US10236342B2
An electronic device can include a termination structure that includes a substrate, a semiconductor layer, and a first trench. The substrate includes a semiconductor material of a first conductivity type. The semiconductor layer has a second conductivity type opposite the first conductivity type and overlies the substrate and has a primary surface. The first trench extends through a majority of a thickness of the semiconductor layer. In an embodiment, a body extension region of the second conductivity type is adjacent to the primary surface and spaced apart from the first trench. In another embodiment, a doped region of the first conductivity type is adjacent to the primary surface and abuts the first trench. In a further embodiment, the termination structure can include a second trench extending through a majority of the thickness of the semiconductor layer and a doped region is spaced apart from the first and second trenches.
US10236326B2
Provided is an organic light emitting display device including a plurality of sub pixels. Areas of emission regions of green sub pixels of the plurality of sub pixels are the same as or larger than an area of an emission region of at least one non-green sub pixel of the plurality of sub pixels. Also the organic light emitting display device includes an area of an emission region of a green sub pixel having a low luminance lifetime being the same as or larger than areas of emission regions of non-green sub pixels. Accordingly, it is possible to make the luminance lifetime of the green sub pixel and the luminance lifetimes of the non-green sub pixels uniform. Further, it is possible to minimize a color change of the organic light emitting display device.
US10236324B1
A full-color light emitting diode (LED) display having an improved luminance is provided herein. More specifically, provided herein are a full-color LED display, in which an amount of light blocked by electrodes and not extracted is minimized and ultra-small LED devices are connected to ultra-small electrodes without defects such as electrical short circuits and the like, wherein the full-color LED display exhibits a further improved luminance when a direct current (DC) driving voltage is used and each pixel of the full-color LED display exhibits uniform luminance when the DC driving voltage is used, and a method of manufacturing the same.
US10236322B2
A solar cell module according to an embodiment includes: a light transmissive first substrate; a second substrate; at least one cell array disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, the cell array including a plurality of cells arranged, each of the cells including a first electrode disposed on the first substrate, an organic photoelectric conversion film disposed on the first electrode, and a second electrode disposed on the organic photoelectric conversion film; a plurality of light transmissive partition walls disposed at portions on the first substrate, the portions being located between adjacent ones of the cells and at both end portions of the cell array; and a first resin film disposed between the second substrate and each of the cells between adjacent ones of the partition walls, the cells being connected in series.
US10236314B2
The optical device comprises a first substrate comprising at least one optical structure comprising a main portion and a surrounding portion at least partially surrounding said main portion. The device furthermore comprises non-transparent material applied onto said surrounding portion. The opto-electronic module comprises a plurality of these optical devices comprised in said first substrate.The method for manufacturing an optical device comprises the steps of a) providing a first substrate comprising at least one optical structure comprising a main portion and a surrounding portion at least partially surrounding said main portion; and b) applying a non-transparent material onto at least said surrounding portion. Said non-transparent material is present on at least said surrounding portion still in the finished optical device.
US10236312B2
The present technology relates to a camera module and an electronic apparatus that can lower the risk of breakage. An imaging element has a light receiving surface to receive light, and is flip-chip mounted on a base. A joining material is joined to the optical back surface of the imaging element so that a space is formed between the joining material and a back-surface-side member provided on the side of the optical back surface on the opposite side of the imaging element from the light receiving surface. The present technology can be applied to camera modules and the like that capture images, for example.
US10236311B2
The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging element and an electronic device capable of improving image quality of the solid-state imaging element. The solid-state imaging element includes a photoelectric conversion unit adapted to photoelectrically convert incident light incident from a predetermined incident surface. Also, the solid-state imaging element includes a wire arranged on a bottom surface side that is an opposite surface of the incident surface of the photoelectric conversion unit, and formed with a protruding pattern on a surface facing the photoelectric conversion unit. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a solid-state imaging element such as a CMOS image sensor, and an electronic device including the solid-state imaging element.
US10236308B2
A thin film transistor includes a first blocking layer disposed on a substrate, and an active pattern disposed on the first blocking layer. The active pattern includes a source region, a drain region, and a channel region disposed between the source region and the drain region. The thin film transistor further includes a gate electrode disposed on the active pattern. The channel region corresponds to a portion of the active pattern overlapped by the gate electrode. The thin film transistor additionally includes a source electrode connected to the source region, and a drain electrode connected to the drain region. The active pattern includes a first part and a second part. The first part partially overlaps with the first blocking layer, and the first part and the second part have different thicknesses from each other.
US10236307B2
A manufacturing method of a display device comprises steps: a lining layer is formed on an array substrate; a conduction layer is formed on the array substrate, wherein the conduction layer partially covers a surface of said lining layer, wherein said conduction layer refers to a second metal layer, a surface of said array substrate is also provided with a first metal layer connected with a common electrode of said array substrate and an indium tin oxide layer connected with said first metal layer, and said second metal layer is indirectly connected with said common electrode through connecting with said indium tin oxide layer; and a color filter substrate is enabled to abut pat of the conduction layer covering the surface of said lining layer, so that said conduction layer being conductive with said array substrate and said color filter substrate.
US10236306B2
To improve field-effect mobility and reliability in a transistor including an oxide semiconductor film. A semiconductor device includes a transistor including an oxide semiconductor film. The transistor includes a region where the maximum value of field-effect mobility of the transistor at a gate voltage of higher than 0 V and lower than or equal to 10 V is larger than or equal to 40 and smaller than 150; a region where the threshold voltage is higher than or equal to minus 1 V and lower than or equal to 1 V; and a region where the S value is smaller than 0.3 V/decade.
US10236301B1
A method of forming an array of elevationally-extending strings of memory cells comprises forming conductively-doped semiconductor material directly above and electrically coupled to metal material. A stack comprising vertically-alternating insulative tiers and wordline tiers is formed directly above the conductively-doped semiconductor material. Horizontally-elongated trenches are formed through the stack to the conductively-doped semiconductor material. The conductively-doped semiconductor material is oxidized through the trenches to form an oxide therefrom that is directly above the metal material. Transistor channel material is provided to extend elevationally along the alternating tiers. The wordline tiers are provided to comprise control-gate material having terminal ends corresponding to control-gate regions of individual memory cells. Charge-storage material is between the transistor channel material and the control-gate regions. Insulative charge-passage material is between the transistor channel material and the charge-storage material. A charge-blocking region is between the charge-storage material and individual of the control-gate regions.
US10236300B2
A three-dimensional memory structure includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers located over a substrate, an array of memory stack structures extending through the alternating stack, an array of drain select level assemblies overlying the alternating stack and having a same periodicity as the array of memory stack structures, drain select gate electrodes laterally surrounding respective rows of the drain select level assemblies, and a drain select level isolation strip located between a neighboring pair of drain select gate electrodes and including a pair of lengthwise sidewalls. Each of the pair of lengthwise sidewalls includes a laterally alternating sequence of planar sidewall portions and convex sidewall portions.
US10236289B2
A method of forming a resistor adjacent to a fin field effect transistor on a substrate, including, forming a plurality of vertical fins on the substrate, forming a dielectric fill layer on the plurality of vertical fins, forming at least two dummy gate structures on the plurality of vertical fins, forming a replaceable resistor structure on the dielectric fill layer over a region of the substrate unoccupied by vertical fins, forming a sidewall spacer on the at least two dummy gate structures and the replaceable resistor structure, removing the replaceable resistor structure to form a trench, and forming a resistor structure in the trench.
US10236274B2
Reduction in reliability of a semiconductor device is suppressed. A semiconductor device includes a plurality of metal patterns formed on a ceramic substrate, and a plurality of semiconductor chips mounted on the plurality of metal patterns. Also, the plurality of metal patterns include metal patterns MPH and MPU which face each other. In addition, a region which is provided between these metal patterns MPH and MPU and which is exposed from the plurality of metal patterns extends so as to zigzag along an extending direction of the metal pattern MPH.
US10236269B2
A semiconductor device has a semiconductor chip adhesively bonded to a die pad. An area having large irregularities is formed on an upper side surface of the semiconductor chip to be covered by an encapsulating resin, and an area having small irregularities is formed on a lower side surface of the semiconductor chip, thereby improving adhesive strength between the semiconductor chip and the encapsulating resin and preventing penetration of moisture from outside.
US10236258B2
An alignment mark in a process surface of a semiconductor layer includes a groove with a minimum width of at least 100 μm and a vertical extension in a range 100 nm to 1 μm. The alignment mark further includes at least one fin within the groove at a distance of at least 60 μm to a closest one of inner corners of the groove.
US10236253B2
A self-aligned interconnect structure includes a fin structure patterned in a substrate; an epitaxial contact disposed over the fin structure; a first metal gate and a second metal gate disposed over and substantially perpendicular to the epitaxial contact, the first metal gate and the second metal gate being substantially parallel to one another; and a metal contact on and in contact with the substrate in a region between the first and second metal gates.
US10236233B2
Embodiments of heat spreaders with integrated preforms, and related devices and methods, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a heat spreader may include: a frame formed of a metal material, wherein the metal material is a zinc alloy or an aluminum alloy; a preform secured in the frame, wherein the preform has a thermal conductivity higher than a thermal conductivity of the metal material; and a recess having at least one sidewall formed by the frame. The metal material may have an equiaxed grain structure. In some embodiments, the equiaxed grain structure may be formed by squeeze-casting or rheocasting the metal material.
US10236226B2
Systems and methods of in-situ calibration of semiconductor material layer deposition and removal processes are disclosed. Sets of test structures including one or more calibration vias or posts are used to precisely monitor processes such as plating and polishing, respectively. Known (e.g., empirically determined) relationships between the test structure features and product feature enable monitoring of wafer processing progress. Optical inspection of the calibration feature(s) during processing cycles permits dynamic operating condition adjustments and precise cessation of processing when desired product feature characteristics have been achieved.
US10236216B2
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of semiconductor processes, and discloses a semiconductor device and a manufacturing method therefor. The semiconductor device includes a substrate; two fins located on the substrate and extending along a first direction; an isolation material layer surrounding the fins, comprising a first isolation regions located at an end region between the two fins along the first direction, and a second isolation region located at sides of the fins along a second direction that is different from the first direction, wherein an upper surface of the first isolation region substantially align with an upper surfaces of the fins, and an upper surface of the second isolation region is lower than the upper surface of the fins; and a first insulating layer on the first isolation region.
US10236200B2
With a cover member being located directly upward of an opening of a casing, a substrate in a horizontal attitude is carried into a gap between the cover member and the opening. The carried-in substrate is moved to the inside of the casing through the opening. The cover member is lowered, so that the opening is closed. An inert gas is supplied to the inside of the casing. One surface of the substrate is irradiated with vacuum ultraviolet rays by a light emitter while the substrate is moved in a horizontal direction in the casing. The cover member is lifted, so that the opening is opened. The substrate is moved to a position between the cover member and the opening from a position inside of the casing through the opening. Thereafter, the substrate in the horizontal attitude is taken out in the horizontal direction.
US10236195B1
A method for transferring a device includes the following steps: forming a pliable adhesive layer on a carrier substrate; placing the device over the pliable adhesive layer; contacting a transfer head assembly with the device, in which a pliable dielectric layer of the transfer head assembly is in contact with the device during the contacting and more pliable than the device, such that the pliable dielectric layer of the transfer head assembly deforms during the contacting, and the pliable adhesive layer is more pliable than the device, such that the pliable adhesive layer deforms during the contacting; actuating the transfer head assembly to create a grip force; picking up the device by the grip force created by the transfer head assembly; and placing the device onto a receiving substrate.
US10236193B2
A substrate support is provided, is configured to support a substrate in a plasma processing chamber, and includes first, second and third insulative layers, conduits and leads. The first insulative layer includes heater zones arranged in rows and columns. The second insulative layer includes conductive vias. First ends of the conductive vias are connected respectively to the heater zones. Second ends of the conductive vias are connected respectively to power supply lines. The third insulative layer includes power return lines. The conduits extend through the second insulative layer and into the third insulative layer. The leads extend through the conduits and connect to the heater zones. The heater zones are connected to the power return lines by the leads and are configured to heat corresponding portions of the substrate to provide a predetermined temperature profile across the substrate during processing of the substrate in the plasma processing chamber.
US10236183B2
A method for forming a semiconductor structure by bonding a donor substrate to a carrier substrate is disclosed herein. The donor substrate may include a plurality of semiconductor layers epitaxially grown on top of one another in, and optionally above, a trench of the donor substrate. The carrier substrate may include a first semiconductor device thereon. The method may include removing at least part of the donor substrate in such a way as to expose a semiconductor layer grown on the bottom of the trench, removing at least part of the exposed semiconductor layer, thereby modifying the plurality of semiconductor layers, and forming a second semiconductor device from the modified plurality of semiconductor layers.
US10236165B2
Exemplary metamaterial photocathodes enable detection of light from visible through long wave infrared wavelengths. Metamaterial stacks, comprising gold, silicon, and cesium-oxide, coupled to a semiconductor allow hot electrons to efficiently enter a vacuum. The hot electrons are multiplied in a multichannel plate and directly through another vacuum towards a phosphorus screen.
US10236162B2
A method of etching a porous film is provided. The method includes supplying a first gas into a processing chamber of a plasma processing apparatus in which an object to be processed including a porous film is accommodated, and generating a plasma of a second gas for etching the porous film in the processing chamber. The first gas is a processing gas having a saturated vapor pressure of less than or equal to 133.3 Pa at a temperature of a stage on which the object is mounted in the processing chamber, or includes the processing gas. In the step of supplying the first gas, no plasma is generated, and a partial pressure of the processing gas which is supplied into the processing chamber is set to be greater than or equal to 20% of the saturated vapor pressure.
US10236158B2
A heat transfer plate according to the present embodiment includes a first heat transfer unit transferring heat generated in a member mounted on the first heat transfer unit, the heat being generated due to shaping or controlling of a beam generated by a light source in a decompressed atmosphere, a second heat transfer unit provided around the first heat transfer unit, and a plurality of third heat transfer units making the first heat transfer unit movable with respect to the second heat transfer unit, the plurality of third heat transfer units connecting the first and second heat transfer units.
US10236154B2
An ionic liquid ion source can include a microfabricated body including a base and a tip. The body can be formed of a porous material compatible with at least one of an ionic liquid or room-temperature molten salt. The body can have a pore size gradient that decreases from the base of the body to the tip of the body, such that the at least one of an ionic liquid or room-temperature molten salt is capable of being transported through capillarity from the base to the tip.
US10236151B2
A wiring device including a fault detection circuit, an actuating device, a first switching device, a second switching device, and a third switching device. The fault detection circuit is configured to detect one or more fault conditions and generate a trigger signal. The first switching device is activated to turn on when said trigger signal is received from said fault detection circuit. The second switching device includes a first pin, a second pin, and a third pin, said second switching device is electrically connected to a first conductive winding of the actuating device and said first switching device. The third switching device includes a first pin, a second pin, and a third pin, said third switching device is electrically connected to a second conductive winding of the actuating device and said first switching device.
US10236145B1
A high voltage DC circuit interrupter that is provided with a double break contact where each contact is provided with an arc chamber. The double break contacts are provided in series with each other and an overcurrent measurement device such that if an overcurrent is measured, the contacts are simultaneously opened (i.e., double break) to lower the voltage that is developed across each of the sets of contacts. A handle is provided for simultaneously resetting and closing the sets of contacts.
US10236144B2
A non-contact button assembly for a powered surgical instrument includes a light emitter, a rocker switch, and a button shaft. The rocker switch defines a through passage about a longitudinal axis of the button assembly. The button shaft is disposed within the through passage. The button shaft includes a proximal portion, a distal portion, and a flange positioned therebetween. The button shaft has a deactivated position such that the button shaft is configured to prevent light from the light emitter from illuminating a light detector and the button shaft has an activated position such that the button shaft is configured to permit light emitted from the light emitter to illuminate the light detector.
US10236137B2
A multi-pole switch assembly includes a housing, a plurality of switches, and an actuator. The switches are disposed within the housing, and each switch is coupled to receive an actuation force and is configured, upon receipt of the actuation force, to move between a first position and a second position. The actuator is disposed at least partially within the housing and is configured to at least substantially simultaneously engage, and thereby supply the actuation force to, each switch to thereby move all of the switches, with substantial simultaneity, to either the first or the second position. The actuator is rotatable to a plurality of set rotational positions to thereby vary the substantial simultaneity.
US10236129B2
A method for manufacturing an electrolytic capacitor according to the present disclosure includes a first step to a third step described below. The electrolytic capacitor includes an anode body having a dielectric layer, and a solid electrolyte layer formed on a surface of the dielectric layer. The first step is a step of preparing a first treatment solution by dissolving or dispersing a conductive polymer in a liquid first component and leaving a conductive polymer solution or a conductive polymer dispersion liquid to stand for a first period. The second step is a step of preparing a second treatment solution by mixing the first treatment solution with a second component. The third step is a step of forming a solid electrolyte layer on a surface of the dielectric layer by applying the second treatment solution to the surface of the dielectric layer.
US10236128B2
An electrolytic capacitor production method is performed in the following procedure. An anode body having a dielectric layer is impregnated with a dispersion containing a conductive polymer and a first solvent. Then, a pH of the dispersion with which the anode body has been impregnated is adjusted or a base is added to the dispersion with which the anode body has been impregnated. Then, at least a part of the first solvent is removed from the anode body.
US10236118B1
A system and method are provided for wirelessly transmitting energy from a transmitter platform to a receiver platform. The system reduces the number of coils on the receiver platform to one, while the remaining coils are located on the transmitter platform. The spacing of the coils on the transmitting platform can be adjusted to optimize the magnetic flux transfer to the single coil on the receiving platform based on the unique distance between the transmitter and receiver platforms.
US10236109B1
A magnetic spring assembly that uses the bistable magnetic nature of permanent magnets mediated by a spring material to allow one or more attached vibrating masses to take on the damping characteristics of the magnetic spring assembly includes a permanent magnet body with an attach point 15 for a first vibrating mass, two spring materials, and two magnetic disks firmly attached to a shaft having an attach point 23 for a second vibrating mass to manufacture a mass damper 20 for damping vibrations on at least one of the attached masses. The spring materials can be an elastic material or a spring that is placed between the magnetic disks and the magnetic body to allow the magnetic disks to vibrate in a spring like manner. Passive tuning of the damping characteristics of the magnetic spring assembly is achievable through selected force tuning between the magnetic force from the permanent magnet and the compression force of the spring materials, and active tuning of the magnetic spring assembly is achievable by adding control coils in the magnet body to alter the magnetic force or having spring materials with characteristics that are electrically control to alter the compression force.
US10236105B2
The invention relates to high magnetic induction oriented silicon steel and a preparation method thereof. The oriented silicon steel comprises the following chemical elements by weight percent: 0.035-0.120% of C, 2.9-4.5% of Si, 0.05-0.20% of Mn, 0.005-0.050% of P, 0.005-0.012% of S, 0.015-0.035% of Als, 0.001-0.010% of N, 0.05-0.30% of Cr, 0.005-0.090% of Sn, not more than 0.0100% of V, not more than 0.0100% of Ti, at least one of trace elements of Sb, Bi, Nb and Mo, and the balance of Fe and other inevitable impurities, wherein Sb+Bi+Nb+Mo is 0.0015-0.0250% and (Sb/121.8+Bi/209.0+Nb/92.9+Mo/95.9)/(Ti/47.9+V/50.9) ranges from 0.1 to 15.
US10236092B2
A process for the production of a composition comprising one or more conductive nano-filler(s), one or more polyarylethersulphone thermoplastic polymer(s) (A), one or more uncured thermoset resin precursor(s) (P), and optionally one or more curing agent(s) therefor, wherein said process comprises mixing or dispersing a first composition comprising one or more conductive nano-filler(s) and one or more polyarylethersulphone thermoplastic polymer(s) (A) with or into one or more uncured thermoset resin precursor(s) (P), and optionally one or more curing agent(s) therefor.
US10236071B1
A read-only memory (ROM) device includes memory cells, bit-line pairs, a virtual ground line, and a programmable metal track. The memory cells are arranged in an array of rows and columns. Each memory cell stores two bits of data. The virtual ground line is disposed vertically and shared by two adjacent columns. The programmable metal track connects a memory cell to the virtual ground line based on a value of the two bits of data stored in the memory cell.
US10236070B2
Systems and methods for read level tracking and optimization are described. Pages from a wordline of a flash memory device read and the raw page data read from the wordline may be buffered in a first set of buffers. The raw page data for each of the pages may be provided to a decoder for decoding and the decoded page data for each of the pages buffered in a second set of buffers. First bin identifiers may be identified for memory cells of the wordline based on the raw page data and second bin identifiers may be identified for the memory cells of the wordline based on the decoded page data. Cell-level statistics may be accumulated based on the first bin identifiers and the second bin identifiers, and a gradient may be determined for respective read levels based on decoding results for each of the pages and the cell-level statistics. Settings for the read levels may be configured in the flash memory device based on the determined gradients.
US10236065B2
A nonvolatile memory device includes a memory cell array having a first plane and a second plane and an address decoder connected to the first plane through first string select lines and connected to the second plane through second string select line. The address decoder provides a string select signal and a string unselect signal to the first and second string select lines. The address decoder independently provides the string select signal and the string unselect signal to the first and second string select lines in each plane based on different string select line addresses corresponding to the first and second planes.
US10236058B2
A non-volatile semiconductor memory device includes an electrically data rewritable non-volatile semiconductor memory cell and a write circuit for writing data in the memory cell, the write circuit writing a data in the memory cells by supplying a write voltage Vpgm and a write control voltage VBL to the memory cell, continuing the writing of the data in the memory cell by changing the value of the write control voltage VBL in response to an advent of a first write state of the memory cell and inhibiting any operation of writing a data to the memory cell by further changing the value of the write control voltage VBL to Vdd in response to an advent of a second write state of the memory cell.
US10236057B2
Semiconductor memory devices and methods for writing data in memory cells are provided. An exemplary method for writing data in a memory cell includes providing the memory cell with a first pull-up transistor, a first power supply line coupled to the first pull-up transistor, a second pull-up transistor, and a second power supply line coupled to the second pull-up transistor. The method further includes applying a primary voltage from the first power supply line to the first pull-up transistor. The method also includes applying a secondary voltage from the second power supply line to the second pull-up transistor, wherein the secondary voltage is higher than the primary voltage. Further, the method includes performing a write operation to save a selected value in the memory cell.
US10236056B2
A volatile memory device includes a memory cell array configured to be supplied with a first power supply voltage through a first power supply line, and configured to store data based on the first power supply line; and a peripheral circuit configured to be supplied with a second power supply voltage through a second power supply line, and configured to control the memory cell array based on the second power supply line, the peripheral circuit including a self timing pulse circuit configured to determine an operation timing of the peripheral circuit, the self timing pulse circuit configured to be supplied with the first power supply voltage through the first power supply line, and the self timing pulse circuit being configured to adjust the operation timing of the peripheral circuit according to the voltage level of the first power supply voltage.
US10236052B2
A current sense amplifier may include one or more clamping circuits coupled between differential output nodes of the amplifier. The clamping circuits may be enabled during at least a portion of the time that the sense amplifier is sensing the state of a memory cell coupled to a differential input of the sense amplifier. The clamping circuits may be disabled during the time that the sense amplifier is sensing the state of a memory cell at different times in a staggered manner. The clamping circuits may be effecting in making the current sense amplifier less sensitive to noise signals.
US10236051B2
A memory controller component includes transmit circuitry and adjusting circuitry. The transmit circuitry transmits a clock signal and write data to a DRAM, the write data to be sampled by the DRAM using a timing signal. The adjusting circuitry adjusts transmit timing of the write data and of the timing signal such that an edge transition of the timing signal is aligned with an edge transition of the clock signal at the DRAM.
US10236041B2
A method is suggested for determining a state of a memory cell via a sense amplifier the method including applying a first signal to the sense amplifier; sensing a first response; determining a reference signal based on the first signal; sensing a second response based on a second signal that is determined based on the first signal; and determining the state of the memory cell based on the second response and the reference signal. Also, a memory device that is able to determine the state of the memory cell is provided.
US10236027B1
An optical data-storage system comprises a laser, an imaging optic, and associated computer logic. The laser is configured to emit a pulsed wavefront having uniform phase and polarization. The imaging optic is configured to modulate the phase and polarization of different portions of the wavefront by different amounts, and to diffract light from the different portions to a substrate with writeable optical properties. The logic is configured to receive data and to control modulation of the phase and polarization such that the light diffracted from the imaging optic writes the data to the substrate.
US10236024B2
An apparatus-implemented method according to one embodiment includes passing a magnetic recording tape over a plurality of modules having write transducers. Associated pairs of the write transducers are aligned along an intended direction of tape travel thereacross, and planes of deposition of write gaps of the write transducers in each associated pair are oriented at an angle of greater than 4 degrees relative to each other. The method further includes controlling a timing of writing of each of the write transducers individually for causing each pair of write transducers to write magnetic bars on the magnetic recording tape that are offset from one another in the intended direction of tape travel thereacross.
US10236011B2
A computer readable medium containing instructions for controlling an electronic device causes one or more processors to perform operations including receiving an ambient signal, receiving a desired signal, combining the ambient signal with the desired signal to generate a mixed signal, and initiating control of audio content or at least one operation of the electronic device in response to at least one voice command detected in the mixed signal. In another aspect, the one more processors apply at least one among active noise reduction, echo cancellation, or signal cancellation to the ambient signal using an environmentally customized filter to provide a filtered signal and initiate control of audio content or at least one operation of an electronic device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10236007B2
An audio encoder for encoding an audio signal, includes: a first encoding processor for encoding a first audio signal portion in a frequency domain, wherein the first encoding processor includes: a time frequency converter for converting the first audio signal portion into a frequency domain representation having spectral lines up to a maximum frequency of the first audio signal portion; a spectral encoder for encoding the frequency domain representation; a second encoding processor for encoding a second different audio signal portion in the time domain; a cross-processor for calculating, from the encoded spectral representation of the first audio signal portion, initialization data of the second encoding processor, so that the second encoding processing is initialized to encode the second audio signal portion immediately following the first audio signal portion in time in the audio signal.
US10236006B1
Pre-processing modules are configured to compensate for time and pitch scaling and shifting and provide compensated audio frames to a watermark detector. Audio frames are adjusted for time stretching and shrinking and for pitch shifting. Detection metrics are evaluated to identify candidates to a watermark detector. Various schemes are also detailed for tracking modifications made to audio stems mixed into audio tracks, and for accessing a history of modifications for facilitating identification of audio stems and audio tracks comprised of stems. Various approaches address interference from audio overlays added to channels of audio after embedding. One approach applies informed embedding based on phase differences between corresponding components of the channels. A detector extracts the watermark payload effectively from either additive or subtractive combination of the channels because the informed embedding ensures that the watermark survives both types of processing. Other approaches applies different polarity patterns, watermark mappings, or protocol keys to the channels. These techniques enable the watermark to survive ambient mixing, conversion to mono, as well as channel differencing to reduce interference from voice-overs and other audio overlays.
US10236001B2
Techniques for passive enrollment of a user in a speaker identification (ID) device are provided. One technique includes: parsing, by a processor of the speaker ID device, a speech sample, spoken by the user, into a keyword phrase sample and a command phrase sample; identifying, by a text-dependent speaker ID circuit of the speaker ID device, the user as the speaker of the keyword phrase sample; associating the command phrase sample with the identified user; determining if the command phrase sample in conjunction with one or more earlier command phrase samples associated with the user is sufficient command phrase sampling to enroll the user in a text-independent speaker ID circuit of the speaker ID device; and enrolling the user in the text-independent speaker ID circuit using the command phrase samples associated with the user after determining there is sufficient command phrase sampling to enroll the user.
US10235997B2
A method is implemented on a server system for initiating by voice display of closed captions (CC) for media content. The server system receives a voice message recorded by an electronic device, and determines that the voice message is a first CC initiation request including a user voice command to initiate closed captions and a user voice designation of a display device playing the media content for which closed captions are to be activated. The server system identifies in a device registry a cast device associated in a user domain with the electronic device and coupled to the designated display device, and sends a second CC initiation request to the cast device, thereby enabling the cast device to execute a media play application that controls the designated display device to turn on and display the closed captions of media content currently displayed on the designated display device.
US10235985B2
A loudspeaker system is provided that includes a loudspeaker that is arranged in a baffle between a passenger compartment of a vehicle and the outside of the passenger compartment. The loudspeaker is configured to radiate an acoustical signal to the passenger compartment. The loudspeaker system further includes active noise control system wherein a microphone is acoustically coupled to the loudspeaker via a secondary path, and the loudspeaker is electrically coupled to the microphone via an active noise control filter.
US10235983B2
A music composition, editing, and playback system and method provides a user interface design based on geometric interpretation of music theory replacing traditional modern music notation with geometric shapes including chords represented by polygons that are colored with colors or hues.
US10235980B2
An automatic performance system includes a sign detector configured to detect a sign action of a performer performing a musical piece, a performance analyzer configured to sequentially estimates a performance position in the musical piece by analyzing an acoustic signal representing performed sound in parallel with the performance, and a performance controller configured to control an automatic performance device to carry out an automatic performance of the musical piece so that the automatic performance is synchronized with the sign action detected by the sign detector and a progress of the performance position estimated by the performance analyzer.
US10235967B2
To provide a more pleasant use sensation to users.Provided is an information processing device including: a user information acquisition unit configured to acquire user information based on a state of a user who views a display region; and a light emission control unit configured to control light emission of a light emission control region around a content display region that is a region in which content is displayed within the display region based on the user information.
US10235964B2
A splicing display system and a display method thereof are provided. The system includes a plurality of display units; a memory configured to store an image signal inputted into the splicing display system; and a controller configured to read each frame of image in the image signal sequentially from the memory through a first transmission interface between the controller and the memory, perform image processing on each frame of image, and transmit a sub-image corresponding to the display unit in each frame of image to each display unit. Each display unit includes a memory module connected with a display screen in the display unit and configured to store the sub-images corresponding to the display unit outputted by the controller. The controller is also configured to control the memory modules to synchronously output the sub-images corresponding to the display units in each frame of image to the display screens.
US10235962B2
The present disclosure provides devices and techniques for dynamically adjusting the bias voltage (V) levels (e.g., low level gate voltage (VGL) and high level gate voltage (VGH)) for display screens made with thin-film transistor (TFT) technology based on a display run time. Thus, as the positive bias temperature stress for the TFTs increases over the course of the display lifetime, features of the present disclosure adjust the bias voltage levels to maintain operation margin (e.g., the ratio between the high level gate voltage (VGH) value and the voltage value which the display can maintain with normal operation). By dynamically adjusting the bias voltage levels, the TFT displays of the present disclosure consume lower power than their conventional counterparts and improve the lifetime of the display itself.
US10235959B2
The plurality of stages of circuit blocks of a driver circuit in a display device include a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor is connected at its gate with a first node and controls conductivity between a scanning signal line and a first clock signal line applied with a first clock signal. The first node is at an active potential when at least any one signal of signals output from one stage in each of a forward direction and a reverse direction is at the active potential. The second transistor is connected at its gate with the first node and controls conductivity between the first clock signal line and an input signal line of another stage of circuit block.
