or pivotable and has a distal tip for engaging the articular surface of the acetabulum, and is offset from a projected path of the shaft cannulation.
US10219788B2
Doppler ultrasound systems are valuable diagnostic tool for investigation of vascular blood flow pattern and velocity. Error in blood velocity measurements made by doppler instruments will cause probable misdiagnosis in clinical practice. There are different phantom designs for evaluation of the performance and QC of doppler ultrasonography systems. Among different phantom designs the string phantom because of their ability to precise calculation of target velocity were widely used by different investigators. Generally this type of phantom consists of a moving string with known velocity as a target inside a water tank to mimic blood flow inside the vessels of the body. We designed a new string phantom with three dependently adjustable parameters including target velocity, target angle and target depth.
US10219787B2
A computer implemented method for providing cardiovascular images over a respiratory cycle through a computer system is provided. A plurality of cardiovascular images is obtained. A cardiac phase is measured for each cardiovascular image of the plurality of cardiovascular images to associate each cardiovascular image to a cardiac phase. A respiratory phase is measured for each cardiovascular image of the plurality of cardiovascular images to associate each cardiovascular image to a respiratory phase. A first group of cardiovascular images with an associated first cardiac phase of the plurality of cardiovascular images is sorted in order of respiratory phases. The first group of cardiovascular images with the associated first cardiac phase of the plurality of cardiovascular images is displayed in order of respiratory phases.
US10219783B2
A transmission circuit for ultrasonic diagnosis includes a delay processing circuit that delays a transmission signal pattern and an operational circuit that calculates a delay time. A transmission timing for supplying the transmission signal pattern to a plurality of piezo electric elements corresponding to a plurality of channels is approximated by a multi-dimensional polynomial with locations of the plurality of piezo electric elements being variables so that the transmission timing becomes linear or arc-like. Coefficients in the multi-dimensional polynomial are supplied to the transmission circuit for ultrasonic diagnosis. The delay time in the delay processing circuit is determined by a first coefficient. The operational circuit calculates the delay time based on a second coefficient. The transmission signal pattern is supplied to the plurality of piezo electric elements at a transmission timing including the delay time according to the first coefficient and the delay time according to the second coefficient.
US10219772B2
The invention relates to tomographic imaging device (1). The device (1) comprises a radiation detector (3) for measuring radiation traveling through an object to be imaged, the radiation detector (3) being configured to measure radiation only at a plurality of selected sampling positions on a curved track around an axis (z). A planning unit (12) is configured to determine the selected sampling positions on the basis of an estimated contour (44; 53) of the object (21) in a plane (x-y) substantially perpendicular to the axis (z). Further, the invention relates to a method for operating the device (1). The invention is particularly applicable in computed tomography imaging.
US10219770B2
A radiographic image captured by irradiating a subject with radiation is acquired. A scattered radiation removal unit removes a scattered component from the radiographic image using at least imaging conditions. A correction information acquisition unit acquires correction information for correcting the degree of removal of the scattered component and changes the imaging conditions on the basis of the correction information. The scattered radiation removal unit performs a process of removing the scattered component from the radiographic image on the basis of the changed imaging conditions.
US10219761B2
A multilayer staggered coupling collimator includes multiple collimating layers, multiple collimating orifices being provided on each collimating layer. At least two collimating layers are in a staggered coupling relationship. Compared with a single-layer collimator, the multilayer staggered coupling collimator can improve the performance, achieve multi-performance selection functions, and have a better machining feasibility. Since the thickness of each collimating layer is less after the collimator is divided into several collimating layers, the machining precision is easy to ensure.
US10219756B2
Provided are a radiography device, a radiography method, and a radiography program which can obtain an accurate radiographic image while reducing a burden on a subject. A radiography device control unit determines imaging conditions including at least one of resolution or an incident angle range, on the basis of a radiographic image captured before tomosynthesis imaging, and performs tomosynthesis imaging. Specifically, the radiography device control unit controls tomosynthesis imaging (120) such that tomosynthesis imaging is performed under first conditions (108) of low resolution and a narrow incident angle range in a case in which a mutation site suspected as a lesion is not detected and tomosynthesis imaging is performed under second conditions (112, 116, and 118) which are different from the first conditions in at least one of the resolution or the incident angle range in a case in which the mutation site suspected as a lesion is detected.
US10219755B2
A noninvasive method for estimating a concentration of a target analyte in a sample comprises generating a first and second (reference) radiation, a principal radiation and a target analyte carrier detection radiation; directing the first, second, principal and the target analyte carrier detection radiations at the sample which includes the target analyte; and detecting a first, second, principal and target analyte carrier detection amount of the radiation that leaves the sample. The method further comprises modulating the sample thickness in order to achieve time-wise or spatial target analyte concentration variation within the sample. The method further comprises generating first, second, principal and target analyte carrier detection measurement data based respectively on the first, second, the principal and the target analyte carrier detected amounts of radiation; numerically processing the first, second, principal and target analyte carrier detection measurement data to obtain a weighted combination of the first measurement data and the second measurement data that balances the principal measurement data with respect to a sample background; and estimating the concentration of the target analyte based on the difference between the balanced weighted combination of the first measurement data and the second measurement data vs. the principal measurement data.
US10219753B2
A wearable patch and method for automatically monitoring, screening, and/or reporting events related to one or more health conditions (e.g., sleeping or breathing disorders, physical activity, arrhythmias) of a subject.
US10219741B2
An orthopedic implant having a three-axis accelerometer is disclosed. The three-axis accelerometer is used to detect micro-motion in the implant. The micro-motion can be due to loosening of the implant. The implant is configured to couple to the muscular-skeletal system. In one embodiment, the implant is configured to couple to bone. An impact force is imparted to the bone or implant. The impact force can be provided via a transducer coupled to the implant. In the example, the impact force is imparted along a single axis. The three-axis accelerometer measures the impact force along each axis. Resultant peaks of the quantitative measurement and the frequencies at which they occur are measured. The peaks and frequencies of the measurements correspond to micro-motion. Typically, the frequency of interest is less than 1 KHz to determine if micro-motion is occurring.
US10219738B2
A device for determining a contour of a dental treatment area during treatment thereof includes a laser beam guidance system and an imaging system. The laser beam guidance system can guide a laser beam and, optionally, a scanning light to a dental treatment area, and the imaging system, which can include an adjustable focus image sensor, can obtain an image of the dental treatment area based on light rays reflected therefrom. The device also includes a computation system to compute a contour, e.g., a 2D contour, of a surface of the dental treatment area based on the image obtained by the imaging system and, optionally, geometries of one or more components of the laser beam guidance system and/or optical components associated with the imaging system.
US10219730B2
Novel transition metal complexes of iron, cobalt, ruthenium, osmium, and vanadium are described. The transition metal complexes can be used as redox mediators in enzyme based electrochemical sensors. In such instances, transition metal complexes accept electrons from, or transfer electrons to, enzymes at a high rate and also exchange electrons rapidly with the sensor. The transition metal complexes include at least one substituted or unsubstituted biimidazole ligand and may further include a second substituted or unsubstituted biimidazole ligand or a substituted or unsubstituted bipyridine or pyridylimidazole ligand. Transition metal complexes attached to polymeric backbones are also described.
US10219722B2
An apparatus (300, 400, 500) comprising a magnetic resonance imaging system (302), the magnetic resonance imaging system comprising: a magnet (306) adapted for generating a magnetic field for orientating the magnetic spins of nuclei of a subject (310) located within an imaging volume (308); a radio frequency transceiver (320) adapted for acquiring magnetic resonance data (346) using a radio frequency coil (318); a computer system (336) comprising a processor (338), wherein the computer system is adapted for controlling the apparatus; and a memory (342, 344) containing machine readable instructions (354, 356, 358, 360, 362), wherein execution of the instructions cause the processor to perform the steps of: acquiring (100, 204) magnetic resonance data using the magnetic resonance imaging system, wherein the magnetic resonance data comprises transverse relaxometry data, and calculating (102, 206) the temperature of the subject within a temperature measurement volume (332) in accordance with the transverse relaxometry data.
US10219721B2
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires first data in which a tissue of interest has higher signal intensity than a background and second data in which the tissue of interest has lower signal intensity than the background, with regard to images of the same region of the same subject, and a generation unit that generates, on the basis of the first data and the second data, third data in which the contrast of the tissue of interest to the background is higher than those in the first and second data.
US10219719B2
A headset for defecting brain electrical activity may include a flexible substrate having first and second ends each configured to engage an ear of a subject and dimensioned to fit across the forehead of a subject. The headset may also include a plurality of electrodes disposed on the substrate and configured to contact the subject when the headset is positioned on the subject. First and second electrodes may contact top center and lower center regions of the forehead, respectively, third and fourth electrodes may contact front right and front left regions of the forehead, respectively, fifth and sixth electrodes may contact right side and left side regions of the forehead, respectively, and electrodes included within the securing devices may contact the ear regions. The third and fourth electrodes may be moveable in at least a vertical direction relative to the other electrodes.
US10219718B2
A method and medical device for determining a cardiac episode that includes sensing a cardiac signal, identifying the signal sensed during a predetermined time interval as one of a cardiac event, a non-cardiac event, and an unclassified event, determining a number of identified cardiac events, determining a number of identified unclassified events, and determining whether the cardiac episode is occurring in response to the number of identified cardiac events being greater than a cardiac event count threshold and the number of identified unclassified events being less than an unclassified event count threshold.
US10219714B2
An electric conductive sensing device includes a front sheet of a sensing pad having several openings. A sensing electrode is a conductive ink electrode aligned with and exposed through each opening. Several first terminals are formed on an insert portion of the sensing pad and are connected to sensing electrodes. Each opening covered by a conductive gel is electrically connected to the corresponding sensing electrode. The insert portion is integrated in a connector. The electric conductive sensing device can be used as electrode patches of ECG devices or electric stimulators. In use, the connector is plugged into the devices to transmit tiny electrical currents to the ECG device from the human skin surface, or to transmit electrical currents generated from the stimulator to the human. The sensing electrodes are formed by conductive ink printing thereby simplifying the manufacturing process and lowering the manufacturing cost compared to conventional soldered structures.
US10219712B2
According to one embodiment, an ECG waveform detecting apparatus includes an input circuit and processing circuitry. The input circuit receives an ECG signal. The processing circuitry performs first detection of a specific waveform included in the ECG signal, performs update processing of a detection parameter for detecting the specific waveform based on a part of the specific waveform or result of the first detection, performs second detection of the specific waveform from the ECG signal by using the detection parameter after the update processing, and generates a synchronization signal based on information on the second detection.
US10219707B2
The invention relates to medicine, in particular, to vascular and endovascular surgery. The objective of the invention is to measure pressure and to administer drugs to an aneurysm in a blood vessel after implantation of a stent-graft. The device for measurement of pressure and for administration of drugs is made of a shape memory material, in the form of a hollow tube with side apertures.
US10219706B2
A sensor interface is configured to receive a sensor signal. A transmitter generates a transmit signal. A receiver receives the signal corresponding to the transmit signal. Further, a monitor interface is configured to communicate a waveform to the monitor so that measurements derived by the monitor from the waveform are generally equivalent to measurements derivable from the sensor signal.
US10219705B2
A method for monitoring autoregulation includes using a processor for receiving one or more physiological signals, determining a correlation-based measure indicative of the patient's autoregulation based on the one or more physiological signals, calculating a data clustering metric indicative of a distribution of the correlation-based measure within a window of blood pressures, and determining whether the window of blood pressures is within an intact autoregulation zone or an impaired autoregulation zone based at least in part on the data clustering metric.
US10219696B2
Continuous pressure sensing is important for patients with several different conditions. We provide an implantable sensor, based on microfluidic principles, which in one example has 1 mmHg limit of detection, high sensitivity and excellent reproducibility. This sensor has an optical interface, which enables pressure to be read with, for example, a cell phone camera. The design and fabrication, along with the option of self-monitoring are promising steps toward better patient care and treatment.
US10219694B2
The invention provides methods and kits for detecting, screening, quantifying or localizing the etiology for reduced or impaired cranial nerve function or conduction or associated cranial nucleus or supranuclear input, useful for detecting, diagnosing or screening for increased intracranial pressure, or useful for detecting, diagnosing, monitoring progression of or screening for a disease or condition featuring increased intracranial pressure by tracking eye movement of the subject. The methods may be performed by a) analyzing eye movement of the subject; b) comparing eye movement of the subject to eye movement of a control or the subject's own baseline eye movement; and c) identifying the subject as having eye movement significantly different from the control or the subject's own baseline eye movement.
US10219685B2
A dental apparatus includes a light irradiation unit for emitting a light to irradiate an oral cavity, an image capturing unit for image-capturing the oral cavity light irradiated by the light irradiation unit, and an output unit for outputting data for highlighting and displaying at least one of a plaque site and a calculus site on an image of the oral cavity based on an image captured result by the image capturing unit.
US10219675B2
The present invention relates to a dishwasher (1) comprising a tub (2) wherein the items to be washed are placed and a door (3) providing access to the tub (2), and wherein formation of unpleasant odor in the tub (2) is prevented by way of air within the tub being circulated through an ion generator.
US10219674B2
The present invention relates to a method of handling process water in a household appliance (1) and to a household appliance, for example a dish washer. The household appliance comprises a wash tub (3) for performing wash program cycles and a tank (5) for storing process water to be re-used in a following program cycle, the method comprising the steps of: determining (101) the type of detergent used in the household appliance with a sensor unit (7), measuring (102) the amount of detergent in the process water with the sensor unit, comparing (105) at least one sensor unit output value with a predetermined threshold value to define the quality of the process water, and storing (106) at least a part of the process water from a rinse cycle in the tank (5) when the sensor unit output value complies with the predetermined threshold value related to the quality of the process water.
US10219670B2
A method and apparatus are provided for cleaning a surface. In one example, the method includes passing a feed liquid from a liquid source to an electrolysis cell and inducing a current through the electrolysis cell to electrochemically activate the feed liquid in the electrolysis cell. Electrolysis of the feed liquid can generate an electrochemically-activated liquid that is super-saturated with dissolved gases (e.g., oxygen and/or hydrogen) and also contains nanobubbles. In one configuration, the electrolysis cell generates a concentration of nanobubbles having a diameter of 10 nm to 450 nm of at least 1×106. The method can further involve dispensing at least one portion of the electrochemically-activated liquid to the surface.
US10219669B2
A wiper unit includes a retaining ring, which is arranged in a rotationally symmetric fashion about a longitudinal axis and which includes a contact portion for being received at a housing part, a primary wiper and a secondary wiper, which is axially spaced away from the primary wiper towards the secondary side. A primary lip is formed at the primary wiper and a secondary lip is formed at the secondary wiper. The primary lip and the secondary lip, in a mounted state, contact a sliding surface of a guided slide partner part in a sealing fashion, wherein the primary lip protrudes towards the primary side in a collar-like fashion and wherein the primary lip, at the side thereof facing away from the guided slide partner part, is at least sectionally conically tapered towards the primary side, wherein the primary lip comprises a contact surface arranged for abutting the sliding surface.
US10219649B2
The coffee machine has at least one infusion unit and at least one filter holder that is manually connected to and disconnected from the infusion unit for preparation of coffee, and it comprises at least one added support element of the filter holder for keeping it attached to the coffee machine when the filter holder is not connected to the infusion unit, said added support element comprising heating means for heating said filter holder to a predetermined temperature. The additional support element can be implemented also as a standalone element and, therefore, not connected to the coffee machine.
US10219648B2
System for making an infused beverage, includes: at least one infusion assembly of a machine for preparing infused beverages; at least one capsule containing an aromatic substance for the preparation of an infused beverage through interaction with a liquid; the capsule including: a cup-shaped body with a recess having a depth for containing a predetermined amount of an aromatic substance; the body including at least one side wall and a bottom, and running around a vertical axis; the first infusion assembly including: a first infusing member, including a recess for accommodating at least partially the capsule; a second infusing member for cooperating with the first infusing member so as to at least partially close the recess to define an accommodating seat with the first infusing member; the capsule including first coupling elements; the infusion assembly including second coupling elements structured to removably engage the first coupling elements.
US10219643B2
An apparatus for dispensing a disposable glove and applying it to the hand of a user in which a stream of air drawn into an enclosed glove applying chamber through a constricted opening aligned with the heel of the glove inflates the topmost glove in a stack of gloves in the chamber so that a user can readily insert his hand into the glove. After the user has donned the glove on the hand, a wall of the chamber is opened to permit the user to readily withdraw his hand from the glove applying chamber while the air flow which originally inflated the top-most glove is disrupted. Upon closures of the chamber wall, the re-established air flow automatically inflates the next lower glove in the glove stack to prepare the next glove for receipt of another hand. The apparatus alternatively or in addition includes a glove removal chamber arranged to remove a glove from a gloved hand using a stream of air drawn into the glove removal chamber.
US10219638B2
A ducted shelf for an open-fronted display unit employing air curtains comprises a duct extending forwardly or rearwardly through the shelf and communicating at a forward end with a discharge or return opening, the duct being wider in the widthwise direction at the forward end than at a rearward end of the duct. Guide walls divide the duct into a group of channels disposed successively side-by-side in the widthwise direction. Each channel has a respective length reflecting a degree of widthwise offset between the rearward end and the forward end of that channel. A longer channel of the group has a greater width in the widthwise direction at its rearward and forward ends than a shorter channel of the group.
US10219635B2
A nut dispenser device for dispensing nuts is provided. The nut dispenser device comprises a hollow support structure having a top side, a bottom side, and an open front side. A nut holder housing is pivotally connected to the support structure with the nut holder housing having a back door pivotally connected to the nut holder housing near a top of the nut holder housing. A spring mechanism is positioned between the support structure and the nut holder housing with the spring mechanism biasing the nut holder housing in a generally upward direction. A nut collection base is mounted to the bottom side of the support structure. As the back door of the nut holder housing opens and the nuts are dispensed therethrough, and into the nut collection base by gravity for retrieval by the user.
US10219632B2
An activating platform is disclosed. The platform includes a curved support plate. The support plate is divided into a standing area and a sitting area, the sitting area including a chair with a mounting arrangement and a seat. The curved shape of the support plate is meant to provoke the balance of a user standing or sitting on the platform, i.e. that the user has to use the muscles actively to hold the balance. Naturally, the user will rock around in a small angle around a middle position and flex in the hips and back to maintain the balance.
US10219629B2
An armrest for office chairs includes a pad and a sleeve coupled to the chair structure. A tray, having longitudinal strips with seats at their ends, is integral with the sleeve and houses a play recovery element having externally protruding appendages, and the play recovery element has two central curved portions with opposite concavities. The pad has two internally protruding bands, each having a central opening and forming end seats with the transverse edges of the pad; and a longitudinal relief with grooved side walls and two transverse ribs. The play recovery element has elastically inclined flaps and further has the appendages inserted into the seats of the tray. The side walls of the longitudinal reliefs engage the curved portions, and the two transverse ribs of the pad abut the inclined elastic flaps of the play recovery element to prevent the tray from disengaging when inserted into the pad.
