US10232238B2
A construct for a hockey stick blade and paddle structure having a spine that protrudes from a back face and provides structural rigidity, as well as recessed areas that reduce the mass of the paddle structure.
US10232235B2
Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head may include a body portion with a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, a sole portion, a back portion, and a front portion. The golf club head may include a first mass portion, a second mass portion, an interior cavity, and a port connected to the interior cavity and configured to receive the first mass portion. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
US10232234B2
Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head may include a hollow body portion having a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a bottom portion, a top portion, a plurality of ports on the bottom portion and a plurality of inner support portions in the hollow body portion. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
US10232230B2
A golf club head made out of multi-material is disclosed herein. More specifically, the golf club head in accordance with the present invention has at least a portion of the body of the golf club head that is further comprised out of a base layer and a lightweight cover layer. The base layer may have a plurality of cutouts to help reduce unnecessary mass and the lightweight cover layer may be made out of an ultra-lightweight material to further reduce the unnecessary mass. The resulting golf club head may generally have a deep CG wherein the CG-B location is about 37 mm, and a CG-C location is greater than about 30 mm.
US10232225B1
Systems and methods for obtaining golf-related data involving the electronics in a golf ball, a golf club, a wearable device, and a smart device for obtaining golf-related data are disclosed. The golf ball includes one or more of a gyroscope, an accelerometer, and a magnetometer to measure data related to the golf ball. The golf club includes one or more of a gyroscope, an accelerometer, and a magnetometer to measure data related to the golf club. The wearable device includes one or more of a gyroscope, an accelerometer, and a magnetometer to measure data related to the wearable device. The smart device includes a processor that is configured to calculate additional data using at least one of the data related to the golf ball, the data related to the golf club, and the data related to the wearable device. Counterpart methods and computer-readable medium embodiments are also provided.
US10232224B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball having excellent resilience performance. The present invention provides a golf ball having a spherical core and at least one cover layer, wherein the spherical core is formed from a rubber composition containing (a) a base rubber, (b) an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid having 3 to 8 carbon atoms and/or a metal salt thereof as a co-crosslinking agent, and (c) a crosslinking initiator, provided that the rubber composition further contains (d) a metal compound in the case of containing only (b) the α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid having 3 to 8 carbon atoms as the co-crosslinking agent, wherein (c) the crosslinking initiator includes a peroxy ketal represented by the formula (1), and substituents represented by R1 and R2 have a bond dissociation energy of 435 KJ/mol or more.
US10232223B2
The present invention is a golf ball which comprises dimples having a cross section defined by the superposition of two or more continuous and differentiable functions, and particularly the superposition of a catenary function and a Witch of Agnesi function. Additionally, the dimples preferably have a circular boundary and maintain an axis coincident with the center of the circular boundary.
US10232220B2
Athletic performance monitoring and tracking may provide multiple ways in which to track athletic movement and activity. Workouts may also be tagged with various parameters including mood, weather, terrain, athletic equipment, friends used and the like. Workout information may be shared to social messaging and networking outlets. Workout information shared may include map information including images of maps, interactive maps, links to maps, route information and the like and/or combinations thereof. Additionally or alternatively, an application may be configured to execute within a context of a social networking system to facilitate athletic activity data transfer and generation of workout entries in the social networking site.
US10232212B1
Provided is an exercise studio configuration including a floor, at least one overhead support, and at least one pair of resilient bands hanging from the at least one overhead support at a first end of each of the resilient bands. Each of the resilient bands has a free end distal to the first end and a connection member adapted for the connection of user accessories between the first end and the free end, the resilient bands being resilient between the first end and the free end with a consistent spring constant. A glove may be attached simultaneously at two locations thereof to the free end of at least one of the pair of resilient bands.
US10232210B2
The present device generally relates to a portable and configurable exercise apparatus. The apparatus has a main aim unit and a removable foot unit. The main arm unit has a first hand grip and a second hand grip separated by a main telescoping shaft wherein pulling the first grip away from the second grip requires resistance and, therein develops strength. The device is configurable so as to allow the user to select the desired resistance. The removable foot unit may be temporarily inserted over the first or the second hand grip so that a user may place his/her feet (either standing, sitting or squatting) over the first or second hand grip and may pull upward with the remaining hand grip to exercise alternative muscles. The first and the second hand grip may rotate with respect to the main body shaft to allow alternative exercises.
US10232208B2
A trampoline comprising a trampoline frame having legs. The trampoline frame has a trampoline frame horizontal portion. A trampoline bed is suspended across the trampoline frame horizontal portion. Springs extend between the trampoline frame and trampoline bed. An enclosure is connected to the trampoline frame. The enclosure has an enclosure upper support. The enclosure supports an enclosure net. A pad system covers the springs. The pad system includes a wall pad extending upwardly from the springs and terminating at a pad system apex. The pad system further includes a buttress pad connected to the pad system apex at an apex angle from the wall pad, which is defined as an angle between a wall pad outside surface and the buttress pad. The buttress pad extends downwardly to cover at least partially the trampoline frame horizontal portion.
US10232206B2
A device for detecting and catching a leak from a fire sprinkler includes a leak sensor configured to detect the leak, and a leak catcher configured to catch the leak before the leak makes contact with surrounding areas. The device also includes an alarm module configured to issue a notification upon detection of the leak, and a mounting mechanism configured to removably mount the leak sensor, the leak catcher, and the alarm module to the fire sprinkler in a manner that does not obstruct operation of the fire sprinkler.
US10232204B2
An explosion isolation device for collecting dust discharged from a hopper into a dust collection drum that eliminates an airlock requirement to isolate the negative pressured dust collector from receiving air via a bottom aperture in the lower portion of the hopper, thereby preventing an explosion in the dust collector that exceeds the pressure rating of the device and dust collection drum. The explosion isolation device includes a spool member detachably secured to a drum cover having an aperture configured and dimensioned substantially similar to an aperture through the spool member. The drum cover is detachably secured to the dust collection drum via a drum cover clamp, which is secured to the spool member or alternatively to the drum cover such that the clamp is suspended beneath the drum cover when the dust collection drum is full and replaced by an empty drum.
US10232195B2
Transurethral ultrasound treatment system and methods that provide targeted treatment zones outside urethra via an applicator with multiple sectors, a urethral cooling balloon, and bladder positioning balloon for directed application in muscle tissue. In one embodiment, the system and methods are configured to generate thermal lesions via simultaneous sonication or activation of two separate sectors from a tubular device, with an inactive zone directed toward vaginal wall or nerves.
US10232191B2
A method of radio-ablation in conjunction with embolic implants used for pre-embolization of branch arteries in radio-ablation of the liver or other diseased tissue.
US10232183B2
A method that electrically stimulates a heart muscle to alter the ejection profile of the heart, to control the mechanical function of the heart and reduce the observed blood pressure of the patient. The therapy may be invoked by an implantable blood pressure sensor associated with a pacemaker like device. In some cases, where a measured pretreatment blood pressure exceeds a treatment threshold, a patient's heart may be stimulated with an electrical stimulus timed relative to the patient's cardiac ejection cycle. This is done to cause dyssynchrony between at least two cardiac chambers or within a cardiac chamber, which alters the patient's cardiac ejection profile from a pretreatment cardiac ejection profile. This has the effect of reducing the patient's blood pressure from the measured pretreatment blood pressure.
US10232182B2
In some examples, an implantable medical device determines that another medical device delivered an anti-tachyarrhythmia shock, and delivers post-shock pacing in response to the determination. The implantable medical device may be configured to both detect the delivery of the shock in a sensed electrical signal and, if delivery of the shock is not detected, determine that the shock was delivered based on detection of asystole of the heart. The asystole may be detected based on the sensed electrical signal. In some examples, an implantable medical device is configured to revert from a post-shock pacing mode to a baseline pacing mode by iteratively testing a plurality of decreasing values of pacing pulse magnitude until loss of capture is detected. The implantable medical device may update a baseline value of the pacing pulse magnitude for the baseline mode based on the detection of loss of capture.
US10232181B2
A neurostimulation system comprises at least one neurostimulation lead configured for being implanted within tissue. The neurostimulation lead(s) carries a plurality of electrodes capable of being arranged in a two-dimensional pattern. The neurostimulation system further comprises a neurostimulator configured for delivering electrical stimulation energy to the electrodes to create a volume of activation, and an external control device including a current steering direction control element capable of being rotated about an axis. The external control device is configured for prompting the neurostimulator to deliver the electrical stimulation energy to the electrodes in a manner that gradually translates the volume of activation in a specific direction, and for defining the specific direction in which the volume of activation is translated in response to rotation of the direction control element about the axis.
US10232180B2
Systems, methods and devices are provided for the targeted treatment of a variety of medical conditions by directly neuromodulating a target anatomy associated with the condition while minimizing or excluding undesired neuromodulation of other anatomies. Typically, the target anatomy includes one or more dorsal root ganglia, dorsal roots, dorsal root entry zones, or portions thereof. Such target stimulation areas are utilized due in part to their effect on the sympathetic nervous system.
US10232176B2
A biological signal display apparatus includes: a stimulation unit which performs stimulation on a living body; a measurement unit which measures an evoked response evoked by the stimulation; a calculator which calculates a feature amount of the evoked response; a display unit; and a display controller which, based on the feature amount calculated by the calculator, displays a bar-shaped image on the display unit, each time when the stimulation is performed, the bar-shaped image corresponding with the evoked response on the display unit.
US10232173B2
Devices and methods for delivering an electropermeabilizing pulse of electric energy to a tissue surface to enable delivery into cells in the tissue therapeutic substances. The device incorporates a source capable of generating a sufficient voltage potential to deliver a spark across a gap and delivers same to the tissue surface.
US10232166B2
A defibrillation pad for a defibrillator, includes: a pair of electrode pads (10) each including a gel portion (12); lead wires (21, 22); a pair of nonconductive release liners (30A, 30B) each detachably stuck to the corresponding gel portion (12) and each having a through hole (32A, 32B) opposed to the corresponding gel portion; and a connecting member (40) comprising an electric connecting pattern (41) having a predetermined electrical resistance, wherein the pair of gel portions (12), each of which is exposed from the corresponding through hole (32A, 32B), are electrically connected to each other through the electric connecting pattern (41) in a state where each of the pair of release liners (30A, 30B) are stuck to the corresponding gel portion. The connecting member (40) has a cut region (45) by which the pair of gel portions are electrically disconnected to each other when the pair of electrode pads are stuck to a living body.
US10232146B2
A catheter insertion device for inserting a catheter into a body of a patient includes a retractable needle for establishing access to a subcutaneous vessel of the patient and a manually extensible guidewire for guiding the initially attached catheter into the vessel. In one embodiment, the catheter insertion device includes a housing, a hollow needle retractably extending from the housing, a catheter initially disposed on a portion of the needle, a guidewire including a portion initially disposed within the needle, a guidewire advancement feature configured to selectively advance a distal end of the guidewire distally past a distal end of the needle, and a needle retention component configured to selectively enable retraction of the needle into the housing. The needle retention component is configured to be actuated by the guidewire advancement feature. In one embodiment, one-handed operation of the device is possible.
US10232131B2
An apparatus to dispense fluids may include a reusable portion and a disposable portion. The disposable portion may include components that come into contact with the fluid, while the reusable portion may include only components that do not come into contact with the fluid. The apparatus includes an acoustic volume sensor that acoustically excites a fixed-volume chamber and a measurement chamber with a loudspeaker and measures the acoustic response with microphones acoustically coupled to the fixed volume chamber and the measurement chamber. The loudspeaker and sensing microphones are connected to the measurement chamber by separate ports. A detachable dispensing chamber is coupled to the acoustic volume sensor. The volume of the fluid dispensed is determined by a processor based on the acoustic response of the microphones to acoustic excitement by the loudspeaker.
US10232128B2
A method of manufacturing a needle-equipped outer tube includes a preheating step comprising heating a distal end connecting section to a temperature at or below a softening point of a material forming an outer tube member with a joint member inserted in a distal end connecting section of the outer tube member, and with a needle being inserted or inserted and fixed in the needle insertion hole; and a joint member welding step, performed after the preheating step, comprising thermally welding the joint member to the distal end connecting section of the outer tube member with a distal end portion of the joint member pressed toward the proximal end of the joint member by a pushing member with a pressing force in a range of 4 N to 30 N.
US10232126B2
A disposable pre-filled syringe has a protecting tube, a medication filling tube, a separating plug, a pushing module, and a needle module. The medication filling tube is made of chemically inert material and is mounted in the protecting tube. The separating plug is mounted in an end of the medication filling tube. The pushing module is slidably inserted into the medication filling tube opposite to the separating plug. The needle module is mounted on an end of the protecting tube.
US10232118B2
A drive assembly for a drug delivery device includes a drive mechanism comprising a piston rod and a drive member to drive the piston rod to dispense a dose of drug and a dose member coupled to the drive member. The assembly further comprises a return mechanism comprising a spring member. The assembly further comprises a movable member which is coupled to the spring member. In a setting, the movable member is coupled to the dose member and, the movable member is movable from an initial position to a dose set position, thereby biasing the spring member. In the dispensing, the drive member and the movable member are decoupled such that the drive mechanism is operable by the user by application of a driving force to the drive mechanism, wherein the spring member of the return mechanism drives the movable member independently of the driving force towards its initial position.
US10232109B2
A mini lead screw pump monitors the rotation of a lead screw by using a magnetoresistive sensor and an MCU, and uses feedback to control the rotation direction and speed of the lead screw through a motor controller so as to control the speed of infusion to a patient. Furthermore, this mini lead screw pump can control the infusion speed of insulin according to the patient's blood sugar concentration monitored by CGM. This mini lead screw pump has several advantages, comprising high sensitivity, high reliability, low power consumption, low cost, and ease of use.
US10232094B2
A cassette module (1), in particular an ophthalmological cassette module (1), serves for receiving material and/or liquids aspirated during an operation and for insertion into a container chamber (8) of a suction module (19). The cassette module (1) comprises a container (4) with a container wall (3) that delimits a receiving space (33) for receiving the liquids, wherein the container (4) can be inserted into the container chamber (8), wherein the container (4) has at least one inlet opening (36) extending through the container wall (3), through which inlet opening (36) the material and/or the liquid can be delivered to the receiving space (33) of the container (4), and wherein the container (4) has at least one vacuum opening (25) which extends through the container wall (3) and by way of which the receiving space (33) can be subjected to an underpressure built up in the container chamber (8).
US10232088B2
A vascular access device includes an antimicrobial coating that provides kink resistance to a catheter. The antimicrobial coating can extend along a length of the catheter to provide antimicrobial protection when the catheter is inserted into the patient's vasculature. The antimicrobial coating can also increase the effective diameter of the catheter to minimize the likelihood that the catheter will become kinked.
US10232084B1
A method for retaining demineralized bone matrix particles within a container utilizing a filter device is provided. The method is performed during surgical procedures where bone graft containing demineralized bone matrix particles is used. The filter device is dimensioned for use with a container having a mixture of bone graft material including demineralized bone matrix particles and liquid, whereby the filter device is placed in the container, the liquid is poured off through the pores in the filter device, and the demineralized bone matrix particles are retained with bone graft material in the container.
US10232081B2
The present disclosure relates to in situ tissue engineering, more specifically in situ vascular tissue engineering with the aim of providing a tissue structure which can be used e.g. as a substitute blood vessel or as a blood vessel functioning as cannulation site in hemodialysis. In particular, the disclosure involves tissue structure formation around a subcutaneously implanted synthetic rod. In addition, the disclosure involves a method for producing said synthetic rod.
US10232080B2
A method for reconstructing a functional tooth by using a carrier loaded with a plurality of mesenchymal stem cells including at least one of a stem cell derived from Apical Papilla (SCAP), Periodontal Ligament Stem Cells (PDLSC), and Dental Pulp Stem Cells (DPSC). The mesenchymal stem cell loaded carrier is planted into a site within a subject's oral cavity to form a bio-root upon which a crown may be affixed, The mesenchymal stem cells will develop new periodontal tissues to stabilize the bio-root. Methods disclosed herein are particularly beneficial for subjects lacking good bone structures for conventional crown treatments.
US10232076B2
The present disclosure provides for and includes improved devices and methods for the production of Purified Hydrogen Peroxide Gas (PHPG) that is substantially non-hydrated and substantially free of ozone.
US10232073B2
The present invention relates to a vacuum exhaust system of a sterilizer, comprising: a sterilization chamber; a first vacuum pump connected to one side of the sterilization chamber; an oil mist trap section for exhausting steam incoming from the sterilization chamber via the first vacuum pump; and a second vacuum pump connected to the first vacuum pump and the oil mist trap section. The vacuum exhaust system of a sterilizer according to the present invention comprises the second vacuum pump connected to the first vacuum pump and the oil mist trap section, wherein by turning the second vacuum pump on to apply a vacuum to the operating oil in the first vacuum pump, thereby providing a certain pressure for evaporating water in liquid state to the first vacuum pump, the present invention can vaporize the water vapor trapped in the operating oil in the first vacuum pump.
US10232059B2
The present disclosure provides functionalized magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) comprising a functional group that binds to β-amyloid deposits and/or neurofibrillary tangles. The present disclosure provides compositions comprising the functionalized MNPs, and methods of using the functionalized MNPs in imaging β-amyloid deposits and neurofibrillary tangles.
US10232057B2
A filamentous plant virus carrier comprising a filamentous plant virus particle that has been modified to carry an imaging agent or cytotoxic compound is described. The filamentous plant virus carrier can be used in a method of targeting cancer cells and tissue by administering it to a subject. Cancer tissue targeted by the filamentous plant virus carrier can be imaged using an imaging agent, or treated using a cytotoxic compound.
US10232055B2
This invention provides RNA, oligoribonucleotide, and polyribonucleotide molecules comprising pseudouridine or a modified nucleoside, gene therapy vectors comprising same, methods of synthesizing same, and methods for gene replacement, gene therapy, gene transcription silencing, and the delivery of therapeutic proteins to tissue in vivo, comprising the molecules. The present invention also provides methods of reducing the immunogenicity of RNA, oligoribonucleotide, and polyribonucleotide molecules.
US10232051B2
Cell binding agent-drug conjugates comprising bridge linkers, and methods of using such linkers and conjugates are provided.
US10232046B2
Provided herein are hemostatic compositions. In one embodiment, the hemostatic composition includes cross-linked polymer microspheres, such as cross-linked gelatin microspheres with pores. In another embodiment, the hemostatic composition comprises an additive such as a wetting agent, a suspending agent, or both. The hemostatic compositions may also include a hemostatic agent such as thrombin, and may include a high concentration of thrombin. The hemostatic compositions may also include plasma. Also provided herein are devices for dispersing said hemostatic compositions in a diluent, and delivering said dispersed hemostatic composition. The hemostatic compositions may also fabricated with a selected geometry as administration suggests.
US10232036B2
The present invention provides a vaccine formulation, a preparation method therefor and a use thereof. The vaccine formulation comprises a vaccine carrier and an antigen component, wherein the vaccine carrier is obtained by hydrothermal transformation of microorganisms. The vaccine formulation of the present invention is obtained by compounding the vaccine carrier obtained by hydrothermal transformation of microorganisms with the antigen component.
US10232034B2
In certain aspects the invention provides a selection of HIV-1 envelopes suitable for use as immunogens, and methods of using these immunogens to induce neutralizing antibodies. In certain embodiments, the immunogens are designed to trimerize. In other embodiments, the immunogens comprise an immune modulating component.
US10232033B2
A respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine comprising a recombinant fusion protein antigen. In one embodiment, the recombinant fusion protein antigen comprises a phosphoprotein (P) moiety, wherein the P moiety is a polypeptide that shares at least 90% identity to the polypeptide represented by SEQ ID NO 2 or SEQ ID NO 4; and a flagellin moiety, wherein the flagellin moiety is a polypeptide that shares at least 90% identity to the polypeptide represented by SEQ ID NO 8; whereby the P moiety and flagellin moiety are covalently coupled so as to form a linear polypeptide.
US10232031B2
New influenza donor strains for the production of reassortant influenza B viruses are provided.
US10232029B2
The invention relates to immunogenic compositions comprising at least two Neisseria meningitidis (Nm) protein antigens selected from the group consisting of a trypsin-like serine protease auto-transporter antigen such as IgAI P, App or AusI antigen, a NalP antigen and a TbpB antigen. Preferably, the composition of the invention comprises (i) the trypsin-like serine protease auto-transporter antigen and (ii) the NalP antigen and/or TbpB antigen.
US10232028B2
The present invention discloses isolates and fractions from a phyto-percolate and methods for affecting various cytokines by administering an effective amount of one or more of said isolates or fractions to an animal. In various exemplary embodiments, the isolates are useful for the treatment of bovine, canine and swine infection or inflammation, including bovine mastitis, by regulation of TNF-a, lactoferrin, IFN-γ, IL-I β, serum amyloid-A (SAA), IL-6 and/or β-defensin associated with infection or an immune response generally.
US10232027B2
A live attenuated Edwardsiella ictaluri bacterium lacking a viable gene encoding a functional evpB protein and a method of using the same to protect fish against infection from virulent Edwardsiella ictaluri. The methods and compositions for protecting fish against infection from virulent Edwardsiella ictaluri comprising administering to a fish a therapeutically effective amount of an attenuated Edwardsiella ictaluri bacterium lacking a viable gene encoding a functional EvpB protein. The bacterium may include an insertion and/or deletion mutation in the evpB gene. The fish include catfish, preferably catfish fingerling or a catfish fry. The composition may be delivered via immersion delivery, an injection delivery, an oral delivery, or combinations thereof.
US10232023B2
An isolated and purified peptide, neonatal NET-inhibitory Factor (nNIF), is disclosed. Methods for treatment of and prophylaxis against inflammatory disorders are also disclosed, including methods of treatment of and prophylaxis against inflammatory disorders comprising administering NET-inhibitory peptides (NIPs), which may be a nNIF, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of a nNIF, a nNIF analog, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of a nNIF analog, a nNIF-Related Peptide (nNRP), including the nNRP, Cancer-Associated SCM-Recognition, Immune Defense Suppression, and Serine Protease Protection Peptide (CRISPP), a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of a nNRP, a nNRP analog, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of a nNRP analog, to an individual.
US10232017B2
Polypeptides and agents that bind a TNF receptor superfamily protein are disclosed, particularly agents that specifically bind GITR, OX40, or CD40. The polypeptides or agents may include fusion polypeptides, particularly polypeptides comprising GITRL, OX40L, or CD40L and/or bispecific agents. Also disclosed are methods of using the polypeptides or agents for inducing and/or enhancing the immune response, as well as methods for the treatment of diseases such as cancer.
US10232012B2
A pH-responsive fusion peptide according to the present disclosure, containing a cell-penetrating peptide exhibiting a positive charge, which contains 2-15 arginine residues, and a β-sheet-forming segment, experiences structural change depending on pH change. Due to the structural change, the anti-prion activity and cytotoxicity of the fusion peptide can be controlled as desired.
US10232011B2
The invention provides low-dose formulations of guanylate cyclase-C (“GCC”) agonist peptides and methods for their use. The formulations of the invention can be administered either alone or in combination with one or more additional therapeutic agents, preferably an inhibitor of cGMP-dependent phosphodiesterase or a laxative.
US10232005B2
A composition comprising at least a mixture of molecules obtained at least from: Chrysanthellum indicum, Cynara scolymus, and Vaccinium myrtillus and wherein the mixture of molecules also comprises piperine. The composition is particularly useful as a nutritional product or health product for preventing and/or combating carbohydrate and/or fat metabolism disorders in humans and animals.
US10232001B2
The present invention comprises a method for selecting lactic acid bacterial strains effective for preventing bone loss in humans and strains that have been selected according to the presented method. The selection method is based on the strain's capability of reestablishing an altered microbial community to normal and/or harboring at least one of four specific SNPs.
US10231996B2
The present invention relates to highly biocompatible or nontoxic PVP (poly(n-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone) coated silver prussian blue nanoparticles (SPB-NPS: Ag3[Fe(CN)6] where PVP acts as stabilizing or capping agent. The as-synthesized nanoparticles (SPB-NPs) have been thoroughly characterized by several analytical tools. The SPB-NPs are highly stable for more than two weeks towards different physiological buffers or solutions with different pH (pH=6, −7.4 & −8). These nanoparticles (SPB-NPs) exhibit biocompatibility towards various normal cells (HUVEC, CHO, & ECV304) but show significant inhibition of proliferation of different cancer cells in vitro and tumor growth in C57/BL6/J mice model (aggressive murine melanoma cancer model: B16F10). Additionally, the SPB-NPs show excellent antibacterial activity towards gram-negative (E. coli) and gram-positive (B. subtilis) bacteria. Consider all results together; these biocompatible SPB-NPs would be potentially useful for the development towards alternative anti-cancer agent as well as anti-bacterial agent in near future.
US10231995B2
The use of selenite- or selenate-containing preparations supplemented with pharmaceutically acceptable or food-compatible acids for the preparation of an agent intended for topical or buccal application or mucosal administration is described.
US10231985B2
The present invention relates to the field of medicine. It more particularly relates to the use of compounds for preventing and/or treating dyslipidemia in a subject, said dyslipidemia typically being linked to the excess presence in the biological membranes, including in the biological membranes of non-adipocyte cells, of fatty acids, in particular of saturated long-chain fatty acids, and/or of sterols. The invention also relates to compositions, in particular pharmaceutical compositions and food supplements or complements, comprising such compounds, and to the uses thereof for preventing and/or treating dyslipidemia. The compounds and compositions according to the invention can in particular be advantageously used for preventing and/or treating a pathological condition selected from metabolic syndrome and/or a symptom or abnormality characteristic of metabolic syndrome, preferably for preventing or treating type 2 diabetes mellitus or hepatic steatosis.
US10231980B2
The present invention provides certain cortexolone derivatives of formula (I), and the same for use as antitumor active ingredients for the curative or adjuvant, or neoadjuvant or palliative treatment of precancerous lesions, dysplasias, metaplasias and tumor diseases, including malignant neoplasias and metastasis. Another aspect of the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising cortexolone derivatives of formula (I) as active ingredients and at least one physiologically acceptable excipient, and to the use of said pharmaceutical compositions as antitumor medicinal products.
US10231977B2
Described are transdermal drug delivery systems for the transdermal administration of levonorgestrel and ethinyl estradiol, comprising an acrylic polymer matrix. Methods of making and using such systems also are described.
US10231976B2
Provided are methods and kits for administering progestogen as a glucocorticoid sensitizer to restore corticosteroid sensitivity or reverse the glucocorticoid insensitivity or enhance glucocorticoid sensitivity, in order to treat one or more glucocorticoid insensitivity related diseases or conditions. For example, these include methods for reversing the glucocorticoid insensitivity in a subject having no history of menstrual cycle-related exacerbation or allergy to self-hormones, particularly progesterone, such as premenstrual or perimenstrual deterioration in the symptoms, e.g., premenstrual worsening of atopic dermatitis or premenstrual exacerbations of asthma, and exhibiting relatively or totally refractory responses to glucocorticoid therapy, e.g., glucocorticoid resistance. The methods and kits provide for the administration of a sex hormone to the subject who is corticosteroid dependent or corticoid resistant or unresponsive or intolerant to corticosteroids.
US10231975B2
Methods for treating cystic fibrosis. The method includes administering to a human in need thereof an aerosol solution comprising levofloxacin or ofloxacin and a divalent or trivalent cation. More particularly, the method includes administering the aerosol solution to a human having a pulmonary infection comprising P. aeruginosa.
US10231970B2
A method of synthesizing a heteropolycycle, the method involving: reacting a bisepoxide with a first heteroatom nucleophile, to obtain a mixture comprising a diol compound; and further processing, to obtain the heteropolycycle with at least two heteroatoms within its polycyclic backbone, wherein each nitrogen within the polycyclic backbone of the heteropolycycle is introduced into the polycyclic backbone via an amine nucleophile.
US10231967B2
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) and their pharmaceutical compositions. In addition, the present invention relates to therapeutic methods for the treatment and/or prevention of Aβ-related pathologies such as Down's syndrome, β-amyloid angiopathy such as but not limited to cerebral amyloid angiopathy or hereditary cerebral hemorrhage, disorders associated with cognitive impairment such as but not limited to MCI (“mild cognitive impairment”), Alzheimer's disease, memory loss, attention deficit symptoms associated with Alzheimer's disease, neurodegeneration associated with diseases such as Alzheimer's disease or dementia including dementia of mixed vascular and degenerative origin, pre-senile dementia, senile dementia and dementia associated with Parkinson's disease, progressive supranuclear palsy or cortical basal degeneration.
US10231964B2
The present disclosure relates to compositions, kits, uses, systems and methods related to naltrexone plus bupropion for treating an overweight or obese subject at increased risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes. Preferably, the subject has had type-two diabetes for a period of less than 6 years or is a current smoker, optionally that does not have type-two diabetes.
US10231959B2
Disclosed herein are methods for counteracting age-related decrease in gene expression or treating age-related diseases, for example cancers and autoimmune diseases, caused by decreased expression levels of a gene associated with the apoptosis pathway, using a nitroxide. Further disclosed are methods for treating a human subject in need of an increased expression level of a gene associated with the apoptosis pathway using a nitroxide.
US10231946B2
The invention generally relates to methods of treating a patient suffering from renal disorders or other disorders related to low levels of sRAGE, and/or low levels of adiponectin (e.g., high molecular weight adiponectin) and/or high levels of thrombomodulin, using effective of amounts of a MetAP-2 inhibitor.
US10231932B2
Processes of preparing pharmaceutical compositions comprising 3-(6-(1-(2,2-difluorobenzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl) cyclopropanecarboxamido)-3-methylpyridin-2-yl)benzoic acid (Compound 1) in Form I and a solid dispersion comprising substantially amorphous N-(5-hydroxy-2,4-ditert-butyl-phenyl)-4-oxo-1H-quinoline-3-carboxamide (Compound 2), methods of treating, lessening the severity of or symptomatically treating CFTR mediated diseases, such as cystic fibrosis, methods of administering, and kits thereof are disclosed.
US10231931B1
Novel thyroid hormone oral dosage forms and methods of making and using the thyroid hormone oral dosage forms are disclosed.
US10231928B2
A vehicle braking arrangement includes an axle member, a brake torque plate having a first portion fixedly coupled to the axle member, and a second portion laterally offset from the first portion, and a brake caliper member coupled to the second portion of the brake torque plate such that the first portion of the brake torque plate is spaced from the brake caliper.
US10231921B2
The present invention relates to the cosmetic use, as an agent for treating greasy skin and/or preventing greasy or greasy-prone skin and/or the associated aesthetic skin defects, of an essential oil of Origanum majorana and/or of origanum hybrids. The invention also relates to a cosmetic composition comprising same, to a non-therapeutic cosmetic care and/or cleansing treatment process for greasy skin, and also to said essential oil as a dermatological agent.