US10235951B2
A liquid crystal display (LCD) device and a method for driving LCD. Such a device may have a plurality of LCD pixels in a matrix, a driver that inputs a drive signal to each pixel selectively and a controller that controls a level and a polarity of the drive signal, and a memory storing corrected charge voltage values. Each pixel is provided with the drive signal based on the corrected charge voltage values for the corresponding pixel during the entirety of a horizontal period, and the corrected charge voltage value has a predetermined value corresponding to a charge for an intended gray scale level of the pixel at the end of the horizontal period without an over shooting of the driving voltage. When the target gray scale of the pixels is at the brightest level, a predetermined negative corrected charge is applied to the pixel to avoid an after image.
US10235942B2
Disclosed are an organic light emitting display panel and an organic light emitting display device including the same, in which a gate driver for generating all of a gate signal and an emission control signal is embedded.
US10235938B2
A gate driver IC (i.e., gate driver circuit), when set to a first mode by a logic signal of the terminal FNC*, shifts data in the gate driver IC in synchronization with one clock cycle of a clock inputted to the terminal CLK** (clock input terminal), and outputs a selection voltage or a non-selection voltage based on a data position in the gate driver IC; and when set to a second mode by a logic signal of the terminal FNC*, shifts data in the gate driver IC in synchronization with n clock cycles (n is an integer of at least 2) of a clock inputted to the terminal CLK**, and outputs the selection voltage or the non-selection voltage based on the data position in the gate driver IC.
US10235936B2
This application relates to systems, methods, and apparatus for reducing non-uniform luminance of an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display panel. In order to reduce non-uniform luminance, the display panel can compensate for an amount of voltage drop that is occurring across a line of the display panel. The voltage drop can be estimated based on image data provided to the display panel and one or more calibration constants stored by the display panel. The calibration constants can be generated during manufacturing of the display panel in order to equip the display panel with an accurate means for predicting voltage drop across each line of the display panel. During calibration, a predetermined display pattern is output by the display panel. Thereafter, an amount of luminance projected from the display panel is compared with an expected amount of luminance associated with the predetermined display pattern to calculate the calibration constant.
US10235935B2
A power off method of a display device includes: detecting a power off operation on the display device; setting, when the power off operation is detected, a voltage for suppressing electrical stress on a drive transistor, in a capacitance element in each of a plurality of pixel circuits; and stopping power supply to a display panel immediately after the voltage is set.
US10235927B2
Aspects of the subject technology relate to electronic devices with displays. A display may include display control circuitry including an internal oscillator and one or more counters. The counters may be used to calibrate a display line time to a system line time to ensure that each displayed frame is synchronized with received display data frames from system circuitry for the electronic device. The counters may include a first counter that maintains a current-row count during operation of a current row of display pixels during a current display frame and a second counter that maintains a current-frame count that indicates a number of counts accumulated during the current display frame. The current-row count and the current-frame count may be referenced to the system line time during operation of each pixel row to remove any errors accumulated during operation of the previous pixel rows.
US10235906B2
A system for reconstituting circulation in a cadaver includes at least a pump, a fluid driven by the pump, and operative fluid connections between the pump and the cadaver. The system may be used to occlude one or more arterioles within the cadaver. The system may include a first circuit that creates a first fluid path with vessels of the cadaver, with first circuit having a first fluid conduit, a heater unit, a first pump, and a resistance device. The system may also include a second circuit that creates a second fluid path with vessels of the cadaver that are different from the vessels of the first circuit, with the second circuit having a second fluid conduit and a second pump. Alternately, the system may include a first circuit that creates a first fluid path with vessels of the cadaver and a second flow path that creates a second fluid path with the reservoir, where the first circuit includes a first conduit, a second connector, a pump, a reservoir, and a connector.
US10235905B2
An automatic injection training device is presented having an elongated housing assembly and a demo container. The device further has a reloadable plunger assembly comprising a hollow plunger, a piston rod, a first energy accumulating member arranged between the hollow plunger and the piston rod and an actuation assembly configured to hold the hollow plunger in a first position and thereby the piston rod in the start position and to release the hollow plunger from the first position and thereby the piston rod from the start position. The hollow plunger can have a chamber sealed by the piston rod, and a passage; such that movement of the hollow plunger from the first to the second position by a force exerted from the first energy accumulating member causes an airflow into the chamber through the passage whereby the movement of the hollow plunger is dampened.
US10235904B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing substantially omnidirectional light emission from a tip of a needle for use with injection training systems are provided. The substantially omnidirectional light emission improves the angular range of detection of the emitted light. The approach uses principles of fluorescence and/or light diffusion to emit light in a substantially omnidirectional pattern from the needle tip in order to improve the detectability of the emitted light by a light detector.
US10235901B2
This specification generally relates to automated training and evaluation of employees. One example method includes presenting a clothing selection task to an employee, the clothing selection task including providing categories of clothing items to the employee and directing the employee to select a clothing item for each of the categories, and associated with a training scenario including evaluation criteria for evaluating the clothing items selected by the employee; in response to presenting the clothing selection task to the employee, identifying a set of clothing item selections by the employee associated with the categories included in the clothing selection task; in response to identifying the set of clothing item selections, automatically evaluating the set of clothing item selections based on the evaluation criteria included in the training scenario associated with the clothing selection task; and presenting a result of automatically evaluating the set of clothing item selections to the employee.
US10235900B2
A magnetic repair guide device comprising a first layer having a transparent upper surface, a second layer affixed below the first layer, a repair guide having visual images of the components of a consumer electronic product to be repaired and textual and/or visual instructions to repair the consumer electronic product, a space provided between the first layer and the second layer, the space being configured to removeably receive the magnetic repair guide below the transparent upper surface so that the one or more visual images and the one or more textual and/or visual instructions remain visible through the transparent upper layer and a third layer affixed below the second layer. The third layer has sufficient magnetic strength to enable the transparent upper surface to hold ferromagnetic parts of the components kept over designated places as indicated in the repair guide after being removed from the consumer electronic product.
US10235898B1
A computer implemented method for providing feedback of harmonic content relating to a music track, includes receiving music track information; generating harmonic music track parameters based on the received music track information; displaying notation information for a user for performing the music track at a given time for the music track based on the harmonic music track parameters; receiving harmonic user content generated by an instrument performed by the user, using at least one capturing device; generating real-time performance feedback for the user based on comparison of the harmonic user content and the harmonic music track parameters according to predefined settings; receiving reference harmonic user content from a plurality of reference users over a public network; adjusting, based on the reference harmonic user content, at least one of the following: the predefined settings; and the harmonic music track parameters.
US10235873B2
A system and method wherein geographic data is used to configure a controlling device to control operations of a target device and/or to configure the controlling device to control tuning operations of a target device. The system additionally provides for the harmonization of controlling device configurations made on the controlling device and/or a remote computer.
US10235864B2
A method for alerting a user when an item is missing from a container. The method comprising implementing, by an item tracking system, a plurality of steps. The steps comprise determining an expected set of items for the container, using an item sensor associated with the container to determine a current set of items in the container, comparing the current set with the expected set to detect whether any of the expected items is missing from the container, determining a packing area for the container, tracking a location of the container, and causing an alert to be outputted via a user interface, in response to the container leaving the packing area with any of the expected items missing.
US10235849B1
A system having a haptic control unit, a haptic delivery cluster, and an electric field generator, magnetic field generator, or pneumatic actuator is presented. The haptic delivery cluster comprises a plurality of haptic delivery nodes, wherein each haptic delivery node of the plurality of haptic delivery nodes is separate from other haptic delivery nodes of the plurality of haptic delivery nodes, is at least one of a wireless communication device, a sensor, or a computing device, and has a dimension that is less than or equal to 5 mm. The electric field generator, magnetic field generator, or pneumatic actuator is in communication with the haptic control unit and is configured, when activated, to generate an electric field or a magnetic field in a physical environment in which the haptic delivery cluster is located, or to output a pulse of air in the physical environment.
US10235847B2
A method of remote controlling a luminous signalling system in the course of team game played by orally and aurally challenged players under the supervision of a referee or umpire equipped with whistle and a transmitting-receiving device. The referee uses, in cases provided by regulations applicable to the practiced sports discipline, an electronic whistle equipped with a rotor coupled with a reed relay, a sensor, and a transmitting device by blowing air into mouthpiece of the whistle, the air being transferred to a sensor activating this way the rotor and generating a signal at input of microprocessor of the transmitting device which in turn activates a remote control transmitter of the transmitting device and via transmitting antenna of the device sends radio binary signals received by a receiving antenna of an electronic receiving device and sent to its remote control receiver resulting in appearance of binary signals at the output of the receiver which, after the data sequences being analyzed and decoded by microprocessor of the receiving device powered from a power pack, converts the data sequences into an executive signal which, by a relay, switches on the luminous signalling system of the receiving device and automatically connects said device electrically with appropriate leads feeding LEDs mounted in LED strips which, together with the single electronic receiving device, are installed on the surface of a playing field such as a pitch or a court or in a swimming pool in locations decisive for determining whether the game is played in accordance with rules of given sports discipline.
US10235841B2
In an embodiment of a gaming method, an identifier may be received from a first gaming unit, wherein the identifier is associated with a tournament game card, wherein the tournament game card is provided to a player in response to paying a fee. Whether the identifier received from the first gaming unit is authentic may be determined. A duration the player may play in a tournament may be determined based on the identifier, and the first gaming unit may be enabled for play in the tournament for the duration if the identifier is authentic. A tournament score of the player may be received, and a winning player of the tournament, if any, may be determined. Data indicative of a value payout to be awarded to the winning player may be generated if the winning player of the tournament is determined.
US10235840B2
Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention operate a time enabled hybrid game. A time enabled hybrid game includes a real world engine constructed to provide a randomly generated payout of real world credits from at least one wager in a gambling game, an entertainment software engine constructed to execute an entertainment game providing outcomes based upon a player's skillful play of the entertainment game and a game world engine constructed to monitor the output of a clock during the player's skillful play of the entertainment game detect a unit of time based on the monitored output of the clock; and trigger the at least one wager in the gambling game based on the detection of the unit of time.
US10235836B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for electronically transferring currency from a source user account to a target user account in relation to a game application. A payment service provider may receive a request to transfer an amount of currency from the source user account to the target user account to be used for the game application.
US10235835B2
A distributed gaming system for providing a game world exchange for a hybrid game. The system includes collecting game play metrics about amounts of real world credits paid out, and amounts of entertainment game world elements accrued, while players play a plurality of a first type and a plurality of a second type of entertainment game and using the game play metrics to determine game world exchange rates for entertainment game world elements between the first type and second type of entertainment game.
US10235828B2
The present invention is a device embodying a reel-based game. The reel-based game includes a plurality of reels and a plurality of mini-reels. The mini-reels replace one or more of the plurality of reels or may replace one or more symbol-bearing positions of the reels. The added feature of the plurality of mini-reels enables the possible attainment of a greater number of symbol combinations and winning outcomes by replacing standard paylines associated with the reel or reel position with sets of paylines that cover all mini-reel-based outcomes.
US10235826B2
In an example, a vehicle dispensing system to dispense a product in a vehicle is disclosed. The vehicle dispensing system includes a base connected to the vehicle and a dispensing apparatus connected to the base and configured to retain and dispense the product. The vehicle dispensing system includes a control module configured to determine a presence of the product retained by the dispensing apparatus or an absence of the product based upon a signal received from a sensor. The control module is also configured to track the presence of the product or the absence of the product. The control module is also configured to transmit a notification indicating the absence of the product.
US10235823B1
A passive entry system of a vehicle includes relay attack prevention. The passive entry system includes a control module in the vehicle, at least one antenna at the vehicle and a key fob. A predetermined number of signals are transmitted via the at least one antenna with each signal having a different power strength. The key fob is determines a power strength of each signal that the key fob receives and generates a measurement report to transmit to the control module. The control module is configured to determine whether the measurement report contains received signal strength indicators for at least half of the predetermined number of signals and whether the received signal strength indicator for each signal contained in the measurement report correlates to the power strength of that signal as transmitted by the at least one antenna.
US10235821B1
A door opens for an authenticated user by being tapped by a communication device. A physical access control system actuates upon receiving a wireless request triggered by a pattern of indicia in the vicinity of a portal. A hand-held communication device transmits a portal access control signal when it recognizes a pattern of bursts in signal amplitude. A mobile device has a sensor package, communication circuits, and a processor. Upon determining proximity to a controlled portal, the sensor package enables a pattern recognition circuit. Upon receiving a success indicia from the pattern recognition circuit, the communication circuits authenticate with the controlled portal, e.g. causing a door to open. A sensor package may be enabled by accelerations from bumping the device; tapping the device against a door, wall, or table. A pattern may be related to a number, or a sequence, or combination of slows, pauses, and quicks, or a single acceleration.
US10235810B2
The augmented reality e-commerce may maximize limited physical space within a store by providing virtual displays of products in predetermined physical spaces. A virtual shelf blueprint that includes positional information for virtual display locations on a virtual shelf may be received. Subsequently, geospatial sensor scans of multiple reference markers in a real-world may be received. The multiple reference markers may correspond to reference points in the virtual shelf blueprint. The virtual shelf may be mapped to the real-world based on the multiple reference markers, in which the mapping may be performed by assigning positional data of the multiple reference markers to the reference points in the virtual shelf blueprint. The virtual shelf may be populated with one or more 3-dimensional (3D) objects that virtually represent at least one real-world product for viewing via an augmented reality device.
US10235806B2
Methods and systems for selectively merging real-world objects into a virtual environment are disclosed. The method may include: receiving a first input for rendering of a virtual environment, a second input for rendering of a real-world environment, and a depth information regarding the rendering of the real-world environment; identifying at least one portion of the rendering of the real-world environment that is within a depth range and differentiable from a predetermined background; generating a merged rendering including the at least one portion of the rendering of the real-world environment into the rendering of the virtual environment; and displaying the merged rendering to a user.
US10235801B2
A method for adjusting the comfort level of a helmet includes the steps of acquiring head shape data by measuring a three-dimensional shape of a head of a wearer of a helmet, inputting inner surface shape data showing a three-dimensional shape of a helmet inner surface, acquiring space information showing a space between the head and the helmet inner surface on the basis of the head shape data and the inner surface shape data, and displaying additional images showing the space information on a display part by superimposing the additional images on i) a shape image showing the inner surface shape data or ii) the shape image showing the head shape data and the inner surface shape data.
US10235790B2
A display control apparatus includes circuitry. The circuitry receives a user image input to the display control apparatus, the user image including a portion drawn by a user. The circuitry generates a first image based on the user image, the first image being obtained by diffusing one or more pixels of a plurality of pixels defining the user image in time series. The circuitry generates a second image based on the user image, the second image is an image based on which a figure pattern of the user is identifiable and that includes a contour of the user image. The circuitry displays the second image at one position on a screen. The circuitry displays the first image at a counter position of the one position displaying the second image on the screen, the first image being superimposed on the second image.
US10235788B2
Example embodiments provide systems and methods for overlay contrast control in augmented reality displays. In an example method, contrast enhancement data including data describing at least a portion of a background image for presentation under an informational overlay on a display device is accessed. The informational overlay includes at least one of a graphical element or a textual element to partially obscure a scene. Data identifying at least a portion of the information overlay under which the background image is to be presented is generated. The background image is presented on a display device atop the portion of the scene corresponding to the portion of the informational overlay, and the information overlay is presented on the display device atop the background image and the scene.
US10235787B2
One or more systems, devices, and/or methods for generating a map including path side data include storing path side data referenced to three-dimensional geographic coordinates. The path side data may be optical data or optical data modified based on one or more panoramic images. The path side data is combined with map data received from a map database. The map data includes nodes and segments. A processor rotates the path side data based on one of the segments. The rotation may be about the segment or about a featured identified in the optical data. The path side data overlaid on the map data is outputted to a display, a file, or another device.
US10235785B2
A storage (240) of an image processing device (100) stores a background image (2410) and a first image (2420) and a second image (2430) that are foreground images with respect to the background image (2410), and a first basic mask image (the first basic mask image (2450) formed from pixels having a pixel value of ‘1’ indicating opacity and pixels having a pixel value of ‘0’ indicating transparence. An acquirer (250) acquires each of these images. An image generator (220) generates a first intermediate image by compositing the first image (2420) onto the background image (2410) only in pixels that are in the same positions as the pixels in the first basic mask image (2450) having the pixel value of ‘1’. The image generator (220) then generates a first composite image by overwriting the second image (2430) onto the first intermediate image only in the pixels that are in the same positions as the pixels in the first basic mask image (2450) having the pixel value of ‘1’.
US10235773B2
An image capture device and a calibration method of phase detection autofocus thereof are provided. A contrast-based autofocus procedure is executed to move a lens to multiple lens positions, and a statistical distribution of focus values is obtained based on the contrast-based autofocus procedure. Whether the phase linear relationship for a phase detection autofocus procedure is calibrated is determined according to the statistical distribution of the focus values. If yes, then a first phase difference detected when the lens is located at one of the lens positions is obtained, and a second phase difference detected when the lens is located at another one of the lens positions is obtained. The phase linear relationship of the phase detection autofocus procedure is calibrated according to the one of the lens positions, the first phase difference, the other one of the lens positions, and the second phase difference.
US10235768B2
In an image processing device (120), an extraction unit (121) extracts a plurality of objects from a captured image (101). A prediction unit (122) predicts a future distance between the plurality of objects extracted by the extraction unit (121). A classification unit (123) classifies into groups the plurality of objects extracted by the extraction unit (121) based on the future distance predicted by the prediction unit (122). A processing unit (124) processes the captured image (101) into a highlight image (102). The highlight image (102) is an image in which the plurality of objects classified by the classification unit (123) are highlighted separately for each group.
US10235757B2
Systems, devices, and methods are described for locating and identifying anatomical landmarks, such as ligament attachment points, in image data. These systems, devices, and methods may provide an oblique plane that contains an anatomical landmark such as a ligament attachment point to the tibia. For example, the position at which the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), medial collateral ligament (MCL) posterior cruciate ligament (PCL), or patellar tendon attaches to the tibia may be identified. The systems, devices, and methods allow for tracing of an anatomical landmark to generate a 3-D marking on a 3-D surface model of a patient's bone. The attachment points may be useful landmarks for patient-matched instrumentation.
US10235748B2
A system and method for conveying an identity of a valve assembly found on a process line. The method can configure the system for receiving a first image of a subject valve assembly at a first computing device. The method can also configure the system for using the first image, selecting an entry in an asset database, the entry associating valve identifying data that relates to the subject valve assembly with a second image of the subject valve assembly that is stored in the asset database, the valve identifying data configured to define an identity for the subject valve assembly. The method can further configure the system for retrieving data from the selected entry and for generating an output for display on a second computing device, wherein the output is configured to convey the valve identifying data that relates to the subject valve assembly in the first image.
US10235733B2
An example device including virtualized graphics processing units (vGPUs) is configured to respectively receive commands from a plurality of operating systems (OSs). A vGPU scheduler is configured to schedule an order and times for processing of the commands by a GPU. The vGPU scheduler can, for example, schedule the order and times such that a command from a foreground OS (FG OS) among the plurality of OSs is scheduled to be processed first.
US10235727B2
A system and method are disclosed for managing learning facilities in a modular learning system. Information about a plurality of learning facilities, each associated with learning infrastructure, is stored in the modular learning system. Learning applications are also stored in the modular learning system, with each learning application associated with ergonomic requirements. The modular learning system receives a request to set up a learning facility for at least one learning application, and based on the infrastructure and ergonomic requirements determines whether the facility and the at least one learning application are compatible.
US10235716B2
According to some embodiments, a hail history storage device may store information periodically received from a remote third-party weather reporting service. A hail history score request associated with a geographic location and a date range may be received from a remote requester device. Responsive to the received hail history score request, a computer processor of a hail history server may automatically access information in the hail history storage device based on the geographic location and date range. Moreover, the computer processor may automatically evaluate accessed information to calculate a hail history score value. The computer processor may then transmit, to the remote requester device, historical hail evaluation data including the calculated hail history score value.
US10235711B1
A technology is described for determining an item package quantity. An example method may include extracting a first item package quantity from a first attribute field for a product and extracting a second item package quantity from a second attribute field for the product. The first item package quantity and the second item package quantity may then be classified using a prediction model that determines a likely correctness of the first item package quantity and the second item package quantity. An item package quantity may then be selected from the first item package quantity and second item package quantity having a classification that indicates that the item package quantity is likely correct.
US10235696B1
Provided herein are system, methods and computer readable storage media in facilitating the determination of provider parameters, such as a provider margin, for a promotion of the provider's goods, services, and/or the like in an agreement between the provider, also known as a merchant, and a promotion and marketing service that is configured to illustrate or otherwise inform consumers of the availability of one or more instruments for a promotion. In providing such functionality, the system may be configured to, for example, receive provider characteristic data, determine historical provider information, receive provider promotion structure data, determine a provider profile, determine a positive return on investment threshold, and transmit a provider parameter.
US10235693B2
Methods and systems of modifying content displayed by a mobile device are provided. A region of interest (ROI) of a user is recognized. The ROI may be associated with content being displayed on a display of the mobile device. A time duration of interest based on the ROI is determined. The displayed content is modified based on the ROI, the time duration of interest, and a content type of the displayed content.
US10235684B2
Methods and apparatus to generate consumer data are disclosed. An example method of selecting a sample of transaction data corresponding to a membership program includes defining a first type of member of the membership program; defining a second type of member of the membership program; calculating, via a processor, a target for the sample; selecting, via the processor, a first portion of the transaction data for the first type of member in accordance with the target; generating, via the processor, an updated target by recalculating the target with the first portion of the transaction data removed from consideration; and selecting, via the processor, a second portion of the transaction data for the second type of member in accordance with the updated target.
US10235679B2
A system is described herein that includes a preference deriver component that receives a predefined preference rule that indicates a hierarchy pertaining to entities belonging to a domain, wherein each of the entities has attributes and values for such attributes corresponding thereto, and wherein the preference deriver component outputs preferences between various subsets of entities based at least in part upon the preference rule. The system also includes a learning component that learns a computer-implemented ranker component that is configured to rank the entities belonging to the domain, wherein the learning component learns the computer-implemented ranker based at least in part upon the preferences between the various subsets of the entities output by the preference deriver component.
US10235678B1
Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention provide for deploying an offering to a customer in a data processing system having an offering platform program. A customer asset that is a hardware or software component of a customer device is located. The customer asset and its location on the customer device are identified by the offering. A request to deploy the offering is received. The offering is transmitted to the customer device and enabled on the customer device.
US10235676B2
The disclosed embodiments include methods and systems for accessing computation resources, such as information-technology (IT) assets, in an open environment. In certain aspects, an IT system may provide an online portal that presents an IT self-serve store of IT assets that a user may select for access or use. The IT system may, for example, determine that the selected IT assets comply with one or more compliance and permissioning policies, and based on the determination, may assemble the selected IT assets to generate or “spin-up” instances of applications executable by various hardware platforms. The IT system may also establish an enterprise data provisioning platform that maintains data, reporting, and analytical assets in formats accessible to devices and application instances executing across the enterprise, and that provisions the data, reporting, and analytical assets in a timely, accurate, and consistent manner.
US10235671B2
A method for obscuring a value of a sensitive data element includes: (a) receiving the sensitive data element, the sensitive data element being received over a data communications network (110) at a hardware computing device (142) of a trusted tokenization service provider (140); (b) generating a token corresponding to the received sensitive data element; (c) storing the token and sensitive data element in a memory device (146) such that they are correlated with one another; (d) providing the generated token to a first party (130) that uses the token in place of the sensitive data element in a request for authorization to complete a transaction, the request being sent from the first party (130); (e) intercepting the request for authorization including the token; (f) using the token contained in the intercepted request to look-up and retrieve the correlated sensitive data element in the memory device (160); (g) replacing the token contained in the request with the sensitive data element retrieved from the memory device (160); and (h) forwarding the request containing the sensitive data element to a second party (160 and/or 162) which employs the sensitive data element to determine whether completion of the transaction should be authorized or declined.
US10235665B2
A sales data processing apparatus includes the following. An operation unit receives operation by touch by an operator. A setting unit sets contents of operation corresponding to how the operation unit is touched associated with each operator. A controller performs, for each operator, contents of operation set by the setting unit associated with how the operation unit is touched in response to the operator touching the operation unit.
US10235662B2
Techniques for unusual usage alerts without smart meter data are provided. The computing device can determine a set of climate control disaggregation coefficients and obtain weather data corresponding to at least a portion of a billing period. In turn, the computing device can determine first forecasted usage data for the at least a portion of the billing period based on the set of climate control disaggregation coefficients and the weather data, and determine second forecasted usage data for a length of the billing period based at least in part on the first forecasted usage data. In some aspects, the computing device can project unusual energy usage for the billing period based on the second forecasted usage data determined to be greater than usage data for a prior time period. The computing device can generate an alert notification including an indication of the unusual energy usage projection.
US10235653B1
An inventory packing system and method are described. In some examples, a plurality of items having various dimensions may be accessed. A plurality of trays having various height dimensions into which the plurality of items can be packed may be identified. The plurality of items may be grouped into one or more groups based on height. Allocated inventory trays may be searched to locate free space that can function as a packing location for a first item. If free space is not found in the allocated inventory trays, other inventory trays can be allocated, searched, and free space identified in one of the other inventory trays.
US10235650B2
A pickup location that includes a control station and one or more storage compartment modules provides the ability for items to be ordered and delivered for pickup by a user without having to pack those items in a shipping package prior to shipping from a materials handling facility. Delivering items for pickup by a user without having to package the items prior to shipping, may provide a better experience for the customer, reduce waste in packaging material and a lower cost of delivering the ordered items to the customer.
US10235644B2
An automated seed treatment system is adapted for on-site operation at a retail seed distributor. A sealed seed-treater vessel is configured to apply a plurality of chemical treatments to a batch of seed based on a seed treatment recipe. A programmable system controller is electrically coupled to a pump controller of each of a plurality of pump-stations. The programmable system controller is configured to receive a material transfer indication from each of the plurality of pump-stations and issue commands to the pump controller of each pump-station in response to the seed treatment recipe. The programmable system controller is configured to collect operational data representing at least consumption of chemical from the chemical container at each of the pump-stations based on the corresponding material transfer indication during seed treatment and to provide the operational data to a remotely hosted information system located remotely from the site of the retail seed distributor and accessible to at least one third party that is distinct from the retail seed distributor.
US10235643B2
Methods, computer systems, and computer-storage media for accessing clinical information on a mobile device are provided. A plug-in application receives from a mobile device a set of authorization credentials and a request for clinical information. A set of clinical information is determined based on the set of authorization credentials. The set of clinical information is retrieved from clinical information servers, and the set of clinical information is parsed and populated into a generic hierarchical structure. The populated hierarchical structure is communicated to the mobile device where it is subsequently rendered for display.
US10235638B2
Techniques are disclosed for providing adaptive thresholding technology for Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). Adaptive thresholding technology may automatically assign new values or adjust existing values for one or more thresholds of one or more time policies. Assigning threshold values using adaptive thresholding may involve identifying training data (e.g., historical data, simulated data, or example data) for the time frames and analyzing the training data to identify variations within the data (e.g., patterns, distributions, trends). A threshold value may be determined based on the variations and may be assigned to one or more of the thresholds without additional user intervention.
US10235634B1
A device includes: a first qubit including a first co-planar waveguide; a second qubit including a second co-planar waveguide, in which the second co-planar waveguide crosses the first co-planar waveguide; and a qubit coupler including a loop having a first lobe and a second lobe, in which a first portion of the first lobe extends parallel to the first co-planar waveguide, a second portion of the first lobe extends parallel to the second co-planar waveguide, a first portion of the second lobe extends parallel to the first co-planar waveguide, and a second portion of the second lobe extends parallel to the second co-planar waveguide.
US10235624B2
An information processing method and apparatus, the method including: training a Deep Neural Network (DNN) by using an evaluation object seed, an evaluation term seed and an evaluation relationship seed (101); at a first input layer, connecting vectors corresponding to a candidate evaluation object, a candidate evaluation term and a candidate evaluation relationship to obtain a first input vector (102); at a first hidden layer, compressing the first input vector to obtain a first middle vector, and at a first output layer, decoding the first middle vector to obtain a first output vector (103); and determining a first output vector whose decoding error value is less than a decoding error value threshold, and determining a candidate evaluation object, a candidate evaluation term and a candidate evaluation relationship corresponding to the determined first output vector as first opinion information (104). By use of the technical solution, precision of extracting opinion information from an evaluation text can be enhanced.
US10235623B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide an automated image tagging system that can predict a set of tags, along with relevance scores, that can be used for keyword-based image retrieval, image tag proposal, and image tag auto-completion based on user input. Initially, during training, a clustering technique is utilized to reduce cluster imbalance in the data that is input into a convolutional neural network (CNN) for training feature data. In embodiments, the clustering technique can also be utilized to compute data point similarity that can be utilized for tag propagation (to tag untagged images). During testing, a diversity based voting framework is utilized to overcome user tagging biases. In some embodiments, bigram re-weighting can down-weight a keyword that is likely to be part of a bigram based on a predicted tag set.
US10235622B2
A computing device identifies a pattern in a dataset. A first neural network model is executed using data points as input to input nodes of the first neural network model to generate first output node data. A second neural network model is executed using the first output node data as input to input nodes of the second neural network model to generate second output node data. The second output node data includes a plurality of output values for each x-value of the plurality of data points. For each x-value, an output value of the plurality of output values is associated with a single pattern type of a plurality of predefined pattern types. For each pattern type of the plurality of predefined pattern types, a start time and a stop time is identified when the output value for the associated pattern type exceeds a predefined pattern window threshold value.
US10235621B2
Disclosed is an improved approach to implement artificial neural networks. According to some approaches, an advanced neural network is implemented using an internet-of-things methodology, in which a large number of ordinary items having RFID technology are utilized as the vast infrastructure of a neural network.
US10235617B1
A contactless data carrier adapted to be disposed in a receiving portion of an object connection device includes a base and a tag member. The base is adapted to be tucked into the receiving portion and has an upper section and a lower section, which are connected to each other. An outer peripheral surface of the base is adapted to abut against an inner surface of the receiving portion. A width of the upper section gradually decreases in a direction away from the lower section. A width of the lower section gradually decreases in a direction away from the upper section. The tag member disposed at the base is stored with data relative to the object connection device to be read in a contactless manner by a reading device.
US10235616B2
A radio frequency identification (RFID) automatic vehicle identification (AVI) system configured to mitigate signal interference, the system comprising a plurality of RFID readers, comprising a first RFID reader and a second RFID reader; and a plurality of antennas, wherein a first antenna is connected to the first RFID reader and a second antenna is connected to the second RFID reader. Prior to the first RFID reader transmitting a signal through the first antenna, the first RFID reader samples a received radio frequency (RF) signal from the first antenna, and if the received RF signal meets predetermined strength and frequency criteria, the first RFID reader inhibits transmission of the signal through the first antenna.
US10235604B2
Methods and systems are presented for obtaining numerous normalized wearable item depictions from a machine-learning-based image classification protocol that was trained using very numerous wearable item depictions that each associate one or more graphical images with corresponding textual metadata. After indexing the numerous normalized wearable item depictions so that the first functional module applies an appropriate protocol, matching content is deemed more relevant and selectively transmitted.
