US10339522B2
A smart card transaction allows a consumer to load value onto a smart card and to make purchases using a smart card with a mobile telephone handset over the telecommunications network. For loading, the system includes: a mobile telephone handset including a card reader; a gateway computer; a funds issuer computer; and an authentication computer. The mobile telephone handset receives a request from a user to load a value onto the smart card. The handset generates a funds request message which includes the value and sends the funds request message to a funds issuer computer. The funds issuer computer debits an account associated with the user. Next, the handset generates a load request message with a cryptographic signature and sends the load request message to an authentication computer which authenticates the smart card. The handset receives a response message which includes a cryptographic signature and an approval to load. Finally, the handset validates the second cryptographic signature and loads the value onto the smart card. For payment, the system includes a merchant server and a payment server. First, the handset sends an order request message to the merchant server computer, and in return receives a purchase instruction message. The handset processes the purchase instruction message locally, and then sends a draw request message to a payment server computer. The payment server computer sends a debit message which includes a cryptographic signature and an approval to debit the smart card. Finally, the handset validates the cryptographic signature and debits the smart card.
US10339515B1
A shopping cart has integrated scale and point-of-sale device. The scale and credit card processing device are secured within a common housing. The bar code reader is secured within a hand wand which is detachably secured to the exterior of the scale and credit card processing device's housing. The scale and credit card processing device are secured to top center of the shopping cart's handle.
US10339514B2
In some embodiments, systems, apparatuses and methods are provided to enhance customer service through the distribution of mobile sales vehicles comprising: an engine and a drivetrain; a point of sales system; product storage storing pre-selected products selected in response to an evaluation of location demographic information, and in response to an evaluation of population demographic information, wherein the pre-selected products comprise a sub-set of potential products available from a retail entity operating the sales vehicle; and a product distribution system coupled with the point of sales system and comprising a control circuit configured to authorize access by a customer to one or more products stored in the product storage and purchased by the customer.
US10339511B2
Methods and systems for adjusting a security level of a transaction system based on biometric characteristics of a customer are disclosed. According to an aspect, a method includes interacting with a customer at a transaction terminal. The method also includes determining a biometric characteristic of the customer based on the interaction with the customer. Further, the method may include adjusting a security level of a transaction system based on the biometric characteristic.
US10339508B1
Computer implemented system and methods are provided for evaluating the effectiveness of personalized automated teller machines. In some embodiments, the system may include a camera, an automated teller machine comprising a user interface based on a user profile and at least one server geographically remote from the automated teller machine. The server may be configured to receive a recorded user interaction, receive transaction data, determine an emotion state, extract environmental data, determine a quality indicator for the recorded user interaction, update a user profile, and transmit to the automated teller machine the updated user profile.
US10339499B2
To propagate compliance and governance (C&G) policies, a parser including natural language processing is used to deconstruct a set of organization C&G policies from a set of C&G documents to identify and record a parsed set of categorized C&G policies. A configuration parameter analyzer deconstructs and parses a plurality of C&G configuration parameters of an application program to identify and record a set of application C&G configuration parameters each comprising a purpose and a unit of measure. A reconciliation arranger receives the set of categorized C&G policies and the set of application C&G configuration parameters and maps the categorized C&G policies for the correct purpose and the unit of measure to the respective application C&G configuration parameters. The reconciliation arranger propagates and secures the application program with the respective set of mapped application C&G configuration parameters from mapped C&G policies.
US10339494B2
In an embodiment, preference information, corresponding to a first invitee from an invitees list for an event and permission by the first invitee to obtain the preference information from a data source is received. The preference information is usable to determine a sentiment of the first invitee towards an aspect of the event. The information about the first invitee is collected from the data source. A sentiment analysis is performed using Natural Language Processing (NLP), on the information, producing the preference information of the first invitee. the preference information of the first invitee is aggregated with preference information of a second invitee in the invitee list to form an aggregated preference. A list of items needed to satisfy the aggregated preference is created.
US10339492B2
Systems and methods for re-routing parcels being delivered to attended delivery/pickup locations that have no capacity and/or ability to take delivery of the parcels. In various embodiments, in response to determining that the attended delivery/pickup location doesn't have sufficient capacity and/or ability to accept delivery of the parcel, the system is configured to: (1) re-route the parcel to a different location; or (2) hold the parcel for later delivery. In some embodiments, the system is configured to determine an appropriate response to determining that the attended delivery/pickup location cannot accept delivery of the parcel substantially automatically. In other embodiments, the system is configured to provide the parcel recipient with one or more re-routing options.
US10339491B2
A mobile pickup unit is provided that includes storage compartments (e.g., for containing items) and is configured to travel to a user pickup area and park as close as possible to an optimal location that is determined based on the locations of users who are scheduled to utilize the mobile pickup unit. The mobile pickup unit may include or otherwise be transported by any type of mobile machine (e.g., automobile, etc.), and control of the mobile machine may be manual (e.g., a driver) or automated (e.g., directly or remotely controlled by an automated system, robotic, etc.) A parking location that is selected may be along a public street or any other available parking space, such that parking locations may be selected on a daily basis that are convenient for the users who will be utilizing the mobile pickup unit (e.g., for retrieving ordered items, dropping off returned items, etc.).
US10339490B1
Where a particular item has certain restrictions or requirements which should be followed when the item is stored or transported, a transit plan or storage plan for the item may be developed using the systems and methods of the present disclosure. In particular, where the restrictions or requirements may change over time (i.e., during the period in which the item is stored or transported), the transit plan or storage plan may include accommodations for changing the conditions of the item in order to comply with the restrictions or requirements. In particular, the transit plan or storage plan may call for the reorientation of an item that has orientation-specific requirements as the item is in storage or in transit.
US10339488B2
The disclosure generally describes methods, software, and systems, including a method for defining and using models. A model definition language is provided for defining models. The model definition language includes elements of a meta-model. The elements define, for a model, a root element of the model and plural participant instances of the model. Each participant instance is linked with the root element. Each participant instance defines at least one of plural participants of the model. Each participant instance is an instance of a participant class. A relation port for the model defines plural relations and flows among the plural participants. Each relation is defined by a relation instance being of a relation class and defining a relationship between participants.
US10339486B1
Methods and apparatuses allow an insurance agency to track their current performance in managing existing customers and bringing in new customers. A tool may obtain information from a user regarding characteristics of the user's agency and/or agency goals. The tool may use this information to determine an agency's business efficiency. The tool may also provide advice regarding marketing spending and/or additional human resources needed. The tool may benchmark an insurance agency against other agencies in the market. The tool may also display how generated leads are converted to new business and/or income for an agency.
US10339482B1
A system and method for calculating loss data associated with a data privacy and security breach event occurring within an organization based on collected data. Data describing a number of individuals affected by the event; an estimated number of hours spent by the organization on managing the event; enrollment by individuals affected by the event in a credit monitoring service; an estimated amount spent on communications within the organization relating to the event; an estimated number of hours of loss of productivity by the organization; an estimated credit monitoring service call center volume; an estimated amount spent on computer forensics; and an estimated amount spent on legal counsel is received. Data describing (i) an amount spent by the organization in managing the event; (ii) an amount spent by the organization in notifying individuals affected by the event; (iii) an amount spent by the organization on the credit monitoring service; (iv) an amount spent on loss of productivity; (v) an amount spent on loss of assets; and (vi) an amount spent on credit monitoring service call center activities is calculated. Data describing a total loss amount associated with the event is calculated based on the received data received and the calculations.
US10339481B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide a mechanism to directly interact and access with micro-services and/or services using natural-language and machine intelligence and algorithmic learning so that users may access desired micro-services and/or services with minimal interaction.
US10339479B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products for dynamically aggregating data from disparate sources. A computer implemented method involves initializing a scheduler application to create one or more intermediate tables. The intermediate tables are populated with automatically aggregated data from one or more disparate data sources. The data is governed by business rules in an enterprise system. The method further involves enabling access to a subset of the aggregated data in accordance with a user authorization credential.
US10339457B2
An application performance management system is provided, which is adapted to analyze the performance of one or more applications running on information technology (IT) infrastructure. The application performance management system includes a data collector, an anomaly detector, an anomaly correlator, an anomaly ranking unit, and a source problem detector. The data collector collects performance metrics for one or more applications running on the IT infrastructure. The anomaly detector analyzes the performance metrics and detects anomalies, which may include performance metrics whose values deviate from historic values with a deviation that exceeds a predefined threshold. The anomaly correlator detects dependencies between plural anomalies and generates anomaly clusters. Each anomaly cluster includes anomalies that are correlated through one or more of the dependencies. The anomaly ranking unit ranks anomalies within an anomaly cluster. The source problem detector pinpoints a problem source from the lowest ranked anomaly in an anomaly cluster.