US10231920B2
A skin cleansing composition comprising the following components (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), and (G): (A) from 0.5 to 20% by mass of an oil agent having a viscosity at 30° C. of more than 30 mPa·s, (B) from 0.5 to 20% by mass of an oil agent having a viscosity at 30° C. of 30 mPa·s or less, (C) from 1 to 15% by mass of a nonionic surfactant having an HLB of 10 or more and having a residue obtained by removing a hydrogen atom from at least one hydroxyl group in sugar, reducing sugar, or polyglycerin as a hydrophilic group, (D) from 1 to 15% by mass of a nonionic surfactant having an HLB of 8 or less, (E) from 10 to 60% by mass of a polyhydric alcohol, (F) from 10 to 50% by mass of water, and (G) from 4 to 45% by mass of a nonionic surfactant having an HLB of 10 or more and having a polyoxyethylene chain as a hydrophilic group, wherein the mass ratio of the component (A) to the components (B), (A)/(B), is from 0.05 to 30, and the ratio of the total mass of the components (A) and (B) to the total mass of the components (C), (D), and (G), ((A)+(B))/((C)+(D)+(G)), is from 0.1 to 1.5.
US10231918B2
A cosmetic agent for the temporary deformation of keratinous fibers and a method for the temporary deformation of keratinous fibers using the cosmetic agent are provided. The cosmetic agent comprises: a) a cosmetic preparation containing a1) at least one copolymer composed at least of the following monomer units: styrene acrylic acid and/or methacrylic acid; a2) at least one copolymer composed at least of the following monomer units: N-tert-butylacrylamide acrylic acid ethyl acrylate, wherein the weight fraction of copolymers a1) and a2) in the total weight of the cosmetic preparationis about 1.0 to about 10% by weight.
US10231917B2
The invention is directed to the use of at least one peptide of formula: X—(Xaa1)n-Pro*-(Xaa2)m-Y (I) With: —n=0, 1 or 2; —m=0 or 1 and if m=0 then n≠0-Xaai is: —An hydrophobic amino acid; —A polar amino acid; —or Glycine (Gly, G); When n=2 the two amino acids Xaa1 can be the same or different; —Xaa2 is: —An hydrophobic amino acid; —A basic amino acid Glycine (Gly, G) or Serine (Ser, S); —At the N terminal end of the peptide, X is selected from H, —CO—R1 and —SO2—R1; —At the C terminal end of the peptide, Y is selected from OH, OR1, NH2, NHR1 or NR1R2, R1 and R2 being independently from each other, selected from an alkyle, aryle, aralkyle, alkylaryl, alkoxy and aryloxy group; Excluding the peptides where X=H and Y=OH, for a non therapeutical cosmetic pro-pigmenting treatment of skin.
US10231908B2
A method of reducing hair loss (alopecia) in a patient undergoing or scheduled to undergo chemotherapy is claimed. The method involves administering brimonidine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to the site of the hair follicles.
US10231897B2
A method for retarding or reversing progression of myopia of a viewer contains the steps of using an immersive or non-immersive device to create a plurality of image planes in the eye of the viewer. While an image plane is located on the retina, at least one image plane is not on the retina, thereby generating myopic defocus. Immersive and non-immersive devices and systems for such a method are also described.
US10231894B2
A driving module including a driving source configured to generate power, a gear train including a decelerating gear set configured to receive driving power from the driving source and a ring gear attached to one side thereof, and a rotary joint including at least one planetary gear configured to rotate using power received from an output end of the decelerating gear set and to revolve along the ring gear is disclosed.
US10231891B2
An occupant support includes at least one non-fluidizable module 100 having a support structure for supporting the non-fluidizable module on a ground surface 76 and at least one fluidizable module 66 also having a support structure for supporting the fluidizable module on the ground surface. The fluidizable and non-fluidizable modules cooperate with each other to support an occupant. The support for the non-fluidizable module bears less than all the weight of the fluidizable module and, in the limit bears none of the weight. An alternative occupant support includes at least one non-fluidizable module and at least one fluidizable module cooperable with the fluidizable module to support an occupant. The fluidizable module is sized to support no more than about 50 percent of the length of an adult human body and most preferably no more than about 30 percent.
US10231889B2
A bed is provided. The bed may include a lift system which raises and lowers a support deck of the bed. The lift system may include multiple individually actuatable lift systems. The bed may include an expandable support deck. The bed may include a powered caster braking system.
US10231888B2
A reusable washable catamenial napkin pad is formed from a lightweight oblong fabric sheath or casing which encloses an absorbent cushion and a fluid impermeable liner. The casing is made of a rectangle of cloth which has its long edges folded towards each other and attached only partially in the middle. Then the cushion and liner are slid inside the casing by the user, with the liner on the bottom, forming the pad. The pad is attached by safety pins or similar attachment device to an elastic belt. When the pad has been used and removed from the elastic belt, the three components, namely casing, cushion, and liner, are separated for washing.
US10231863B2
A method of adjusting a snoring mouthpiece includes the steps of: reading a first medical image, establishing a first respiratory tract model, performing a first respiration simulation, reading a second medical image, establishing a second respiratory tract model, performing a second respiration simulation, calculating an adjustment distance, and adjusting the snoring mouthpiece. The method is so designed that tomographic images of a patient's respiratory tract are read at two separate times in order to establish models, perform respiration simulations, and thereby provide the correct distance by which to adjust the snoring mouthpiece. This allows the snoring mouthpiece to be adjusted rapidly and correctly and work effectively.
US10231861B1
A physical training device is provided herein. The device may include a brace portion and a fastening mechanism for securing the device to a user's limbs, digits, joints, shoulders, legs, knees, ankles, feet, back, neck, head and/or joints. The device may prevent or limit movement of a user's limbs, digits, joints, shoulders, legs, knees, ankles, feet, back, neck, head and or/joints. The device may also include a brace portion having a spiral or helical shape such that it may be wrapped around a user's limbs, digits, joints, shoulders, legs, knees, ankles, feet, back, neck, head and/or joints. The device may also include a sensor for detecting movement of a user's limbs, digits, joints, shoulders, legs, knees, ankles, feet, back, neck, head and/or joints, as well as a feedback device to notify the user when movement is detected.
US10231856B2
Examples of a stent is provided with interlocking joints removably coupling adjacent axial stent segments. Mating elements forming the interlocking joints maintain circumferential and axial engagement when the stent is in the radially compressed configuration, for example, during tracking of the stent to a treatment site of a body vessel, and become disengaged during radial expansion of the stent. The length of mating elements may be sized as large as the strut width. When disengaged, the disconnected the axial stent segments remain discrete stent structures separated from one another along the point of treatment.
US10231852B2
A vascular stent (1) for scaffolding a vessel (11) from the inside, wherein the stent is provided with a plurality of tube-forming elements (3A), (3B), and (3C) for forming a tube (2), the tube-forming elements combining with each other to construct a single flow path. Each of the tube-forming elements is formed by bending a strand comprising a single continuous biodegradable polymer, and first and second projecting parts (4, 5) are formed by successive alternation. Formation occurs in multiple stages in the axial direction of the tube by connecting using connecting legs (6) for successively connecting one side of the first projecting part and the other side of the second projecting part where the first and second projecting parts successively alternate. Elastic displacement parts (9) for performing elastic displacement by applying a pressing force to the tube are formed in the middle of the connecting legs successively connecting the first and second projecting parts of the tube-forming elements.
US10231839B2
A method and apparatus for replacing a selected portion of the anatomy is described. In particular, a prosthesis can be provided to replace a portion of an articulating joint, such as an elbow. The apparatus can be modular for various reasons and each of the modular portions can include a different dimension to achieve a selected result. For example, the prosthesis can achieve a different size condylar replacement, a selected offset, a selected articulation, or combinations thereof.
US10231838B2
A venous valve prosthetic implant for treatment of venous disease may include an expandable anchoring frame, a valve seat attached to the anchoring frame, a ball retention member attached to the anchoring frame, and a ball disposed within the lumen of the anchoring frame, between the valve seat and the ball retention member. The anchoring frame may include a first end, a second end, and a middle valve portion, where the middle valve portion expands to a smaller diameter than a diameter of either the first end or the second end. The ball may move back and forth within the middle valve portion, between a fully open position and a fully closed position.
US10231834B2
A low profile transseptal catheter and implant system is disclosed. Access to the mitral valve can be obtained using femoral catheterization with a fluoroscopically guided, low-profile catheter. For example, the right atrium is accessed and the interatrial septum punctured to access the left atrium, and the mitral valve is approached through the left atrium. Advantageously, this approach avoids contact with the left ventricular outflow tract and the chordae tendinae. Two leaflet braces are extended over guide wires to form semicircular loops that circumnavigate the anterior and posterior mitral valve leaflets. Tension is applied to the catheter from the atrial direction to keep the leaflet braces tightly wedged under the leaflets for the remainder of the procedure. A fastener joins the ends of each loop to create one annular ring encircling the valve under the anterior and posterior leaflets.
US10231833B2
Prosthetic heart valves having elastic leaflets and an elastic support structure are described. The support structure can store a load transferred from the leaflets as potential energy and then release it in the form of kinetic energy to exhibit a precursory transition from the closed position to the open position. The support structures can exhibit a sinusoidal movement profile at a base edge during the precursory transition.
US10231826B2
A preloaded injector for storing and injecting hydrophobic intra ocular lenses (IOL) comprises a plunger (2), an injector body (12), an adapter (16), a rotatable member (18), a cartridge (20) with a nozzle tube (22) and a stopper (26). The rotatable member (18) is provided around the cartridge (20) for setting the cartridge (20) from an open position to a closed position. The rotatable member (18) is furnished with a portion interfering with a portion of the stopper (26) keeping the stopper (26) irremovable in its first position but releasing the stopper (26) in its second position.
US10231818B2
Artificial salivary gland devices and assemblies are provided. The present disclosure provides artificial salivary pump/gland devices and assemblies, and related methods of use. One embodiment utilizes the interstitial/marrow fluid reservoir within the underlying mandibular or maxillary bone as a source for replacement saliva. The salivary pump/assembly, which is implantable in the mandibular or maxillary bone as a dental implant and driven by incidental tooth contact and masticatory forces, harvests interstitial/marrow fluid and treats it via semi-permeable membrane technology and soluble particles as a continuously available saliva replacement. Masticatory forces and tooth contact power the pump to both harvest interstitial/marrow fluid and drive flow through a bed of ion-exchange resins and/or soluble particles to adjust fluid chemistry providing a continuously available saliva-like solution. Exemplary devices and assemblies can also be utilized to introduce beneficial bacteria into the oral cavity and/or be utilized as a delivery system for drugs/therapeutic agents.
US10231815B2
The disclosure provides for a spiral filter and delivery apparatus where the filter comprises a support supporting a body and defining a frame. The frame comprises a proximal end extending to a distal end. A filtering member may be attached to the proximal end and extend distally to the distal end. The filtering member and the frame may move between a delivery state and a deployed state. In the deployed state, the frame extends helically within the circumference of the body vessel and has a filtering lumen formed therethrough. The filtering member may be disposed within the filtering lumen in a spiral for filtering within the intended body vessel.
US10231805B2
A method of taking a dental impression of dentition including conditioning a surface comprising one or more of dentition and a dental appliance by the application thereto of a wetting agent to form a controlled hydrophilic wet film. The wetting agent includes water, a surfactant, a compatibilizing agent and a film stabilizing agent. The controlled hydrophilic wet film is hydrophilic and is formed by brushing the wetting agent onto the dentition. The brushing controls the thickness and hydrophilicity of the controlled hydrophilic film to a thickness and hydrophilicity that is capable of inducing flow of an impression material that comes into contact with the controlled hydrophilic film. The flow is sufficient to flow into sub-gingival places. The film is contacted with a dental impression material selected from the group consisting of hydrophilic and hydrophobic dental impression materials.
US10231801B2
Embodiments are provided for tracking teeth movement correction. One method embodiment includes using a set of positioning appliances shaped to move teeth through a number of successive stages of arrangements of an expected teeth arrangement model where each stage corresponds to a particular positioning appliance, mapping a current teeth position based upon positions of a number of physical markers attached to a number of physical teeth, comparing the positions of the number of physical markers with a corresponding number of virtual markers positioned on a number of virtual teeth of a stage in the expected teeth arrangement model, determining whether midcourse correction is needed.
US10231770B2
A system for use in tumor ablation. The tumor ablation system includes a microwave antenna which has a channel along the length thereof. There are two ports proximate the proximal end of the microwave antenna. The first port is an energy port configured to connect the antenna to an energy source. The second port is a fluid port configured to connect the channel to a fluid delivery mechanism. The system also includes an inflatable balloon configured to be attached to a distal end of the antenna. The channel permits fluid access from the fluid port to an interior of the balloon for inflation thereof.
US10231758B2
A polyaxial bone anchoring device includes: an anchoring element having a shaft for anchoring in a bone and a head, the head having a spherically-shaped outer surface portion; a receiving part configured to be pivotably connected to the head, the receiving part having a top end and a bottom end, a longitudinal axis extending through the top end and the bottom end, a channel transverse to the longitudinal axis for receiving a rod, and an accommodation space for accommodating the head, the accommodation space having a lower opening at the bottom end, a sleeve-like insert piece configured to be positioned around a portion of the head and to pivot in the receiving part, the insert piece having a spherically-shaped outer surface portion, wherein a lower edge of the insert piece extends past the lower opening in a direction away from the receiving part when the insert piece is seated in the receiving part in a position in which a central axis of the insert piece is coaxial with the longitudinal axis, and wherein the insert piece has an opening with a diameter greater than or equal to a maximum diameter of the head when the head is not in contact with the insert piece; a pressure member configured to be arranged at least partially in the accommodation space, the pressure member having a lower surface portion configured to contact the head to exert pressure onto the head when the head and the pressure member are arranged in the receiving part; wherein when the head, the insert piece, and the pressure member are arranged in the receiving part, the insert piece is tiltable with respect to the longitudinal axis of the receiving part and with respect to a longitudinal axis of the anchoring element, and wherein the anchoring element and the insert piece can be locked at respective angles relative to the longitudinal axis of the receiving part by exerting pressure with the pressure member onto the head.
US10231752B2
A scalpel handle for holding a blade includes a handle member and a finger-operable actuator having a blade shield portion. The actuator is mounted upon the handle member for movement relative thereto between a first condition at which the blade shield portion covers the edge of the blade and a second condition at which the blade shield portion is disposed in out-of-the-way position so that by moving the actuator between the first and second conditions, the blade shield portion is moved between its blade-covering and its out-of-the-way positions. An over center spring is interposed between the actuator and the handle member so that upon movement of the actuator into its second condition, the blade shield portion is biased into the out-of-the-way position and so that upon movement of the actuator into its first condition, the blade shield portion is biased into the blade-covering position.
US10231749B2
An apparatus includes a shaft assembly and an end effector. The shaft assembly includes a first coupling member and a second coupling member. The first coupling member and the second coupling member are configured to flex toward each other from a first position to a second position. The first coupling member and the second coupling member define a pivot axis in the first position. The end effector includes an ultrasonic blade and a clamp arm. The clamp arm is configured to couple or decouple with the shaft assembly when the first coupling member and the second coupling member are in the second position. The clamp arm is configured to pivot toward and away the ultrasonic blade about the pivot axis when the first coupling member and the second coupling member are in the first position.
US10231741B2
A coupling mechanism designed to removably attach a reamer to the distal end of a spindle or shaft is disclosed. The coupling comprises a collar having an annular sidewall that defines a collar throughbore, the collar annular sidewall comprising a plurality of spaced part first slots that at least partially extend through the sidewall and a shank disposed within the collar throughbore. The shank is constructed with a shank annular sidewall in which a plurality of spaced apart second slots at least partially extend therethrough. A bias member that provides a bias force in a distal direction that acts on the collar is incorporated within the mechanism. The collar is capable of sliding in an axial direction such that the first and second slots become aligned to secure the cross bar of a reamer therein.
US10231738B2
An apparatus for application of surgical clips to body tissue is provided and includes a handle assembly; a shaft assembly including a housing extending distally from the handle assembly and defining a longitudinal axis; a plurality of surgical clips disposed within the shaft assembly; a jaw mounted adjacent a distal end portion of the shaft assembly, the jaw being movable between an open spaced-apart condition and a closed approximated condition; and a pusher bar reciprocally disposed within the housing of the shaft assembly and being detachably connectable to the housing of the shaft assembly, the pusher bar being configured to load a distal-most surgical clip into the jaws during distal movement and remain connected to the housing of the shaft assembly and in a distally advanced position during an approximation of the jaws.
US10231732B1
A surgical device is disclosed which includes a handle portion, a central body portion and a SULU. The SULU includes a proximal body portion, an intermediate pivot member and a tool assembly. The intermediate pivot member is pivotally secured to the proximal body portion about a first pivot axis and the tool assembly is pivotally secured to the intermediate pivot member about a second pivot axis which is orthogonal to the first pivot axis. The SULU includes a plurality of articulation links which are operably connected to the tool assembly by non-rigid links. The articulation links are adapted to releasably engage articulation links positioned in the central body portion. The body portion articulation links are connected to an articulation actuator which is supported for omni-directional movement to effect articulation of the tool assembly about the first and second axes. The handle portion includes a spindle and barrel assembly drive mechanism for advancing and retracting a drive member positioned in the tool assembly. In one embodiment, the tool assembly includes a cartridge assembly having a plurality of staples and an anvil assembly.
US10231724B1
Implants, instruments, and methods for performing surgical procedures on the spine, including one or more of creating an operative corridor to the spine, delivering implants to the spine, fusing one or more segments of the spine, and fixing one or more segments of the spine.
US10231719B2
A surgical instrument and its method of use are disclosed. In one embodiment, the surgical instrument may include a handle and an elongated shaft assembly extending distally from the handle. The elongated shaft assembly may include an articulable portion with an articulation direction. The elongated shaft assembly may also include a tubular member with a flexible portion with a preferential bending direction and a direction of bending resistance. The tubular member may permit articulation of the elongated shaft assembly when the preferential bending direction is aligned with the articulation direction.
US10231718B2
A marking device may include a body. The body may be configured to transition between a closed configuration and an open configuration. The body may further include two arms. A distal end of each arm may be coupled to a distal end of the body. The marking device may further include a suture coupled to the body. Application of a force on a proximal end of each arm may be configured to cause the body to transition between the closed configuration and the open configuration.
US10231715B2
The invention is directed to devices and methods for separating and collecting a tissue specimen from a patient's target site. The device includes a probe member with a penetrating distal tip and a tissue receiving aperture, and a tissue cutting member which is rotatable disposed within the probe member to cut a tissue specimen drawn into the interior of the device through the aperture. The longitudinal edges of the aperture are preferably sharpened to engage the cutting edges of the tissue cutting member. Vacuum may be provided in the inner lumen of the cutting member to transport tissue therethrough. Rotation, rotational oscillation and/or longitudinal reciprocation of the tissue cutting member is effective to separate a tissue specimen from surrounding tissue. An accessing cannula having an tissue receiving aperture may be concentrically disposed within the probe member and about the tissue cutting member. The tissue cutting edge of the tissue cutting member preferably is longitudinally oriented and may have a cutting angle less than 90° with respect to the longitudinal axis of the tissue cutting member.
US10231708B2
An ultrasound transducer that achieves broadband characteristics without degrading the sensitivity of the ultrasound transducer. Piezoelectric element (202) includes piezoelectric thin film (203), first electrode (204) that is disposed on a first surface of piezoelectric thin film (203) in a thickness direction of piezoelectric thin film (203), and second electrode (205) that is disposed on a second surface of piezoelectric thin film (203) in the thickness direction of piezoelectric thin film (203), and at least two of parameters of a spring constant, a viscosity coefficient, and a mass in an equivalent single damped oscillation model representing a structure of a diaphragm composed of each piezoelectric cell (200) are each set to a value that is different among the piezoelectric cells (200) such that a relationship between a driving frequency ratio and a phase in the diaphragm is substantially identical among the piezoelectric cells (200).
US10231704B2
Methods for acquiring ultrasonic data are disclosed. An image-acquiring system is provided. A three-dimensional target region is selected. A plurality of fiducial positions corresponding to anatomical features in the target region are calculated. A model of the target region comprising a plurality of target locations representing a plurality of planned locations in the target region at which ultrasonic data is to be acquired is created, and a visual representation of the model comprising a plurality of graphical elements is displayed. Ultrasonic data at each of the planned locations is acquired. A transformation of the visual representation is executed, comprising: performing a data quality test at each target location; for any target location that fails the data quality test, altering a graphical element corresponding to the failed target location to indicate failure of the data quality test at that location; and displaying a transformed visual representation comprising updated graphical elements on the visual display.
US10231693B2
An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system is described which quantifies regurgitant flow through a mitral valve, including the automatic indication of the location of a regurgitant orifice in an ultrasound image. A clinician images the regurgitant valve and indicates in the image the presumed location of the regurgitant orifice (130). A flow quantification processor is responsive to this initial location estimate by the clinician to calculate a refined estimation of the orifice location. The refined location is indicated on the ultrasound image by the imaging system, either by relocating an icon placed by the clinician, or displaying a second icon (132) on the image at the refined location.
US10231685B2
A method operates an x-ray system for examining an object. In order to optimize the operation of an x-ray system, in particular the dose regulation and/or the image processing, the following method steps are performed. Radiation is passed through the object to be examined and a number of fluoroscopic images of the object are generated. A relevant image region of a fluoroscopic image is selected by a user of the x-ray system. An image-based dose regulation of the radiation dose used for passing radiation through the object is carried out using the selected image region and/or image processing is carried out using the selected image region.
US10231684B2
An imaging system (100) includes a radiation source (108) that emits radiation that traverses an examination region and imageable drug eluting beads in tissue of interest located therein, a spectral detector array (110) detects radiation traversing the examination region and generates a signal indicative thereof, spectral processing circuitry (117) that spectrally resolves the signal based on a plurality of thresholds (122), and a reconstructor (128) that generates spectral volumetric image data corresponding the imageable drug eluting beads based on the spectrally resolved signal.
US10231680B2
A heat formable patient positioning cushion is provided including an impermeable or permeable outer shell; a filler material contained within an interior region defined by the outer shell; and a thermoplastic material applied to the outer shell, to the filler material, or to the outer shell and the filler material. The cushion has a first condition configured to be conformed to the anatomy of a patient in which the filler material moves relatively freely within the interior region defined by the outer shell, and a second condition conformed to the anatomy of the patient in which the filler material is relatively fixed against movement within the interior region defined by the outer shell. Heating and cooling changes the cushion from the first condition to the second condition and reheating permits increased movement of the filler material as compared to the second condition to further conform the cushion to the anatomy of the patient.
US10231675B2
A device for detecting biometric information is provided. The device includes a housing, a fastener coupled to a part of the housing and detachably attached to a part of a user's body, at least one first sensor configured to detect the motion of the electronic device, at least one second sensor configured to detect a change in the user's body, a memory, and a processor electrically connected to the at least one first sensor, the at least one second sensor, and the memory. The memory may store instructions that configure the processor, when being executed, to determine whether the electronic device is worn on a part of the user's body using the at least one first sensor, acquire information on the motion of the electronic device using at least a part of the at least one first sensor for a second period of time shortly before and/or immediately after a first period of time selected passes from the time when the electronic device is worn on a part of the user's body, and activate the at least one second sensor based on at least a part of the information on the motion.
US10231673B2
A method for determining a stress level of a user based on a sympathovagal balance (SVB) value calculated based on a set of measurement data may include determining a heart-rate variability (HRV) characteristic as a ratio involving a number of autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity markers within a first portion of the set of measurement data and the number of ANS activity markers within a second portion of the set of measurement data, and then determining the stress level of the user based on the HRV characteristic. The first and second portions of the set of measurement data may be selected based on a user-specific baseline SVB value that divides a histogram representation of the set of measurement data into the first and second portions.
US10231670B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for proximity sensing in physiological sensors, and more specifically to using one or more proximity sensors located on or within a physiological sensor to determine the positioning of the physiological sensor on a patient measurement site. Accurate placement of a physiological sensor on the patient measurement site is a key factor in obtaining reliable measurement of physiological parameters of the patient. Proper alignment between a measurement site and a sensor optical assembly provides more accurate physiological measurement data. This alignment can be determined based on data from a proximity sensor or sensors placed on or within the physiological sensor.
US10231669B2
An equine performance tracking and monitoring system having real-time feedback may include a horse heart rate monitoring strap configured to be secured against a portion of a horse while extending only part of the way around the horse. To measure the horse's heart rate, the disclosed systems may utilize such a discrete-length horse heart rate monitoring strap having electrodes, one of which is positioned behind the left elbow of the horse. The horse's heart rate may be transmitted to a wearable device work by a rider. The wearable device may include a sensor configured to measure the heart rate of the rider. The heart rate of the horse and the heart rate of the rider may each be presented to the rider, for example, via a display of the wearable device.
US10231668B2
Systems and methods for determining an instant messaging (IM) status of a user wearing a smart watch are disclosed. A computing device includes: a processor; a memory; and sensors including at least one biometric sensor, at least one location sensor, and at least one orientation sensor. The memory stores a status application that is executed by the processor and is configured to: obtain real time data from at least one of the sensors; determine an instant messaging (IM) status based on the real time data; and transmit the IM status to a server for providing to other IM users.
US10231663B2
An image display control apparatus includes: an image obtaining unit that obtains an image of a backbone region that includes at least a portion of the backbone of a subject; an emphasized display target region specifying unit that specifies an emphasized display target region within the backbone region based on the image; a bone metastasis region specifying unit that specifies an osteolytic metastasis region included in the backbone region; and a display control unit that causes images to be displayed by a display unit. The display control unit displays an osteolytic metastasis region that belongs within the emphasized display target region with a greater degree of emphasis than an osteolytic metastasis region outside the emphasized display target region.
US10231661B2
A food taste simulation method, applied in a food taste simulation system, comprising: determining food information of target food according to a food simulation trigger signal when receiving the food simulation trigger signal; determining airflow for simulating the taste of the target food according to the food information; and releasing the airflow through an airflow chip disposed in the oral cavity according to the airflow. The safety of food simulation is improved and the effect of food simulation is enriched in this method. A food taste simulation system is also provided.
US10231657B2
A total hemoglobin index system derives total hemoglobin (tHb) index value utilizing a depopulated emitter with an index set of LEDs. A patient fails a tHb index test if tHb measurements are trending down and/or tHb values fall below a predefined index threshold. If a patient fails the tHb index test, a high resolution sensor derives a specific tHb measurement utilizing a high resolution set of LEDs. The number of high resolution set LEDs is greater than the number of index set LEDs.
US10231653B2
Systems and methods for processing, transmitting, and displaying data received from a continuous analyte (e.g., glucose) sensor are provided. A sensor system can comprise a sensor electronics module that includes power saving features, e.g., a low power measurement circuit that can be switched between a measurement mode and a low power mode, wherein charging circuitry continues to apply power to electrodes of a sensor during the low power mode. The sensor electronics module can be switched between a low power storage mode and a higher power operational mode via a switch, e.g., a reed switch or optical switch. A validation routine can be implemented to ensure an interrupt signal sent from the switch is valid. The sensor can be physically connected to the sensor electronics module in direct wireless communication with a plurality of different display devices.
US10231652B2
Systems and methods for obtaining and analyzing biological data are described. In some embodiments, a local user system may perform steps such as receiving a first message including an indication of a stimulus to be applied, applying the stimulus, detecting a biological response to the stimulus, generating first data including an indication of the detected biological response, and transmitting a second message comprising the first data.
US10231646B2
A device for measuring an expanded internal orifice of a patient includes an orifice-expanding device, a pressure measuring device, and a size-measuring device. The size-measuring device measures a dimension of the orifice after it has been expanded by the orifice-expanding device.
US10231641B2
An electromagnetic (EM) probe for monitoring at least one biological tissue. The EM probe comprises a spiral antenna conductor (not shown) and an EM radiation absorbing layer (92) mounted along the antenna. The EM radiation absorbing layer has a plurality of substantially concentric frame shaped regions (93A-C) corresponding to portions of said spiral antenna having equal surface of antenna conductor, any of said plurality of concentric frame shaped regions has an EM radiation absorption coefficient different than any other of said neighbouring concentric frame shaped regions.
US10231640B2
One example embodiment is a device for detecting fullness of a bladder of a subject. The device includes a distension sensor, an electromyography (EMG) sensor and a microcontroller. The distension sensor is located on a waistband of a pant and detects changes to a curvature of skin adjacent the bladder. The EMG sensor is located in the pant and includes two EMG electrodes that detect potential difference caused by contractions of the bladder. The microcontroller processes signals received from the distension sensor and the EMG sensor and generates, based on the signals, an output value that indicates the fullness of the bladder.
US10231637B2
In a system and method for non-contact mapping of an anatomic structure, the spatial position of an electrode is determined independent of a previously generated three-dimensional model of the anatomic structure. A position of the electrode relative to a boundary surface of the model is determined, along with a corresponding point on the boundary surface of the three-dimensional model that is closest to the relative electrode position. A signed distance (d) of the relative electrode position from the corresponding closest point on the boundary surface is determined, wherein a positive signed distance indicates the relative electrode position is exterior to the model. In such an instance, the boundary surface is perturbed (e.g., expanded outward) at least in part as a function of the signed distance (d) until the relative electrode position lies interior to the model.
US10231632B2
Described is an apparatus which comprises: a current source to generate a current having AC and DC components; a current-to-voltage converter to convert the current or a copy of the current to a voltage proportional to a resistance, the voltage having AC and DC components that correspond to the AC and DC components of the current; a first sample-and-hold circuit to sample and filter the AC component from the voltage and to provide an output voltage with the DC component; a second sample-and-hold circuit to sample the output voltage; a voltage-to-current converter to convert the sampled output voltage to a corresponding current; and an amplifier to receive the output voltage.
US10231621B2
An external data retrieval apparatus receives a low resolution version of a physiological signal from an active implantable medical device and determines if the physiological signal represents a clinically significant event. The apparatus provides an indication of such determination to the implantable medical device. If the physiological signal does represent a clinically significant event, the apparatus receives a full download of the physiological signal from the implantable device.
US10231619B2
Methods and systems for suppressing shadowgraphic flow projection artifacts in OCT angiography images of a sample are disclosed. In one example approach, normalized OCT angiography data is analyzed at the level of individual A-scans to classify signals as either flow or projection artifact. This classification information is then used to suppress projection artifacts in the three dimensional OCT angiography dataset.
US10231587B2
A cyclone module for a vacuum cleaner includes a primary separator, a bulk collection chamber, at least one secondary separator and a fines collection chamber. First and second doors are provided for closing debris outlets at the bottom ends of the bulk and fines collection chambers, respectively. The fines collection chamber is elevated within the bulk collection chamber, with the second door spaced above the first door.
US10231586B2
A vacuum cleaner comprising: a body defining an air inlet, an air outlet, and a passageway extending therebetween; an electrostatic dust filter for removing dust from air as it passes through the passageway; and an air pump for drawing air into the air inlet and through the passageway to the air outlet; wherein the electrostatic dust filter comprises an electrode arrangement configured to kill microorganisms present in air passing through the passageway by exposing air to a voltage in excess of a threshold voltage.