US10235601B1
A method for synthetic data generation and analysis including: determining a set of parameter values; generating a scene based on the parameter values; rendering a synthetic image of the scene; and generating a synthetic dataset including a set of synthetic images.
US10235595B2
Provided is a value bill identifying method, which includes: step 1, collecting, by a color collection device including multiple color sensors, color data of a to-be-detected value bill and preprocessing the collected color data; step 2, extracting a feature from the preprocessed color data; step 3, matching the extracted feature with feature template sets corresponding to each type of value bills, to obtain matching scores, and regarding a feature template with the highest score as a matched template of the color data; and step 4, determining a type of the value bill based on a matching result.
US10235591B2
An image recognition unit of the present disclosure includes: a plurality of memory sections; a writing section that selectively writes a plurality of pieces of pixel data of a data map to the plurality of memory sections; and an arithmetic section that reads a plurality of pixel data sets from the plurality of memory sections, and determines whether an input image corresponding to the data map includes a recognition object, on a basis of the plurality of pixel data sets, the pixel data sets each including a predetermined number of pieces of pixel data.
US10235590B2
Systems and methods for storing images synthesized from light field image data and metadata describing the images in electronic files in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. One embodiment includes a processor and memory containing an encoding application and light field image data, where the light field image data comprises a plurality of low resolution images of a scene captured from different viewpoints. In addition, the encoding application configures the processor to synthesize a higher resolution image of the scene from a reference viewpoint using the low resolution images, where synthesizing the higher resolution image involves creating a depth map that specifies depths from the reference viewpoint for pixels in the higher resolution image; encode the higher resolution image; and create a light field image file including the encoded image, the low resolution images, and metadata including the depth map.
US10235581B2
A vision system for a vehicle includes a camera having a forward field of view, a control including an image processor that processes image data captured by the camera, and a global positioning system. Presence of a traffic light located ahead of the vehicle is determined at least in part by the global positioning system. At least one of (i) wireless communication is received at the vehicle and includes a communicated traffic light status of the traffic light ahead of the vehicle, and (ii) processing of captured image data determines an imaged traffic light status of the traffic light ahead of the vehicle. Responsive to determination that the vehicle is not properly responding to the traffic light status of the traffic light ahead of and being approached by the vehicle, the control at least one of (i) generates an alert and (ii) applies brakes of the vehicle.
US10235580B2
A method automatically detects parking zones in at least one residential street, wherein a) a computing unit is provided; b) information in the form of panoramic images of the at least one residential street is inputted from an external data store; c) information in the form of street data of the at least one residential street is inputted from a map database; d) an internal database is generated, which persists the panoramic images; e) the inputted panoramic images are analyzed for the presence of vehicles; f) the inputted panoramic images are analyzed for the presence of street signs and traffic signs; g) from the analyses of the presence of vehicles and the presence of street signs and traffic signs for at least one selected residential street, expected existing no-parking/no-stopping zones are determined; h) a data set that contains the detected information regarding identified vehicles, street signs, and the markings of no-parking/no-stopping zones and parking zones is generated, and i) the information contained in the data set is visualized on a terminal unit.
US10235579B2
A vanishing point correction method may include the steps of: (a) extracting a contour candidate point of an object considered as the forward vehicle from the image taken by the camera; (b) tracking a movement of the contour candidate point over time; (c) determining whether the contour candidate point belongs to the vehicle; (d) setting the contour candidate point to a vehicle contour point of the forward vehicle, when it is determined at the step (c) that the contour candidate point belongs to the vehicle; (e) calculating a variation in width between vehicle contour points at the same height among the vehicle contour points; and (f) calculating a variation of the vanishing point.
US10235577B1
A method to estimate range to a moving rigid body from a moving platform using a monocular camera. The method does not require the camera platform to maneuver in order to estimate range. The method relies on identification and tracking of certain principal features of the object. The method extracts a silhouette of an object from an obtained image and identifies two principal linear components of the silhouette. A normalized distance between the point of intersection of the two linear components and a centroid of the silhouette is computed, compared to a data set and used to determine a direction of movement of the object.
US10235566B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for utilizing digital aerial images to determine stockpile volumes. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods utilize a UAV to capture a plurality of digital aerial images portraying stockpiles on a site. The disclosed systems and methods can generate a two-dimensional representation of the site and a three-dimensional representation of the site based on the plurality of digital aerial images. Moreover, the disclosed systems and methods can apply an elevation filter to the three-dimensional representation of the site to identify potential stockpiles. Further, the disclosed systems and methods can utilize a neural network to analyze two-dimensional features and three-dimensional features of the potential stockpiles to identify final stockpiles. The disclosed systems and methods can then utilize three-dimensional stockpile representations to determine stockpile volumes.
US10235565B2
A system and methodologies for neuromorphic vision simulate conventional analog NM system functionality and generate digital NM image data that facilitate improved object detection, classification, and tracking so as to detect and predict movement of a vehicle occupant.
US10235561B2
As the use of facial biometrics expands in the commercial and government sectors, the need to ensure that human facial examiners use proper procedures to compare facial imagery will grow. Human examiners have examined fingerprint images for many years such that fingerprint examination processes and techniques have reached a point of general acceptance for both commercial and governmental use. The growing deployment and acceptance of facial recognition can be enhanced and solidified if new methods can be used to assist in ensuring and recording that proper examination processes were performed during the human examination of facial imagery.
US10235554B2
The present disclosure provides an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display substrate. The OLED display substrate includes a plurality of pixel regions for displaying images; and a plurality of image recognition regions for recognizing a pattern of a light-reflecting surface structure, each image recognition region including a photoresistor.
US10235552B2
Systems, methods and apparatus for configuring a fingerprint sensor to operate in a capacitive sensing mode and an ultrasonic sensing mode are disclosed. A fingerprint sensor may be configured to operate in a capacitive sensing mode by driving a sensing electrode using a controller. In some implementations, an object positioned on or near the sensing electrode may be detected using the fingerprint sensor in the capacitive sensing mode, and the controller can drive electrodes of the fingerprint sensor differently to configure the fingerprint sensor to operate in an ultrasonic sensing mode. In some implementations, an applications processor may be instructed to authenticate a fingerprint of the object from image data obtained when the fingerprint sensor is operating in the ultrasonic sensing mode. In some implementations, a display of a mobile device containing the fingerprint sensor may be unlocked, or the mobile device may be woken up when the fingerprint is authenticated.
US10235545B2
RFID tags are used for many purpose including tracking. RFID interrogators are used to retrieve information from tags. In many applications, a plurality of RFID interrogators are required. Synchronization between interrogators in the same theater of operation is critical to ensure that their broadcasts do not interfere with each other. In fixed RFID interrogator applications, RFID interrogators can be wired together allowing a channel to synchronize the transmissions of the RFID interrogators. Methods described herein can ensure that synchronization is maintained in the event of the failure of a synchronizing master. Furthermore, additional methods for synchronizing RFID interrogators in wireless applications are described allowing synchronization in the absence of wired connections between interrogators.
US10235540B2
Provided is an apparatus for generating an identification key by a probabilistic determination of a short occurring between nodes constituting a circuit, by violating a design rule provided during a semiconductor manufacturing process. The identification key generating apparatus may include an identification key generator to generate an identification key based on whether a contact or a via used to electrically connect conductive layers in a semiconductor chip shorts the conductive layers, and an identification key reader to read the identification key by reading whether the contact or the via shorts the conductive layers.
US10235536B2
For relationship-based image modification, a processor determines a relationship level for a requester of an image of a plurality of images. The processor further modifies the image based on the relationship level.
US10235534B2
In various embodiments, a data subject request fulfillment system may be adapted to prioritize the processing of data subject access requests based on metadata of the data subject access request. For example, the system may be adapted for: (1) in response to receiving a data subject access request, obtaining metadata regarding the data subject; (2) using the metadata to determine whether a priority of the data subject access request should be adjusted based on the obtained metadata; and (3) in response to determining that the priority of the data subject access request should be adjusted based on the obtained metadata, adjusting the priority of the data subject access request.
US10235532B2
Examples are provided for device access control. In one example, a computing device to which access is controlled includes a display device for presenting a user interface, a processor, and a storage device storing instructions executable by the processor to, for each of a threshold number of rounds, display a plurality of candidate regions, each candidate region including a plurality of candidate authentication objects, and receive input indicating a device access control response. After performing the threshold number of rounds, the device may selectively allow access based on a number of rounds that included a successful input (e.g., selecting a candidate region that includes an object from an access code).
US10235531B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for configuring access controls to a database. In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include receiving, from a first user, a table declaration for creating a database table in a database; generating, based on the table declaration, the database table; receiving, from the first user, a specification of one or more access mechanisms that have a privilege to access the database table; receiving a designation of at least one column in the database table as a protected column and one or more users who have a privilege to access the content of the protected column; and providing control over access to the content of the protected column based at least in part on the specification of the one or more access mechanisms and the designation of the at least one column and the second user.
US10235524B2
A system, method, and apparatus for identifying and removing malicious applications are disclosed. An example apparatus includes an executable application configured to collect data regarding processes operating on a client device during a time period. The executable application is also configured to purposefully access, during the time period, an application server using a web browser on the client device in an attempt to trigger a malicious application potentially located on the client device. The executable application is configured to transmit, after the time period, the collected data to an analysis server to determine whether the malicious application is located on the client device.
US10235523B1
An apparatus for a network of electrical and/or electronic devices coupled to a data bus comprises a sensor coupled to the data bus and configured to capture information content communicated through the data bus in a form of electromagnetic emissions being at least one of differential mode electromagnetic emissions, common mode electromagnetic emissions, coupled radiated electromagnetic emissions, and data bit streams; one or more processors or logic devices, and a non-transitory computational medium comprising executable instructions. The apparatus measure a feature value in at least one region of a time domain or a frequency domain of the captured electromagnetic emissions, calculates a difference value between the measured feature value and one or more baseline feature values, and determines, based on the calculated value, a presence or an absence of anomalies indicative of at least one of cyber intrusion attempt, cyber attack, cyber-physical attacks, malware, etc.
US10235511B2
Systems, methods, and processor-readable media are disclosed to adaptively secure access operations with respect to electronic resources. A request from an endpoint device may be detected, and adaptive authentication may be initiated. Identifiers for the endpoint device may be generated or retrieved. An access-right indicator may be identified to facilitate determination of whether particularized access for electronic resources is to be granted. Initiation of access events by the endpoint device may be detected. Sensor-based data that is based on a first set of sensors capturing phenomena at the endpoint device may be received. A particularized specification of recognized patterns mapped to the access-right indicator may be adaptively developed. A nonconformance of additional data with respect to the particularized specification may be detected. Responsive to the nonconformance, an activation adjustment in sensor operation may be selectively caused, and subsequent sensor-based data may be collected based on the activation adjustment.
US10235508B2
Systems and methods for high fidelity multi-modal out-of-band biometric authentication with cross-checking are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method for integrated biometric authentication may include (1) receiving, from a user, biometric data; (2) at least one computer processor performing machine-based biometric matching on the biometric data; (3) the at least one computer processor determining that human identity confirmation is necessary; (4) the at least one computer processor processing the biometric data; (5) the at least one computer processor identifying at least one contact for human identity confirmation; (6) the at least one computer processor sending at least a portion of the processed biometric data for the user to the at least one contact; (7) receiving, from the at least one contact, human confirmation information; and (8) the at least one computer processor authenticating the user based on the machine-based biometric matching and the human confirmation information.
US10235506B2
A method of obscuring software code implementing a modular exponentiation function, including: receiving modular exponentiation parameters including an exponent e having N bits; generating a bitwise exponent array and inverse bitwise exponent array; and generating modular exponentiation function operations using the bitwise exponent array, inverse bitwise exponent array, and N, wherein the generated modular exponentiation function operations are split variable operations.
US10235501B2
Systems and methods for post procedure care and wellness management. A care network for a care recipient in providing post procedure care to the care recipient for a procedure performed on the care recipient is formed. A user specific care plan for the care recipient is generated, the user specific care plan including post procedure content and first post procedure care conditions associated with the post procedure content is generated for the care recipient. Whether the first post procedure care conditions are satisfied is determined. The post procedure content is sent to the care recipient through an internal communication channel. A first care data received notification comprising a generic notification lacking any personal health information of the care recipient is sent to the care recipient through an external communication channel. The care recipient is logged in to view the post procedure content through the internal communication channel.
US10235498B1
A system and method for controlling and selecting sources in a room on a network. The system allows a remote viewer to create a virtual presence within the room by providing the available displays, corresponding to the sources, to the remote viewer. The system includes a standardizing technique for improving the communication and overall switching of data for streaming on a network. The system can include a recording server for performing dual recording of the video files in each of a local database and a remote database. A graphical user interface (GUI) display is provided to guide a local user through a medical procedure in the standardized system.
US10235497B2
An ultrasound probe acquires a 3D image dataset of a volumetric region of the body. The 3D image data is reformatted into a sequence of successive parallel image planes extending in one of three orthogonal directions through the volume. The sequence of images (74, 84, 94) is preferably formatted in accordance with the DICOM standard so that a clinician can review the 3D image data as a sequence of DICOM images on an image workstation.
US10235492B2
A known pattern area (of known shapes) is aligned with a first area of an IC design (by overlaying and centering the known pattern area on the first area). The first area is compared to the known pattern area to identify dissimilarities between shapes in the first area and the known shapes in the known pattern area as unweighted shapes. The unweighted shapes are weighted (based on the location of the unweighted shapes relative to a weighting zone pattern) to produce weighted shapes; and a dissimilarity measure between the first area and the known pattern area is calculated by summing the weighted shapes. A determination of whether the first area matches the known pattern area is made (based on whether the dissimilarity measure exceeds a threshold) and the same is output.
US10235491B2
Dynamic electronic printed circuit board (PCB) design is provided. A voltage split having a first geometric shape in a first layer of the PCB is identified. Based on the voltage split, a boundary having a second geometric shape is created in an adjacently positioned layer of the PCB with respect to the first layer. A net having at least two pins is dynamically routed in the PCB. An intersection of the net with the first boundary is identified and dynamically resolved.
US10235488B2
Systems and methods for providing Chronos Channel interconnects in an ASIC are provided. Chronos Channels rely on a reduced set of timing assumptions and are robust against delay variations. Chronos Channels transmit data using delay insensitive (DI) codes and quasi-delay-insensitive (QDI) logic. Chronos Channels are insensitive to all wire and gate delay variations, but for those belonging to a few specific forking logic paths called isochronic forks. Chronos Channels use temporal compression in internal paths to reduce the overheads of QDI logic and efficiently transmit data. Chronos Channels are defined by a combination of a DI code, a temporal compression ratio and hardware.
US10235481B2
A system and method for determining the vapor pressure of a process stream includes a hard analyzer configured to measure one or more dependent variables associated with a sample of the process stream, where a dependent variable is also a property of the sample such as vapor pressure; a sensor system comprising one or more sensors configured to capture one or more independent process variables associated with the process stream; an aggregation module for collecting and storing outputs from the hard analyzer and responses from the sensor system; and a modeling module capable of generating a vapor pressure model from the same. The system then applies the model to sensor responses for the process stream to generate vapor pressure values.
US10235474B2
Techniques herein are for navigation data structures for graph traversal. In an embodiment, navigation data structures that a computer stores include: a source vertex array of vertices; a neighbor array of dense identifiers of target vertices terminating edges; a bidirectional map associating, for each vertex, a sparse identifier of the vertex with a dense identifier of the vertex; and a vertex array containing, when a dense identifier of a source vertex is used as an offset, a pair of offsets defining an offset range, for use with the neighbor array. The source vertex array, using the dense identifier of a particular vertex as an offset, contains an offset, into a neighbor array, of a target vertex terminating an edge originating at the particular vertex. The neighbor array contiguously stores dense identifiers of target vertices terminating edges originating from a same source vertex.
US10235460B2
Various embodiments describe multi-site cluster-based data intake and query systems, including cloud-based data intake and query systems. Using a hybrid search system that includes cloud-based data intake and query systems working in concert with so-called “on-premises” data intake and query systems can promote the scalability of search functionality. In addition, the hybrid search system can enable data isolation in a manner in which sensitive data is maintained “on premises” and information or data that is not sensitive can be moved to the cloud-based system. Further, the cloud-based system can enable efficient leveraging of data that may already exist in the cloud.
US10235459B1
Methods and apparatus related to creating entries in a personal cache of a user and/or a personal index of a user. Entries may be created in a personal cache and/or a personal index of a user based on web-based documents visited by the user and one or more of the entries may include content specific to the user's experience with a web-based document. The personal cache and/or personal index may enable a user to view all or aspects of previously visited web-based documents and/or search previously visited web-based documents. An entry of a user's personal cache and/or personal index may optionally include information that may not be found in a public cache and/or public index.
US10235452B1
An apparatus comprises a processing platform configured to implement an expert recommender engine. The expert recommender engine receives information relating to a communication from a user device, and identifies at least one subject matter expert for the communication based on the received information and unstructured text data of a service events database. The expert recommender engine is associated with a clustering module that separates the unstructured text data into topic clusters. The expert recommender engine comprises a collaborative filtering module that receives the topic clusters from the clustering module and utilizes the topic clusters to identify the subject matter expert. The user device is connected with an expert device corresponding to the identified subject matter expert. The expert recommender engine may utilize structured data, social media data and customer satisfaction survey data in combination with the received information and the topic clusters to identify the subject matter expert.
US10235446B2
According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for cleaning up a data set having a possible incorrect label includes: selecting a plurality of training documents; estimating a quality of an organization of a plurality of categories; and determining whether the quality of the organization is greater than a predetermined quality threshold. Corresponding system and computer program product embodiments are also presented. Other aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description, which, when taken in conjunction with the drawings, illustrate by way of example the principles of the invention.
US10235443B2
A clustering system selects a parameter set from a plurality of parameter sets associated with a dataset to generate a hyper-optimized cluster of the dataset. Different parameter sets are generated by varying the parameter values based on the Genetic Algorithm or a particle swarming algorithm. A parameter set having a high Fitness score is selected from the different parameter sets and a clustered solution produced using the selected parameter set having a maximum total score is used to produce actionable items.
US10235435B2
According to an aspect, a system for assisting a user with configuration management may include a configuration management database (CMDB) system having a plurality of configuration items, and an application external to the CMDB system. The CMDB system may associate an invocation string with a first configuration item and the application external to the CMDB system. The CMDB system may obtain information from the first configuration item, where the information from the first configuration item provides information for launching the application external to the CMDB system. The CMDB system may insert the information from the first configuration item into the invocation string to create an application execution command. The CMDB system may execute the application external to the CMDB system, independently from the CMDB system, based on the application execution command.
US10235431B2
Techniques and mechanisms are disclosed to optimize the size of index files to improve use of storage space available to indexers and other components of a data intake and query system. Index files of a data intake and query system may include, among other data, a keyword portion containing mappings between keywords and location references to event data containing the keywords. Optimizing an amount of storage space used by index files may include removing, modifying and/or recreating various components of index files in response to detecting one or more storage conditions related to the event data indexed by the index files. The optimization of index files generally may attempt to manage a tradeoff between an efficiency with which search requests can be processed using the index files and an amount of storage space occupied by the index files.
US10235423B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for ranking search results. A search system may determine several metrics based on search results. The search system may determine weights for the metrics, wherein the weights are based in part on the type of entity included in the search. The search system may determine a score by combining the metrics and the weights. The search system may rank search results based on the score.
US10235422B2
A system includes reception of a value, determination of whether the value is associated with a respective value identifier in a dictionary index associating each of a plurality of values with a respective value identifier, and in response to a determination that the value is not associated with a respective value identifier in the dictionary index: reservation of a slot of a reservation array comprising a plurality of slots, writing of the value into the reserved slot, insertion of a reserved value identifier of the reserved slot and a version counter of the reserved slot into a position of the dictionary index corresponding to the value, insertion of the value into a position of a dictionary vector storing a respective value in each of a plurality of vector positions, insertion of a first value identifier corresponding to the position of the dictionary vector into the position of the dictionary index corresponding to the value, and returning of the first value identifier.
US10235406B2
Systems, methods, and software for management of partitioned data storage spaces is provided herein. An exemplary method includes storing sets of structured data records among partitioned data storage spaces, with data fields of the structured data records correlated among the sets by relational associations. The method includes receiving a change action related to a selected structured data record, and responsive to the change action, scheduling execution of the change action in a reminder index. The method includes executing the change action according to at least scheduling indicated by the reminder index.
US10235399B2
Methods and systems for enabling sizing of storage array resources are provided. Resources of a storage array can include, for example, cache, memory, SSD cache, central processing unit (CPU), storage capacity, number of hard disk drives (HDD), etc. Generally, methods and systems are provided that enable efficient predictability of sizing needs for said storage resources using historical storage array use and configuration metadata, which is gathered over time from an install base of storage arrays. This metadata is processed to produce models that are used to predict resource sizing needs to be implemented in storage arrays with certainty that takes into account customer-to-customer needs and variability. The efficiency in which the sizing assessment is made further provides significant value because it enables streamlining and acceleration of the provisioning process for storage arrays.
US10235395B2
Financial data that contains a least one financial entry relating to procurement of goods, services, materials and/or items. The financial data is cleansed to remove information contained within the at least one financial entry. The keywords are determined within the at least one financial entry of the financial data and a database that includes a plurality of databases entries is searched for a database entry that corresponds to the keywords determined in the at least one financial entry of the financial data. An identification number in the database entry that corresponds to the keywords determined in the at least one financial entry of the financial data and updating the at least one financial entry of the financial data to include the determined identification number. The updated financial procurement data is transmitted to a computing device.
US10235387B2
According to one embodiment, in response to a search query received at a server from a client device for searching content, a search is performed in a content database or via a content server based on one or more search terms of the search query to identify a first list of one or more content items. A search is performed in an image store based on the one or more search terms to identify a list of one or more images. Each content item of the first list is associated with one of the images. A second list of one or more content items having at least a portion of the images integrated therein is generated. The second list of content items is transmitted to the client device, such that each content item of the first list is presented with one of the images.
US10235386B2
A method of creating an electronic travel route includes providing a user interface that includes electronic geographic maps. Routes created by users using the user interface are stored. The routes include mapped electronic routes along which the users have traveled. The method includes receiving geographic information and a request from a requester to create a new route. A set of the routes created is provided to the requester based on the geographic information. Selections of portions of the set of the routes are accepted to create the new route. Based on the new route, a processor of a computer is used to create a set of geographic markers and instructions for traversing the new route. The new route and instructions for traversing the new route are provided based on a search.
US10235384B2
A client computing system publishes a database operation request to a global exchange on an advanced message queuing protocol (AMQP) server, wherein the database operation request identifies an operation to be performed on a database using a different application layer protocol. The client computing system obtains database operation result data from a client queue, on the AMQP server, that corresponds to the client computing system in response to publishing the database operation request and converts the database operation result data from a wire level format to a data format for the different application layer protocol.
US10235378B1
In one example, a method includes receiving metadata in the form of a modification to metadata represented by a file system namespace abstraction, and the file system namespace abstraction corresponds to less than the entire file system namespace. Next, the file system namespace abstraction is updated based on the received metadata. Next, a determination is made whether or not caching is enabled for the file system namespace abstraction. If caching is enabled for the file system namespace abstraction, the updated file system namespace abstraction is cached in SSD storage.
US10235377B2
Innovations for adaptive compression and decompression for dictionaries of a column-store database can reduce the amount of memory used for columns of the database, allowing a system to keep column data in memory for more columns, while delays for access operations remain acceptable. For example, dictionary compression variants use different compression techniques and implementation options. Some dictionary compression variants provide more aggressive compression (reduced memory consumption) but result in slower run-time performance. Other dictionary compression variants provide less aggressive compression (higher memory consumption) but support faster run-time performance. As another example, a compression manager can automatically select a dictionary compression variant for a given column in a column-store database. For different dictionary compression variants, the compression manager predicts run-time performance and compressed dictionary size, given the values of the column, and selects one of the dictionary compression variants.
US10235376B2
Metadata for a plurality of database storage regions within memory are merged, where the metadata for each storage region comprises an interval including first and second interval values indicating a value range for values within that storage region. The first and second interval values are examined to identify overlapping storage regions and produce a sum of over-lapped storage regions. The sum of overlapped storage regions is compared to a threshold and the metadata of the overlapped storage regions are merged based on the comparison.
US10235362B1
A content management system (CMS) and a translation management system (TMS) can utilize content dimensions for content items to manage and translate the content items between languages. Machine and human translations of complex dynamic content can also be improved by pre-rendering the content to remove localization-related syntax prior to machine or human translation. Content items can also be scored as to their suitability for localization prior to translation, and translation can be skipped for content items that do not have a sufficiently high score. Semantic and natural language processing (NLP) techniques can also be utilized for content categorization and routing. Translations of content items can also be continuously refined and higher quality re-translated content can be provided in an automated fashion.
US10235358B2
Structured web pages are accessed and parsed to obtain implicit annotation for natural language understanding tasks. Search queries that hit these structured web pages are automatically mined for information that is used to semantically annotate the queries. The automatically annotated queries may be used for automatically building statistical unsupervised slot filling models without using a semantic annotation guideline. For example, tags that are located on a structured web page that are associated with the search query may be used to annotate the query. The mined search queries may be filtered to create a set of queries that is in a form of a natural language query and/or remove queries that are difficult to parse. A natural language model may be trained using the resulting mined queries. Some queries may be set aside for testing and the model may be adapted using in-domain sentences that are not annotated. The models may be tested using these implicitly annotated natural-language-like queries in an unsupervised fashion.
US10235356B2
A computer-implemented method for matching user inputted text to stored text. The user inputted text is compared to each of the text strings stored in a database using a Levenshtein distance algorithm. For each comparison, the Levenshtein distance is analyzed to determine exact matches, non-matches, and probable matches. Probable matches are further analyzed using a keyboard distance algorithm to differentiate between matches and non-matches.
US10235354B2
A method for context sensitive user dictionary utilization in text input field spell checking includes associating different text input fields of a user interface of a computer program with either default spell checking or user dictionary utilized spell checking. The method thereafter includes executing the computer program in memory of a computer and receiving text input during the execution of the computer program in one of the different text input fields. It is then determined whether the one of the different text input fields is associated in the memory with default spell checking or user dictionary utilized spell checking. Finally, in response to a determination that the one of the different text input fields is associated in the memory with default spell checking, spell checking is performed using only a main dictionary, but otherwise spell checking is performed using both the main dictionary and also a user dictionary.
US10235353B1
Embodiments for translating an input message into a device specific command for a network interface device, by: receiving the input message as a generalized language message at an input interface; separating the input message into its language parts to identify keyword elements; identifying keyword actions, targets, and variables used to indicate corresponding device specific commands; classifying the keyword elements against a learned language map to identify a best match action; utilizing the best match action to access a playlist data set for the device specific commands of the target device for execution; and providing a feedback path to a learning mechanism for adding new message and language semantics into the learned language map when identification of the best match action is unclear.
US10235352B2
Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to processing forms submissions in a portal environment and provide a method, system and computer program product for independently refreshing a forms submission in a portal view. In one embodiment, a system for independently submitting forms in a portal view can include a portal server configured to render a portal view and a portlet aggregator coupled to the portal server. The portal aggregator can be configured to provide portlet markup for different portlets in the portal view where at least one of the different portlets includes a visible form includes one or more form elements.
US10235347B1
Methods and systems for generating adaptive electronic communications such as e-mails for access by a plurality of different electronic devices. According to aspects, the methods and systems may facilitate the design of an adaptive communication through the ordering of modules specifying the markup of various display content such as text and images, where the adaptive communication includes multiple layouts that are designed according to various display characteristics of accessing devices. The systems and methods add media queries to the adaptive communications that specify which of the layouts that an accessing device should display to a user.
US10235345B2
A method, system, and processor-readable storage medium are directed towards calculating approximate order statistics on a collection of real numbers. In one embodiment, the collection of real numbers is processed to create a digest comprising hierarchy of buckets. Each bucket is assigned a real number N having P digits of precision and ordinality O. The hierarchy is defined by grouping buckets into levels, where each level contains all buckets of a given ordinality. Each individual bucket in the hierarchy defines a range of numbers—all numbers that, after being truncated to that bucket's P digits of precision, are equal to that bucket's N. Each bucket additionally maintains a count of how many numbers have fallen within that bucket's range. Approximate order statistics may then be calculated by traversing the hierarchy and performing an operation on some or all of the ranges and counts associated with each bucket.
US10235343B2
A circuit for fast matrix-vector multiplication and a method for constructing that circuit are provided, comprising processing a matrix to obtain a pair matrix, which is then used to construct a circuit.
US10235335B1
Systems and methods for cryptographically-secure queries using filters generated by multiple parties
Systems and methods that permit the querying of encrypted data in a cryptographically-secure manner. Generally, data that has been encrypted cannot be queried using plaintext terms because it is in ciphertext. Accordingly, use of filters that correspond to the encrypted data and are generated by multiple parties permits querying of the data without decrypting the data or compromising the security of the encrypted data or of the queries against that data.
US10235329B2
A method, system and computer program product for improving the usability of a calendar application. A calendar client agent receives calendar information, such as meetings, appointments, vacations, tasks, etc. from various systems, such as an electronic mail system, a social networking system, an instant messaging system and a wiki. The calendar client agent evaluates the retrieved calendar information with respect to a set of presentation rules. The calendar client agent then presents the retrieved calendar information in a horizontal bar (also referred to as a “calendar bar”) in the calendar application over a duration of time (e.g., twelve hours of the current day) in relation to the set of presentation rules. In this manner, the user will be able to more easily ascertain which events or activities are scheduled.
US10235326B1
A hypervisor of a device may receive information that identifies a virtual machine that is to use a universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART) of the device. The hypervisor may map a set of first register addresses, associated with a physical UART port, and a set of variable addresses. The hypervisor may map a second set of register addresses, associated with a virtual UART port of the virtual machine, and the set of variable addresses. The hypervisor may permit the virtual machine to communicate, with a remote device, using the physical UART port based on mapping the set of second register addresses and the set of variable addresses.
US10235321B2
A stacking modular instrument bus device includes N instrument sub-modules, N+1 customized bus connectors, a first bus termination module and a second bus termination module. The N instrument sub-modules are connected with each other in series through the N−1 customized bus connectors to form an instrument sub-system, two ends of the N instrument sub-modules are respectively connected with the first bus termination module and the second bus termination module through one customized bus connector; each of the instrument sub-modules includes a bus unit and a functional unit. The present invention can freely stack and combine all the instrument sub-modules in the manner of building blocks, which is divorced from the conventional backboard type structure and becomes more flexible. Every instrument sub-module has the independent and complete instrument structure and form the system itself. The bus unit of the instrument sub-module is detached from the functional unit thereof.
US10235308B2
A write-enable circuit outputting a write-enable signal for digital data, in an analog-to-digital converter comprising a bus-controller connected to an external unit, an arithmetic processing unit performing data processing, and an arithmetic unit holding the data and having a normal access mode in which the data are temporarily written into the arithmetic processing unit and then written into the bus-controller and a high-speed access mode in which the data are written directly into the bus-controller. The circuit comprises an address-coincidence-determining circuit provided in the arithmetic unit outputting a write-enable signal from the arithmetic unit when a predetermined address for a memory of the bus-controller coincides with an address specified by the arithmetic processing unit; and a logic circuit inputting the write-enable signal to the bus-controller when the arithmetic processing unit asserts a high-speed access signal indicating that now is in the high-speed access mode.