US10219619B1
A hanging safety harness rack having a plurality of latches for holding individual safety harnesses. Each latch includes an individual locking feature which locks its safety harness in place. Also included is a shared locking feature that preventing all latches from opening and thus locking all safety harnesses in place.
US10219615B2
A hands free reading assembly includes a box that may be positioned on a chest of a user while the user is seated. The box may have an object positioned thereon thereby facilitating the object to be visible to the user. A stand is removably coupled to the box and the stand may retain the object in an upright position. A hoop is hingedly coupled to the box and the hoop may be positioned around a neck of the user. Thus, the box is retained on the user's chest.
US10219603B2
The packaging includes a container provided with an opening at the top and bounding a housing designed to receive the product, a lid designed to close the opening of the container and a deformable membrane borne by the lid to ensure the leak-tightness of the housing when the lid is in a closed position. The deformable membrane includes a generally flexible central wall surrounded by a generally rigid annular rim which is urged in the axial direction of closure by spring element bearing on a base of the lid such that the annular rim bears in a leak-tight manner on an annular bearing surrounding the opening of the container when the lid is in the closed position and the central wall may be deformed as a result of the differences in pressure prevailing on either side of the deformable membrane. The packaging may be used in particular for cosmetic preparations.
US10219589B1
A swivel has a main body, a longitudinal locking unit, and a lateral locking unit. The main body has a longitudinal axis, a lateral axis being perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, an accommodating gap, a through hole, a threaded hole, and a receiving space. The accommodating gap is disposed between and communicates with the through hole and the threaded hole. The receiving space is disposed along the lateral axis and communicates with the through hole. The longitudinal locking unit has a shaft mounted through the through hole and screwed with the threaded hole. The lateral locking unit has a lateral locking component mounted in the receiving space and able to block the shaft to prevent the shaft from falling off from the accommodating gap. The swivel is capable of multiple locking manners to securely connect a belt and a heavy object.
US10219583B2
The present disclosure provides footwear designs and related methods of manufacturing footwear. Certain embodiments of the footwear are particularly well suited for use traversing steep rocky uneven terrain. The footwear provides the user's foot support over steep and uneven terrain, underfoot rock protection, shock attenuation, and maximum traction. 10 Footwear 12 upper 14 sole assembly 16 outsole 18 midsole 20 chassis 22 adaptive heel component 24 adaptive forefoot component 26 heel portion of outsole 28 forefoot portion of outsole 30 arch portion of outsole 32 heel portion of midsole 34 forefoot portion of midsole 36 arch portion of midsole 38 heel stabilizer of chassis 40 forefoot platform of chassis 42 arch portion of chassis 44,46 lugs 48 heel striker 50 outside wall of heel stabilizer of chassis 52 inside wall of heel stabilizer of chassis 54 open rear portion of heel stabilizer of chassis 56, 58 windows in the outsole
US10219577B1
In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, an integrated fit and retention system is provided. In a particular embodiment of the present invention, the integrated fit and retention system includes a first rigid strap and a second rigid strap, each having a first end and a second end. The first end of each rigid strap is coupled to a helmet body proximate a front of the helmet body, and the second end of each rigid strap is coupled to the helmet body proximate a rear of the helmet body. The integrated fit and retention system also includes a chin strap operable to couple the first and second rigid straps beneath a chin of a wearer. In particular embodiments, the integrated fit and retention system may further include a fit strap coupling the first and second rigid straps, that may be configured to sit below an occipital lobe of the wearer.
US10219565B2
Upper-body garment assemblies with integrated waistband positioning systems. In some embodiments, the waistband positioning system is configured to maintain pants, skirts, leggings, tights, stockings, etc. in proper position against the forces of gravity. In some embodiments, the garment assembly includes at least one panel integrated with the waistband positioning system and configured to support another article of clothing and at least partially absorb and/or distribute the forces associated with supporting the other. The garment assembly may be any suitable type of top, shirt, brassiere, camisole, tank top, athletic top, or any other desired article of clothing having a panel with integrated waistband positioning system. In some embodiments, the waistband positioning system has one or more inner panels or areas configured to move independently from the outer layer of the garment assembly to support the weight of another article of clothing.
US10219563B2
A garment comprising an outer layer on the exterior of a front part of the garment, a lining on the interior of the garment and an internal structure located between the outer layer and the lining. The internal structure comprises of a chest piece which extends from a shoulder part of the garment across a chest part of the garment without extending through to a lapel part of the garment and also a fusible material fused to the outer layer wherein the fusible material is located only partially across the outer layer.
US10219554B2
The present invention relates to a jacket/coat designed to provide an enhanced range of motion. This is accomplished by having a layered construction comprising different fabric/textile materials where the enhanced range of motion is desired. The jacket/coat in accordance with the present invention particularly provides an enhanced range of motion for a wearer around the shoulders and arms. This enhanced range of motion may be especially beneficial when the wearer is engaged in a physically demanding activity or any activity benefitting from a wide range of movement by the wearer's arms and shoulders.
US10219553B2
A system for adjusting the fit of an article of clothing and to provide other benefits including, but not limited to, reduction and/or elimination of wind drag, reduction of loose clothing that can get caught or cause obstruction, regulation of blood circulation, movement, and swelling of the wearer of the article of clothing, adjustment of ventilation, general enhancement of the clothing for a desired activity, and general comfort and/or desired appearance. The system comprises one or more closures at various locations of the article of clothing to enable the wearer to adjust the fit of the clothing when desired.
US10219550B1
A strap assembly includes a chest strap and shoulder straps. Similarly configured left and right cups are provided. The strap assembly is attached to the cups whereby the strap assembly adheres the cups to a wearer. Each cup has curved upper, lower, interior and exterior edges. Each cup has inside and outside surfaces. A patch is operatively associated with each cup. Each patch has a linear upper edge and curved lower, interior and exterior edges. Each patch has inside and outside surfaces. Stitching couples the lower, interior and exterior edges of each patch to the lower, interior and exterior edges of an associated cup. A linear opening is formed along the upper edge of each patch. Piping covers the upper edge of each patch. The piping is adapted to allow the patch to move away from and back toward the cup between open and closed orientations.
US10219548B2
A smoking article may include a cigarette incorporated within an electrically powered aerosol generating device that acts as a holder for that cigarette. The smoking article possesses at least one form of tobacco. The smoking article also possesses a mouth-end piece that is used by the smoker to inhale components of tobacco that are generated by the action of heat upon components of the cigarette. A representative smoking article possesses an outer housing incorporating a source of electrical power (e.g., a battery), a sensing mechanism for powering the device at least during periods of draw, and a heating device (e.g., at least one electrical resistance heating element) for forming a thermally generated aerosol that incorporates components of tobacco. During use, the cigarette is positioned within the device, and after use, the used cigarette is removed from the device and replaced with another cigarette.
US10219543B2
A capsule (26) for an electronic vapor inhaler comprises a shell (28) containing a flavor-release medium (40) and one or more induction heatable elements (42) disposed inside the shell (28) and arranged to heat the flavor-release medium (40) to produce a vapor for inhalation by a user. At least part of the shell (28) is formed of an air permeable material.
US10219540B2
A filter for a smoking article comprises a mouth end filter segment and a rod end filter segment. The rod end filter segment has a passage extending longitudinally therethrough. The passage has a diameter of about 1.0 mm or greater. In one embodiment, the rod end filter segment is comprised of an infinite pressure drop material. In another embodiment, the rod end filter segment is comprised of a low pressure drop material having a hollow tubular element disposed within to define the passage with an inner diameter greater than about 1.55 mm. Air dilution means are disposed in one of said filter segments to admit ventilating air into the filter.
US10219526B2
The present invention relates to frozen aerated products including products manufactured by low-temperature extrusion with superior creaminess. In particular, the invention is concerned with a partially coagulated protein system induced by controlled coagulation of milk protein which imparts outstanding sensory attributes on frozen confectionery including low-temperature extruded frozen products, in particular when containing low fat. A method of producing such frozen aerated confectionery product and the products obtainable from the method are also part of the present invention.
US10219525B2
A process for modifying starches comprises atomizing an aqueous slurry of a non-pregelatinized, granular, high amylose starch into to an internal chamber in a bi-fluid nozzle of a dryer and treating the atomized slurry, in the internal chamber, with medium pressure steam to produce a slurry of partially treated starch granules followed by discharging the slurry into a reactor where it is contacted with superheated steam to produce dry, particulate, cold water-swelling, intact, high amylose starch granules. The cold water-swelling, intact, high amylose starch granules have greater than 15% solubles. At a starch concentration of 1%, in UDMSO (9 volumes DMSO and 1 volume 6M urea) at 25° C., the ratio of apparent viscosity of said cold water-swelling, intact, high amylose starch granules to the apparent viscosity of the parent non-pregelatinized, granular, high amylose starch is lower than 1.00. The cold water-swelling, high amylose granular starch of the invention is useful in the manufacture of food products, especially confectionery products and convenience food products.
US10219511B2
A decoy collapsible base and frame that floats just below the surface of a body of water. A plurality of fowl shaped bodies defining duck decoys that float are detachably connected to the frame by tether lines. The tether lines are connected to a cam and a tether anchor moveably mounted on the frame. Rotation of the pitman connecting to the tether lines pivots opposing duck decoys resulting in a dunking motion of selectively positioned duck decoys
US10219507B1
Methods of fabricating a natural pesticide structure include obtaining at least one raw material; forming at least one natural pesticide building material from the at least one raw material by applying at least one natural pesticide substance to the at least one raw material, the at least one natural pesticide substance having intrinsic pesticide properties and including any combination of the following: garlic, lavender, gardenia, peppermint, wintergreen and lemon grass; and fabricating a natural pesticide structure from the at least one natural pesticide building material. Natural pesticide structures are also disclosed.
US10219505B2
Improved devices for the capture, detection, or quantification of insect vectors such as gravid female insects, are provided. The devices include surface coloration, design, and dimension that improved their ability to attract and/or capture target insect vectors. The traps are used in process for detection or control of insect vectors in indoor and outdoor environments.
US10219496B2
A fishing jig is disclosed. The fishing jig includes a semitransparent skirt having a generally tubular body that extends between a closed head end and a tail end that includes an opening. A channel is formed within the tubular body and extends from the opening toward the head end. The fishing jig also includes a jig head positioned within the channel of the skirt and at least partially visible through the skirt. The jig head may include a body having a first side and a second side, an eye positioned on each of the first side and the second side, the eyes being visible through the skirt, and a hook that extends from the body and through the opening in the skirt. The fishing jig may mimic the look and motion of bait fish.
US10219482B1
A novel maize variety designated X08M646 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X08M646 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08M646 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X08M646, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08M646 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08M646 and methods of using maize variety X08M646 are disclosed.
US10219481B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH753550. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH753550, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH753550 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH753550.
US10219479B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH702044. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH702044, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH702044 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH702044.
US10219477B2
The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 41-631 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 41-631 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 41-631 RZ.
US10219458B2
The invention provides seed and plants of tomato line TRSXI13-0020. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of tomato line TRSXI13-0020 and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US10219451B2
A cutting wheel for use with a stump cutting apparatus. A plurality of tool holders are secured to the cutting wheel, and there are a plurality of apertures in each tool holder. Each aperture has a cutting tool or tooth mounted therein so that each tool holder supports more than one cutting tool or tooth. In some embodiments, the cutting wheel includes first and second sections. The first and second sections including a support member, with a tool holder attached to the support member. Each of the first and second sections having a notch therein, the respective notches cooperating to form a joint between the first and second sections.
US10219449B2
A method for plant treatment, including: receiving a first measurement for a plant from a sensor as the sensor moves within a geographic area comprising a plurality of plants; in response to receipt of the first measurement and prior to receipt of a second measurement for a second plant of the plurality, determining a set of treatment mechanism operation parameters for the plant to optimize a geographic area output parameter based on the first measurement and historical measurements for the geographic area; determining an initial treatment parameter for the plant; and operating a treatment mechanism in a treatment mode based on the set of operating parameters in response to satisfaction of the initial treatment parameter.
US10219446B2
A plant growing apparatus including a chamber for growing plants. The chamber includes a base for receiving the plants, a lid movably mounted in relation to the base having an outer face and an opposite inner face, and a collapsible screen having an inner surface and being mounted between the base and the lid for closing the chamber. The collapsible screen is operable between an extended configuration and a collapsed configuration. The collapsible screen is configured to collapse upon approaching the lid towards the base and to extend, upon distancing the lid away from the base. The plant growing apparatus also includes a horticultural lamp mounted on the inner face of the lid.
US10219441B2
A multi-position lock for a pruner or secateur comprises a movable selector for selection between a locked condition for the blades of the pruner or secateur and one or more degree of opening positions for the blades. A typical example allows locked, maximum half open or maximum fully opened operation of the pruner or secateur.
US10219438B1
An apparatus, system and method for transporting bales is described. A system for transporting bales includes a hauling truck, a trailer pivotably coupled to the hauling truck by a gooseneck, the trailer comprising telescoping arches, wherein the telescoping arches move a cradle between a loading position, wherein tubular elongate skids slide into a space between a round bale and a ground in the loading position, and a transport position, wherein an angled portion of the tubular elongate skids lift the bale off the ground in the transport position, and wherein the gooseneck pivots the trailer to a driver's side of the hauling truck in the loading position, and wherein the hauling truck loads the bale while moving forward.
US10219437B2
The power equipment such as a lawn mower (10) comprises an internal combustion engine (100) having a plurality of cylinders, an engine control unit (110) for selectively deactivating at least one of the cylinders, a work implement such as a cutting blade (70) connected to the engine in a power transmitting relationship, a clutch (80) provided in a power transmission path between the engine and the work implement, and a central control unit (50) for controlling an operation of a propelling device, the clutch and the engine control unit. The central control unit is configured to start the engine with two or more of the cylinders activated, to cause the engine control unit to operate the engine at a prescribed rotational speed, and to cause the engine control unit to deactivate at least one of the cylinders when the engine has reached a stable state at the prescribed rotational speed.
US10219428B2
A distributor device of fertilizer substances for a seeder machine includes a storing tank of a fertilizer substance, a plurality of distribution conduits connected to the storing tank, at least one source of high-velocity air connected to the distribution conduits for distributing, in use, the fertilizer substance. The device also includes: at least a connecting element, having at least two infeeds and at least one outfeed, the connecting element being connected to at least two of the distribution conduits so as to convey, in use, the fertilizer substance coming from at least the two distribution conduits to the outfeed.
US10219422B2
In one embodiment, a method comprising wirelessly receiving a signal comprising information about a deviation to a first wayline; and applying the deviation to a second wayline.
US10225968B1
A fixture to enable correct positioning of components in surface mount technology (SMT) field includes a tray, a positioning mechanism, at least one first upper magnet, at least one second upper magnet, and at least one lower magnet. The tray has at least one positioning hole. The positioning mechanism includes a base member, at least one sliding assembly, and at least one positioning post. The sliding assembly is slidably mounted to the base member. The positioning post is mounted to the base member, and disposed in the positioning hole of the tray. The first upper magnet and the second upper magnet are attached to the tray. The lower magnet is attached to the sliding assembly. The tray and the positioning mechanism are repulsive when the lower magnet aligns with the first upper magnet but are attracted when the lower magnet aligns with the second upper magnet.
US10225964B2
Electrical components may be shielded using a shielding can or other shielding structure that covers the electrical components. The electrical components and the shielding structure may be mounted on a substrate such as a printed circuit board using solder or other conductive material. The shielding structure may have one or more shielding layers. The shielding layers may include high conductivity material for providing shielding for radio-frequency electromagnetic interference and magnetic material for blocking magnetic flux. Shielding structures may be formed from materials such as ferritic stainless steel, coatings that enhance solderability, corrosion resistance, and conductivity, magnetic materials printed or otherwise formed on metal layers, and other shielding structures.
US10225949B2
A method for controlling the rotational speed of a fan of an LED lamp, comprising: presetting a corresponding relationship between a voltage, a current and a temperature for an LED chip in the LED lamp in the controller, as well as presetting a corresponding relationship between the temperature of LED chip and the speed of the fan in the controller, measuring the voltage and current of the LED chip, obtaining the current calculated temperature of the LED chip through the measured voltage and current, and further determining the current desired fan speed through the obtained current calculated temperature, using the controller to control the fan to rotate at the current desired speed, thereby cooling the LED chip. Additionally a corresponding system for controlling the rotational speed of the fan of an LED lamp and an LED lamp including the system.
US10225933B2
In one embodiment, the organic light emitting diode (1) comprises a carrier substrate (2) having an organic layer stack for producing light. The organic light emitting diode (1) is electrically connectable via at least one connector (3) as intended. The connector (3) has two main sides (32) situated opposite one another that each have at least two electrical contact pads (31) of the connector (3) located on them. As seen in a cross section perpendicular to the main sides (32) and perpendicular to an insertion direction (x) of the connector (3), the contact pads (31) are arranged both geometrically and with electrical point symmetry, so that incorrect-polarity protection against incorrect electrical connection of the organic light emitting diode (1) is attained.
US10225921B2
The procedure for the manufacture and assembly of electronic boards includes the steps of: arranging a first electronic board (2) having a first power connector (7) of substantially elongated shape; arranging a second electronic board (10) having a through opening (14) suitable for allowing the passage of the first power connector (7); arranging a third electronic board (15) including a power circuit and having a second power connector (18) which can be connected to the first power connector (7); associating the second electronic board (10) with the first electronic board (2), wherein the step of associating includes inserting the first power connector (7) through the through opening (14); associating the third electronic board (15) with the second electronic board (10), wherein the step of associating includes connecting the second power connector (18) to the first power connector (7).
US10225915B2
Power receptacle control circuitry includes load switching circuitry, communications circuitry, sensor circuitry, processing circuitry, and a memory. The sensor circuitry includes a light sensor. The processing circuitry is coupled to the load switching circuitry, the communications circuitry, the sensor circuitry, and the memory. The memory includes instructions, which, when executed by the processing circuitry cause the power receptacle control circuitry to selectively deliver power to a load via the load switching circuitry, detect a modulated light signal via the light sensor, and join a group of devices based on the modulated light signal.
US10225913B2
An internet of things system having a smart light bulb and a smart fixture. The smart light bulb may be inserted into and connect with the smart fixture for power to the smart light bulb. The smart light bulb may be configured by reading configuration information from a memory in the smart fixture. As a whole, the system may have two or more smart light bulbs inserted in two or more smart fixtures, respectively. The two or more smart light bulbs may be interconnected with one another with communication links to make up a mesh network. Non-bulb devices may be connected to the mesh network.
US10225906B2
A light emitting device includes a semiconductor nanocrystal in a layer. The layer can be a monolayer of semiconductor nanocrystals. The monolayer can form a pattern on a substrate.
US10225903B1
An LED bulb includes one or more LEDs that have a forward voltage that is dependent on the thermal temperature of the LEDs. In some embodiments the LED bulb includes a temperature sensor that provides an indication of LED temperature to a power supply so that the voltage provided to the LED bulb by the power supply is optimized and adjusted with respect to temperature so that only the voltage needed by the LED bulb to power the LEDs to an desired light output level is provided to the LEDs, and overhead voltage is minimized.