US10231580B2
A sheet product dispenser for dispensing sheet product from a roll of sheet product is provided. The sheet product dispenser includes a housing defining an interior space configured to receive the roll of sheet product therein. The housing includes a nozzle configured to allow the sheet product to be dispensed therethrough and out of the interior space of the housing. The nozzle includes a first orifice disposed at or near an outer end of the nozzle, a second orifice disposed at or near an inner end of the nozzle, and a cavity disposed between the first orifice and the second orifice. The first orifice, the second orifice, and the cavity are configured to allow the sheet product to pass therethrough. The first orifice has a first cross-sectional area, the second orifice has a second cross-sectional area, and the cavity has a third cross-sectional area, wherein the third cross-sectional area is greater than the first cross-sectional area and greater than the second cross sectional area.
US10231577B2
The present invention provides an apparatus for preparation of grilled domed hamburger patties. The apparatus cooks hamburger patty evenly on the inside, suitable for various gradations of doneness, such as rare, medium rare, medium, medium well, and well done. It also keeps the thickness of the hamburger patty of uniform size and reduces the shrinkage of the hamburger patty in diameter. The excess melted fat is allowed to drain off while making it less greasy. The patty remains juicy and uniformly cooked and the device prevents the charcoaling appearance of the hamburger patty.
US10231570B1
Various embodiments of an apparatus and method of multi-course infusion for brewing tea and other beverages are provided. In one aspect, a method of multi-course infusion for brewing tea and other beverages may receive, in an infusion chamber of an apparatus, an amount of beverage medium in dried state. The method may also provide steam into the infusion chamber to pre-condition the beverage medium. The method may further perform multi-course infusion of the beverage medium in hot water by repeating more than once a process that includes: showering hot water down onto the beverage medium in the infusion chamber, infusing the beverage medium in the hot water for some infusion time to form the beverage, providing steam into the infusion chamber while the beverage medium is infused in the hot water, drawing the beverage into one or more carafes after the infusion time has elapsed.
US10231560B2
A furniture pillow convertible to and from a personal blanket device. The device comprises a first pillow configuration with an upholstery fabric exterior, a zipper, and stuffed with a blanket attached to an interior side of the pillow. The pillow is configured so that it may be turned inside out, releasing the interior blanket. The blanket and the interior of the pillow are typically constructed using a plush fabric. The blanket may be configured with optional features such as a pockets or nooks for the user's feet and hands. Various alternative designs are disclosed.
US10231558B1
An apparatus for storing and/or displaying multiple fishing reels uses the reel foot of each reel to removably attach it to a reel rack. The reel rack has a generally rectangular oblong configuration. A rectangular rack base and two perpendicular, substantially rectangular rack sides define a longitudinal, axial rack channel. The reel foot of each fishing reel is removably attached to the reel rack by a pair of foot clamps. Each foot clamp has an open, generally rectangular or arcuate shape. The clamp arms are configured to slidably engage the rack sides, so that a pair of foot clamps can be cooperatively positioned to engage the two tapered ends of the reel foot of one of the fishing reels, thereby securing it to the reel rack for purposes of storage and/or display.
US10231553B1
A bed convertible between a sofa configuration and a bed configuration. The bed includes a stationary bed support assembly having a stationary bed frame, a back rail, a front rail, and a plurality of slats adapted to support a mattress and a movable bed support assembly having a movable bed frame, a back rail, a front rail and a plurality of slats adapted to support a mattress. In one embodiment, a storage compartment is located underneath the stationary bed support assembly and the movable bed support assembly. Also, a backrest may be attached to the back rail of the stationary bed support assembly, whereby the backrest is adapted to support a user's back when the bed is in the sofa configuration.
US10231552B2
Modular building blocks may be used to provide furniture or other items. Each modular building block has a number of interleaved layers that provide first and second arms of the building block. Each modular building block comprises a first engageable finger section formed from one or more of the interleaved layers and a second engageable finger section formed from two or more interleaved layers. The second engageable finger section of one modular building block receives the first engageable finger section of another modular building block allowing various arrangements to be assembled.
US10231551B2
Provided is technology suitable for public environments, such as sites serving transportation networks such as bus shelters and train stations, parks, public venues, stadiums, arenas, interior or exterior environment. The technology described herein provides a heated sitting surface. Moreover the present technology allows the production of new heated sitting surfaces.
US10231549B2
A multi-function seat cushion including an inner layer adapted to resist compression in response to force applied in a longitudinal direction of the inner layer, and compress in response to force applied in a transverse direction of the inner layer, such that the multi-function seat cushion can be used as an armrest or armrest extension when in a first orientation, and can be used as a lumbar support when oriented in a second orientation different from the first orientation.
US10231548B2
The invention discloses a double folding chair with rotation angles. The double folding chair comprises four backrest pipes and two armrest pipes, wherein the a wrest pipes and the backrest pipes form a folding chair frame, rotation-angle transverse-bracing pipes are arranged between the two backrest pipes in the middle so that a flare angle can be formed between two chair backs, and intermediate connecting pieces which can rotate coaxially are arranged on a front support of the folding chair frame so as to be matched with the rotation-angle transverse-bracing pipes. Since the flare angle can be formed between two chair bodies, chair users can communicate conveniently, and the double folding chair has the advantages of being reasonable in structure, good in user experience etc.
US10231544B2
A shelf includes a main body with a plurality of support features formed therein. In one embodiment, each of the support features formed in the main body may include a board having an overmolded exterior. The board may have a plurality of apertures formed therethrough. The overmolded exterior extends through the apertures formed in the board. In another embodiment, each of the support features includes a removable board in an elongate recess that is secured in place by a cover. The boards may be wooden and add a desired strength and rigidity to the main body.
US10231535B2
For example, a magnetic retention system comprising: (A) a piece of clothing with a pocket with an opening and outer and inner surfaces of a portion of pocket fabric; (B) a tab device comprising material A, the tab device placed near the opening on the outer surface; (C) an electronic device with a viewing screen on a major surface and a cover on an opposing major surface, the cover incorporating or having affixed complementary surface comprising material B, wherein one of materials A and B is magnetic, and the other is magnetically susceptible, and wherein the tab and material B are situated and such that when the electronic device is in the pocket with appropriate orientation there is a strong attraction between materials A and B such that greater force is needed for the electronic device to slip from the pocket.
US10231530B2
A foundation container including a discharge pump having a short working stroke, the foundation container including an outer container main body; an outer container cap coupled to the outer container main body and opened/closed; a container main body coupled inside the outer container main body; and a container cap coupled to the upper portion of the container main body and opened/closed, wherein the foundation container comprises a container interruption plate coupled inside the upper portion of the container main body, a discharge pump coupled to the center of the container interruption plate, and a content diffusion plate coupled to the discharge pump; the discharge pump comprises a pump main body, a pump upper body, a pump inner body, a discharge valve, and an elastic member; and the diffusion plate is configured to extend to the pump upper body.
US10231528B2
There is a container that allows the movement of a cosmetic product in a holder within a sheath from a first position to a second position with the force translated from a button slider outside the sheath to underneath the product holder.
US10231526B2
The invention relates to a device for hardening nail varnish by ultraviolet radiation. The device comprises: a bearing surface (26) intended to support the hands or the feet of the user, radiation sources (38) able to emit a radiation to harden nail varnish in the form of a light beam to illuminate the nails of the user. The beams define on the bearing surface (26) at least six illuminated portions (42) separated from each other by a non-illuminated portion, with the number of illuminated portions (42) being less than nine.
US10231520B2
A durable walker glide that is configured to be placed on the rear legs of a 2-wheeled walker to allow smooth gliding along flooring surfaces in all directions. The walker glide has a housing and a base shoe removably affixed to the housing via friction. The housing can be wrapped in a plastic sleeve having a design or text.
US10231515B2
The present invention relates to a shank adapted for being integrated into a shoe sole and for mounting a heel element, wherein said shank at its heel portion is adapted to be connected to the heel element and wherein said shank comprises an upper surface pointing towards the inner shoe. At least a part of the upper surface at the heel portion is cup-shaped and adapted for receiving sole material inside the cup when integrating said shank in said sole during molding of said shoe sole. Thereby, due to the amount of sole material present in the heel portion, the sole material covers the means used for connecting the shank to the heel element. Thereby, based on the properties of the sole material, the heeled shoe becomes comfortable and flexible at the heel portion. The invention further relates to a sole for a shoe with a cup-shaped shank and more specifically to a shoe with a cup-shaped shank.
US10231501B2
The invention relates to a hair extension. In a preferred embodiment, the hair extension comprises strands that are attached together in such a way as to provide a substantially flat configuration, such that opposed sides are defined. This helps the hair extension to lay flat against a person's head. The opposed sides may have different hair colors on them, allowing flexibility and additional styling options. Preferably, the aligned hairs are compressed into a narrowed tip section, which is used to fasten the hair extension to a person's natural hair, using a deformable member such as a micro ring. A method of manufacturing the hair extension, and a method of attaching the hair extension to a subject, are also disclosed.
US10231500B2
A utility belt is disclosed. The utility belt comprises a belt track, a ball bearing assembly, and an extender assembly. The belt track includes a first belt section having a first male locking mechanism and a first female locking mechanism, and a second belt section having a second male locking mechanism and a second female locking mechanism. The first male locking mechanism connects to the second female locking mechanism. The second male locking mechanism connects to the first female locking mechanism. The first belt section and the second belt section each comprises an outer sheath and an inner tube. The inner tube includes a plurality of C-shaped rings. The ball bearing assembly has a ball bearing and a joint. The ball bearing rotates about the belt track. An extender assembly is coupled to the belt track and includes at least one connector and at least one spacer.
US10231490B2
Bib designs are provided that generally include a bib body and a trough mounted with respect to the bib body. The trough may be detachably mounted with respect to the bib body. The trough advantageously moves between an open/expanded state and a close/collapsed state. The bib body may cooperate with a detachable burp cloth. The bib body and the trough may be provided or appear with various shapes and features to mimic the faces/upper torsos of animals, people, cartoon characters, clowns, comic book characters and the like.
US10231483B2
A smoking pipe includes a stem and a bowl in which the stem includes a smoke chamber extending from a first end of the stem to a mouthpiece on a second end. The bowl is coupled to the stem and comprises a heating surface coupled to a power source lead. The smoke chamber provides an airway through the stem from the mouthpiece to an area proximate to the heating surface. In another aspect, a method includes forming a pipe comprising a stem and a bowl, and inserting a heating surface into the bowl. In a further aspect, a smoking apparatus includes a bowl insert comprising a plurality of holes and a power source lead configured to receive power from an external power source. A heating surface is coupled to the power source lead and placed on a lower portion of the bowl insert proximate to the plurality of holes.
US10231467B2
The invention relates to a process for manufacturing a solid fermented soy milk product, comprising a fermentation step in which a fermentation substrate containing soy milk and with adjusted malic acid and free amino acid concentrations, is fermented with heterofermentative lactic acid bacteria.
US10231465B2
The present invention relates to a continuous on-board drying method for Antarctic krill and a continuous on-board processing method of shelled Antarctic krill. The drying method includes the following steps: 1) subjecting fishing materials to cleaning, sorting, and dewatering with a vibrating screen; 2) rapidly heating the krill to the temperature of up to 70° C. using infra-red rays; 3) hot-air drying; 4) impurity removal by vacuum; 5) cooling to obtain dried krill. The processing method includes the following steps: a) subjecting fishing materials to cleaning, sorting, and dewatering with a vibrating screen; b) rapidly heating the krill to the temperature of up to 70° C. using infra-red rays; c) hot-air drying; d) subjecting the dried krill to shelling treatment to separate shell from meat, to obtain shelled krill; e) impurity removal by vacuum to obtain shelled krill product. The methods in the present invention are highly efficient, energy saving, green and environmental protection, and the krill products have high quality and safety.
US10231462B2
To address the problems inherent in creating very thin sheets of dough in a sheeting machine at high speed and with efficient recycling and re-sheeting of the re-work cut out from the sheet, a new sheeting machine with a new front roller is provided, wherein the roller includes non-stick and non-release areas and a plurality of grooves in the non-release area.
US10231459B2
The invention relates to the use of penflufen for protecting wood and wood-comprising materials against wood-destroying basidiomycetes.
US10231452B2
This disclosure relates to thiopicolinamides of Formula I and their use as fungicides.
US10231448B2
A waterfowl decoy comprises a body having a head portion and a body portion. A motor is coupled to a bottom of the body portion. An elongate rigid member has a first end coupled to the shaft of the motor and a second end coupled to a mass. The elongate member is movable by the shaft of the motor between a first position and a second position. The mass is sufficient to counterbalance the buoyancy of the body to cause the armature to remain substantially vertical in a body of water when the shaft of the motor is rotated causing the head portion of the body to be submerged in the body of water when the mass is pivoted toward the head portion and causing the head portion to raise out of the water when the mass is pivoted away from the head portion.
US10231442B1
An electronic apparatus including a network communication device and a controller is provided. The network communication device provides a network connection to a user device. The controller determines whether a pet-related activity is occurring in a scene by processing a plurality of images of the scene or audio data collected from the scene, and sends a notification of the pet-related activity to the user device via the network communication device in response to determining that the pet-related activity is occurring in the scene.
US10231440B2
A system is described herein that comprises a communications device periodically transmitting a radio frequency signal, wherein the periodically transmitted signal includes data. The system includes a receiver detecting the periodically transmitted signal, the detecting including measuring strength of the periodically transmitted signal, the detecting including using the signal strength to provide a first estimate of the receiver's distance from the communications device. The system includes the communications device comprising at least one location sensor for determining an additional distance indication, wherein the data includes the additional distance indication. The system includes the receiver performing a function when the first estimate meets at least one criterion and when the additional distance indication indicates a first state.
US10231433B1
The present subject matter relates to a pet protection device comprising a single layer of semi-rigid twenty gauge polycarbonate designed to protect pets such as small dogs from an attack by a bird of prey. In use, the device is strapped to the dogs' back and prevents the talons of birds of prey from penetrating through the back and/or sides of the dog's body.
US10231427B1
A soybean cultivar designated S170030 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S170030, to the plants of soybean cultivar S170030, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar S170030, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar S170030. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S170030. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S170030, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar S170030 with another soybean cultivar.
US10231425B1
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01067534. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01067534. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01067534 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01067534 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10231424B1
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01067526. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01067526. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01067526 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01067526 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10231422B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01068134. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01068134. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01068134 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01068134 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10231420B1
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PNJZ92 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PNJZ92, cells from soybean variety 5PNJZ92, plants of soybean 5PNJZ92, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PNJZ92. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PNJZ92 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PNJZ92, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PNJZ92, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PNJZ92. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PNJZ92 are further provided.
US10231419B1
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH497086. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH497086, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH497086 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 CH497086.
US10231413B1
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH514613. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH514613, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH514613 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 CH514613.
US10231408B1
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01064013. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01064013. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01064013 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01064013 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10231405B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01068135. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01068135. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01068135 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01068135 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10231397B2
The present invention relates to a method of increasing resistance against fungal pathogens of the family Phacopsoraceae in plants and/or plant cells. This is achieved by increasing the expression of an EIN2 protein or fragment thereof in a plant, plant part and/or plant cell in comparison to wild type plants, wild type plant parts and/or wild type plant cells. Furthermore, the invention relates to transgenic plants, plant parts, and/or plant cells having an increased resistance against fungal pathogens, in particular, pathogens of the family Phacopsoraceae, and to recombinant expression vectors comprising a sequence that is identical or homologous to a sequence encoding an EIN2 protein.
US10231393B2
A modular array for growing plants consisting of horizontally extending tubes with plant openings, downspouts for conveying water from an upper tube to a lower tube and means for adjusting the height of water in each tube. Preferably, each downspout is movable within a mounting in the uppertube and the water height is adjusted by altering the height by which the downspout projects into the tube interior.
US10231383B2
Methods of inhibiting plant parasitic nematodes, methods of obtaining transgenic plants useful for inhibiting such nematodes, and transgenic plants that are resistant to plant parasitic nematodes through inhibition of plant nematode CLAVATA3/ESR (CLE) peptide receptor genes are provided. Methods for expressing genes at plant parasitic nematode feeding sites with plant nematode CLE peptide receptor gene promoters are also provided, along with nematode CLE peptide receptor gene promoters that are useful for expressing genes in nematode feeding sites as well as transgenic plants and nematode resistant transgenic plants comprising the promoters.
US10231381B2
A combine including a frame, power unit and a crop gathering and processing device. A grain tank is mounted on the frame. An elongated closed end tube is vertically oriented within the grain tank and has a plurality of uniformly spaced openings along its length. A pneumatic pump pressurizes the interior of the tube. A pressure sensor senses the interior pressure of the elongated tube, so that grain building up therein selectively covers the plurality of openings to cause a proportionate increase in air pressure.
US10231376B1
An agricultural planting or seeding implement includes a frame, at least one row unit, one or more imaging devices, and a processor. The at least one row unit includes a seed trench opening assembly extending along an opening line and configured to open a seed trench, a seed deposition assembly configured to deposit a seed in the open seed trench, and a seed trench closing assembly extending along a closing line and configured to close the seed trench. The one or more imaging devices capture images of a field behind the agricultural planting implement as the agricultural planting implement traverses the field. The processor processes the images captured by the one or more imaging devices, including determining a location of the opening line based on the captured images, determining a location of the closing line based on the captured images, determining whether the opening line and the closing line are aligned with one another, and determining a corrective action to bring the opening line and the closing line into alignment in response to determining that the opening line and the closing line are not aligned with one another.
US10231374B2
A travel support system for a work vehicle including a vehicle body and a work device provided on the vehicle body includes a first calculator to calculate a vehicle body occupied area including the vehicle body in a plan view. A second calculator is to calculate a work device occupied area including the work device in the plan view. A third calculator is to calculate a work vehicle occupied area including the work vehicle in the plan view, the work vehicle occupied area including the vehicle body occupied area and the work device occupied area. A position calculator is to calculate a position of the work vehicle in a work field based on positioning data. A controller is to control the work vehicle to move in the work field based on the position of the work vehicle and the work vehicle occupied area.
US10231371B2
Disclosed is an assembly for mitigating soil compacted by wheels or belts of a vehicle moving over soil and carried by the vehicle. The assembly operates with a series of blades affixed to a rotatable shaft and displaying an elliptical pattern. A hood confines about the top half of the blades and spans about the width of the assembly. A motor rotates the rotatable shaft. A mounting assembly mounts the assembly to the vehicle behind and in alignment with the vehicle wheels or belts. A cylinder assembly reversibly moves the assembly from a home position downwardly into compacted soil for its mitigation.
US10238018B1
Shield structures with reduced spacing between adjacent insulation components and systems and methods for making the same are provided. In some embodiments, different insulation components of different layers of a stack may be attached to the same surface of a shield component during a single attachment (e.g., lamination) operation to attenuate the spacing between the different insulation components attached to the shield component. Limiting the size of a spacing between adjacent insulation components along a shield component of a shield structure may limit the size of an exposed portion of the shield component, which may limit the opportunity for that exposed shield component portion to be shorted to another structure (e.g., a support structure of an electronic device that includes the shield structure).
US10238017B2
This disclosure relates to a multi-piece shield comprising a fence, a lid, and an insert. The lid attaches to the fence, which is attached to the circuit board. The lid is a relatively thick, flexible material for supporting the insert. The lid has a recess so that the insert can be recessed into the lid to position the insert closer to the circuit for enhanced heat absorption. The insert is made of a thicker heat absorbing material than the lid, again to facilitate heat absorption. The insert can be press-fit into the recess of the lid. The lid can have a dovetail configuration to retain the insert in the lid.
US10238016B2
A chassis includes a flash module comprising a cover and an integrated connector, a metal stiffener, an electromagnetic interference (EMI) gasket, and a midplane. The flash module is connected to the midplane using the integrated connector, the integrated connector extends past the cover of the flash module, and, when the flash module is connected to the midplane, the cover of the flash module is in direct contact with the EMI gasket, in which the metal stiffener is interposed between the EMI gasket and the midplane.
US10238010B2
A Rack Information Handling System (RIHS) has more than one liquid cooled (LC) node containing heat-generating functional components, each LC node configured with a system of conduits to receive cooling liquid to regulate the ambient temperature of the node and provide cooling to the functional components inside the node by removing heat generated by the heat-generating functional components. A liquid control subsystem includes electrically-actuated control valves that selectively distribute cooling liquid to LC nodes each comprising a chassis received in a respective chassis-receiving bay of a rack. Liquid sensors detect a parameter of the liquid control subsystem. A liquid controller communicatively coupled to the electrically-actuated control valves and the liquid sensors detect a rack-level liquid event based at least in part on the parameter and communicates to any LC node that is affected by the rack-level liquid event.
US10238009B2
Cooling control methods include measuring a temperature of at least one component of each of multiple nodes and finding a maximum component temperature across all such nodes, comparing the maximum component temperature to a first and second component threshold and comparing the air temperature to a first and second air threshold, and controlling a proportion of coolant flow and a coolant flow rate to the air-to-liquid heat exchanger and the nodes based on the comparisons.
US10238006B2
A heat dissipating module including a casing, a fan, a plurality of blades and at least one locking element is provided. The casing has a first positioning side and a second positioning side opposite each other, and the casing includes a sliding recess located on the first positioning side. The fan is disposed in the casing. The blades respectively slide into the sliding recess and are positioned on the first positioning side and the second positioning side. The locking element passes through the sliding recess to limit the blades from moving out of the sliding recess.
US10238001B2
A configurable data center platform includes an enclosure configured to affix to a support structure, the enclosure configured for housing one or more processing systems that form a data center, one or more transceivers configured to enable the one or more processing systems to communicate with one or more remote devices, one or more sensors; and an electrical power distribution subsystem configured to condition a received electrical current to one or more conditioned electrical currents that power the one or more processing systems and the one or more sensors, wherein the enclosure comprises a cooling system that removes heat from the one or more processing systems and the one or more sensors.
US10237991B2
An electronic component is provided with a housing, a conductive terminal loaded on the housing, and an external conductive member loaded on the housing. A gap between the external conductive member and the conductive terminal is defined by a protrusion formed on the housing or the external conductive member.
US10237976B2
A substrate for a printed circuit board according to the present invention includes a base film having an insulating property and including at least one opening; a first conductive layer that is formed on both surfaces of the base film by applying and heat-treating a conductive ink containing metal particles, and that fills the at least one opening; and a second conductive layer formed, by plating, on at least one of surfaces of the first conductive layer. The metal particles preferably have a mean particle size of 1 nm or more and 500 nm or less.
US10237974B2
A conductive nanowire film having a high aspect-ratio metal is described. The nanowire film is produced by inducing metal reduction in a concentrated surfactant solution containing metal precursor ions, a surfactant and a reducing agent. The metal nanostructures demonstrate utility in a great variety of applications.
US10237969B2
Disclosed are an electromagnetic bandgap structure and a method for manufacturing the same. The electromagnetic bandgap structure includes a ground layer, a middle layer configured to include one or more patches, and to face the ground layer with a first dielectric layer interposed between the middle layer and the ground layer, wherein the first dielectric layer is stacked on a top of the ground layer, and a power layer configured to face the middle layer with a second dielectric layer interposed between the power layer and the middle layer, wherein the second dielectric layer is stacked on a top of the patches, wherein the patches and the power layer are electrically connected to each other through a via.
US10237964B2
Manufacturing electronic packages is provided with enhanced heat dissipation capabilities. The method includes providing a plurality of electronic components, and an enclosure in which the electronic components reside. The enclosure includes a thermally conductive cover overlying the electronic components. The method includes providing at least one heat transfer element coupled to, or integrated with, the thermally conductive cover between a main surface of the cover and at least one respective electronic component. Further, the method includes providing a thermal interface material disposed between the heat transfer element(s) and the respective electronic component(s), which facilitates conductive transfer of heat from the electronic component(s) to the thermally conductive cover through the heat transfer element(s). The thermally conductive cover facilitates spreading and dissipating of the transferred heat outwards, for instance, through a surrounding tamper-respondent sensor and/or a surrounding encapsulant.
US10237950B2
The invention provides A light management system for an outdoor lighting network system, comprising a plurality of outdoor light units wherein at least one light unit includes at least one sensor type, a central management system in communication with light units, said central management system sends control commands to one or more of said outdoor light units, in response to received outdoor light unit status/sensor information from one or more of said outdoor light units and implement a lighting strategy relating to the lighting characteristics of the plurality of outdoor light units, wherein the central management system uses the light unit status/sensor information to form a user's behavior analyses, and determine or estimate or predict the user's motion trajectory and/or position and a change in a user-controlled light use and/or ambient light, and determine whether to modify the lighting strategy and/or reconfigure one or more of the lights units.
US10237944B2
A solid-state auxiliary lamp includes a lamp head having a plurality of LED modules; a thermoelectric cooler coupled to the LED modules; and a drive unit. The drive unit can include a plurality of current sources, each of the current sources coupled to a corresponding LED module; and a processor coupled to the current sources and configured to control each current source to control the light output of each current source's corresponding LED module.
US10237940B2
A device for thermal protection is described. The device may be configured to determine current temperature information for a set of light emitting diodes (LEDs), receive an indication of a requested light pattern for the set of LEDs, and determine predicted temperature information for the set of LEDs based on the current temperature information and the requested light pattern. In this example, the device is further configured to operate the set of LEDs at a modified light pattern that is different from the requested light pattern in response to determining that the predicted temperature information indicates that the set of LEDs operates at an unsafe temperature when operating at the requested light pattern.
US10237933B2
A visible light communication LED having a spiral inductance coil and a circular core is provided, comprising a sapphire substrate provided with a positive electrode welding spot and a negative electrode welding spot, and a plurality of LED cores deposited on the sapphire substrate. The negative electrode of a former core is connected with the positive electrode of a latter core, and the positive electrode of the first core and the negative electrode of the last core are respectively connected to the positive electrode welding spot and the negative electrode welding spot on the substrate. According to the present invention, each of the LED cores is surrounded by a spiral inductance coil, and a pin of one end of the spiral inductance coil is connected via a connecting wire with the negative electrode of an adjacent LED core, while the other end is directly connected with the positive electrode of the LED core that is surrounded by the spiral inductance coil.
US10237931B2
A switching power converter is provided that includes a current source that controls the charging of a storage capacitor to provide a regulated internal power supply voltage.
US10237930B2
Power supplies (1) comprise first induction circuits (11) for receiving first amounts of power from source circuits, second induction circuits (12) for providing second amounts of power to combinations (2) of light circuits (21) and capacitor circuits (22), control circuits (13) for controlling the second amounts, and trigger circuits (14) for bringing the control circuits (13) into first modes having first durations equal to time-intervals. The control circuits (13) in the first modes guide supplying current signals for supplying the combinations (2) and subsequently discharging current signals for reducing charges of the capacitor circuits (22) and in second modes prevent the flowing of the discharging current signals. The light circuits (21) experience low output levels without experiencing low frequency ripples. The control circuits (3) may comprise parallel combinations of transistors (15) such as field effect transistors and diodes (16) such as parasitic-reverse-diodes of the field effect transistors. The first/second modes may be conducting/non-conducting modes of the transistors (15).
US10237926B2
An induction heater having inner and outer chamber cylinders connected in an air tight manner to a base and cover with an inner chamber being formed within the inner chamber cylinder and an outer chamber being formed between the inner and outer chamber cylinders, a heat exchange core disposed in the inner chamber, and an induction heater coil disposed in the outer chamber extending around the inner chamber cylinder. A flow path is provided from a cool air inlet in the base, along the outer chamber, into the inner chamber and through the inner chamber and core to a heated air outlet in the base in a counterflow direction relative to the flow along the outer chamber. The heater is especially well suited for use in convective soldering and rework apparatus.
US10237898B2
An arrangement for detection of multiple signals concurrently is disclosed. The arrangement includes a demodulator component, a mixer and a detector. The demodulator component is configured to demodulate or obtain one or more components from a received signal. The mixer is configured to mix the one or more components into a folded signal using a plurality of varied local oscillator (LO) signals. The detector is configured to identify a valid signal within the folded signal and to initiate a response for the identified valid signal.
US10237897B2
A method for establishing relay services includes transmitting a random access parameter to a network node indicating a request for relaying services, the transmitting of the random access parameter initiates a first random access procedure, receiving, by the RD, a random access response including a relay indicator indicating one or more candidate relay devices, wherein receiving the relay indicator terminates the first random access procedure, and searching for a relay device in accordance with the relay indicator included in the random access response.
US10237896B2
The random access channel procedure for new radio NR can be designed to support multiple use cases with various requirements. The NR physical layer can support the independent configuration of resources used for the random access channel (RACH) procedures that can be transparent to user equipment (UE) devices and independent from resources configured for the UE. For instance, in the case of a standalone NR the RACH configuration can be obtained by the UE by either signaling on the NR carrier or fixed within the telecommunications standard. While in the case of non-standalone NR the RACH configuration can be obtained by the UE by broadcast or dedicated signaling on a different carrier than the NR carrier (e.g. a Long Term Evolution carrier).
US10237888B2
A semi-persistent resource scheduling (SPS) allocation of a user equipment is deactivated in an LTE-based mobile communication system without requiring changes to the Physical layer-to-MAC layer interface and/or changes to PDCCH formats agreed by the 3GPP. A combination of NDI value and MCS index is defined that commands release of SPS resources. An alternative solution proposed defines a special transport block size that when signaled in a PDCCH commands release of SPS resources.
US10237880B2
Method and radio access point for handling a two-way communication between a first wireless device and a second wireless device which are both served by the radio access point. A set of candidate transmission modes are available for use in the two-way communication. The radio access point obtains a mode-specific quality metric related to a predicted Signal to Interference and Noise Ratio, SINR, for each one of the candidate transmission modes, and selects one of the candidate transmission modes based on the obtained mode-specific quality metrics. The radio access point is thus able to select the transmission mode that has the best mode-specific quality metric in the set. The selected transmission mode is then applied for the two-way communication. Thereby, the most favorable transmission mode may be selected and used to provide satisfactory or even optimal performance.
US10237875B1
Technology is described for managing network traffic directed to a plurality of destination internet protocol (IP) addresses that are served by a destination host or service. A network action communication for a destination IP address served by the destination host or service may be received. The destination host or service may be overloaded when a number of network action communications directed to the plurality of destination IP addresses served by the destination host or service exceeds a defined threshold. The network action communications may be dropped in order to prevent the destination host or service from receiving a volume of network traffic that exceeds the defined threshold.
US10237871B2
A method for allocating communication resources for communication between a transmitter and a receiver in a multi-user cellular communication system, wherein the communication resources are divided into frequency sub-bands, includes: classifying, based on a configuration parameter, part of the frequency sub-bands as frequency-sub-bands for carrying bursty traffic; and using the remaining part of the frequency sub-bands as frequency-sub-bands for carrying long-term transmission traffic. The communication resources are divided into the frequency sub-bands for at least a sub-group of base stations (BSs) of the system or all the BSs of the system in the same manner such that all the BSs of the sub-group or all the BSs of the system use the same frequency sub-bands for bursty traffic.