US10235303B2
Techniques for protecting software in a computing device are provided. A method according to these techniques includes receiving a request from a non-secure software module to execute an instruction of a secure software module comprising encrypted program code, determining whether the instruction comprises an instruction associated with a controlled point of entry to the secure software module accessible outside of the secure software module, executing one or more instructions of the secure software module responsive to the instruction comprising an instruction associated with the controlled point of entry to the secure software module, and controlling exit from the secure software module to return execution to the non-secure software module.
US10235292B2
A method and a system for implementing a lock-free shared memory accessible by a plurality of readers and a single writer are provided herein. The method including: maintaining a memory accessible by the readers and the writer, wherein the memory is a hash table having at least one linked list of buckets, each bucket in the linked list having: a bucket ID, a pointer to an object, and a pointer to another bucket; calculating a pointer to one bucket of the linked list of buckets based on a hash function in response to a read request by any of the readers; and traversing the linked list of buckets, to read a series of objects corresponding with the traversed buckets, while checking that the writer has not: added, amended, or deleted objects pointed to by any of said traversed buckets, wherein said checking is carried out in a single atomic action.
US10235281B2
A method, computer program product, and computer system for editing code, by a computing device, via an integrated development environment. The code is determined to be syntactically valid. While editing the code, a subset of automated tests associated with the code is executed in response to determining that the code is syntactically valid. It is determined whether at least one automated test error is detected. The at least one automated test error is reported.
US10235276B2
The disclosure provides a method for detection of an uninitialized variable. The method includes running a first function, wherein the first function comprises a local variable and a first flag associated with the local variable for indicating an initialization state of the local variable; calling a second function from the first function, with the local variable as a parameter of the second function, wherein the second function comprises a second flag associated with the parameter for indicating an initialization state of the parameter; and updating the first flag based at least on the second flag returned from the second function.
US10235275B2
Embodiments of the present invention enable users to extract knowledge from testing scenarios performed during application development, and later employ that knowledge to interpret application usage scenarios to enhance serviceability of applications by expediting identification and solving of problems. In an exemplary embodiment, log data generated during simulation of test cases is analyzed to create one or more rules based on patterns in which one or more log entries appear in the log data. Later, log data may be analyzed to look for a pattern of log entries that matches a pattern-based rule, thereby facilitating faster identification and resolution of the problem.
US10235268B2
A streams analysis tool allows a user to define one or more buckets according to a specified tuple collection criteria for each bucket. The specified tuple collection criteria for each bucket defines some way to distinguish one data tuple from another. The specified tuple collection criteria for each bucket is therefore used to distinguish data tuples that satisfy the specified tuple collection criteria from data tuples that do not satisfy the specified tuple collection criteria. When a data tuple satisfies the specified tuple collection criteria for a bucket, the data tuple is stored in the bucket. In addition, data tuples preceding or succeeding the data tuple may also be stored in the bucket, as determined by the specified tuple collection criteria. The data tuples in each bucket are analyzed, and based on the analysis a streams manager can change how future data tuples are processed by the streaming application.
US10235266B2
Disclosed herein are methods that include receiving application source code of a mobile application, analyzing the application source code to generate screen metadata that represents screen images that will be generated by the mobile application upon execution of binary application code generated from the application source code, storing the screen metadata in a screen metadata file, and associating the screen metadata file with the mobile application. Other methods disclosed herein include analyzing operation of a mobile application during runtime execution of the mobile application, identifying a reportable runtime event during operation of the mobile application, and in response to identifying the reportable runtime event, generating screen data that describes a screen image generated by the mobile application and associated with the reportable runtime event, generating a runtime event report, wherein the runtime event report includes the screen data, and transmitting the runtime event report to an application analysis computer.
US10235261B2
A randomness testing apparatus is disclosed. A randomness testing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a randomness testing module to conduct a randomness test on physically unclonable function (PUF)-based hardware and a processing device to determine whether the PUF-based hardware is defective on the basis of a randomness test result.
US10235260B1
Disclosed herein are a machine architecture implementing a staging automation process, including features such as multiple IR transmitters and composite video inputs for automated high volume quality testing. Diagnostic display outputs from a unit under test are input to OCR and video quality algorithms to validate that the units under test are ready for a functional test process at the next stage.
US10235257B1
Elastic Cloud Storage (ECS) uses a specific method for disk capacity management, where disk space is partitioned into a set of blocks of fixed size called chunks. Chunk data can comprise user data and all kinds of metadata. The replication mechanism implemented in ECS works at the chunk level. However, object level data can be used to provide visibility for client applications. Thus, object arrival can be determined to track replication progress at the object level for systems with a replication mechanism that works at the chunk level.
US10235250B1
Identifying preferred nodes for backing up availability groups is described. A system logs in to a structured query language instance on an active node. The system identifies a primary replica for an availability group identified for backup. The system identifies a backup preference for the availability group based on the primary replica. The system identifies the backup preference as a preferred node for backing up the availability group if the backup preference is on-line.
US10235248B1
In one example, a method includes receiving a stream that identifies I/O operations requested to be performed with respect to a data grouping, and identifying, in the stream, random I/O requests and sequential I/O requests. Next, the stream is split into an incoming queue containing the sequential I/O requests and a priority/processing queue containing the random I/O requests. A metadata load queue is then defined by assigning each of the random I/O requests to a respective range of metadata. The metadata of each range is loaded, and the random I/O requests re-queued. Using the loaded metadata, a random I/O operation is performed that corresponds to one of the random I/O requests. Finally, the random I/O operation and a sequential I/O operation are performed concurrently with each other.
US10235246B2
As disclosed herein, a method for optimizing data synchronization when performing a block-level backup includes receiving a customized merging plan, and creating a padding map that includes missing data information, and sending the padding map to a local backup server to request missing data. The method further includes receiving from the local backup server the missing data, and performing a snapshot consolidation according to the customized merging plan to provide a consolidated snapshot.
US10235244B2
A method for backing a computing system includes generating a local history table of filesystem objects that have changed since storing a first backup of the computing system where the local history table includes attributes of the filesystem objects and a set of operations associated with changes to the filesystem objects. The method further includes transferring, from the computing system to a backup server, a second backup of the computing system, where the second backup includes a block level representation of a portion of a data storage medium associated with the computing system. The method additionally includes merging the local history table with a global history table stored on the backup server, the global history table mapping a history of filesystem objects to a set of block level backups of the computing system including the first backup of the computing system and the second backup of the computing system.
US10235242B2
A memory system includes dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) components that include interconnected and redundant component data interfaces. The redundant interfaces facilitate memory interconnect topologies that accommodate considerably more DRAM components per memory channel than do traditional memory systems, and thus offer considerably more memory capacity per channel, without concomitant reductions in signaling speeds. The memory components can be configured to route data around defective data connections to maintain full capacity and continue to support memory transactions.
US10235241B2
A method is provided for execution by one or more processing modules of a dispersed storage network (DSN). The method begins by the DSN receiving a request to update one or more data segments of a data object and continues with the DSN determining whether one or more encoded data slices (EDSs) of a plurality of EDSs associated with the one or more data segments of the data object are eligible for partial updating. The DSN then executes a partial updating process for the eligible EDS while excluding any EDSs eligible for the partial updating that would be unaffected during the partial updating process.
US10235220B2
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for improving resource utilization of multithreaded applications. Rather than requiring threads to block while waiting for data from a channel or requiring context switching to minimize blocking, the techniques disclosed herein provide an event-driven approach to launch kernels only when needed to perform operations on channel data, and then terminate in order to free resources. These operations are handled efficiently in hardware, but are flexible enough to be implemented in all manner of programming models.
US10235205B2
A cloud-based management system for distributed datacenters provides remote management of the datacenters from terminals at various locations. A virtual cloud-based operating system facilitates a transparent system call architecture, permitting subscribers to deploy, configure and manage operations at machines operating on different local operating systems. The virtual operating system can canonicalize available resources into a namespace to expose the resources as files at terminals. Asynchronous execution of subscriber commands across a group of target machines is provided with a notification procedure to control bandwidth and resource allocation. A file distribution model without a central controller for a group of target machines is provided to alleviate interaction with the management cluster for file distribution.
US10235202B2
A computing system is provided and includes first and second computing resources defined, during system initialization, as first kernel threads and a second kernel thread with which the first kernel threads are operably associated, a memory manager and a re-prioritization controller. The memory manager is configured to handle a portion of pending input/output (I/O) operations at an interrupt level and to offload a remainder of the pending I/O operations to the first kernel threads according to an offload condition whereby the offloaded I/O operations are queued according to a first scheme. The re-prioritization controller is configured to transfer a portion of the offloaded I/O operations from the first kernel threads to the second kernel thread according to a transfer condition whereby the transferred I/O operations are re-prioritized according to a second scheme.
US10235196B1
In one aspect, a method includes separating a set of virtual machines from a first consistency group to a second consistency group and third consistency group. The method also includes combining a first virtual machine of the second consistency group to the third consistency group to form a fourth consistency group.
US10235192B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for a self-learning robotic process automation are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes receiving an automated script that includes one or more commands and that is configured to interact with graphical elements that appear on a user interface. The method further includes executing a command of the one or more commands of the automated script. The method further includes determining that an error occurred during execution of the command of the one or more commands of the automated script. The method further includes determining a modification for the command by applying a script repair model. The method further includes executing the modified command. The method further includes determining whether the error or another error occurred during execution of the modified command. The method further includes determining whether to update the automated script with the modified command.
US10235185B2
A computer has a platform controller hub (PCH), a field replaceable unit (FRU), a memory, a complex programmable logic device (CPLD) and a basic input output system (BIOS) chip. The PCH has a first port and a second port. The FRU and the memory are both electrically connected to the first port of the PCH. The CPLD is electrically connected to the second port of the PCH, and used for detecting an indicating signal from the second port to selectively generate a reset signal. The BIOS chip is electrically connected to the PCH, the FRU, and the CPLD, and used for making the computer rebooted in a manufacturer mode or a normal mode according to the reset signal.
US10235179B2
The RISC data processor is based on the idea that in case that there are many flag-generating instructions, the number of flags generated by each instruction is increased so that a decrease of flag-generating instructions exceeds an increase of flag-using instructions in quantity, thereby achieving the decrease in instructions. With the data processor, an instruction for generating flags according to operands' data sizes is defined. To an instruction set handled by the RISC data processor, an instruction capable of executing an operation on operand in more than one data size, which performs a process identical to an operation process conducted on the small-size operand on low-order bits of the large-size operand, and generates flags capable of coping with the respective data sizes regardless of the data size of each operand subjected to the operation is added. Thus, the reduction in instruction code space of the RISC data processor tight in instruction code space can be achieved.
US10235177B2
In an example, an apparatus includes a binary translator (BT) including circuitry to: analyze a code block; determine that an architectural register mapped to a physical register in the physical register file is available for early reclamation; and insert a reclamation hint into the code block. In another example, a processor reclaims the physical register based at least in part on the reclamation hint.
US10235172B2
A branch predictor for predicting branch instructions performs different branch prediction operations for branches executing in a transaction than those not-executing in a transaction, including suppressing branch prediction functions based on progress of a re-execution of a previously aborted transaction, the transaction buffering data and committing the buffered data to memory when the transaction completes, but discarding the buffered data when the transaction aborts.
US10235165B2
An embodiments of the invention may include a method, computer program product and computer system for optimizing computer programs. The embodiment may include a computing device that determines a program code of a computer program contains at least two consecutive method handles. The embodiment may determine that the at least two consecutive method handles can be optimized. The embodiment may optimize the at least two consecutive method handles. Optimizing the at least two consecutive method handles may include one or more of: replacing the at least two consecutive method handles with one or more different commands; and reordering the at least two consecutive method handles.
US10235164B2
A method includes: first identifying, from among one or more items included in a source code of a program, a first item used for storing data input to the program or data output by the program; associating, for each of predetermined ranges configuring the source code, an index value, based on a number of the first items referenced in the relevant predetermined range and the number of times the first item is referenced in the relevant predetermined range, with the relevant predetermined range; and outputting an association result of the index value for each of the predetermined ranges.
US10235161B2
In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be an embedded-system device. The embedded-system device intercepts a call to a target function in a system dynamic library. The embedded-system device invokes an intermediate function in an intercept dynamic library and corresponding to the target function. The embedded-system device refrains from calling the target function or calling the target function with one or more modified parameters.
US10235158B2
Variety of approaches to optimize a feature deployment based on an usage pattern are described. A hosted service initiates operations to optimize the feature deployment upon detecting a feature update associated with an application. Next, a target audience for the feature update is identified by processing an usage pattern signal of the application based on information update and an organizational rule associated with the feature update. The feature update is deployed to the target audience.
US10235154B2
A vehicle may subscribe to a topic of a topic tree maintained by a message broker and associated with the vehicle. The vehicle may send, to a service delivery network, an interrogator log enumerating configuration information of the vehicle generated responsive to a trigger message published to the topic by the network, and retrieve a manifest indicating network locations of updates determined by the network from the interrogator log.
US10235153B2
The disclosure herein updates distant equipment while avoiding protocols and connections and concerns a deported downloading system of data on distant equipment, and includes a gateway adapted to receive a set of data comprising operational data addressed to the distant equipment as well as a temporary downloading engine, the gateway being also adapted to download the operational data into the distant equipment by starting the execution of the downloading engine.
US10235152B2
Disclosed herein is a technique for downgrading applications to placeholder applications in order to free up storage space in a user device. Based on a variety of heuristics, a number of installed applications are identified as candidates for a downgrade. The downgrading of the identified applications involves creating a placeholder application for each of the identified applications. The identified applications are temporarily deleted while keeping the user data associated with the applications intact and the placeholder applications are installed.
US10235150B2
A communication system includes client devices that detect erroneous interactions with touch screen Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) of software apps and transmit information about the erroneous interactions to servers which aggregate the information to identify erroneous interactions that occur at a significant rate across a population of devices. The software apps are updated to reduce the likelihood of the identified erroneous interactions and the updated versions of the apps are deployed to the client devices.
US10235141B2
Disclosed is a system for providing source code suggestion to a user in real-time. A mining module mines source code information, pre-stored in a source code repository, to create a reference model. A code receiving module receives input lines of code from a user, via a User Interface, in real-time. A mapping module maps the one or more parameters with the metadata corresponding to each source code block stored in the reference model. A code suggestion module identifies one or more target source code blocks from the plurality of source code blocks. The code suggestion module suggests at least one target source code block, of the one or more target source code blocks, to be populated in the input lines of code thereby providing the source code suggestion to a user in real-time.
US10235138B2
An instruction configured to perform a plurality of functions is executed. Based on a function code associated with the instruction having a selected value, one or more inputs of the instruction are checked to determine which one or more functions of the plurality of functions are to be performed. Based on a first input of the one or more inputs having a first value, a function of providing raw entropy is performed, in which the providing of raw entropy includes storing a number of raw random numbers. Further, based on a second input of the one or more inputs having a second value, a function of providing conditioned entropy is provided, in which the providing of conditioned entropy includes storing a number of conditioned random numbers.
US10235137B2
An instruction to perform a shift and divide operation is executed. The executing includes shifting a value in a specified direction by a selected amount to provide a dividend, the selected amount being user-defined. The dividend is divided by a divisor to obtain a quotient. At least a subset of the quotient is selected as a result. The result is to be used in processing within the computing environment.
US10235131B2
A method for the communal construction of an audio harmonized electronic card includes loading a greeting card template in response to a request by an initial author. The method also includes receiving a voice track of the initial user along with a textual message and a designated recipient of an electronic card. The method yet further includes transmitting an invitation to a subsequent user with an embedded reference to the loaded card template. Thereafter, a voice track of the subsequent user is received from the subsequent user. Consequently, the voice tracks are composited into a single harmonized audio track with each of the voice tracks providing harmony to the other. An electronic card is then generated by embedding the textual message and the harmonized audio track into the loaded card template. Finally, the electronic card is transmitted to the designated recipient.
US10235129B1
Techniques for joining a device of a third user to a communication between a device of a first user and a device of a second user are described herein. For instance, two or more users may utilize respective computing devices to engage in a telephone call, a video call, an instant-messaging session, or any other type of communication in which the users communicate with each other audibly and/or visually. In some instances, a first user of the two users may issue a voice command requesting to join a device of a third user to the communication. One or more computing devices may recognize this voice command and may attempt to join a device of a third user to the communication.
US10235120B2
A display apparatus constituting a video wall system is provided. The display apparatus includes a display, a first communicator configured to perform communication with at least one adjacent display apparatus, and a processor configured to allocate identification information corresponding to the display apparatus based on identification information received from the adjacent display apparatus and information on a location relationship of the display device relative to the adjacent display apparatus and display a sub-image of an image through the display based on the allocated identification information.
US10235117B2
Among screen data in which screens for displaying sets of application information generated by a plurality of application units (30-60) in a normal display form are drawn and screen data in which screens for displaying the sets of application information in a simplified display form are drawn, screen data with the screen for normal display is selected for the application data matched to an intended-use of each display device, and screen data with the screen for simplified display is selected for the application data unmatched to the intended use of each display device, to thereby generate based on these selected screen data, display-screen data for each display device.
US10235113B2
A system method for multiple account document processing cost accounting includes a multifunction peripheral including an intelligent controller having a processor and memory. A document processing engine operates in conjunction with an instructions issued from the intelligent controller. The intelligent controller receives into memory document processing job data associated with a user. A user interface receives user input identifying the user. The processor calculates a cost for completing a document processing operation with the document processing job data and the calculated cost is displayed. The processor identifies of cost centers associated with an identified user and displays indicia identifying them, along with their associated account values. The processor receives a user selection identifying a selected cost center and completes a document processing operation with the job data and commences a debit from the account value of the selected cost center.
US10235111B2
Disclosed is a job processing device, including a job receiver; a hardware processor that: detects a trouble caused in the job processing device; searches other job processing devices which can be a substitute execution destination of the job in case that the trouble is detected, displays the searched job processing devices as candidates of the substitute execution destination, and receives a selection of the displayed job processing device as the substitute execution destination from a user, transfers the job to the selected job processing device, and specifies the user who selects the substitute execution destination; and a memory that stores information in which the selected job processing device is related to the specified user, wherein in case that the information is stored in the memory, the hardware processor displays the searched job processing device and the user to whom the searched job processing device is related.
US10235104B1
A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving an IO request for a RAID array. An actual queue depth of the RAID array is compared to a maximum queue depth for the RAID array. An IO queue weight is determined for the IO request. The IO queue weight is revised based upon a degrade mode condition for the RAID array, thus defining a revised IO queue weight. The actual queue depth is incremented based upon the revised IO queue weight.
US10235101B2
Example apparatus and methods provide a log structured block device for a hard disk drive (HDD). Data that is to be stored on an HDD is serialized and written as a series of data blocks using a sequential write. Information about where individual data blocks were supposed to be written (e.g., actual address, neighboring data blocks), where data blocks were actually written, and how often data blocks are accessed is maintained. During garbage collection, data blocks that are being accessed with similar frequencies may be relocated together, with the most frequently accessed (e.g., hottest) data blocks migrating to the outer cylinders of the disk and the least frequently accessed (e.g., coldest) data blocks migrating to the inner cylinders. Blocks stored in the same temperature regions that were intended to be located together when written may be repositioned to facilitate sequential reads.
US10235099B2
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for managing point-in-time copies for extents of data. A point-in-time copy for at least one range of extents in at least one volume for a point-in-time copy identifier is established. Change recording information is generated indicating each of the at least one range of extents less than all of the extents in the at least one volume. An update to data in the at least one range of extents in the point-in-time copy is received and data in the source storage in the at least one range of extents to be updated is copied as changed data to the target storage. Indication is made in the change recording information of the data in the at least one range of extents that has been updated.
US10235087B1
In one embodiment, a method includes replicating a production volume on a plurality of replica volumes. Each replica volume is stored on a respective storage array with a respective journal. The replicating includes writing data to a do stream of each journal written to the production volume, reading from the do stream of each journal, reading undo data that will be overwritten by the data in the do stream, distributing the undo data across the journals and writing the data from the do stream from each journal to the respective replica volume. A number of journals less than a total number of journals can be used to access data in a full journal.
US10235085B2
A method for execution by a dispersed storage and task (DST) processing unit that includes a processor includes generating storage unit heat data based on a plurality of temperature readings received from each of a plurality of storage units, where the storage unit heat data indicates a first hot storage unit. A pair of storage units is selected from the plurality of storage units based on the storage unit heat data, where the pair of storage units includes the first hot storage unit and a second storage unit. A data swap request is generated for transmission to the pair of storage units, where the data swap request includes an instruction to transfer at least one first data slice from the first hot storage unit to the second storage unit and to transfer at least one second data slice from the second storage unit to the first hot storage unit.
US10235075B2
A flash memory controller for controlling a flash memory module includes a communication interface for receiving a first data and a second data; and a processing circuit for dynamically controlling a data writing mode of the flash memory module according to an amount of stored data in the flash memory module. If the amount of stored data in the flash memory module is less than a first threshold when the communication interface receives the first data, the processing circuit controls the flash memory module so that the first data is written into the first data block under an one-bit-per-cell mode.
US10235071B2
According to one embodiment, a tiered storage system includes a first storage device, a second storage device and a storage controller. The storage controller determines, when a range of an access request to a logical unit extends over some of logical extents in the logical unit, that these logical extents are correlated with each other. The storage controller transfers data of a set of the correlated logical extents as one extent group collectively in units of physical extents between the first storage device and the second storage device.
US10235065B1
Systems, methods, and computer readable storage mediums for generating an alert on a failure of a storage subsystem to phone home to the cloud in a replication environment. A dataset is replicated from a first storage subsystem to a second storage subsystem. The first and second storage subsystems also phone home log data to the cloud on a periodic basis. In response to detecting a failure of the first storage subsystem to phone home, the cloud generates and sends an alert to the second storage subsystem. In response to receiving this alert, the second storage subsystem starts disaster recovery operations for the dataset.
US10235057B2
A machine-implemented method for managing a flash storage system includes determining a projected life value for each of a plurality of flash memory devices in the flash storage system, wherein the projected life value for at least one of the plurality of flash memory devices is higher than the projected life value of at least another one of the plurality of flash memory devices. The method also includes determining operating parameters for each of the plurality of flash memory devices based on the respective projected life values for the plurality of flash memory devices. The method also includes configuring the plurality of flash memory devices based on the determined operating parameters.
US10235055B1
A technique controls movement of a logical unit of storage (LUN) among computerized storage. The technique involves selecting, by processing circuitry, a set of target storage locations of the computerized storage. The technique further involves performing, by the processing circuitry, performance evaluation operations on each target storage location of the selected set of target storage locations. The performance evaluation operations performed on each target storage location electronically assess a performance outcome of moving a production LUN from a source storage location of the computerized storage to that target storage location. The technique further involves moving, by the processing circuitry, the production LUN from the source storage location to a particular target storage location of the selected set of target storage locations based on a set of electronic performance assessments resulting from the performance evaluation operations performed on each target storage location.
US10235054B1
A method and systems for caching utilize first and second caches, which may include a dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) cache and a next generation non-volatile memory (NGNVM) cache such as NAND flash memory. The methods and systems may be used for memory caching and/or page caching. The second caches are managed in an exclusive fashion, resulting in an aggregate cache having a storage capacity generally equal to the sum of individual cache storage capacities. Cache free lists may be associated with the first and second page caches and pages within a cache free list may be mapped back to an associated cache without accessing a backing store. Data can be migrated between the first cache and the second caches based upon access heuristics and application hints.
US10235052B2
A storage system in one embodiment comprises at least one processor, a processor memory, an input-output controller, and a directly-addressable storage device having volatile memory and non-volatile memory. The input-output controller generates a plurality of write commands in conjunction with storage of data in the storage system, the write commands including at least a first write command comprising the data and a second write command comprising one or more interrupts. If an address of a given one of the write commands falls within a specified interrupt group window, the write command is copied to the directly-addressable storage device so as to provide at least one of the one or more interrupts to that storage device. The directly-addressable storage device responds to receipt of the interrupt by writing data from the volatile memory to the non-volatile memory and generating a corresponding additional interrupt to the processor.
US10235045B2
A first control apparatus includes a first communication port that satisfies, among execution conditions about predetermined management processing, a neighboring port condition about a communication port connected to an execution apparatus that performs the management processing. The first control apparatus satisfies, among the executions conditions, a neighboring apparatus condition about a neighboring apparatus that neighbors the execution apparatus. A second control apparatus includes a second communication port that satisfies, among the execution conditions, a connection port condition about a communication port connected to the neighboring apparatus. The second control apparatus satisfies, among the execution conditions, an execution apparatus condition about the execution apparatus. The first and second communication ports of the first and second control apparatuses are connected to each other via a communication cable. The second control apparatus performs the management processing when the second communication port is connected to the first communication port.
US10235031B2
Methods, computer program products, and systems, for example, for controlling display of an image on a display screen includes, for example, receiving, by one or more processor, data regarding a user selected area relative to a first portion of an image displayed on a display screen to define a second portion of the image, at least a portion of the second portion of the image being outside the first portion of the image displayed on the display screen, and automatically controlling, by the one or more processor, display of the second portion of the image on the display screen based on the user selected area of the image to generally maximize display of the second portion of the image within the display screen.
US10235030B2
A user interface display method is provided that displays electronic documents and/or items on a list on an electronic device. The method includes: displaying one or more images; obtaining preference information; and altering the images according to the preference information and displaying the altered images.
US10235015B2
A method for controlling a display surface of an operator control device in a vehicle, wherein data for a menu structure having menus in different levels is stored in a memory and the presence of an actuating object in a detection region is detected and the menus of the menu structure include a subsurface for displaying vehicle-specific information, wherein the subsurface having the vehicle-specific information is displayed or modified in the associated menu on the display surface only if it is detected that the actuating object enters into the detection region or exits from the detection region. Also disclosed is a corresponding operator control device in the vehicle for performing the method.
US10235014B2
The present disclosure relates to music user interfaces. A device, including a display and a rotatable input mechanism, is described in relation to accessing and playing music. In some examples, a user can provide input through the rotatable input mechanism to access a landing screen of a music application. The landing screen concurrently displays an affordance for accessing playlists, an affordance for a list of artists, and an affordance for accessing a list of songs.
US10235006B2
In general, embodiments of the invention provide an approach to organize a user interface, such as a computer desktop, based on the role or activity of the current user. Specifically, a display area configuration of a user device is defined by selecting resources from a plurality of available resources to include in a display area configuration, building a profile from the selected resources to preserve the display area configuration, and saving the profile. The display area is then built on a user device when the profile is selected from the user device.
US10235005B2
Pursuant to the increase in the number of objects to be managed and the complication of relations of the objects to be managed, the current condition is that the visibility of the GUI of management software is deteriorating. As one such current condition, there is a problem in that the display name of equipment to be managed on the GUI cannot be entirely displayed depending on the screen. Thus, the present invention improves the readability on the GUI by changing the display name according to the objective of the administrator by using a label in which the display name is divided into morphemes and the priority assigned thereto, as well as using topology information, and fitting the display name within the display area prepared on the screen.
US10235002B2
A capacitive touch sensor device comprising set of crossing X and Y electrodes whose crossing points form a two-dimensional array of nodes which define a touch sensitive area. As well as the main electrode spines which cross, referred to as zeroth order electrode branches, the electrodes have higher order branches, some of which interdigitate. By varying the dimensions of the electrode branches, such as width and length, the overall area of the X and Y electrodes can be varied relatively independently of each other. It is therefore possible to produce an electrode pattern in which the self capacitances of the X and Y electrodes have a certain ratio, e.g. unity, and thereby compensate for the aspect ratio of the touch sensitive area, and/or to have a certain absolute value, e.g. in order not to overload a touch-sensor controller to which the sensor is to be connected.
US10235000B2
A sensing system includes: a transmitter circuitry configured to transmit drive signals to N sensors, N being a positive integer; N receiver circuitries configured to receive in parallel N sense signals generated in response to the drive signals by N sensors, N being a positive integer; N modulation circuitries configured to modulate outputs of the N receiver circuitries; a mixer circuitry configured to mix outputs of the N modulation circuitries; an A/D converter circuitry configured to receive an output of the mixer circuitry; and a demodulation circuitry. The demodulation circuitry is configured to demodulate an output of the A/D converter circuitry to generate N digital sense values corresponding to the N sense signals.
US10234996B2
A sensor includes a sensor layer patterned with conductive elements spread across the sensor layer and a resilient layer proximate to the sensor layer. The conductive elements are electrically isolated from one another. The sensor layer is configured for capacitive based sensing and to detect local compressions based on pressure applied to the resilient layer.
US10234995B2
An infrared touch screen in of a quadrilateral shape is disclosed. The infrared touch screen is provided with a plurality of light sources at its first side and provided with a plurality of first detecting units at its second side opposite to the first side, and is provided with a plurality of second detecting units respectively at its third side and its fourth side which are opposite to each other, and the first detecting units and the second detecting unit are all configured to partly receive and partly reflect the infrared light emitted by the light sources, so that the infrared light emitted by the light sources can form criss-crossing light paths. The infrared touch screen achieves lowered power consumption and improved touch performance.
US10234991B2
A display device includes a plurality of scanning lines provided over an insulating surface, a plurality of video signal lines provided, intersecting with the plurality of scanning lines, a display area including a plurality of pixels, each having a light emitting element and a transistor for controlling a current supplied to the light emitting element, provided at points of intersection between the plurality of scanning lines and the plurality of video signal lines, and a touch sensor provided over the display area and having a drive electrode and a detection electrode which form an electrostatic capacitance with each other.
US10234975B2
A flexible display device, a flexible display device fabrication method and an electronic device are provided. The flexible display device comprises a flexible display panel having a first surface for displaying images; a flexible insulating layer disposed on the first surface of the flexible display panel and divided into a plurality of flexible insulating blocks; and a touch control unit disposed on the flexible insulating layer and comprising a first touch control electrode layer in direct contact with the flexible insulating layer. The first touch control electrode layer includes a plurality of first touch control electrodes. Any one of the plurality of flexible insulating blocks corresponds to at least one of the plurality of first touch control electrodes. In a direction perpendicular to the flexible display panel, a gap between any two adjacent flexible insulating blocks overlaps with a gap between two adjacent first touch control electrodes.
US10234974B2
In certain embodiments, an apparatus includes a display stack and a controller. The display stack includes a display and a ground layer for generating an image for the display. The ground layer includes a plurality of columns. Each column of the plurality of columns includes a plurality of nodes. The controller provides voltages to a first plurality of nodes, respectively, of a first column of the plurality of columns of the ground layer such that a sum of the respective voltages of the first plurality of nodes of the first column is substantially zero. The controller also measures, to determine whether a touch event occurred, respective values at a second plurality of nodes of a second column of the plurality of columns. The respective values at the second plurality of nodes indicate an amount of charge transferred from the first plurality of nodes to the second plurality of nodes.