US10225901B2
LED driver apparatus and methods may include a sensing circuit for adjusting an output based on either a pulse width modulation dimming control or an analog dimming control. An LED driver apparatus and methods may also include a sensor for a parameter such as temperature and for recording such parameter, for example as a function of time. A setting unit for an LED driver apparatus can be used to sense and/or adjust settings in the LED apparatus even when the LED apparatus is not independently powered.
US10225897B2
A multifunction electronic power supply for LED lighting appliances. A series of interface ports or connectors, a block for filtering and measuring the voltage and current, connected to the main power supply, an auxiliary power supply, a microcontroller, a flyback converter with isolated output, a circuit for measuring the brightness, a light sensor, which detects the light reflected from the floor and from the objects and/or people present in the area which is illuminated by the lighting appliance, and a LED light source of the lighting appliance, which spreads light in the environment and which is driven by the electronic power supply.
US10225893B2
The present invention is directed to an apparatus for cooking food products on both sides and, simultaneously, cooking them in the middle, and a method of cooking food products using said apparatus. In preferred embodiments, versions of the apparatus of the present invention comprise a crown pivotally connected to a base support, connected to a base, wherein when the crown is in the closed position with respect to the base food to be cooked is substantially enclosed in a cooking chamber comprising substantially a lower cook surface of 100 square inches or greater, a top cook surface of similar size, and is also subjected to microwaves generated by microwave generators located in the crown.
US10225886B2
An infrared light source includes a resistor formed on the side of one principal surface of a support substrate via an insulating film; a plurality of projections formed on the one principal surface side of the support substrate by etching the support substrate; and a protection film stacked as a layer on top of the resistor and projections. The resistor is disposed on the same plane in a region which forms an infrared emission portion in which the plurality of projections and the resistor are formed, and infrared is efficiently emitted from the region in which are formed the projections by heat generated by energizing the resistor.
US10225883B2
Emergency radio communications system incorporating integral public safety radio bridging capability
A communication system and method is provided for handling emergencies wherein public safety radios are used to directly communicate with normally incompatible radios used by organizations such as schools. The system includes a radio communication bridge that is selectively activated by emergency personnel to contact an organization undergoing an emergency. The bridge is activated via a TCP/IP command over an IP network or alternatively sent by a pre-programmed digital radio. Computer software or firmware at communication endpoints, emergency responder locations, and at an emergency call center facilitates functionality of the system to include emergency notifications, dissemination of information associated with a particular emergency, and the status of the system to include activation and deactivation of the radio bridge.
US10225876B2
An information processing provided with a wireless communication unit adapted to communicate with a wireless network formed by a control apparatus, comprises: a first sending unit adapted to send a probe signal including identification data of the network via the wireless communication unit; a receiving unit adapted to receive a response signal to the probe signal from another information processing apparatus associated with the control apparatus via the wireless communication unit; and a determination unit adapted to determine an information processing apparatus capable of direct link communication, based on the response signal received by the receiving unit.
US10225875B2
The present invention relates to a wireless access system supporting an unlicensed band, and provides a method and an apparatus for performing direct device-to-device communication. The method for performing direct device-to-device communication in a wireless access system, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: receiving, by a terminal, information about an unlicensed band through a licensed band; determining whether or not to receive a data signal in the unlicensed band on the basis of information about the unlicensed band; and receiving a data signal within a predetermined time of the unlicensed band when it is determined to receive the data signal.
US10225866B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for signaling and generating an enhanced random access frame in a wireless network are provided. One aspect of this disclosure provides a method of wireless communication. The method includes receiving, at a first device, a first frame from a second device indicating one or more frequency bandwidths available for random access by the first device. The method further includes transmitting, at the first device, a second frame to the second device in response to the first frame, the second frame comprising an indication of an identifier of the first device and indicating a selection of at least one frequency bandwidth of the one or more frequency bandwidths, the second frame not including a medium access control (MAC) payload data portion.
US10225865B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the communications field, and provide a method for predetermining a resource in random access, user equipment, and a base station, so that a process of random access can be simplified, and reliability of information transmission in the process of random access can be improved. The method is: an implicit manner is used to indicate some or all of identifiers of a random access preamble index; so that a message in a procedure of random access is simplified, and at the same time resources used for transmitting an RAR reply message, transmitting a contention resolution message, retransmitting an RAR reply message, and retransmitting a contention resolution message are configured by using signaling or preset by a system. The embodiments of the present disclosure are used for a process of random access.
US10225861B2
Methods and apparatus for contention based spatial sharing in wireless communications. An example first wireless communications device includes: a memory to store data for transmission; a priority controller to: determine an estimated transmission time; set a contention window setting based on the estimated transmission time; a media access control to: wait for a timer to expire, a duration of the timer selected based on the contention window setting; and transmit the data when the timer expires.
US10225854B2
In an embodiment, there is provided a method for resource allocation to MBMS services for MBSFN transmission in an MBSFN Area in a mobile communication system, said resource allocation including an assessment of a list of MBMS sessions to be scheduled for said MBSFN transmission, a method wherein a Sequence Number SN is used for said assessment, said SN determining the rank of an MBMS session in a sequence of MBMS sessions scheduled by one or more BM-SC(s) for said MBMS services, said rank of said MBMS session in said sequence being used in said assessment to determine a rank of said MBMS session in said list.
US10225853B2
A method for scheduled stations is provided. The method includes: receiving identification information of a neighbor station of a target station reported by the target station; treating, based on pre-acquired information of a basic service set to which the target station belongs and the identification information, each station except the neighbor station among the stations included in the basic service set as a latent hidden station of the target station; and scheduling, based on a transmission strategy currently used by the target station, a scheduled station corresponding to the transmission strategy to perform data transmission with the target station in a target mode, wherein the scheduled station corresponding to the transmission strategy is the station corresponding to the transmission strategy in a pre-acquired mapping relation between the transmission strategy and the station.
US10225847B2
One embodiment of the present invention is a method for a first terminal transmitting/receiving a D2D signal in a wireless communication system, the method for transmitting/receiving a D2D signal comprising the steps of: receiving a D2D control signal transmitted by a second terminal; determining a priority of the second terminal through the D2D control signal; and if the priority of the second terminal is higher than a priority of the first terminal, and if resource regions overlap, the resource regions being indicated by a D2D control signal transmitted by the first terminal and the D2D control signal transmitted by the second terminal respectively, then then the first terminal performing protection of the resource region indicated by the D2D control signal of the second terminal.
US10225846B2
Described herein are devices and techniques for deterministic service chaining between virtual network functions (VNFs). A control device can comprise a wide area network (WAN) interface, at least one local interface, and processing circuitry. The WAN interface can communicate with a plurality of WAN links. The at least one local interface can communicate with VNFs. The processing circuitry configured to: receive performance indicators, identify one of the plurality of devices having a value for a performance indicator that exceeds a threshold for a corresponding key performance indicator, and provide notification of a violation based on the identifying. The performance indicators can include latency and resource usage from the WAN interface and the at least one local interface. Also described are other embodiments.
US10225832B2
A macrocell base station controls to reduce interference between cells by a downlink signal of the macrocell base station with specific timing, the interference which a downlink signal of a low transmission power cell suffers for a wireless terminal. A low transmission power cell base station decides measurement timing with which the wireless terminal measures reception quality of the low transmission power cell based on information about the specific timing, and sends a setting message including a parameter according to the measurement timing to the wireless terminal. The wireless terminal measures reception quality with the measurement timing indicated by the parameter, and when the wireless terminal satisfies a condition for executing an event based on the measured result, the wireless terminal sends a reception quality measurement message including information indicating that the measurement is made with the measurement timing to the low transmission power cell base station.
US10225819B2
The present invention provides a wireless receiver and control method thereof capable of outputting a notification of an event that has occurred in a mobile terminal. To this end, a wireless receiver may comprise: an earphone; a sensing unit for detecting whether a user is wearing a wireless receiver; a short-range communication unit for communicating with a mobile terminal; and a control unit for, when an event has occurred in the mobile terminal and event occurrence notification information is received from the mobile terminal, controlling to output a feedback in response to the reception of the event occurrence notification information.
US10225816B2
Downlink signal strength measurements from base stations (BSs) are reported by mobile devices to facilitate mobile device locating. A system receives the signal strength information and determines whether the mobile device is within a selected distance from any of the BSs in response to detecting that signal strength information for one of the BSs is greater than a predefined value. The system determines an area over which to search for the mobile device if the system fails to detect that the signal strength information for any of the BSs is greater than the predefined value. The area over which the search is performed is an intersection of all regions determined by the signal strengths of the BSs.
US10225814B2
A method for managing audio during a conference includes receiving, at a first buffer of a mobile device, a first audio stream from a first device associated with a first participant of the conference. The method also includes receiving, at a second buffer of the mobile device, a second audio stream from a second device associated with a second participant of the conference. The method further includes generating a control signal at a delay controller of the mobile device. The control signal is provided to the first buffer and to the second buffer to synchronize first buffered audio that is output from the first buffer with second buffered audio that is output from the second buffer.
US10225811B2
The present invention, which is used in a wireless access system supporting device-to-device (D2D) communication, defines a new random access channel region and provides methods for obtaining synchronization between D2D devices in the new random access channel region, and devices supporting same. The method for obtaining synchronization between devices in a wireless access system supporting device-to-device (D2D) communication, according to one embodiment of the present invention, may comprise: a step in which a first terminal receives a D2D preamble from a second terminal via a D2D random access channel (RACH) region in an RACH region; a step in which the first terminal obtains synchronization with the second terminal by using the D2D preamble; and a step in which the first terminal performs D2D communication with the second terminal. The RACH region may comprise a legacy RACH region to which a legacy preamble for performing an RACH procedure with a base station is transmitted, and the D2D RACH region.
US10225810B2
The present disclosure relates to a pre-fifth generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond fourth generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE).A synchronization signal transmission/reception method for use in a device-to-device (D2D) communication system is provided. A method of transmitting a synchronization signal for D2D communication in an asynchronous network, in which a first terminal located in a first cell controls synchronization with a second terminal located outside of the first cell, includes transmitting, at the first cell, a system information block (SIB) including resource allocation information of the first cell and at least one neighboring cell, determining whether the first terminal is in a first mode and whether the first terminal is scheduled to perform one of a D2D communication and a D2D discovery; determining, when the first terminal is in the first mode, whether the first terminal is required to transmit a D2D synchronization signal (D2DSS); and transmitting, when the first terminal is required to transmit the D2DSS, scheduling information including a transmission time point and transmission reference timing information to the first terminal.
US10225805B2
The invention relates to a method for determining the power control parameters in order to control the power, in particular the energy per symbol, with which signals are transmitted from transmitters of a group of multiple transmitters to a receiver assigned to said group in packets according to a multiplex specification in a communication system. Each transmitter of a group determines the transmitter transmission power randomly such that the signal-to-noise ratio of the receiver lies between a minimum and a maximum value. The minimum and maximum signal-to-noise ratio values that determine to which group a transmitter belongs are defined in a first table, and the probability value used for the transmitter is defined in a second table in order to determine the transmission power of the transmitter such that the transmitter signal-to-noise ratio lies within the total range of permissible signal-to-noise ratios or within the signal-to-noise ratio that is permissible for the group to which the transmitter belongs. New values for the first and second tables are defined such that the maximum load in packets per seconds which can be accepted by the communication channel while maintaining a desired threshold packet error rate is maximized and/or the distance from the histogram of received signal-to-noise ratios in dB to a uniform histogram of signal-to-noise ratios in dB is minimized.
US10225800B2
A portable device control method and a device are described herein. The method includes establishing, by a first device using a wireless communications technology, a connection to a second device when the first device discovers the second device; determining, by the first device, a user is in a first scene mode, wherein the first scene mode is a motion status, a health detection status or a sleep status; determining, by the first device based on a preset execution policy, an execution device of a first application; and sending, by the first device to the second device, an instruction message for executing the first application when the execution device is the second device.
US10225797B2
Systems and methods for passive proximity detection of wireless devices in a cellular communications network are disclosed. In one embodiment, a supporting radio access node in a cellular communications network including one or more coverage radio access nodes in a coverage layer and one or more supporting radio access nodes in a supporting layer is disclosed. In this embodiment, the supporting radio access node detects a ranging signal transmitted by a wireless device while passively listening for a ranging signal. The supporting radio access node receives ranging assistance information from an anchor radio access node of the wireless device in the coverage layer and determines a range estimate for a range between the wireless device and the supporting radio access node based on the ranging signal transmitted by the wireless device and detected by the supporting radio access node and the ranging assistance information.
US10225793B2
A method and apparatus for automatically generating/changing Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) access information are provided. The apparatus includes an access information management database for storing pre-registered WLAN access information of a plurality of WLAN Access Points (APs). The apparatus also includes an access information collector for collecting information for WLAN APs being accessible at a current position of the apparatus, and an access information analyzer for analyzing the collected information, and creating a list of the accessible WLAN APs. The apparatus further includes a comparator for comparing the list with the WLAN access information to determine if the WLAN APs match. The apparatus additionally includes an access information automatic changer for automatically changing current WLAN access information according to matched APs. The apparatus includes an access information generator for automatically generating new WLAN access information when no WLAN access information is matched with the APs.
US10225791B2
A method comprising: transmitting, by a first electronic device, a discovery request message according to an internet protocol (IP) address of the first electronic device; receiving, by the first electronic device, a response to the discovery request message that is transmitted by a second electronic device according to an IP address of the second electronic device; and establishing a Tunneled Direct Link Setup (TDLS) channel with the second electronic device when the response to the discovery request message is received from the second electronic device.
US10225790B2
Disclosed are a signal transmitting method by a BS and a discovery method by a terminal to perform a WLAN discovery. The signal transmitting method by the BS includes: collecting information including beacon transmission periods and beacon transmission time of one or more WLAN Access Points (APs) within a cell range of the BS; generating grouping information in which beacon transmission time of the WLAN APs is mapped to a time area divided according to a grouping level from a reference time by using the collected information; and transmitting the grouping information to one or more reception terminals within cell range of the BS. Further, the discovery method by the terminal includes: receiving grouping information in which beacon transmission time of one or more WLAN Access Points (APs) is mapped to a time area divided according to a grouping level from a reference time; and discovering a WLAN AP only during a time to which the beacon transmission time is mapped according to the grouping information. Accordingly, the terminal can energy-efficiently discover a WLAN.
US10225777B2
A user equipment (UE), base station and a corresponding method for receiving historical data from a diagnostic server, receiving location data of the UE, determining a probability of a failed handover during a call based on the historical data and the location data, comparing the probability of the failed handover to a threshold value and initiating a call handover to a wireless local area network when the probability of the failed handover exceeds the threshold value. Also, a UE, base station and corresponding method for determining if one or more UEs have an active voice over WiFi call or if the UEs are registered with a Internet protocol (“IP”) multimedia subsystem (“IMS”) over WiFi and biasing a cell reselection procedure of the UE to select a cell of a packet switched network such as LTE.
US10225775B2
In a wireless network such as Wi-Fi, a wireless access point connected to a client device monitors the quality of the link to the client device. When the client device sends probe frames indicative of the link to the connected access point being too low for continued data connectivity, the access points forwards connection data to a management server. When other access points receive the probe requests, they consult the management server to obtain the low channel quality data and use it as a threshold for determining whether to respond to the client device's probe request.
US10225774B2
In one embodiment, a device, having a first and a second network interface, detects a switchover by the first network interface from using a preferred wireless access standard to access a carrier network to using a second wireless access standard to access the carrier network. The device identifies when the preferred wireless access standard is again available from the carrier network using the second network interface and causes the first network interface to switch to using the preferred wireless access standard, based on identification by the second network interface that the preferred wireless access standard is again available from the carrier network.
US10225772B2
Mobility management for wireless communication networks is provided. A method can include determining, by a device comprising a processor, expected utilities respectively for a group of network actions on behalf of a user equipment in a communication network based on an observed state of network devices of the communication network, selecting, by the device, a network action from the group of network actions having at least a threshold expected utility, resulting in a selected network action, determining, by the device, an adjustment parameter for the selected network action based on a conformity of the selected network action to a network policy applicable to the communication network, and based on the adjustment parameter, adjusting, by the device, an expected utility of the expected utilities corresponding to the selected network action to account for the observed state of the network devices of the communication network.
US10225765B2
Certain networks can operate using circuit switched infrastructure, while other networks may operate using infrastructure for the long term evolution (LTE) of the third generation partnership project (3GPP). Devices can operate across the boundaries of these networks. Thus, such devices as well as the networks may benefit from network sharing in reverse single radio voice call continuity. For example, a method may include requesting handover of a user equipment from a source network to a target network. The method may also include providing a network identification corresponding to the source network while requesting the handover. Alternatively, or in addition, a method may include requesting handover of a user equipment from a source network to a target network. The method may also include determining the target network based on a network identification received previously.
US10225758B2
A method of obtaining a virtual measurement result for an inactive channel in a wireless telecommunications system, the system including one or more terminals and a base station providing one or more active channels for communicating wireless signals with the one or more terminals, wherein a channel is inactive if it is not currently provided by the base station for use by the one or more terminals. The method includes: selecting an active channel of the one or more active channels; obtaining a first measurement result based on signals transmitted by the base station on the active channel; and deriving a virtual measurement result for the inactive channel from the first measurement result, thereby obtaining a virtual measurement result for the inactive channel.
US10225751B1
Systems and methods of hybrid control of a computer network are provided. The system can comprise a controller and a plurality of nodes having an in-band control plane network arranged in a directed acyclic graph routing topology. A first node of the plurality of nodes can be configured to detect a link failure of a first link, the first link being controller-directed. The first node can reverse a second link to a second node from outward-directed to controller-directed such that the first node can communicate with the controller via the second link and the in-band control plane network. The first node can detect a reversal of the second link caused by the second node. The first node can determine that the in-band control plane network is partitioned. The first node can use an out-of-band control plane network to inform the controller that the in-band control plane network is partitioned.
US10225738B2
A relay apparatus according to the present invention includes reception means for receiving a remote operation request, storage means for associating first identification information related to a controlled-side communication apparatus or a controlled-side user that is remotely operated with second identification information related to a control-side communication apparatus or a control-side user that remotely operates the controlled-side communication apparatus to store the first identification information in association with the second identification information as permission information, determination means for comparing the first identification information and the second identification information included in the permission information with the first identification information and the second identification information included in the remote operation request, respectively, to determine whether to allow the remote operation, and transmission means for generating a control message to transmit the control message upon determination in the determination means that the remote operation is allowed. According to the configuration, it is possible to start remote operation without requiring the controlled-side user to start up the server by himself/herself in response to the request for the remote operation.