US10237864B2
The present application provides a method and an apparatus for allocating control channel candidates, which relate to the communications field, and can allocate control channel candidates at different aggregation levels to K ePDCCH sets and reduce complexity of blind detection performed by a UE. The method includes: determining K sets for transmitting a control channel, where each set in the K sets includes at least one physical resource block pair; and allocating control channel candidates at each aggregation level to at least one set in the K sets according to at least one of aggregation levels supported by the control channel to be transmitted, the number of control channel candidates corresponding to each aggregation level, the K sets for transmitting the control channel, and types of the sets.
US10237862B2
A method for receiving system information performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system that supports Narrow Band (NB)-Internet of Things (IoT) includes receiving a Narrowband Synchronization Signal from a base station through narrowband (NB); acquiring time synchronization and frequency synchronization with the base station based on the Narrowband Synchronization Signal; and receiving the system information related to the NB-IoT from the base station through a Narrowband Physical Broadcast Channel (N-PBCH).
US10237860B2
The present invention relates to a method for transmitting data from a base station to a terminal in a wireless communication system, wherein the method includes the steps of: determining a terminal for transmitting downlink data; when the downlink data is transmitted, confirming the kind of subframe in which the downlink data is transmitted; when the subframe is a normal subframe, transmitting the downlink data on the basis of a cell specific reference signal (CRS) or a demodulation reference signal (DMRS); and, when the subframe is a multimedia broadcast multicast service signal frequency network (MBSFN) subframe, transmitting the downlink data on the basis of the DMRS.
US10237858B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for de-configuring a cell from PUCCH resource in a carrier aggregation system, the method comprising: configuring a Secondary Cell (SCell) with Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resource; receiving an RRC signaling indicating that the PUCCH resource PUCCH resource is de-configured from the SCell; and de-activating the SCell after the UE de-configures the PUCCH resource from the SCell according to the RRC signaling.
US10237855B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure include methods, apparatuses, and instructions for receiving at a user equipment (UE) of a third generation partnership project (3GPP) network an offset value selected from a plurality of offset values in downlink control information. The UE also receives one or more enhanced control channel elements (eCCEs) of an enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH). The UE may then determine an allocation of an uplink resource for a transmission on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) based at least in part on the index of a first eCCE and the offset value.
US10237846B2
In embodiments, apparatuses, methods, and storage media may be described for identifying a wireless local area network (WLAN) selection preference rule for use by a user equipment (UE) during a re-association procedure of the UE. The UE may use the WLAN selection preference rule to identify a WLAN with which the UE should associate.
US10237842B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to generation of network topology information for a network of assets, and management of such information. The management can comprise analysis and/or diagnostics of topology condition of a plurality of assets. In addition or in the alternative, the management can comprise consolidation of at least a portion of the network topology information in a data layer of the network of assets, or a network functionally coupled thereto. Integration of at least some of the network topology information with higher network layers also is disclosed.
US10237834B2
Systems and methods for controlling the transmit power and the receive sensitivity of an access point for achieving symmetric link balancing is described. When an access point operates with symmetric link performance, the access point does not inefficiently use available bandwidth for transmitting or re-transmitting to a client station that cannot communicate with the access point. Moreover, the access point does not back off transmissions due to activity of neighboring basic service sets when not needed. The receive sensitivity can be controlled using a hardware attenuator or software commands that adjust a programmable gain in a wireless local area network chipset used by the access point, or it can be controlled using adjustable levels in the software for processing or responding to packets.
US10237829B1
Proximity sensors are used in many user devices to detect a user's proximity to it. The proximity detection may be used to control the transmit power of a user device to ensure that the transmit power is in the allowed power range. There are other uses of proximity detection. A proximity sensor, like many other electronic devices, needs power supply for its normal operation. Many user devices are battery operated and therefore reducing power consumption of a user device is essential. A method and apparatus are disclosed that may enable reduced power consumption for a proximity sensor. The disclosed method may be applied to any user device that employs a proximity sensor.
US10237823B2
Mobile devices such as cellular telephones are provided that communicate with wireless networks. Cellular telephone network equipment may communicate with a cellular telephone over a data connection. The cellular telephone may have an internet protocol (IP) address that allows data to be provided to the cellular telephone over the data connection. To conserve resources and release unused IP addresses, the cellular telephone network equipment may deactivate inactive data connections after a period of inactivity. A baseband processor within a mobile device may periodically send User Datagram Protocol (UDP) keep-alive packets over the data connection to ensure that the data connection remains active. The keep-alive packets may be directed to a packet sink server or may be associated with a black hole route. An applications processor in the telephone may remain in sleep mode during keep-alive packet transmission to conserve power.
US10237819B2
An SSIC (SuperSpeed Inter-Chip) device comprises a detecting circuit operable to execute at least one of a first and a second detection processes and generate a detection result, wherein the first detection process is operable to detect an SSIC compatible object and the second detection process is operable to detect whether the SSIC compatible object satisfies at least one of a de-link state and a re-link state, a control circuit operable to generate a control signal according to the detection result, and a Mobile-Physical-Layer circuit operable to execute at least one of the following steps: if the control signal indicates that the SSIC compatible object is detected and satisfies the de-link state, disconnecting a normal connection between the SSIC device and the SSIC host; and if the control signal indicates that the SSIC compatible object is detected and satisfies the re-link state, connecting the SSIC device with the SSIC host.
US10237796B1
An example embodiment may involve receiving an attach request related to a WCD. It may be determined that the WCD already has an established bearer session with a first PGW device. Possibly in response to receiving the attach request from the WCD and the WCD already having the established bearer session with the first PGW device, a request for PGW device assignment may be transmitted to a server device. A response from the server device may be received, where the response may indicate assignment of a second PGW device. A create session request may be transmitted to an SGW device. Reception of the create session request may cause the SGW device to establish, for the WCD, a new bearer session to the second PGW device. Establishment of the new bearer session may involve the second PGW device retrieving, from the first PGW device, context information related to the WCD.
US10237793B2
The present disclosure provides an access control method and apparatus, and a network device. The method includes: performing grid partitioning on a target cell covered by a wireless access point, to obtain multiple grids; grouping, based on a neighboring cell of the target cell, grids that satisfy a preset condition in the multiple grids into one or more interference clusters; calculating an access offset of each of the interference clusters; and sending, to a user in each interference cluster, an access offset of a corresponding interference cluster, so that the user selects a cell based on the access offset of the corresponding interference cluster. Grids of a target cell are grouped into interference clusters according to signal to interference plus noise ratios, and an access offset is set for each interference cluster, to ensure service quality and improve user experience.
US10237790B2
Examples of the present disclosure provide a method for determining access control, applied in a handoff procedure of a UE. The method include receiving, from a source base station, a first message including a first local home network (LHN) identifier (ID) and an address of a local gateway; receiving, from a target base station, a second message including a second LHN ID; determining whether a LHN ID is changed based on the first LHN ID and a second LHN ID; and disconnecting a selected IP traffic offload (SIPTO) service if the LHN ID is changed. According to a technical solution provided by the present disclosure, service continuity of the LIPA service or the SIPTO service can be maintained correctly.
US10237788B2
A synchronization method, a communication handover method, a radio network, and a RAN node are disclosed. The interface information synchronization method includes determining whether a condition for initiating interface information update is fulfilled. Information about the S1 interface between the RAN node and the core network node, is sent. In addition, or alternatively, information about the X2 interface between the RAN node and the neighboring RAN node is sent to the neighboring RAN node if the condition for initiating interface information update fulfilled.
US10237785B2
Provided is a method for setting a communication channel for a base station employing carrier aggregation, which enables simultaneous use of radio waves at a plurality of frequency bands of different frequencies or a base station apparatus for setting a communication channel in accordance with carrier aggregation, which enables simultaneous transmission and reception at a plurality of frequency bands of different frequencies. At least one of a downlink frequency channel in a first frequency band and a downlink frequency channel in a second frequency band is set such that a frequency range of harmonics of an uplink frequency range in the first frequency band does not overlap a downlink frequency range in the second frequency band, the first frequency band and the second frequency band being included in the plurality of frequency bands for use in carrier aggregation.
US10237780B2
A method for allowing a user equipment (UE) to detach from a network entity is provided. The method includes detecting that the UE is not registered with the network entity while the UE is in an area previously registered with the network entity. Further, the method includes sending a detach indication to the network entity to detach a service to the UE.
US10237773B2
Device Assisted Services (DAS) for protecting network capacity is provided. In some embodiments, DAS for protecting network capacity includes monitoring a network service usage activity of the communications device in network communication; classifying the network service usage activity for differential network access control for protecting network capacity; and associating the network service usage activity with a network service usage control policy based on a classification of the network service usage activity to facilitate differential network access control for protecting network capacity.
US10237771B2
A wireless communication system comprises: a setting notifying means for notifying, to a radio terminal, setting information related to at least one of the radio terminal's collection of measurement information and the radio terminal's reporting of the measurement information to a radio network; a status notifying means for notifying, to the radio network, a status related to at least one of the radio terminal's collection of the measurement information and the radio terminal's reporting of the measurement information; and a re-establishing means for receiving the status and determining whether to re-establish the setting information.
US10237769B2
This invention provides a joint user clustering and power allocation method and a base station using the same. They are applicable to cooperative non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) systems. The method includes: sorting K user equipment devices (UEs) according to the K channel gains between the base station and the K UEs, and then establishing a strong user candidate group of K/2 UEs and a weak user candidate group of K/2 UEs; pairing each of the UEs in the strong user candidate group with each of the UEs in the weak user candidate group so as to divide the K UEs into K/2 clusters, where the power allocation coefficients for each pair of UEs are also calculated during the paring process; and transmitting messages to the K UEs based on the calculated power allocation coefficients of the K/2 clusters.
US10237768B2
A disclosure of the present specification provides a method of measuring a neighboring small cell. The method may include the steps of: receiving measurement configuration information from a serving cell; and measuring on the serving cell, the neighboring small cell, and a neighboring macro cell. The measurement configuration information may include one or more of a discovery signal measurement timing configuration (DMTC) and a measurement gap (MG) for the neighboring small cell. In addition, the DMTC may include DMTC periodicity information and information on the occasion section of a discovery signal. When a frequency band in which the serving cell operates, a frequency band in which the neighboring small cell operates, and a frequency band in which the neighboring macro cell operates are all the same, a measurement on the neighboring small cell may be performed for the time section by the DMTC and a measurement on the serving cell may be performed for sections other than the time section by the DMTC.
US10237767B2
A method and score management node for supporting service evaluation of a service delivered by means of a telecommunication network. The score management node receives network measurements (v) related to at least one service event when the service is delivered to the user, and calculates a quality score Q for each received network measurement by applying a predefined scoring algorithm Q(v) on the network measurement. After identifying, among the calculated quality scores, quality scores Q which are related to a specific service session experienced by the user, the score management node determines a total session-specific quality score for the specific service session based on the identified quality scores Q. The determined total session-specific quality score can then be used for evaluation of the delivered service.
US10237761B2
A controller arrangement comprising a transceiver capable of communication via a wireless communication network, a controller arranged to control a physical entity at which the controller arrangement is arranged, and an interface between the transceiver and the controller is disclosed. The transceiver is arranged to provide information via the interface about present or imminent interrupts in the communication via the wireless network. The controller is arranged to operate in at least a first state when the information indicates that no interrupts are present or imminent, wherein the first state includes closed loop control from a remote entity via the wireless communication network, and a second state when the information indicates that interrupts are present or imminent, wherein the second state includes autonomous control operations by the controller. A method and computer program are also disclosed.
US10237757B2
Wireless offloading provides tools to a service provider to encourage or direct a subscriber to offload from a first network, e.g., a cellular network, to a second network, e.g., a Wi-Fi network. The cellular service provider can use network data to determine wireless offloading priorities for cellular subscribers on an individual or group basis. The cellular service provider may use wireless network data it has and/or wireless network data it learns about networks from the wireless devices (which may obtain Wi-Fi network data from beacon frames of Wi-Fi networks or active scanning and which may report to the cellular service provider). Each wireless device can be given scanning assignments to ensure that the reporting task is shared among subscribers or adjusted to fill in gaps in data. With the network data, the cellular service provider is capable of generating useful prioritized network lists for wireless devices, either individually or as a group. Preferences can be encouraged in the form of incentive offers to subscribers to, e.g., offload from the cellular network to a Wi-Fi network. Incentive offers can include offers to lower service costs or provide additional or improved services.
US10237751B2
A communications device comprising a transmitter, a receiver and a controller operable to transmit and to receive signals representing data to and from a network element across a first wireless access interface, the first wireless access interface being provided by the network element and access to resources of the first wireless access interface being controlled by the network element. The controller is configured to control the receiver to perform detection of signals transmitted across a second wireless access interface, and to control the transmitter to transmit a reporting message to the network element across the first wireless access interface, the reporting message including an indication of one or more properties of signals that have been detected across the second wireless access interface.
US10237750B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide example methods and apparatuses for transmitting pattern information. One example method for transmitting pattern information includes obtaining pattern information and sending the pattern information to UE. The first pattern information indicates that the spectrum of the first cell is allocated to the first RAT in a first plurality of sub-frames and that the spectrum of the first cell is allocated to the second RAT in a second plurality of sub-frames. The first pattern information enables at least one of the UE to select any sub-frame in the first plurality of sub-frames to measure a CRS if the UE RAT pattern corresponds to the first RAT or the UE to select any sub-frame in the second plurality of sub-frames to measure the CRS if the UE RAT pattern corresponds to the second RAT.
US10237742B2
A method and system for wirelessly tracking power tools and related devices to aid with inventory management and to help minimize, prevent, and recover misplaced or stolen tools throughout the job site. The tools and/or batteries include wireless transmitting capabilities (e.g., an ISM unit) to transmit data to a fob, puck repeater, and/or gateway over an ISM network. The gateway is operable to translate and output the ISM communications over a cellular network to a remote monitoring unit, such as a personal computer or smart phone. Additionally, the gateway is further operable to translate and output cellular communications from the remote monitoring unit to ISM communications over the ISM network. A wireless tethering system and method is also disclosed whereby an ISM battery places a power tool in a lock-out or limp mode after the ISM battery remains outside of ISM communications for a prolonged period of time.
US10237741B2
The proliferation of networked, wireless-enabled devices is challenged by the reliance upon password management and user knowledge of privacy and security techniques to maintain control over data that is personal, proprietary or restricted. This disclosure enables a geo-proximity security and privacy system for assuring control and non-repudiation for wireless-enabled devices by relying upon location and trusted network relationships among a set of wireless-enabled devices, where one or more devices may act as a control or master key.
US10237725B2
A receiver for digital signals includes a radiofrequency stage. A feedback loop controls a variable attenuation resistance applied to a modulated radiofrequency signal passing through the radiofrequency stage as a function of a comparison of an amplitude of the modulated radiofrequency signal with a reference value. A baseband stage includes an RC network cascaded to the radiofrequency stage and coupled to a baseband detector that generates the baseband signal. The feedback loop includes a circuit for detecting a range of variation of the comparison. The value of the variable resistance is controlled as a function of an end value (e.g., maximum or minimum) of the detected range of variation.
US10237723B2
A method and system performing the method includes receiving a request to activate an additional profile in a subscriber identity module that comprises at least one active profile associated with a first basic logical channel. The additional profile is in an inactive state. The method also includes requesting, using the first basic logical channel, the subscriber identity module to associate the additional profile with a second basic logical channel for communicating with the first profile. The method further includes transmitting a command to the additional profile using the second basic logical channel while the at least one active profile associated with the first basic logical channel is in an active state.
US10237721B2
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for validating a redirect address in a Diameter message are disclosed. One method occurs at a Diameter node, e.g., a Diameter routing agent (DRA) node, a packet data network (PDN) gateway, a policy and charging enforcement function (PCEF) node, or a Diameter edge agent (DEA) node. The method includes receiving a message containing a redirect address that appears to be associated with a top-up server for facilitating a subscriber to recharge or top-up an account balance. The method also includes determining whether the redirect address is valid by querying, using a subscriber related identifier, a data structure containing one or more addresses. The method further includes performing at least one action based on the determining.
US10237716B2
A method for communicating among responders from a plurality of responder agencies includes determining that responders from two responder agencies are located at an event or location. Each of the responders from the two responder agencies has a computing device that is configured to communicate with the other computing device of the responders. Authorization is received from the two responder agencies to permit direct communication between responders from the two responder agencies. A communication link is established between the computing devices of the responders of the two responder agencies in response to determining that the responders from the two responder agencies are located at the event or location and in response to receiving the authorization. The communication link permits direct communication between the responders of the two responder agencies.
US10237703B2
An apparatus and method for broadcast signal frame using layered division multiplexing are disclosed. An apparatus for generating broadcast signal frame according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a combiner configured to generate a multiplexed signal by combining a core layer signal and an enhanced layer signal at different power levels; a power normalizer configured to reduce the power of the multiplexed signal to a power level corresponding to the core layer signal; a time interleaver configured to generate a time-interleaved signal by performing interleaving that is applied to both the core layer signal and the enhanced layer signal; and a frame builder configured to generate a broadcast signal frame including a preamble for signaling, start position information of Physical Layer Pipes (PLPs) and time interleaver information shared by the core layer signal and the enhanced layer signal.
US10237701B2
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request for a geographical destination from a mobile device, determining geographical coordinates of the destination, and transmitting the coordinates to the mobile device. In another embodiment, a method includes transmitting a request for a geographical destination from a mobile device to a remote location, receiving geographical coordinates of the destination, and outputting a map showing a present location of the mobile device and/or the geographical destination. In yet another embodiment, a method includes receiving a present geographical location of a remote mobile device at a local mobile device, and outputting a map showing a present location of the local mobile device and/or the received location of the remote mobile device. In a further embodiment, a method includes sending a present geographical location of a mobile device to a remote mobile device. Other methods for remote location determination/access are described as well.
US10237699B2
Techniques are provided for performing automated operations in order to predict obstacles to mobile device travel paths. Historical mobile device path data about multiple historical paths previously taken by a plurality of mobile devices during a first period of time is tracked. Recent mobile device path data about a plurality of recent paths taken by multiple mobile devices during a second period of time is received and analyzed, including comparing the historical mobile device path data with the recent mobile device path data. Based at least in part on such analysis, a location is predicted for a new obstacle that is determined to be substantially adjacent to one or more of the recent paths. An indication of the predicted location of the new obstacle is provided to one or more user devices.
US10237691B2
Systems and methods for monitoring the physical proximity of beacon devices relative to a deployment of relay devices. Beacon device may broadcast a proximate data signal receivable relay devices within range. Upon receiving a proximate data signal from a beacon, a relay is configured to provide a corresponding notification to a monitoring server. During standard operation, a beacon device is configured to broadcast the proximate data signal at a first frequency. A beacon may include an emergency trigger, as well as possible optional emergency detection sensors. Upon detecting an emergency, a beacon device broadcasts a proximate data signal at a second frequency and/or modify the proximate data signal. The monitoring server monitors the frequency of transmission and/or content of the proximate data signals from the beacon devices and, upon detecting an emergency (or the absence of an expected proximate data signal from a beacon), may provide an emergency alert.
US10237684B2
Methods and systems are provided for adaptively determining location of a mobile device. Antenna probabilities for a plurality of antennas in an area covered by a mobile radio network may be determined, with the antenna probabilities being determined based on expected field strengths for the plurality of antennas in each of a plurality of sub-areas of the area; and with the antenna probabilities indicate for each antenna, in each of the plurality of sub-areas, the probability that a mobile communication terminal uses that antenna when located in that sub-area. A location area for a user using a mobile communication terminal may then be determined based on the antenna probabilities and a determination of one or more antennas used by the mobile communication termination, wherein the location area is determined without measuring signal properties at the mobile communication terminal.
US10237681B2
A communication technique of fusing a fifth generation (5G) communication for supporting higher data transmission rate beyond a fourth generation (4G) system with an Internet of things (IoT) technology and a system thereof is provided. The technique may be applied to an intelligent service (smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, security and safety related service, or the like) based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT related technology. A method is provided for effectively managing a registration state for a terminal in a 5G core network such as an access and mobility management function (AMF) in a situation of accessing a 5G network via a non-3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) access.
US10237669B2
An electronic device and a method for controlling the electronic device, the method including receiving an input of a command to reproduce music contents, determining audio characteristics information on the music contents and situation information on an environment where the music contents are being reproduced; and displaying a visualization effect of visualizing the music contents using the audio characteristics information and the situation information, and reproducing the music contents.
US10237666B2
An electronic device includes a housing and a user interface. The electronic device also includes an acoustic detector and one or more processors operable with the acoustic detector. The one or more processors can receive, from the user interface, user input corresponding to an operation of the electronic device. The one or more processors can then optionally initiate a timer in response to receiving the user input and monitor the acoustic detector for a predefined acoustic marker, one example of which is acoustic data indicating detection of one or more finger snaps. Where the one or more finger snaps occur prior to expiration of the timer, the one or more processors can perform the operation of the electronic device. Otherwise ignore the user input. The acoustic confirmation of user input helps to eliminate false triggers, thereby conserving battery power and extending run time.
US10237659B2
A loudspeaker module, relating to the technical field of electroacoustic products. The loudspeaker module comprises a housing. A loudspeaker unit is accommodated in the housing. An electrical connection member which is a metal sheet is fixed on the housing. An inner bonding pad is disposed at one end of the electrical connection member, and an outer bonding pad is disposed at the other end of the electrical connection member. The inner bonding pad is located in the housing and is electrically connected to the loudspeaker unit. The outer bonding pad is exposed outside the housing and is electrically connected to a terminal circuit. The loudspeaker module of the present invention solves the technical problems in the prior art such as poor tone quality, low reliability, and a complicated assembling process of a loudspeaker module. The loudspeaker module of the present invention has good tone quality, high reliability, a long service life, a simple assembling process, and high production efficiency, and occupies a small space of a terminal, thereby facilitating the development of the terminal towards smaller size.
US10237649B2
Methods and apparatus relating to microphone devices and signal processing techniques are provided. In an example, a microphone device can detect sound, as well as enhance an ability to perceive at least a general direction from which the sound arrives at the microphone device. In an example, a case of the microphone device has an external surface which at least partially defines funnel-shaped surfaces. Each funnel-shaped surface is configured to direct the sound to a respective microphone diaphragm to produce an auralized multi-microphone output. The funnel-shaped surfaces are configured to cause direction-dependent variations in spectral notches and frequency response of the sound as received by the microphone diaphragms. A neural network can device-shape the auralized multi-microphone output to create a binaural output. The binaural output can be auralized with respect to a human listener.
US10237647B1
A beamformer system that can isolate a desired portion of an audio signal resulting from a microphone array. A combination of beamformers is used to dampen undesired noise, whether diffuse or coherent. A fixed beamformer is used to dampen diffuse noise while an adaptive beamformer is used to cancel directional coherent noise. The adaptive beamformer isolates and weights audio from various directions. The weights may vary depending on the isolated desired audio signal, dynamically adjusting the step-size adjustments to the weights.
US10237643B2
A loudspeaker comprising at least three first emitting heads (11) adapted to emit in a first frequency range, and at least one second emitting head (13) adapted to emit in a second frequency range, the first emitting heads (11) are located in close proximity to each other in the vertices of a virtual regular polygon with the number of vertices equal to the number of first emitting heads (11), and the second emitting head (13) is located in proximity to the geometric center of said virtual polygon, wherein the first emitting heads have conical diaphragms (14), oriented with their convex side in the direction of the listener, and the emission axes of the first emission heads are inclined at an angle (α) to a perpendicular drawn through the center of the polygon, where the angle (α) is in a range of from 5 to 25 degrees.
US10237641B2
Provided is a sound output device worn on an ear of a listener and used, and having listening characteristics of an ambient sound in a wearing state. A sound output device 100 includes a sound generating portion 110 that generates a sound, a sound guiding portion 120 that takes in the sound generated in the sound generating portion 110 from one end 121, and a holding portion 130 that holds the sound guiding portion 120 in the vicinity of the other end 122. The holding portion 130 is engaged with an intertragic notch, and supports the sound guiding portion 120 such that a sound output hole of the other end 122 of the sound guiding portion 120 to face a depth side of an ear canal. Even in a state where the listener wears the sound output device 100, the sound output device 100 does not block an ear cavity of the listener, and the listener can listen to the ambient sound.
US10237631B2
A wireless sensor network at a monitored location can be configured to generate sensor channel(s) of data to assess operational conditions at the monitored location. Inputs based on the sensor channel(s) of data are provided to a host system for analysis of a demand to one or more resources at the monitored location. Response messages can be generated based on the demand analysis and transmitted to actuator(s) at the monitored location to effect an adjustment to the operational conditions.
US10237627B2
Disclosed systems provide audio recordings from digital television provider networks. Audio recordings are streamed to a customer premises equipment device of a user and, in response to user input, an identifier for the audio recording is transmitted to a music provider. A copy of the audio recording is delivered to a user designated device.
US10237611B2
Embodiments of mechanisms for dynamic media content type streaming management for mobile devices are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the mobile device may receive selection input pertaining to generating output from a media file containing at least two of audio data, video data, and closed-captioning data, the selection input selecting at least one of audio, video, and closed-captioning to be output during play of the media content. In some embodiments, the mobile device may generate an audio output as a signal in response to the selection input including audio. In some embodiments, the mobile device may generate a video output as a signal in response to the selection input including video. In some embodiments, the mobile device may generate a closed-captioning output as a signal in response to selection input including closed-captioning.
US10237609B2
A method of delivering video content. The method may comprise receiving a request for a first video from a video-playing device that is coupled to a network, determining whether to include a second video, generating a playlist comprising the first video and the second video, and transmitting the playlist to the Internet video-playing device. The second video may comprise a video advertisement. Additionally, a system for delivering video content is described. The system may include a processor, storage, an operating system, a logging module, one or more network interfaces capable of communicating with a plurality of video advertising networks, and a scripting engine.
US10237607B2
An electronic remote control device, including a body; a touchpad formed by capacitive sensors; a processor and software; and position sensors; wherein the processor and software are arranged to read out inputs from the position sensors and dynamically allocate functions to the capacitive sensors in the touchpad depending on the position of the touchpad in relation to the horizon.
US10237592B2
An objective of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for video transmission, wherein the video is initially stored in one or more other network devices. The method comprises receiving a second request for a video from a user equipment; forwarding the second request to other network device corresponding to the second request; determining a manner of obtaining the video based on a response, received from the other network device, to the second request; and transmitting the video obtained based on the manner of obtaining the video to the user equipment. Compared with the prior art, by uniformly determining a manner of obtaining a video and transmitting the obtained video to the user equipment the present invention, the present invent on lowers deployment difficulty, reduces bandwidth resource demands, and enhances the video sharing degree.
US10237579B2
The image decoding method includes: determining a context for use in a current block to be processed, from among a plurality of contexts; and performing arithmetic decoding on a bit sequence corresponding to the current block, using the determined context, wherein in the determining: the context is determined under a condition that control parameters of neighboring blocks of the current block are used, when the signal type is a first type, the neighboring blocks being a left block and an upper block of the current block; and the context is determined under a condition that the control parameter of the upper block is not used, when the signal type is a second type, and the second type is “intra_chroma_pred_mode”.
US10237578B2
The present disclosure relates to deblocking filtering, which may be advantageously applied for block-wise encoding and decoding of images or video signals. In particular, the present disclosure relates to an improved memory management in an automated decision on whether to apply or skip deblocking filtering for a block and to selection of the deblocking filter. The decision is performed on the basis of a segmentation of blocks in such a manner that memory usage is optimized. Preferably, the selection of appropriate deblocking filters is improved so as to reduce computational expense.
US10237577B2
Disclosed is a prediction method adopting in-loop filtering. According to the present invention, a prediction method for encoding and decoding video comprises the following steps: generating a residual block of the current block through an inverse quantization and inverse transform; generating a prediction block of the current block through an intra-prediction; performing in-loop filtering on the current block in which the residual block and the prediction block are combined; and storing the current block, on which the in-loop filtering is performed, in a frame buffer for an intra-prediction of the next block to be encoded. As described above, prediction is performed using an in-loop filter during processes for encoding and decoding video, thereby improving the accuracy of prediction and reducing errors in prediction, thus improving the efficiency of video compression and reducing the amount of data to be transmitted.
US10237575B2
Video data may be palette decoded. Data defining a palette table may be received. The palette table may comprise index values corresponding to respective colors. Palette index prediction data may be received and may comprise data indicating index values for at least a portion of a palette index map mapping pixels of the video data to color indices in the palette table. The palette index prediction data may comprise run value data associating run values with index values for at least a portion of a palette index map. A run value may be associated with an escape color index. The palette index map may be generated from the palette index prediction data at least in part by determining whether to adjust an index value of the palette index prediction data based on a last index value. The video data may be reconstructed in accordance with the palette index map.
US10237574B2
The invention relates to a method for encoding, a method for decoding, an apparatus, computer program products, an encoder and a decoder for video information. The motion vector for a block in a video image is predicted from a set of motion vector prediction candidates determined based on previously-coded motion vectors. A motion vector prediction candidate is included in the set based on the location of the block associated with the first spatial motion vector prediction candidate and in comparison with motion vector prediction candidates already in the set.
US10237571B1
An apparatus includes a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit may be configured to (i) fetch a reference samples from a memory to slots in a buffer, (ii) generate motion vectors by motion estimating inter-prediction candidates of a current picture relative to the reference samples in the buffer, (iii) snoop the fetches from the memory to determine if the reference samples fetched for a non-zero motion vector type of the inter-prediction candidates includes the reference samples for a zero motion vector type of the inter-prediction candidates and (iv) avoid duplication of the fetches for the zero motion vector type of the inter-prediction candidates where the snoop determines that the reference samples have already been fetched. The second circuit may be configured to evaluate the reference samples in the buffer based on the motion vectors to select a prediction sample unit made of the reference samples.
US10237569B2
A moving picture coding apparatus includes: an inter prediction control unit which determines to code a motion vector using, among candidate predicted motion vectors, a candidate predicted motion vector having the least error with relative to a motion vector derived by motion estimation; a picture type determination unit which generates picture type information; a temporal direction vector calculation unit which derives a candidate predicted motion vector in temporal direct; and a co-located reference direction determination unit which generates, for each picture, a co-located reference direction flag.
US10237560B2
When an intra prediction parameter indicates a horizontal prediction process, an intra prediction unit adds a value proportional to a change in a horizontal direction of the luminance values of pixels adjacent to the top of each block, which is a unit for prediction process of a coding block, to the luminance value of a pixel adjacent to the left of the block to set a result of the addition as a predicted value of a prediction image, whereas when the intra prediction parameter indicates a vertical prediction process, the intra prediction unit adds a value proportional to a change in a vertical direction of the luminance values of pixels adjacent to the left of the block to the luminance value of the pixel adjacent to the top of the block to set the result of the addition as a predicted value of the prediction image.
US10237552B2
Inter-color image prediction is based on multi-channel multiple regression (MMR) models. Image prediction is applied to the efficient coding of images and video signals of high dynamic range. MMR models may include first order parameters, second order parameters, and cross-pixel parameters. MMR models using extension parameters incorporating neighbor pixel relations are also presented. Using minimum means-square error criteria, closed form solutions for the prediction parameters are presented for a variety of MMR models.