US10234971B2
The present disclosure provides a touch-display panel including a first substrate and a second substrate; a touch electrode layer provided on the first substrate and including a plurality of touch electrodes; a touch signal wire layer including a plurality of touch signal wires. The touch signal wire layer further includes a plurality of dummy touch signal wires. A plurality of spacers is provided on a surface of the second substrate facing the first substrate, wherein the plurality of spacers have a first orthographic projection on the plane of the touch signal wire layer, and the orthographic projection is overlapped with said touch signal wires or the dummy touch signal wires. The touch-display panel provides dummy touch signal wires and the first orthographic projections of the spacer on the plane of the touch signal wire layer are overlapped with the touch signal wires or dummy touch signal wires.
US10234964B2
An image processing apparatus includes detection circuitry and processing circuitry. The detection circuitry, in operation, detects a position on a sensor that is pointed to by a pointer. The processing circuitry, in operation, generates three-dimensional data that includes the position detected by the detection circuitry, positions a two-dimensional surface relative to the position detected by the detection circuitry, and applies rendering to, at least, part of the three-dimensional data that is arranged on one side of the two-dimensional surface to be displayed on a display screen.
US10234962B2
A position pointer is disclosed, in which an electronic ink cartridge of an electromagnetic induction type is accommodated. The electronic ink cartridge includes a resonance circuit having a coil and a capacitor circuit, and is configured to detect pressure applied to a core member accommodated in the position pointer based on a variation of a resonance frequency of the resonance circuit. The cartridge includes a tubular member, in which the core member and the coil are accommodated such that the coil is positioned between the core member, which extends outwardly from one end of the tubular member, and the capacitor circuit along a direction of a center axis of the tubular member. The cartridge also includes a connection member in the tubular member, which electrically connects a first end and a second end of the coil to a first terminal and a second terminal of the capacitor circuit, respectively.
US10234961B2
Method for the conversion of elementary finger movements and/or movement combinations of a user into respective characters and/or functions presented as electrical signals by using a hand held smart electronic including the steps of: —associating a group of the movements and movement combinations with respective ones of characters and/or functions prior to the beginning of the conversion step so that the movements take place in a region defined by a closed boundary line; —in the associating step defining a predetermined number of special positions along the boundary line of the permitted region of movement; —entering the required characters and/or functions in a consecutive sequence further including the steps of: —holding the device in a hand so that a free finger touches an upper surface thereof; —moving the finger according to the movements or movement combinations associated with the character or function to be entered; —providing haptic feedback to the user when the boundary line and any of the special positions has been reached; —following the termination of the entry of a character or function slightly raising the finger, —detecting the finger raising step and carrying out the conversion of the previously entered movement combination into the associated character or function, —repeating the entering steps as long as all required characters or functions have been entered and converted.
US10234959B2
An input apparatus includes a conductive layer having flexibility, a capacitance-type sensor layer having a plurality of detection units, and a structure layer having a plurality of structures, a reaction force of which is non-linearly changed with respect to a pressing amount. The structure layer is disposed between the conductive layer and the sensor layer. The two or more structures are disposed in an operation area corresponding to the detection units.
US10234958B2
A first touch input can indicate a selection of a character from a first virtual keyboard configured for an Indic script. A modified first virtual keyboard can be displayed in response to the first touch input when the selected character is a consonant, the modified first virtual keyboard including diacritic forms of vowels from the first virtual keyboard. A second virtual keyboard can be displayed in response to the first touch input when the selected character is a vowel and a duration of the first touch input is greater than or equal to a predetermined duration, the second virtual keyboard including at least one of (i) diacritic forms of the selected character and (ii) vowels having similar sounds as the selected character. A second touch input can indicate a selection of (i) a vowel from the modified first virtual keyboard or (ii) a vowel from the second virtual keyboard.
US10234953B1
A method includes identifying a user interface (UI) action demonstrated by a user for an application (104) executed at a first electronic device (102) and identifying a gesture demonstrated by a user using a second electronic device (108, 109, 110) as a gesture intended by the user to trigger the UI action for the application at the first electronic device. In response to detecting a subsequent instance of the gesture at the second electronic device, the method includes triggering an instance of the UI action for the application at the first electronic device.
US10234951B2
An apparatus and a method for transmitting/receiving a message in an electronic device are provided. The method includes displaying a plurality of dialog windows are displayed, receiving a message via an input window, selecting at least one dialog window among the plurality of dialog windows, and transmitting the message to at least one of the plurality of dialog windows.
US10234949B2
A user interface device having a user input component, a mechanical metamaterial region, one or more actuators, and a control unit is presented. The mechanical metamaterial region is located over the user input component. The one or more actuators are coupled to the mechanical metamaterial region, which has an internal structure that is mechanically alterable with the one or more actuators, and has a mechanical property that changes in response to the alteration of the internal structure by the one or more actuators. The control unit is in communication with the one or more actuators, and is configured to determine whether the user input component is to be hidden from tactile perception, and to activate the one or more actuators to mechanically alter the internal structure of the mechanical metamaterial region.
US10234948B2
A haptic representation system is provided that generates a haptic effect in response to sensor input. The sensor input is mapped to a haptic signal. The haptic signal is sent to an actuator configured to receive the haptic signal. The actuator utilizes the haptic signal to generate the haptic effect.
US10234942B2
This invention is a wearable and mobile Brain Computer Interface (BCI) device which can be embodied in a head-worn undulating band. This band can have an ear-engaging segment, a side segment which spans the side part of a person's forehead and/or face, and a top segment which spans the top of the person's head. This band can encircle a person's head and include an ear prong. This band can include a movable loop which can be moved to span across a person's forehead.
US10234938B2
A system which, with data provided by one or more sensors, detects a user's alteration of the geometries of parts of his face, head, neck, and/or shoulders. It determines the extent of each alteration and normalizes it with respect to the maximum possible range of each alteration so as to assign to each part-specific alteration a numeric score indicative of its extent. The normalized part-specific scores are combined so as to produce a composite numeric code representative of the complete set of simultaneously-executed geometric alterations. Each composite code is translated, or interpreted, relative to an appropriate context defined by an embodiment, an application executing on an embodiment, or by the user. For example, each composite code might be interpreted as, or assigned to, a specific alphanumeric letter, a color, a musical note, etc.
US10234936B2
A wearable sensor device, system and method are provided for monitoring the attention, workload or other physical status of the wearer of the wearable sensor device. At least one biometric index value is formulated for a characteristic status from the processed sensor data of the sensors of the device and the biometric index value may also incorporate prior test data and questionnaire response information in the calculated value. The system may include any number of wearable devices that have sensors, a processor and a communications link as well as a remote computer and a non-wearable device with an interface. The status of the wearer of a wearable sensor device can be monitored with the simple display of the biometric index value as well as the data from the individual sensors.
US10234933B2
An information processing method is applied in a first electronic device, which includes a display screen and a communication interface. In the method, the first electronic device is connected to a second electronic device through the communication interface; object data is acquired from the second electronic device; a display form is determined for displaying the object data on the display screen according to a parameter of the object data. An object navigation interface is generated based on the object data and displayed on the display screen when the second electronic device is in a first device posture. Each object on the second electronic device can be searched and displayed on the display screen through the object navigation interface. An object corresponding to the object data is displayed on the display screen based on the object data when the second electronic device is in a second device posture.
US10234927B2
A method includes monitoring power usage for a storage system that includes a set storage units at a first level of storage granularity and a set of storage sub-units at a second level of storage granularity, wherein the second level of storage granularity is finer than the first level of storage granularity. The method further includes assigning a non-uniform power budget to the set of storage units and adjusting a power budget for the storage sub-units according to the non-uniform power budget assigned to the storage units. A corresponding computer program product and computer system are also disclosed herein.
US10234926B2
An information handling system includes an application processor that executes instructions of an intelligent energy management system that determines energy demand estimation based on component device utilization data from a group of client information handling systems. The information handling system includes a power policy engine that determines a timeseries power cost estimation based on the energy demand estimation, day and time of energy usage, and energy rate for the time and location.
US10234925B2
An image processing apparatus that operates in a first power state or a second power state in which power consumption is smaller than in the first power state includes a detection unit that includes regions in which an object is detected, an analysis unit configured to analyze results of detection obtained in the plurality of regions, wherein the analysis unit enters a power saving mode in the second power state, a control unit that causes the analysis unit to return from the power saving state in a case where an object has been detected in any of the plurality of regions included in the detection unit in the second power state, and a power control unit that, in a case where the analysis unit determines that an object has approached the image processing apparatus, shifts the image processing apparatus from the second power state to the first power state.
US10234924B2
The present disclosure relates to a method and a device for displaying time on a mobile device. The method includes detecting a first preset operation for displaying device time when a screen of the mobile device is off; computing the device time via a touch chip; sending the device time from the touch chip to a display driver chip, wherein the touch chip is configured to acquire standard time when an application processor is in a sleep state and to compute the device time based on an internal clock; activating the screen; and displaying the device time on the screen via the display driver chip.
US10234908B2
Examples disclosed herein provide a hinge assembly for a computing device. The binge assembly includes a sliding portion attached to a base member of the computing device, and a hinge pivotally connected to the sliding portion along an axis. The sliding portion moves from a first position along the base member to a second position along the base member when the hinge pivots around the axis.
US10234902B2
A reconfigurable touch screen computing device with folding configurations and an alignment locking mechanism. The touch screen display is made up of segments coupled to a flexible circuit and can be reconfigured from a compact state to an expanded state. The form factor of the compact state is roughly the size of a typical handheld phone, with an integrated speaker and microphone. The form factor of the expanded state is roughly the size of a tablet computer which may also include the mechanical functionality of a laptop. Both states provide a configuration which includes a touch screen display on a front side and a protective housing on a back side. The computing device may further include sensors to indicate the state of configuration. In one embodiment, a module attached to, situated within, or otherwise associated with at least one segment may contain all or substantially all processing and memory, along with a communications system, all of which may be used in either state.
US10234899B1
A flex hinge assembly includes a first flex hinge, which in turn includes multiple flexible sheets, a mounting bracket, multiple flexible spacer sheets, and a friction linkage element. A first flexible sheet bends at a different radius than a second flexible sheet when the first flex hinge is transitioned from a first position to a second position. The mounting bracket is fixed to a first end of each of the flexible sheets, and fixes the first end of each of the flexible sheets to a first portion of an information handling system. A first spacer sheet is located between and in physical communication with the first and second flexible sheet. The friction linkage element is mounted to the second flexible sheet and engaged with slots within a second end of each of the flexible sheets. A second mounting bracket couples the second end of a center flexible sheet to the information handling system.
US10234894B1
A signal generation circuit for producing an identification signal at a defined frequency. A frequency calibration circuit is electrically coupled to the signal generation circuit and is configured to set the defined frequency. The frequency calibration circuit includes a first calibration portion positioned on a first electrical subsystem and a second calibration portion positioned on a second electrical subsystem. An identification circuit is configured to process the identification signal to generate an identification result.
US10234888B2
A voltage generation circuit includes: a periodic wave generator that generates an on/off signal that is periodically enabled/disabled, where at least one between a period and a duty cycle of the on/off signal is controlled based on at least one information among temperature information, capacitance information, leakage current information, speed information, and voltage level information; and an internal voltage generator that is enabled/disabled in response to the on/off signal and generates an internal voltage.
US10234887B2
An electronic circuit includes semiconductor substrate having a first doping type and a reference terminal coupled to the semiconductor substrate. A tub area having a second doping type is formed in the semiconductor substrate. A well area having the first doping type is formed within the tub area. A driver circuit comprising a transistor is formed within the well area and has an output terminal. A control circuit is coupled to the driver circuit for controlling the driver circuit. A second transistor is within the well area and coupled in series between the driver circuit and the output terminal, the second transistor having a first terminal coupled to the driver circuit and a second terminal coupled to the output terminal. A biasing circuit is coupled to a gate terminal of the second transistor and configured to bias the transistor to a conducting state.
US10234876B2
A system for growing plants, the system may include a substrate having one or more weakened areas or openings: one or more grow portions coupled to the substrate and situated at the one or more weakened areas or openings and having at least one seed or plant; and/or a fluid distribution portion coupled to the substrate and configured to provide fluid to the one or more grow portions. The system may further include a method of operation including one or more acts of: obtaining a weather forecast for a future time period; determining whether rain is expected during the future time period; and preventing, terminating, or restricting an irrigation cycle when it is determined that rain is expected during the future time period. The restricting may restrict a flow of liquid during the irrigation cycle or shorten the irrigation interval.
US10234872B2
A method for launching an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) comprises: receiving a pre-launching signal; detecting, via at least one sensor of the UAV, at least one status parameter of the UAV in response to receiving the pre-launching signal; determining a launching mode of the UAV according to the at least one detected status parameter of the UAV; and launching the UAV according to the determined launching mode of the UAV.
US10234871B2
Controllers, control architectures, systems and methods are described for controlling a host vehicle's participation in a platoon. In some embodiments, a vehicle control system includes a vehicle controller configured to determine vehicle control commands for at least partially automatically controlling the host vehicle based at least in part on sensor information. The vehicle control commands are arranged to be directly or indirectly utilized by one or more host vehicle control units resident on the host vehicle. The vehicle control system also includes one or more safety monitoring algorithms that, during at least partially automated driving, verify that selected vehicle control commands received from the vehicle controller meet selected safety criteria. At least some of the safety algorithms utilize sensor data in the verification of the commands received from the vehicle controller. The sensor data used by the safety algorithms may come from the host vehicle and/or a second vehicle.
US10234852B2
A bioreactor control system comprises a batch server for controlling a bioreactor system in response to a recipe, a batch software system for generating a control sequence for the bioreactor system via the batch server for implementing the recipe, and a recipe conversion system that inputs the recipe into the batch software system. Preferably, the recipe conversion system reads a word processor file containing the recipe and interprets styles applied to text in the word processor file as indicating equipment and phases of the recipe to the recipe conversion system. Generally, the bioreactor system includes one or more bioreactors and additional hardware to perform the upstream and downstream processing. The document properties of the word processor file containing the recipe are applied as header information for the recipe input into the batch software system. This system solves a problem associated with traditional batching software systems, in which the authoring of recipes on the systems can be relatively arcane. Here, the recipe can be authored on a common word processor.
US10234850B2
A controller for controlling an electric or a fluidic valve drive. The controller includes a communications interface which is configured to output a current signal and convert drive-related measurement information into a current signal level within a current interval according to a communications protocol. The communications interface is further configured to convert at least two different items of device status information into different current signals levels outside of the current interval.
US10234836B2
A method for operating a control device of a home automation installation of a building, the control device comprising a data input device and a display device, the control device being configured so as to control the operation of home automation equipment items and communicate with sensors, the method including automatic operation configuration steps of selecting an icon representing a first condition for implementation of an action relating to the installation out of a proposed set of condition icons, positioning the first selected condition in a matrix table accommodating the condition icons, selecting an icon representing a second condition for implementation of an action relating to the installation, and positioning the icon representing the second condition on a same row or a same column as the icon representing the first condition in the matrix table.
US10234833B2
Technologies for predicting the power usage of a data center are disclosed. A data center manager gathers sensor data from the compute devices of the data center. The sensor data indicates factors such as power used by the compute device and the intake air inlet temperature. The data center manager trains a machine-learning-based algorithm based on training sensor data, and then applies the machine-learning-based algorithm to sensor data as it is being gathered. The machine-learning-based algorithm can predict a change in future power usage of the data center, and control a cooling unit to compensate before the power usage even begins to change.
US10234830B2
To provide a feedback control device that achieves smooth continuous control at the time of switching of binary feedback controls. When, as a result of constant current feedback control being performed through a connection between a current control unit 12 and an I control unit 24, a detected measured voltage value of a control object 21 reaches a preset value that is maintained by constant voltage feedback control, a u1/u2 determination unit (switching determination unit) 27 controls changeover switches 22 and 23 to connect a voltage control unit 15 and the I control unit 24 and, in addition, connect the voltage control unit 15 to an adder 25 to which the I control unit 24 is connected, and performs switching to constant voltage feedback control.
US10234829B2
A system balances current flowing through a solid-state power controller system including at least two output channels connected in parallel. The system delivers a first current to a load via a first output channel to a load, and delivers a second current to the load via a second output channel connected in parallel with the first output channel. The system further determines a first strength of the first current and a second strength of the second current, and adjusts at least one of a first resistance of the first output channel and a second resistance of the second output channel such that the first current strength is substantially equal to the second current strength.
US10234822B2
A timepiece oscillator includes a sprung balance assembly including a balance with a rim, which is returned by a balance spring and pivoted with respect to a structure, on a first side by a torsion wire, fixed by an anchoring element to the structure, and on a second side, opposite to the first side, by a contactless magnetic pivot. The balance includes a first pole embedded with the balance and the torsion wire, this first pole having a symmetry with respect to the axis of the sprung balance assembly, and cooperating with a second pole included in the structure, for the magnetic suspension of the first pole, and to exert on the distal end of the torsion wire, opposite to this anchoring element, a magnetic force for tensioning the torsion wire.
US10234820B2
A process cartridge is detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus. The cartridge includes an electrophotographic photosensitive drum, a developing roller, a drum unit containing the drum, a developing unit containing the roller and being movable so the roller contacts and is spaced from the drum, and a first force receiver receiving a force from a main-assembly first force applier by movement of a door from open to closed positions when mounting the cartridge and a second force receiver movable from a stand-by position by movement of the first force receiver by a force received from the first force applier. The second force receiver takes a projected position receiving a force from the second force applier to move the developing unit so the roller moves out of contact with the drum, the projected position being higher than the stand-by position.
US10234809B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a charging device, a developing device, a transfer member, a registration roller pair, a conveyance guide, and a first cover member. The conveyance guide includes a first conveyance guide opposing one surface of a recording medium conveyed from the registration roller pair to a transfer nip, the one surface being on a side of image carrier, and a second transfer guide opposing another surface of the recording member, the other surface being on a side of the transfer member. The first cover member covers an area along a peripheral surface of the image carrier from the developing device to the transfer member, and forms a substantially sealed space together with the image carrier, the developing device, the transfer member, the registration roller pair, and the transfer guide. A through hole is formed in the first transfer guide.
US10234807B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a toner image forming portion, a transfer member, a cleaning member, and a controller configured to carry out a process for notifying information on a lifetime of the image bearing member on the basis of information on contact pressure of the cleaning member to the image bearing member.
US10234796B1
A transfer assist member comprising a plurality of layers, one of the layers being a check film layer comprising a mixture of a polymer and a conductive component in contact with a layer of a polyalkylene furandicarboxylate.
US10234792B2
A developer storage container (30) includes: a container body (31); a lid (32); a stirring member (34); and an input gear (36). The container body includes: a bottom portion (310); an opening (31P) extending in a longitudinal direction thereof; a first sidewall (31R) and a second sidewall (31L); and a storage space (30S) for storing developer therein. The second sidewall includes a bearing portion (312) disposed to face the storage space. The first sidewall includes: a shaft hole (313S) communicating between an outside of the container body and the storage space; and a support portion (313T) supporting a distal end of a coupling (342) of the stirring member from therebelow to prevent the stirring member from falling onto the bottom portion, in a state in which a distal pivot portion (341) of the stirring member is inserted into the bearing portion, and the coupling is disposed facing the shaft hole.
US10234778B2
An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles including a particulate toner matrix and an external additive adhering to a surface of the particulate toner matrix. The particulate toner matrix includes a crystalline polyester resin. The external additive includes silica particles. The silica particles are secondary particles including primary particles having a diameter in the range of 30 to 90 nm. The secondary particles have an average circularity in the range of 0.25 to 0.50. The secondary particles have an average aspect ratio of 3.0 or more.
US10234774B2
A lithographic apparatus includes a patterning device support to support a patterning device, the patterning device system including a moveable structure movably arranged relative to an object, a patterning device holder movably arranged relative to the movable structure to hold the patterning device, an actuator to move the movable structure relative to the object, and an ultra short stroke actuator to move the patterning device holder with respect to the movable structure; a substrate support to hold a substrate; a projection system to project a patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of the substrate; a transmission image sensor for measuring a position of the patterned radiation beam downstream of the projection system; and a calibrator for determining a relationship between magnitude of an applied control signal to the ultra short stroke actuator and resulting change in position of the patterned radiation beam and/or patterning device holder and/or patterning device.
US10234768B2
A substrate table of an immersion lithographic apparatus is disclosed which comprises a barrier configured to collect liquid. The barrier surrounds the substrate and is spaced apart from the substrate. In this way any liquid which is spilt from the liquid supply system can be collected to reduce the risk of contamination of delicate components of the lithographic projection apparatus.
US10234765B2
Excimer laser annealing apparatus includes and excimer laser delivering laser-radiation pulses to a silicon layer supported on a substrate translated with respect to the laser pulses such that the consecutive pulses overlap on the substrate. The energy of each of the laser-radiation pulses is monitored, transmitted to control-electronics, and the energy of a next laser pulse is adjusted by a high-pass digital filter.
US10234752B1
A projector includes a light source module, a light valve, and a projection lens. The light source module includes a substrate, at least one light emitting element, a heat conducting structure, and at least one electricity insulating and heat conducting element. The light emitting element is disposed on the substrate, and has a conductive portion. The light emitting element provides an illumination beam. The heat conducting structure has at least one concave. The substrate is disposed in the at least one concave, and the conductive portion is located in the concave. The electricity insulating and heat conducting element is disposed in the concave, and covers the substrate and the conductive portion. The light valve is disposed on a transmission path of the illumination beam, and converts the illumination beam to an image beam. The projection lens is disposed on a transmission path of the image beam.
US10234750B2
A light source module of a projector includes a light source having a lamp axis, a fan for providing a cooling airflow, and a flow guide device disposed between the light source and the fan and for guiding the cooling airflow. The flow guide device includes a first air channel connected between a side of the light source and an air outlet of the fan, a second air channel connected between another side of the light source and the air outlet of the fan, and a first airflow control assembly disposed in the first air channel and for controlling the first air channel either in communication or non-communication states via gravity. The first airflow control assembly has a first control rotating shaft inclined relative to the lamp axis and a first included angle between the first control rotating shaft and the lamp axis is less than 90 degrees.
US10234748B2
There is provided an imaging device including an image sensor, and an outer case in which the image sensor is disposed. A shooting button configured to photograph a subject is disposed on an outer peripheral surface of the outer case. When an intersection line between a horizontal surface including a center of the outer case in a vertical direction and the outer peripheral surface of the outer case is set as a horizontal line, the shooting button is positioned close to the horizontal line above the horizontal line. A zoom knob configured to change photographic magnification is positioned on a same side as the shooting button in a horizontal direction.
US10234745B2
A solid state optical beam steering device and method of operation includes converting a frequency or wavelength of a signal in a non-linear converter associated with one channel just before launch. A second channel has a similar constructions and operation. A processor compares the phase difference between the two channels and uses the difference to horizontally steer a beam without moving mechanical parts. This establishes the solid-state nature of the present disclosure. The non-linear converter may be a quasi-phase matched non-linear converter with alternating crystal domains.
US10234741B2
A display for an electronic device includes a plurality of pixel portions. Each pixel portion includes one or more electrophoretic capsules disposed above an organic light emitting diode layer. A first electrode assembly and a second electrode assembly are operable to control the one or more electrophoretic capsules. A control circuit selectively controls the first electrode assembly to cause operation of the one or more electrophoretic capsules in an optically non-transmissive state and the second electrode assembly to cause operation of the one or more electrophoretic capsules in an optically transmissive state.
US10234733B2
An array substrate, a display device and a method for manufacturing an array substrate are provided. The array substrate includes: two first conductive connection strips arranged opposite to each other; and multiple electrode strips arranged between the two first conductive connection strips. The multiple electrode strips are electrically connected to each other via the two first conductive connection strips. Slits are formed between adjacent electrode strips. The multiple electrode strips include at least one electrode strip, of which one end is electrically connected to one of the two first conductive connection strips and another end is spaced at a distance from the other of the two first conductive connection strips to form an opening. The opening is communicated with two adjacent slits.
US10234732B2
A display panel and a display device are disclosed. Each of pixels in the display panel includes a pixel area; a switch element located near an intersection of a data line and a scan line; a pixel electrode electrically connected to the switch element; and a common electrode located on the first substrate. The common electrode comprises first common electrodes superposing data lines or scan lines and having the same first width; and second common electrodes overlapping with respective pixel areas and having the same second width, the first width is the same as the second width. Alternatively, the common electrode comprises first slits, which have the same first slit width, located above data lines and scan lines, and second slits, which have the same second slit width and are located in respective pixel areas. The first slit width is the same as the second slit width.
US10234725B2
A photoluminescence color display comprises a display panel that displays red, green and blue sub-pixel areas, an excitation source operable to generate excitation radiation for operating the display, and a combined layer of photoluminescence materials and filter pigments. The combined layer comprises at least one photoluminescence material, such as a phosphor material or quantum dots, that is operable to emit light corresponding to red, green and blue sub-pixel areas of the display in response to said excitation radiation.
US10234723B2
A backlight unit including: a light source; and a photoconversion layer disposed separately from the light source to convert a wavelength of incident light from the light source and thereby provide converted light, wherein the photoconversion layer includes a polymer matrix and a plurality of anisotropic semiconductor nanocrystals disposed in the polymer matrix, and wherein the polymer matrix includes a polymer having a repeating unit represented by Chemical Formula 1: wherein R1 is hydrogen or a methyl group, each R2 is independently hydrogen or a C1 to C3 alkyl group, and R3 is a C2 to C5 alkyl group, wherein the polymer exhibits elasticity at a temperature between a glass transition temperature of the polymer and about 100° C., and wherein the plurality of anisotropic semiconductor nanocrystals are aligned along a long axis thereof for the photoconversion layer to emit polarized light.
US10234721B2
A transflective LCD device and a method of forming the same are proposed. The transflective LCD includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a first alignment film, a second alignment film and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate and the second substrate are divided into a transmissive area and a reflective area, in which areas of the first alignment film and the second alignment film are configured respectively by different aligning angles. The liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer corresponding to the transmissive area and the reflective area are tilted by different pretilt angles. Therefore, light going one-way through the liquid crystal layer corresponding to the transmissive area generates the same phase retardation as making a round-trip through the liquid crystal layer corresponding to the reflective area.
US10234720B2
An electro-optic assembly includes a first partially reflective, partially transmissive substrate defining a first surface and a second surface. A second partially reflective, partially transmissive substrate defines a third surface and a fourth surface. A space is defined between a first substrate and a second substrate. An electro-optic material is disposed between the second surface of the first substrate and the third surface of the second substrate. The electro-optic assembly is operable to change the transmittance state in either a discrete or continuous manner. A transflective coating is disposed on the second surface. The transflective coating includes a silver conductive layer and an overcoat layer including one of a transparent conductive oxide (TCO) and a noble metal. The overcoat layer is disposed between the silver conductive layer and the electro-optic material.
US10234703B2
An optical modulator uses an optoelectronic phase comparator configured to provide, in the form of an electrical signal, a measure of a phase difference between two optical waves. The phase comparator includes an optical directional coupler having two coupled channels respectively defining two optical inputs for receiving the two optical waves to be compared. Two photodiodes are configured to respectively receive the optical output powers of the two channels of the directional coupler. An electrical circuit is configured to supply, as a measure of the optical phase shift, an electrical signal proportional to the difference between the electrical signals produced by the two photodiodes.
US10234699B2
A head-mounted display according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a main body, a nose pad, and a holding mechanism. The main body includes a display portion capable of presenting an image to a user and is configured to be mountable on a head of the user. The nose pad is configured to be attachable to and detachable from the main body. The holding mechanism is configured to be capable of holding correction glasses between the main body and the nose pad mounted to the main body, the correction glasses facing the display portion.
US10234682B2
A head-up display device includes: a light source that emits light; a condenser that condenses the light emitted from the light source in a first direction; an adjuster that adjusts the light emitted from the condenser; a first reflector that reflects the light emitted from the adjuster in a second direction different from the first direction; a display that includes an image display surface forming a display image and emits a display light representing the display image with the image display surface transmitting the light reflected by the first reflector; a second reflector that reflects the display light being emitted from the display and being incident from above; and a third reflector that reflects the display light incident from the second reflector to the projection member. The adjuster adjusts the light emitted from the condenser according to a size of the image display surface.
US10234681B2
A thermoplastic film for a laminated-glass pane, having a non-linear continuous wedge insert in both a vertical and horizontal direction in some sections, is described. In the vertical direction, the laminated-glass pane is, from the perspective of an observer, further at a lower end than at an upper end. In a laminated-glass pane equipped with the thermoplastic film, the thermoplastic film is located between two glass layers. The thermoplastic film has at least a first section having a wedge angle profile that is continuous and non-linear in the vertical and horizontal direction, such that ghost images from a head-up display are minimized in the region of the first section. The thermoplastic film also minimizes double images in transmission in the first section and in further sections.
US10234673B2
A confocal microscope apparatus includes an image acquisition unit configured to obtain a first all-in-focus image of each of a plurality of measurement visual field areas constituting a measurement target area in a brightness setting in accordance with the corresponding measurement visual field area, and a stitched image constructor configured to construct a stitched image on the basis of a plurality of second all-in-focus images. The second all-in-focus images are obtained through conversion of the plurality of first all-in-focus images obtained by the image acquisition unit so that the images become closer to a plurality of reference all-in-focus images. The plurality of reference all-in-focus images are obtained when the plurality of measurement visual field area are captured in a brightness setting serving as a reference.
US10234670B2
Implementations of piezoelectric operated microscope focusing devices may include: a first block, having a first side and a second side, the first side coupled to a body of a microscope through four or more screws. The device may also include a second block, having a first surface, a second surface, and a side surface. The side surface may be coupled to the second side of the first block. The second surface of the second block may be configured to couple with an objective of the microscope. A piezoelectric operated microscope focusing device may also include an opening on the first surface of the second block. The opening may be configured to couple to an illuminator of a microscope. The opening may have a substantially rounded portion and an adapter orientated substantially perpendicular to the first block of the device. The adapter may include dove tail projections and mounting screws.
US10234663B2
A variable magnification optical system comprises, in order from an object side: a first lens group having positive refractive power; a second lens group having negative refractive power; a third lens group having positive refractive power; a fourth lens group having positive refractive power; and a fifth lens group; upon varying magnification from a wide-angle end state to a telephoto end state, a distance between the first lens group and the second lens group, a distance between the second lens group and the third lens group, a distance between the third lens group and the fourth lens group and a distance between the fourth lens group and the fifth lens group being varied, the fifth lens group being moved with respect to the image plane; upon focusing the third lens group being moved along the optical axis; and the given conditional expressions being satisfied; thereby providing a small-size variable magnification optical system having a high variable magnification ratio and an excellent optical performance.
US10234653B2
In the case in which a plurality of regions which is obtained by dividing an image region of the image data is set as partial regions, a controller detects focus positions respectively with respect to the partial regions and moves a focus lens to each of the detected focus positions to capture a video. The controller has, as a video capturing method for the video capturing, a first method in which the video capturing is performed with the focus lens stopped at each of the focus positions, and a second method in which the video capturing is performed with the focus lens being moved without stopped at each of the focus positions.