US10225734B1
The secured storage receives an electronic device including but not limited to a tablet, smart phone, mobile computing device, or other computing device. The secured storage provides a charging system that charges the device. The lock of the secured storage secures the electronic device within the storage. The system maintains a log of the users who access the electronic devices. The system then control access by granting access to users and restricting access to users based upon usage history, behavior, or other criteria. The lock adjusts between locked to secure the device and unlocked to allow access to the device.
US10225733B2
Access management to femto cell service is provided through access control list(s), e.g., white list(s), or black list(s). White list(s) include a set of subscriber station(s) identifier numbers, codes, or tokens, and also can include additional fields for femto cell access management based on desired complexity. White list(s) can have associated white list profile(s) therewith to establish logic of femto coverage access based on the white list(s). Access lists exchange among subscribers that posses provisioned femto access points and elect to share access lists also is provided. Transference of access list(s) among subscribers is secured and based at least in part on subscriber privacy policy. Subscribers can be prompted to opt in access list sharing, or to update privacy policies to allow reciprocate sharing and update privacy settings. Based at least in part on association criteria, a component identifies femto access points with which a subscriber accesses lists.
US10225729B2
A multi-card user equipment, and service processing method and device thereof are provided. The method includes, when receiving a service request, detecting whether a data transmission channel has been established with a network, wherein a number of the established data transmission channels is less than a number of the subscriber identity cards in the multi-card user equipment; and processing a service corresponding to the service request by using the established data transmission channel. With the method, multiple cards can be provided service at the same time, while hardware cost and complexity is decreased and wireless transmission resources is saved.
US10225723B1
A method and apparatus for controlling a transmission signal for a disaster scene communication system. The method includes determining a type of a transmission message transmitted to a mobile terminal device by a control terminal device of the disaster scene communication system, determining a criticality level of the transmission message corresponding to the type of the transmission message, determining an initial distance between the control terminal device and the mobile terminal device by checking initial location information of the mobile terminal device, setting an initial transmission power in consideration of the criticality level of the transmission message corresponding to the type of the transmission message and the initial distance between the mobile terminal device and the control terminal device, and controlling a current transmission power based on the initial transmission power.
US10225721B2
A description is therefore provided of technologies enhancing interoperability of devices located in a proximity from each other, with the goal of improving service performance and security. Interoperability between a wearable device on user's hand and a door or a mobile phone results in improved security as well as convenience of use. Interoperability between mobile devices and nearby devices belonging to different users, able to provide local computational power, results in lowering of bandwidth requirements for data transfer, by means of performing computations on the data being collected locally, as opposed to it being done on a remote server.
US10225714B2
The present invention relates to a system and method for transmitting, storing receiving and/or retrieving identification information or data and/or pairing information or data between accessories or associated products and smart electronic devices into and/or from any distinct server or storage media. Accordingly, the present invention enables the user to transmit and/or store all identification information or data and/or pairing information or data of accessory or associated products that have been connected or paired to an existing smart device into a distinct server or storage media, and enables those information or data to be retrieved and/or received from the said server or storage media, into the same or another smart electronic device for the purposes of establishing and/or maintain connection and/or communication with the said accessory or associated products without the need to reinitiate the pairing process.
US10225713B2
A method for establishing a wireless connection comprises initiating, by a first device, a procedure of establishing a first wireless connection of a first communication protocol with relatively higher data rate and higher power consumption, between the first electronic device and a second electronic device, in response to one of: (a) detecting a first signal from a peripheral unit of the first electronic device, the first signal leading the first electronic device to become active and (b) detecting a second signal from the second electronic device via a second wireless connection of a second communication protocol established between the first electronic device and the second electronic device, the second signal indicating that the second electronic device is in use, or in response to (c) detecting the first signal that is detected within a predetermine time after receiving the second signal.
US10225709B2
A system and method of enabling a wireless device that has no directly accessible wireless Internet connection at a given location to make a data connection through a neighboring different wireless device that does have directly accessible wireless Internet connection, to connect to the Internet. Specifically such indirect Internet connection does not require any authorization from any such other device, such as a server, other than between both wireless devices and additionally the wireless device that has no directly accessible wireless Internet connection does not require any credits from the wireless network to which the wireless device that does have directly accessible wireless Internet connection is connected to.
US10225708B2
A hop-by-hop trust evaluation scheme (H-TEA) is disclosed that can be used to route a data packet between a set of network nodes in an identity anonymous wireless sensor network. The H-TEA scheme is a complete localized approach for each network node to determine a trustworthiness reputation of the data packet for routing without requiring a recommendation from another node or any historical information about the other node. In the H-TEA scheme, the trustworthiness reputation of the packet is evaluated based on one or more of four verification processes: a data quality verification process, a location verification process, a time verification process, and a travel direction verification process. The H-TEA scheme can be implemented to preform network data management and network data security in a wireless sensor network with a resource constraint and requires anonymity.
US10225701B2
Multicast expert system information dissemination systems and methods making use of artificial intelligence are provided. The systems and methods include a wireless device for receiving RF multicast information messages from a content provider wherein said information is descriptive of objects potentially of interest to users of the device. Received multicast messages may include information parameters about objects of potentially interest to the user. The wireless device also includes a knowledge base prestored in the wireless device descriptive of the user's level of interest in various objects. Artificial intelligence expert system control is used to evaluate a combination of the user's level of interest in the object information and distance from the user to the location where the object may be obtained. The artificial intelligence expert system derives a user advisory action index. In one embodiment the artificial intelligence may be implemented using fuzzy logic inference engine apparatus.
US10225698B2
An example method is provided in one example embodiment and may include communicating a message for a group of one or more user equipment (UE) from a machine type communication-interworking function (MTC-IWF) to a packet data network gateway (PGW), wherein the message includes a group identity (ID) associated with the group of one or more UE; communicating the message from the PGW to one or more serving gateways (SGWs); and communicating the message from each of the one or more SGWs to each of the one or more UE of the group of the one via a tunnel for each of the one or more UE.
US10225690B2
A method for filtering a message transmitted between a transmitter and a receiver in a vehicular ad hoc network, the message containing at least one position of the transmitter, including: determining a position of the receiver by a global satellite navigation system in a predetermined coordinate system; determining a decision threshold for a maximum distance between the receiver and the transmitter in the predetermined coordinate system in which the position of the receiver was determined; and discarding the message if a distance between the position of the transmitter and the position of the receiver exceeds the decision threshold.
US10225686B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to passive positioning based on directional transmissions, such as directional beacons transmitted during a sector sweep procedure.
US10225674B2
Disclosed is a method for optimizing noise cancellation in a headset, the headset comprising a headphone and a microphone unit comprising at least a first microphone and a second microphone, the method comprising: generating at least a first audio signal from the at least first microphone, where the first audio signal comprises a speech portion from a user of the headset and a noise portion from the surroundings; generating at least a second audio signal from the at least second microphone, where the second audio signal comprises a speech portion from the user of the headset and a noise portion from the surroundings; generating a noise cancelled output by filtering and summing at least a part of the first audio signal and at least a part of the second audio signal, where the filtering is adaptively configured to continually minimize the power of the noise cancelled output, and where the filtering is adaptively configured to continually provide that at least the amplitude spectrum of the speech portion of the noise cancelled output corresponds to the speech portion of a reference audio signal generated from at least one of the microphones.
US10225661B2
A loudspeaker includes a cavity, a first coil, a first magnet and a linking-up unit. The cavity includes a vibration film. The vibration film is disposed on an opening of the cavity. The first coil is configured to adjust a first magnetic field in the first coil according to the driving of an electronic signal. At least part of the first magnet is in the first coil. The first magnet is movable along a first axis. The linking-up unit is between the vibration film and the first magnet. The linking-up unit is connected to the vibration film and the magnet respectively.
US10225660B2
A process for magnetizing multiple magnetic circuits. The process comprises the following steps: S1, fixing an un-magnetized internal magnetic circuit assembly (12) to an un-magnetized external magnetic circuit assembly (22), so as to assemble into an un-magnetized magnetic circuit assembly (32); and S2, magnetizing the un-magnetized magnetic circuit assembly (32) that is completed in the Step S1, in this step the un-magnetized internal magnetic circuit assembly (12) and the un-magnetized external magnetic circuit assembly (22) are magnetized respectively by using an internal magnetic circuit magnetizing coil (40) and an external magnetic circuit magnetizing coil (50), so as to complete the process for magnetizing multiple magnetic circuits.
US10225655B1
A method to create a seamlessly immersive experience by having stereo components placed in 3D space, keeping realism and engagement as high as possible, to simulate virtual reality applications in a head mounted display. The method involves a placement of stereo user interface elements in 3D space for use in a virtual reality applications using a proprietary layered panoramas method. The invention utilizes a placement into 3D space, flat 2D stereoscopic user interface elements so that they fit in an immersive experience and appear to match in a z depth plane for the experience.
US10225637B2
A case for an earbud includes a receiving cavity sized and shaped to accept the earbud within the receiving cavity. The case includes one or more housing magnetic components configured to magnetically attract and secure the earbud within the receiving cavity.
US10225628B2
A fiber port management system that can be connected between network devices and network appliances is provided. The fiber port management system includes a housing, one or more hydra cables within the housing, one or more indicators and a controller. The housing has a front panel with a plurality of low density fiber connectors and a rear panel with a plurality of high density fiber connectors. The hydra cable is positioned within the housing and connects one of the plurality of high density fiber connectors to two or more of the plurality of low density fiber connectors. The one or more indicators are associated with each of the plurality of low density fiber connectors and each of the plurality of high density fiber connectors. The controller is located within the housing and is used to control the operation of the indicators.
US10225614B2
The present invention is a method and system for generation and playback of supplemented videos which include interactive features. The supplemented video includes hotspots that allow a video viewer to interact with the video when the video viewer sees an object. The hotspots can be manually defined. Information regarding the object and the hotspot can be stored in a separate XML file. Furthermore, the present invention can be a marketplace where a desired object can be found by searching the XML file. The search results can list the supplemented videos which contain hotspots corresponding to the object and also the time in the supplemented video in which the object is found. The present invention can also aggregate data about the objects based on the playback of the supplemented videos and the video viewer's interaction with the supplemented videos.
US10225610B2
An apparatus and method of generating a content channel that includes accessing a list of content assets, utilizing one or more content assets as settings for the content channel, and selecting additional content assets. The selection is based on the settings. The content channel is generated based on the additional content assets.
US10225597B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to control of transmission and consumption of content in a device, such as an end-point rendering device. The content can include linear-programming content assets and/or time-shifted content assets. Consumption can be mediated by a control device that can coordinate the functional interaction between the device and a content distribution network node or an access network node that can supply the content and related information.
US10225592B2
Methods and apparatus for providing an alternate content delivery mechanism available to content-based network users. In one embodiment, the network comprises a cable television network, and subscribers are able to retrieve requested content from one or more other subscriber's storage medium and without going outside the cable network (or accessing the network core in any significant capacity) using a peer-to-peer (P2P) network protocol. Using this approach, bandwidth consumption is advantageously pushed out to the edge of the network from the core, also obviating content requests outside the network (e.g., to third-party servers on the Internet). Methods of operating the aforementioned P2P network, and various business paradigms relating thereto, are also disclosed.
US10225588B2
Systems and methods for performing adaptive bitrate streaming using alternative streams of protected content in accordance with embodiments of the invention are described. One embodiment of the invention includes a processor, and memory containing a client application. In addition, the client application configures the processor to: request a top level index file identifying a plurality of alternative streams of protected content, where each of the alternative streams of protected content are encrypted using common cryptographic information; obtain the common cryptographic information; request portions of content from at least the plurality of alternative streams of protected content; access the protected content using the common cryptographic information; and playback the content.
US10225584B2
A user can create a video segment or employ an existing video segment, upload the segment to a server, indicate an advertisement to be associated with the video, and then send it to a recipient over a computer network. The user provides an indication that one or more particular video segments and advertisements are to be shared over the network. An identifier for the video segment is automatically created and the segment and the identifier are automatically uploaded to a host computer over the network such as the Internet. The video segment, the identifier (optionally with other identifying material such as an identity of the sender, and an advertisement selected by the sender can be stored at the direction of the host computer.
US10225583B2
Summarization segments of an encoded video can be efficiently identified, without the need to decode the encoded video to obtain image data, by analyzing encoded-buffer-size deltas, each indicating an encoded-buffer-size difference between a pair of intra-coded frames of an encoded video.
US10225576B2
A video coding apparatus including a dividing part that outputs the coding target picture divided for each coding unit (basic CU); a prediction processor that generates a prediction image by performing one of intra prediction and inter-screen prediction; a difference calculator that generates a difference image by calculating a difference between the generated prediction image and an image corresponding to the prediction image in the coding target picture; a residual coder that generates a residual coefficient by performing transform processing and quantization processing on the generated difference image; an integration unit that integrates a plurality of basic CUs included in an N×N-pixel region into one new CU, and a code string generator that generates a code string corresponding to the post-integration new CU by performing variable-length coding and arithmetic coding on coding information and the residual coefficient.
US10225575B2
An image processing device according to one of the exemplary aspects of the present invention includes: inferring means for selecting, for each of local unknown patches including a target unknown patch, candidate patches from a plurality of input patches based on similarity to the local unknown patch, the local unknown patches being images generated from a part of an unknown image, the plurality of input patches being images generated from a plurality of input images, a subject ID (Identifier) being correlated with the input patches that are generated from an input image to which the subject ID is assigned in the plurality of input image; first score calculation means for calculating a score representing nearness of a candidate patch in the candidate patches to a local unknown patch in the local unknown patches; and patch replacement means for calculating a score summation for the subject ID by summing up scores of the candidate patches being correlated with a same subject ID in the candidate patches of the local unknown patches, and selecting, as a selected patch being used for reconstruction of a reconstruction image, a candidate patch that is correlated with the subject ID for which the score summation is highest from the candidate patches selected for the target unknown patch.
US10225567B2
The amount of encoding of hierarchically encoded data is reduced with an improvement in the accuracy of a predicted image by including information for accurate derivation of a position of a reference layer pixel corresponding to a pixel in a higher layer, which is a target layer, in the hierarchically encoded data. A hierarchical moving image decoder includes a parameter set decoding unit decoding inter-layer phase correspondence information and a predicted image generator generating a predicted image on the basis of the inter-layer phase correspondence information.
US10225565B2
Provided are a video encoding method and a video decoding method according to spatial subdivisions based on splitting a picture into a first tile and a second tile, and splitting a current tile among the first tile and the second tile into at least one slice segment, encoding the first tile and the second tile, independently from each other, and encoding maximum coding units of a current slice segment among the at least one slice segment included in the current tile, with respect to the at least one slice segment included in the current tile.
US10225550B2
According to examples of the presently disclosed subject matter, a method of controlling a video content system can include: obtaining a current input frame and a preceding input frame from an input video sequence and obtaining a current degraded frame and a preceding degraded frame from a degraded video sequence corresponding to the input video sequence; computing a first differences value from the current input and the preceding input frames and a second differences value from the current degraded frame and the preceding degraded frame, comparing the first and second differences values, giving rise to an inter-frame quality score; computing an intra-frame quality score using an intra-frame quality measure that is applied in the pixel-domain of the current degraded frame and the current input frame and providing a configuration instruction to the video content system based on a quality criterion related to the inter-frame and the intra-frame quality scores.
US10225548B2
3D television set or its external speaker box has container for a plurality of 3D spectacles. Container can locate individual 3D spectacles therein. Each of 3D spectacles has unique modulation reflector of infrared synchronizing signal. 3D television set displays 3D image on 3D program upon use of 3D spectacles detected directly by the modulation reflection or indirectly by 3D spectacles not remaining in container. 3D television set displays 2D image on 3D program if nonuse of 3D spectacles is detected directly by the no modulation reflection or indirectly by 3D spectacles remaining in container. Upon detection of nonuse, recommendation display is made to ware 3D spectacles. During 2D commercial message, synchronizing signal is halted. Recommendation to put unnecessary 3D spectacles in container is made upon end of every program, or end of 3D program followed by 2D program, or right before power off of 3D television set.
US10225547B2
Mobile display device 100 for enabling a user to obtain either three-dimensional [3D] or two-dimensional [2D] viewing of content, comprising a 3D display 120 for enabling the 3D viewing of the content, a 2D display 140 for enabling the 2D viewing of the content, a display processor for displaying the content as 3D content 124 on the 3D display and for displaying the content as 2D content 144 on the 2D display, the 3D display and the 2D display being arranged on opposite faces 122, 142 of the device for enabling the user to obtain either the 3D viewing or the 2D viewing of the content by turning 102 the device about-face.
US10225545B2
This fully-automated 3D photo booth uses a single-or dual-lens camera or other depth sensors. Depth algorithms process the pictures taken, which can be inserted into themed templates. A novel method of coarse segmentation separates the foreground and background. The photo booth dispenses an interlaced print and snap-in photo frame, or gives the option of viewing on a mobile device or sending via email or social media. On a mobile device, the 3D viewing is with a snap-on or adhesive optical overlay if available, using novel lenticules that solve Moiré artifacts. In the absence of an optical overlay, tilt sensors are used to move the viewpoint of the 3D scene model, to look around objects in the foreground, the same as if real objects were being tilted back and forth.
US10225543B2
Systems and methods for calibrating an array camera are disclosed. Systems and methods for calibrating an array camera in accordance with embodiments of this invention include the capturing of an image of a test pattern with the array camera such that each imaging component in the array camera captures an image of the test pattern. The image of the test pattern captured by a reference imaging component is then used to derive calibration information for the reference component. A corrected image of the test pattern for the reference component is then generated from the calibration information and the image of the test pattern captured by the reference imaging component. The corrected image is then used with the images captured by each of the associate imaging components associated with the reference component to generate calibration information for the associate imaging components.
US10225529B2
A projection device is provided for finally displaying a clear desired target image while shortening time until the target image is displayed, the projection device including: a light source; a spatial modulation element reflecting light from the light source by a display unit displaying a phase distribution of a target image; a modulation element control means that performs, in parallel by different arithmetic units, first processing of generating a phase distribution of the target image and second processing of generating a phase distribution of the target image by processing with a calculation cost higher than the first processing, and displays a phase distribution generated by the second processing on a display surface of the spatial modulation element after displaying a phase distribution generated by the first processing on a display surface of the spatial modulation element; and a projection means that projects reflected light from the spatial modulation element.
US10225517B2
A communication management system includes: a storage unit configured to store destination information of a first communication terminal that establishes a first session with a relay device that relays communication data, destination information of a conversion system that performs mutual conversion between communication schemes of communication data transmitted from the first communication terminal and a second communication terminal and establishes a second session with the relay device, and destination information of the second communication terminal that establishes a third session with the conversion system; a receiving unit configured to receive start request information to start communication between the communication terminals from the first communication terminal; an extracting unit configured to extract destination information of each communication terminal and the conversion system stored in the storage unit, based on the received start request information; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the extracted destination information to the relay device.