US10237551B2
When carrying out an intra-frame prediction process to generate an intra prediction image by using an already-encoded image signal in a frame, an intra prediction part 4 selects a filter from one or more filters which are prepared in advance according to the states of various parameters associated with the encoding of a target block to be filtered, and carries out a filtering process on a prediction image by using the filter. As a result, prediction errors which occur locally can be reduced, and the image quality can be improved.
US10237538B2
A display panel, a driving method thereof, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device. The display panel includes a first emission layer (EML) and a second EML. The first EML includes a plurality of first display pixel, the first display pixels each include at least one first luminescent unit; the second EML is disposed at a light-emitting side of the first display pixels and includes a plurality of second display pixels, the second display pixels each include at least one second luminescent unit, the second EML includes light-transmitting regions and light-shielding regions alternately arranged in a row direction; the first display pixels and orthographic projections of the second display pixels on the first EML are partially overlapped and the first display pixels are partially exposed from corresponding light-transmitting regions; and the first and second display pixels have a same light-emitting direction.
US10237508B2
The disclosure provides a method and device for displaying a boot screen so as to address the problem of boot screen jumping in a power-on process in the prior art. After the first device and second devices complete video initialization, the first device establishes a connection for transmitting video data with prescribed one of the second devices, and after system services of the first device and the second device are started, the first device will display directly video data of an application interface of the prescribed second device, so that only the application interface of the second device will be displayed directly after a startup picture is displayed, thus avoiding a jump between the two home application interfaces of the first device and the second device to thereby solve the problem of boot screen jumping.
US10237505B2
A solid-state imaging device including: a pixel array unit in which a plurality of pixels outputting an analog pixel signal are arranged in a two-dimensional matrix form; a ramp signal generation unit configured to generate and output a ramp wave; a clock generation unit configured to generate and output multiphase clocks; and a signal-processing unit, wherein the signal-processing unit including: a plurality of analog-to-digital conversion circuits, and a plurality of repeater circuits, wherein each of the plurality of analog-to-digital conversion circuits includes: a comparison unit, and a latch unit, wherein each of the plurality of the analog-to-digital conversion circuits outputs the digital value according to the state of the phase held by each latch circuit, and wherein each of the plurality of the repeater circuits corresponding to the same set are arranged side by side, and the repeater circuits are connected in series.
US10237497B2
Mixed mode imaging is implemented using a single-chip image capture sensor with a color filter array. The single-chip image capture sensor captures a frame including a first set of pixel data and a second set of pixel data. The first set of pixel data includes a first combined scene, and the second set of pixel data includes a second combined scene. The first combined scene is a first weighted combination of a fluorescence scene component and a visible scene component due to the leakage of a color filter array. The second combined scene includes a second weighted combination of the fluorescence scene component and the visible scene component. Two display scene components are extracted from the captured pixel data in the frame and presented on a display unit.
US10237494B2
An image processing apparatus includes a display control unit configured to cause a display device to display a map image that indicates a layout of a plurality of cameras, an identification unit configured to identify one or a plurality of cameras that can capture an image of a designated region designated on the map image and can perform predetermined detection processing on the captured image, a processing unit configured to perform a display control for distinguishably indicating the one or plurality of cameras identified by the identification unit, among the plurality of cameras included in the map image, and a setting unit configured to make settings for causing at least one camera selected from the one or plurality of cameras identified by the identification unit to perform the predetermined detection processing.
US10237492B2
An image sensor circuit includes an image sensor, a flicker detector and a flicker compensator. The image sensor generates frame data for a plurality of successive frames. The flicker detector determines a representative value of the frame data for each of the plurality of successive frames and generates a flicker detection signal that is activated when the determined representative values of the generated frame data show periodicity between a minimum value and a maximum value. The flicker compensator generates compensated frame data by compensating the frame data based on the determined representative values and a predetermined reference value when the flicker detection signal is activated.
US10237480B2
Provided are a digital photographing apparatus and a method of controlling the same. The digital photographing apparatus includes a snap motion picture capturing mode and is capable of capturing a short-time motion picture using the same sequence as capturing of still images by pressing a capture start button.
US10237479B2
A communication apparatus has a communication control function, which enables the apparatus to operate as a control apparatus that forms a wireless network and controls the wireless network, and has an apparatus function other than the communication control function. The communication apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine whether priority is to be given to the apparatus function over the communication control function in the case that an instruction to implement the apparatus function is received while the apparatus is implementing the communication control function and operating as the control apparatus, and a control unit configured to control operation of the apparatus such that priority is given to the apparatus function over the communication control function in a case that the determination unit determines that priority is to be given to the apparatus function over the communication control function.
US10237478B2
A method for correlating views of two or more video camera systems includes obtaining a plurality of data point coordinate sets to represent relative positioning between the camera systems and data point objects in the environment. The views may be correlated through Interpolation or extrapolation using the obtained data point coordinate sets. Devices such as lasers may also be used to correlate views of two or more video camera systems.
US10237473B2
A method for generating a depth map is described. The method includes obtaining a first image of a scene from a first image capture unit, the first image having a first depth-of-field (DOF), obtaining a second image of the scene from a second image capture unit, the second image having a second DOF that is different than the first DOF. Each pixel in the second image has a corresponding pixel in the first image. The method also includes generating a plurality of third images, each corresponding to a blurred version of the second image at each of a plurality of specified depths, generating a plurality of fourth images, each representing a difference between the first image and one or the plurality of third images, and generating a depth map where each pixel in the depth map is based on the pixels in one of the plurality of fourth images.
US10237469B2
There is provided an information processing apparatus capable of determining an object area with high accuracy. An object area determination unit of the information processing apparatus acquires defocus information of positions in a captured image and information of a position specified as an object in the captured image, and determines, based on a difference between a defocus value at each of the positions and a defocus value at the specified position, an estimated area of the object specified in the captured image. Further, the object area determination unit determines an object area from the captured image based on an evaluation value calculated from each of a plurality of evaluation areas set for the specified position.
US10237457B2
Provided is a light receiving apparatus including a first light receiving unit; a body to which the first light receiving unit is secured; a first exterior portion that covers at least a portion of the body; and a mount that is capable of having an interchangeable lens attached thereto, to which the body and the first exterior portion are secured. Also provided is a light receiving apparatus, in which a body to which a first light receiving unit is secured and a first exterior portion that covers at least a portion of the body are secured to a mount that is capable of having an interchangeable lens attached thereto, and force placed on the first exterior portion is absorbed by the mount, such that transfer of the force placed on the first exterior portion to the body is reduced.
US10237454B2
Embodiments of present application relate to a method for detecting terminal static layer information, a terminal and a television. Based on the fact that a static layers in the terminal such as the OSD display layer and third-party application are managed as a whole by the terminal layer management module, this embodiment sets forth that: a current topmost layer is determined according to number information of each layer in a terminal layer management module; then a pixel value of a preset region in the topmost layer is obtained; analysis is performed on the pixel value in the preset region, and it is determined whether the pixel value of the preset region is different from a target pixel value. If the pixel value of the preset region is different from the target pixel value, then it is determined that there is image content in the topmost layer.
US10237447B2
In an image processing apparatus for processing image data to be input, an edge image of which a pixel value changes between pixels is extracted from a generated drawing image of each color. Further, processing for expanding an edge amount is performed with respect to the extracted edge image, and brightness of a pixel of the drawing image corresponding to a pixel of the expanded edge image is adjusted based on the extracted edge amount.
US10237446B2
An image processing apparatus includes: a pipeline processor that inputs image data shifted 1 pixel at a time in a sub-scanning direction; a detector that inputs and holds each pixel of the image data, compares each pixel value of the held plurality of pixels, and detects an edge of a front end or a rear end of an object; a counter that counts a number of pixels that each pixel of the image data shifted in the sub-scanning direction; a distance coefficient determiner that uses a count value of the counter to determine a distance coefficient; a correction value calculator that calculates a correction value; a corrector that adds the correction value of each pixel to the pixel value of each pixel of the image data; and a position where the correction value is added is a position shifted at least N+1 pixels.
US10237442B2
A document contains a security element that combines a correlation mark and pantograph mark. The pantograph mark includes a dot pattern, part of which is printed to correspond to foreground pixels of the correlation mark, and another part of which is printed to correspond to background pixels of the correlation mark.
US10237434B2
A display control apparatus includes an acquisition unit that successively acquires plural images, a display unit that displays the images on a display in an automatic image switching mode by successively switching from one to another the images acquired by the acquisition unit, a suspending unit that temporarily suspends the automatic image switching mode without the acquisition unit stopping acquiring the images if an instruction to suspend the automatic image switching mode is provided, and a resuming unit that resumes the automatic image switching mode that has been temporarily suspended by the suspending unit.
US10237431B2
An image forming apparatus includes an operation acceptance section, a storage section, a sheet feed cassette, a plurality of trays, a sorting mechanism, a scanner, a data analyzing section, and a control section. The scanner scans an image of a sheet. The data analyzing section analyzes image data of the sheet scanned by the scanner. When the operation acceptance section accepts a specification of a sorting condition from a user, the control section allows the storage section to store the sorting condition and allows the sorting mechanism to sort the sheet to one of the trays according to the sorting condition using an analysis result of the data analyzing section.
US10237428B2
An advertisement providing system is provided which outputs an advertisement when a printer prints a document. The system includes a display unit configured to display a screen for selecting a recipient that is to receive a printed matter of the document when a distance between a first position and a second position is longer than a predetermined distance, or, alternatively, when the first position and the second position are located in different areas, the first position showing where an instruction source giving a command to print the document is located, the second position showing where the printer is installed; and an output interface configured to output, when the printer prints the document, an advertisement depending on attributes of the recipient selected.
US10237422B2
An image display device includes a command receiving unit that receives a command to display one page and a display control unit that displays a composite image on the indicated one page and a list of a plurality of image groups associated with the plurality of pages on a display unit at the same time. The display control unit distinctively displays two or more image groups among the plurality of image groups in the list and preferentially displays an image group associated with the one page in the list.
US10237419B2
Methods and apparatus to generate audience measurement data from population sample data having incomplete demographic classifications are disclosed. An example method includes improving an accuracy of the first impressions counts by: determining a database proprietor frequency value for ones of demographic groups for a first one of time segments; calculating a distributor-level unique audience adjustment factor for ones of the demographic groups for the first one of the time segments; determining adjusted unique audience sizes based on the distributor-level unique audience adjustment factor for ones of the demographic groups for the first one of the time segments; for ones of the demographic groups for the first one of the time segments, calculating adjusted impressions counts by determining a product of the adjusted unique audience sizes and the database proprietor frequency value; determining a scaling factor for the first one of the time segments by determining a ratio between site census impressions counts and a summation of the adjusted impressions counts associated with the ones of the demographic groups for the first one of the time segments; applying the scaling factor to the adjusted impressions counts associated with the ones of the demographic groups for the first one of the time segments to generate adjusted and scaled impressions counts; and determining an adjusted and scaled duration for ones of the demographic groups for the first one of the time segments by multiplying the adjusted and scaled impressions counts associated with the first ones of the demographic groups by a corresponding time value associated with the first one of the time segments.
US10237413B2
A system and method are presented for the encoding of participants in a conference setting. In an embodiment, audio from conference participants in a voice-over-IP setting may be received and processed by the system. In an embodiment, audio may be received in a compressed form and de-compressed for processing. For each participant, return audio is generated, compressed (if applicable) and transmitted to the participant. The system may recognize when participants are using the same audio encoding format and are thus receiving audio that may be similar or identical. The audio may only be encoded once instead of for each participant. Thus, redundant encodings are recognized and eliminated resulting in less CPU usage.
US10237411B2
A method for simultaneously participating in a plurality web conferences may include generating, by a computer system, a web conference instance for each web conference being joined. The method may also include polling a corresponding web conferencing server for web conference information by each web conference instance on the computer system. The method may additionally include polling for both audio and video information in response to a chosen web conference instance being an active web conference instance on the computer system. The polling may be performed at a predetermined time interval or polling term. The method may further include setting a polling term for each inactive web conference instance on the computer system that is longer than the predetermined time interval or polling term of the active web conference instance.
US10237409B1
Processing customer communications may include receiving a communication from a customer device via a first communication medium, retrieving a customer record associated with the customer device, determining the customer record has a pending status associated with a logged customer device action, transmitting an optional display link to the customer device via a second communication medium different from the first communication medium, receiving a selection from the customer device associated with the optional display link, identifying a third party candidate for processing the customer device action based on the at least one selection, transmitting a request to process the customer device action to the third party candidate, and transmitting a notification to the customer device responsive to receiving confirmation of the request from the third party candidate.
US10237407B2
A computing apparatus configured in the communication system to store data about advisers, including availability status of the advisers for real time communications with customers, ratings of the advisers by prior customers, compensate rates of the advisers, probability of being connected within a period of time for real time communication with customers, etc. The computing apparatus presents the advisers to customers based on the stored information and provide real time communication connections in response to selections of the presented advisers. Based on monitoring customer interaction with the system, the computing apparatus is configured to detect dissatisfactions, determine authenticity of the dissatisfactions based on user history and usage patterns of the system, and automatically provide a refund to the user without a refund request from the user and/or an explicitly user confirmation of the detected dissatisfaction.
US10237404B1
Systems and techniques are disclosed for establishing inbound calls and outbound calls involving inmates and outside parties. One exemplary technique receives input identifying authorized sources who are authorized to initiate and conduct calls with an inmate and stores a list of the authorized sources. The list, for example, can include telephone numbers, VOIP caller identifiers, and/or call privileges associated with the sources. The technique receives an inbound call directed to the inmate and determines whether the source of the inbound call is authorized or not, for example, by comparing information about the source with information in the list of authorized sources and/or based on the call privileges. If the source is authorized, the call is permitted. If not the technique routes the call to a payment interface for the caller to provide payment information.
US10237393B1
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to monitor the personal safety of a user of a portable electronic device are disclosed. The safety monitor includes a usage context analyzer to determine a usage context in which the portable electronic device is used based on a history of past usage information. The safety monitor also includes a current usage detector, a threshold alert level monitor, and a safety alert actuator. The current usage detector determines whether the portable electronic device is being used in the usage context at a current time, and, if so, obtains a corresponding threshold alert level that indicates a degree of danger to which a user of the portable electronic device is exposed. The threshold alert level monitor determines whether the threshold alert level has been satisfied, and, if so, the safety alert actuator actuates an output device of the portable electronic device.
US10237392B2
A control device includes: a display, at least one processor, and a memory configured to store a parameter and instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the control device to: determine whether a parameter of a controllable device can be changed, when the parameter of the controllable device is possible to change, display a first screen for manipulating the parameter of the controllable device on the display and update the parameter of the controllable device by user's manipulation, and when the parameter of the controllable device is not possible to change, display the second screen on the display and lock the parameter of the controllable device.
US10237382B2
A mobile telephone has a front wall, a rear wall, a top wall partly continuous with a side face, and a side wall, and includes a vibration-absorbing member between the top wall and each of the rear wall and the side wall, and a cartilage conduction vibration source on the inner side of the top wall. Opposite corner parts of the top wall partly continuous with the side face each serve as a cartilage conduction unit. Or a mobile telephone has a front wall, a rear wall, a top wall, and a side wall, and includes a cartilage conduction vibration source that has a thin shape, that vibrates in a direction perpendicular to the thin shape, and that is affixed to the middle, in the left/right direction, of the inner side of the top wall in a direction parallel to the thin shape.
US10237375B2
A communication terminal for Internet telephony is provided that handles and control communication of data in accordance with a standardized network protocol and exchanges data with a connecting unit connected to the Internet where the resulting data exchanged between the terminal and a connecting unit consist of packets in a standardized protocol data packet format embedded in a wireless format. This provides a communications terminal which uses a network or the Internet for the transfer of digitized speech, etc., thereby achieving great economic savings. Also, the flexibility is increased with respect to wireless communication with the network or the Internet without any need for specialized equipment and functionality.
US10237368B2
A system for exchanging various forms of information between computer-executable agents. A computing device is configured to determine semantic data associated with each data object (DO) of a plurality of DOs. Each DO is associated with a location, and the semantic data describes the content of the associated DO. The computing device receives, from a first user computing device, a request for DO information and, in response to the request, provides DO information including the locations and the semantic data associated with the retrieved DOs to the user computing device by (a) transmitting the locations and the semantic data to the first user computing device, and/or (b) instructing the first user computing device to request the DO information from a second user computing device to which the locations and the semantic data were previously transmitted.
US10237356B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for providing notification summaries to users. Users may have accounts for many different services. The notification summaries may contain information about notifications for various services.
US10237353B2
A method for discovering the topology of communications between applications of a computer network having several items of equipment, the method including the following steps: a) connecting to each of the items of equipment of the network, b) for each item of equipment, acquiring raw data relating to applications hosted within the item of equipment, c) for each item of equipment, acquiring connection data for each live connection established by an application, d) from the raw data and the connection data thus obtained, communication links are determined respectively between pairs of applications of the network, and e) a level-7 topology of the network is generated from the communication links.
US10237351B2
A method, apparatus and product for sub-networks based cyber security. One method comprises detecting a device connecting to a local network which is divided into subnets; determining a usage profile of the device; automatically selecting a subnet to connect the device based on the usage profile; and connecting the device to the selected subnet in the local network. Another method comprises monitoring communication traffic of devices in each of the subnets of a local network; performing anomaly detection to detect an abnormal communication of a device connected to a subnet; blocking the abnormal communication of the device; and removing the device from the subnet and connecting the device to a quarantine subnet of the local network, whereby reducing connectivity of the device with other devices connected to the local network.
US10237349B1
A method, system, and computer-program product for the organization and maintenance of aggregated social media information are disclosed. The system includes one or more processors, a network interface coupled thereto, and one or more one or more digital content databases stored in a computer-readable storage medium coupled to the one or more processors. The network interface provides access to the one or more digital content databases under the control of the one or more processors. The one or more one or more digital content databases comprises one or more post tables, one or more event tables, and one or more place tables. The one or more post tables, the one or more event tables, and the one or more place tables comprise one or more references to one another.
US10237346B2
Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems include a master node receiving, from a new node, a request indicating the new node is joining a cluster of nodes. The master node transmits, to the new node, an identifier of a delegate node within the cluster. The master node receives, from the delegate node, a request to maintain a synchronization point while the delegate node creates and transmits a snapshot of cluster metadata. The master node receives, from the new node, an indication that the new node is ready to join the cluster. Upon determining that the cluster has synchronized metadata following the synchronization point of the delegate node and prior to the ready indication, the master node transmits an acknowledgment to the new node to cause the new node to transition to an active state within the cluster.
US10237343B1
A backup engine of a first storage system receives a request to perform a backup session from the first storage system to a second storage system based on a backup service level objective (SLO) that has been configured for the backup session. In response to the request, it is determined that a first backup resource allocated for the backup session by the first storage system cannot satisfy the SLO based on statistics of prior backup sessions in view of characteristics of the backup session to be performed. A dynamic resource allocation (DRA) module is to dynamically perform a first DRA to modify the first backup resource to satisfy the SLO. The backup engine then initiates the backup session by transmitting backup data from the first storage system to the second storage system using the modified first backup resource.
US10237333B2
A file with a unique filename is transferred from a client computer to a server computer in chunks, which can be packaged into packets including metadata. The server computer can record indices of received chunks in a local metadata file associated with the file. Upon receiving the filename in a subsequent client request after a connection loss, the server computer can use the associated metadata file to determine whether portions of the file are missing. If so, the server computer can send indices corresponding to missing ranges instead of the client computer resending the whole file.
US10237323B2
A communication apparatus establishes a connection and at least one stream for communication with another communication apparatus, determines a first window size relating to a buffer size for the connection and a second window size relating to a buffer size for the at least one stream based on communication information about communication between the communication apparatus and the other communication apparatus, and transmits to the other communication apparatus the first and second WINDOW_UPDATE frames.
US10237312B2
A method (300) and device (200) with intelligent media management is disclosed. The method (300) can include: streaming (310) media content in a wireless communication device; identifying (320) a media signature of the streamed media content; searching (330) a stored library for the identified media signature; and playing (340) locally stored media content, if the search results in finding a match with the identified media signature in the stored library. Thus, when a match occurs, locally stored media content replaces the streamed media content, to provide substantially lower power consumption and enhanced battery life in connection with wireless communication devices.
US10237306B1
A disclosed method includes operations of a control computer and interceptor computer. The control computer creates a certificate request and sends it to a certificate issuer, the certificate request created with an encrypted blob including a service private key S-PrK encrypted with an escrow server public key E-PuK. The control computer receives the certificate from the certificate issuer and provisions it to the service server along with S-PRK for use in secured communications with clients. The interceptor computer monitors session-establishment communications, e.g. a TLS handshake, between the service server and client to obtain the digital certificate, and retrieves the encrypted blob from the certificate and sends it to the escrow server. The escrow computer retrieves S-PrK by decrypting the encrypted blob using the escrow private key E-PrK, and returns S-PrK to the interceptor, where it is used to decrypt secure-session communications between the client and service server.
US10237302B1
Embodiments of the disclosure describe a simulated phishing campaign manager that communicates a simulated phishing communication that includes at least the telephone number and reference identifier, to a device of a user. The content of the simulated phishing communication may prompt the user to call the telephone number identified in the simulated phishing communication. The security awareness system may select a telephone number and a reference identifier to use for the simulated phishing communication, the combination of which may be later used to identify a specific user if they respond to the message. Each of a plurality of users may have a unique combination of telephone number and reference identifier. The telephone number may be selected based on the geographic location of the user, or the telephone number may be selected to correspond to content in a simulated phishing communication.
US10237298B1
One or more embodiments of techniques or systems for session management, security scoring, and friction management are provided herein. Sessions may be monitored for commonalities or other attributes or aspects and closed, terminated, or a freeze placed on additional sessions from being initiated. A security score may be provided which is indicative of how secure a user is with respect to one or more ways the user interacts with a resource. One or more suggested actions or score improvement strategies may be suggested to facilitate improvement of a security score for a user. Friction management may be provided by having one or more additional layers of security applied to an account of a user or an entity based on suspicious behavior or other factors.
US10237297B2
A system and method for evaluating cyber-security threat incidents of a computer network is described in this document. In particular, it is described that cyber-security threat incidents of a computer network may be visualized by displaying these threat incidents as a plurality of graphical objects on a display of a device. A subset of these graphical objects or threat incidents may then be selected by applying a single continuous touch input to a touch interface of the device. A risk score will then be generated and displayed based on the threat incidents that are contained within the subset of graphical objects. Mitigation actions addressing the cyber-security threats that triggered these threat incidents are then implemented by the device.
US10237294B1
Techniques are described for analyzing data regarding activity in an IT environment to determine information regarding the entities associated with the activity and using the information to detect anomalous activity that may be indicative of malicious activity. In an embodiment, a plurality of events reflecting activity by a plurality of entities in an IT environment are processed to resolve the identities of the entities, discover how the entities fit within a topology of the IT environment, and determine what the entities are. This information is then used to generate a entity relationship graph that includes nodes representing the entities in the IT environment and edges connecting the nodes representing interaction relationships between the entities. In some embodiments, baselines are established by monitoring the activity between entities. This baseline information can be represented in the entity relationship graph in the form of directionality applied to the edges. The entity relationship graph can then be monitored to detect anomalous activity.
US10237286B2
Content Delivery Network (CDN) protection systems and methods, performed by a cloud node in a distributed security system include receiving traffic between one or more origin servers and the CDN; monitoring the traffic based on policy; detecting one or more of malware and data leakage in the traffic based on the policy; and blocking the traffic responsive to the detecting the one or more of the malware and the data leakage in the traffic, prior to the traffic entering the CDN.
US10237285B2
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for detecting macro viruses. The method includes: if a data file processing program has already performed an opening operation on a target data file but has not yet performed a loading operation on a content of the target data file, calling a macro virus detecting module registered previously as a plug-in of the data file processing program; detecting the target data file by using the macro virus detecting module. Applying the embodiment of the present disclosure, the macro virus detecting module may identify the format of all data files and may perform the internal analysis of the data files, thus improving the coverage of the detected data files.
US10237283B2
Techniques for malware domain detection using passive Domain Name Service (DNS) are disclosed. In some embodiments, malware domain detection using passive DNS includes generating a malware association graph that associates a plurality of malware samples with malware source information, in which the malware source information includes a first domain; generating a reputation score for the first domain using the malware association graph and passive DNS information; and determining whether the first domain is a malware domain based on the reputation score for the first domain.
US10237282B2
Methods and systems for Data Leak Prevention (DLP) in an enterprise network are provided. According to one embodiment, a network security device maintains a filter database containing multiple filtering rules. Each filtering rule specifies a watermark value, a set of network services for which the filtering rule is active and an action to be taken. Network traffic directed to a destination residing outside of an enterprise network, associated with a particular network service and containing a file is received. A watermark value embedded within the file is identified. When there exists a filtering rule specifying a matching watermark value and for which the filtering rule is active for the particular network service, the action specified by the filtering rule is performed.
US10237281B2
A method for execution in a dispersed storage network operates to determine one or more slice names of one or more slices and determine whether to establish a new access policy corresponding to the one or more slices. When the new access policy is to be established, the method determines a timestamp; determines a new access policy; and sends the new access policy and the timestamp to one or more storage units that store the one or more slices.
US10237275B2
A system and machine-implemented method of wireless network access are provided. An authentication request comprising credentials for a user account of a cloud-based service is received from a wireless client device. The authentication request is forwarded to a server associated with the cloud-based service for authentication of the user account credentials. A list of one or more network identifiers corresponding to networks for which access by the user account of the cloud-based service is authorized is received from the server. The received list of one or more network identifiers is sent to the wireless client device, wherein the received list of one or more network identifiers is sent to the wireless client device prior to the wireless client device being associated with the wireless local area network.
US10237273B2
A system and method for with an inmate in a privileged communication are disclosed. A communication system includes a portal subsystem that determines whether a communication should be monitored, or not, based on received information, including access information, from a first communication device. Based on the determination, the communication system bypasses a monitoring subsystem and stores and/or transmits the communication to a second communication device by way of a non-monitoring subsystem.
US10237269B2
A method of operating an electronic device and an electronic device are provided. The method includes generating biometric information using at least one sensor of the electronic device, and storing the generated biometric information in a memory of the electronic device, generating access right information relating to the biometric information, determining whether an external electronic device is connected to the electronic device, and when the external electronic device is connected to the electronic device, transmitting the generated access right information to the external electronic device.
US10237262B2
An assembly management system allows a software service provider (SSP) to compile and upload client-specific client application code into a repository. The SSP deploys a client application comprising non-client-specific code to various clients. When a user logs in, a call is made to a web service, which queries the repository for code specific to the requesting client. If available, the web service sends a response with the name and version of the assembly to which the client is subscribed. If the locally-saved version does not match the version of the assembly in the repository, and if the SSP has permission to write to the client's disk, the web service retrieves the assembly and commits it to the disk. If the SSP does not have permission, the assembly is streamed to the client device and retained and executed in memory for the duration of the login.
US10237258B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for obtaining authenticated access to a service provider system, or more specifically, to a user account maintained on the service provider system, using a single key authentication mechanism. This mechanism includes generating an authentication image that includes user-generated content, user application-generated content, and service provider-generated content; sending the authentication image to the service provider system, which is configured to authenticate access to the user account based at least in part on the authentication image; and receiving an indication as to whether access to the user account has been authenticated.
US10237255B2
wherein the server system is configured to cause said other device to synchronize with the updated data in response to confirmation of identification information about said other device included in the identification information about the terminal transmitted by the transmission unit.
US10237248B2
A method of encoding and encrypting input data (D1) to generate corresponding encoded and encrypted data (E2) is provided. At least a first data block of the input data (D1) is encoded to generate a first encoded data block. The at least first encoded data block is then encrypted using at least one key to provide a first encoded and encrypted data block for inclusion in the encoded and encrypted data (E2). Moreover, a first seed value is generated for use in encrypting a next encoded data block to provide a next encoded and encrypted data block for inclusion in the encoded and encrypted data (E2). Furthermore, a next seed value is generated for use in encrypting a subsequent encoded data block, in a sequential repetitive manner until each data block of the input data (D1) is encoded and encrypted into the encoded and encrypted data (E2).
US10237243B2
Method for transferring files to a destination folder on a computer. At least one rule to a transfer of files to a destination folder on a destination computer system are received. A filter file is generated, wherein the filter file includes the least one rule specific to the transfer of files to the destination folder. During transfer of files to the destination folder on the destination computer, attributes of each file are compared to the at least one rule specific to the transfer of files to the destination folder. Upon attributes of a compared file violating a rule of the at least one rule specific to the transfer of files to the destination folder, transfer of the violating file to the destination folder is prevented.
US10237237B2
Systems and methods comprise a gateway that includes a processor coupled to a security system at a premises via a channel. The channel comprises a protocol of the security system that is a proprietary bus protocol of the control panel of the security system. A touchscreen at the premises is coupled to the gateway and presents user interfaces. The user interfaces include a security interface that provides control of functions of the security system and access to data collected by the security system, and a network interface that provides access to network devices. A camera is located at the premises and coupled to the gateway. A security server at a remote location is coupled to the gateway. The security server comprises a client interface through which remote client devices exchange data with the gateway and the security system.
US10237236B2
A media session is established between a first endpoint and a second endpoint, by transmitting the following messages from the first endpoint in parallel: to the second endpoint, a message indicating a first server network address of a media relay server available to the first endpoint and comprising a unique session identifier; to the media relay server, an activation request comprising the unique session identifier. This activates the session identifier by causing it to be associated at the media relay server with a source address conveyed by the activation request. Once the session identifier has been activated, a media packet received from the second endpoint at the first server network address that comprises the unique session identifier is relayed from the media relay server to the source address for receiving by the first endpoint.
US10237234B2
A system and method for configuring devices on a device network in communication with a router on a control network. An unconfigured device installed on the network receives a poll at a predetermined address from a router. The router receives a response to the poll from the unconfigured device, and requests identification of devices having a range of device object IDs and stores the MAC addresses of responding devices and the device object IDs. The unconfigured device is configured to have the proposed MAC address and device object ID.
US10237232B2
Systems and methods of registering geocodes with a geofence and delivering geocodes which define geofences to devices are described herein. Geocodes include strings of words, letters, numbers, and combinations thereof. Geocodes associated with the same or similar geofences are cohesive and provide for improved location information.
US10237231B2
A computer-implemented method, computer-readable medium, and an apparatus operable to perform the method is provided for managing multiple provisioned domain name system (“DNS”) registry objects. The method can include receiving, at a DNS registry, a multiple domain extensible provisioning protocol (“EPP”) command from a registrar on behalf of a registrant to perform an action for each provisioned DNS registry object of the multiple provisioned DNS registry objects; comparing the action with one or more allowable actions in a policy maintained by the registry; determining, by a processor, that the action is allowable based on the comparing; and performing, based on the determining, the action on each of the provisioned DNS registry objects in one transaction.