US10234652B2
Provided are a zoom lens device and a method for controlling the device, capable of reducing astigmatism regardless of the position of the zoom lens. In accordance with a zoom command, a lens constituting a zoom optical system is moved in the direction of the optical axis (step 81). The position of the moved lens is detected (step 82), and an amount of rotation corresponding to the detected position of the moved lens is read from a table that is stored (step 83). The lens is rotated by the read amount of rotation (step 84). As a result of the rotation of the lens, astigmatism in the zoom optical system is reduced.
US10234647B2
An optical termination box comprising: a tubular housing (10) with an open end (10b) and a closed end (10a) provided with an input opening (11) for an optical distribution cable (100); a cover (20) securable against the open end (10b) of the housing (10) and pierced by output adapters (30); and an optical fiber accommodating tray (40), internal to the tubular housing (10) and having a first end (41) carrying a tubular bushing (50) with a base portion (51) seated against the closed end (10a) of the tubular housing (10), and a projecting body portion (52) out of the input opening (11), to cooperate with a puller (60) that holds the tubular bushing (50) hermetically pressed against the closed end (10a) of the tubular housing (10). The tubular bushing (50) hermetically receives and retains an end portion (100a) of an optical distribution cable (100) containing at least one optical fiber (FO).
US10234646B2
Methods and systems for a photonically enabled complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) chip are disclosed. The CMOS chip may comprise a plurality of lasers, a microlens, a turning mirror, and an optical bench, and may generate optical signals utilizing the lasers, focus the optical signals utilizing the microlens, and reflect the optical signals at an angle defined by the turning mirror. The reflected optical signals may be transmitted into the photonically enabled CMOS chip, which may comprise a non-reciprocal polarization rotator, comprising a latching faraday rotator. The CMOS chip may comprise a reciprocal polarization rotator, which may comprise a half-wave plate comprising birefringent materials operably coupled to the optical bench. The turning mirror may be integrated in the optical bench and may reflect the optical signals to transmit through a lid operably coupled to the optical bench.
US10234644B1
The optical-electrical printed circuit board disclosed herein includes a waveguide link assembly and a printed circuit board assembly. The printed circuit board assembly has first and second PCB layers between which optical waveguides of the waveguide link assembly are disposed. The end faces the optical waveguides are accessible through an access aperture in the printed circuit board assembly. An optical interconnector can be used to optically connect the optical waveguides to waveguides of an optical-electrical integrated circuit operably disposed on the printed circuit board assembly to form a photonic device. A waveguide bending structure can be used to bend the optical waveguides to facilitate optical coupling to the optical interconnector or directly to the waveguides of the optical-electrical integrated circuit. Methods of forming an optical-electrical printed circuit board, a photonic assembly and a photonic device are also disclosed.
US10234643B2
An optical connector includes a substrate, plural optical channels for transmitting an optical signal, a light source, an oblique structure, and a photo detector. The light source is located on the substrate to emit a first optical signal. The oblique structure has an optical reflective surface to reflect the first optical signal emitted by the light source to at least one of the optical channels. The photo detector is located on the substrate to receive a second optical signal emitted by at least one of the optical channels. The optical reflective surface has at least one gap, such that the optical reflective surface is divided into at least two segments by the gap, and the segments are not electrically connected with each other.
US10234640B2
An optical connector includes a first connector and a second connector configured to be mated to the first connector. The first connector includes a plate having an opening, a substrate stacked on the plate, and an adapter having an opening and connected to the plate. The second connector includes a housing and a ferrule configured to connect to an optical fiber. The ferrule is provided in the housing to project from the housing to have an end of the ferrule exposed outside the housing. The ferrule is inserted in the openings when the first connector and the second connector are mated together.
US10234638B2
A ferrule includes a ferrule body having a first opening formed in a side face thereof, and having a second opening formed in a top face thereof, wherein the first opening is configured to receive an optical waveguide inserted into the ferrule body at the side face, and wherein the second opening is formed over and in communication with the first opening, such that the second opening connects an inner space of the first opening to an outside of the ferrule body.
US10234637B2
A fiber optic cable and connector assembly is disclosed. In one aspect, the assembly includes a cable optical fiber, an optical fiber stub and a beam expanding fiber segment optically coupled between the cable optical fiber and the optical fiber stub. The optical fiber stub has a constant mode field diameter along its length and has a larger mode field diameter than the cable optical fiber. In another aspect, a fiber optic cable and connector assembly includes a fiber optic connector mounted at the end of a fiber optic cable. The fiber optic connector includes a ferrule assembly including an expanded beam fiber segment supported within the ferrule. The expanded beam fiber segment can be constructed such that the expanded beam fiber segment is polished first and then cleaved to an exact pitch length. The expanded beam fiber segment can be fusion spliced to a single mode optical fiber at a splice location behind the ferrule.
US10234622B2
The present disclosure provides a light guide plate-positioning column, a backlight module and a display apparatus. The column comprises a first positioning body for positioning a light guide plate and a second positioning body for positioning an optical film; the second positioning body is located on a side of the first and fixedly connected to it; a projection of the first positioning body in a direction from it toward the second completely covers that of the second, and a projection area of the first positioning body is greater than that of the second; wherein in the direction, a surface on a side of the first positioning body close to the second does not extend beyond a surface on a side of the plate close to the second. Both the requirements of the positioning strength of the plate and the fine positioning of the film can be met.
US10234608B2
Implementations of the present invention relate to apparatuses, systems, and methods for blocking, attenuating, or filtering neuroactive wavelengths of the visible light spectrum and reducing or preventing the symptoms affiliated with exposure to those wavelengths. Nanoparticles of a predetermined composition, size, and structure are dispersed in a host medium to create an optical notch filter, thereby attenuating only a narrow range of the visible spectrum.
US10234602B2
A functional polarizing film includes a polarizing layer, at least one moisture-binding layer on a first surface of the polarizing layer, and at least one moisture-blocking layer disposed on a first surface of the moisture-binding layer.
US10234593B2
An example formation fluid analysis tool includes an optical element and a detector configured to receive light passed through the optical element. The optical element is configured to receive light from a fluid sample and comprises a substrate, an integrated computational element (ICE) fabricated on a first side of the substrate, and an optical filter fabricated on a second side of the substrate opposite the first side.
US10234585B2
Geophysical survey systems and methods. At least some of the example embodiments are systems including: a tow vessel with an onboard data acquisition system; a sensor streamer that defines a proximal end and a distal end, the sensor streamer extends behind the tow vessel, and the sensor streamer submerged in the body of water; a lead-in cable coupled on a first end to the tow vessel, and coupled on a second end to the sensor streamer; a lead vessel associated with the sensor streamer, the lead vessel floating at or near the surface of the body of water, and the lead vessel coupled to the sensor streamer by a tow cable; and a seismic source in the water behind the lead vessel, the seismic source coupled to the lead vessel by a source cable that extends from the lead vessel to the seismic source.
US10234584B2
Inducing vibrations onto a sensor streamer. At least some of the example embodiments are methods including: towing a sensor streamer through a body of water, the sensor streamer comprising a plurality of geophones spaced along the sensor streamer; inducing a vibration onto the sensor streamer at a predetermined location, the inducing as the sensor streamer is towed; measuring the vibration by a geophone at a distance from the predetermined location, the measuring creates a measured vibration; and creating, by a computer system, a model of noise propagation along the sensor streamer, the creating based on the measured vibration.
US10234574B2
A radiation imaging apparatus includes a pixel array having a plurality of pixels configured to detect radiation, a detector configured to detect radiation irradiation, and a controller. In a case in which a measured value obtained by using the detector exceeds a threshold in one range out of a positive range and a negative range with respect to a reference value, the controller controls a radiation image capturing operation by determining that the radiation irradiation has started. The controller changes the threshold in accordance with the measured value of the other range out of the positive range and the negative range.
US10234573B2
A dual-mode, hand-held, digital probe, designed to rapidly localize tissues of interest through gamma detection, and provide high-resolution, real-time images of the suspect area by sensing beta radiation is presented. A position-sensitive solid-state photomultiplier is optically bonded with a hybrid scintillator including a thin Crystalline Microcolumnar Structure (CMS) CsI:T1 scintillator, vapor-deposited directly onto a monolithic (polycrystalline) LYSO scintillator.
US10234567B2
A location awareness apparatus includes: a communication unit performing communications with a plurality of satellites and with another device; and a controller recognizing a current location of the device based on information received from the plurality of satellites, controlling communications with the other device when a number of satellites available for communication is less than a reference number during the recognition of the current location, receiving satellite information from the other device, and correcting the current location based on the information received from the plurality of satellites and the satellite information received from the other device.
US10234564B2
Disclosed is a device and method for determining the direction of a false Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) satellite signal transmitter. False GNSS satellite signals can be used malevolently to take control of a rigid body such as a vehicle or ship that is using GNSS satellite signals for navigation. The GNSS device according to the invention computes a plurality of range differences, where each range difference is the difference between a range from a first GNSS satellite to a first GNSS antenna, and the range from the first GNSs satellite to a second GNSS antenna. Each of the plurality of range differences is correlated to a rotation angle of a baseline vector extending from the first GNSS antenna to the second GNSS antenna. The rotation angles and their corresponding range differences can be used to indicate the direction of the false GNSS satellite signal transmitter.
US10234563B2
A portable device is configured to display disaster and safety information and a method is configured to control the portable device to display the disaster and safety information. The portable device includes a global positioning system (GPS) module for receiving position information of the portable device and an information receiving module for receiving the disaster and safety information. A sensor module of the portable device detects an inclination of the portable device and the processor module of the portable device visualizes the disaster and safety information in a first person view or a third person view according to the sensed inclination. A display module of the portable device displays the disaster and safety information based on weather prediction information and/or forest fire damage prediction information.
US10234561B2
A method for facilitating removal of specular reflection noise from light data can include illuminating, using an illumination unit, a target with a light source. The illumination unit is configured to project light with a spatial light pattern onto the target. The method can also include acquiring, with a sensor unit, light data that is reflected from the target. The light data may comprise a directly reflected spatial light pattern and a specular reflected spatial light pattern. The directly reflected spatial light pattern and the specular reflected spatial light pattern comprise at least one spatial distinction that distinguishes the directly reflected spatial light pattern from the specular reflected spatial light pattern. The method can further comprise processing the light data to distinguish the directly reflected spatial light pattern from the specular reflected spatial light pattern based upon the at least one spatial distinction.
US10234554B2
Embodiments described herein simplify the recognition of objects in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery. This may be achieved by processing the image in order to make the shadow caused by the object appear more similar to the object. Alternatively, this may be achieved by processing the image in order to make the layover caused by the object appear more similar to the object. Manipulation of the shadow caused by the object and the layover caused by the object may comprise altering the aspect ratio of the image, and in the case of manipulating the shadow caused by the image, may further comprise transforming the image by reflection or rotation. The aspect ratio of the image may be altered based on information about the image collection geometry, obtained by the SAR.
US10234551B2
A method and system for managing data from an aircraft radio-altimeter. The data management system includes a monitoring unit for checking, automatically and repetitively, when the radio-altimeter is outside of its operational range, from data generated by the radio-altimeter for a predetermined duration, whether the trend of the data corresponds to an aircraft approaching the ground, and a data transmission unit configured to automatically transmit the data generated by the radio-altimeter to a user system, only if the monitoring unit considers that the trend of the data corresponds to an aircraft approaching the ground.
US10234547B2
A sensor comprises a detector defining a zone axis and adapted to receive a signal from within a zone around the zone axis and to generate an electrical signal, and a display module defining a display plane and adapted to display a pattern in the display plane based on the electrical signal, the display being oriented along an axis forming an angle with the zone axis such that the pattern is visible both from a direction parallel to the zone axis and from a direction perpendicular to the zone axis. In certain examples, the angle is about 45°, 40°-50°, 35°-55° or 25°-65°.
US10234541B2
Provided is an FMCW radar device capable of reducing pairing errors. With use of a first peak frequency change rate during a first chirp period and a second peak frequency change rate during a second chirp period, a first temporary range during the first chirp period and a second temporary range during the second chirp period are calculated. When a difference between the first temporary range and the second temporary range is equal to or less than a set threshold, a first peak frequency and a second peak frequency in a current processing period are paired with each other.
US10234488B2
A hand tool for current sensing includes a body (110) and a current sensing module (200). The body (110) includes two clamping handles (120) pivotally connected by a pivot (130), two pliers jaws (140) disposed at respective one ends of the two clamping handles (120) respectively, and a clamping structure (150) disposed at the two pliers jaws (140). The current sensing module (200) is detachably coupled to any of the pliers jaws (140) and is arranged adjacent to the clamping structure (150). The current sensing module (200) includes an alert unit (220) for sending out an alert signal. Accordingly, an operator can sense whether a cable carries a current by means of the hand tool, thus ensuring safety of the operator during work.
US10234484B2
A power monitoring system includes a plurality of current sensors suitable to sense respective changing electrical current within a respective conductor to a respective load and a conductor sensing a respective voltage potential provided to the respective load. A power monitors determines a type of circuit based upon a signal from at least one of the current sensors and a signal from the conductor, wherein the type of circuit includes at least one of a single phase circuit, a two phase circuit, and a three phase circuit. The power meter configures a set of registers corresponding to the determined type of circuit in a manner such that the configuring is different based upon each of the single phase circuit, two phase circuit, and three phase circuit suitable to provide data corresponding to the determined type of circuit.
US10234478B2
A method for detecting a malfunction or defect of a sensor of a vehicle safety device uses a control unit of the vehicle safety device and at least one self-testing sensor which is separate from the control unit and transmits measuring values to the control unit. The following steps are performed: a) The sensor performs the self-test of the sensor, wherein the measuring section of the sensor is activated in a simulated manner in order to generate a test measuring value in response to the simulated activation, b) a signal is transmitted to the control unit which includes at least one of: a ratio of test measuring value to intensity of the simulated activation, a deviation of the test measuring value from the simulated activation and a test measuring value, c) it is checked by means of the control unit whether at least one of the ratio, the deviation and the measuring value is plausible, d) the control unit determines that the sensor has malfunctioned or is defective if at least one on the ratio, the deviation and the test measuring value is considered to be non-plausible.
US10234476B2
Systems and methods are described herein for extracting inertial information from nonlinear periodic signals. A system for determining an inertial parameter can include circuitry configured for receiving a first periodic analog signal from a first sensor that is responsive to motion of a proof mass, converting the first periodic analog signal to a first periodic digital signal, determining a result of trigonometrically inverting a quantity, the quantity based on the first periodic digital signal, and determining the inertial parameter based on the result.
US10234471B2
The present invention relates to a method for determining the position of a multiplicity of measurement locations in a measurement system of an automated analysis device, and a corresponding automated analysis device with an integrated circuit, which is configured as phase locked loop.
US10234469B2
A blood state analysis device (1) that analyzes a state of a blood sample, as used for clotting time testing, said blood sample comprising a plasma and at least one reagent, including a correction unit (11) configured to correct a measured blood coagulation evaluation result of the blood sample based on a relation between reference concentrations of the at least one reagent in plasma and reference blood coagulation evaluation results, the at least one reagent is an anticoagulation treatment releasing agent, a coagulation activator, an anticoagulant, a platelet activator, an antiplatelet drug, or a combination thereof and is present in the blood sample. For instance, such device (1) allows to correct blood clotting time results with respect to concentrations of an anti-coagulant drug present in the blood sample.
US10234467B2
Apparatus for testing the solubility of a medical dosage form includes a chamber (12) for holding a solvent medium (18), in the preferred embodiment a bicarbonate based buffer system. The apparatus also includes a pH probe (66) which is connectable to a supply of carbon dioxide (32, 34), as well as to a supply of helium (40), the supplies being controlled by a control unit (50). The control unit (50) monitors changes in pH of the solvent medium (18) and, as appropriate, feeds pH increasing and/or pH reducing gas from the supplies (32, 34, 40) into the chamber (12). The control unit (50) is able to maintain a uniform pH during testing or to provide a dynamically adjustable pH during testing, for example to three or more different pH levels in order to test the performance of a drug carrier at different levels of acidity or alkalinity for example, mimicking the conditions of the gastrointestinal tract. The apparatus (20) and associated method are particularly suitable for testing and developing dosage forms for oral delivery of drugs.
US10234466B2
Diagnostic kits and methods configured to rapidly and non-invasively determine physiologic levels of hemoglobin. A diagnostic kit may include a chamber pre-filled with an indicator, the indicator solution including a tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) solution, the indicator being configured to change color; a collection device configured to collect a test sample from a subject. The kit may also include a hemoglobin physiologic level identifier legend, the legend indicating 1) at least one color of the indicator and 2) a physiologic level and/or range of the hemoglobin and/or disease state associated with the color.
US10234464B2
The present invention is directed to a method of identifying a patient having heart failure as likely to respond to a therapy comprising a statin. The method is based on measuring the level of at least one marker selected from GDF-15 (Growth Differentiation Factor 15), Urea, SHBG (Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin), Uric acid, PLGF (Placental Growth Factor), IL-6 (Interleukin-6), Transferrin, a cardiac Troponin, sFlt-1 (Soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1), Prealbumin, Ferritin, Osteopontin, sST2 (soluble ST2), and hsCRP (high sensitivity C-reactive protein) in a sample from a patient. Further envisaged is a method of predicting the risk of a patient to suffer from death or hospitalization, wherein said patient has heart failure and undergoes a therapy comprising a statin. The method is also based on the measurement of the level of at least one of the aforementioned markers.
US10234461B2
The present invention relates to simple size exclusion chromatography (SEC) analytical methods useful for the assessment of accurate molecular weight distributions (MWDs) of certain polypeptide mixtures known as glatiramoids. The use of a SEC method based on one or more broad MWD standards furnishes the absolute (not relative) molecular weight distribution profile of complex polypeptide mixtures like, for instance, the glatiramer acetate (GA) polymer.
US10234458B2
This document provides methods and materials related to treating renal cell carcinoma. For example, methods and materials for assessing a cancer patient (e.g., a renal cell carcinoma patient) for tumor or peritumoral tissue containing CD14+ cells and proceeding with a cancer treatment option (e.g., a renal cell carcinoma treatment option) based on the presence, absence, or level of CD14+ cells present within the tumor or peritumoral tissue are provided.
US10234450B2
The present invention is directed to methods and devices for amending undiluted and partially diluted urine samples in a manner suitable for performing immunoassays for target analytes, for example NGAL. Generally, the urine sample is treated with reagents including at least one of buffer materials, water soluble proteins, urease, and other interferent mitigants. These reagents control the pH of the urine sample in a manner suitable for immuno-binding reactions and ameliorate interferences, particularly during the detection step.
US10234449B2
The present disclosure provides compositions comprising a food product, non-pathogenic microorganism, kits, methods of diagnosing a tumor in a subject, methods of quantifying the number of cancer cells in a cell sample, and methods of detecting a cancer cell, cancer tissue, or cell associated with a hyperproliferative disorder. In some embodiments, the method comprises a step of detecting the presence or absence of a modified substrate or portion thereof in urine of an animal without an instrument and solely by visual inspection of the urine.
US10234437B2
A device and associated method can detect hydrocarbon gas with at least a control module having a plurality of different gas detection means housed in a mobile enclosure, the control module configured to activate at least two different gas detection means to provide amounts and types of gases present in a fluid.
US10234436B2
The present disclosure provides a gas chromatography-ion mobility spectrometry apparatus, including a housing, an injection port mounted to and connected with the housing and configured for input of a gas containing a sample therein, a multicapillary column configured for separation of a gas substance and an ion mobility tub configured for analysis of the gas substance. The gas chromatography-ion mobility spectrometry apparatus further includes: a gas path part connected with the ion mobility tube and configured for providing the gas to the ion mobility tube and receiving a gas discharged from the ion mobility tube; and a buffer base part detachably mounted to the housing and configured to isolation vibration outside the buffer base part, the ion mobility tube being disposed on the buffer base part, wherein the gas path part is mounted in an interior space of the buffer base part.
US10234432B2
Disclosed are methods and systems to nondestructively detect cracks at or near a countersink of a fastener, such as a rivet, in a thin walled structure using Lamb waves. Generation and detection of Lamb waves at symmetric locations relative to the fastener provides signals used to calculate a symmetry parameter. The symmetry parameter represents a comparison of the relative amplitudes of the detected Lamb wave signals and provides a simple indication of whether a crack exists.
US10234430B2
According to an embodiment, a detection system includes a detection device, an acoustic emission sensor, and a processing unit. The detection device detects a change that occurs in a structure or a change in an environment related to the structure. The acoustic emission sensor detects an acoustic emission wave produced from the structure. The processing unit performs first signal processing to process an acoustic emission signal indicating the acoustic emission wave, which is input from the acoustic emission sensor until a first period of time elapses after a detection signal is input from the detection device. The detection signal indicates that a change has occurred in the structure or the environment related to the structure.
US10234428B2
Optically trapped specimens (typically nanoparticles having diameters between 1 and 50 nm) are excited with an optical beam so as to induce vibrations in the specimens. A trapping optical beam and the excitation optical beam can produce vibrations based on a difference frequency based on the trapping optical beam and the excitation optical beam. Scattered optical radiation as a function of modulation frequency can be recorded and used to identify or characterize the specimen.
US10234416B2
The present invention announces a method for extending the storage life of a test reagent for quantification of ionic components in samples by using an anion sensor. The purpose of the present invention is to provide an anion sensor, wherein the storage life of the anion sensor itself may be extended, to thereby extend the storage life of the anion sensor beyond that of conventional anion sensors. According to the present invention, through adjustment of the pH of the internal solution (internal gel liquid), it is possible to provide an anion sensor that maintains consistent performance, and has longer storage life.
US10234411B2
A method and system for calorimetrically measuring the temperature-dependent absorptivity of a homogeneous material dimensioned to be thin and flat with a predetermined uniform thickness and a predetermined porosity. The system includes a material holder adapted to support and thermally isolate the material to be measured, an irradiation source adapted to uniformly irradiate the material with a beam of electromagnetic radiation, and an irradiation source controller adapted to control the irradiation source to uniformly heat the material during a heating period, followed by a cooling period when the material is not irradiated. A thermal sensor measures temperature of the material during the heating and cooling periods, and a computing system first calculates temperature-dependent convective and radiative thermal losses of the material based on the measured temperature of the material during the cooling period when beam intensity is zero, followed by calculation of the temperature-dependent absorptivity of the material based on the temperature-dependent convective and radiative thermal losses determined from the cooling period.
US10234409B2
A test equipment arrangement includes a superheat controller configured for connection to a unit under test, and further configured to test at least one operational parameter of the unit under test.
US10234408B2
The present invention relates to a method for analyzing the length of sulfur crosslinking bonds in a vulcanized rubber using NMR spectrum. In some embodiments, the method comprises obtaining, independently, a carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance (13C NMR) spectrum of a standard substance, wherein the standard substance containing carbon atoms, and a 13C NMR spectrum of the vulcanized rubber, wherein the 13C NMR spectrum of the standard substance and the 13C NMR spectrum of the vulcanized rubber are obtained under the same conditions; obtaining, independently, free induction decay (FID) amplification values of characteristic peaks in the 13C NMR spectrum of the standard substance, and FID amplification values of characteristic peaks in the 13C NMR spectrum of the vulcanized rubber; and measuring the length of sulfur crosslinking bonds in the vulcanized rubber.
US10234394B2
This disclosure provides, among other things, a nanosensor comprising a substrate and one or a plurality of pillars extending from a surface of the substrate, where the pillars comprise a metallic dot structure, a metal disc, and a metallic back plane. The nanosensor comprises a molecular adhesion layer that covers at least a part of the metallic dot structure, the metal disc, and/or the metallic back plane and a capture agent bound to the molecular adhesion layer. The nanosensor amplifies a light signal from an analyte, when the analyte is specifically bound to the capture agent.
US10234393B2
Arrays of integrated analytical devices and their methods for production are provided. The arrays are useful in the analysis of highly multiplexed optical reactions in large numbers at high densities, including biochemical reactions, such as nucleic acid sequencing reactions. The devices allow the highly sensitive discrimination of optical signals using features such as spectra, amplitude, and time resolution, or combinations thereof. The devices include an integrated diffractive beam shaping element that provides for the spatial separation of light emitted from the optical reactions.
US10234390B2
Provided herein is an optical biosensor for detecting a target bioanalyte in a sample. The biosensor includes: a porous silicon or alumina substrate having a surface and a detection agent immobilised on the surface. The detection agent includes a sensing domain and a signaling domain, the sensing domain having a linker capable of interacting with the target bioanalyte and the signaling domain having a luminescence donor and a luminescence acceptor wherein the luminescence donor and the luminescence acceptor are connected by the linker and are optically coupled in the absence of the target bioanalyte. Emission of light from the luminescence donor is substantially quenched by the luminescence acceptor, and interaction of the target bioanalyte with the linker results in optical un-coupling of the luminescence donor and the luminescence acceptor to thereby result in light emission from the luminescence donor.
US10234389B2
A method for inspecting an article containing a target material is provided. A sampling position of the article is illuminated by a beam of laser light having a wavelength λ. Illumination focus to a focal point at the sampling position of the article to produce molecular excitation of the target material by simultaneous absorption of n incident photons of the beam of laser light, wherein n is equal to or greater than two. An output light exited from the article is analyzed by a detector, wherein the output light is of a wavelength range between 0.8λ and 1.2λ.
US10234388B2
A system including a first information acquisition unit configured to acquire first information indicating a detection value of a first physical quantity in a monitored area, a second information acquisition unit configured to acquire second information indicating a detection value of a second physical quantity different from the first physical quantity, in the monitored area, and a determination unit configured to determine whether an abnormality has occurred in the monitored area, based on the detection value of the first physical quantity indicated by the first information, the detection value of the second physical quantity indicated by the second information, a first coefficient corresponding to the detection value of the first physical quantity and the detection value of the second physical quantity, and a first threshold.
US10234385B2
An optical fiber having at least one fiduciary mark is provided. The at least one fiduciary mark is located at one or more axial positions along the optical fiber. The at least one fiduciary mark is configured to produce at least one change in a backscattering signal in the optical fiber. The at least one change in a backscattering signal may be an abrupt change in the backscattering signal. The abrupt change in the backscattering signal occurs over a length of the optical fiber that is of the order of or less than a spatial resolution of an interrogation system employed to detect the backscattering signal.
US10234376B2
Systems and methods for monitoring microorganisms on a surface are provided. In particular, a flat, patterned sensing electrode can be positioned proximate a surface in non-contact relationship with the surface. The sensing electrode can include a working electrode and a counter electrode. The surface and the sensing electrode can be submerged in an aqueous medium. An alternating current signal can be applied at the working electrode. The signal can propagate through the aqueous medium and can be measured at the counter electrode. The presence of microorganisms on the surface can cause changes in the signal as the signal propagates through the aqueous medium. Such changes in the signal can be used to determine impedance parameters, which can correspond to microbial characteristics associated with the surface. For instance, the microbial characteristics can be associated with a biofilm, corrosion and/or bio-corrosion on the surface.
US10234370B2
To provide a particle size measuring device that enables simple in-line measurement of the particle size even in a case of nano-sized particles during dispersion. Provided is a particle size measuring device which measures the particle size of particles that perform Brownian motion in a dispersion medium. The particle size measuring device includes a transparent column which accommodates a dispersion medium therein; a laser light irradiating unit which irradiates the dispersion medium in the column with laser light; an imaging unit which includes a camera that images the dispersion medium in the column; an image analyzing unit which acquires a displacement of corresponding particles from at least a plurality of images captured at a predetermined time interval Δt; and a calculating unit which calculates the particle size based on the fact that a root mean square value of the displacement is proportional to kBT/3πηd where kB represents a Boltzmann constant, T represents an absolute temperature, η represents a viscosity coefficient of the dispersion medium, and d represents the particle size.
US10234366B2
The present disclosure provides a rotatable sample introducing device for a trace detecting instrument including: a rotating rod, a sample introducing body and a rotating rod bracket, wherein the sample introducing body may be positioned inside the rotating rod bracket, the rotating rod passing through the rotating rod bracket and the sample introducing body may be fixed to the sample introducing body by a fastener, and the rotating rod may be rotatable. The rotatable sample introducing device for the trace detecting instrument provided by the disclosure has the following advantages in comparison with the prior art: simple structure, convenient operation, lower requirement for machine process, easy maintenance in later period and low cost.
US10234365B2
The present invention provide for solutions of a defined composition useful in a staining protocol, such as a hematoxylin and eosin staining protocol, when used at certain points of the staining protocol. The formulations of these defined solutions are such that carry-over of the solutions will not negatively impact, or preferably, will stabilize or favorably modify staining reagent solutions coming in contact with the solutions. In certain embodiments of the invention, solutions are buffered to maintain a specific pH that when carried-over—such as carried-over into hematoxylin—will not significantly influence the pH of the next staining reagent.
US10234363B2
Systems and methods for automatically purging by pneumatic ejection with a select pressurized media, gravity-accumulated hydrocarbon liquid dropout from a retrograde vapor waste liquid collection containment reservoir.
US10234359B2
A method of monitoring a gas turbine engine includes the steps of: (a) receiving information from actual flights of an aircraft including an engine to be monitored, and including at least one of the ambient temperature at takeoff, and internal engine pressures, temperatures and speeds; (b) evaluating the damage accumulated on an engine component given the data received in step (a); (c) storing the determined damage from step (b); (d) repeating steps (a)-(c); (e) recommending a suggested future use for the component based upon steps (a)-(d). A system is also disclosed.
US10234351B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a display substrate, a display device, a pressure detection system and a detection method thereof, which relate to the field of display technologies and is able to integrate the ambient pressure testing function in the display substrate for the convenience of being carried by people when going out, wherein the display substrate comprises a base substrate and a pressure sensing structure located on the base substrate configured to test the ambient pressure. The pressure sensing structure comprises a first pressure sensitive electrode and a second pressure sensitive electrode arranged opposite to each other, and a plurality of insulating pillars arranged at intervals between the first pressure sensitive electrode and the second pressure sensitive electrode, wherein the first pressure sensitive electrode is in contact with the base substrate.
US10234350B1
The present invention provides a system for detecting an imminent failure or an existing failure in a water supply hose to an appliance and reporting the changed condition of the hose to a designated person at a designated address.
US10234346B2
A serial weak FBG interrogator is disclosed. The serial weak FBG interrogator may include a CW tunable laser or pulsed laser utilized as a laser source and an EDFA. The serial weak FBG interrogator may also be an interrogation of a single sensor system by utilization of a DFB laser which utilizes a single sensor, which may be an interferometer sensor, an extrinsic Fabry-Perot interferometer or a wavelength-modulated sensor. The serial weak FBG interrogator may also include a computer system or CSPU.
US10234338B2
A transducer apparatus comprises a transducer housing, a tube as well as a temperature sensor. The tube is arranged within a cavity of the transducer housing, in such a manner that an intermediate space is formed between a wall of the transducer housing facing the cavity inner surface and an outer surface of a wall of the tube facing the cavity. The tube is adapted to guide a fluid in its lumen, in such a manner that an inner surface of the wall of the tube facing the lumen is contacted by fluid guided in the lumen. The temperature sensor is formed by means of two temperature detectors arranged within the intermediate space as well as by means of a coupling body coupling the temperature detector thermally conductively with the wall of the tube as well as by means of a coupling body coupling the temperature detector thermally conductively with the temperature detector and is additionally adapted to register a particular measurement location temperature, namely a temperature at a first, respectively second, temperature measurement location formed by means of the respective temperature detector, and to transduce such into a corresponding temperature measurement signal, namely an electrical measurement signal representing the particular measurement location temperature.