US10225513B2
A conversion method for converting luminance of a video, including a luminance value in a first luminance range, to be displayed on a display apparatus includes: acquiring a first luminance signal indicating a code value obtained by quantization of the luminance value of the video; and converting the code value indicated by the acquired first luminance signal into a second luminance value determined based on a luminance range of the display apparatus, the second luminance value being compatible with a second luminance range with a maximum value smaller than a maximum value of the first luminance range and larger than 100 nit. This provides the conversion method capable of achieving further improvement.
US10225510B2
A system, apparatus, and computer program product for monitoring a subject person's environment while the person is isolated from the environment. The system can use a microphone and/or a digital camera or imager to detect and capture sounds, voices, object, symbols, and faces in the subject person's environment, for example. The captured items can be analyzed, identified, and provided in an events log. The subject person can later review the events log to understand what happened while isolated. In various instances, the subject person can select an event from the log and review the underlying detected sounds, voices, object, symbols, and faces.
US10225505B2
The invention relates to an electronic device for analyzing a scene, including a plurality of pixels (101) connected to a readout circuit (103) by a same first conductive track (105), wherein: each pixel (101) is capable of detecting an occurrence of a first event characteristic of the scene and of transmitting an event indication signal on the first conductive track (105) when it detects an occurrence of the first event; and the readout circuit (103) is capable of reading from the first conductive track (105) the event indication signals transmitted by the pixels (101) and of deducing therefrom characteristics of the scene, without transmitting event acknowledgement signals to the pixels (101).
US10225501B2
While a focus lens is moving to a focus lens driving target position, a controller of a focus adjustment device switches a moving speed of the focus lens from a first speed to a second speed. In particular, the controller calculates the number of times the defocus amount can be calculated when the focus lens moves at a predetermined speed in a section between a first position in which the moving speed is switched and a second position in which the focus lens starts being controlled to stop in the focus lens driving target position, and calculates the second speed based on the number of times, the first position and the focus lens driving target position.
US10225491B2
A solid-state imaging device includes a photodetecting unit including MN pixels arrayed two-dimensionally in M rows and N columns, an output unit outputting a digital value generated on the basis of the amount of charge input from the pixels, and a control unit. The control unit divides the MN pixels in the photodetecting unit into unit regions each including pixels in Q rows and R columns, divides the unit regions arrayed two-dimensionally in (M/Q) rows and (N/R) columns into binning regions each including unit regions in K rows and one column, and repeatedly outputs the digital value according to the sum of amounts of the charges output from KQR pixels included in each binning region from the output unit K times in a column order for each row sequentially for the binning regions arrayed two-dimensionally in (M/KQ) rows and (N/R) columns.
US10225485B1
According to some embodiments, a camera captures images at a high dynamic range. These images are then tonemapped into images of a lower dynamic range with enhanced contrast. The contrast enhancement for a given pixel depends on the image's local contrast at a variety of different scales. Calculation of this contrast is accelerated by the camera creating a plurality low-pass filtered versions of the original image at progressively stronger low-pass filtering; these images may be stored at increasingly lower resolutions in a mipmap. Calculations are enhanced by use of a massively parallel processor and a texture mapping unit for hardware-accelerated sampling of blended averages of several pixels. Other embodiments are shown and discussed.
US10225483B1
A method for creating a projected image including capturing an image of an item or data relating to an image of an item with an image capture device having a plurality of light sensing units, at a first exposure time. The method further includes receiving as an input or determining a second exposure time, and creating a projected image of the item at the second exposure time based upon the captured image or the captured data relating to the image.
US10225482B2
Provided are a method and an apparatus for controlling an electronic device including a flash. The method includes obtaining light emission waveform data including light emission times and light emission intensities of the flash corresponding to a plurality of pre-set guide numbers. Also, calculating a waveform area of the light emission waveform data and calculating light emission amounts regarding the respective guide numbers by using the waveform area. The method further includes calculating a main guide number corresponding to light emission amount that satisfies necessary light emission amounts obtained when the flash pre-flashes from among the respective light emission amounts and controlling the flash to emit light according to a light emission time and light emission intensity based on the calculated main guide number.
US10225471B2
A system and method for autonomously recording a visual media including a digital image sensor to capture a visual media; a display to present the visual media from the digital image sensor; a touch controller to identify at least one of a haptic contact engagement, haptic contact signal and haptic contact gesture detected on a single haptic zone or at least one of a multiple individual haptic zone on the display; and a visual media capture controller to alternately record the visual media as a photograph or video based upon the number of times or the method which haptic contact occurs on the screen display and toggle between the single haptic zone and multiple haptic zones.
US10225467B2
A system and method of capturing view-point-encoded 360° video data with a 360° camera includes capturing a frame of video including a substantially 360° view and contemporaneously receiving position information from one or more mobile electronic devices such as cellphones linked to the camera. The position information identifies a viewpoint associated with each mobile electronic device. The camera records the captured video frame and the received position information together such that one or more of the viewpoints may be selected during later playback.
US10225464B2
In an image processing apparatus, a characteristic acquisition unit acquires a characteristic of the projection object. A correction control unit determines a parameter in accordance with the characteristic and corrects an input image based on the parameter. A characteristic specifying unit specifies an attentional characteristic region based on the characteristic. A captured image acquisition unit acquires a captured image of a projection image. A change determination unit determines whether the attentional characteristic region changes by a predetermined amount or more from the input image and the captured image, causes the characteristic acquisition unit to acquire the characteristic if it is determined that the region changes, and redetermines to cause the correction control unit to produce a projection image.
US10225453B2
An imaging apparatus comprises an image sensor that acquires image data of a physical object, an imaging position change controller that changes imaging position of the image sensor, a memory that stores position of the image sensor that has been changed by the imaging position change controller and control data for controlling imaging conditions at the time of imaging by the image sensor, and a communication circuit that carries out communication with an external terminal, wherein the communication circuit performs communication to carry out positional and imaging control in accordance with position of the image sensor and the imaging conditions that have been stored in the memory, and communicates information that has been acquired as a result of imaging by the image sensor.
US10225451B2
An imaging apparatus is provided which comprises: an imaging unit 22 that captures an image through an optical system and outputs an image signal corresponding to the captured image; a focus detection unit 21 that uses the image signal as the basis to detect a focal state of the optical system at a plurality of focus detection positions set in an image plane of the optical system; a calculation unit 21 that calculates a limit value at a closing side of an aperture value of the optical system as a closing side limit value, the limit value corresponding to a focus detection position when the focus detection unit 21 performs focus detection; and a control unit 21 that, when the focus detection unit 21 performs focus detection, sets the aperture value of the optical system on the basis of the closing side limit value corresponding to the focus detection position for performing focus detection.
US10225445B2
Methods and apparatus for providing a user of a camera information about the status of one or more lenses and/or providing a subject of a photograph an indicator of where to look during image capture are described. In some embodiments different sets of camera modules are used for taking photographs depending on user input and/or the distance to the objects to be captured. In various embodiments an indicator, e.g., light emitting element, is associated with each of the different sets of camera modules which maybe used to indicate where a subject should look during image capture by the corresponding set of camera modules. In some embodiment dirty lenses of the camera are detected and the user is notified of the dirty lenses through an audible and/or visual indication. In some embodiments the indication of which lens/lenses are dirty is provided by illuminating light emitting elements corresponding to the dirty lens(es).
US10225432B2
Examples herein disclose receiving and identifier associated with a first void pantograph and identifying a second void pantograph based on the received identifier. The examples facilitate authentication of the first void pantograph by making available the second void pantograph.
US10225431B2
A system and method for efficiently importing scanned construction project documents (e.g., digital images of physical documents) is disclosed. The method includes receiving a digital image of a document and performing a first text recognition operation on a first portion of the digital image. The method includes in response to determining, based on the first text recognition operation, that the first portion does not include machine-readable text, generating a modified image of the document by performing an image modification operation. The image modification operation may include an orientation operation. The method further includes storing the modified image of the document in a database. The image modification operation may also include a de-skewing operation and an alignment operation.
US10225429B1
An information processing apparatus is configured to receive the identification information items of the one or more destinations from an information terminal device via the first communication interface, the information terminal device storing addresses and identification information items of one or more destinations in association with each other, the one or more destinations being selectable as a data-transmission-destination, select an identification information item of a destination, to which data is to be transmitted, out of the received identification information items of the one or more destinations, and transmit the selected identification information item of the destination and the data to the information terminal device via the first communication interface.
US10225427B2
An image reading device includes an angle restriction part 212a that restricts an inclination angle with respect to a document table glass (203) when viewed from a sub-scanning direction of a flat cable (214) such that a contact portion is biased to one side of the flat cable (214) in a main scanning direction when an upper surface part of the flat cable (214) contacts with the document table glass (203) with movement of an image reading unit (210).
US10225423B2
Provided is an image forming apparatus capable of counting a number of prints with high accuracy and a recording medium. An MFP that includes a monochrome counter for monochrome printing and a color counter for color printing sets the monochrome counter as a target counter for reflecting the number of prints in a printing process when only monochrome toner of monochrome toner and color toner is consumed in the printing process. Moreover, the MFP sets the color counter as a target counter when color toner is consumed in a printing process. Then, the MFP reflects the number of prints in a printing process on the set target counter.
US10225414B2
The image reading apparatus including a reading unit configured read an image of a document according to a read request transmitted from an external device, includes a detection unit configured to detect a state of the document to be read by the reading unit, a reception unit configured to receive a request from the external device to obtain a state of the image reading apparatus, a power supply unit configured to, in a power saving state where power supply to the reading unit and the detection unit is stopped, supply power to the detection unit based on the reception of the request, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the state of the document to be read by the reading unit detected by the detection unit to which the power is supplied by the power supply unit, to the external device as a response to the request.
US10225412B2
A device and a method for implementing a data service in order to avoid generating an unnecessary data usage fee for user equipment (UE) and further avoid data usage waste after a data service switch of the UE is turned off. The method includes determining, by a first network-side device, a status of a data service switch of UE, and sending, by the first network-side device, a first notification message to a second network-side device when the data service switch of the UE is turned off, where the UE is already registered with a network, the first notification message includes first instruction information and an identity of the UE, and the first instruction information instructs the second network-side device to skip charging for data packets of the UE flowing through the second network-side device.
US10225405B2
The stages of an interaction between a potential customer (the user) and a sales representative (the agent) during a sales interaction are identified to understand the interaction factors that drive sales and, by doing so, to serve the customer better and thus increase sales. Initially, a user makes contact with an agent via a communications network. During the interaction, a dropping point is reached, i.e. the point in the interaction at which either the user or the agent ends the interaction. The dropping point and other interaction factors is analyzed. Based upon such analysis, various recommendations are made to the agents to improve the user's sales experience.
US10225401B2
A fingerprint is received from a communication endpoint. The fingerprint is based on a hardware identifier of the communication endpoint. For example the fingerprint may be based on a Media Access Control (MAC) address of the communication endpoint. A request for an emergency call from the communication endpoint is received that also includes the fingerprint. For instance, a user may initiate a 911 call from the communication endpoint. The emergency call is established. After the emergency call is disconnected, a request for an emergency call back is received. For example, if the emergency call prematurely disconnected, the emergency call back is initiated. The request for the emergency call back is routed to the communication endpoint based on the fingerprint to ensure that the emergency call is properly completed.
US10225399B2
Aspects of the present invention confirm that a phone number is associated with a particular phone. The phone number is confirmed to be associated with the phone by causing the phone to transmit a verification message addressed to that phone number. Receipt by the phone of the verification message confirms that the number is associated with that phone. Another aspect of the invention concerns updating the status of phones in a status list of phone numbers on a phone by sending the status list and updated status of the phone to a network server. The server monitors the status of at least one of the phones in the status list and transmits that status to the phone, which updated status is then displayed in a display area of the phone.
US10225397B2
The method includes identifying, by one or more computer processors, incoming data related to a source. The method further includes identifying, by one or more computer processors, data related to a recipient of incoming data from the source. The method further includes determining, by one or more computer processes, a relationship between the source and the recipient of the incoming data from the source. The method further includes calculating, by one or more computer processors, a risk indicator associated with the incoming data from the source based upon the identified data related to the source, the identified data related to the recipient and the determined relationship between the source and the recipient. The method further includes sending, by one or more computer processors, a notification to the recipient, wherein the notification includes at least the calculated risk indicator.
US10225391B2
This disclosure relates to a method and system for exchanging data between users of a vehicle, including a main user equipped with a first personal electronic device and a secondary user equipped with a second personal electronic device. The method includes a preparatory phase and a transmission phase, which comprise the following steps: the application installed on the first personal electronic device sends data to a remote server including the second email address of the secondary user and instructions for the transfer of information regarding the vehicle; the remote server sends data to an information cloud including the mobile identifier assigned to the application installed on the second device and information regarding the vehicle, and the cloud sends information regarding the vehicle to the application installed on the second personal electronic device.
US10225385B2
A mobile terminal having a display unit configured to be expanded or contracted in at least one direction, a housing disposed at a lower part of the display unit and formed to enclose electrical components and a case covering a rear surface of the housing is provided. The case includes at least two divided cases separate from each other, and, when at least one of the divided cases moves in a first direction relative to another one of the divided cases, the display unit is expanded and contracted in response to the movement of the at least one divided case.
US10225377B2
This document relates to protocol translation for remote control of various devices. One example is a technique that includes identifying a controlled device that has a controlled device communication protocol for controlling the controlled device. The technique also includes obtaining translation data that conveys translations of commands from another protocol into the controlled device protocol. The technique also includes configuring a delay for transmitting the translated commands, and performing translation between the another protocol and the controlled device protocol using the translation data and the configured delay.
US10225374B2
A system designed for increasing network communication speed for users, while lowering network congestion for content owners and ISPs. The system employs network elements including an acceleration server, clients, agents, and peers, where communication requests generated by applications are intercepted by the client on the same machine. The IP address of the server in the communication request is transmitted to the acceleration server, which provides a list of agents to use for this IP address. The communication request is sent to the agents. One or more of the agents respond with a list of peers that have previously seen some or all of the content which is the response to this request (after checking whether this data is still valid). The client then downloads the data from these peers in parts and in parallel, thereby speeding up the Web transfer, releasing congestion from the Web by fetching the information from multiple sources, and relieving traffic from Web servers by offloading the data transfers from them to nearby peers.
US10225361B2
A caching management method includes embedding a notification request tag in a dummy file, uploading the dummy file to a cache server, recording a timestamp indicating a first point in time that the dummy file is uploaded to the cache server, receiving an eviction notification indicating a second point in time that the dummy file is evicted from the cache server, and calculating an eviction time indicating an amount of time taken for the dummy file to be evicted from the cache server. Transmission of the eviction notification is triggered in response to processing the notification request tag, and the dummy file is not retrieved from the cache server between the first point in time and the second point in time. The eviction time is equal to a difference between the first point in time and the second point in time.
US10225358B2
The embodiments of the present document provide a page method, device, server and system. Wherein, the page push method includes: sending a page push request to a centralized network management controller; acquiring user information required for page push which is returned by the centralized network management controller according to the page push request; and pushing a page to a user according to the user information.
US10225357B2
The disclosure is directed to a push notification system (PNS) for sending notifications to users of an application (“app”), e.g., a mobile app of a social networking application. The PNS generates a compact filter data structure (“filter”) to store a representation of token identifications (“IDs”) of app installations that belong in a specified category. A token ID uniquely identifies a device-app pair. To send a notification, the PNS identifies the filter corresponding to the specified category, tests the filter with token IDs of all installations of the app to identify which of the token IDs are present in the filter, and sends the notification to client devices associated with the identified set of token IDs. The filter facilitates a fast lookup of a token ID while consuming significantly less storage space, e.g., as the filter stores a representation of the token IDs and not the actual token IDs.
US10225350B2
A cloud system that includes one or more servers for communicating with vehicles and processing information received from vehicles and processing information sent to vehicles is disclosed. The system processes instructions for establishing a communication link between a computing device associated with a vehicle and a server of the cloud system. The communication link is over a wireless network. The communication link is established in association with a user account that is managed by the cloud system. The communication link is configured to be established for one or more sessions. The system enables receiving, at the server, a plurality of actions associated with inputs made at the vehicle for the vehicle when associated with the user account, and the plurality of actions being received during the one or more sessions. Then, updating, by the server, data associated with the user account to identify certain ones of the plurality of actions at the vehicle. The server is configured to generate an instruction to apply a setting at the vehicle. One or more of the plurality of actions for the vehicle made during the one or more sessions are analyzed to identify a pattern that is indicative of a preference for a setting by a user of the vehicle that used the vehicle via the user account when the actions were made. The server then sends to the user account the instruction to apply the setting for the vehicle. The computing device associated with the vehicle enables acceptance and application of the setting.
US10225348B2
A first request is received from a first processing node to produce data blocks of a first data stream representing a first communication topic. The first processing node is one of the processing nodes handling a specific function of operating an autonomous vehicle. Each of the processing nodes is executed within a specific node container having a specific operating environment. A global memory segment is allocated from a global memory to store the data blocks of the first data stream. A first local memory segment is mapped to the global memory segment. The first local memory segment is allocated from a first local memory of a first node container containing the first processing node. The first processing node directly accesses the data blocks of the first data stream stored in the global memory segment by accessing the mapped first local memory segment within the first node container.
US10225331B1
Embodiments for a method of providing load balancing over multiple network addresses across an network address translation (NAT) network including a data storage system, that defines an interface group identifying a private network for one or more clients to communicate with a host for read/write operations, configuring, in the server, pre-NAT IP (Internet Protocol) addresses for the one or more clients and adding them to the interface group, upon receiving a client hostname, returning an interface group an IP address to the client that it can use it for a data transfer operation to the data storage system, and incrementing the pre-NAT addresses after the client starts the data transfer operation such that the least used address in the interface group is always selected for the client so as to maintain load-balance across the plurality of clients.
US10225328B2
A content selection system and method for identifying and organizing moods in content using objectively measured scores for rhythm, texture and pitch (RTP) and clustered into six mood classifications based on an objective analysis of the measured scores. Digitized representations of the content may also be identified and organized based on the content's frequency data, three-dimensional shapes derived from the digitized representations, and colors derived from the frequency data. Each piece of content may be identified by at least a mood shape, but may also be identified by a mood color and/or a mood based on the clustered RTP scores and/or the digitized representation. Users of the selection system may be able to view the moods identified in the different manners, or combinations of two or three mood identifying manners and select and organize content based on the identified moods.
US10225322B2
A system and method for the management of client computing device DNS queries and subsequent resource requests within a content delivery network service provider domain are provided. The management of the DNS queries can include the selection of computing devices corresponding to various Point of Presence locations for processing DNS queries. Additionally, the management of the content requests can include the selection of computing devices corresponding to resource cache components corresponding to various Point of Presence locations for providing requested content. The selection of the computing devices can incorporate logic related to geographic criteria, performance threshold criteria, testing criteria, and the like.
US10225317B2
An asynchronous application data access system and method are provided. In one implementation, the system and method may be used to provide data connectivity to geographic areas with limited bandwidth or connectivity so that those geographic areas will have access to a range of modern applications that use digital data including for example an email application, such as Gmail, a social networking application, such as Facebook, and LinkedIn and various other applications. In some implementations, an SMS network may be used as one of the variety of transport mechanisms of the system.