US10237227B2
An online system enables content providers to efficiently create and publish sponsored content in multiple phases. Each phase of the content creation is represented by a draft of the content. Multiple drafts of the content are stored in a repository of the online system for optimizing content delivery and publication, such as quick identification of conflicts in a draft based on analysis of draft fragments of the draft. Objects associated with the sponsored content are stored in an object model, including a key-value table. The connections amongst the various draft segments of a draft are stored in a hierarchy structure, e.g., a tree structure. Each user associated with a draft has a role, such as an owner or a collaborator, where all of the roles can contribute to the draft. The online system efficiently publishes the drafts of the sponsored content and presents the sponsored content to its target users.
US10237220B2
Techniques to promote filtered messages based on historical reply rate are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus may comprise a messaging interface component operative to receive an incoming message; and transmit the incoming message to a configured delivery mailbox on a client device; and a destination mailbox configuration component operative to determine one or more connection categories between the sender account and the recipient account; determine a predicted reply rate for the incoming message based on the one or more connection categories, a recipient reply history for the recipient account, and a sender reply history for the sender account; configure the delivery mailbox for the incoming message based on the predicted reply rate; identify a most-prominent connection category of the one or more connection categories; and configure the incoming message with a banner message indicating the most-prominent connection category. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10237204B2
A method for communication includes providing multiple chassis. Each chassis includes a plurality of slots, which are arranged in at least an outer tier and a middle tier, and which are configured for insertion therein of respective switches. In at least a first chassis among the multiple chassis, first internal interconnects are connected between the slots in the middle tier and the slots in the outer tier, so as to connect each of the slots in the middle tier to multiple slots in the outer tier. In at least a second chassis among the multiple chassis, second internal interconnects are connected directly between the slots in the outer tier. External interconnects are connected between at least some of the slots in the outer tier of the first chassis and at least some of the slots in the outer tier of the second chassis in order to define a network.
US10237203B2
The embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of communications technologies, and disclose a lossless adjustment method of ODUflex channel bandwidth and an ODUflex channel. The lossless adjustment method includes: respectively adjusting, according to bandwidth adjustment indication request information, a time slot occupied by an ODUflex frame in a higher order optical channel data unit at an egress side of each network node on an ODUflex channel; and adjusting, according to rate adjustment indication information, a transmission rate of the ODUflex frame of each network node on the ODUflex channel, to enable the transmission rate of each network node on the ODUflex channel to be unified.
US10237202B2
In order to make it possible for an upper layer to receive the supply of a desired resource from a lower layer and make it possible to suitably grasp a trend in requests for a lower layer resource, this network control device is provided with: an upper hierarchical layer control unit that receives a request for an upper virtual link settable for the purpose of connecting user ports connected to an upper layer network, determines the performance of the settable upper virtual link, and associates and retains the result; and a lower hierarchical layer control unit that receives a request for a lower virtual link settable for the purpose of connecting ports within the upper layer network via a lower layer network, determines the performance of the settable lower virtual link, and associates and retains the result. The upper hierarchical layer control unit comprises: a resource demand prediction unit that predicts a future request on the basis of the request history of the settable upper virtual link; and a capacity design unit that calculates the resources of the lower layer network required for a predicted request. The upper hierarchical layer control unit sends a request to the lower hierarchical layer control unit for a settable lower virtual link corresponding to a calculated resource and sets a flow corresponding to the settable lower virtual link in the lower layer network.
US10237200B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for allocating resources. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, from a resource requester, a first request statement specifying a first computing resource, a first bid for the first computing resource, a total quantity of the first resource requested by the resource requester; and a minimum quantity of the first resource that the resource requester is willing to accept. A second request statement can be received from the resource requester that specifies a second bid for the second computing resource and a condition statement specifying that the second bid is only valid if the first computing resource will be allocated to the resource requestor. A determination can be made that allocation of the second computing resource and at least the minimum quantity of the first resource to the resource requestor will achieve a resource allocation objective.
US10237198B2
This patent application relates generally to a shared-credit arbitration circuit for use in arbitrating access by a number of virtual channels to a shared resource managed by a destination (arbiter) based on credits allotted to each virtual channel, in which only the destination is aware of the availability of a shared pool of resources, and the destination selectively provides access to the shared pool by the virtual channels and returns credits to the source(s) associated with the virtual channels when shared resources are used so that the source(s) are unaware of the destination's use of the shared resources and are unhindered by the destination's use of shared resources. Among other things, this can significantly reduce the complexity of the source(s) and the required handshaking between the source(s) and the destination.
US10237195B1
An improved IP video playback system for quicker access and better user experience during IP video playback is provided. Aspects of the IP video playback system allow a content service provider to provide quicker access to requested content items. When a user requests access to content items, an analysis is performed to calculate the lengths of time in which a portion of the content item can be downloaded, cached, and displayed and the corresponding size of that portion. The analysis may be based on various parameters. Once the analysis is performed and the portion is downloaded, playback may begin and the process may be repeated as necessary with increasing portion sizes until a predetermined portion size is reached, the user indicates a content switch, or the content item has been fully downloaded.
US10237194B2
A network element (NE) comprising a receiver configured to receive packets from a plurality of flows, and a processor coupled to the receiver and configured to perform classification on the plurality of flows according to arrivals of the packets to classify the plurality of flows into a heavy-tailed (HT) class and a light-tailed (LT) class assign scheduling weights to the plurality of flows according to the classification, and select a scheduling policy to forward the packets of the plurality of flows according to the scheduling weights.
US10237188B2
A method, an apparatus, and a computer-readable medium for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus may be configured to transmit a request message to a plurality of access points. The request message may include an address reserved for at least one of an access point feature, an access point service, or an access point vendor. The apparatus may be configured to receive a response message from at least one access point of the plurality of access points. The response message may indicate that the at least one access point has the access point feature, is associated with the access point service, or is associated with the access point vendor.
US10237187B2
The present disclosure is directed towards systems and methods of service chain load balancing. A controller intermediary to a client and computing infrastructure identifies a plurality of service chains. Each of the plurality of service chains include a path having an instance of a first service provided by the computing infrastructure and an instance of a second service provided by the computing infrastructure. The controller determines a path weight for each of the plurality of service chains. The path weight indicates a level of efficiency of delivering services in accordance with the service chain. The controller selects, based on a load balancing function and the path weight for each of the plurality of service chains, a service chain from the plurality of service chains to direct network traffic from a client.
US10237186B2
At an application executing in conjunction with a vSwitch in a host system, a CWND value is computed corresponding to a flow from a VM using a period measured by a timer and a number of packets of the flow received and acknowledged in response packets, the number being counted by a counter, the timer being associated with a packet of the flow. The CWND value is stored in a field in a response packet received from a receiver of the flow, the field being designated for carrying a RWND value, the response packet corresponding to a packet in the flow. The storing forms a modified response packet.
US10237183B2
A system for detecting a computing device tethered to a mobile device is described. The system includes communicatively coupled the computing device to the mobile device with an IPv4 domain protocol. Additionally, the mobile device is communicatively coupled to the mobile data network with an IPv6 domain protocol. A network module, associated with a mobile data network, receives a DNS request packet from the mobile device. An IPv6 hostname and an IPv6 destination address is associated with the DNS response packet, when the DNS response packet is associated with the IPv6 address. Additionally, an IPv4 hostname and an IPv4 destination address is associated with the DNS response packet, when the DNS response packet is associated with the IPv4 address. A communication packet, generated by the mobile device, is also received by the network module. The communication packet includes a destination address and a hostname. The computing device is tethered to the mobile device when the destination address matches the IPv4 destination address and the hostname does not match the IPv6 hostname.
US10237181B2
A routing control method in software defined networking and an OpenFlow controller are provided. The method includes: receiving, by an OFC, a data packet reported by an OFS; determining, by the OFC according to a key value stored in a cache, whether the data packet is a repeated packet; and if the data packet is a repeated packet, delivering, by the OFC, the data packet to the OFS, and instructing the OFS to match a stored flow table to process the data packet or transmit the data packet through a corresponding port; or if the data packet is not a repeated packet, calculating, by the OFC, a routing policy for the data packet, and delivering a flow entry to the OFS according to the routing policy. In this way, for repeated packets, the OFC may calculate a routing policy only once, thereby reducing a calculation amount of the OFC.
US10237163B2
A network device operable as a provide edge router is described. The network device comprises one or more processors operably coupled to a memory; a configuration interface configured for execution by the one or more processors to receive configuration data configuring the network device as a provider edge router of an intermediate layer 3 network to provide multi-homed layer 2 virtual bridge connectivity to a customer edge device using an active-standby mode of operation; and a routing process configured for execution by the one or more processors to send, to a remote provider edge router in response to determining the network device is able to send layer 2 packets to the customer edge device, a route advertisement that includes a static route specifying a layer 3 address of the customer edge device as a next-hop for a layer 3 subnet.
US10237161B2
A method and system for conducting performance hybrid traffic testing of a networked target system (NTS) are disclosed. The method comprises initializing at least one private cloud source (PRCS) to generate traffic within a private network security system (PRNSS); initializing at least one public cloud source (PUCS) to generate traffic outside of the PRNSS; customizing the traffic within the PRNSS and the traffic outside of the PRNSS; gathering information respective of the performance of the at least one PUCS and the at least one PRCS; and generating a performance testing report respective of the gathered information.
US10237160B2
A distributed monitoring system and a computer-implemented method monitors and controls locally situated network components through a monitoring and control device or processor querying the network component operating parameters and sending control commands for controlling the parameters queried. Reports of the status of the monitored network components are periodically generated from throughout the network and sent to a remotely located status viewing station configured to generate a monitoring interface and display the operational status of the network based on the status reports. If necessary, the status viewing station automatically transmits instructions, or a user enters instructions into the status viewing station, for instructing action be taken by the monitoring and control device or processor, e.g., to adjust one or more operating parameters queried. The distributed monitoring system may be particularly useful in monitoring and managing the health of a digital signage network.
US10237158B2
Disclosed are broadcast interception method and apparatus of intelligent device. The broadcast interception method comprises: in a framework layer, acquiring a broadcast that a broadcast center needs to send to a broadcast receiver of an application; determining a broadcast type of the broadcast according to information contained in the broadcast; determining, according to the broadcast type and broadcast subscription information, identifier information of the application that needs to receive the broadcast; and when it is determined that the identifier information of the application matches preset identifier information of an application in a broadcast interception information set and the broadcast type of the broadcast matches a broadcast filtering type preset for the application, prohibiting sending the broadcast to the broadcast receiver of the application; otherwise, allowing sending the broadcast to the broadcast receiver of the application.
US10237157B1
Methods and apparatus for handling failure of servers in traffic forwarding (TF) systems between networks. A TF system may include units each including multiple servers. Outbound and inbound traffic for a local network may be distributed among the units according to a routing technique, with each unit responsible for an allocated portion of the traffic. Servers in a unit may participate in a health check protocol to detect servers that are not healthy. If the healthy servers in a unit drops below a threshold at which the unit cannot reliably handle its allocated portion of the traffic, the servers may automatically take the unit out of service, for example by stopping advertisement of routes, and the traffic may be reallocated across the remaining units. This may help prevent congestion-related delays, high latency, packet losses, and other problems on connections through the unhealthy unit.
US10237156B2
A network element includes multiple interfaces and circuitry. The interfaces are configured to connect to a communication system. The circuitry is configured to receive via an ingress interface a packet that includes an Error Detection Code (EDC) field including an input EDC value, to determine an input timestamp indicative of a time-of-arrival of the received packet at the network element, and overwrite at least part of the input EDC value in the EDC field of the packet with the input timestamp, to estimate for the packet a traversal latency between reception at the ingress interface and transmission via a selected egress interface, based at least on the input timestamp, and to produce a deliverable version of the packet by writing an output EDC value to the EDC field, and send the deliverable version of the packet via the selected egress interface.
US10237148B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for aggregating data capable of diagnosing unique datacenter issues. Traffic statistic collection may be moved from intermediate, datacenter nodes to end hosts providing reports for aggregation and correlation with events at an analytic controller, uncovering implications for such events. To track metrics and/or diagnose datacenter issues not addressed in traffic statistics, information locally available to the end hosts may be combined and/or correlated with traffic statistics. Examples may involve information about: virtual and physical computing resources; a sub-cluster; an application and/or process utilized by a datacenter task; a task/job type; an implementation phase; an initiating user; a task priority; link utilization and/or other traffic statistics relative to the foregoing. Also, for efficiency purposes, the analytic controller may apply a hash to map a virtual to a physical IP address in determining a datacenter path based on topology limited to a physical network, saving computational expense.
US10237139B2
The present disclosure generally discloses a cross-layer link discovery capability configured to support discovery of cross-layer links of a communication network. The cross-layer link discovery capability may be configured to support discovery of cross-layer links between packet network elements and optical network elements of a communication network. The cross-layer link discovery capability may be configured to support automated and reliable discovery of cross-layer links between ports of packet network elements and ports of optical network elements of a communication network. The cross-layer link discovery capability may be configured to support discovery of cross-layer links between ports of packet network elements and ports of optical network elements based on various port matching techniques, such as port classification, port isolation based on port identification, port isolation based on port probing (e.g., active probing, passive probing based on traffic migration, passive probing based on traffic injection, or other port probing types), or the like.
US10237133B2
In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and a computer system are provided. The computer system may include a first embedded-system device and a second embedded-system device. The first embedded-system device receives a first message instructing the first embedded-system device to make configurations of the first embedded-system device available at a location in a network. The first embedded-system device makes the configurations available at the location. The second embedded-system device obtains a subset of the configurations made available at the location. The second embedded-system device restores itself with the subset of the configurations.
US10237131B2
A communication adapter includes: a communication circuit configured to receive and transmit information from and to an external apparatus via a communication network; a memory including a plurality of program storage areas whose stored contents are rewritable; and a controller. When a program update process is started up during execution of a program stored in a first program storage area of the plurality of program storage areas selected at the time of a startup process, the controller executes a process of writing an update program received by the communication circuit from the external apparatus into a second program storage area different from the first program storage area. When the process of writing ends normally, the controller re-executes the startup process with the update program read from the second program storage area.
US10237125B2
A method and Dynamic Line Management, DLM, system for controlling Digital Line Subscriber, DSL, connections, comprising applying a first line profile to a DSL connection, the first line profile specifying a first virtual noise template for the DSL connection, wherein the first virtual noise template specifies a first set of frequency dependent virtual noise levels for the DSL connection; configuring a connection parameter (such as the data rate) of the DSL connection based on the first set of frequency dependent virtual noise levels; applying a second line profile to the DSL transceiver unit, the second line profile specifying a second virtual noise template for the DSL connection, wherein the second virtual noise template specifies a second set of frequency dependent virtual noise levels for the DSL connection; and reconfiguring the connection parameter for the DSL connection based on the second set of frequency dependent virtual noise levels.
US10237122B2
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for providing high availability support at a bypass switch are disclosed. One method occurs at a bypass switch. The method includes determining that an inline tool associated with a bypass switch is unavailable. The method also includes determining whether the inline tool is required or optional. The method further includes in response to determining that the inline tool is required, disabling at least one link associated with the bypass switch so as to trigger a switchover involving a second bypass switch.
US10237116B2
In a network coupling redundant controllers to a control system, an electronic device is provided. The device comprises a first interface coupled to the control system addressed using a unique medium access control (MAC) address, a second interface coupled to a first redundant controller, and a third interface coupled to a second redundant controller. The device receives a first message via the first interface and transmits the first message via the second interface and via the third interface. The device receives a second message via the second interface and transmits the second message via the first interface. The device receives a third message via the third interface and transmits the third message via the first interface.
US10237113B2
A method for approximating a first signal having a first oscillation period within a quantized time interval using a second signal is provided. The second signal has a second oscillation period. The method includes calculating a phase offset of the first signal at at least one position within the quantized time interval. Further, the method comprises shifting the second signal within the quantized time interval until a phase offset of the second signal at the at least one position satisfies a quality criterion related to the phase offset of the first signal.
US10237106B2
Methods and systems are provided that enable an OFDM transmitter to be used for transmitting conventional OFDM or a form of transformed OFDM. A technique is provided for transforming a coded and modulated sequence of samples prior to an IFFT that enables the transformed sequence of samples to be transmitted using conventional OFDM or transformed OFDM. The selection of a transform function for transforming the coded and modulated sequence of samples may be based on optimizing the transform function for particular operating conditions between the transmitter and receiver. In some embodiments of the invention OFDM and time transformed OFDM are multiplexed in time and/or frequency in a transmission frame. In some embodiments of the invention a pilot pattern is provided in which the pilot are sent using OFDM and data is sent using OFDM and/or transformed OFDM.
US10237098B2
The present invention relates to a method for generating multi-level PRBS patterns for testing purposes, wherein the method includes the steps of providing a binary PRBS signal with a binary bit pattern sequence and mapping each bit of the binary bit pattern sequence to a symbol of a multilevel output.
US10237092B2
A technique for routing datagrams between customer equipments, CEs, (102) and a pool (110) of broadband network gateways, BNGs, (112) is provided. As to a device aspect (120) of the technique, a first establishing unit (122) is configured to establish a first connection (123) between the device (120) and each of the CEs (102). A second establishing unit (124) is configured to establish a second connection (125) between the device (120) and each BNG (112) in the pool (110) of BNGs (112). A mapping unit (126) is configured to map each of the first connections (123) to one of the second connections (125). The mapping specifies the routing of the datagrams.
US10237089B2
A packet tunneling method, a switching device, and a control device are provided. The method includes: a switching device receives a tunnel flow table entry delivered by the control device, where the tunnel flow table entry is used to determine a to-be-tunneled packet and indicate a tunneling operation to be performed on the to-be-tunneled packet; determines according to the tunnel flow table entry, whether the received first packet is the to-be-tunneled packet; and when the first packet is the to-be-tunneled packet, and tunnels the first packet according to the tunnel flow table entry. Because the switching device supports a tunnel flow table, when a packet is transmitted in a mobile packet network by using the OpenFlow protocol, tunnel encapsulation or decapsulation can be performed on the packet by using the tunnel flow table entry delivered by the control device, thereby enhancing a packet processing capability in the mobile packet network.
US10237087B2
A method of operating an electronic device is provided. The method includes communicating data with a wireless network using a wireless communication, connecting to an external electronic device using a wired communication, exchanging data with the external device at a first data throughput using the wired communication while performing the wireless communication, and changing the first data throughput to a second data throughput while performing the wireless communication.
US10237085B2
Controlling a consumer electronic applicant through a mobile terminal to execute functionality appropriate for processing a consumer product is performed by obtaining a device specification of the consumer electronic device and product information on the product to be processed, and generating a command that controls the consumer electronic device to execute the appropriate functionality for processing the product.
US10237077B2
A method for protected communication by a vehicle which includes generating a key pair consisting of a private key and a public key and/or of one or more symmetric keys for the vehicle or for a controller of the vehicle in the area of influence of the vehicle manufacturer, generating a first certificate using the key pair, introducing the key pair and the first certificate and/or the symmetric key into the vehicle or the controller, authenticating the vehicle or the controller to a new communication partner by generation of a new key pair for this communication path and sending a signed message together with the certificate, and authenticating a new communication partner to the vehicle or the controller using a signed message and a public key, which are produced by the new communication partner on the basis of a certification by the vehicle manufacturer.
US10237073B2
A system for establishing a trusted path for secure communication between client devices and server devices, such as between an account holder and a financial institution, can provide the core security attributes of confidentiality (of the parties), integrity (of the information), anti-replay (protection against replay fraud) and/or anti-tampering (protection against unauthorized changes to information being exchanged and/or modules that generate and communicate such information). A messaging layer implementation in favor of a transport layer implementation can provide a trusted path. This infrastructure features secure cryptographic key storage, and implementation of a trusted path built using the cryptographic infrastructure. The trusted path protects against unauthorized information disclosure, modification, or replays. These services can effectively protect against Man-in-the-Middle, Man-in-the-Application, and other attacks.
US10237071B2
The invention relates to a method of authentication of a contactless communication circuit, PICC, by a contactless communication terminal, PCD. Within the PCC, a first number is generated and without encryption, transmitted to the PCD. Within the PCD a second number is determined by decryption of the first number with a first key. The determination of a third number is based on the second number, and the determination of a fourth number is by encryption of the third number with the first key. Decryption of the fourth number with the first key to obtain the third number and an interruption of the authentication if a sixth number obtained from the third number is different from a seventh number, is performed by the PICC.
US10237058B2
The present invention can be a method, system, and computer program product. One embodiment of the present invention provides a computer-implemented method for identifying an artificial object. The method includes receiving capacitance data which is obtained by measuring with at least one electrodes in a sensor at least one predefined surfaces of the artificial object placed against the sensor; converting each of the obtained capacitance data into an evaluation level in an evaluation system having more than two evaluation levels, to obtain a capacitance distribution on the surface of the artificial object; determining whether the obtained capacitance distribution matches a pre-registered capacitance distribution or one of pre-registered capacitance distributions; and if the determination result is positive, concluding the artificial object is identified. The method can further include identifying or performing an authentication of a user associated with the artificial object when artificial object is identified.
US10237053B2
A semiconductor device that receives input data synchronized with a first clock signal and generates output data synchronized with a second clock signal, includes a clock delay circuit that generates first and second delay clock signals, first and second synchronized retrieval circuits that respectively retrieve the input data at timings when each of logical values of the second clock signal and second delay clock signal being switched, to respectively obtain first and second retrieved data, and a clock value retrieval circuit that retrieves a value of the first clock signal at timings when the second clock signal and first delay clock signal respectively switch from the first logical value to the second logical value, to respectively output first and second clock values, and an output circuit that outputs, as the output data, the first or second retrieved data, depending on a value of the first and second clock values.
US10237048B2
A method and an apparatus for scheduling data in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes checking first control information in a first subframe, checking a first block including second control information and first data based on the first control information in the first subframe, and decoding the first data based on the second control information in the first subframe. The first control information includes resource allocation information related to the first block, and the second control information includes one of channel state information about the first data, or resource allocation information related to a second block in a second subframe.
US10237042B2
The application relates to radio communications and discloses a method and apparatus for feeding back and receiving acknowledgment (ACK) information of semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) data packets. The method includes receiving downlink data packets and an uplink data assignment indicator (UL DAI) from a base station, wherein a value of the UL DAI indicates a number (N) of all scheduled downlink sub-frames which scheduled by the base station for the user equipment, the number N is greater than 1, and a number k (k
US10237040B2
The present specification relates to a method and an apparatus for controlling downlink HARQ timing. A method for controlling downlink HARQ timing according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: configuring, by a base station, different duplex modes for a PCell and an SCell and transmitting the configuration information to a terminal; transmitting, by the base station, a PDSCH in subframe n−k of the SCell; and receiving, by the base station, HARQ response information from the terminal in subframe n of the PCell by applying a set index associated with downlink HARQ timing corresponding to the configuration information, wherein k has a value of 4-13.
US10237038B2
The present invention discloses an information transmission method, a device, and a system, which relates to the communications field, so as to resolve a prior-art problem that a receive end cannot determine a quantity of OFDMs included in an incomplete subframe, and cannot correctly receive the incomplete subframe. A specific solution is as follows: A network device determines one or more PHICH resources of a first subframe, where the one or more physical hybrid automatic repeat request indicator channel PHICH resources indicate a quantity of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing OFDM symbols included in a second subframe on an unlicensed carrier; and the network device sends the first subframe and the second subframe to user equipment. The present invention is used for information transmission.
US10237035B2
Disclosed are operation methods of communication nodes supporting superposition transmission in a cellular communication system. An operation method of a base station comprises dividing a transmission block used for communications in the communication system into a plurality of sub transmission blocks each of which includes at least one resource block; setting transmit power allocation coefficients respectively for the plurality of sub transmission blocks; and transmitting the transmission block to which a superimposed signal is mapped, the superimposed signal including information indicating a number of resource blocks included in each of the plurality of sub transmission blocks, information indicating the transmit power allocation coefficients, first data units for the first terminal, and second data units for the second terminal. The first data units and the second data units are mapped to a same resource in the transmission block.
US10237029B2
A transmitter transmitting payload data using OFDM symbols includes a frame builder configured to receive the payload data, receive signalling data for use in detecting and recovering the payload data at a receiver, and form the payload data with the signalling data into transmission frames. A modulator is configured to modulate a first OFDM symbol with the signalling data forming a part of each of the frames and to modulate one or more second OFDM symbols with the payload data to form each of the frames. The transmitter combines a signature sequence with the first OFDM symbol, so that the first OFDM symbol can be detected within the frame before the second OFDM symbol. The transmitter includes a pilot signal inserter configured to insert a number of pilot symbols on selected sub-carriers of the first OFDM symbol sufficient to estimate a coarse frequency offset of the transmitted OFDM symbol.
US10237028B2
Network nodes and methods therein for inter cell interference coordination. A method in a base station BS1 comprises receiving, from a neighboring base station BS2, an indicator A, related to estimated spatial properties of a radio channel over which the neighboring base station has received a radio signal from the base station BS1. The method further comprises receiving, from a UE served by the base station, an indicator B related to estimated spatial properties of a radio channel over which the UE has received a radio signal from the base station BS1. The method further comprises determining a correlation based on indicator A and indicator B; and adapting a transmission to the UE, based on properties of the correlation. By performing the method, the base station BS1 enables control of interference subjected towards the neighboring base station BS2 caused by downlink transmission to the UE.
US10237019B2
A first communication node (110) receives a stream of code blocks from a second communication node (120) over an acknowledged connection (131.). The first communication node processes the received code blocks in accordance with at least one transport format parameter, TFP, detects errors in received code blocks, and transmits an acknowledgment in respect of groups of code blocks indicating whether at least one error was detected in the group. A first subset of the code blocks of a group are transmitted (e.g., modulated and demodulated) in accordance with a first TFP value, and a remainder of the code blocks are transmitted in accordance with a second TFP value. Because the first and second TFP values are independent, it is possible either to shorten the necessary processing time in the first communication node or, in connection with a predictive acknowledgment mechanism, to make the receiving-side processing of code blocks that do not contribute to the value of the transmitted acknowledgment more robust.
US10237018B2
A first communication device calculates a plurality of data error codes for detecting an error in a plurality of data fields by using the plurality of data fields. The first communication device generates a packet comprising the plurality of data fields and the plurality of data error codes, and then transmits the packet which is generated to a second communication device.
US10237017B1
A system and method for power saving in power saving stations connected to a Very High Throughput (VHT) access point is disclosed. The access point receives triggers from power saving stations. The power saving stations are one of VHT Transmission Opportunity (TXOP) power saving stations and non-VHT TXOP power saving stations. Successively, Quality of service (QoS) requirements of buffered data for the power saving stations connected to the VHT access point is determined. In a first case, the QoS requirements of buffered data corresponding to the non-VHT TXOP power saving stations exceed the QoS requirements of the VHT TXOP power saving stations. During the first case, the VHT TXOP power saving stations are sent into a sleep state and buffered data corresponding to the non-VHT TXOP power saving stations is transmitted. In a second case, the QoS requirements of buffered data corresponding to the VHT TXOP power saving stations either exceeds or equal to the QoS requirement of buffered data corresponding to the non-VHT TXOP power saving stations. During the second case, the non-VHT TXOP power saving stations are sent into a sleep state and the buffered data corresponding to the VHT TXOP power saving stations is transmitted.
US10237011B2
Pre-programming Layer-0 optical protection path restoration speeds is provided based on available path margin. Higher layer routers and switches can be made aware of the expected Layer-0 restoration time, and their switch time can be programmed accordingly. The proposed method can provide users an option to program a restoration speed for a specific photonic service on a per restoration path basis. The method can highlight which services will potentially be impacted by the selected restoration speed on that path. The user can proceed with the selected speed for restoring high priority layer-0 services even if that means the fast restoring event can potentially impact other low priority services already in-service on the restoration path.
US10237007B2
Aspects relate to allocation of Almost Blank Subframes. According to some embodiments, a plurality of base stations may provide an overlapping coverage area. A first base station may transmit a first message comprising a first subframe allocation repetition period, a first subframe allocation offset, and a first subframe allocation bitmap. The first subframe allocation bitmap may indicate configuration of a first plurality of Almost Blank Subframes. Another base station may transmit a second message comprising the first subframe allocation repetition period, the first subframe allocation offset, and a second subframe allocation bitmap. The second subframe allocation bitmap may indicate configuration of a second plurality of Almost Blank Subframes. The second plurality of Almost Blank Subframes may not substantially overlap in time with the first plurality of Almost Blank Subframes.
US10237006B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a spectrum detection method and apparatus, and a base station. According to the method, in the embodiments, a first base station sends spectrum detection information to an auxiliary device, where the spectrum detection information is used to instruct the auxiliary device to detect whether a first spectrum is occupied; then, the first base station receives first spectrum status information sent by the auxiliary device, so that the first base station determines whether the first spectrum in an area in which the auxiliary device is located is occupied. Therefore, it is implemented that the first base station may determine whether user equipment is interfered by another communications system device in a process in which the user equipment uses the first spectrum, so as to implement sharing of a spectrum by the user equipment with the another communications system device.
US10237002B2
A method for determining a calibration parameter of a zero intermediate frequency radio receiver, and a zero intermediate frequency radio receiver are provided. The method includes: obtaining a plurality of sub-band training signals, where a sum of the plurality of sub-band training signals is a fullband training signal; determining a sub-band calibration parameter corresponding to each of the plurality of sub-band training signals; determining a fullband calibration signal according to the plurality of sub-band training signals and the sub-band calibration parameter corresponding to each of the plurality of sub-band training signals; and performing coefficient fitting on the fullband training signal and the fullband calibration signal, to determine a fullband calibration parameter. Because sub-band calibration parameters are obtained according to a plurality of different sub-band training signals, aliasing between an image signal and a training signal is reduced. Therefore, a speed and precision of determining a calibration parameter can be improved.
US10236995B2
A system includes a detector array having a plurality of level detectors to monitor an optical input signal. Each level detector of the detector array operates in a different operating range, and each operating range for each level detector has a different saturation level and a different cutoff level based on a power level of the optical input signal. A controller monitors the plurality of level detectors of the detector array to detect a present power level for the optical input signal by selecting the operating range that is associated with the level detector operating between its saturation level and its cutoff level.
US10236990B2
A device including a remote control of remote operation of the device is described. The remote control includes a key matrix and a microprocessor. The microprocessor processes key scan codes from the key matrix and converts the key scan codes to amplitude modulated remote control commands for transmission by a wireless transmitter. The device includes components so that a user can operate the device locally without a remote control. The components in the device that enable local operation of the device are comparable to components in the remote control that enable remote operation of the device so that a minimum of changes are required in the device to enable local operation of the device.
US10236973B2
A first set of signal carriers of a plurality of signal carriers may be determined to be faulty. The first set of signal carriers may be for transmitting a first set of respective lane signals of a plurality of lane signals. A second set of signal carriers of the plurality of signal carriers may be identified as not faulty. The second set of signal carriers may be for transmitting a second set of lane signals of the plurality of lane signals. Based on the determining and identifying, one or more of the first set of lane signals may be routed from the first set of signal carriers through a first subset of the second set of signal carriers, the routing of the one or more of the first set of lane signals may cause a bandwidth capacity to increase to a highest available bandwidth.