US10234336B2
A temperature identification system may include temperature sensing circuitry and a temperature measurement module. The temperature sensing circuitry may include a ring oscillator that generates a ring oscillator output signal having a frequency that varies depending on an operating temperature on the ring oscillator. A frequency divider circuit may divide the frequency of the ring oscillator output signal such that two or more cycles of a noise component of supply voltage are averaged, which may reduce the impact that the noise has on the frequency of the ring oscillator output signal. In some embodiments, a regulator may supply a regulated voltage to the ring oscillator. The regulator may reduce the impact of the noise for low frequency components of the noise, while the frequency divider may reduce the impact for high frequency of the noise.
US10234335B2
A compensator designed to function with any type of base metal thermocouple which reduces the measured source impedance of high resistance thermocouples to less than 100 ohms making them compatible with or readable by modern measuring instruments.
US10234332B2
A bolometer (10) comprises a first and a second suspension beam (12, 13) and a semiconductor portion (11) that is suspended by the first and the second suspension beam (12, 13) and comprises a first region (17) of a first conductivity type and a second region (18) of a second conductivity type. The first region (17) comprises a first triangle (21) or at least two stripes (40, 41) or islands (60, 61) which each contribute to a non-short-circuited diode (20) with the second region (18).
US10234316B2
An evaluation system for evaluating a flow rate of a fluid coming from a tank, the system including measurement device suitable for measuring a fluid level in the tank and including estimation device for estimating the flow rate of the fluid using an unscented Kalman filter, the estimation device including an obtaining device for obtaining the raw fluid flow rate and correction device connected to the obtaining device and to the measurement device and configured to correct the raw flow rate as obtained by the obtaining device as a function of the level measured by the measurement device. A method performed by such a system.
US10234309B2
A photon momentum sensor includes: a reflector plate that includes: a central disk including a mirror; an annular member; a plurality of spring legs interposed between the central disk and the annular member, such that: the spring legs are interleaved; neighboring spring legs are spaced apart; and the spring legs individually are arranged in an Archimedean spiral that provides orthogonal motion of the central disk relative to the plane of the annular member; and a bias plate disposed opposing the reflector plate such that: the central disk of the reflector plate moves orthogonally to a plane of the bias plate in response to reflection of laser light, and the central disk and the bias plate are arranged spaced apart as a capacitive structure.
US10234306B2
A method and apparatus is disclosed for synchronizing a magnetic field transmitter and receiver to resolve phase ambiguity so that phase information for the position and orientation of the receiver may be derived and maintained. A synchronization process allows for the phase information to be initially derived based upon known information from other sources, and then tracked from one measurement to the next. In another embodiment, information from an inertial measurement unit (IMU) is used to determine the phase information or to correct for errors in the determination from receiver data of the position and orientation of a receiver, and prevent such errors from accumulating as the receiver moves away from a transmitter.
US10234292B2
A positioning apparatus of a vehicle includes a measuring module and a triaxial orientation sensor to provide measured axial accelerations in a Cartesian reference system during a certain time interval. The apparatus also includes a triaxial movement sensor to supply at least one angular variation signal proportional to the axial angular speed of the vehicle during the time interval. A processing unit receives a distance signal proportional to the distance traveled by the vehicle in the time interval, receives the at least one angular variation signal, and supplies at least one reference acceleration of the vehicle. An estimator-calibrator block recursively estimates at least one calibrated acceleration as a function of the measured axial accelerations and of the at least one reference acceleration. The estimator-calibrator block includes a calculation unit to calculate an altitude variation as function of the distance signal and recursively calculates an estimated pitch angle as a function of at least one calibrated acceleration.
US10234283B2
A binoculars rangefinder includes a central shaft, two eyepieces, two objective lenses, two prism modules, an optical transmitter, and an optical receiver. The eyepieces are disposed on two sides of the central shaft, allowing a first light beam reflected by an object to pass therethrough. The objective lenses are disposed on the two sides of the central shaft. The prism modules are disposed between the eyepieces and objective lenses. The optical transmitter is configured to emit a second light beam to the object. The optical receiver is configured to receive the second beam which is reflected by the object.
US10234259B2
A device for measuring the geometry of a wheel axle of a motor vehicle comprising a wheel hub support for defined positioning of a wheel hub of the wheel axle. The wheel hub support comprises a wheel hub dome formed correspondingly to an outer side of the wheel hub and encompassing the wheel hub dome in a precise fit.
US10234257B2
A device is provided for use with a reference tool during the construction of metal structures. The device comprises a body having a groove formed therein for receiving a portion of a straight side of the reference tool. The body further comprises a base surface for co-operating with the surface of a metal workpiece. The base surface is configured whereby, when a portion of the straight side is received within the groove, the base surface is parallel to the straight side of the reference tool. A retention assembly is mounted on the body for retaining the portion of the straight side of the reference tool, when provided, within the groove. At least one magnet is mounted on the base surface for temporarily holding the device to the metal workpiece, thereby holding the reference tool in position.
US10234245B2
A ballistic shield may include multiple ballistic plates. The first plate may be smaller contain a handle and viewport and be able to connect to a second plate. The second plate shall be able to connect to the first plate and when combined, can create a larger shield using only the handle and viewport of the first plate. Other plates may be connected to the second plate to increase the ballistic coverage required. A rotating plate can be connected with a hinge and spacer. When dropped the rotating plate would enable extended coverage. When the rotating plate is rotated upward, an additional layer of ballistic coverage is provided.
US10234244B2
A rigid ballistic-resistant composite includes large denier per filament (dpf) yarns. The yarns are held in place by a resin to form a rigid composite panel with improved ballistic performance. The large dpf yarns may be selected from aromatic heterocyclic co-polyamide fibers, polyester-polyarylate fibers, high modulus polypropylene (HMPP) fibers, ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fibers, poly(p-phenylene-2,6-benzobisoxazole) (PBO) fibers, poly-diimidazo pyridinylene (dihydroxy)phenylene (PIPD) fibers, carbon fibers, and polyolefin fibers.
US10234241B2
A protective, wearable carriage device and method is provided such that the device conforms more substantially to the user's body, facilitates heat dissipation and facilitates modular attachment of different shapes and configurations of armor. In one embodiment of the present invention, a substantially rigid outer frame is provided with an outer surface material and an inner surface mesh material, and the outer frame is secured to an inner frame comprising a cloth netting such that the inner frame and outer frame create a gap between the inner frame and the spacer mesh material. In one embodiment of the present invention, one or more bowing stiffeners are secured to the outer frame so as to facilitate the desirable features of the present invention.
US10234239B1
The present disclosure describes an adjustment mechanism for a scope comprising: a first surface and a second surface, the first surface configured to engage the second surface axially when an amount of force is applied to the first surface, the first surface also configured to transfer torque applied to it to the second surface when the first surface and the second surface are engaged, and a member adjustable to apply force to the first surface to engage the first surface and the second surface, the member being adjustable using only one or more human fingers, wherein an adjustment of the member can always be initiated using only one or more human fingers.
US10234237B1
An integrated fixed sight on a firearm consists of a front sighting device and an external muzzle device. The external muzzle device includes a proximal end, a central axis, a mount body, a top surface, and a distal end. The front sighting device is laterally aligned with the central axis and mounted onto the top surface adjacent the proximal end. The front sighting device can vary in size and shape. The external muzzle device is mounted onto the barrel of the firearm through a clamp and a fastening mechanism. Since the threads on the barrel are not used, the threads of the barrel are preserved.
US10234233B1
A toy water gun includes a hand-held body having a water reservoir capable of storing a predetermined quantity of water therein, and a guide rail engaged with the water reservoir. The toy water gun further includes a hand-operated pump mechanism is in fluid communication with the water reservoir and dynamically engaged with the guide rail, a discharge nozzle in fluid communication with the water reservoir and having an illuminable water trajectory selectively egressed distally away therefrom, and a light emitting mechanism attached to a dynamic portion of the pump mechanism. Advantageously, the dynamic portion of the pump mechanism and the light emitting source are contemporaneously reciprocated along a bi-directional travel path relative to a position of the discharge nozzle and thereby illuminate the illuminable water trajectory after being egressed from the discharge nozzle.
US10234227B2
A conversion device for converting a firearm designed to fire a cartridge of a certain size and caliber to another size and caliber cartridge is disclosed. In some embodiments, the conversion device is suitable for converting an AR-15 type firearm to be able to fire .22 caliber cartridges. Disclosed embodiments of the conversion device may comprise an appropriately sized chamber insert to fit in the chamber of the firearm, a bolt, an extractor, extractor plunger, extractor spring, firing pins, firing pin springs, a bolt spring rod and block, a bolt return spring, slide rails, lock rings, and lock pins.
US10234226B1
Apparatuses and methods to convert a semi-automatic firearm with a detachable magazine to a semi-automatic firearm with a fixed magazine and release mechanism, including one or more of a catch plate, a modified bolt catch, and/or a modified magazine release bar.
US10234220B2
A detachable box magazine includes a housing having a base; a follower; a biasing element biasing the follower away from the base; a spool member; a retraction member operatively connected to the follower and to the spool member; a winding member selectively engaged with the spool member, and, when engaged with the spool member, manipulated to rotate the spool member in a winding direction to wind the retraction member about the spool member and pull the follower toward the base against the biasing element.
US10234218B2
A method for making a ceramic heat sink is provided. In the first step of the method, a mixed material of nitrite-based ceramic powder, titanium powder and inorganic resin is prepared. The mixed material is then molded into a ceramic blank with a mold coated with titanium. Thereafter, the ceramic blank may be sintered to form the ceramic heat sink. Since the mixture and the mold both contain a common material of titanium, the molded ceramic blank can be easily removed from the mold in its integrity.
US10234214B2
A circular columnar body made of ceramics and including a plurality of through-holes extending in a single axial direction Z and having circular or elliptical cross sectional shapes orthogonal to the axial direction at a density of 2 to 50 pieces per square inch in a cross section orthogonal to the axial direction is once hollowed out in a direction X orthogonal to the axial direction Z by a cylinder, and the circular columnar body can also be once again hollowed out in the direction orthogonal to the axial direction Z and the direction X by the cylinder.
US10234213B2
A heat transport device with a diphasic working fluid contained in a general closed circuit, includes an evaporator having a microporous body suitable for providing capillary pumping of liquid phase fluid; a condenser; a tank having an inner space, with a liquid portion and a gas portion; and an inlet/outlet arranged at the liquid portion, wherein the volume of the liquid portion can vary between a minimum volume and a maximum volume. The gas portion of the tank contains the vapor phase of the working fluid, at a first partial pressure, and a noncondensable auxiliary gas at a second partial pressure, wherein the second partial pressure is greater than the first partial pressure, at least when the liquid portion is at the minimum volume thereof.
US10234208B2
A tubular heat treatment apparatus comprising a number of tubes arranged in a number of groups. Each of the number of groups are arranged to process product within a pre-determined temperature interval. At least one of the groups is swept by a sheet such that heat transfer to or from the group is reduced.
US10234194B2
A method of making a gasket track for a gasket is provided. A first section of a c-shaped channel comprising from 50% to 75% of the c-shaped channel of a first plastic material is formed. A second section of a c-shaped channel comprising from 25% to 50% of the c-shaped channel of a second plastic material is formed. The first section is joined together with the second section to form all of the c-shaped channel. The c-shaped channel has a circular cross section that forms at least 65% of an ellipse.
US10234190B2
A locking assembly for a refrigerator appliance having inner and outer doors includes a catch mounted to an inner door of the refrigerator. The catch includes a body having a support surface and a locking member. The support surface may be positioned between an outer surface of the inner door and an inner surface of the outer door. The locking assembly also includes a latch coupled to the outer door and operable to engage the latch member. In addition, the locking assembly includes a magnet positioned on the support surface, and the magnet is operable to exert a magnetic bias on the outer door towards the inner door along the transverse direction to compress a gasket that is operable to seal against the outer surface of the inner door or the inner surface of the outer door.
US10234189B2
A refrigerator includes a plurality of storage compartments, a plurality of cooling units to cool the plurality of storage compartments, a temperature sensing unit to sense temperatures of the plurality of storage compartments, a drive unit to drive the plurality of cooling units, and a controller to control the drive unit to drive the cooling unit that satisfies a predetermined driving condition. If at least one cooling unit among the plurality of cooling units is being driven, the controller delays driving the other cooling unit even if the other cooling unit satisfies the driving condition. The refrigerator minimizes simultaneous driving a plurality of compressors, which may prevent generation of noise and vibration, as well as excessive power consumption, due to driving the plurality of compressors.
US10234163B1
At least one aspect of the present disclose is directed towards a temperature control device that includes a face plate, a housing, and an adjustment mechanism. The housing may protrude away from the rear side of the face plate. The housing may include a mounting mechanism that includes a set of clamps configured to engage at least a portion of an inner surface. The set of clamps may be adjustable based on alterations to the adjustment mechanism. The housing may also include one or more cavities that may be configured to receive at least a portion of the set of clamps when the set of clamps is collapsed into the housing.
US10234162B2
A controller, an indoor environment adjustment system and an indoor environment adjustment method are provided so as to automatically adjust an indoor environment. The controller is connected to at least one sensor and at least one smart home device, and configured to acquire indoor environment parameters collected by the at least one sensor, and send an adjustment instruction to the at least one smart home device in accordance with the indoor environment parameters.
US10234157B2
A management system and a management method according to the invention calculate, on the basis of collected weather information, an operation record of a device, a state value and an acceptable range set for an area where the device is installed, and power-suppression-time during which electric power is suppressed, change-time during which the state value of the area is changed in response to the power-suppression-time by operations of the device, generate, using the calculated change-time, a control-schedule for controlling the device, and control the device. This enables reduction of electric power usage with the state value set for the area where the device is installed kept within the range in accordance with the power-suppression-time.
US10234152B2
An air conditioner disclosed herein includes a cooling/heating module including a thermoelastic material and an actuator applying tension to the thermoelastic material and a switching control section selectively applying or removing tension to/from the thermoelastic material.
US10234151B2
An air conditioning apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit having a compressor, a radiator, an upstream side expansion valve, a receiver, a downstream side expansion valve, an evaporator, and a receiver gas vent pipe. Gas vent control is performed so that gas refrigerant is led from a receiver to the suction side of a compressor via a receiver gas vent pipe by opening a receiver gas vent valve. Upstream side expansion valve subcooling control is performed so that the opening of an upstream side expansion valve is changed such that the subcooling of refrigerant is set to target subcooling at the outlet of a radiator. Downstream side expansion valve suction wetting control is performed so that the opening of a downstream side expansion valve is changed such that refrigerant is in a wetting state and the dryness is set to target dryness at the outlet of an evaporator.
US10234146B2
Provided is a door for a cooking appliance, such as an oven range, with multiple spaced apart glass panels. An interlocking mechanism promotes a proper installation of the glass panels, and interferes with the installation of the glass panels or with operation of the appliance if at least one of the panels is not properly installed. A switch with a plunger can be installed in the door, which allows the appliance to operate only when a failsafe electrical circuit is closed corresponding to a selected position of the plunger when the door is closed. The plunger is prevented from retaining that selected position if at least one of the glass panels is improperly installed or if a top cap is not properly seated or installed above the glass panels.
US10234145B2
A home cooking appliance includes a housing, a cooking surface on a top of the housing, a cooking compartment in the housing, a cooling air system conveying air through the housing, and a fan channel in fluid communication with the cooling air system, the fan channel having an inlet that takes in air from along a rear wall of the housing into the cooling air system.
US10234140B2
A liner panel is provided for use in a gas turbine engine. The liner panel includes an intermediate rail that extends from a cold side of a liner panel. The liner panel also includes a multiple of heat transfer augmentors, which generally decrease in height with respect to a distance from the intermediate rail.
US10234138B2
A burner device (190) comprising an air intake, a burner head (192) including an ignition device, a body section (196) defining a fluid flow channel between said air intake and said burner head (192), and a gas injector (205) for injecting combustible gas into said fluid flow channel. The burner head (192) is oriented such that its longitudinal axis is substantially perpendicular to the plane in which the channel is defined and in which fluid flows, in use, along said channel.
US10234137B2
A burner that includes a primary air or gas duct delimited by an exterior wall and a concentric interior wall of axis X and ducts for radial primary air or gas injection is described. The air or gas duct includes a ring that is rotationally mobile and has axial protrusions constituting distributors which collaborate with the radial primary air ducts arranged on the interior wall and form two passages of different angles in each duct. Rotating the ring making it possible to vary the angle of injection of the radial primary air. Thus, the regulation is situated just at the tip of the burner, in the region of the outlet of the primary air into the kiln, by modifying the outlet angle of the radial component for fixed section, thereby greatly simplifying the regulating of the burner.
US10234133B2
A method for designing an electronic device including at least one LED light source to reduce spillage of light from the at least one LED light source includes designing a housing, designing a printed circuit board for placement within the housing, positioning the at least one LED light source on the printed circuit board, and positioning a plurality of electronic components around the at least one LED light source on the printed circuit board to reduce spillage of the light from the at least one LED light source. The electronic device may be an in-ear device and the housing may be an ear piece housing.
US10234128B2
A power source includes a housing formed of a front face and a plurality of side walls extending from the front face; the front face and the plurality of side walls define a compartment. A first ballast is secured to a first side wall of the plurality of side walls, and a second ballast is secured to a second side wall of the plurality of side walls that is disposed opposite the first side wall. A first set of passive cooling fins extends from the first side wall, and a second set of passive cooling fins extends from the second side wall.
US10234124B2
A backlight module and a display device are provided. The backlight module includes: a rubber frame, a reflective film and an optical component. The optical component is arranged at a receiving region formed on the top of the rubber frame, the rubber frame is provided with an adhesive at the bottom, and the reflective film is fixed to the rubber frame through the adhesive to space the reflective film apart from the optical component by a predetermined interval.
US10234113B2
In accordance with certain embodiments, lighting systems include flexible light sheets and one or more sealed regions containing light-emitting elements, the sealed regions defined by seals between a top housing and a bottom housing and/or the light sheet.
US10234112B2
An embodiment discloses a light source module. The disclosed light source module includes: a circuit board; and a plurality of light emitting diodes arranged on the circuit board, wherein the plurality of light emitting diodes include a plurality of first light emitting diodes connected to a power input terminal, and a plurality of second light emitting diodes connected to output ends of the plurality of first light emitting diodes, wherein the plurality of first light emitting diodes are spaced apart from each other, and at least two of the plurality of second light emitting diodes are disposed between the first light emitting diodes, respectively.
US10234111B2
A lighting device includes a housing, a light emitting device, and an optical array. The housing has a base and the light emitting device is connected to the base for producing a light output. The optical array includes a lens and removably connects to the base. The optical array is repositionable on the base to modify the light output.
US10234105B2
A gimbaled remotely automated pan and tilt luminaire with a multi-gobo rotating-gobo imager between a focusing light source and a highly faceted Fresnel output lens with sharp pointed facets which is articulated to move along the light path closer to or further away from the light source and gobo imager.
US10234096B2
A vehicle lamp includes a projection lens and a light source disposed at a rear of the projection lens. The vehicle lamp is configured to irradiate light from the light source through the projection lens to a front. The projection lens is configured by a plurality of lenses disposed on an optical axis extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction. A rear major surface of the projection lens is configured as a convex curved surface which has a curvature greater than a curvature of a spherical surface centered on a rear focal point of the projection lens.
US10234090B2
A lighting device may be provided according to the embodiment of the present invention. The lighting device according to the embodiment of the present invention includes: a light source which includes a substrate including a top surface and a bottom surface, a plurality of light emitting devices disposed in a central portion of the bottom surface of the substrate, and an input/output portion disposed in an edge portion of the bottom surface of the substrate and electrically connected to a wire; and a body which is coupled to the substrate of the light source and includes an opening through which light from the plurality of light emitting devices of the light source passes. The body includes an inner surface which defines the opening. The body includes a cover portion which is disposed on the inner surface of the body and covers the input/output portion of the light source and the wire.
US10234084B2
The dual-headed rechargeable flashlight is a compact rechargeable LED flashlight with two methods of recharging as well as two independent LED lighting sources. In one manner of recharging, the flashlight is docked into a wireless inductive charging station that is powered by a 12 volt DC power source. In the alternative manner of charging, the flashlight's power source is recharged via a mini USB port. Alternatively, in the wired mode of recharging, the flashlight is docked magnetically to an external battery pack that can be easily secured to tactical vests using straps or clips. When using the wearable vest battery pack, the operator has access to the flashlight while it is simultaneously being recharged. The flashlight additionally furnishes a secondary auxiliary LED light located inside the rear end cap, and provides a battery power status meter for monitoring battery life. The wireless charging dock is designed for use within motor vehicles that possess 12 volt DC power adapters, and includes a way for a secure attachment of the flashlight when docked.
US10234071B2
A dual-purpose stand and method for supporting photographic equipment is disclosed. The stand is able to be used as a monopod or a tripod. A retaining device is provided on the stand. The retaining device is selectively engaged to lock a leg assembly provided on the stand in a collapsed or closed position when the stand is to be used as a monopod. The retaining device is disengaged when the stand is to be used as a tripod. When the retaining device is disengaged, the stand will automatically become a tripod when placed on a support surface. The stand's legs will automatically move to an extended or open position when the stand is set down on the support surface and the legs will automatically move back to a collapsed or closed position when the stand is lifted from the support surface.
US10234066B2
An apparatus and method for the containment of a portion of a pipeline is provided. The apparatus includes first and second parts, which when brought together form an interior cavity in which the said portion of the pipeline is located. The first and second parts have respective connection flanges that are held together under force to form a seal. First and second sealing members are also provided to be placed substantially around a circumference of the pipeline, the first and second sealing members being spaced apart along a longitudinal axis of the said pipeline portion.
US10234060B1
A cable tension adjuster for adjusting tension between two cable sections includes a junction box. A slider is disposable within the junction box and includes a first slider wall, a cable coupling port opposite the first slider wall configured for coupling a first inner cable of a first cable section, and a second slider wall adjacent the cable coupling port. The first and second slider walls together partially define an internal cavity therebetween. A spool is disposable within the internal cavity and is couplable to a second inner cable of a second cable section. The spool includes a plurality of spool teeth. A biasing member is disposable within the internal cavity between the first slider wall and the spool. A locking clip is disposable within an aperture formed in the slider and includes a plurality of clip teeth configured for engagement with the plurality of spool teeth.
US10234054B1
A labor-saving push-button water valve includes a button, a valve core, a valve core spring, and a valve seat. The middle portion of the valve seat is formed with a core chamber. An outer periphery of a front end of the valve core is formed with an annular groove. When the button drives the valve core to move to the position where a water inlet hole is not communicated with a water outlet hole, an annular hydraulic chamber is formed between the valve core and the peripheral wall of the core chamber. The water valve is able to switch the opening and closing of the waterway smoothly by reducing the water pressure applied to the valve core, and reduces the wear of the valve core, and improves the service life and the airtightness of the water saving structure.
US10234053B2
A system for controlling fluid flow includes a fluid inlet operable to receive a fluid flow, a fluid outlet operable to output the fluid flow, a diaphragm seat, a diaphragm operable to restrict the fluid flow between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet by moving between an open position where the first diaphragm does not contact the diaphragm seat to a closed position where the diaphragm contacts the diaphragm seat, a spring operable to move the first diaphragm between the open position and the closed position, and a pressurized air inlet operable to receive pressurized air to move the first diaphragm between the open position and the closed position.
US10234048B2
A valve assembly capable of converting a small leak of a device into a measurable, relatively larger or “burst” flow event is described. In certain embodiments, the valve assembly includes a compliant chamber and, following pressurization of the device, permits flow when the pressure in the compliant chamber drops to a configured fill pressure and restricts (or prevents) flow when the pressure in the compliant chamber increases to a shut-off pressure. The disclosed valve assemblies may be incorporated into a leak detection assembly capable of transmitting usage and/or alarm data to a central service.
US10234044B2
An encapsulated valve system includes a first housing portion having a first facing surface, the first facing surface comprising a plurality of branch pathways formed as a recess within the first facing surface. The valve system further includes a second housing portion having a second facing surface, the second facing surface comprising a plurality of branch pathways formed as a recess within the second facing surface. A disposable conduit is configured to be interposed between the first and second housing portions and disposed within the recess of the first facing surface and the recess of the second facing surface. The disposable conduit is thus sandwiched between the first and second facing surfaces. A plurality of pinch valve actuators are mounted on one or both of the first housing portion and the second housing portion, the plurality of pinch valve actuators configured to pinch the disposable conduit at selective branch pathways.
US10234037B2
A dust seal includes an annular dust seal body, an annular bushing through which a shaft is slidably inserted, and an annular seal lip provided on the bushing and slidably contacting the shaft. The dust seal body includes an annular elastic attaching portion that is fitted into an opening of a receiving portion, an annular first accordion unit having an elastic accordion, and an annular second accordion unit having an elastic accordion. The first accordion unit and the second accordion unit are arranged side by side in the direction of an axis. The first accordion unit is integral with the attaching portion, is joined to the attaching portion at an outer periphery, and is bonded to the bushing at an inner periphery by vulcanization. The second accordion unit is fixed to the attaching portion at an outer periphery, and engaged with the bushing at an inner periphery.
US10234036B2
An exemplary carbon seal assembly generally may include a stator fixable to a static component, such as a mechanical housing of a gas turbine engine, and a rotor fixable to a rotating component, such as a shaft of the gas turbine engine, where the rotating component is rotatable relative to the static component. The carbon seal assembly may also include a carbon ring and a spring attached thereto positioned between the stator and the rotor, where the spring may be configured to move the carbon ring fore and aft between the stator and the rotor. The carbon seal assembly may further include a diaphragm operatively attached to stator and to the carbon ring and spring combination.
US10234031B2
An engine control strategy for a marine vessel propulsion system receives a request for a gear from among plural transmission gears, determines an engine speed for the requested transmission gear shift, adjusts the engine to the determined speed for a predetermined amount of time, and prevents the requested transmission gear shift from occurring for the predetermined amount of time while maintaining the engine at the predetermined speed. After the predetermined amount of time elapses, the requested shift is allowed to occur.
US10234029B2
A controller of an oil pressure control system for an automatic transmission, the system including: a manual valve having a sleeve and a spool and changing an oil passage to the automatic transmission; a detent lever having engagement grooves and positioning the spool; an engagement member including an engagement unit for the grooves and a bias unit biasing the engagement unit; and a motor rotating the detent lever, comprises: a shift range detecting unit; a range switch determining unit determining whether the shift range is switched; a temperature detecting unit; a temperature determining unit determining whether environmental temperature is lower than a predetermined temperature; and a power controlling unit supplying, to the motor, power for setting a maximum value of a rotary torque of rotating the detent lever to be a predetermined value when the shift range is switched and the environmental temperature is lower than the predetermined temperature.
US10234020B2
A shutter member that has a shutter with a substantially rigid wall, which has a substantially arc-shaped a side profile and a hole that is adapted to be engaged by a motor vehicle control lever. The substantially rigid wall is supported by a fastening device, fixing the shutter member to the control lever. The shutter is provided with a tab, which defines a longitudinal extension of the substantially rigid wall and is elastically flexible.
US10234014B2
An actuator includes: a housing, the housing having a first chamber and a second chamber, the second chamber having a round cross section; an electric motor arranged in the first chamber of the housing, the electric motor having a motor shaft; an actuating element; a gear mechanism arranged in the second chamber of the housing, the gear mechanism being connected, on an input side of the gear mechanism, to the motor shaft of the electric motor, and being connected, on an output side of the gear mechanism, to the actuating element; and a round cover configured to close the second chamber having the round cross section.
US10234012B1
An actuator system includes a motor, a ballscrew assembly coupled to the motor, a no back brake device coupled to the ballscrew assembly, and a sensor coupled to the ballscrew assembly. The sensor is configured to acquire load data regarding a load applied to the no back brake device. A control module is configured to determine an estimated coefficient of friction for the no back brake device based on the load data, and transmit an alert signal based on determining that the estimated coefficient of friction is outside a predetermined range. The control module is coupled with the sensor and includes a processor coupled with a non-transitory processor-readable medium storing processor executable code.
US10234007B2
A hydrokinetic torque coupling device comprising an impeller wheel (2) able to hydrokinetically drive a turbine wheel (3) into rotation, with the impeller wheel (2) being rotationally coupled to a cover (5), with the turbine wheel (3) being able to be axially moved between an engaged position and a disengaged position, wherein it comprises an elastically deformable stress overtaking member (25) axially inserted between the turbine wheel (3) and a part (12) of the cover (5), with the stress overtaking member (25) being able to limit the axial displacement of the turbine wheel (3) towards the above-mentioned part (12) of the cover (5), opposite the turbine wheel (3).
US10234000B2
Ten forward speeds and one reverse speed are achieved by a power transmission apparatus for a vehicle including a double clutch, a plurality of input, output, and idle shafts, a plurality of gears fixed to or rotatable on the shafts, a plurality of synchronizers selectively synchronizing gears to the shafts.
US10233998B2
An aircraft drive chain including a plurality of main pinions meshing with each other, a first main pinion including a wall delimiting an inner volume, external teeth being provided on an outer surface of the wall, the external teeth meshing with at least one second main pinion, a gear system being incorporated in the inner volume, the first main pinion and the gear system being jointly configured to form a multiplier or reducer and to ensure a mechanical energy transfer between a driving member and a slave member.
US10233990B2
A coating, in particular a coating for a back side of a brake pad opposite a braking side, includes a pair of bonding layers and a composite layer. Each of the bonding layers includes an epoxy material. The composite layer is disposed between the pair of bonding layers, and includes a mixture of a rubber material and particles of a secondary material. A method for forming the coating includes coating a layer of epoxy onto the surface to be coated to form a first bonding layer, coating the mixture of the rubber material and particles of a secondary material onto the first bonding layer to form a composite layer, coating a layer of epoxy to the composite layer to form a second bonding layer, and then curing the coating via a curing process.
US10233985B2
The utility model provides a hand brake system used on a non-beam pumping unit, including a drive mechanism mounted at the lower part of the pumping unit and an actuator mounted on a side of the main drive sprocket of the pumping unit, and the drive mechanism and the actuator are connected by a wire rope. In the utility model, the drive mechanism and actuator of the brake system are separately arranged, thus ensuring promptness of braking and eliminating the potential safety hazard of workers falling from a height. The braking mode of the existing brake system on a pumping unit is to achieve the braking function by locking the rotary shaft from the outer side. The braking force upon braking is relatively small and the braking reliability is relatively poor.
US10233983B2
A process of controlling an actuating assembly for a coupling in the driveline of a motor vehicle, wherein the actuating assembly comprises a drive for moving an actuating element for operating the coupling unit, sensing a position signal representing the position of the actuating element; sensing a force signal representing the operating force required for displacing the actuating element; controlling the drive by means of an electronic control unit as a function of the position signal and the force signal. Further an actuating assembly is used for carrying out the process, as well as a drive assembly having such an actuating assembly.