US10339453B2
A mechanism is provided in a data processing system for automatically generating question and answer pairs for training a question answering system for a given domain. The mechanism identifies a set of patterns of components in passages within a corpus of documents for the given domain. The mechanism identifies a set of rules that correspond to the set of patterns for generating question and answer pairs from the passages within the corpus of documents. The mechanism applies the set of rules to the passages to generate the question and answer pairs.
US10339450B2
An efficient technique of machine learning is provided for training a plurality of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) with increased speed and accuracy using a genetic evolutionary model. A plurality of artificial chromosomes may be stored representing weights of artificial neuron connections of the plurality of respective CNNs. A plurality of pairs of the chromosomes may be recombined to generate, for each pair, a new chromosome (with a different set of weights than in either chromosome of the pair) by selecting entire filters as inseparable groups of a plurality of weights from each of the pair of chromosomes (e.g., “filter-by-filter” recombination). A plurality of weights of each of the new or original plurality of chromosomes may be mutated by propagating recursive error corrections incrementally throughout the CNN. A small random sampling of weights may optionally be further mutated to zero, random values, or a sum of current and random values.
US10339441B2
An example embodiment may involve a machine learning model representing relationships between a dependent variable and a plurality of n independent variables. The dependent variable may be a function of the n independent variables, where the n independent variables are measurable characteristics of computing devices, and where the dependent variable is a predicted behavior of the computing devices. The embodiment may also involve obtaining a target value of the dependent variable, and separating the n independent variables into n−1 independent variables with fixed values and a particular independent variable with an unfixed value. The embodiment may also involve performing a partial inversion of the function to produce a value of the particular independent variable such that, when the function is applied to the value of the particular independent variable and the n−1 independent variables with fixed values, the dependent variable is within a pre-defined range of the target value.
US10339438B2
A system and method for counting persons using passages entering or exiting an area by analyzing vibrations in the floor with sensors and a machine learning system. The machine learning system uses a model, usually implemented as a neural network on a processor. The network is trained in levels and implemented in layers. Different levels classify and analyze vibrations by timing and frequency, by movements of persons, and by identity of persons The same person is identified by patterns in the vibrations and the vibrations are correlated to determine when a person uses a combination of passages and is thereby counted. Location information for the person is used to identify persons in places and doing activities of interest. The model may be trained on one processor and then downloaded to another processor for evaluation. Additional sensors and levels of training may be implemented on the latter processor.
US10339429B2
Aspects of the invention relate to methods for automatically configuring a printer, such as a RFID printer with minimal effort from the user. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a user is able to automatically configure one or more of the following non-exhaustive list of printer settings by entering only an inlay designator and an inlay offset: a first TID position, an encode zone, a TID singulate, a read power, a write power, an encode while the web is moving flag, a stop to encode position and a maximum speed to encode while the web is moving.
US10339428B2
An intelligent scoring method and system for a text objective question, the method comprising: acquiring an answer image of a text objective question (101); segmenting the answer image to obtain one or more segmentation results of an answer string to be identified (102); determining whether any of the segmentation results has the same number of characters as the standard answer (103); if no, the answer is determined to be wrong (106); otherwise, calculating identification confidence of the segmentation result having the same number of words as the standard answer, and/or calculating the identification confidence of respective characters in the segmentation result having the same number of words as the standard answer (104); determining whether the answer is correct according to the calculated identification confidence (105). The method can automatically score text objective questions, thus reducing consumption of human resource, and improving scoring efficiency and accuracy.
US10339425B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for cell recognition. At least one embodiment relates to a method for recognizing cell. The method includes receiving an image of the cell. The method also includes performing edge detection on the image of the cell. Further, the method includes detecting ridges within the image of the cell. In addition, the method includes quantifying an internal complexity of the cell by gauging a contrast of the ridges with an average of a Laplacian on the detected ridges.
US10339422B2
Provided is an object detection device or the like which efficiently generates good-quality training data. This object detection device is provided with: a detection unit which uses a dictionary to detect objects from an input image; a reception unit which displays, on a display device, the input image accompanied by a display emphasizing partial areas of detected objects, and receives, from one operation of an input device, a selection of a partial area and an input of the class of the selected partial area; a generation unit which generates training data from the image of the selected partial area and the inputted class; and a learning unit which uses the training data to learn the dictionary.
US10339414B2
In the present disclosure, a plurality of frames of input images sequentially received for a predetermined time interval is obtained, and a face detecting operation is performed on a first frame if a full detecting mode is implemented. If a face is detected from a specific region of the first frame during the face detecting operation, a face tracking mode is implemented, a second frame is divided to produce the divided input image portions of the second frame, and the face tracking operation is performed on a surrounding region of the specific region of the divided input image portions of the second frame that corresponds to the specific region in the first frame. If the face is not detected in the face tracking mode, a partial detecting mode is implemented, and the face detecting operation is performed on image portions resized on divided input image portions of a third frame to which a specific region of the third frame corresponding to the specific region of the first frame belongs.
US10339413B2
A warning sign placing apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The warning sign placing apparatus includes at least two camera units, a control unit, and a vehicle. The camera unit captures a plurality of images in a preset direction. The vehicle carries at least two camera units and control unit. The control unit identifies a traveling direction of the road and distinguishes at least one object on the road based on the images, and plans a route along the road for the vehicle according to the at least one object, where the vehicle travels along the route. A warning sign is configured in the warning sign placing apparatus and is able to automatically move to a preset position with a preset distance in order to avoid the risk of dangers in a case of manually placing the warning sign.
US10339412B2
When searching for a registered image similar to a query image, an image processing apparatus estimates an area having a difference by comparing images determined to be similar if a plurality of similar images is found at the time of search of a similar image using an image feature amount in order to enhance search accuracy. Then, the image processing apparatus compares the query image with the plurality of images similar to the query image based on the difference area.
US10339409B2
A method and a device for extracting local features of a 3D point cloud are disclosed. Angle information and the concavo-convex information about a feature point to be extracted and a point of an adjacent body element are calculated based on a local reference system corresponding to the points of each body element. The feature relation between the two points can be calculated accurately. The property of invariance in translation and rotation is possessed. Since concavo-convex information about a local point cloud is contained during extraction, the inaccurate extraction caused by ignoring concavo-convex ambiguity in previous 3D local feature description is resolved. During normalization processing, exponential normalization processing and second-normal-form normalization are adopted, which solves the problem of inaccurate similarity calculation caused by a circumstance that a few elements in a vector are too large or too small during feature extraction, thus improving accuracy of extracted three-dimensional local features.
US10339406B2
Devices and a method are provided for providing feedback to a user. In one implementation, the method comprises obtaining a plurality of images from an image sensor. The image sensor is configured to be positioned for movement with the user's head. The method further comprises monitoring the images, and determining whether relative motion occurs between a first portion of a scene captured in the plurality of images and other portions of the scene captured in the plurality of images. If the first portion of the scene moves less than at least one other portion of the scene, the method comprises obtaining contextual information from the first portion of the scene. The method further comprises providing the feedback to the user based on at least part of the contextual information.
US10339403B2
Authentication methods for recognition of a candidate person. During authentication, a previously stored enrollment image is presented on a display to a candidate person. The candidate person is instructed to present a reproduced image of the same scene and/or object to a camera while holding the camera (mobile camera for example) unsupported in free space with respect to the viewed scene or object. Alternatively the candidate person can hold the object unsupported in free space with respect the camera. Using the camera, a candidate image of the viewed scene or object is captured and presented with the previously stored enrollment image. The candidate person aligns the candidate image with the previously stored enrollment image. Upon alignment, the candidate image is verified as an authentic image of the user and the candidate person is authenticated as the user previously enrolled.
US10339396B2
An image convertor converts an original image captured by a front camera. The original image includes a road surface around a vehicle. A three-dimensional object detector detects from a virtual image a three-dimensional object having a height from the road surface. A vehicle accessibility determiner determines whether the vehicle can access to the inside of the detected three-dimensional object or to a clearance among other three-dimensional objects.
US10339393B2
A demarcation line recognition apparatus is applied to a vehicle in which an imaging apparatus that captures an image of an area ahead of the vehicle is mounted. The demarcation line recognition apparatus includes: a demarcation line recognizing unit that recognizes a traveling demarcation line that demarcates a traveling lane of the vehicle based on an image acquired by the imaging apparatus; and a demarcation line estimating unit that estimates a shape of the traveling demarcation line in a range that cannot be recognized by the demarcation line recognizing unit, based on the traveling demarcation line recognized by the demarcation line recognizing unit. The demarcation line recognition apparatus determines a reliability level of the traveling demarcation line recognized by the demarcation line recognizing unit and invalidates the estimation of the shape of the traveling demarcation line by the demarcation line estimating unit based on the determination result.