US10236969B2
Systems and methods for correcting frequency error in a received signal include: receiving a satellite signal, the satellite signal having a bandwidth and a center frequency; determining the profile of the satellite signal; computing the center frequency of the satellite signal based on the profile of the received signal; and generating a reference signal at the computed center frequency. The systems and methods may further include computing a center frequency of each of a plurality of satellite signals based on the computed center frequency. Determining the profile may include sweeping a tuner above and below a given reference frequency; measuring the received signal strength during the sweeping operation; and determining the profile based on the received signal strength.
US10236961B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems for processing beamforming signals of a passive time-delay structure are disclosed. One apparatus includes a node that includes baseband processing circuitry that is operative to receive and processes transmission signals, a passive time-delay structure that is preconfigured to generate a plurality of output signal, an antenna array, wherein the antenna array is operative to receive and transmit the plurality of output signals of the passive time-delay structure, wherein delays of the passive time-delay structure provide for the formation of a beamforming pattern by the transmitted plurality of output signals, and a controller. The controller is operative to determine a characterization of the beamforming pattern. The baseband processing circuitry operates to process the transmission signals based at least in part on the characterization of the beamforming pattern, and the node transmits the processed transmission signals to the one or more transceivers.
US10236959B2
Method for transmitting data between a user equipment and a base station in a wireless radio network
The present invention relates to a method for transmitting data between a user equipment (15) and a base station (11) in a wireless radio network (10). The user equipment (15) comprises at least a first antenna (16) and a second antenna (17). The base station (11) comprises a plurality of antennas (12) for transmitting radio frequency signals between the base station (11) and the user equipment (15). According to the method, a first training signal is transmitted from the user equipment (15) to the base station (11) via the first antenna (16) at a first time period. Furthermore, a second training signal is transmitted from the user equipment (15) to the base station (11) via the second antenna (17) at a second time period different to the first time period. For each antenna (12) of the base station (11) a corresponding first configuration parameter is determined based on the first training signal and a corresponding second configuration parameter is determined based on the second training signal. Furthermore, first downlink data (DL1) is transmitted from the base station (11) to the user equipment using the first configuration parameters and simultaneously second downlink data (DL2) are transmitted from the base station (11) to the user equipment (15) using the second configuration parameters. Then, a first signal quality parameter of the first downlink data (DL1) is determined and a second signal quality parameter of the second downlink data (DL2) is determined. Based on the determined first and second signal quality parameters, an antenna of the first and second antennas (16, 17) of the user equipment (15) is selected for transmission of uplink data (UL1, UL2) from the user equipment (15) to the base station (11).
US10236956B2
A wireless device may support a plurality of channel state information (CSI) processes. The wireless device may send an indication of a number of supported CSI processes to a first base station. The first base station may send an indication of a number of CSI processes supported by the wireless to a second base station. This information may be used during handover of the wireless device.
US10236952B1
A system for optimizing power allocation for each optical transmitter in an optical transmission system, the system comprises at least two intensity modulated optical transmitters, each of which is controlled by a modulator; an optical channel that can be spatially multiplexed by a multiplexer; and at least two optical detectors, for detecting the transmitted modulated signals. Each of the modulators are adapted to modulate the transmitters such that the electrical power consumption of the optical transmitters is minimized by a modulation scheme of the modulators, that uses energy efficient convex optimization to multiplex the transmitted optical signals, by the multiplexer in a multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) scheme. Each of the modulators are adapted to modulate the transmitters such that the capacity is maximized by a modulation scheme of the modulators, that uses energy efficient convex optimization to multiplex the transmitted optical signals, by the multiplexer in a multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) scheme.
US10236950B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to communication, and more specifically, to techniques for transmitting data in parallel, such as spatial division multiple access (SDMA) techniques.
US10236947B2
An embodiment of a system includes a first number of antennas, a transmitter, and a receiver. The antennas are each spaced from another of the antennas by approximately a distance and are configured to provide, at one or more wavelengths that are greater than twice the distance, a channel capacity that exceeds a saturation channel capacity. The transmitter is configured to generate a second number of signals each having a wavelength that is greater than twice the distance, the second number related to a third number of signal pipes, and to couple each of the second number of signals to a respective one of the antennas. And the receiver is configured to receive from at least one of the antennas a fourth number of signals each having a wavelength that is greater than twice the distance, and to recover information from each of the fourth number of signals, the fourth number being related to the third number.
US10236943B2
A receiver (10) featuring a distributed antenna combining system performs two stages of antenna combining. An antenna array (30) receives (102) L streams, or information flows, from UEs (20), and outputs antenna signals on N antenna ports. N parallel radio receivers (40) frequency convert (104) the N received signals to baseband. A first antenna combining circuit (50) applies (106) a relatively low-complexity form of antenna combining (e.g., MRC) to the N radio signals to generate K streams of virtual information. A second antenna combining circuit (60) applies (108) a relative high-complexity form of antenna combining (e.g., IRC) to the K virtual streams to generate L information streams. In one embodiment, antenna elements may have different polarization directions, and the first antenna combining circuit (50) generates two, differently-polarized virtual information streams for each UE (20) stream.
US10236938B2
A contactless, electromagnetic (EM) replacement (substitute, alternative) for cabled (electric) Standards-based interfaces (such as, but not limited to USB) which effectively handles the data transfer requirements (such as bandwidth, speed, latency) associated with the Standard, and which is also capable of measuring and replicating relevant physical conditions (such as voltage levels) on data lines so as to function compatibly and transparently with the Standard. A contactless link may be provided between devices having transceivers. A non-conducting housing may enclose the devices. Some applications for the contactless (EM) interface are disclosed. A dielectric coupler facilitating communication between communications chips which are several meters apart. Conductive paths may provide power and ground for bus-powered devices.
US10236935B2
There is provided a capacitive communication system including an object and a capacitive touch panel. The object includes a plurality of induction conductors configured to have different potential distributions at different time intervals by modulating respective potentials thereof. The capacitive touch panel includes a plurality of sensing electrodes configured to form a coupling electric field with the induction conductors to detect the different potential distributions at the different time intervals. When the different potential distributions match a predetermined agreement between the object and the capacitive touch panel, a near field communication is formed between the object and the capacitive touch panel.
US10236933B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to inter-link interference cancellation for reducing or mitigating interference from signals in different directions (e.g., uplink and downlink directions). A wireless communication device (i.e., a victim device subject to inter-link interference) may determine a time offset or lead time of an interfering signal from an offending device. Based on the determined time offset, the victim device may perform interference cancellation or suppression to reduce or mitigate the interference of the interfering signal. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.
US10236923B2
For suppression of continuous wave interferers at, e.g., up to four interferer frequencies (f1, f2, f3, f4) in a GNSS receiver base band circuit a raw digital signal is, in a band stop unit (21), shifted, by a first mixer (31a), by the negative of the first interferer frequency (f1) in the frequency domain whereupon the continuous wave interferer is suppressed by a band stop filter (30a), a linear phase FIR filter with a suppression band centered at zero, e.g., a filter subtracting a mean over previous subsequent signal values from the actual signal value. After further shifting of the shifted digital signal by the negative of the difference between the second interferer frequency (f2) and the first interferer frequency (f1) the shifted digital signal is again filtered by an identical band stop filter (30b) and so on. After the last filtering step the shifted digital signal is shifted back to its original position in the frequency domain to provide a filtered digital signal which corresponds to the raw digital signal with narrow interferer bands centered at the interferer frequencies (f1, f2, f3, f4) suppressed.
US10236915B2
A system for implementing variable T BCH encoders includes: a polynomial multiplier for multiplying a message polynomial by a difference polynomial to achieve a first value, wherein the message polynomial comprises data bits as coefficients and the difference polynomial comprises minimal polynomials that are present in a T error correcting code and are absent from a T−ΔT error correcting BCH code; a shifter/zero-padder coupled with the BCH encoder, the shifter/zero-padder for multiplying the first value by xN-{tilde over (K)} to achieve a second value; a BCH encoder coupled with the polynomial multiplier, the BCH encoder for dividing the second value by a generator polynomial of the T error correcting BCH code and calculating a remainder based on the dividing to achieve a third value; and a polynomial divider for dividing the third value by the difference polynomial to achieve a fourth value comprising parity of the T−ΔT error correcting BCH code.
US10236902B1
An analog-to-digital converter includes an input terminal, a digital-to-analog converter, a comparator, and successive approximation circuitry. The input terminal is configured to receive a multi-bit digital threshold value from circuitry external to the analog-to-digital converter. The successive approximation circuitry is coupled to the comparator and the digital-to-analog converter. The successive approximation circuitry is configured to operate in a comparison mode and a conversion mode, and to provide the multi-bit digital threshold value to the digital-to-analog converter while operating in the comparison mode. The comparator is coupled to the digital-to-analog converter and the successive approximation circuitry. The comparator is configured to output a signal that indicates whether an analog input signal exceeds an analog threshold signal corresponding to the multi-bit digital threshold value.
US10236898B2
A digital synthesizer is described that comprises: a digitally controlled oscillator, DCO; a feedback loop; a ramp generator configured to generate a signal of frequency control words, FCW, that describes a desired frequency modulated continuous wave; and a phase comparator configured to compare a phase of the FCW output from the ramp generator and a signal fed back from the DCO via the feedback loop and output a N-bit oscillator control signal. The digital synthesizer comprises a gain circuit coupled to a multiplier located between the ramp generator and the DCO and configured to apply a frequency-dependent gain signal to the N-bit oscillator control signal to maintain an open loop gain of the all-digital phase locked loop, ADPLL, and a PLL loop bandwidth that is substantially constant across a frequency modulation bandwidth.
US10236894B2
The present disclosure relates to a Digital Phase Locked Loop (DPLL) for phase locking an output signal to a reference clock signal. The DPLL comprises a phase detector for detecting a phase error of a feedback signal with respect to the reference clock signal. The DPLL comprises a digitally controlled oscillator for generating the output signal based at least on a frequency control word and at least one control signal representative of the phase error. The phase detector comprises an integer circuit for generating a first control signal representative of an integer phase error. The phase detector comprises a fractional circuit comprising a Time-to-Digital Converter (TDC) for processing the feedback signal and a delayed reference clock signal. The fractional circuit is provided for generating from the TDC output a second control signal representative of a fractional phase error. The DPLL comprises an unwrapping unit for unwrapping the TDC output.
US10236890B2
A semiconductor device includes a mode determination unit configured to determine a power mode based on a temperature of the semiconductor device and a reference temperature, the power mode including one of a first mode which sets the operating frequency of the operation clock to be a first operating frequency and a second mode which sets the operating frequency of the operation clock to be a second operating frequency, and output a control signal according to the power mode to a clock generating unit.
US10236888B2
Disclosed are a circuit and method for implementing a switching function. In an embodiment, the circuit includes a first logic circuit, a second logic circuit, and a Correlated electron switch (CES) element. The CES element is configurable to have a non-volatile state to enable or disable an electrical connection between the first logic circuit and the second logic circuit.
US10236887B2
Generating a unique die identifier for an electronic chip including placing the electronic chip in an identifier generation state, wherein the electronic chip comprises a set of test circuits, wherein each of the set of test circuits is attached to a corresponding component on the electronic chip; obtaining an ordered list of race pairs of the set of test circuits; for each race pair in the ordered list of race pairs of the set of test circuits: selecting the race pair of test circuits; executing a race between the selected race pair; and adding an element to the unique die identifier based on an outcome of the executed race; and returning the electronic chip to an operational state.
US10236880B2
A key structure includes a pedestal, an upper cover, a light-emitting element, a triggering element, an array-type sensing element and a control unit. The light-emitting element emits a light beam. The triggering element is arranged between the pedestal and the upper cover. The triggering element includes a reflecting part. The light-emitting element and the array-type sensing element are located under the reflecting part. When the key structure is depressed, the key structure is moved relative to the pedestal. The light beam from the light-emitting element is reflected by the reflecting part and then received by the array-type sensing element. As the triggering element is moved, the array-type sensing element generates plural images. The control unit generates a corresponding pressure sensing signal according to the plural images.
US10236879B2
An apparatus for driving a thyristor in an alternating-current power grid includes a non-isolated power supply circuit and a throttling circuit. One terminal of a power supply input of the non-isolated power supply circuit is connected to a first terminal of the thyristor. The other terminal of the power supply input is connected to another phase of the power supply relative to the first terminal or a neutral lead. The non-isolated power supply circuit forms a signal trigger loop through the throttling circuit, a second terminal of the thyristor and the first terminal of the thyristor. A control terminal of the throttling circuit is connected to a third terminal of the thyristor. The apparatus of the present invention has advantages of occupying a small space and having a simple circuit, a great instantaneous triggering current, a high cost effectiveness, and a low power consumption.
US10236876B2
A switch control circuit includes: a clock circuit (110) configured to generate a first clock control signal (CLK1) and a second clock control signal (CLK2); a voltage boosting circuit (120) configured to receive the second clock control signal (CLK2) and an operating voltage outputted by the power source (VDD); and boost the operating voltage by a preset value to form a switch control signal (H1) under the control of the second clock control signal (CLK2); and an inverting circuit (130) configured to receive the first clock control signal (CLK1) and the switch control signal (H1), and determine whether or not to output the switch control signal (H1) to the switch circuit according to the first clock control signal (CLK1), so as to control on/off of the switch circuit.
US10236864B2
A bus coupler for coupling field devices to a superordinate bus system includes an impedance converter arranged in a series circuit with a terminating resistor between a signal input and a field device output to enable a comprehensive diagnosis option separately for each transmission line and the connected field device, wherein the terminating resistor assumes the function of a line terminating resistor and a current limitation, and where a controllable reference voltage source enables the maximum output current to be defined and the output shut off.
US10236858B1
An electromechanical resonator including a drive electrode set having at least one pair of alternating pole interdigitated drive electrodes and including a sense electrode set having at least one pair of alternating pole interdigitated sense electrodes.
US10236856B2
A diplexer includes a first filter circuit including a first loop inductor defining a first loop plane and a second loop inductor defining a second loop plane, a second filter circuit adjacent to the first filter circuit, and a first via hole conductor that electrically connects an input/output terminal, the first filter circuit and the second filter circuit to each other. The first loop plane faces the second loop plane while protruding beyond the second loop plane in a first direction. The first via hole conductor is provided relative to the first loop inductor in a second direction from the first loop plane toward the second loop plane, and is superposed with a portion of the first loop plane that protrudes beyond the second loop plane when viewed in the second direction.
US10236847B2
Apparatus and methods for providing variable regulated voltages are disclosed. Variable voltage control elements can adjust a regulated voltage provided by a single voltage regulator, thereby providing a variable regulated voltage. The regulated voltage can be used in a variety of applications, for example, as a bias voltage for a power amplifier.
US10236846B2
A power amplifier using an equivalent transformer is provided. The power amplifier includes amplifiers and T lines having first terminals connected to the amplifiers and second terminals connected to output sides. Accordingly, powers are combined using the equivalent transformer in the power amplifier, such that an insertion loss can be reduced and thus degradation of output power efficiency can be prevented.
US10236837B2
Circuits, devices and methods are disclosed, including radio-frequency circuitry comprising a polar modulator configured to invert a sampled transmitted signal into an inverted sampled transmitted signal, a signal combiner configured to combine the inverted sampled transmitted signal with a received signal and a control logic circuit coupled to the polar modulator, the control logic circuit configured to adjust one or more tuning parameters of the polar modulator for inverting the sampled transmitted signal.
US10236829B2
Aspects of this disclosure relate to dynamic error vector magnitude (DEVM) compensation. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes an amplifier, a low pass filter, and a bias circuit. The amplifier, such as a power amplifier, can amplify an input signal. The low pass filter, such as an integrator, can generate a correction signal based at least partly on an indication of a duty cycle of the amplifier. The indication of the duty cycle of the amplifier can be an enable signal for the amplifier, for example. The bias circuit can generate a bias signal based at least partly on the correction signal and provide the bias signal to the amplifier to bias the amplifier.
US10236822B2
A method and apparatus for calibrating a reflector in a solar array. A switch device is switched from a first state to a second state. A calibration voltage is applied to each of a set of actuation devices associated with the reflector in response to the switch device switching to the second state when the calibration circuit is electrically connected to the set of actuation devices.
US10236819B2
A multi-voltage battery pack for use with tools of different operating voltages including a housing, a first string of battery cells arranged in electrical series and disposed inside the housing, the first string having a first positive voltage terminal and a first negative voltage terminal, a second string of battery cells arranged in electrical series and disposed inside the housing, the second string having a second positive voltage terminal and a second negative voltage terminal, and a power tool interface shaped and configured to interchangeably (1) mechanically and electrically couple with a first battery pack interface of a first power tool that is configured to operate at a first operating voltage, and (2) mechanically and electrically couple with a second battery pack interface of a second power tool that is configured to operate at a second operating voltage.
US10236818B2
A drive control apparatus for multiple-winding motor includes: a modulation rate phase command generation unit which calculates currents of first and second inverters for driving a multiple-winding three-phase motor and generates a modulation rate command and a phase command for equalizing the currents; a pulse number determination unit which determines the number of pulses per half cycle on the basis of a frequency command; a pattern table for storing switching patterns; and gate signal generators which control the first and second inverters, using an optimal switching pattern based on the number of pulses, wherein the modulation rate phase command generation unit performs control for equalizing currents of the first and second inverters, and the phase or frequency at which the control is performed is changed in accordance with any of the number of pulses, the modulation rate, the frequency command, and the switching pattern.
US10236811B2
A method of realizing single direction chaotic rotation speed of permanent magnet synchronous motor is provided powered by a three-phase full-bridge inverter.
US10236809B2
A method for operating an electric machine, in which a control device assigned to the electric machine is used to switch currents of winding phases of the electric machine in a pulse-modulated manner, provides that a current value of the direct input current of the control device is determined using current values of the winding phases and duty factors of the pulse modulation.
US10236805B2
Methods and systems for controlling an electric motor are provided. An electric motor controller is configured to be coupled to an electric motor. The controller includes a rectifier, an inverter coupled to the rectifier, and a control unit coupled to the inverter. The rectifier is configured to rectify an alternating current (AC) input voltage to produce a pulsed direct current (DC) voltage that drops to approximately zero during each cycle when the AC input voltage transits zero. Energy is stored on a load coupled to the motor when AC input voltage is available. The inverter is configured to receive the DC voltage and to provide a conditioned output voltage to the motor. The control unit is configured to manage energy transfer between the motor and the load such that the motor generates positive torque when the DC voltage supplied to the inverter has approximately 100% voltage ripple.
US10236798B2
A vibration actuator includes a vibrator including an electromechanical transducer and an elastic body, a vibrator fixing member configured to hold the vibrator, a driven member configured to come into frictional contact with the vibrator so as to move relative to the vibrator, a pressing portion configured to press the vibrator against the driven member, a guide portion configured to guide the vibrator in a direction in which the vibrator moves, and a vibration damping member disposed between the vibrator fixing member and the movable plate. The guide portion includes a movable plate configured to move integrally with the vibrator, a rolling member configured to roll in the direction in which the vibrator moves, and a press-and-hold member configured to press the rolling member against the movable plate.
US10236795B2
Provided is a piezoelectric driving device for a motor including: a vibrating plate which includes a fixed portion and a vibrator portion in which a piezoelectric element is provided and which is supported by the fixed portion; and a contact portion which comes into contact with a driven body and transmits motion of the vibrating plate to the driven body, in which the fixed portion, the vibrator portion, and the contact portion are provided along an X direction in this order, when seen in a Y direction, when two directions parallel to a main surface of the vibrating plate and orthogonal to each other are set as the X direction and the Y direction and a direction orthogonal to the main surface of the vibrating plate is set as a Z direction.
US10236781B2
A power converter determines a feedback signal according to a voltage signal related to an output voltage of the power converter and a reference voltage, thereby regulating the output voltage. A control circuit and method for programming the output voltage of the power converter utilize an offset current generator to inject a current or sink a current for changing the voltage signal or the reference signal, thereby adjusting the output voltage. As a result, it gets rid of complicated circuitry but provides more steps adjustment, which reduces related costs.
US10236775B2
To provide a voltage regulator which is capable of testing a phase compensation capacitor without impairing stability as a regulator and prevents a chip area from being increased. A voltage regulator is configured to be equipped with a phase compensation capacitance test circuit for a phase compensation circuit and a negative voltage detection circuit for an external output voltage adjustment terminal and to apply a negative voltage to the external output voltage adjustment terminal to thereby start up the phase compensation capacitance test circuit, and measure the discharge time or current of a phase compensation capacitor to thereby test whether the phase compensation capacitor is good or not.
US10236766B2
A voltage regulator comprising: a first regulator module comprising a first transistor switch, wherein the first module operates in a first phase and wherein the first switch is configured to receive a first signal at a first gate of the first switch from a first signal driver; a second regulator module comprising a second transistor switch, wherein the second module operates in a second phase that is different from the first phase, wherein the second switch is configured to receive a second gate drive signal at a second gate of the second switch from a second signal driver, and wherein the second signal is opposite in polarity from the first signal; and a switch that couples the first gate and the second gate during at least part of a time period during which the first switch transitions states and the second switch transitions states.
US10236762B2
A common-stator macro/micro integrated precision motion one-dimensional linear motor assembly, includes a base, linear guide rails, slide blocks, a U-shaped linear motor stator, a macro motion rotor, a micro motion rotor and a macro/micro integrated platform. A macro and micro motion platforms are connected to form an integrated platform through an elastic member, an outer frame of the macro/micro integrated platform is mounted on the linear guide rails and the slide blocks, the U-shaped linear motor stator is arranged on the base, rotors are respectively mounted on the macro and micro motion platforms, and large-scale overall high-speed motion can be realized when macro and micro rotors are simultaneously driven, and when a motion deviation occurs, the micro motion platform realizes precise displacement output by virtue of elastic deformation due to small inertia and zero friction, and high-frequency motion deviation compensation can be realized by virtue of individual drive.
US10236749B2
A motor comprises a motor main body including a rotor and a stator around which a coil is wound, a drive circuit part including a circuit board to which a drive circuit including a power element is attached on mainly one face, a heat sink arranged on another face of the circuit board and to radiate heat of the drive circuit part, and a winding terminal to which at one side of the winding terminal an end portion of the coil of the motor main body is electrically connected. Another side of the winding terminal is partially electrically connected to the power element attached to the circuit board, and the winding terminal conducts heat generated by the power element from the one face to the other face of the circuit board.
US10236732B2
The inductor type rotary motor of m-phase (m represents an integer of 2 or more) includes a stator in which distal ends of teeth are circularly disposed, and a rotor having an inductor tooth that faces each of the distal ends of the teeth through a constant gap. The stator includes k·m teeth (k represents an integer of 1 or more), at least one permanent magnet is disposed at each of the teeth, and adjacent permanent magnets, which belong to teeth adjacent to each other, are disposed in such a manner that different polarities face each other.
US10236724B2
A method of controlling a wireless power receiver. The method includes receiving, by a power receiver, power from a wireless power transmitter; receiving, from the wireless power transmitter, a time set value that is set for checking cross connection; in response to receiving the time set value, generating a power variation in the wireless power receiver by converting a load status from a first load status to a second load status; and maintaining the second load status for a time corresponding to the received time set value.
US10236723B2
A wireless power transmission system, and a method for controlling wireless power transmission and wireless power reception are provided. According to an aspect, a method for controlling a wireless power transmission may include: detecting a plurality of target devices used to wirelessly receive power; selecting a source resonating unit from among a plurality of source resonating units, based on the amount of power to be transmitted to one or more of the plurality of target devices, a coupling factor associated with one or more of the plurality of target devices, or both; and wirelessly transmitting power to a target device using the selected source resonating unit.
US10236715B2
The present invention provides a switch power circuit with a backup battery for power supply, comprising an input rectifier module, an PWM switch control module, a transformer module, an output rectifier diode, a negative feedback module, a backup battery, an isolation diode unit and a zener diode; the anode of the output rectifier diode is connected with the positive output end of the transformer unit, the cathode of the output rectifier diode is connected with the cathode of the isolation diode unit, the anode of the isolation diode unit is connected with the anode of the backup battery, the cathode of the backup battery is connected with the negative output end of the transformer module; the cathode of the zener diode is connected between the cathode of the isolation diode unit and the cathode of the output rectifier diode; one end of the negative feedback module is connected with the anode of the zener diode, and the other end of the negative feedback module is connected with the control port of the PWM switch control module. The present invention has beneficial effects of reducing output consumption of switch power supply and increasing conversion efficiency of switch power supply.
US10236713B2
A monitor housing apparatus comprises an opening and closing mechanism, a drive motor, a power supply, a backup capacitor, a contact switch, and a controller. The opening and closing mechanism turns a monitor around a rotation shaft. The power supply supplies electrical power to the drive motor. The backup capacitor supplies power to the drive motor in the event that the supply of power from the power supply to the drive motor is shut off. The controller applies voltage to the backup capacitor when the contact switch detects that the monitor is in its deployed state, and halts the application of voltage from the power supply to the backup capacitor when the contact switch detects that the monitor is in its stowed state.
US10236712B2
Aspects are described for dual-distribution lighting devices. For example, a dual-distribution lighting device includes a forward-throw module with a first lighting element that can provide directional light, a wide-throw module with a second lighting element that can provide light with a wide distribution, an interface element that can to receive input, and a processing device. In response to the input being received via the interface element, the processing device deactivates one of the forward-throw and wide-throw modules and activates the other of the forward-throw and wide-throw modules, thereby causing the dual-distribution lighting device to switch between providing directional light and a wide distribution of light.
US10236710B1
An apparatus for housing and recharging a stylus (or stylus pen). The apparatus includes an elastic deformable holding sleeve which facilitates the placing and extraction of a stylus secured within a lumen of the apparatus. The stylus is further secured within the apparatus via magnetism. Additionally, or optionally, the apparatus includes an inductive recharging element, which in response to receiving direct current (DC) from an embedded battery, generates an electromagnetic field that couples with the inductive recharging circuit within a proximal stylus, thus providing electrical power or current to the secured stylus.
US10236709B2
In various examples, a system includes a power generating device configured to generate and transfer power to an electrical device. A sterilizable vessel is configured to accommodate the electrical device. The vessel is configured to allow power to be at least partially wirelessly transferred from the power generating device, through the vessel, and to the electrical device. In other examples, a method includes wirelessly powering and/or charging an electrical device disposed within a sterilizable vessel.
US10236708B2
Various embodiments provide a pack for holding and re-charging an e-cigarette. The pack includes a pack battery; a body portion including a tube for receiving an e-cigarette; a re-charging mechanism for re-charging the e-cigarette received into the tube using the pack battery, wherein the e-cigarette can be re-charged in the tube without disassembly of the e-cigarette; and a dual activation mechanism comprising two separate triggers for causing the re-charging mechanism to begin re-charging the e-cigarette received into the tube using the pack battery. The re-charging begins only in response to the direct activation by a user of both of the separate triggers.
US10236702B2
Provided are a method and an apparatus for rapidly charging a battery, such that a battery can be rapidly charged while having an extended lifetime. The method for charging a battery according to the present invention charges a battery by starting from an initial charging rate higher than 1 C, while stepwise decreasing the charging rate, such that a negative electrode potential of the battery does not drop to a level less than or equal to 0V. An occurrence of Li-plating of a negative electrode of the battery can be prevented by the criteria for preventing the negative electrode potential from dropping to a level less than or equal to 0V, thereby providing an effect of rapidly charging the battery while extending the lifetime of the battery.
US10236690B2
A solar collection system may collect energy from the sun to generate electricity for distribution on an electrical grid. In addition to generating electricity, a solar collection system may include support devices such as motors, controllers, sensors, and other support devices to perform various tasks to allow the solar collection system to more effectively generate electricity. When the solar collection system is generating sufficient power, the support devices may be powered by the solar collection system. However, when the solar collection system is not generating sufficient power, the support devices may be powered by a backfeed power supply circuit coupled to the electrical grid.
US10236675B2
An electric power delivery system may be protected upon occurrence of a fault condition by the systems and methods disclosed herein by detecting the fault condition and signaling a protective action before the overcurrent condition reaches the protective equipment. The protective action may be an opening of a circuit breaker or engagement of a fault current limiter. The overcurrent condition may be a non-steady-state condition. The fault may be detected using traveling wave or incremental quantity techniques.
US10236673B2
An integral, unitary pre-expanded cover assembly unit for covering an electrical connection between first and second electrical cables each having a primary conductor and a sleeve defines a cable passage to receive the electrical connection and the primary conductors of the first and second cables. The outer sleeve surrounds the inner sleeve. The duct is neutral conductor includes a cover assembly and a removable holdout. The cover assembly includes an elastomeric inner sleeve, an elastomeric outer sleeve, and a duct. The inner interposed radially between the inner and outer sleeves. The duct defines a duct passage configured to receive at least one of the neutral conductors therethrough. The holdout is mounted within the inner sleeve. The holdout is operative to temporarily maintain the inner sleeve in an expanded state and the outer sleeve in an expanded state. The duct is flexible. The duct is operative to resist radial collapse of the duct and to bend radially inwardly as the holdout is axially removed from the inner sleeve.
US10236667B2
A wire follow-up protection structure of an electric reducer includes a deformation mechanism with a variable length and sliding plates, the sliding plates being symmetrically disposed on both sides of the deformation mechanism, the deformation mechanism being supported on the sliding plates, the sliding plates limiting the deformation mechanism such that the deformation mechanism deforms between the sliding plates, a continuous run-through channel being preset within the deformation mechanism, the deformation mechanism being disposed to be rotationally connected to the electric reducer and slidably connected to a main body of a coring device, the channel being disposed as a passage for wire.
US10236636B2
A coaxial cable connector for coupling an end of a coaxial cable to a terminal is disclosed. The connector has a coupler adapted to couple the connector to a terminal, a body assembled with the coupler and a post assembled with the coupler and the body. The post is adapted to receive an end of a coaxial cable. The post has an integral contacting portion that is monolithic with at least a portion of the post. When assembled the coupler and post provide at least one circuitous path resulting in RF shielding such that RF signals external to the coaxial cable connector are attenuated, such that the integrity of an electrical signal transmitted through coaxial cable connector is maintained regardless of the tightness of the coupling of the connector to the terminal.
US10236633B2
A plug connector for connection with a mating connector in a plugging direction comprises a plug housing having a receptacle and a short circuiting bridge held in a plugging position in the receptacle. The short circuiting bridge has a pair of short circuiting contacts accessible from outside the plug connector counter to the plugging direction. The short circuiting bridge is movable about the plugging position within the receptacle.
US10236629B2
An electrical connector assembly includes a connector, a corresponding mating-connector, and a terminal-stabilizer. The a connector has a plurality of electrical-terminals. The connector also has an outer-surface that includes a plurality of retraction-fins. The mating-connector has a plurality of mating-electrical-terminals. The mating-connector is releasably connected to the connector along a mating-axis. The mating-connector includes a connector-shroud having side walls defining a shroud-cavity. The terminal-stabilizer is slideably disposed within the shroud-cavity and includes a plurality of retraction-locks that engage the plurality of retraction-fins on the connector. The terminal-stabilizer defines a plurality of terminal-apertures that slideably engage the plurality of mating-electrical-terminals. The terminal-stabilizer is moveable from a prestaged-position, when the connector and the mating-connector are in the unmated-position, to a seated-position, when the connector is moved to the mated-position. The connector retracts the terminal-stabilizer from the seated-position to the prestaged-position when the connector is moved from the mated-position to the unmated-position.