US10225313B2
Disclosed is a system, method and computer readable medium enabling collaboration service providers to more accurately predict packet loss, jitter and delay based on current session, historical session and user location parameters. The prediction can be used to forecast the occurrence of poor media quality at the current location and potential future locations.
US10225304B2
An apparatus for adaptive-rate shifting of streaming content includes an agent controller module configured to simultaneously request at least portions of a plurality of streamlets. The agent controller module is further configured to continuously monitor streamlet requests and subsequent responses, and accordingly request higher or lower quality streamlets. A staging module is configured to stage the streamlets and arrange the streamlets for playback on a content player. A system includes a data communications network, a content server coupled to the data communications network and having a content module configured to process content and generate a plurality of high and low quality streams, and the apparatus. A method includes simultaneously requesting at least portions of a plurality of streamlets, continuously monitoring streamlet requests and subsequent responses, and accordingly requesting higher or lower quality streamlets, and staging the streamlets and arranging the streamlets for playback on a content player.
US10225285B2
A method includes performing operations as follows on a processor: receiving a notification from a mobile application management server in an enterprise through which mobile device usage policies for the enterprise are managed that a policy change has occurred with respect to use of mobile devices in the enterprise, communicating with a work planning system in the enterprise to determine whether the policy change adversely affects work planned by an end user, and sending an alert to the mobile application management server responsive to a determination that the policy change adversely affects the work planned by the user.
US10225283B2
Techniques are disclosed for protecting a user from denial of service (DOS) to access his/her a user account that has been locked. An access management system can provide features that enable an owner of an account to prevent the account from becoming locked. Specifically, the techniques disclosed herein enable an account holder to circumvent procedures of the access management system that lock an account after several unsuccessful attempts to access the account. The access management system may operate according to a configuration for managing access to account. The access management system can manage access to an account by presenting a user with an interface to received access information (e.g., account information and credential information) for the account to determine whether to unlock the account. The access management system can deny access to an account upon determining that the credential information is not correct for the account.
US10225281B2
Systems and methods are presented which generate modified email messages, which are largely devoid of embedded functions, from original email messages, which have embedded functions. The embedded functions are amenable to self-executing codes such as viruses, worms, and Trojan programs. Thus, the modified email message without these embedded functions, and any argument associated with these functions, provides a more secure email environment.
US10225275B1
The invention is a method of detecting malicious behavior of a network participant. Specific usage values observable at a network connectivity layer are defined. These usage values can be size of data transferred, quantity of data bursts, a quantity of IP address destinations, a network protocol being used, and/or a length of an encryption key. The invention measures the usage values for the network participant across multiple networks over a predetermined period of time and creates a statistical digital dossier representative of patterns of the measured usage values for the network participant. The invention monitors the behavior of the network participant by measuring current usage values. The current usage values are compared against the statistical digital dossier and, if a deviation beyond a predefined tolerance is detected, an alert signal is issued.
US10225259B2
Techniques for providing a virtual cleanroom data processing environment are described herein. In one or more embodiments, a virtual private cloud environment is configured to prevent data from being sent to network locations external to the virtual private cloud environment. One or more computing resources deployed within the virtual private cloud environment receives, from a first source external to the virtual private cloud environment, a first set of data that is associated with a first user account. A set of one or more software components, received from a second source, are also deployed within the virtual private cloud environment. Once deployed, the set of software components generates, based at least in part on the first set of data, a set of output data. The first set of data is continuously prevented from being sent to network locations external to the virtual private cloud environment.
US10225256B2
The invention provides for authorization of devices entering a network. A new device entering a network sends an authorization request. Another device in the network may receive the request and display a User Interface (UI) which prompts the user to approve the device. The user can use a device identifier provided by the new device in approving the new device. Assuming the identifier provided by the new device matches an identifier accessible by the authorizing device, the user authorizes the new device. A key is then generated for the new device, which allows access to an appropriate range of network services. Authorization decisions can be synchronized among the various devices in a network, so even if an authorizing device leaves the network, the new device key can be validated. A security service can be replicated in a new device once the device is authorized to access the network.
US10225250B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can identify a set of media content items associated with a first user of a social networking system. It can be determined that a second user of the social networking system is attempting to access at least a portion of the set of media content items associated with the first user. A first subset of media content items can be dynamically selected out of the set of media content items. In some cases, each media content item in the first subset can satisfy specified selection criteria. The second user can be provided with access to a representation of the first subset of media content items. In some instances, the representation of the first subset can be provided in a media access interface associated with the first user.
US10225228B1
Methods and apparatus related to determining an effect on dissemination of information related to an event based on a dynamic confidence level associated with the event. For example, an event and an event confidence level of the event may be determined based on a message of a user. An effect on dissemination of information related to the event may be determined based on the confidence level. A new confidence level may be determined based on additional data associated with the event and the effect on dissemination of information may be adjusted based on the new confidence level. In some implementations, the additional data may be based on a new message that is related to the message, such as a reply to the message.
US10225225B2
In an approach to targeted notification, a computing device receives a user input comprising a notification for publication. The computing device receives a user input defining a recipient list. The computing device generates a recipient list based on the user input defining the recipient list, wherein the recipient list comprises one or more of all first level contacts, all members of a community, a defined subset of first level contacts, and a defined subset of members of the community. The computing device publishes the notification to one or more recipients based on the refined recipient list.
US10225223B2
Systems and methods for automatically locating web-based social network members are provided. According to one embodiment, contact content including an associated GPS identifier and status for web-based social network members located at or near the same location automatically appears on a GPS-enabled device. A further exemplary system includes a GPS-enabled device configured to receive a GPS identifier and a status representing a location and a current state for a web-based social network member, a processing module that associates the received GPS-identifier and the received status, and a communications module that sends the associated GPS-identifier and status to a server comprising a web-based social network database. Contact content in a web-based social network database record in the web-based social network database is updated to include the associated GPS identifier and status for the web-based social network member.
US10225216B2
A conversation interface system provides remote access to manufacturing operation information using plain language message exchange. A cloud-based conversation interface service is exposed to an instant messaging application, and receives plain language queries from via the instant messaging application's interface requesting information relating to one or more industrial systems. The cloud-based system synchronizes the queries to one or more on-premise conversation interface agent devices residing at one or more plant facilities. The on-premise agent devices translate the queries and apply the translated queries to local sources of manufacturing operation data. The on-premise agent devices then generate and return response messages based on the retrieved information, and the cloud-based system directs the response messages the originators of the queries via the instant messaging interface.
US10225214B2
A method of facilitating electronic communication of a message between a plurality of accounts including a first account and a plurality of outside accounts may include determining if a number of the plurality of accounts or a ratio of the plurality accounts that approve an anonymous mode is greater than or equal to a first reference value based on first voting information received from the plurality of accounts, converting the mode of a chat room to the anonymous mode by matching each of a plurality of temporary accounts with a respective one of the plurality of accounts, if the determining determines that the number of the plurality of accounts or the ratio of the plurality accounts is greater than or equal to the first reference value; and displaying the message from an account in the chat room with an indication of the temporary account associated with the account.
US10225212B2
Embodiments include providing network management based on monitoring Quality of Service (QoS) characteristics of Web Real-Time Communications (WebRTC) interactive flows, and related methods, systems, and computer-readable media. In one embodiment, a method for providing network management based on monitoring QoS characteristics of WebRTC interactive flows is provided. The method comprises obtaining, by a QoS acquisition agent of a WebRTC client executing on a computing device, a WebRTC interactive flow QoS characteristic that indicates a quality of a WebRTC interactive flow over a network. The method further comprises communicating, by the QoS acquisition agent, the WebRTC interactive flow QoS characteristic to a QoS monitoring agent external to the WebRTC client. The method additionally comprises initiating, by the QoS monitoring agent, a network management task based on the WebRTC interactive flow QoS characteristic. In this manner, QoS characteristics may be collected and correlated in order to optimize a user's WebRTC experience.
US10225207B2
Placing an application on a private portion and a public portion of a hybrid computing environment for processing. An application may be received for placement and processing. A primary processing objective and a split preference of the application may be determined. The split preference indicates whether the application can be processed using one or both of the private portion and the public portion of the hybrid computing environment. The application may be placed on one or both of the private portion and the public portion of the hybrid computing environment for processing, based on the primary processing objective and based on the split preference.
US10225206B2
A method and associated systems for on-demand Internet of Things bandwidth allocation in response to changing sensor populations. An IOT sensor device adds itself to or deletes itself from a cluster of IOT sensors. A physical IOT controller that manages the cluster detects this change, identifies a resulting change in the cluster's bandwidth requirements, and stores this information in a local database. When such a sensor-population change satisfies a triggering condition, the controller requests that a cloud-based application server adjust the controller's bandwidth allocation. The server aggregates this and similar requests from all connected controllers in a global database, and when controller bandwidth requirements satisfy a second triggering condition, the server, using a standard API, asks the cloud-management platform to reprovision the server's virtual bandwidth allocation. The server then distributes the adjusted bandwidth among its IOT controllers, which in turn allocate their adjusted bandwidths among their sensor devices.
US10225199B2
Switch fabric in routers require tight characteristics in term of packet loss, fairness in bandwidth allocation and low latency for high-priority traffic. Such attributes have been resolved using specialized switch devices, but with the emergence of Data Center Bridging, the possibility of using commodity Ethernet switches to build switch fabric in routers is considered. Systems and methods are provided for adjusting a data transmission rate in accordance with an estimation of network path utilization.
US10225180B2
A method is performed at a mesh access point (MAP) in a wireless mesh network including access points (APs) of a spanning tree being divided among multiple Internet Protocol (IP) subnets. The method includes receiving from a first parent AP to which the MAP is a child a first IP subnet identifier indicating the first IP subnet to which the first parent AP belongs. The method also includes obtaining a first IP address associated with the first IP subnet, roaming from the first to a second parent AP, receiving from the second parent AP a second IP subnet identifier indicating a second IP subnet to which the second parent AP belongs, determining if the first and second parent APs are both part of the same IP subnet, and determining whether to maintain connectivity with a current controller or establish connectivity to a new controller based on results of the determining.
US10225178B2
In a radio telecommunications network, a serving gateway support node controls connections between user equipment nodes and a packet-based network that pass through at least one serving gateway and at least one packet gateway. The serving gateway support node detects failure of communications to a first serving gateway. The serving gateway support node responds to the detected failure by initiating relocation of existing connections through the first serving gateway to instead pass through a second serving gateway. The serving gateway support node detects recovery of communications to the first serving gateway, and responds by ceasing relocation of at least some of the existing connections that have not yet been relocated to the second serving gateway. Related methods, serving gateways, and packet gateways are also disclosed.
US10225169B2
Methods and apparatuses for autonomous relay of statistics from a network device to a network controller of a software-defined networking (SDN) network are described. The network controller is operative to transmit a message including a statistics profile, where the statistics profile includes a type of data to be collected associated with a behavior of a flow at the network device and a set of one or more criteria; where the message causes the network device to transmit a statistics message associated with one or more flows when the one or more flows satisfy at least one criterion from the set of one or more criteria, where the statistics message includes data collected at the network device associated with a behavior of the one or more flows as identified by the type of data to be collected included in the statistics profile.
US10225167B2
The application relates to a method for determining page impression in a client-server system, the method comprising opening a page in a browser running on a client device provided in the client-server system, starting an application in the browser in response to the opening of the webpage, establishing a persistent connection between the web browser on the client device and a server device provided in the client-server system, storing first electronic information in the server device, the first information indicating a start time for establishing the persistent connection, keeping the persistent connection, in the server device, receiving termination information indicating termination of the persistent connection, storing second electronic information in the server device, the second information indicating an end time for terminating the persistent connection, and determining an opening or presentation time from the first and second electronic information, the opening or presentation time indicating the time between opening and terminating of the page in the browser.
US10225149B2
Some embodiments provide a method for diagnosing a logical network that includes several logical forwarding elements (LFEs) that logically connects a number of data compute nodes (DCNs) to each other. The method identifies a set of LFEs that logically connects a first DCN of the several DCNs to a second DCN. The method also identifies a transport node that couples to the first DCN and implements the set of LFEs. The method then, for each LFE in the set of LFEs (i) receives a first state of the LFE from the transport node, (ii) compares the first state of the LFE with a second state of the LFE that is received from a controller of the LFE, and (iii) reports the LFE as a problematic LFE along with the transport node and the controller of the LFE when the first and second states of the LFE do not match.
US10225146B2
Techniques are described for providing managed virtual computer networks that have a configured logical network topology with virtual networking devices, such as by a network-accessible configurable network service, with corresponding networking functionality provided for communications between multiple computing nodes of the virtual computer network by emulating functionality that would be provided by the virtual networking devices if they were physically present. In some situations, the networking functionality provided for a managed computer network of a client includes receiving routing communications directed to the virtual networking devices and using included routing cost information to update the configuration of the managed computer network, and/or includes determining actual cost information corresponding to use of an underlying substrate network and providing routing cost information to the client that reflects the determined actual cost information, so as to enable the client to modify the configuration of the managed computer network accordingly.
US10225143B2
A configuration apparatus includes a user interface allowing a user to initiate configuration of at least a target configurable device selected from a plurality of configurable devices. A command module is coupled to the user interface for dynamically generating a sequence of commands required to configure the target configurable device. The sequence of commands includes commands for entering a hidden service-configuration menu of the target configurable device. A communication module is coupled to the command module for transmitting the sequence of commands to the target configurable device.
US10225140B2
Techniques are described for automated provisioning of cloud service instances. In one or more embodiments, a service definition defines a set of resource dependencies for a plurality of versions of a cloud service including a first set of resource dependencies for a first version of the cloud service and a second set of one or more resource dependencies for a second version of the cloud service, wherein the second set of one or more resource dependencies modifies the first set of resource dependencies. In response to the request to perform a service operation for an instance of the second version of the cloud service, a provisioning engine generates and executes a set of instructions for provisioning a set of resources for the instance of the second version of the cloud service based on the target set of resource dependencies determined based on the first and second set of resource dependencies.
US10225113B2
Transceivers and methods able to recover within less than 1 millisecond from quality degradation in the transceiver's operating point, including: receiving a signal from a second transceiver, using an adaptive digital equalizer and canceller (ADEC) to generate a slicer input signal, and generating slicing decisions and slicing errors that are used to adapt the ADEC. Shortly after identifying quality degradation in the transceiver's operating point, indicating the second transceiver to transmitting known data. And within less than 1 millisecond from identifying the quality degradation, the transceiver utilizes the known data to improve the accuracy of the slicing errors, which enables fast adaptation of the ADEC that improves the quality in the transceiver's operating point to a level that enables the transceiver to indicate the second transceiver to transmit data.
US10225105B2
A method including receiving, at a virtual private network (VPN) server, an encapsulated packet on one of the ingress addresses wherein the ingress address is associated with the packet information. After processing the packet at the VPN server, the packet source address is transformed to the address of the ingress port before transmitting the packet over a network. The process may be effectuated in the operating system's kernel. The association step may include tracking the ingress port in a data store, or tagging the packet with the ingress address so it can be later used to modify the source address. Transforming may include swapping TCP source and destination port information, changing an IP or TCP header checksum, changing a TCP sequence and acknowledgment number, or changing an IP addresses contained in the data payload.
US10225104B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to augmenting a Network Service Header (NSH) metadata of a data packet with a virtual routing and forwarding identifier (VRF-ID) and forgoing augmenting a virtual private network (VPN) label into a multiprotocol label switched (MPLS) metadata of the data packet. A provider edge router can use the VRF-ID to identify a next hop for the data packet as a service to be applied prior to forwarding the data packet to a VPN site.
US10225101B2
A core network node (e.g., Serving GPRS Support Node), a radio access network node (e.g., Base Station Subsystem) and various methods are described herein for implementing longer paging cycles (e.g., Extended Discontinuous Receive (eDRX) cycles) for wireless devices in a wireless communication network.
US10225098B2
A device for supporting wireless communication is provided. The device may comprise a first Bluetooth chip for communicating with a Bluetooth device and a second Bluetooth chip for communicating with a client device. The second Bluetooth chip may be configured to receive advertising data of the Bluetooth device from the first Bluetooth chip and broadcast advertising data including the received advertising data of the Bluetooth device. The first Bluetooth chip and the second Bluetooth chip may be configured to establish communication links between the client device and the second Bluetooth chip, between the second Bluetooth chip and the first Bluetooth chip, and between the first Bluetooth chip and the Bluetooth device.
US10225080B2
Quantum networking systems and methods for routing entangled photons pairs are described herein. One quantum networking system includes entangled photon sources which generate entangled photons; optical output ports; a reconfigurable switching network connecting to the entangled photon sources and the output ports, which include a regular repeating structure of optical crossbar switches and interconnections for selectively routing individual ones of entangled photons pairs input to the network to and amongst the outputs; and a control module. The control module is configured to receive a request for entangled photons at the output ports; execute a routing algorithm to determine the state of the switches in the reconfigurable switching network to satisfy the request; and generate and transmit control signals to the switching network in order to set the states of the switches according to the executed routing algorithm. The reconfigurable switching network may be a Beneš or a banyan-type network architecture.
US10225079B2
A communication apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives, from a first base station via wireless communication, a first communication parameter including an identifier and first security information about a first wireless network configured by the first base station, and a transmitting unit that transmits, via wireless communication, a communication parameter including the identifier to a second base station.
US10225060B2
A method and apparatus are provided for allocating code resources to ACK/NACK channel indexes, when UEs need ACK/NACK transmission in a wireless communication system in which a predetermined number of orthogonal cover Walsh codes is selected from among available orthogonal cover Walsh codes, at least one subset is formed, having the selected orthogonal cover Walsh codes arranged in an ascending order of cross interference, subsets are selected for use in first and second slots of a subframe, and the orthogonal cover Walsh codes of the subset selected for each slot and ZC sequence cyclic shift values are allocated to the ACK/NACK channel indexes.
US10225057B2
Methods and apparatus for enabling interference coordination in a communication network. A base station includes a plurality of antenna ports. Each antenna port is configured to transmit a reference signal, and each antenna port is associated with a respective cell. The base station determines a set of cells where transmissions of reference signals is to be performed from a reduced set of the plurality of antenna ports. The base station determines a subset of antenna ports in at least one cell of the determined set of cells to enable interference coordination in the network, and transmits the reference signal from the subset of antenna ports.
US10225053B2
The present invention is related to a method and system for transferring wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU)-specific information to support enhanced uplink (EU) operation in a wireless communication system. A radio network controller (RNC) obtains WTRU-specific information, and transfers the WTRU-specific information to the Node-Bs. Each Node-B is configured to schedule uplink transmissions from a WTRU and utilizes the WTRU-specific information in operation of EU transmissions.