US10339388B1
Virtual sensor technology, in which a camera is controlled to capture at least one configuration image of an area monitored by a monitoring system and input is received that defines one or more characteristics of the at least one configuration image that enable sensing of an event in the area. Based on the received input, configuration data used in sensing the event is generated and stored. After storage of the configuration data, the camera is controlled to capture one or more images of the area, the one or more images are analyzed based on the configuration data, and occurrence of the event is detected based on the analysis of the one or more images. Based on detecting occurrence of the event, a transmitting device is controlled to send, to a controller of the monitoring system, a signal that indicates the detection of the occurrence of the event.
US10339384B2
A method is provided. The method includes one or more of receiving, by an image processing device, one or more photos of building locations at a building, extracting position coordinates comprising X and Y values in a 2D floor plan from the one or more photos, converting the position coordinates into 3D model coordinates, extracting model viewpoints from a 3D model of the building at the 3D model coordinates, and comparing each of the one or more photos with a corresponding model viewpoint. Each of the model viewpoints provides a view of the 3D model at a same viewing position as one of the one or more photos.
US10339382B2
A method for feedback based maintenance wherein the method may include transmitting to an intermediate computerized system a first image that was acquired, at an acquisition point of time, by a head mounted display (HMD) mounted on a head of a first user; transmitting the first image from the intermediate computerized system and towards a computerized device of a second user; displaying on the computerized device of the second user the first image; receiving feedback, in response to the displaying and by the intermediate computerized system; generating, by the intermediate computerized system, an augmented image that comprises the first image and the feedback; transmitting to the HMD the augmented image; adjusting, by the HMD the augmented image to provide an amended augmented image that corresponds to visual information as viewed by the HMD at a display point in time; and displaying, by the HMD, the amended augmented image.
US10339377B2
Embodiment of the present disclosure discloses method and device for determining one or more characteristics of currency note. The currency evaluating device is configured to receive image of currency note and detect text from one or more predefined first regions of image. Further, language associated with detected text is identifies and one of single nationality and plurality of nationalities associated with language of currency note is obtained from data source associated with currency evaluating device. When single nationality is obtained, nationality of currency note is identified to be said single nationality. When plurality of nationalities is obtained, nationality of currency note is identified from plurality of nationalities using Optical Character Recognition (OCR). Upon identifying nationality, one or more characteristics of currency note is identified by extracting object features on image based on identified nationality.
US10339371B2
The present disclosure provides a method for recognizing a human motion, a method for recognizing a user action and a smart terminal. The method for human motion recognition comprises: collecting human motion data to train to obtain a feature extraction parameter and a template data sequence; in one human motion recognition, collecting data for performing human motion recognition to obtain an original data sequence; using the feature extraction parameter to perform feature extraction on the original data sequence, reducing the number of data dimensions of the original data sequence, and obtaining a test data sequence after the dimension reduction; matching the test data sequence with the template data sequence, and confirming that a human motion corresponding to the template data sequence associated with the test data sequence occurs when a successfully-matched test data sequence exists. By performing dimension reduction on the test data sequence, the present disclosure lowers requirements for human motion postures and cancels noise, then matches the data after the dimension reduction with the template, realizes accurate recognition of human motions while reducing the computing complexity, and improves the user experience.
US10339370B2
A method of determining obstacle collision by using an object moving path includes: acquiring a topological skeleton corresponding to a path area on an image including a moving path of an object and an obstacle; determining, from among skeleton points forming the topological skeleton, branch points that are interconnecting points between branches of the topological skeleton; determining a target branch from among the branches by using the branch points; selecting, from among points forming the target branch, a plurality of target points to determine whether the moving path is a collision path of the object; and determining whether the moving path is the collision path by using the target points.
US10339358B2
The disclosure provides a palmprint recognition circuit based on a LTPS technology, a palmprint recognition method and a display screen. The palmprint recognition circuit comprises an optical signal collecting unit, configured to collect an optical signal indicating a palmprint information and convert the collected optical signal into a current signal; a current signal amplifying unit, configured to amplify the converted current signal; and a current signal detecting unit, and configured to detect an intensity of the amplified current signal which indicates a ridge line or a valley line of the palmprint in the palmprint information. Therefore, it can solve the problem of having no palmprint recognition circuit and method for a LTPS-TFT display panel. This can eliminate an influence of a change of parasitic capacitance on the recognition result, wherein the change of parasitic capacitance is caused by a change of a wiring manner in the circuit.
US10339355B2
The fingerprint sensing circuit includes sensing units and a sensing circuit. The sensing units are arranged as columns and rows. Each of the sensing units includes a sensing electrode. The sensing circuit is electrically connected to the sensing electrodes in at least two first sensing units of the sensing units in a first period to obtain a first fingerprint grey level.
US10339347B2
An apparatus is adapted to be coupled to a component of a system associated with a wellhead. The apparatus includes a band adapted to be coupled to the component; a holder coupled to the band; an electronic identifying device attached to the holder and adapted to identify the component; and an identifying component coupled to the band. The identifying component visually conveys information about at least one of: the electronic identifying device, and the component to which the band is adapted to be coupled. The system associated with the wellhead is a system for pumping fluid to the wellhead. In one embodiment, the electronic identifying device is, or includes, an RFID chip.
US10339343B2
A storage system is provided comprising a memory and a controller. The controller is configured to receive a write command, data, and a logical address; determine a physical address associated with the logical address; generate protection information for the data using the data and at least one of the logical address and physical address; and store the data and the protection information in the memory without storing the at least one of the logical address and physical address in the memory.
US10339339B2
Techniques to securely store and retrieve data are disclosed. In various embodiments, a process of retrieving secure data includes receiving a request, where the request includes a first secret data and a second secret data. The process further includes identifying a first encrypted data to retrieve based on the request, using the first secret data to decrypt the first encrypted data to generate a decrypted data, generating a second encrypted data, where the second encrypted data is encrypted using the second secret data. In response to the request, the second encrypted data is provided.
US10339331B2
Based on a credential, an access level of a playback queue for a first control interface and a first subset and second subset of media items in the playback queue may be determined. Media items in the playback queue that were added via a second control interface may be included in the first subset. Media items that were added via a control interface different from the second control interface may be included in a second subset. Information may be provided which identifies the first subset of the media items in the playback queue and the second subset of the media items in the playback queue.
US10339329B2
A method and associated apparatus/system for controlling access to data in a database. A first login by a first user is accepted. A second login by the first user under the name of a second user is accepted. Third data is referred, based on first data of the database accessible from the first user and second data of the database accessible from the second user, upon request to refer to the database under the name of the first user or the second user after the first login and the second login are accepted.
US10339328B1
A computer system for securing computer files from modification may include a processor; at least a first data storage area operatively coupled to the processor; a non-volatile second data storage area; and a control circuit. The non-volatile second data storage area may be physically separate from the at least a first data storage area. The second data storage area may store files that are executable by the processor, including executable files of an operating system configured to save temporary files on the at least a first data storage area. The control circuit may operatively couple the second data storage area to the processor, and may be operable in at least a first mode in which the control circuit is configured to block commands received from the processor and configured to modify the second data storage area from being communicated to the second data storage area.
US10339327B2
Technologies for securely binding a manifest to a platform include a computing device having a security engine and a field-programmable fuse. The computing device receives a platform manifest indicative of a hardware configuration of the computing device and a manifest hash. The security engine of the computing device blows a bit of a field programmable fuse and then stores the manifest hash and a counter value of the field-programmable fuse in integrity-protected non-volatile storage. In response to a platform reset, the security engine verifies the stored manifest hash and counter value and then determines whether the stored counter value matches the field-programmable fuse. If verified and current, trusted software may calculate a hash of the platform manifest and compare the calculated hash to the stored manifest hash. If matching, the platform manifest may be used to discover platform hardware. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10339325B2
A system, method and program product for implementing a database security model. A database security model is disclosed that includes: a system for maintaining private data in an encrypted storage area; an ENCR system for implementing a plurality of ENCR routines, wherein each of the ENCR routines is callable from a database application to access and process private data and wherein the ENCR system operates in a functional space separate from the database application; and a crypto system having a private key and decryption system, wherein the crypto system decrypts private data in response to receiving a decrypt request and public key from an ENCR routine, and wherein the crypto system operates in a functional space separate from the ENCR system.
US10339315B2
An apparatus for detecting a malicious app. The apparatus may include a collector to collect a mobile app, a static analyzer to extract basic information from the collected mobile app, analyze the basic information of the extracted mobile app, and generate a call flow graph (CFG) of the mobile app, a dynamic analyzer to execute the collected mobile app, expand the CFG of the mobile app, generated by the static analyzer, to a dynamic action-based CFG, and determine a similarity between the expanded CFG and a flow graph that performs a malicious action, and a malicious app determiner to determine whether the collected mobile app is malicious by analyzing the basic information, the CFG, the call flow graph, and the similarity.
US10339306B1
Systems and methods for fraud containment are provided in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. A fraud event may be detected. One or more devices that may be used in perpetrating the fraud event may be detected. Additionally one or more potential fraud victims, who may be grouped into victim circles may be detected. The threat level to the victims and/or victim circles may be assessed. In some instances, behavioral profiles may be utilized to make fraud assessments. Based on the threat level, recommendations for fraud containment responses may be provided.