US10236626B2
A plug insert comprises a base body, a receptacle extending through the base body, and a positioning element at least partially received in the receptacle. The base body has a plug side and an opposite contact side. The receptacle extends through the base body from the plug side to the contact side and at least partially receives a connector. The positioning element is accessible from both the plug side and the contact side and positions a contact pin of the connector.
US10236625B2
A retention device includes a ruggedized electrical cable including a first electrical connector at a first end and a second electrical connector at a second end, and a cap including a threaded interior for removably capturing the first electrical connector and the second electrical connector, wherein the threaded interior is configured to screw onto a corresponding threaded surface comprising the exterior of the first end and the exterior of the second end.
US10236621B2
An electrical connector is provided that includes a housing defining a cavity and an aperture extending into the cavity. The electrical connector further includes an electrical contact supported by the housing, in which the electrical contact is electrically connected with a conductor. The electrical connector further includes a conduit fitting assembly connecting a conduit to the housing. The conduit feeds the conductor into the cavity of the housing through the aperture via the conduit fitting assembly.
US10236618B1
A connector assembly is configured to withstand the bending force of a bundle of wires exerted onto the dress cover so as to maintain the engagement of the dress cover to the connector housing. The connector housing includes a locking tab is an outer surface of the connector housing. The dress cover includes a hood defining an exit path on one end for which the wire bundle is routed. The dress cover includes a locking leg configured to engage the locking tab so as to secure the dress cover to the connector housing. The connector housing further includes a reinforcing tab disposed on an inner surface of the dress cover and spaced apart from the locking leg. The locking leg and the reinforcement tab cooperate to pinch a side wall of the connector housing and help secure the engagement between the locking leg and the locking tab.
US10236617B2
An electrical connector includes a pair of housing units side by side arranged with each other and equipped with the corresponding contacts, respectively. A pair of protection caps are assembled to the corresponding housing units horizontally in opposite directions, respectively. A linking part is mounted upon the pair of caps with a rigid suction region thereof in a symmetrical manner. The linking part is downwardly mounted upon the pair of caps with corresponding standoffs to space the main part of the linking part from the caps in the vertical direction so as not to block the related heat dissipation.
US10236614B2
A connection device to which a relay connector is applied includes relay terminals that have first connection portions capable of being elastically deformed along a first direction, second connection portions capable of being elastically deformed along the first direction, and coupling portions connecting the first and second connection portions, and are formed integrally with the first and second connection portions, and the coupling portions, and a holding unit that holds the relay terminal and has reaction force receiving portions supporting the coupling portions with such positional relation that first counterpart terminals are capable of being connected to the first connection portions from one side in the first direction and second counterpart terminals are capable of being connected to the second connection portions from the other side in the first direction and receiving reaction forces with elastic deformation of the first and second connection portions.
US10236610B2
An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of upper contacts and a plurality of lower contacts disposed in the housing with a metallic shielding plate therebetween, and a metallic shielding shell enclosing the housing. The upper contacts have the signal contacts and the grounding contacts alternatively arranged with each other along a transverse direction. A plurality of wires are located behind the housing. Each of the wires includes an inner conductor mechanically and electrically connected to the corresponding signal contacts, and an outer braiding layer surrounding the inner conductor. A grounding bar is mechanically and electrically connected to all the shielding plate, the braiding layer, the grounding contacts and the shell.
US10236603B2
Provided is a press-fit terminal configured to secure a warp of press-contact portions and reduce insertion force required to insert the press-contact portion into the through hole, without increasing the number of components and manufacturing costs. In a press-fit terminal one end portion of a Rod-Shaped Metal Member (“RSMM”) is provided with press-contact portions configured to be press-fitted into a through hole of a printed board and electrically connected to a conductor, and the other end portion of the rod-shaped metal member includes a connection portion configured to be connected to a partner member, the one end portion of the RSMM has: squashed portions; and the press-contact portions that protrude outward from the squashed portions, and each press-contact portion is configured to deform in a circumferential direction of the RSMM due to contact pressure applied when the press-contact portions are pressed against the through hole.
US10236601B2
A card edge connector forms a plurality of passageways in the elongated housing to receive the corresponding contacts. Each contact has a retaining section secured to the housing, a resilient arm extending from an upper part of the retaining section with a contacting section exposed in the central slot, a soldering section extending from a lower part of the retaining section and out of the housing. A width of the passageway around the contacting section in the longitudinal direction is smaller than that around the soldering section.
US10236598B2
A method of installing an electrical grounding system at a site can comprise the steps of inserting a hollow electrode into a hole formed into native soil at the site, the hollow electrode comprising an electrically conductive tube configured for communication with a fault current source, and a carbon fiber layer in conductive relationship with at least a portion of the electrically conductive tube; positioning the hollow electrode in the hole circumferentially around a ground member driven into native soil at a bottom of the hole; and electrically interconnecting the ground member and the hollow electrode.
US10236595B2
A terminal fitting includes a fastening portion and a wire connection portion. The fastening portion is formed with an installation insertion hole through which a fixing member is inserted. The wire connection portion extends from a peripheral edge portion of the fastening portion. A notch is provided in the fastening portion so as to extend along the peripheral edge of an opening of the installation insertion hole and between the installation insertion hole and the wire connection portion. A through hole or a thin recessed portion is formed on the notch at an intersection portion between the notch and an axis in an extending direction of the wire connection portion.
US10236592B2
The present invention relates to an antenna array platform comprising at least one bottom plate, at least one magnet preferably located on the bottom side of the bottom plate, which provides the bottom plate to be attached to suitable platforms made of a material that can be attracted by magnetic field force without the need for any mechanical adaptations, at least one box located on the bottom plate, at least one lid covering the upper part of the box, a number of antenna slots equal to the number of antennas to be used, made in the lid, at least one plate that provides support so that the box stays at a required position, at least one screw positioned on at least one side of the plate and entering the angling hole that corresponds to the required angle, providing the plate stays fixed.
US10236589B2
An antenna architecture comprises a hybrid beamformer comprising on the one hand, Ny stacked quasi-optical beamformers, each quasi-optical beamformer comprising a parallel-plate waveguide furnished with a linear radiating aperture and integrating a lens and internal horns furnished with beam access ports, each quasi-optical beamformer forming beams in two, transmission and reception, frequency bands, in a first direction in space, and on the other hand, at least one electronic beamformer comprising a combining device linked to Nx phase and amplitude control chains, each phase and amplitude control chain being connected to a respective beam access port of each quasi-optical beamformer, the electronic beamformer forming beams in a second direction in space, orthogonal to the first direction.
US10236581B2
An antenna of a near field wireless communication device is provided. The antenna may include: a source coil pattern formed on one surface of a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) and formed with a first conductive line between a first antenna port and a second antenna port; a resonance coil pattern formed with a second conductive line, which electrically separates from the source coil pattern; and a capacitor pattern electrically connected to the second conductive line, wherein one terminal of the capacitor pattern is connected to a first terminal of the second conductive line and the other terminal of the capacitor pattern is connected to a second terminal of the second conductive line through a third conductive line formed on the other surface of the FPCB.
US10236579B2
A dual-band dual-port antenna structure is provided. The dual-band dual-port antenna structure includes a first antenna structure and a second antenna structure. The first antenna structure operates in a high-frequency band and includes a first feeding port, a first feeding path electrically connected to the first feeding port, and a first radiating element. The second antenna structure operates in a low-frequency band and includes a second feeding port, a second feeding path electrically connected to the second feeding port, and a second radiating element. The first feeding path includes a first capacitor and a first feeding line. The second radiating element of the second antenna structure at least partially surrounds the first radiating element of the first antenna structure.
US10236576B2
The present disclosure provides system and methods for optimizing the tuning of impedance elements associate with sub-wavelength antenna elements to attain target radiation and/or field patterns. Both static and variable (tunable) antenna systems may be manufactured. Static embodiments may be entirely passive in some embodiments. A scattering matrix (S-Matrix) of field amplitudes for each of a plurality of modeled lumped ports, N, may be determined that includes a plurality of lumped antenna ports, Na, with impedance values corresponding to the impedance values of associated impedance elements and at least one modeled external port, Ne, located external to the antenna system at a specified radius vector. Impedance values may be identified through an optimization process, and the impedance elements may be tuned (dynamically or statically) to attain a specific target radiation pattern.
US10236575B2
An antenna system comprises an antenna feed support and a driver. The antenna feed support is configured to mount a circularly polarized antenna feed to an antenna dish to extend outward along a longitudinal axis of the circularly polarized antenna feed with respect to a reflective surface of the antenna dish. The driver is configured to rotate the circularly polarized antenna feed to adjust alignment between the circularly polarized antenna feed and a remote antenna. The driver can rotate the circularly polarized antenna feed mechanically, electrically or both to adjust alignment between the circularly polarized antenna feed and a remote antenna to reduce cross-pol discrimination at the circularly polarized antenna feed.
US10236569B2
According to one embodiment, an antenna device includes: an antenna substrate which comprises on a front surface thereof a radiation element for transmitting/receiving radio waves; a dielectric layer which covers the front surface and a back surface of the antenna substrate; and a first conductive layer which covers a side surface of the antenna substrate.
US10236565B2
A wearable electronic device includes a device body, a wearable body, a circuit board, an antenna system and a conductive extension portion. The device body includes an upper casing and a lower casing. A feeding portion, a first grounding portion and a second grounding portion are disposed on a periphery of the circuit board. The second grounding portion is electrically connected to the upper casing. The antenna system is disposed on the inner surface of the lower casing. The feeding terminal of the antenna system is electrically connected to the feeding portion of the circuit board. The grounding terminal of the antenna system is electrically connected to the first grounding portion of the circuit board. An end of the conductive extension portion is electrically connected to the upper casing, the other end of the conductive extension portion is extended into the wearable body.
US10236563B1
A solar panel array structure is used in network communications that comprises at least one support structure configured to support a solar panel array, wherein the at least one support structure comprises a metal portion. The metal portion comprises antenna connections that are configured to allow the metal portion to be used as a radio antenna. In some cases, a radio transceiver is connected to the antenna connections. A separate radio antenna may also be connected to the support structure or to the solar panel array. The radio transceiver may be used to transmit data through a wireless communication network.
US10236551B2
The present invention relates to a tuneable waveguide structure comprising a first, second, third and fourth electrically conducting inner wall. The first inner wall and the second inner wall are facing each other, and the third inner wall and the fourth inner wall are facing each other, the intended extension of the electrical field is parallel to the first inner wall and the second inner wall, and perpendicular to the third inner wall and the fourth inner wall. The waveguide structure comprises at least one tuning device that comprises a wall part that is movably arranged along an extension that is perpendicular to the intended extension of the electrical field. Each wall part is at least indirectly connected to support rods that are in sliding engagement with a corresponding sloped surface that is laterally adjustable in the extension of the slope. Each wall part may be constituted by an electrically conducting foil.
US10236544B2
A battery pack assembly interleaves pouch cells with thin flexible heater elements to provide for distributed low-power heating with reduced thermal resistance between the heater elements and the cells. The heater elements may include terminals for direct attachment to pouch cell electrodes and to each other to facilitate power distribution among the heater elements.
US10236541B2
A battery cell testing fixture is provided which includes a user interface, a separator assembly and an optional stand. The user interface includes a module for receiving input voltage data from at least one circuit to provide a variety of battery cell conditions. The separator assembly includes an integrated reference electrode or reference component. The separator assembly is operatively configured to be used with a plurality of test batteries in succession. The separator assembly may be operatively configured to communicate with a current collector, a meter and the user interface.
US10236519B2
A process for producing a separator material suitable for fuel cells, wherein the separator includes a pure titanium or a titanium alloy as a base material. The method comprises an application step and a heat treatment step. The application step is a step of applying a carbon black to a surface of the base material which has a carbon concentration, at a position located at a depth of 10 nm from an outermost surface, of 10 atom % or less. The heat treatment step subjects the base material, which has undergone the application step, to a heat treatment in a low-partial-oxygen-pressure atmosphere having a partial oxygen pressure of 0.0667 Pa or more and 25 Pa or less.
US10236515B2
An electrically conductive member of the present disclosure includes a base member containing chromium (Cr), and a first layer provided on a surface of the base member and containing chromium(III) oxide (Cr2O3). The first layer also contains titanium (Ti).
US10236512B2
A preparation method of a battery composite material at least includes the following steps. Firstly, an iron compound, phosphoric acid, a manganese compound, a lithium compound and a carbon source are provided. Then, the phosphoric acid is added to a mixture of the iron compound and deionized water while stirring to form a first phosphate solution, a first amount of the manganese compound is added to the first phosphate solution, and the manganese compound and the first phosphate solution are continuously reacted for a first time period, so that a first product solution is formed. Then, a reaction between the first product solution, the carbon source and the lithium compound is carried out to form a precursor. Then, the precursor is thermally treated to form the battery composite material, wherein the battery composite material has a chemical formula: LiFexMn1-xPO4. Since the product powder is not subjected to aggregation during the thermal treatment process, the electric performance of the battery is enhanced.
US10236511B2
Compositions comprising Type I clathrates of silicon (Si46) or carbon (C46) wherein the framework of the cage structure includes nitrogen and carbon or nitrogen and silicon or nitrogen-silicon-carbon atom type composition, with or without guest atoms in their respective cage structures. The clathrate structures are particularly useful for energy storage applications such as battery electrodes.
US10236503B2
A device for preparing a lithium composite transition metal oxide includes first and second mixers continuously arranged in a direction in which a fluid proceeds, wherein the first mixer has a closed structure including a hollow fixed cylinder, a rotating cylinder having the same axis as that of the hollow fixed cylinder and having an outer diameter that is smaller than an inner diameter of the fixed cylinder, an electric motor to generate power for rotation of the rotating cylinder, a rotation reaction space, as a separation space between the hollow fixed cylinder and the rotating cylinder, in which ring-shaped vortex pairs periodically arranged along a rotating shaft and rotating in opposite directions are formed, first inlets through which raw materials are introduced into the rotation reaction space, and a first outlet to discharge a reaction fluid formed from the rotation reaction space.
US10236492B2
A positive electrode and a negative electrode include stress relaxation regions each of which includes a tab and a lead of each electrode and may include a region divided by a slit provided for the electrode. In the case where the stress relaxation region includes a tab and a lead, the length of the stress relaxation region is 20% or more and 50% or less of the sum of the lengths of the lead and the electrode not overlapping with the lead in an inner region of a secondary battery. In the case where the stress relaxation region further includes a region divided by the slit, the length of the stress relaxation region is 20% or more and 95% or less of the sum of the lengths of the lead and the electrode not overlapping with the lead in an inner region of a secondary battery.
US10236489B2
The present application relates to the field of battery production techniques and, particularly relates to an end plate for battery module and a battery module. The end plate includes a panel, an elastic member and a buffer plate, the panel and the buffer plate are stacked, a supporting hole is defined in the buffer plate, the supporting hole is a through hole along a thickness direction of the buffer plate, the elastic member is filled in the supporting hole, and an end of the elastic member abuts against the panel tinder such structure, the end plate can be avoided from directly squeezing the cell in the battery module, so as to protect the cell and guarantee safety of the battery module.
US10236486B2
A rechargeable battery pack is disclosed. In one aspect, the rechargeable battery pack includes multiple a plurality of sets of unit cells adjacently placed to each other, wherein each unit cell includes a rechargeable battery and a plurality of rechargeable battery modules each configured to electrically connect a corresponding set of the unit cells to each other, wherein each rechargeable battery module includes a pair of end plates respectively placed on outermost opposing sides thereof. The rechargeable battery pack also includes a coupling member connecting the end plates of the rechargeable battery modules to each other. Each of the end plates includes a first flange having a first width and extending from a bent portion of a main body to be fastened to the coupling member and a second flange having a second width smaller than the first width and extending from a middle portion of the first flange.
US10236483B2
A wearable device needs to have a design corresponding to complicated surfaces of human bodies. Thus, an electronic device that can fit the characteristics of each individual human body after being purchased and can be worn naturally and comfortably is provided. The electronic device includes a secondary battery which can be transformed. By using a secondary battery which can be transformed, for example, a secondary battery can be efficiently placed in a narrow and elongated space in the electronic device, and the elongated secondary battery can be bent together with the electronic device. Furthermore, the weight balance of the electronic device can be easily adjusted.
US10236482B2
Disclosed is a battery pack including a battery module array constituted by one or more battery modules each including one or more unit modules each configured to have a structure in which a battery cell is surrounded by a cell cover are mounted in a module case in a state in which the unit modules are stacked while being vertically upright, a base plate on which the battery module array is loaded, a pair of end plates to support opposite sides of the array in a state in which a lower end of each of the end plates is fixed to the base plate, and an insulation member disposed between the array and each of the end plates, the insulation member being provided at a surface thereof facing the array with one or more ribs to absorb shock caused by external force and to define a coolant flow channel.
US10236480B2
Disclosed herein is an electronic device including a substrate, with an active layer stack on the substrate. A cover is on the active layer stack and has a surface area greater than that of the active layer so as to encapsulate the active layer stack. A conductive pad layer is on the cover. At least one conductive via extends between the active layer stack and the conductive pad layer.
US10236479B2
A power-cell packaging material including a layered body obtained by layering at least a substrate layer, a metal layer, an insulating layer, and a sealant layer, in this order. The insulating layer has a hardness in the range of 10-300 MPa, when measured by using a nanoindenter and pressing the indenter 5 μm into the insulating layer from a cross-section of the layered body in the layering direction thereof.
US10236474B2
In an organic light emitting display device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a light extraction reduction preventing layer is disposed between a display unit disposed on a substrate and an encapsulation layer for protecting the display unit, and as a result, light emission efficiency may be improved by reducing an amount of light dissipating while light generated from an emission layer of the display unit is extracted to the outside.
US10236471B2
A flexible display device includes a flexible display panel having a bending area to be folded, and including a display substrate, and a thin-film encapsulation layer above the display substrate, a driving portion, and a function layer below the flexible display panel, and including a step portion below which the flexible display panel is electrically connected to the driving portion.
US10236470B2
Provided are an organic light-emitting display apparatus and a method of manufacturing the same. The organic light-emitting display apparatus includes a first substrate; an organic light-emitting device provided on the first substrate and including a first electrode, a second electrode, and an intermediate layer positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode; a second substrate covering the organic light-emitting device and disposed to face the first substrate; and a sealant bonding the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein at least a portion of the sealant is a intermixing region which is formed as an inorganic material permeates an organic material.
US10236469B2
A display device includes a display panel, a driving circuit board, and an electronic connector. The electronic connector connects the display panel and the driving circuit board. The driving circuit board is configured with a first wire, a second wire, a third wire, a fourth wire and a fifth wire arranged in order. The first wire, the second wire, the third wire and the fifth wire extend to the electronic connector and connect to the display panel. A first convergence point of the second wire and the third wire is located on the electronic connector, and a second convergence point of the fourth wire and the third wire is located on the driving circuit board. A detection method of the display device is also disclosed.
US10236466B2
According to one embodiment, an organic light emitting device is described including a first light emitting unit, a second light emitting unit and a charge generation layer wherein the second light emitting unit is stacked over the first light emitting unit and is connected to the first light emitting unit by means of the charge generation layer and wherein the charge generation layer includes an electron transport layer, a transition metal oxide layer arranged over the electron transport layer and a diffusion suppressing layer arranged between the electron transport layer and the transition metal oxide layer to separate the electron transport layer from the transition metal oxide layer.
US10236452B2
An organic light-emitting device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; and an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the organic layer including a compound represented by Formula 1. The organic light-emitting device including the compound of Formula 1 may have high efficiency, low driving voltage, high brightness, and long lifespan characteristics.
US10236443B2
A method is presented for establishing a top contact to a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) device, the method including selectively etching, via a first etching process, an oxide layer to expose a top surface of a nitride layer of a dummy fill shape and selectively etching, via a second etching process, a top portion of the nitride layer of the dummy fill shape to expose a top surface thereof. The method further includes selectively etching, via the second etching process, the oxide layer to expose a top surface of a nitride layer of the MTJ device, and selectively etching, via the first etching process, a top portion of the nitride layer of the MTJ device to expose a top surface thereof such that a height of the MTJ device is approximately equal to a height of the dummy fill shape.
US10236430B2
A thermoelectric module includes a pair of support substrates having mutually opposed regions; wiring conductors each disposed on one principal surfaces of the pair of support substrates, the one principal surfaces being opposed to each other; a plurality of thermoelectric elements disposed between the one principal surfaces; a lead member joined to one wiring conductor disposed on one support substrate; and a cover material which covers a junction where the lead member is joined to the one wiring conductor disposed on the one support substrate. The one support substrate has a first protruding portion including the junction, and the other support substrate has a second protruding portion located so as not to overlap the junction as seen in a direction perpendicular to the one principal surface. The cover material is joined to the first protruding portion and the second protruding portion.
US10236422B1
Green emitting phosphors have the empirical composition RE1−wAwMxEy, where RE may be one or more Rare Earth elements (for example, Eu or Gd), A may be one or more elements selected from the group Mg, Ca, Sr, or Ba, M may be one or more elements selected from the group Al, Ga, B, In, Sc, Lu or Y, E may be one or more elements selected from the group S, Se, O, or Te, w is greater than or equal to zero, or greater than or equal to 0.01, or greater than or equal to 0.05, and less than or equal to about 0.8, 2≤x≤4, and 4≤y≤7.
US10236420B2
An LED assembly includes two strings of surface mounted LED devices mounted to a central ceramic plug portion of a PCB substrate. One string has a CCT of 4000 degrees Kelvin. The other has a CCT of 1800 degrees Kelvin. For each LED device in one string there is a corresponding LED device in the other string. The LED devices of each pair are closely spaced with 0.2-0.6 mm between them. A Highly Reflective (HR) layer is disposed on the substrate between the LED devices. The HR layer has a thickness in a range of from 20 to 50 percent H, where H is the height of an LED die. A transparent silicone layer covers the LED devices. A resistor of a warm-dimming circuit is mounted over the ceramic portion of the substrate whereas an integrated circuit portion of the circuit is mounted over the PCB portion of the substrate.
US10236415B2
A contact to a semiconductor heterostructure is described. In one embodiment, there is an n-type semiconductor contact layer. A light generating structure formed over the n-type semiconductor contact layer has a set of quantum wells and barriers configured to emit or absorb target radiation. An ultraviolet transparent semiconductor layer having a non-uniform thickness is formed over the light generating structure. A p-type contact semiconductor layer having a non-uniform thickness is formed over the ultraviolet transparent semiconductor layer.
US10236413B2
A light-emitting device including a substrate having a top surface, a side surface and a roughed surface between the top surface and the side surface, wherein the top surface includes a first portion and a second portion; a first semiconductor stack including a first upper surface and a first side wall, wherein the first semiconductor stack is on the second portion and exposes the first portion; a second semiconductor stack including a second side wall, wherein the second semiconductor stack is on the first upper surface and exposes an exposing portion of the first upper surface; wherein the first side wall and the first portion of the top surface form an acute angle α between thereof, and the second side wall and the exposing portion of the first upper surface form an obtuse angle β between thereof; and wherein the roughed surface is connected to the top surface.
US10236404B2
Discussed is a back sheet for a solar cell module. The back sheet includes a base member and a first layer formed on one surface of the base member, the first layer including a resin. A reflector is formed in at least a portion of the back sheet.
US10236401B2
A solar cell module includes a substrate, and first and second cells connected in series. The first and second cells each include a first electrode, a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer and a second electrode stacked in this order on the substrate. The first semiconductor layer contains an oxide of a first metal and includes first and second portions. A groove separates the second semiconductor layers of the first and second cells. The groove and the first portion entirely overlap each other in a plan view. The first portion contains a second metal different from the first metal. A ratio of a number of atoms of the second metal to a number of atoms of all metals in the first portion is grater than a ratio of a number of atoms of the second metal to a number of atoms of all metals in the second portion.
US10236399B2
Provided is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a photodiode that has a shallow p-n junction and thus achieves high sensitivity to an ultraviolet ray, in which an oxide containing impurities at high concentration is deposited on the surface of the silicon substrate, and thereafter a diffusion region is formed to have a shallow junction by performing thermal diffusion of a rapid temperature change, with the use of a high-speed temperature rising and falling apparatus without using ion implantation into the silicon substrate.
US10236394B2
The present application discloses A thin film transistor (TFT), including: a substrate; a source-drain layer comprising a source electrode and a drain electrode over the substrate; and an active layer comprising a poly-Si pattern and an amorphous-Si pattern having contact with the poly-Si pattern over the substrate. The amorphous-Si pattern is between the poly-Si pattern and the source-drain layer; the source electrode overlaps with the poly-Si pattern and the amorphous-Si pattern respectively in a direction substantially perpendicular to a surface of the substrate; and the drain electrode overlaps with the poly-Si pattern and the amorphous-Si pattern respectively in the direction substantially perpendicular to the surface of the substrate.
US10236391B2
It is an object to provide a highly reliable semiconductor device including a thin film transistor with stable electric characteristics. In a semiconductor device including an inverted staggered thin film transistor whose semiconductor layer is an oxide semiconductor layer, a buffer layer is provided over the oxide semiconductor layer. The buffer layer is in contact with a channel formation region of the semiconductor layer and source and drain electrode layers. A film of the buffer layer has resistance distribution. A region provided over the channel formation region of the semiconductor layer has lower electrical conductivity than the channel formation region of the semiconductor layer, and a region in contact with the source and drain electrode layers has higher electrical conductivity than the channel formation region of the semiconductor layer.
US10236382B2
A semiconductor device includes a buried epitaxially grown substrate and a silicon on insulator (SOI) layer. The device also includes a buried oxide (BOX) layer between the buried epitaxially grown substrate and the SOI layer, an isolation trench having first width (w1), a contact trench having a second width (w2) and a capacitive trench having a third width (w3). Methods are described that allow the formation of the trenches in a normal process flow.
US10236380B2
Transistor and methods of forming the same include forming a channel fin on a bottom source/drain region. A dielectric fill is formed around the channel fin with a gap in an area directly above the channel fin that has a width greater than a width of the channel fin. Spacers are formed in the gap. The dielectric fill is etched away. A gate stack is formed on sidewalls of the channel fin directly underneath the spacers.
US10236377B2
A semiconductor device includes a first conductivity type first semiconductor region, a second semiconductor region on the first semiconductor region, a third semiconductor region on the second semiconductor region, a first insulating portion extending inwardly of, and surrounded by, the first semiconductor region, a gate electrode extending inwardly of the first insulating portion and spaced from the second semiconductor region in a second direction that intersects a first direction extending from the first semiconductor region to the second semiconductor region, by the first insulating portion, and a first electrode including a portion spaced from the first semiconductor region in the second direction by the first insulating portion, and surrounded by the first insulating portion and the gate electrode.
US10236376B2
A high-side device includes: a substrate, an epitaxial layer, a high voltage well, a body region, a gate, a source, a drain, and a buried region. A channel junction is formed between the body region and the high voltage well. The buried region is formed in the substrate and the epitaxial layer, and in a vertical direction, a part of the buried region is located in the substrate and another part of the buried region is located in the epitaxial layer. In the channel direction, an inner side boundary of the buried region is between the drain and the channel junction. An impurity concentration of a second conductive type of the buried region is sufficient to prevent the high voltage well between the channel junction and the drain from being completely depleted when the high-side power device operates in a conductive operation. A corresponding manufacturing method is also disclosed.
US10236370B2
An object of the present invention is to suppress energization deterioration due to crystal defects in a semiconductor device including SiC-MOSFET. To solve this problem, a semiconductor device of the present invention includes: an n−-type epitaxial layer formed on a main surface of an n+-type SiC substrate; a p-type termination region that is annularly formed in the n−-type epitaxial layer outside an active region; and an n-type hole annihilation region annularly formed in the n−-type epitaxial layer outside the p-type termination region, apart from the p-type termination region. Then, the n-type hole annihilation region has a first end surface facing the p-type termination region, as well as a second end surface on the opposite side of the first end surface. When a depth of the n-type hole annihilation region is dTM, a depth of the p-type termination region is dNR, a thickness of the n−-type epitaxial layer is dEpi, a distance from the first end surface of the n-type hole annihilation region to the second end surface thereof is LNR, and a distance from the first end surface of the n-type hole annihilation region to the periphery of the semiconductor substrate is |XNR|, these variables have the following relationship: dNR≤dTM, (|XNR|+dNR)≥dEpi, 0
US10236362B2
A stacked nanowire field effect transistor (FET) including a plurality of vertically stacked nanowire channels. Each nanowire channel is vertically separated from one another by sacrificial segment. A gate stack is on the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate. The gate stack includes a conductive element that wraps around the nanowire channels. Source/drain regions are on the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate. The source/drain regions directly contact the ends of the nanowire channel. The stacked nanowire FET further includes nanowire channel spacers that encapsulate the ends of the nanowire channel such that the source/drain regions are separated from the gate stack.
US10236357B2
A semiconductor device having stable electrical characteristics is provided. A semiconductor device that can be miniaturized or highly integrated is provided. One embodiment of the present invention includes a transistor including an oxide, a first barrier layer over the transistor, and a second barrier layer in contact with the first barrier layer. The oxide is in contact with an insulator including an excess-oxygen region. The insulator is in contact with the first barrier layer. The first barrier layer has a thickness greater than or equal to 0.5 nm and less than or equal to 1.5 nm. The second barrier layer is thicker than the first barrier layer.
US10236353B2
A semiconductor device of an embodiment includes a first nitride semiconductor layer, a second nitride semiconductor layer located on the first nitride semiconductor layer and having a larger bandgap than the first nitride semiconductor layer, a first electrode on the second nitride semiconductor layer, a second electrode on the second nitride semiconductor layer, a gate electrode located between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a first insulating layer located at least between the gate electrode and the second electrode on the second nitride semiconductor layer, the first insulating layer being an oxide of at least one first element selected from the group consisting of Hf, Zr, and Ti, and containing 5×1019 cm−3 or more of at least one second element selected from the group consisting of F, H, D, V, Nb, and Ta, and 5×1019 cm−3 or more of at least one third element selected from the group consisting of N, P, As, Sb, Bi, Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Sc, Y, and lanthanoids.
US10236348B2
A silicon carbide semiconductor device includes an n-type drift layer and a p-type epitaxial base layer deposited on an n-type silicon carbide substrate, as well as first trenches and second trenches. N-type source regions are formed in the surface layer of the p-type epitaxial base layer, in the sidewalls of the first trenches, and in the bottoms of the first trenches. The thickness of the p-type epitaxial base layer is set so that a concentration of ion species or point defects running along dislocations in the p-type epitaxial base layer is so low that regions surrounding the dislocations do not conduct current due to the ion species or the point defects.
US10236345B2
Fermi filter field effect transistors having a Fermi filter between a source and a source contact, systems incorporating such transistors, and methods for forming them are discussed. Such transistors may include a channel between a source and a drain both having a first polarity and a Fermi filter between the source and a source contact such that the Fermi filter has a second polarity complementary to the first polarity.