US10225033B2
A physical layer circuit of a receiver, a clock recovery circuit and a calibration method of frequency offset are provided. The physical layer circuit includes an equalizer and a clock recovery circuit. The equalizer generates an equalized sampling signal corresponding to a sampling clock signal. The clock recovery circuit includes a phase detector, a loop filter, a free wheel circuit, an output circuit and a controller. The phase detector calculates phase differences according to the equalized sampling signal. The loop filter generates loop pulses according to the phase differences. The free wheel circuit generates free wheel pulses. The output circuit receives the loop pulses and the free wheel pulses and generates corresponding phase-shifting pulses for adjusting the sampling clock signal. The controller calculates an accumulative correction offset according to the phase-shifting pulses, and the free wheel circuit periodically generates the free wheel pulses accordingly.
US10225030B2
The present technology relates to a reception apparatus and a data processing method that permit efficient processing of time information.The reception apparatus receives a digital broadcasting signal based on an IP transport scheme, acquires time information from a physical layer frame transported in a physical layer of a protocol stack for the IP transport scheme, converts the acquired time information into the same data format as data provided in a payload of the physical layer frame, and outputs the converted time information to a processing section that performs a given process relating to an upper layer that is a layer higher than the physical layer. The present technology is applicable, for example, to a television receiver that supports an IP transport scheme.
US10225022B2
An electro-optical sensor comprises an optical input configured to receive an optical carrier via an upstream fiber. The electro-optical sensor also includes an optical modulator configured to modulate an electrical signal onto the optical carrier to create an optical signal. The electro-optical sensor further includes an optical output configured to transmit the optical signal via a downstream fiber. The electro-optical sensor employs a variation output configured to transmit variation data indicating variation in the received optical carrier to support compensation for corresponding variation in the optical signal.
US10225017B2
To improve the signal quality of the optical signal emitted by a reconfigurable transmitter after a reconfiguration event, an optical transmitter includes a modulator, a digital signal processor, and a controller. The modulator is for modulating light by a driving signal with a reconfigurable format. The digital signal processor is for processing digital data to be transmitted by using parameters in order to generate the driving signal. The controller is for controlling the digital signal processor changing the parameters so as to keep the driving signal stable before and after changing the reconfigurable format.
US10225010B2
A method and apparatus for measuring a filtering characteristic, pre-equalizer and communication equipment. The apparatus for measuring a filtering characteristic includes: a first processing unit configured to determine a filtering characteristic of a receiving end according to an amplitude of a receiving signal obtained after a measurement signal passes through a transmitting end filtering module and a receiving end filtering module at provided different frequency offsets of a transmitting laser of a transmitting end and a local laser of the receiving end.
US10225006B1
Aspects of the disclosure provide for a method of transmitting state information using free-space optical communication. The method includes using one or more processors of a first communication device to collect state information of the first communication device. A supervisor signal that carries the state information is transmitted from the first communication device along with a beacon beam in a first solid angle. The supervisor signal is a frequency different from the one or more frequencies of the beacon beam. When a communication link is established between the first communication device and a second communication device, a plurality of data packets is transmitted from the first communication device to the second communication device in a second solid angle smaller than the first solid angle. A subset of the plurality of data packets that do not carry client data carries the state information of the first communication device.
US10224997B2
A method of determining a beam for use in wireless communication is disclosed. The method is performed in a communication device comprising a digital receiver and an analog receiver. The method comprises receiving signaling on an active antenna port by using the digital receiver, measuring power of one or more beams received at one or more of a respective currently inactive antenna ports by using the analog receiver, and determining, the beam for use in the wireless communication by comparing received power of a beam received at the active antenna port to the power of the one or more beams received at the one or more respective currently inactive antenna port, and determining the beam for use to be the beam having the highest received power. A communication device, computer program and computer program products are also disclosed.
US10224994B2
A communication method and a system for converging a fifth generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a fourth generation (4G) system with a technology for internet of things (IoT) are provided. A terminal and a base station and communication method of the same are provided. The method includes receiving, from a base station (BS), configuration information of discontinuous reception (DRX), performing beam measurement before a start of an on duration of the DRX, transmitting, to the BS, beam feedback information according to the beam measurement result, and performing a certain operation after transmitting the beam feedback information.
US10224988B2
The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a CSI-RS transmission method, a network device, and user equipment, so as to resolve a technical problem that a waste of power is relatively severe when a CSI-RS is transmitted. In embodiments of the present invention, a CSI-RS is precoded, which is equivalent to that beamforming is performed on the CSI-RS, so as to align with user equipment as far as possible when the CSI-RS is transmitted, thereby reducing a loss of transmit power in an environment and improving utilization of transmit power.
US10224986B2
In a wireless communications system including a first base station and a second base station, a wireless communications method implemented in the first base station supporting coordinated multi-point transmission and reception (CoMP) is disclosed. The wireless communications method comprises, for a given user equipment (UE) identification (ID) and a given channel state information (CSI) process, receiving from the second base station a plurality of CSI reports each of which comprises a rank indication (RI) and a channel quality indicator (CQI), wherein the second base station receives from one or more user equipments (UEs) RI and CQI information. Other methods, systems, and apparatuses also are disclosed.
US10224982B1
The present disclosure describes a wireless tracking system for tracking the location of living beings or objects. This wireless tracking system may operate by using the wireless power transmission methodology which may include one transmitter and at least one or more receivers, being the transmitter the source of energy and the receiver the device that is desired to charge or power. Receivers and transmitters may include components to communicate between each other. Communication components may utilize wireless protocols which may have a unique identifier. The unique identifier may allow mapping, store and uploading information of devices a database located in public or private cloud-based service. A user may be able to access to information stored in database using user credentials, being able to access from any suitable device and place. Other elements may be adapted to wireless tracking system for obtaining more complete information about living beings or objects.
US10224966B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described that support channel selection for parity bits in polar coding techniques. In some cases, an encoder or decoder of a wireless device may assign information bits, frozen bits, and parity check bits to polar channels of an encoder or decoder based on reliability metrics. The information bits may initially be assigned and based on a channel index of the first information bit, the parity check bits may be assigned to channels having higher channel indices than the first information bit. After assignment, the bits may be encoded or decoded.
US10224963B2
Disclosed are an encoder, a transmitting device, a coding method and a transmission method with which the transmission amount is reduced and a deterioration in transmission efficiency is suppressed while improving reception quality when QC-LDPC or a like block coding is used. A puncture pattern setting unit searches for a puncture pattern for each integral multiple of the number of columns or for each divisor of the number of columns of a sub block matrix that forms a check matrix (H) of a QC-LDPC code, and a puncture unit (data reduction unit) switches the puncture pattern for each integral multiple of the number of columns or for each divisor of the number of columns of the sub block matrix that forms the check matrix of the QC-LDPC code.
US10224960B2
A memory device that checks an error of a memory cell and a memory module including the same are disclosed. The memory module includes a first memory device and a second memory device. The first memory device includes a first area in which normal data are stored, and a second area in which error check data are stored. The second memory device stores reliability information about the normal data that is stored in the first area of the first memory device. The first memory device outputs a result of comparing the normal data read from the first area of the first memory device to the error check data read from the second area of the first memory device.
US10224958B2
An encoding apparatus reads text data of an encoding target, encodes each character or word in the text data of the encoding target by using a bit map type index in which an appearance position is associated with each of the encoded characters or words, appearing on the text data of the encoding target, as bit map data, and updates the bit map type index with respect to the encoded character or word.
US10224953B2
Decomposing a value range of the respective syntax elements into a sequence of n partitions with coding the components of z laying within the respective partitions separately with at least one by VLC coding and with at least one by PIPE or entropy coding is used to greatly increase the compression efficiency at a moderate coding overhead since the coding scheme used may be better adapted to the syntax element statistics. Accordingly, syntax elements are decomposed into a respective number n of source symbols si with i=1 . . . n, the respective number n of source symbols depending on as to which of a sequence of n partitions into which a value range of the respective syntax elements is sub-divided, a value z of the respective syntax elements falls into, so that a sum of values of the respective number of source symbols si yields z, and, if n>1, for all i=1 . . . n−1, the value of si corresponds to a range of the ith partition.
US10224945B2
The invention relates to a method for processing high speed analog signals in real time, characterized in that it comprises the following steps: a) high speed analog signals are provided to the microprocessor (1), b) using a high speed ADC converter (2) integrated in said microprocessor (1), these signals are quantized and converted to digital form without further processing, c) the digital data thus acquired is sent via an interface (3), in particular a high speed interface, and an input data busbar (4), to a high speed signal processing unit (5), d) said digital data is processed in the high speed signal processing unit (5) in line with the processing feature (6) implemented in said unit (5), e) the processing result is sent via an interface (7), in particular a high speed interface, and an output data busbar (8), to the microprocessor (1), f) the microprocessor (1) is used to perform operations on the processed data received in line with the program (9) implemented in this microprocessor (1). The invention also relates to a system for application of this method.
US10224937B1
An example clock and data recovery (CDR) circuit includes a phase interpolator, a fractional-N phase locked loop (PLL) configured to supply a clock signal to the phase interpolator, and a phase detector configured to generate a phase detect result signal in response to phase detection of data samples and crossing samples of a received signal, the data samples and the crossing samples being generated based on a data phase and a crossing phase, respectively, or a sampling clock supplied by a phase interpolator. The CDR circuit further includes a digital loop filter configured to generate a phase interpolator code for controlling the phase interpolator, the digital loop filter including a phase path and a frequency path. The CDR circuit further includes a control circuit configured to control the digital loop filter to disconnect the frequency path from the phase path and to connect the frequency path to a control input of the fractional-N PLL.
US10224922B1
An output stage of an output buffer circuit includes a first drive transistor and a first cascode transistor (coupled in series between a first supply node and an output node) and a second drive transistor and a second cascode transistor (coupled in series between the output node and a second supply node). Gates of the first and second cascode transistors are biased with first and second bias voltages, respectively. The first bias voltage equals the first supply voltage at the first supply node when the first supply voltage is less than a threshold, and is fixed at a fixed voltage for any first supply voltage exceeding the threshold voltage. The second bias voltage equals a fixed voltage when the first supply voltage is less than a threshold voltage, and is offset from the first supply voltage by a fixed difference for any first supply voltage exceeding the threshold.
US10224917B2
In a portable radio transceiver, a power amplifier system includes a saturation detector that detects power amplifier saturation in response to duty cycle of the amplifier transistor collector voltage waveform. The saturation detection output signal can be used by a power control circuit to back off or reduce the amplification level of the power amplifier to avoid power amplifier control loop saturation.
US10224905B1
A method comprises: receiving a differential input signal; converting the differential input signal into a first transmitted current and a second transmitted current using a common-source differential pair biased by a bias current; launching the first transmitted current and the second transmitted current onto a first port of a differential transmission line; receiving a first received current and a second received current from a second port of the differential transmission line; buffering the first received current and the second received current into a first output current and a second output current, respectively, using a current buffer, wherein the current buffer comprises: a common-gate amplifier pair, a first cross-coupling network configured to provide a negative feedback on the input side of the current buffer to reduce an input impedance of the current buffer, and a second cross-coupling network configured to provide a positive feedback on the output side of the current buffer to boost an output impedance of the current buffer; and terminating the first output current and the second output current with a load to establish a differential output signal.
US10224899B2
A high-frequency filter includes a variable frequency filter, a fixed frequency filter, and switches. The variable frequency filter varies a passband in association with frequencies used in multiple communication band. The fixed frequency filter fixes a passband in association with a frequency used in a specific communication band different from the multiple communication bands. The switches are used to switch connection configuration to the variable frequency filter or the fixed frequency filter.
US10224896B2
A piezoelectric vibrator that includes first and second vibration portions that vibrate with mutually reverse phases. Each of the vibration portions includes a silicon layer, a first piezoelectric layer and a second piezoelectric layer that has polarization in an opposite direction to a direction of polarization of the first piezoelectric layer. First and second electrodes are disposed on opposite sides of the second piezoelectric layer. The piezoelectric vibrator has a structure such that a first potential is applied to the first electrode of the first vibration portion and the second electrode of the second vibration portion, and a second potential is applied to the second electrode of the first vibration portion and the first electrode of the second vibration portion.
US10224889B2
The present disclosure discloses an audio output circuit including an audio power amplifier, a mute control circuit and a microcontroller, the audio power amplifier includes a power input terminal, a mute control terminal and an audio signal output terminal, the power input terminal is used to connect a power supply to obtain a power supply voltage, the mute control terminal is connected with the microcontroller through the mute control circuit and is grounded by a pull-down resistor, the audio signal output terminal is used to output an audio signal, the mute control circuit is also connected to the power supply for disconnecting the mute control terminal from the microcontroller when the power supply voltage is less than a preset voltage. The present disclosure also provides an audio device. According to the present disclosure, it is possible to effectively prevent the POP sound of the speaker of the audio device.
US10224883B2
Various embodiments are directed to apparatuses and methods to generate a first signal representing modulation data and a second signal representing an amplitude of the modulation data, the first signal and the second signal to depend on an output signal and vary a power supply voltage to a gain stage in proportion to the amplitude of the modulation data.
US10224870B2
In various representative aspects, an assembly for connecting and electrically bonding electronic equipment to solar panel frames is provided. The present invention relates generally to an assembly for supporting junction box structures used in a solar panel frame array. More specifically, the apparatus comprises an adjustable bracket assembly that can mount most sizes and shapes of junction boxes that are then secured virtually to any solar panel frame while being electrically bonded by way of a surface layer penetrating means.
US10224867B2
A nanodiamond coating for use on a solar cell, the coating including a nanodiamond material suspended in a liquid, wherein the nanodiamond material has a size range from about 1 nm to about 10 nm. Methods for improving the efficiency of a solar cell are provided, including, mixing a nanodiamond material with a liquid polymer or non-polymer solvent to form a nanodiamond-polymer suspension, forming a coating of the suspension on a top surface of a solar cell, and drying the coating such that a dried nanodiamond-polymer layer remains bonded to the solar cell. Useful nanodiamond coating compositions may include a nanodiamond material, a fluoropolymer, a liquid solvent for the fluoro-polymer and at least one additive selected from the group consisting of dispersing agents, adhesion promoters, and coupling agents. The fluoropolymer may also be used in the form of an aqueous dispersion.
US10224861B2
A rotating electrical machine for a motor vehicle comprising a rotor (2) supplied with an excitation current (ie), a stator (3) comprising a polyphase winding and coupled to the rotor (2), a thermal protection module (4) suitable for evaluating at least one temperature (T1, T2, T3) in the machine and for comparing the temperature with an associated thermal protection threshold (Th), a control device (5) supplying the excitation current (ie) depending on an operation mode command (RQ) and the temperature comparison, so as to operate the rotating electrical machine (1) according to a mode of operation chosen from a nominal generator mode in which the machine is configured to deliver a first maximum power or at least one extended generator mode in which the machine is configured to deliver a second maximum power greater than said first maximum power.
US10224858B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip, a lead frame and one bonding wire and the other bonding wire which couple together the semiconductor chip and the lead frame. The semiconductor chip includes one pad which is coupled to one bonding wire and to which an output signal which has been generated in the semiconductor chip is supplied, the other pad which is coupled to the other bonding wire and to which a feedback signal is supplied from the lead frame and a fault detection circuit which compares the output signal which is supplied to one pad with the feedback signal which is supplied to the other pad.
US10224853B2
To provide an AC rotary machine controller which can improve setting accuracy of torque command correction value in a region where change of torque command correction value to change of rotational speed and torque becomes large and where nonlinearity is high, and can suppress increase in data amount of correction value setting map. In correction value setting map, one or both of a torque axis unequal interval setting that sets interval of the torque command map axis to unequal interval in each rotational speed; and a rotation axis unequal interval setting that sets interval of the rotational speed map axis to unequal interval were done.
US10224852B2
The control device of an induction motor includes a current command maximum value setting portion that sets an excitation current command maximum value and a torque current command maximum value. The current command maximum value setting portion changes, when the induction motor is accelerated/decelerated, the excitation current command maximum value based on which one of first and second excitation current command maximum values is lower, and changes the torque current command maximum value based on the excitation current command maximum value and an allowable maximum current value of a drive portion. The first excitation current command maximum value is based on the allowable maximum current value, and the second excitation current command maximum value is based on a power supply voltage of the drive portion, a current frequency of the drive current and an excitation inductance of the induction motor.
US10224843B2
The present invention relates to a motor drive device and a phase current detecting method for a three-phase brushless motor, and more particularly to a technique of detecting each phase current through A/D conversion that is carried out once per PWM carrier cycle, by use of a current sensor for detecting a DC bus current of an inverter. The control unit of the present invention calculates a phase current for one phase, an absolute phase current value of which becomes maximum at a detection timing that is set once per PWM control cycle, from an output of the current sensor, and estimates phase currents for the remaining two phases based on a peak value of a phase current detected at each detection timing, a motor angle, and a phase shift of an actual phase current waveform relative to the motor angle.
US10224841B2
A motor control system is provided for compensating disturbance. The system includes a controller that supplies an input voltage to a motor based on the difference between a current command value to a motor and an actual current of the motor. A motor modeling part outputs a motor output current based on an input voltage from the controller and a disturbance observation part is formed as a reverse model of the motor modeling part to remove current noise using a current differentiation filtering method. Additionally, a disturbance compensation amount determination part determines a disturbance compensation amount based on the disturbance estimated by the disturbance observation part.
US10224819B2
A power circuit substantially canceling ripples at the source. The power circuit includes a switching circuit configured to control a power flow between an input and an output, a main storage element electrically connected in series with the switching circuit, and a resonant tank electrically coupled to the switching circuit and configured to compensate for switching ripples in the main storage element. Aspects of the invention can be applied to a converter circuit or to an inverter circuit.
US10224816B2
Systems and methods for individual phase temperature monitoring and balance control in a multi-phase voltage regulator may include a plurality of smart power stages including a first smart power stage and a second smart power stage and a voltage regulator controller. The voltage regulator controller may send a first control signal to the first smart power stage to enable the first smart power stage to send a first temperature of the first smart power stage to the voltage regulator controller during a first phase of a switching cycle. The voltage regulator controller may also determine that the first temperature received by the voltage regulator controller corresponds to the first smart power stage based on the first control signal. The voltage regulator controller may further send a second control signal to the second smart power stage to enable the second smart power stage to send a second temperature to the voltage regulator controller during a second phase.
US10224811B2
Methods and apparatus for reducing electromagnetic interference in a power converter using phase hopping in conjunction with pulse width modulation are disclosed. An example power converter includes an input voltage to, when a control switching device receives a first voltage, increase an output voltage; and when the control switching device receives a second voltage, decrease the output voltage. The example power converter further includes a phase hopping generator to generate a phase varying signal corresponding to two or more phases, the phase varying signal corresponding to a reference voltage; and output the phase varying signal to control the control switching device.
US10224809B1
A totem pole power factor correction (PFC) converter is disclosed. The totem pole PFC converter includes a first transistor having a first current terminal coupled to a first node, a first control terminal, and a second current terminal. Also included is a second transistor having a third current terminal coupled to the second current terminal at a second node, a second control terminal, and a fourth current terminal coupled to a third node. A first rectifier is coupled to the first node and a first current sense resistor is coupled between the first rectifier and a fourth node. A second rectifier is coupled to the third node and a second current sense resistor coupled between the second rectifier and the fourth node. A current sense voltage for an analog controller is generated by current alternately flowing through the first current sense resistor and the second current sense resistor.