US10339304B2
A computer-implemented method for generating tripwire files may include (1) generating an initial tripwire file according to an initial tripwire generation calculation, the initial tripwire file configured such that modification of the initial tripwire file triggers investigation of a security breach, (2) generating a subsequent tripwire file according to a subsequent tripwire generation calculation, the subsequent tripwire generation calculation differing from the initial tripwire generation calculation along at least one dimension, (3) receiving automated feedback that indicates whether at least one of the initial tripwire file and the subsequent tripwire file failed to enable detection of a security threat, and (4) adjusting automatic generation of a third tripwire file based on the automated feedback indicating whether at least one of the initial tripwire file and the subsequent tripwire file failed to detect the security threat. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10339301B2
Disclosed are systems and methods of analysis of files for maliciousness in a virtual machine. An exemplary method comprises: opening and executing a file by a processor in a virtual machine; intercepting an event arising in the process of execution of a thread of a process created upon opening of the file; halting the execution of the thread; reading the context of the processor on which the thread is being executed; comparing the context of the processor with one or more rules; and based on the results of the comparison, performing at least one of: recognizing the file as being malicious; halting the execution of the process created upon opening of the file; changing the context of the processor; and waiting for the next intercepted event.
US10339300B2
Novel tools and techniques are implemented for providing computer security. In various embodiments, a computer system might receive data from one or more data feeds, might obtain a binary object based on the data, might load the binary object onto a sandboxed system, and might execute the binary object with the sandbox system. The computer system might analyze operation of the sandboxed system to determine whether the binary object includes a malware payload, and might, based on a determination that the binary object includes a malware payload, generate a report indicating that the binary object includes a malware payload.
US10339297B2
A system for detecting user credentials comprising an interface and a processor. The interface is configured to receive a plurality of data chunks. The processor is configured to determine a number of continuous bytes in the plurality of data chunks having appropriate values and, in the event that the number of the continuous bytes is greater than or equal to a threshold number of bytes, determine whether continuous byte data of the continuous bytes comprises a credential.
US10339294B2
Methods, systems and computer program products for confidence-based user authentication are provided.
US10339283B2
A system and method for processing, storage, distribution, and interaction with electronic images created or captured by mobile devices having network communications capabilities, such as smartphones, allows a user whose image-displaying device includes enhanced viewer software to use an image displayed on the image-displaying device as a portal for communication with others who have interacted with the image, including authors and facilitators of the image. Watermarking and security measures are provided to enable source and content verification of a displayed image so that user morphing of imagery can be tracked to maintain stability of image-based interaction and so that malicious imagery tamper can be prevented.
US10339281B2
Methods and apparatus for providing access to content across a plurality of devices and environments. In one embodiment, a downloadable rights profile is utilized in order for a user device to determine whether to provide content to a subscriber. The user device is first registered to content delivery the network; the device then requests a rights profile indicating the rights of the subscriber associated with the device to access content. The rights profile is transmitted to the device. The rights profile may be configured to be valid only for a pre-determined time, thus enabling a subscriber's rights to be updated (including revoked). Security mechanisms may also be utilized to ensure access to content is limited only to authorized subscribers. In another embodiment, a user-based authentication procedure is utilized, thereby making the rights determination and content provision process completely agnostic to the underlying hardware.
US10339276B2
Methods, apparatuses, and a computer program product allow additional features of a software package to be enabled by downloading and activating a corresponding license. More particularly, the methods, apparatuses and computer program product enable a network element, such as transmission equipment of an operator, to request a corresponding license from a server, such as a device management server of a communications provider, via a remote connection, even after a transition period in which all of the software features corresponding to a software package were provided to the operator. The transmission equipment can transmit a request for the corresponding license(s) to the device management server at a time later than the transition period, so that a remote management deadlock situation does not occur.
US10339264B2
A computing device for determining effective flow areas of a turbine or turbine engine includes optically scanning and digital modeling of turbine components to produce virtual vanes, virtual vane segments, and virtual ring assemblies. The computing device determines both individual effective flow areas between vanes and the total effective flow area of a vane ring assembly. Based on the virtual vanes and determined effective flow areas, the computing device may compare one or more turbine components to a reference turbine to determine whether the turbine is out of specification and aid in repair, modification, or reassembly of the turbine or turbine engine.
US10339259B2
Systems and methods allow an IC design process to continue in the face of errors while those errors are being investigated and fixed in the actual design data. Potential mismatches can be categorized and a user can choose which action (if any) to take when a specific mismatch is discovered. A set of potential mismatches and their action settings can be aggregated into a higher level setting that the end user of the system can choose during different stages of a design project. A record of the mismatches that have been encountered, the design elements that are involved in each mismatch, and what action where taken to repair the mismatch is kept and maintained.
US10339251B2
A method to adjust transistor gate geometries in a design data base to compensate for transistor-to-transistor active overlap of gate differences and to form a reticle. A method to adjust transistor geometries in a design data base to compensate for transistor-to-transistor active overlap of gate differences and to compensate for transistor turn on voltage drop off where the transistor gate crosses the isolation/active interface.
US10339250B2
A method of generating an ECO-layout of an ECO base cell includes: generating first and second active area patterns and arranging them on opposite sides of a first axis; generating non-overlapping first, second and third conductive patterns and arranging each of them so as to correspondingly overlap the first and second active area patterns; locating the first conductive pattern between the second and third conductive patterns; generating a first cut-pattern which overlaps corresponding central regions of the second, and third conductive patterns; aligning the first cut-pattern relative to the first axis; generating a fourth conductive pattern; locating the fourth conductive pattern over an area bounded by the first cut-pattern; and expanding the fourth conductive pattern to occupy an area which substantially overlaps a first segment of the first conductive pattern and a first segment of one of the second and third conductive patterns, thereby resulting in the ECO-layout.
US10339241B1
Configuration data for an integrated circuit may be generated using logic design equipment to implement a logic design on the integrated circuit. The equipment may perform incremental physical synthesis, timing optimization, and legalization operations on the logic design. The equipment may identify timing and legalization constraints and logic blocks that fail the timing constraints, and may determine whether modifying and/or moving the blocks to new locations satisfy the legalization constraints while improving the timing of the design. If the legalization constraints are not satisfied, the design equipment may recursively move non-critical logic blocks to new locations while ensuring that the legalization and timing constraints are satisfied for each move such that the timing of the design is improved. This may be repeated in multiple rounds of adjustment. A netlist may be generated after the moves are performed. The configuration data may be generated based on the netlist.
US10339239B2
One example includes an RQL circuit simulation system. The system includes a circuit design tool that facilitates user inputs to design an RQL circuit design comprising at least one predetermined RQL circuit design component. The system also includes a memory system that stores the RQL circuit design and an RQL component library comprising predetermined RQL circuit design components from which the at least one predetermined RQL circuit design component is selected. Each of the predetermined RQL circuit design components includes predetermined RQL component metrics associated with performance of the respective one of the predetermined RQL circuit design components. The system also includes a circuit simulator configured to compile performance metrics associated with the RQL circuit design based on the predetermined RQL component metrics associated with the respective at least one of the predetermined RQL circuit design components and to simulate the RQL circuit design based on the performance metrics.
US10339237B2
A computer implemented method of passive verification of an electronic design, comprising receiving an electronic design file of said electronic design comprised at least in part of a mixed signal or analog system including a plurality of subsystems. At least one analog subsystem of the plurality of subsystems has at least two design representations within the electronic design file that are intended to be equivalent for the at least one analog subsystem being simulated. First and second input subsystem data is collected for a first and second subsystem design representation of the at least two design representations from an analog stimulus to at least one input of the first and second subsystem design representation which is analog. First and second output subsystem data is collected from at least one output of the first and second subsystem design representation of the at least two design representations caused by the analog stimulus to the at least one input of the first and second subsystem design representation. At least one parameter of said first and second input subsystem data is analyzed with respect to said first and second output subsystem data. The at least one parameter of the first subsystem design representation is compared with the at least one parameter of second subsystem design representation. The electronic design file of the electronic design is verified responsive to the determined analysis between the at least one input of the subsystem and the at least one output of the subsystem for each of the first and the second subsystem design representations.
US10339227B1
A method of designing a data center can include determining a design power density, determining an oversubscription ratio, and determining a spatial layout of the data center using the design power density and the oversubscription ratio. The design power density can be in units of power per unit length.
US10339224B2
A terminal equipment comprising: a voice input unit to accept an input of a voice; a speech recognition command unit to command a speech recognition unit to convert voices of joined voice data acquired by the voice input unit joining the voice data of the voice to the voice data of the voice accepted previously into character information of a first language at an interval; a character transmission unit to transmit first character information of the first language toward another terminal equipment whenever receiving the first character information of the first language converted; a translation command unit to command a translation unit to translate second character information of a second language into the first language whenever receiving the second character information of the second language; and a display unit to display the second character information of the first language together with the second character information of the second language.