US10233981B2
A clutch unit includes a lever-side clutch portion for controlling transmission and interruption of rotational torque to an output side through lever operation, and a brake-side clutch portion for transmitting torque input from the lever-side clutch portion to the output side and for interrupting torque reversely input from the output side. The lever-side clutch portion has an outer centering spring provided between a lever-side outer ring to be rotated through the lever operation and a cover restricted in rotation, for accumulating an elastic force obtained by torque input from the lever-side outer ring and for restoring the lever-side outer ring to a neutral state with the accumulated elastic force through releasing of the torque input from the lever-side outer ring.
US10233980B2
A torque transmitting device having a spring pack assembly, includes a first spring retainer ring abutting a hydraulically actuated piston, a second spring retainer ring abutting a piston housing, and a plurality of coiled springs biasing the first spring retainer ring apart from the second retainer ring, thereby urging the hydraulically actuated piston slideably apart from the fixed piston housing. A composite spring support ring is coaxially disposed between the first spring retainer ring and the second spring retainer ring. The spring support ring includes cylindrical walls defining cylindrical passageways configured to receive the coiled springs. Each of the cylindrical passageway includes include a diameter (d) that is sufficiently narrow such that the cylindrical wall completely surrounds the mid-portion of the coiled spring thus preventing the coiled spring from bending lengthwise, but sufficiently wide such that the coiled spring does not saw into the cylindrical walls.
US10233974B2
A tripod-type constant velocity joint includes an intermediate member, and first and second tripod members connected to the respective ends of the intermediate member. The intermediate member includes first and second outer rings. The first tripod member is formed with three protrusions, and the second tripod member is formed with three protrusions. The first outer ring is formed in its inner periphery with three axially extending first track grooves which are open at its axial end surface. The second outer ring is formed in its inner periphery with three axially extending second track grooves which are open at its axial end surface. The protrusions of the first tripod member are axially slidably received in the respective first track grooves. The protrusions of the second tripod member are axially slidably received in the respective second track grooves.
US10233968B2
A rolling bearing for rotatably supporting a rotating shaft; a housing for externally covering the rolling bearing in the radial direction of the rotating shaft; a sleeve disposed inside the housing in the radial direction of the rotating shaft with a gap there between and provided so as to be incapable of being displaced relative to an outer ring in the radial direction and circumferential direction of the rotating shaft; and a damper provided between the housing and the sleeve to support the sleeve so that the sleeve can be displaced relative to the housing in the axial direction of the rotating shaft, the damper absorbing the displacement of the sleeve in the radial direction of the rotating shaft.
US10233967B2
A half thrust bearing having a semi-annular shape includes a sliding surface for receiving an axial force of a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine, and a rear surface on an opposite side of the sliding surface, and defines a reference plane on the rear surface side that is perpendicular to an axial direction. The sliding surface includes a flat surface portion near a circumferentially central portion and in parallel with the reference plane, and inclined surface portions on both sides of the flat surface portion in a circumferential direction. At any radial positions of the half thrust bearing, an axial distance between the reference plane and the sliding surface is maximum at the flat surface portion, and is reduced in the inclined surface portions toward both circumferential end portions of the half thrust bearing.
US10233961B2
A cap for use in covering a portion of a fastener protruding from a surface is provided. The portion includes threads. The cap includes an interior, a base that at least partially delimits the interior, a threaded receptacle on the interior configured to threadably engage the portion of the fastener, and a seal coupled to the base to engage the surface.
US10233959B2
An anchor for accepting a screw and a method of using the same is provided. In an embodiment, the anchor has a generally cylindrical hollow shaft secured to a generally concave circular spring-tensioned base unit. From the underside of the generally concave circular spring-tensioned base unit, the generally cylindrical hollow shaft receives a screw (applied from the opposing side of a wall or panel). The generally concave circular spring-tensioned base unit may be secured to the wall or panel in a predominately flush manner (along the rim) and may be used to prevent insulating foam from dislodging the anchor, which must remain in place during the foam process. In an embodiment, the device does not utilize adhesives or tape.
US10233951B2
A system and method for detecting uncommanded positioning of at least one valve spool in a plurality of valve spools and for stopping fluid flow to a plurality of hydraulic actuators fluidly connected to the plurality of valve spools is disclosed. The method may comprise receiving a signal fluid pressure detected in a signal passageway, identifying whether at least one activation command is currently enabled, and stopping the flow of fluid to the plurality of hydraulic actuators if no activation command is enabled for any of the plurality of valve spools, and the signal fluid pressure when detected (1) upstream of the plurality of valve spools is greater than a first threshold or (2) downstream of the plurality of valve spools is less than a second threshold.
US10233943B2
A vacuum pump control device comprises: a pump controller configured to control a vacuum pump; a cooling device configured to cool the pump controller; a housing configured to house the pump controller; a temperature sensor configured to detect, in the housing, a temperature at one of a first position or a second position having a higher temperature than that at the first position; a humidity sensor configured to detect a humidity at the second position in the housing; a temperature estimator configured to estimate a temperature at the other one of the first position or the second position based on the temperature detected by the temperature sensor; and a cooling controller configured to control execution and stop of cooling operation by the cooling device based on the temperature estimated by the temperature estimator, the temperature detected by the temperature sensor, and the humidity detected by the humidity sensor.
US10233942B2
A fluid device having a fluid machine and a rotary electric machine includes a fluid machine and a rotary electric machine connected to a rotating shaft of the fluid machine. A cooler is arranged for carrying out liquid-cooling using a fluid of a cooling pipe connecting an upstream portion and a downstream portion of the fluid machine to bypass the fluid machine. The fluid machine and the rotary electric machine are detachably coupled to each other. Hence, the rotary electric machine can enhance the cooling performance for the rotary electric machine and reduce its size, achieving improvements in maintainability and serviceability.
US10233941B2
The present disclosure relates generally to the field of variable geometry guide vanes for gas turbine engines. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a plastic variable inlet guide vane for a gas turbine engine.
US10233934B2
Fracture-resistant and self-lubricating wear surfaces are provided. In an implementation, a machine surface that is subject to wear is coated with or is constructed of a metallic nanostructure to resist the wear and to provide fracture-resistant hardness, built-in lubrication, and thermal conductivity for heat-sinking friction. The metallic nanostructured surface may be used, for example, on a face seal, bushing, bearing, thrust member, or hydraulic flow passage of an electric submersible pump. In an implementation, the metallic nanostructured surface is a nanocrystalline alloy including nanograin twins of a body-centered cubic (BCC), face-centered cubic (FCC), or hexagonal closest packed (HCP) metal. The nanostructured alloy may include atoms of copper, silver, gold, iron, nickel, palladium, platinum, rhodium, beryllium, magnesium, titanium, zirconium, or cobalt, and may provide more hardness and lubricity than diamond-like carbon coatings or carbides.
US10233928B2
A main bearing is disposed on one surface of a first cylinder, an intermediate plate is disposed on another surface of the first cylinder, the intermediate plate is disposed on one surface of a second cylinder, and an auxiliary bearing is disposed on another surface of the second cylinder. A shaft is constituted by a main shaft portion, a first eccentric portion, a second eccentric portion, and an auxiliary shaft portion. A first eccentric portion center position (H1/2) which is the center position of the first eccentric portion in height (H1) is located at a position closer to the main bearing than a first piston center position (P1/2) which is the center position of a first piston in height (P1). A second eccentric portion center position (H2/2) which is the center position of the second eccentric portion in height (H2) is located at a position closer to the auxiliary bearing than a second piston center position (P2/2) which is the center position of a second piston in height (P2).
US10233925B2
The present invention discloses a hydraulic style motor having a first power input housing containing a first plurality of rotary or centrifugally driven pumps and associated valves, such that the pumps are driven in a determined stacked fashion by a powered input (or drive) shaft. A second power output housing contains at least one second rotary driven pump and associated valve, the second pumps rotatably engaging a second output (driven) shaft. A pressure resistant fluid line interconnects a manifold associated with the first housing with another manifold associated with the second housing so that the pressurized fluid generated by rotation of the input pumps in the input housing is communicated to the output housing to drive the output pumps to rotate the output (driven) shaft. A return line communicates with the output housing manifold, via each of the individual pump and valve subassemblies, for redirecting flow back to an input feed to the input housing.
US10233923B2
Provided are a sliding member for pumps in which generation of a wear substance is quickly and accurately grasped even if the wear substance is generated when the sliding member slides while being in contact with another member, and a pump operation state detection system using the sliding member. The pump operation state detection system includes a uniaxial eccentric screw pump, a detection device capable of detecting metal powder in a fluid discharged from the uniaxial eccentric screw pump, and a determination device. In the uniaxial eccentric screw pump, a stator is arranged so as to be exposed to a fluid conveyance path through which the fluid flows. The stator is configured to slide while being in contact with a rotor along with operation of the uniaxial eccentric screw pump. The stator is made of a resin or a rubber and contains 10-30% of metal powder by weight ratio.
US10233921B2
The present invention comprises: a stator 2 that is cylindrical and has a through hole 10, the through hole 10 in the shape of a female screw and being formed at a certain pitch in the flow direction from an inlet to an outlet; and a rotor 3 that is formed in the shape of a male screw, is inserted into the through hole 10 of the stator 2 to form a transport space 11 with the inner circumferential surface of the through hole, and rotates to move a fluid from the inlet to the outlet through the transport space 11 while being inscribed on the inner circumferential surface. The volume of the transport space 11 is reduced toward the flow direction. This prevents, reliably, the occurrence of bubbles from a fluid at a downstream-side when the fluid is transported through the transport space 11 formed between the stator 2 and the rotor 3.
US10233920B2
Systems and methods of the invention relate to diagnosing a compressor. A method may include monitoring a pressure of compressed air within a reservoir, actuating a piston within a cylinder of the compressor, and detecting a leak condition of an exhaust valve of the cylinder through recognition of a change in the monitored pressure of the compressed air within the reservoir during a time period in which the piston is actuated. A system is also disclosed including an engine, a compressor operatively connected to the engine, and a controller that is operable to determine a condition of the compressor.
US10233890B2
The present invention relates to the field of power tool devices, and more specifically, to a gasoline engine starting relay and a method of starting a gasoline engine. The small two-stroke or four-stroke gasoline engine starting relay comprises a housing, a power transfer end assembly, a power output end assembly, wherein the housing is provided with a device tube slot which has holes on both sides, namely a power transfer end hole and a power output end hole respectively, and which is mated with the power transfer end assembly and the power output end assembly. It can significantly improve and resolve the starting performance of a gasoline engine, and avoid difficulty in the hand-pulled starting so that the starting effect on a gasoline engine with large emissions for female workers, who may find difficulty in hand-pulled starting, is extremely obvious.
US10233885B2
The present disclosure relates to internal combustion engines. The teachings thereof may be embodied in injection valves with servo-valve control for injecting fuel into the combustion chamber. For example, an injection valve may include a valve pin connected to a valve body and an actuator preloaded by an actuator spring. The valve pin is fitted with a very small clearance to form a sealing gap between the valve pin and the valve body which includes bores. The lower end of the valve pin forms a coupling volume between the valve pin and the valve body, connected via the sealing gap and the bores to the valve chamber. The sealing gap provides a fluidic connection between the coupling volume and the valve chamber, but, during the short time of valve actuation, practically no exchange of fluid can take place between coupling volume and valve chamber so that the coupling volume does not substantially change in said short time.
US10233879B2
In a structure for mounting resonators to a duct, the duct including openings is provided with a plurality of duct-side mounting pieces, and the resonators formed separately from the duct and including communication ports coupled to the openings are provided with a plurality of resonator-side mounting pieces that are mounted to the duct-side mounting pieces. Coupling portions of the duct and the resonators are configured to ensure turning the resonators when the resonators are mounted to the duct. On the plurality of duct-side mounting pieces disposed with intervals in a peripheral direction of the coupling portions, mounting surfaces are formed to be opposed to turning directions of the resonators when mounting the resonators to the duct, the resonator-side mounting pieces being abutted against and mounted to the mounting surfaces. Accordingly, it is possible to turn the resonators when mounting them to the duct and improve attachment work.
US10233868B2
A gas turbine engine includes a gear assembly, a bypass flow passage, and a core flow passage. The bypass flow passage includes an inlet. A fan is arranged at the inlet of the bypass flow passage. A first shaft and a second shaft are mounted for rotation about an engine central longitudinal axis. A first turbine is coupled with the first shaft such that rotation of the first turbine is configured to drive the fan, through the first shaft and gear assembly, at a lower speed than the first shaft. The fan includes a hub and a row of fan blades that extend from the hub. The row includes 12 (N) of the fan blades, a solidity value (R) that is from 1.0 to 1.2, and a ratio of N/R that is from 10.0 to 12.0.
US10233865B2
A piston has a piston crown and a top land extending circumferentially around the piston crown, as well as a combustion bowl and at least one valve pocket machined therein. The valve pocket has a side wall and a bottom, and wherein the side wall extends at an angle of between 110° and 120° from the bottom. A method for forming such valve pockets in the piston crown includes machining the valve pockets with a rotating cutter having an inverted frustoconical shape such that an angle between a bottom of the cutter and a side wall of the cutter amounts to between 110° and 120°.
US10233863B2
A system and method for fluidly sealing a cylinder head interface between an engine block and a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine. An example apparatus includes a perimeter seal disposed on an outer periphery of the cylinder head. The perimeter seal has a first surface to abut a cylinder head sealing surface and a second surface to abut an engine block sealing surface. The perimeter seal is configured to prevent fluid from an external environment from entering the cylinder head interface and to allow fluid within the cylinder head interface to vent to the external environment when the fluid is above a predetermined pressure. A first fluid transfer tube seal fluidly seals a first fluid transfer orifice extending between the engine block and the cylinder head. The perimeter seal and the first fluid transfer tube seal are formed as a unitary structure.
US10233859B2
An internal combustion engine includes a port injector that injects fuel into an intake port and a direct injection injector that injects fuel directly into a combustion chamber. When the internal combustion engine is in a low load condition while requiring fuel injection, a controller stops fuel injection through the port injector so that an entire required fuel injection amount is injected through the direct injection injector. As a result of this processing, the fuel pressure of the direct injection injector is reduced quickly in the low load condition.
US10233857B2
A method for a fuel system is provided, wherein a fuel vapor canister is vented to an engine intake during a first condition, and wherein a restriction in a canister vent pathway is indicated, responsive to a change in a fuel tank pressure transducer output greater than a threshold. If the fuel tank pressure transducer output changes less than the threshold, degradation of the fuel tank pressure transducer is indicated. In this way, a fuel tank pressure transducer offset may be distinguished from a canister vent pathway restriction if a fuel tank pressure transducer indicates a significant pressure or vacuum in a fuel tank following a vehicle-off soak.
US10233854B1
A control system and method utilize an exhaust oxygen (O2) sensor and a controller configured to operate a turbocharged engine in a scavenging mode, and while the operating the engine in the scavenging mode: command a target in-cylinder air/fuel ratio (FA) for achieving a target exhaust gas FA, adjust the measurement of the exhaust O2 sensor based on a scavenging ratio and the target in-cylinder FA to obtain a modified O2 concentration, adjust an exhaust system temperature modeled by a thermal model to obtain a modified exhaust system temperature, and adjust the target in-cylinder FA based on the modified O2 concentration and the modified exhaust system temperature.
US10233853B2
An exhaust gas sensor arrangement structure includes a catalyst which purifies exhaust gas of an engine; and exhaust gas sensors which detect an exhaust gas component of the engine; the catalyst is provided under the engine; and the exhaust gas sensors are provided within a width of the engine in a front/rear direction so that the catalyst is provided between the exhaust gas sensors at front and rear sides of the catalyst.
US10233850B2
A system for controlling the combustion behavior of an engine is provided. The engine is equipped with a plurality of control subsystems that influence combustion in the engine. The system includes a controller configured to receive a plurality of inputs, to determine a desired subsystem states to operate the engine, and to determine a target value for each of a plurality of control parameters, wherein the target values for one or more control parameters depends on the values of the plurality of inputs. The controller is further configured to communicate the target values of control parameters to the control subsystems.
US10233846B2
A system for predicting performance of a liquid fuel system includes a processor and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, wherein the memory stores instructions which when executed by the processor perform operations. The operations include establishing a baseline parameter for at least one physical parameter of a nozzle or a valve associated with at least one combustor of the liquid fuel system with at least one time. The operations also include obtaining one or more operational parameters associated with the liquid fuel system from one or more sensors during operation of a gas turbine engine. The operations further include utilizing an operational model of a fuel flow divider to output an action associated with the liquid fuel system based at least on the baseline parameter and the one or more operational parameters.
US10233844B2
In one aspect the present subject matter is directed to a system for thermally shielding a portion of a shroud assembly for a gas turbine. The system includes a shroud support having a forward wall that includes a front side that is axially spaced from a back side and a radially inner surface that extends axially between the front and back sides. A shroud is mounted to the shroud support. The shroud includes a leading edge portion that extends towards the forward wall of the shroud support and a trailing edge portion that extends towards the aft wall of the shroud support. A radial gap is defined between a top surface of the leading edge portion and the radially inner surface of the forward wall. A thermal shield is disposed along a bottom portion of the forward wall and is oriented to face towards a flow of combustion gases.
US10233838B2
A gas turbine engine that includes a compressor, a turbine, a heat exchanger, and a combustor. The compressor is mounted on a rotating shaft with at least one rotor with an inlet and an outlet, and at least one diffuser downstream from each rotor. The turbine includes at least one stator, and at least one rotor with an inlet and outlet located downstream of each stator, and mounted on the rotating shaft as the at least one of the compressor rotors. The inlet of the compressor rotor faces toward the outlet of the turbine rotor. The heat exchanger is configured to preheat the compressed air leaving the compressor by transferring heat from the turbine exhaust. The combustor can be configured for mixing fuel with the compressed air, either upstream or downstream from the heat exchanger, and further configured for igniting the preheated fuel/air mixture located downstream from the heat exchanger.
US10233834B2
A turbocharger (1) with an axial flow turbine stage (2) includes a compressor stage (4) using active casing treatment (50) for choke flow improvement. With switchable slots (52, 54), one of the slots (52) may be between the compressor's full and splitter blades (27, 23) and one of the slots (54) can be located downstream of the compressor's splitter blades (23) to maximize choke flow capacity. In turbochargers with a wastegate assembly, a pneumatic actuator (32) may control both a wastegate control valve (30) and an active casing treatment slot selection valve (56).
US10233833B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for pump control of a closed thermodynamic cycle system, such as a Brayton cycle. Operational parameters such as working fluid temperature, thermal fluid temperature, stream pressure, and power generation may be the basis for controlling a thermal fluid pump rate.
US10233829B2
A generator set for a transport refrigeration unit that is operable at a first frequency and a second frequency. The generator set includes a generator and a prime mover. The generator set is controlled by an electronic control unit (ECU) that is coupled to a controller. The ECU is configured to monitor the engine operation condition to obtain an engine operation condition value; whereas the controller is configured to receive the engine operation condition value and compare the value with an engine operation condition threshold. When the engine operation condition value, for example, exceeds the engine operation condition threshold, the controller instructs the ECU to operate the engine at a first speed; and when the engine operation condition value, for example, is below the engine operation condition threshold, the controller instructs the ECU to operate the engine at a second speed that is slower than the first speed.
US10233825B2
An intake port of an internal combustion engine is connected to a combustion chamber and includes a connecting portion having a passage cross-sectional area that increases as the connecting portion approaches the combustion chamber, and an upstream portion connected to an upstream end of the connecting portion. The connecting portion is provided at its downstream end with a valve seat with which an umbrella part of an intake valve is brought into contact. At least one recess extending in an extending direction of the intake port and included in the connecting portion and the upstream portion is provided at least at one of two portions, the two portions located on both sides in an extending direction of an output shaft, of a peripheral surface of the intake port.
US10233824B2
An ignition system for an internal combustion engine includes a prechamber ignition device, a fuel admission valve for the prechamber ignition device, and a combustion consistency control mechanism configured to receive data indicative of at least one of a magnitude of a peak pressure in a combustion prechamber of the prechamber ignition device or a timing of the peak pressure in the combustion prechamber. The combustion consistency control mechanism calculates an error based on the data, and outputs a valve opening command to a fuel valve to produce a shot of combustion-initiating gases from the prechamber device, the valve opening command being based on the error.
US10233823B2
Provided is a thermostat monitor (36) comprising a thermostat open failure detecting part (38) for detecting an open failure of a thermostat when a condition is such that a radiator heat radiation amount (14) radiated from a radiator on a radiator-side cooling water channel is larger than a heater core heat radiation amount (12) radiated from a heater core on a heater core-side cooling water channel, and that a difference between the radiator heat radiation amount and the heater core heat radiation amount is equal to or more than a predetermined value A. Based on a temperature of engine cooling water detected by a temperature sensor positioned in the vicinity of an outlet of an in-engine cooling water channel, it is possible to detect the open failure of the thermostat relatively easily with certainty.
US10233812B2
In a method for diagnosing an SCR catalyst system of an internal combustion engine, the SCR catalyst system comprises at least one first SCR catalyst device (20) and at least one second SCR catalyst device (30). A first injection position upstream of the first SCR catalyst device (20) in the form of a first metering device (40) is provided for injecting liquid reducing agent for the SCR catalyst devices (20, 30). A second injection position between the two SCR catalyst devices (20, 30) in the form of a second metering device (50) is furthermore provided. Both SCR catalyst devices (20, 30) are monitored in a differentiated way by means of active and passive diagnostic methods.
US10233793B2
The present invention provides a valve seat of a Co-free, sintered iron-based alloy having excellent heat resistance, oxidation resistance and wear resistance, as well as excellent machinability, which is usable for internal combustion engines using a gas fuel. The valve seat is produced by using a prealloy containing 12% or more by mass of Cr in a matrix for, and hard particles having high strength and hardness at high temperatures are used, such that the entire valve seat has a composition comprising by mass 5.0-20.0% of Cr, 0.4-2.0% of Si, 2.0-6.0% of Ni, 5.0-25.0% of Mo, 0.1-5.0% of W, 0.5-5.0% of V, 1.0% or less of Nb, and 0.5-1.5% of C, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities.
US10233779B2
A turbocharger turbine having housing walls defining a diffuser. Within the diffuser, a center body within the diffuser is supported by de-swirl vanes extending from the diffuser wall. The center body forms a de-swirl passageway having an increasing mean diameter of flow from an upstream end of the center body to a leading edge of the de-swirl vanes. A trailing edge of the de-swirl vanes is near the downstream end of the center body. Annular-type guide vanes surround the center body within the de-swirl passageway. A wastegate system is configured to vent wastegate flow into the diffuser through injection ports on the de-swirl vanes, annular guide vanes and/or center body.
US10233772B2
A gas turbine engine (20) and method for containing a fan inside an engine after a fan thrust bearing assembly failure. The engine (20) may comprise a fan (42), a housing (100) including a compartment (102), a fan shaft (104) inside the compartment (102) and comprising a bowl (108), a support structure (110) inside the compartment (102), a speed sensor pickup (114) mounted on the outer surface (120) of the bowl (108), a speed sensor (112) mounted on the support structure (110), and a fan thrust bearing assembly (41) disposed forward of the bowl (108). The fan thrust bearing assembly (41) including a bearing (126). The speed sensor (112) and the sensor pickup (114) define a defining a sensor gap (116). The bearing (126) and the outer surface (120) defining a fan thrust bearing gap (130), wherein the sensor gap (116) is less than the fan thrust bearing gap.
US10233768B1
A power plant for an aircraft such as an unmanned aero vehicle in which a gas turbine engine drives an electric generator to produce electrical power for a system load of the aircraft. An engine control unit monitors engine performance and regulates engine power output through fuel flow control to a combustor. A power control module regulates power output of the generator to the system load and to a battery through a bus. A pulse width modulation is used between the power control module and the bus to optimize performance of the gas turbine engine instead of adjusting fuel flow to the combustor.
US10233765B2
A seal for sealing a gap between a vane and a liner of an outlet guide vane is provided. The seal includes: a joint section for joining with the liner; a flexible fillet section elongated from the joint section and tapering toward a tip so as to form a round corner between the vane and the liner when the tip is placed in contact with the vane; and a flexible rib section projecting from an inner surface and so dimensioned as to get in contact with an upper surface of an external structure for securing the vane to keep gas tightness.
US10233757B2
A rotor for a thermal turbomachine, in particular a gas turbine, is configured to conduct a medium in its interior. In order to conduct the medium in the interior with low flow losses, it is provided that a rotor disk of the compressor has holes, in order to feed the medium from outside into the rotor interior. For improved temperature control of the rotor disk, the holes conduct the medium through the rotor disk counter to the flow direction in the compressor.
US10233755B2
A drilling and bursting heading machine, comprising a drilling and bursting device (1), an angle control device, a forward-backward telescopic device and a cantilever type heading machine (2), wherein the drilling and bursting device (1) is mounted on a forward-backward moving component of the forward-backward telescopic device by means of the angle control device, and the forward-backward telescopic device is mounted on the cantilever type heading machine (2); the drilling and bursting device (1) comprises a fixing support (1-20), as well as a rock drill component and a bursting component fixedly mounted on the fixing support (1-20) respectively; the angle control device comprises a mounting base (1-15), an auxiliary rotary hydraulic motor (1-14), an adjustment hydraulic cylinder (1-13) and a main rotary hydraulic motor (1-12); and when the forward-backward moving component of the forward-backward telescopic device completely extends out, the distance from a front end of the drilling and bursting device (1) to a working plane is shorter than the distance from a front end of a cutting head of the cantilever type heading machine (2) to the working plane. The drilling and bursting heading machine has a compact structure and is able to implement quick drilling and bursting on a hard rock stratum having a rock hardness f greater than 10 without increasing the energy consumption, so that the heading efficiency is improved and potential safety risks are reduced.
US10233753B2
A method for initiating a remote operation mode of a work machine, the method including providing the work machine with a work machine-specific safety key; receiving, at a remote control station, a notification from the work machine in response to initiating the remote operation mode of the work machine by said safety key; acknowledging the work machine as being included in a safety system of the remote control station; and configuring the remote control station to start the remote operation mode of the work machine.
US10233746B2
In producing methane a bottom hole assembly the borehole may enlarge due to shifting sands in an unconsolidated formation as the methane is produced. The enlargement of the borehole can be sensed in real time such as by using a fiber optic cable. In response to such information parts of the bottom hole assembly near the washout can be isolated or the bottom hole assembly in the vicinity of the washout can be fortified with inserts from the surface to minimize damage from erosion caused by higher velocities resulting from borehole washouts.
US10233735B2
Systems and methods for operating a linear motor (e.g., for an ESP), where the motor's mover moves in a reciprocating motion within a bore of the stator. Hard stops are located at the ends of the bore. The motor has a first set of sensors in the stator positioned proximate to the bore. When the mover moves in the bore, the sensors produce corresponding output signals, except when the mover is in a position near, but not in contact with a hard stop. While the sensors produce output signals, the motor is driven in a first direction toward the hard stop. When the sensors stop producing the output signals, the mover has reached the first position, and the motor is controlled to reverse the direction of the mover.
US10233732B2
A technique facilitates active zonal control over the inflow of fluids into a lateral wellbore completion at individual well zones of a plurality of well zones. The completion may comprise a plurality of sand screens through which inflowing fluids pass before entering an interior of the completion, e.g. before entering an interior of a completion base pipe. A control module is positioned along the completion between well zones. The control module is controlled via electrical control signals and is operatively connected with a plurality of intelligent flow control devices which are located along the completion in corresponding well zones. Based on signals received, the control module individually controls the intelligent flow control devices to allow or block flow into an interior of the completion at each well zone.
US10233726B2
In one aspect, an apparatus for use in a wellbore is disclosed, including: an inlet; an outlet; and a variable flow restriction configured to provide a predetermined constant pressure drop between the inlet and the outlet in response to a range of inlet flow rates. In another aspect, a method for providing a fluid flow within a wellbore is disclosed, including: providing the fluid flow to an inlet; restricting the fluid flow to provide a predetermined constant pressure drop between the inlet and an outlet in response to a range of fluid flow rates; and providing the fluid flow to the wellbore from the outlet.
US10233725B2
A downhole system including a valve including a housing having a longitudinal axis, a flowbore within the housing for fluid flow along the longitudinal axis, an annulus within the housing, the annulus concentrically surrounding the flowbore and fluidically separated from the flowbore, a piston arrangement within the housing, the piston arrangement including a piston movable from a first position to a second position, and an electronic trigger system including an electronic trigger, a first fluid chamber, and a second fluid chamber. Activation of the electronic trigger communicates the first fluid chamber with the second fluid chamber to move the piston from the first position corresponding to a closed condition of the valve blocking flow within the annulus to the second position corresponding to an open condition of the valve permitting flow within the annulus past the piston.
US10233714B2
A wellhead hanger assembly is provided. In one embodiment, a system includes a wellhead hanger, a running tool coupled to the wellhead hanger, and a torque sleeve positioned to transmit torque from the running tool to the wellhead hanger. The running tool can be in castellated engagement with the torque sleeve via a first set of castellations and mating slots, and the wellhead hanger can be in castellated engagement with the torque sleeve via a second set of castellations and mating slots. Additional systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed.
US10233706B2
A barite recovery hopper includes a shell having an open top, wherein the barite recovery hopper is adapted to receive a flow of recovered barite particles from a solids discharge chute of a decanter centrifuge through the open top of the shell. An inlet is adapted to receive a flow of drilling mud from a mud tank. A hopper bypass gate is adapted to seal a bottom opening of the shell when the hopper bypass gate is in a closed position during a barite recovery operation, and to allow collection of at least a portion of the recovered barite particles for mixture, inside of the barite recovery hopper, with the flow of drilling mud received through the inlet when the hopper bypass gate is in the closed position. An outlet is adapted to discharge a flow of the recovered barite particle/drilling mud mixture to the mud tank.
US10233703B2
An offshore drilling rig configured for lowering and/or raising a string of tubular equipment into a subsea borehole. The drilling rig includes a drill deck; a first hoisting system being adapted for raising or lowering a first load carrier along a vertical first hoisting axis, wherein the first hoisting system is supported by a first support structure extending upwardly relative to the drill deck; a second hoisting system being adapted for raising or lowering a second load carrier along a vertical second hoisting axis located apart from the first hoisting axis, wherein the second hoisting system is supported by a second support structure extending upwardly relative to the drill deck; and a joint operations well center on the drill deck. During joint operations, the first and second hoisting axes are preferably located apart from the joint operations well center.
US10233702B2
The invention relates to a device and a method for cleaning or lubricating at least a connecting section of a drill rod element, with a housing, a channel-like recess and at least one washing means or lubricating means which is arranged along the channel-like recess. The channel-like recess is designed for horizontal insertion of at least a lower connecting section of the drill rod element when the drill rod element is substantially in vertical alignment. The invention further relates to a drilling rig with the said device for cleaning or lubricating.
US10233700B2
An embodiment includes a downhole motor configured to operate a drill bit to drill a well into an earthen formation. The downhole motor includes a motor housing, a stator supported by an inner surface of the motor housing, a rotor operably coupled to the stator. The rotor is configured to be operably coupled to the drill bit. The motor housing includes an uphole portion, a bend, and a downhole portion that extends relative to bend away from the uphole portion in a downhole direction. The downhole motor includes an adjustment assembly that can guide the direction of drilling.