US10224807B2
A power conversion apparatus and a power conversion method are provided for heat treatment. The power conversion apparatus includes a rectifier configured to convert AC power to DC power, a smoothing filter configured to control the DC power received from the rectifier to be constant, an inverter configured to convert the DC power received from the smoothing filer into high-frequency power by turning the DC power on and off using a switching device made of an SiC semiconductor, and a control unit configured to control the rectifier and the inverter. A rating of output power output from the inverter is determined in accordance with a frequency of the high-frequency power output from the inverter, a current-applying time, and an operation rate obtained by dividing the current-applying time by a sum of the current-applying time and a non-current-applying time.
US10224806B1
Circuits and methods are provided for supplying power to a transformer of a switching DC/DC voltage converter within a power converter. The power converter includes separate nodes that can potentially supply such power. A first of these nodes is coupled, typically directly and with no energy-storing bulk capacitor, to a rectifier that supplies rectified power from an alternating current power source. A second node is also supplied power from the rectifier, but is coupled to a bulk capacitor that can store and supply energy as needed. The techniques disclosed herein use the first node to supply power to the transformer when feasible, and use the second node, and its associated bulk capacitor, to supply power otherwise. In so doing, the energy storage requirements of the bulk capacitor may be reduced, meaning that the capacitance and associated size of the bulk capacitor may be reduced relative to other power converter circuits.
US10224799B2
A cryocooler assembly for cooling a field winding of an electrical machine having an axis of rotation is provided. The assembly includes a cryocooler and a reservoir coupled in flow communication to the cryocooler and configured to contain a cooling agent. A flow assembly is coupled in flow communication to the reservoir. The flow assembly includes a first flow loop coupled in flow communication to the reservoir; a second flow loop coupled in flow communication to the reservoir; and a plurality of flow members coupled in flow communication to the first flow loop and the second flow loop and coupled to the field winding. Each flow member is configured to thermosiphon the cooling agent in a first state from the reservoir and in a second state to the reservoir.
US10224795B2
A motor assembly with an electric motor has a stator assembly and a motor housing, and an electronics housing. The electronics housing has a housing shell, formed as a motor carrier, for fastening the motor housing. The motor housing has a first, pot-shaped housing half. The first housing half is fastened by screw fastening action to the motor carrier such that the first housing half presses the electric motor against the motor carrier by way of a housing deformation.
US10224791B2
To provide an electric motor enabling easy and high-precision balance correction even after operating over a long period, and a machine toll including this electric motor. An electric motor includes: a cylindrical stator; a rotor having a rotary shaft part inserted inside of the stator; a housing installed to both ends in an axial direction of the stator; a terminal box that is mounted to the housing and accommodates a terminal block; an opening provided so as to open within the terminal box through the housing, and disposed to be separated from a ventilation passage formed in the stator; and a first balance correction component that is installed to the rotary shaft part, and corrects balance of the rotor, in which the first balance correction component is exposed within the terminal box from the opening; and a machine tool includes this electric motor.
US10224786B2
The present invention provides an axial flux motor (10) having: a rotor (20) having a radially extending portion (20r) and an axially extending portion (20c) having a first side (20a) and a second side (20b); a stator (22) having an inner aperture (30), a front wall (34) having a first side (34s) and a second side (34i) and being axially spaced from the first side (20a) of the rotor (20) by a gap (38), a bearing member (32) within the inner aperture (30) of the stator (22) and supporting the axially extending portion (20c) of the rotor (20); a casing (40) having an axially and circumferentially extending outer portion (48) surrounding said rotor (20) and having an inner surface (43); a cover plate (42) having an inner face (42i) confronting and being spaced from said second side (20b) of said rotor (20); a containment chamber (26) including said second side (34i), and said inner face (42i) of said cover plate (42) and having a top portion (45); a sump (50) within the containment chamber (26); and one or more first flow diverters (60) on the inner surface (43) of casing (40) to direct liquid towards said first and/or second inner side faces (34i, 42i).
US10224783B2
An engine-driven working machine capable of favorably reducing exhaust sound (that is, noise) is provided. An engine-driven working machine 10 is a generator in which an engine 15 and a muffler 67 are housed in an inside 13 of an outer case 12. The generator 10 includes a tail pipe 68 that is provided at a lower portion 67a of the muffler 67, a discharge port 37 that is disposed above the tail pipe 68, and a baffle plate 84 that is disposed to face the discharge port 37. The discharge port 37 is formed in the outer case 12. Further, cooling air that is sent from a cooling fan 17 is guided to below the muffler 67 with the baffle plate 84.
US10224776B2
A retention assembly for retaining a plurality of elements in a stator slot of an electric machine is provided. The retention assembly may include a stator wedge fixedly positioned in a dovetail in the stator slot to retain the plurality of elements; a top ripple spring between the plurality of elements and the stator wedge; and at least one shim positioned between the stator wedge and a load bearing surface of the dovetail. A method may include compressing the stator wedge in the stator slot from a first position thereof relative to the dovetail of the stator slot, the compressing creating a gap between the stator wedge and the dovetail. A shim may be inserted in the gap; the compressing released such that the shim retains the stator wedge in a second position that is more compressed relative to the plurality of elements in the stator slot compared to the first position.
US10224772B2
A rotor of an electric motor includes a laminated armature core, a shaft, magnets arranged on the circumference of the laminated armature core, and a plastic overmold. The laminated armature core has at least one associated channel on the circumference of the laminated armature core for each magnet. The channels extend parallel to the shaft, and the laminated armature core has radially oriented webs on the circumference. The webs (8) extend parallel to the shaft and a magnet (9) is arranged between each pair of webs (8), and the plastic overmold (4) encloses the laminated armature core (1) and the magnets (3) to such an extent that only the radial outer face of the magnets (3) is free of plastic (4).
US10224766B2
Provided is a stator that can easily attach a coil to a tooth and that can reduce concentration of stress generated in the core during operation. The stator includes a plurality of divided cores aligned in a circumferential direction. Each divided core includes a tooth, and a divided back yoke extending from an end on a radially outside of the tooth to a first circumferential side. A radial width of the divided back yoke is smaller than or equal to a circumferential width of the tooth. A connecting surface is arranged at an end on a second circumferential side of the divided yoke, the connecting surface being a plane or a convex surface extending from a side surface on the second circumferential side of the tooth to an outer circumferential surface of the divided back yoke.
US10224765B2
A stator core, a stator and a motor are provided. The stator core may includes a head that extends in a circumferential direction; a tooth that extends inward from the head; a first protruding portion that extends outward from an outer circumferential surface of the head; and a second protruding portion that protrudes from an outer circumferential surface of the first protruding portion.
US10224754B2
A wireless power transmission and charging system, and a communication method of the wireless power transmission and charging system are provided. In one embodiment, a resonance frequency control method of a wireless power transmitter may include: generating communication power used for communication in a plurality of target devices using a reference resonance frequency; transmitting communication power to the plurality of target devices; transmitting charging power to the plurality of target devices; and adjusting the reference resonance frequency based on a reflected wave of the charging power, the amount of power received by one or more of the target devices, the amount of the charging power, the transmission efficiency of the charging power, or any combination thereof.
US10224745B2
An apparatus for a removable inductive power pad is disclosed. The apparatus includes a frame with an opening in a top surface of the frame, and includes a removable pad with an inductive power transfer (“IPT”) pad embedded therein. The IPT pad is shaped to transmit power to a receiver pad positioned above the removable pad. The removable pad is sized to conform to the opening, where the opening of the frame is shaped to support the removable pad and the removable pad and the opening are sized so that a top surface of the removable pad is substantially level with the top surface of the frame. When the frame is located in a roadway, the frame and removable pad mounted in the opening of the frame are rated for vehicular traffic to drive over the frame and/or the removable pad without damaging the frame or the removable pad.
US10224740B2
A system for recharging a battery having; memory that stores computer-executable instructions; a processor, communicatively coupled to the memory that facilitates execution of the computer-executable instructions; the instructions having: a battery; a thermal insulating layer; the thermal insulating layer; adapted and configured as the exterior of the battery; the battery adapted and configured with the thermal insulation layer for harnessing heat created by a plurality of solar panels; the plurality of solar panels configured on the exterior of the battery; an application interface unit; the application interface unit adapted and configured to control the plurality of solar panels; wherein the processor transforms heat energy collected by the plurality of solar panels and stored in the thermal insulation layer into energy to power a communication device.
US10224739B2
A power supply system has a solar cell and a battery which comprises a plurality of modules. The number of modules used to supply electrical power to the load is controlled as well as the recharging of the modules, based on energy supply and demand data over a time period of multiple days. This enables the battery modules to be used more efficiently, and they can be charged and recharged less frequently on average, thereby extending the battery lifetime.
US10224735B2
An electronic device includes a voltage converter configured to provide an output having an output voltage value and an output current value. The electronic device also includes a handshake control unit a handshake control unit, coupled to the voltage converter, configured to perform a handshake process for a charging voltage value and receive a matching result of the handshake process. The electronic device further includes a matching management unit, coupled to the handshake control unit, configured to send a first request for resuming matching to the handshake control unit in response to the matching result as being failed.
US10224734B2
The present invention provides a charging system that includes a charging adapter and a mobile terminal. The charging adapter includes: a second USB interface; and an adjusting circuit for rectifying and filtering the mains supply to obtain an original power signal, for performing a voltage adjustment on the original power signal, and for outputting a power signal after the voltage adjustment. The mobile terminal includes a first USB interface. P first power wires in the first USB interface and P second power wires in the second USB interface are correspondingly coupled, and Q first ground wires in the first USB interface and Q second ground wires in the second USB interface are correspondingly coupled. Because each first power wire and a corresponding second power wire are coupled, at least two charging circuits can be provided, and the charging system supports charging with a large current more than 3 A.
US10224733B2
An electronic device includes a charging unit that charges a battery using power from an external power source, an authentication unit that performs authentication to determine whether the battery is a predetermined battery, a detection unit that detects a voltage of the battery, and a control unit that causes the charging unit to charge the battery with a current not more than a first current value until the voltage of the battery reaches a first predetermined value and causes the authentication unit to operate on power from the battery when the voltage of the battery reaches the first predetermined value. When the voltage of the battery has reached the first predetermined value, the control unit causes the authentication unit to authenticate the battery.
US10224728B1
A totable ensemble is attachable to a plurality of totable objects for re-charging peripheral power sources such as mobile communications devices thereby. The totable power source ensemble includes a primary power bank and a mechanism for attaching the primary power bank to a wide variety of totable objects such as backpacks, purses, and hand luggage. The primary power bank basically includes a battery and a mechanism for accessing power stored by the battery. The mechanism for attaching the primary power bank to a totable object may include an assembly-receiving pocket or other structure that provides matable attachments for attaching the assembly-receiving pocket or other structure to an attachment structure associated with each totable object. The battery is thus made accessible upon the totable object and the attachment mechanism enables the user to attach and re-attach the ensemble to any number of totable objects for ease of device recharge-ability.
US10224703B2
A hanging arrangement for items of electrical operating equipment includes an upper fastener for suspending the hanging arrangement, a plurality of items of operating equipment being arranged so as to hang in a parallel manner from the upper fastener, and a lower fastener which is arranged so as to hang from the items of operating equipment. The items of operating equipment are connected to the fasteners in each case by flexible contact device.
US10224700B2
A hollow cover boot formed of an elastomeric material includes, in merging succession, a cable collar, a main section, a transition section, and an interconnection section, wherein the main section has a diameter greater than the cable collar and the interconnection section, and the transition section tapers between the main section and the cable collar.
US10224697B2
An integrated quantum cascade laser includes: a laser structure including first to third regions arranged in a direction of a first axis, the laser structure including a substrate and a laminate including a core layer; first and second metal layers disposed on the third region; third and fourth metal layers disposed on the first region; first to fourth bump electrodes disposed on the first to fourth metal layers, respectively; first and second semiconductor mesas provided in the first region, each of the first and second semiconductor mesas including the core layer; and a distributed Bragg reflector provided in the second region, the distributed Bragg reflector having one or more semiconductor walls. The first and second metal layers are electrically connected to the first and second semiconductor mesas, respectively. The third and fourth metal layers are isolated from the first and second metal layers.
US10224684B2
A process for manufacturing a rotary connector device for making a plurality of electrical connections includes construction of a male connector component and a female conductor component. The male connector component is constructed by providing a male underlying body having a plurality of longitudinal channels formed therein for holding male conducting wires. Alternating separate male conducting rings and separate male insulating rings are placed on the underlying body with each separate conducting wire occupying a separate channel. The female conductor component is constructed by providing a female body with a central bore having at least one groove formed therein for holding female conducting wires. Separate alternating female conducting rings and separate female insulating rings are installed on a rod and transferred to the central bore of the female body with the female conducting wires occupying the groove.
US10224677B2
A connector device included in an electronic device is provided. The connector device includes a connector main body including at least one hole and a slot, at least one housing coupled to the connector main body to shield the at least one hole and the slot, a shielding member included in a rear face of the at least one housing, at least one coupling portion included in each of opposite side faces of the at least one housing so as to couple the at least one housing, and at least one fixing portion included in one end of the at least one coupling portion and fixed to a board included in the electronic device. Various other embodiments are possible.
US10224669B1
An electrical connector for a submersible well pump motor has a lower housing with upward protruding bosses. The bosses have parallel axes and a passage. An electrical line extends through each of the passages, each of the electrical lines having a lead sheath. A lead tape wrap is wrapped around an external side wall each of the bosses and a portion of the lead sheath of one of the electrical lines. An upper housing has first and second members that fit on opposite sides of the electrical lines and lower ends that connect to the lower housing. The first and second members have recesses that mate to define cavities, each of the cavities receiving one of the lead tape wraps. A fastener clamps the first and second members of the upper housing together.
US10224664B2
A board connector (10) has a tubular housing (20) that includes a back wall (25) with penetrating through holes (26). A terminal fitting (60) includes a tab (61) to be arranged to project into the housing (20) through the through hole (26), a press-fit portion (62) to be arranged inside the through hole (26) and a lead portion (63) to be arranged along a surface of a board (90). The press-fit portion (62) is inserted into the through hole (26) with an overlapping margin in a cross-section along a height direction in which the lead portion (63) faces the surface of the board (90). The tab (61) is inserted into the through hole (26) without any overlapping margin in the same cross-section.
US10224657B1
A spring for use in an RF contact for a plug-in module including a hollow unitary cylindrical body having a longitudinal axis and a spring portion positioned between opposed first and second ends. The spring includes a first retainer near the first end, the first retainer adapted to be captured between first and second socket body portions of an RF contact, the first socket body portion, at least a segment of the second socket body portion, and the body adapted to be disposed within a receptacle module. The spring includes a second retainer near the second end, the second retainer adapted to be captured by a corresponding feature of the receptacle module. In response to the body being mounted in the receptacle module to floatingly secure the first socket body portion and the at least a segment of the second socket body portion therein, the spring portion is in tension.
US10224654B1
A connection device with floatable self-adjusting contacts includes a first main body, a plurality of first and second contact point groups, a second main body, and a plurality of conducting boards (pin boards). The first and second contact groups are respectively disposed on the first and second bodies. The floating board is disposed on the second main body in a floating manner. The conducting board has an insulated main body and a plurality of conducting pins which are disposed on the insulated main body in a floating manner. The conducting pin has a first conducting portion contacting the first contact point, and a second conduct portion contacting the second contact point. The first and second conduct portions respectively have an arc-shaped periphery and an elastic arm. The conducting pins can respectively self-adjust to achieve an optimal downward contacting pressure.
US10224652B2
A card edge connector assembly includes a card edge connector having a housing defining a card slot configured to receive a paddle card of a pluggable module and having a mounting lug having a datum surface. The card edge connector assembly includes support hardware coupled to the housing having a base including a locating cavity having a locating surface that receives the mounting lug such that the locating surface engages the datum surface of the mounting lug to locate the support hardware relative to the housing at a support location. The support hardware has a support beam extending from the base having a support surface for supporting the pluggable module independent of the card edge connector such that the paddle card is oriented in the card slot relative to the contacts for electrical connection therewith.
US10224648B2
The teachings relate to the improvement of the connection between a stranded conductor and a substrate by using a sleeve for holding the end of the stranded conductor, wherein the end can be crimped to the sleeve and the sleeve can be welded to the substrate via ultrasonic welding or connected thereto by crimping.
US10224641B2
Systems and methods for transmitting and receiving radio waves includes a parabolic dish, a focal plane antenna array configuration antenna elements arranged in a circular array configuration with array elements positioned along circumference of rings with a distance between each element and coupled a focal disc positioned along a focal plane of the parabolic dish. The array is configured to transmit and receive radio beam patterns with one or more Orbital Angular Momentum states ‘l’ via a transceiver feed assembly. The transceiver includes a transmitter adapted to alter excitation phase of the radio beams of successive elements and generate helical wave fronts in the far-field, and a receiver to enhance the received wave fronts. A total field received by the array configuration is then calculated by a superposition of the fields received by each of the elements.
US10224638B2
Disclosed is a lens antenna comprising a dielectric lens consisting of a collimating part and an extension part, and an antenna element. The extension part of the lens comprises a substantially flat surface crossed by the axis of the collimating part, and the antenna element is rigidly fixed on the surface. The antenna element is formed by a hollow waveguide and comprises a dielectric insert with one end thereof adjacent to said surface; the size of the radiating opening of the waveguide is determined by the predefined width of the main beam and by side lobe levels of the radiation pattern of the lens antenna. The technical result of the invention is an increase in realized gain value due to the use of a waveguide antenna element with a dielectric insert, which provides impedance matching in a wide frequency bandwidth. The present invention can be used in radio-relay point-to-point communication systems, e.g. for forming backhaul networks of cellular mobile communication, in car radars and other radars, in microwave RF tags, in local and personal communication systems, in satellite and intersatellite communication systems, etc.
US10224634B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system for receiving a first electromagnetic wave supplied by a dielectric antenna in a first position, where the first electromagnetic wave propagates along an outer surface of a feedline of the dielectric antenna, receiving a second electromagnetic wave supplied by the dielectric antenna in a second position, where the second electromagnetic wave propagates along the outer surface of the feedline of the dielectric antenna, measuring a ratio of a first signal strength of the first electromagnetic wave and a second signal strength of the second electromagnetic wave, detecting that the ratio is below a threshold, and adjusting an operational characteristic of a system to increase the ratio. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10224632B2
An insulating substrate including a principal surface and coil antennas disposed on the substrate and each including a coil conductor. The coil conductor includes a winding axis in a direction parallel or substantially parallel to the principal surface of the substrate. An auxiliary loop conductor that is connected to the coil conductors of the coil antennas and generates a magnetic flux that is in phase with those of the coil antennas as seen from the direction of the winding axis of the coil conductor is provided in and on the substrate.