US10339220B2
A system and method for monitoring conversations of a community of users to identify topics of interest is provided. A user community which is based partly on social networking connections relative to a first user is identified. Conversations involving at least one member of the identified user community are monitored. Based in part on an aggregated analysis of the monitored conversations, keywords are selected to present to the first user. The first user is then provided with a display in which the selected keywords associated with the user community are presented to the first user such that the first user can select a keyword to access content associated therewith.
US10339219B2
An example method involves (i) accessing first data representing text, wherein the text defines at least one position representing a particular type of grammatical break between two portions of the text; (ii) identifying, from among the at least one position, a position that is closest to a target position within the text; (iii) based on the identified position within the text, generating second data that represents a proper subset of the text, wherein the proper subset extends from an initial position within the text to the identified position within the text; and (iv) providing output based on the generated second data.
US10339213B2
Techniques for facilitating navigation in a web-based data entry grid. In one set of embodiments, when a user navigates into a cell of the data entry grid, the user's web browser can wait for a predetermined time period before accessing an application server to retrieve input control information for the cell. If the user enters a command to navigate away from the cell before the predetermined time period has passed, the server access can be avoided, and thus the navigation event can be processed immediately. If no navigation command is received from the user before the predetermined time period has passed, the input control information can be retrieved from the application server and rendered.
US10339209B2
A webpage display method includes: acquiring source code of a webpage; parsing the source code to form tree-shaped nodes; composing the tree-shaped nodes; determining a primary container according to the composed tree-shaped nodes; determining at least one secondary container in the primary container; adjusting the area of the secondary container; and drawing the adjusted secondary container and displaying the elements of the adjusted secondary containers on the screen.
US10339206B2
Aspects of the subject technology relate to systems and methods for representing complex constraints on widgets for a user interface, using a small set of common rules allowing developers to represent arbitrary one-to-one relationships between widgets. A layout tool may be provided that, in operation, displays a layout area to a developer. The layout tool may include a user interface (UI) inference engine that, when one or more widgets are placed and/or moved within the layout area, generates inferred constraints for the one or more widgets. These inferred constraints may be generated, with or without further input from the developer, based on the relative positions of the one or more widgets in the layout area. An infer-constraints button may be provided that, when selected following placement of widgets in the layout area, causes generation of inferred constraints for each of the widgets.
US10339205B2
A tool for standardized layout transformations of BIDI data exchanged between legacy and modern systems is provided. The tool retrieves client connection information from a client request for data. The tool determines, based, at least in part, on the client connection information, a client application's operating system. The tool determines whether the data requested in the client request is BIDI data. Responsive to a determination that the data requested is BIDI data, the tool initiates a layout transformation of the data requested at a single point within the database server. The tool returns transformed BIDI data to the client application.
US10339200B2
A system for implementing a mixed radix fast fourier transformation is disclosed. The system includes a data source 202, a digit-reverse address generator 204, a data memory 206, a register array 208, a control unit 210, a butterfly extraction unit 212, a twiddle factor generator 214, and a computation unit 216. The data source 202 provides input data. The digit reverse address generator 204 processes the input data (i) to generate a digit reverse index and performs a digits reverse address calculation. The data memory 206 stores the input data. The register array 208 includes one or more registers that are configured to cache multiple data words. The control unit 210 includes of identifying butterfly operations and generate addresses for fetching/storing data. The butterfly extraction unit 212 extracts data samples. The twiddle factor generator 214 generates and outputs a twiddle factors based on the current radix and radix configuration. The computation unit 216 performs twiddle factor multiplications and the butterfly operations for current radix.
US10339197B2
The present disclosure describes method and systems for bookmarking. The method includes detecting a plurality of webpage elements having the same Uniform Resource Locator (URL) from among webpage elements on a webpage. The method further includes determining a default display index value associated with each of the plurality of webpage elements having the same URL. The method further includes updating the default display index value of at least one of the plurality of webpage elements in response to a bookmark event and storing the updated display index value. The method further includes bookmarking the webpage according to the at least one updated display index value.
US10339194B2
An exemplary geographic playlist system includes a plurality of mobile devices with global positioning systems that provide geographic location information of the mobile device to a geographic location playlist device. The geographic location playlist device has a database of geographic playlist information that includes at least a unique identifier for each one of a plurality of media content events and at least one associated geographic location for each of the plurality of media content events. The geographic location playlist device determines a current geographic location of the mobile device, compares the geographic location of the mobile device with the geographic locations residing in the database, and generates user geographic playlist information that includes the identifier of media content events that has an associated geographic location that matches with the determined geographic location of the mobile device. A geographic playlist is then presented to the user of the mobile device.
US10339188B2
The present invention provides a question distribution method and a question distribution system for a Q & A platform, wherein the method comprises: obtaining a question entering into a Q & A platform; determining a user suitable for answering the question based on a question distribution model, and distributing the question to a third party platform where the user suitable for answering the question is located, wherein the question distributing model is established with user data collected from the third party platform interfaced with the Q & A platform; obtaining an answer to the question from the third party platform, and providing the answer to the question to a user posing the question. The present invention extends the source of answering a question to a third party platform interfaced with the Q & A platform, which breaks the limitation of the original Q & A platform, so that a user more suitable for answering the question in the third party platform can provide an answer, thereby enhancing the probability of the question being timely answered.
US10339184B2
Techniques for topic extraction and opinion mining are described. For example, a machine accesses a document from a document record of a database. The machine builds a syntax tree of a sentence of the document based on parsing the sentence. The machine assigns a polarity impact to one or more words of the sentence. The machine determines that a plurality of words in the sentence have conflicting polarity based on the syntax tree and the polarity impact of the plurality of words. The machine determines a classification of the sentence based on the determining that the plurality of words in the sentence have conflicting polarity. The machine generates a classification record of the classification in the database.
US10339182B2
A method of storing data includes receiving, by a network storage server, a request for transmitting a file from an external apparatus; obtaining information about a cloud storage, in which the file is stored; receiving the file from the cloud storage, based on the information about the cloud storage; and transmitting the received file to the external apparatus.
US10339181B1
Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques for visualizing clustered datasets, such as by utilizing multiple colors and multiple color gradients to represent data from different clustered datasets, for instance. Some embodiments are particularly directed to using different colors associated with each cluster of data to visualize which cluster is dominant in each cell of a heat map. Further, in many embodiments, a color gradient may be used among different heat map cells of a common color that correspond to a common cluster to visualize data distributions within each cluster of data represented in the heat map. In multiple embodiments, colors and color gradients may be utilized in conjunction with visualizing clustered datasets to enable identification of useful patterns and relationships among a collection of clustered datasets. In several embodiments, heat maps and/or heat map matrices may be generated and presented via a user interface (UI).
US10339169B2
A method and a system for response evaluation of users from electronic documents are disclosed. In an embodiment, one or more questions and a first response pertaining to each of the one or more questions are extracted from one or more first electronic documents. Further, a second response pertaining to each of the one or more extracted questions and metadata are extracted from one or more second electronic documents. For the second response pertaining to each of the one or more extracted questions, a score is determined based on one or more similarity measures that correspond to a category of each of the one or more extracted questions. Thereafter, the response evaluation is rendered on a user interface displayed on a display screen. The response evaluation comprises at least the determined score for the second response pertaining to each of the one or more extracted questions.
US10339159B2
Overlay datasets provide an efficient, flexible and scalable mechanism to represent the logical replication of one or more prior defined datasets. Only changes made to an entity in an overlay dataset's underlying dataset are replicated into the overlay dataset (such changes do not affect the underlying dataset). Read operations directed to the overlay dataset will find entities in the overlay dataset if they exist and in the underlying dataset(s) if no overlay-specific entity exists. Accordingly, overlay datasets provide an efficient mechanism for making changes to an existing dataset without suffering the high processing time and storage overhead associated with prior art copying and versioning techniques. Overlay datasets also provide a natural mechanism to keep two or more datasets in synchronization because changes to a base or underlying dataset's entities are “visible” in its associated overlay dataset (unless the entity has been modified in the overlay dataset).
US10339156B2
A system and method that enables editing capabilities of content accessed from a content management server using any type of locally-installed application is provided. In some embodiments, a content management server stores documents in a cache on the user's computer. Documents can thus be accessed and edited using the document in the local file system of the user. For example, users may open, reserve or lock, download, and edit documents with a single user action such as a click. Advantageously, the teachings of embodiments as described can be used in conjunction with content management systems for improving the user experiences involved in editing documents by providing an ‘instant’ and ‘seamless’ editing experience substantially equivalent to editing files on a local hard disk.
US10339151B2
A processing device translates a set of federated queries submitted to a federated data source server into a set of native data source queries for the particular type of data source using a federated data source connector for a particular type of data source, inputs the set of native data source queries for the particular type of data source into a component corresponding to the particular type of data source, marks the component in view of the set of native data source queries, and generates output indicating whether one or more of the set of native data source queries is not acceptable as input for the component. The marked component and the output indicate whether the federated data source connector for the particular type of data source includes an error.
US10339141B2
An apparatus comprises pattern matching circuitry for detecting instances of at least one predetermined pattern of symbols within a subject stream of symbols. Encoding circuitry is provided for generating an encoded stream of symbols from an input stream of symbols, where the encoding circuitry maps a number of consecutive repetitions of a same pattern of one or more symbols detected within the input stream to a single instance of a symbol of the encoded stream and a corresponding repetition indicator indicative of the number of consecutive repetitions. Control circuitry controls the pattern matching circuitry to process the encoded stream of symbols generated by the encoding circuitry as the subject stream.
US10339140B2
Provided is a database search device that, when searching an external database, efficiently executes any search command even if the usable search commands are restricted. The database search device comprises: a search command separating unit that separates input search commands into a first search command that can be executed in a prescribed database and a second search command that cannot be executed in the prescribed database; and a search command execution unit that provides the search results obtained by executing the second search command on the search results obtained by executing the first search command in the prescribed database, as the search results for the input search command.
US10339136B1
The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computing system program products for incrementally calculating skewness for Big Data or streamed data in real time by incrementally calculating one or more components of skewness. Embodiments of the invention include incrementally calculating one or more components of skewness in a modified computation subset based on the one or more components of the skewness calculated for a previous computation subset and then calculating the skewness based on the incrementally calculated components. Incrementally calculating skewness avoids visiting all data elements in the modified computation subset and performing redundant computations thereby increasing calculation efficiency, saving computing resources and reducing computing system's power consumption.
US10339129B2
An online system receives third party user identifying information. The online system accesses accuracy measures associated with each of a plurality of the user identifying information sets. The online system identifies high accuracy sets of user identifying information that include the one or more types of user identifying information included in the received types of the third party user identifying information. The online system identifies as high confidence matches those local users of the online system having the high accuracy sets of user identifying information that match a corresponding set of third party user identifying information for the plurality of third party users. The online system also identifies as low confidence matches, and identifies as similar matches those of the low confidence matches that have a measure of similarity to one or more of the high confidence matches that is beyond a threshold measure of similarity.
US10339127B2
Techniques are described for providing a guaranteed commit outcome for global transactions that are optimized by deferring the commit processing to a resource manager, such as a DBMS, using optimizations. The “Distributed Transaction Processing: The XA Specification” standard specification is ambiguous regarding commit outcomes for transactions managed by DBMS, resulting in wrong results for vendors implementing the standard. The techniques described provide a guaranteed commit outcome when using the optimizations, creating the opportunity for safe replay of global transactions when a communication error or timeout occurs between the transaction manager and the resource manager, and eliminating ambiguous transaction outcomes reaching applications and end users.Techniques described herein distinguished between global transactions in a session managed by a transaction manager, and those in the same session that are managed by the resource manager using the optimizations. The techniques provide a guaranteed commit outcome when the commit is managed by the resource manager, or when a transaction manager is managing the transaction. Switching between the different techniques to provide a guaranteed outcome occurs in a safe, performing, and silent manner, based on who controls the current transaction in a session. The solution includes one-phase processing, read only optimizations, and promotable transactions.
US10339123B2
Examples of data management for tenants are described herein. In an example, a storage system includes a management tree for each of a plurality of tenants associated with the storage system. The management tree includes data management policies defined by the tenant. Further, the management tree includes a storage tree, which is mapped to a storage domain. The storage domain may hold data pertaining to the tenant. The data may be managed based on the data management policies defined by one of the management tree and the storage tree.
US10339121B2
Methods and system are disclosed that compress a dataset and optimize the dataset for searching data. In one aspect, based on attributes associated with a unified dataset, the dataset including sensor node identifier data, sensor node timestamp data and sensor measurement data are determined. A suffix tree algorithm may be executed to determine data compression logic to compress the dataset including the sensor node identifier data and sensor node measurement data. A sensor node timestamp data compression model may be executed to compress the dataset associated with the sensor timestamp data. The compressed datasets including the sensor node identifier data, the sensor node timestamp data and the sensor measurement data may be stored in an in-memory data store.
US10339120B2
Systems and methods presented here allow recreation of prior scenes, even if assets used in the scenes have evolved over time. The systems and methods employ query of a database to obtain data for backup and retrieval, e.g., information about shots made at prior points in time, where a “shot” refers to a scene or associated set of sequential frames (a single image may also be considered a shot in some instances), rendered or not depending on context. In the VP-VCR systems and methods, information may be obtained about rendered scenes which allow knowledge and subsequent use of each asset employed in the scene, including its proper version and representation at the time of the rendering. Such may be employed not only to obtain prior versions of shots, but also to allow modification of assets in prior shots to obtain new effects.
US10339116B2
Techniques are provided for creating, organizing, and maintaining a sharded database. A sharded database can be created using user-defined sharding, system-managed sharding, or composite sharding. The sharded database is implemented with relational database techniques. The techniques described can be used for organizing a sharded database using composite sharding.
US10339113B2
A method, system, and computer-program product for effecting incremental changes to a repository are disclosed. The method includes receiving an incremental feature package and applying the one or more revisions to the repository. In such methods, systems, and computer-program products, the incremental feature package includes one or more revisions to be made to a repository.
US10339095B2
A computer processor is disclosed. The computer processor comprises a vector unit comprising a vector register file comprising one or more registers to hold a varying number of elements. The computer processor further comprises processing logic configured to operate on the varying number of elements in the vector register file using one or more digital signal processing instructions. The computer processor may be implemented as a monolithic integrated circuit.
US10339094B2
A computer processor is disclosed. The computer processor comprises one or more processor resources. The computer processor further comprises a plurality of hardware thread units coupled to the one or more processor resources. The computer processor may be configured to permit simultaneous access to the one or more processor resources by only a subset of hardware thread units of the plurality of hardware thread units. The number of hardware threads in the subset may be less than the total number of hardware threads of the plurality of hardware thread units.
US10339087B2
A microcontroller includes a general purpose input/output (GPIO) port having a plurality of bits coupled to a plurality of external pins; a first set of registers for providing at least one of first control and data input/output functionality of the GPIO port; a second set of registers for providing at least one of second control and data input/output functionality of the GPIO port; and a multiplexer and associated select register for controlling the multiplexer to control said GPIO port through either said first or second register set.
US10339086B2
A universal serial bus (USB) communication control method for a USB host connected to a USB accessory through a USB cable includes: receiving a request signal for switching from a first service to a second service in the USB accessory when the first service is being executed in the USB accessory; initializing a USB port of the USB host so as to perform switching to the second service in the USB accessory; and when the switching to the second service through initialization of the USB port is successfully performed, executing the second service in the USB accessory.
US10339076B2
A method performed by an information handling system, the method including detecting that a first device has been connected to the information handling system (IHS). The method further including in response to detecting that the first device has been connected, updating one or more fabric consistency validation rules of the IHS associated with the first device and one or more other devices that are connected to the first device by one or more links, and validating that the first device is compatible with each of the other devices based on the updated fabric consistency validation rules of the IHS.
US10339075B2
A computing system including multiple integrated circuit memory devices is described. One or more command and address buses are connected to the memory devices to transmit command and address signals to each memory device. Multiple clock lines are connected to the multiple memory devices in a tree structure to transmit multiple clock signals to these memory devices. The tree structure allows each distributed clock signal to be individually trained such that the multiple clock signals provide each memory device with a clock signal that is temporally aligned with the command and address signals as received by that memory device.
US10339050B2
An apparatus, memory controller, memory module and method are provided for controlling data transfer in memory. The apparatus comprises a memory controller and a plurality of memory modules. The memory controller orchestrates direct data transfer by issuing a first direct transfer command to a first memory module and a second direct transfer command to a second memory module. The first memory module is responsive to receipt of the first direct transfer command to directly transmit the data for receipt by the second memory module in a way that bypasses the memory controller. The second memory module is responsive to the second direct transfer command to receive the data from the first memory module directly, rather than via the memory controller. One of the first and second memory modules may be used as a cache for data stored in the other memory module. The direct data transfer may comprise a data move or a data copy operation. This provides an efficient mechanism for transferring data between multiple memory modules coupled to the same memory controller.
US10339028B2
An information processing device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to determine a priority level of an application that provides a service depending on a predetermined state, using relation information between the predetermined states, and control storing log of the application in the memory, depending on the priority level of the application.
US10339027B2
An automation identification diagnostic tool (AIDT) is disclosed that records and analyzes actions within a program that are taken by an agent to accomplish certain tasks. By recording the action steps to accomplish a task in a recording session data file, the AIDT is then able to analyze the recording session data file to identify steps for conversion to automated tasks.
US10339022B2
A method of monitoring operations of a set of ICs. The method loads a first set of configuration data into a first IC for configuring a group of configurable circuits of the first IC to perform operations of a user design. The method receives a definition of an event based on values of a set of signals in the user design and a set of corresponding actions to take when the event occurs. The set of signals includes at least one signal received from a second IC. The method generates an incremental second set of configuration data based on the definition of the event and the set of corresponding actions. While the first IC is performing the operations of the user design, the method loads the incremental second set of configuration data into the first IC and monitors the signals received from the second IC at the first IC.
US10339021B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and an apparatus for operating a hybrid storage device, the hybrid storage device including a storage device of a first type and a storage device of a second type that is different from the first type, the method comprising: synchronously writing data in the storage device of the first type and the storage device of the second type. By using the embodiments of the present disclosure, the actual storage space may be increased, and the service life of the storage device may be prolonged.
US10339015B2
A computer-implemented method is provided that is performed in a computer having a processor and multiple co-processors. The method includes launching a same set of operations in each of an original co-processor and a redundant co-processor, from among the multiple co-processors, to obtain respective execution signatures from the original co-processor and the redundant co-processor. The method further includes detecting an error in an execution of the set of operations by the original co-processor, by comparing the respective execution signatures. The method also includes designating the execution of the set of operations by the original co-processor as error-free and committing a result of the execution, responsive to identifying a match between the respective execution signatures. The method additionally includes performing an error recovery operation that replays the set of operations by the original co-processor and the redundant co-processor, responsive to identifying a mismatch between the respective execution signatures.
US10339012B2
A fault tolerant system is described for deploying an application contained in an application storage volume, which may be a virtual disk, on a virtual machine (VM) in a remote desktop environment. The application can be executed on the VM after mounting the virtual disk. A backup of the virtual disk is produced by cloning the virtual disk to a different storage device than the location of the primary virtual disk. In some embodiments, if the primary virtual disk fails during execution of the application, the application is suspended, redirected to the backup virtual disk, and resumed from the backup virtual disk. In other embodiments, if the primary virtual disk fails during execution of the application, a child process is spun off from the parent process using forking techniques, the child process is directed to the backup virtual disk, and the application is resumed from the backup virtual disk.
US10339010B1
A method involves synchronization of one or more secondary backup copies with a primary backup copy. The synchronization does not require additional reading of the original data, as the primary backup copy serves as a source of data. The synchronization process identifies difference between the primary backup copy and the secondary backup copy, so that only differential data is transferred and stored during the synchronization, eliminating the need to repeatedly transfer an entire copy to a secondary location. The method can leverage data compression and de-duplication for more efficient resource utilization.
US10339005B2
Examples of the present disclosure provide apparatuses and methods related to redundant array of independent disks (RAID) stripe mapping in memory. An example method comprises writing data in a number of stripes across a storage volume of a plurality of memory devices according to a stripe map; wherein each of the number of stripes includes a number of elements; and wherein the stripe map includes a number of stripe indexes to identify the number of stripes and a number of element identifiers to identify elements included in each of the number of stripes.
US10339001B2
A method for managing persistent storage. The method includes selecting a page for a proactive read request, where the page is located in the persistent storage. The method further includes issuing the proactive read request to the page, receiving, in response to the proactive read request, a bit error value (BEV) for data stored on the page, obtaining a BEV threshold (T) for the page, wherein T is determined using a program/erase cycle value associated with the page and a retention time of the data stored on the page, making a first determination that the BEV is greater than T, based on the first determination: identifying an m-page, where the m-page is a set of pages and the page is in the set of pages, and setting the m-page as non-allocatable for future operations.
US10338999B2
Confirming memory marks indicating an error in computer memory including detecting, by memory logic responsive to a memory read operation, an error in at a memory location; marking, by the memory logic in an entry in a hardware mark table, the memory location as containing the error, the entry including one or more parameters for correcting the error; and retrying, by the memory logic, the memory read operation, including: responsive to again detecting the error in the memory location, determining whether the error is correctable at the memory location using the parameters included in the entry; and if the error is correctable at the memory location using the one or more parameters included in the entry, confirming the error in the entry of the hardware mark table.
US10338989B2
A tuple testing and routing operator in a streaming application routes data tuples to multiple parallel test operators that test in parallel the data tuples, receives feedback from the multiple parallel test operators regarding the results of testing the data tuples, routes a data tuple to a first operator when the data tuple passes the multiple parallel test operators according to a specified pass threshold, and optionally routes the data tuple to a second operator when the data tuple does not pass the multiple parallel test operators according to the specified pass threshold. The pass threshold allows testing to be done in a way that does not require all tests to be performed for all data tuples, thereby enhancing performance.
US10338980B2
A method for binding a first and second devices is disclosed. The method is implemented using the architectural principles of REST, which allows a binding initiator to directly contact the first device and instruct the device of actions to be taken. Specifically, the binding initiator may contact the first device by providing a first REST request to the device, the request specifying that the first device is to monitor a state of a particular REST resource identified by the request and is to trigger the second device to perform a specified action when the state of that REST resource satisfies a particular condition. Using REST further allows the first device to directly contact the second device and instruct the second device to perform the specified action. Since the first device is now able to directly contact the second device, these two devices may be considered to be bound.
US10338979B2
A transaction suspension system rapidly determines whether messages received by a data transaction processing system correspond to a stored message pattern. Stored message patterns may relate to a transaction type associated with each message, which sources transmitted the messages, and when messages were received by the data transaction processing system. The transaction suspension system may prevent the processing of messages, e.g., messages from a specific source, even if the messages would have otherwise qualified for processing or execution.
US10338975B2
In a method of contention management in the distributed index and query system, one or more index processing threads of an index thread pool in a distributed computing environment is used to index documents buffered into a work queue buffer after being received via a network connection. Simultaneous to the indexing, one or more query processing threads of a query thread pool to is utilized to process received queries of indexed documents. A sum of the index processing threads and the query processing threads is a plurality of processing threads. Responsive to the work queue buffer reaching a predefined fullness, the work queue buffer is emptied into an allotted storage space in a data storage device. The number of index processing threads is set in a linear relationship to a ratio of a utilized amount of the allotted storage space to a total amount of the allotted storage space.
US10338968B2
An apparatus includes a processor to: receive a request to repeat an earlier performance of a first job flow described in a job flow definition; analyze the job flow definition to determine whether the first job flow uses a neural network; in response to a determination that the first job flow uses a neural network, analyze an object associated with the first job flow to determine whether the neural network was trained using training data from a second job flow that does not use a neural network; and in response to a determination that such training data was so used, repeat the earlier performance of the first job flow, perform the second job flow with the same input data values as used in the repeated performance of the first job flow, and analyze corresponding output data values of both performances to determine a degree of accuracy of the neural network.
US10338963B2
A distributed machine learning engine is proposed that allows for optimization and parallel execution of the machine learning tasks. The system allows for a graphical representation of the underlying parallel execution and allows the user the ability to select additional execution configurations that will allow the system to either take advantage of processing capability or to limit the available computing power. The engine is able to run from a single machine to a heterogeneous cloud of computing devices. The engine is capable of being aware of the machine learning task, its parallel execution constraints and the underlying heterogeneous infrastructure to allow for optimal execution based on speed or reduced execution to comply with other constraints such as allowable time, costs, or other miscellaneous parameters.
US10338949B2
A virtual trusted platform module function implementation method is provided, the method is executed at an exception level EL3 of a processor that uses an ARM V8 architecture, and the method includes: generating, according to requirements of one or more VMs, one or more vTPM instances corresponding to each VM, and storing the generated one or more vTPM instances in preset secure space, where each vTPM instance has a dedicated instance communication queue for a VM corresponding to itself to use, and a physical address is allocated to each instance communication queue; and interacting with a VMM and the VM, so that the VM acquires a VM communication queue virtual address, in VM virtual address space, corresponding to a communication queue physical address of the vTPM instance, and the VM communicates with a vTPM instance communication queue by using the VM communication queue virtual address.
US10338946B1
A computer system image is executed on a computing node over a network. A system specification file transmitted over the network specifies the computer system image by specifying components of the computer system image. The components include an operating system and at least one resource. The system specification file also contains a signature associated with the resource. A resource is determined to be authorized to be incorporated into the computer system image by verifying the signature. A computer system image can then be formed based on the components specified by the system specification file and executed locally.
US10338944B2
Embodiments include methods, and computing systems, and computer program products for automatic discovery and classification of Java virtual machines running on a logical partition of a computing system. Aspects include: examining, via a service request block (SRB) routine, each of address spaces to identify one or more address spaces eligible to operate a Java virtual machine, retrieve, by a Java virtual machine management system via a CSVINFO macro call to each of address space control blocks on the logical partition of the computing system, in a predetermined interval, each of the of Java virtual machines corresponds to one of the address spaces, discovering, through CSVINFO retrieved, one or more Java virtual machines running on the logical partition of the computing system, and classifying, through Content Directory Entries examined using the CSVINFO macro, the one or more Java virtual machines discovered.
US10338942B2
A data parallel pipeline may specify multiple parallel data objects that contain multiple elements and multiple parallel operations that operate on the parallel data objects. Based on the data parallel pipeline, a dataflow graph of deferred parallel data objects and deferred parallel operations corresponding to the data parallel pipeline may be generated and one or more graph transformations may be applied to the dataflow graph to generate a revised dataflow graph that includes one or more of the deferred parallel data objects and deferred, combined parallel data operations. The deferred, combined parallel operations may be executed to produce materialized parallel data objects corresponding to the deferred parallel data objects.
US10338937B2
A server computing system provides a web application graphical user interface (GUI) that has a first pane and a second pane. The first pane includes data items of the web application. When a user selects multiple data items in the first pane, the second pane identifies the actions that are available for the data items that are selected in the first pane. When an action is selected in the second pane, the data items in the first pane are modified in response to the selection without a web browser refreshing or reloading a corresponding web page. The server computing system receives a user request for additional information for a data item in the first pane and provides the additional information in a third pane that is together with the first pane in the GUI without the web browser refreshing or reloading the corresponding web page.
US10338926B2
A computer implemented method for processing machine instructions by a physical processor, includes receiving a machine instruction, stored in a memory, to execute, the machine instruction including an identification of at least one first operation to execute and a conditional prefix representing a condition to verify to execute the at least one first operation; evaluating, using a management module, the prefix, and executing, using a processing unit, the at least one first operation identified in the machine instruction, according to whether the condition is verified or not.
US10338921B2
An asynchronous instruction execution apparatus and method are provided. The asynchronous instruction execution apparatus includes a vector execution unit control VXUC module and n vector execution unit data VXUD modules, where n is a positive integer. The VXUC module is configured to perform instruction decoding and token management. The n VXUD modules are cascaded, separately connected to the VXUC module, and configured to invoke an external calculation resource to perform data calculation. A bit width of data processed by the asynchronous instruction execution apparatus is M, a bit width of each VXUD module is N, and n=M/N. The asynchronous instruction execution apparatus is divided into two parts: the VXUC and the VXUD.
US10338916B2
Systems and methods are provided for accessing a source code repository comprising a plurality of versions of code, analyzing the plurality of versions of code of the component to compute metrics to identify each version of code, analyzing the metrics to determine a subset of the metrics to use to as a fingerprint definition to identify each version of the code, generating a fingerprint for each version of code using the fingerprint definition, generating a fingerprint matrix with the fingerprint for each version of code for the software component and storing the fingerprint definition and the fingerprint matrix.
US10338912B2
A computer-implemented method of measuring and updating a software program in a client system, the software program comprising plural functions, the method comprising receiving statistics on the usage of certain functions in the software program in a predetermined time period and generating and issuing an update to the software based on the statistics, characterized by deriving a function mapping table mapping functions of the software program to abbreviations, said mapping being arranged in order of frequency of use of the functions as indicated in previously received statistics, and communicating said table to the client system, where said statistics received from the client system refer to the abbreviations instead of the functions.
US10338910B2
Example implementations relate to multi-tenant upgrading. Some implementations may receive a request to upgrade a first tenant from an original version of an application to a new version of the application. The new version of the application may be backwards compatible with the original version. Some implementations may also upgrade the first tenant to the new version in response to the request while data according to the original version is simultaneously being provided to a second tenant. Additionally, some implementations may also provide data according to the new version for tenants that have completed the upgrade and provide data according to the original version of the application for tenants that have not upgraded.
US10338909B2
Disclosed is a system and method for distributing software updates to terminal nodes in a network. The system includes a network administration server configured to: receive from security applications installed on a plurality of terminal nodes in the network criteria characterizing the terminal nodes and identifiers of other terminal nodes in broadcast domains of the terminal nodes; based on the criteria, select terminal nodes to be used as active and passive update agents for each broadcast domain; and transmit to the security applications of the selected active update agents for each broadcast domain, one or more software updates for further distribution of the software updates by the active update agents to one or more passive update agents and the plurality of terminal nodes in the same broadcast domain.
US10338907B2
Described is a system, method, and computer-implemented apparatus for deploying and updating toolkits in hybrid cloud-local development platforms. In one embodiment, a cloud based software development environment is connected with a local development environment, enabling the cloud based software development environment (cloud environment) to inquire into the toolkit versions installed on the local machine. Once missing or incompatible versions of toolkits are identified, the cloud environment uses the connector module to instruct the local machine to download and install the appropriate toolkit version. The connector may use any types of bi-directional communication channels, such as a browser plugin, a web server hosted on the local machine, web services, or the like.
US10338904B2
According to at least one embodiment, a computer system for binding widgets to devices is provided. The computer system includes one or more memory elements collectively storing a plurality of widgets including a plurality of default identifiers and a plurality of identifiers of a plurality of devices associated with an identified space. The computer system also includes at least one processor in data communication with the one or more memory elements and a deployment component executable by the at least one processor. The deployment component is configured to receive a request to bind the plurality of widgets to the plurality of devices and bind, in response to receiving the request, the plurality of widgets to the plurality of devices using the plurality of identifiers.
US10338903B2
A method for analyzing a program may include generating an initial control flow graph (CFG) for the program, identifying merge blocks of the initial CFG, identifying predecessor-merge pairs based on identifying predecessor blocks for each merge block, simulating a duplication of each predecessor-merge pair, determining whether the duplication satisfies a precondition of each of a collection of optimizations, applying, in response to satisfying the precondition, the optimization to the duplication, and generating a simulation result for the predecessor-merge pair corresponding to the duplication. The simulation result may include the optimization and a benefit of applying the optimization to the duplication. The method may further include duplicating, in the initial CFG, a predecessor-merge pair based on the simulation result corresponding to the predecessor-merge pair.
US10338898B2
A system includes a user interface presented to a developer. The developer selects a first function to supplement functionality of a first application with external functionality available from third party applications. A code generation module provides a software object to the developer for incorporation into a first state of the first application. The first state includes a user interface element associated with an entity. User selection of the user interface element initiates preparation of a query wrapper including a combination of the entity's name and a predefined text string corresponding to the first function. The query wrapper is transmitted to a search system and a result set is received and displayed. A first item of the result set includes an access mechanism for a specified state of a target application. User selection of the first item causes the access mechanism to open the target application to the specified state.
US10338896B2
Methods and systems herein employ graphical elements as a coding basis within a development platform to develop Web applications that access and aggregate real-time data of connected devices. The development platform includes testing and development functions to simplify the development of mashup web applications. In one aspect, the platform causes updates of the client-side applications, and the real-time data to be received at each test device with a save action of the development workspace. In another aspect, the platform inserts code to enable caching operations at the client-side applications, based on associative linking of the graphical objects during development. In another aspect, the platform employs multiple-level hierarchical real-time data to enable the client-side applications to maintain client-side cursors of the last presentation state of the data upon an update of the applications.
US10338895B2
In one embodiment, a graphical user interface (GUI) is established for an Internet of Things (IoT) integrated developer environment (IDE) with one or more visual developer tools. Real and/or virtual nodes are provided within the IoT IDE having connectivity and functionality, and a plurality are connected as a logical and executable graph for a flow-based programming framework virtualized across one or more IoT layers. The nodes may then be programmed based on respective connectivity and functionality, such that the logical and executable graph has real and/or virtual inputs, real and/or virtual processing functions, and real and/or virtual actions. Upon deploying the node programming to one or more corresponding platform emulators configured to execute the node programming, the logical and executable graph may be simulated by executing the node programming to produce the one or more actions based on the one or more inputs and the one or more processing functions.
US10338891B2
Migration between model elements of different model element types in a model provided within a modeling environment is described herein. A model element of a first model element type is identified to be migrated to a model element of a second model element type. The model element of the first model element type is then migrated to the model element of the second model element type. The migrating migrates one or more relationships that exist between the model element of the first model element type and a related model element to one or more relationships between the model element of the second model element type and the related model element. The migrating also preserves properties of diagrammatic representations of the model element being migrated in diagrams of the model.
US10338888B2
An electronic component footprint setup system in collaboration with a circuit layout system and a method thereof are provided in the present disclosure. The electronic component footprint setup system in collaboration with a circuit layout system provides a user operating the circuit layout system with an interface on which parameters of an electronic component footprint to be created are configured; the parameters of the electronic component footprint are transformed for conforming to electronic component footprint specifications used in the circuit layout system; characteristic values of the electronic component footprint are calculated according to electronic component footprint specifications and electronic component footprint setup regulations; the electronic component footprint is created in the circuit layout system according to the characteristic values.
US10338887B2
A vehicle service system configured to modify an ongoing vehicle service procedure in response to changes in vehicle wheel alignment angles which alter the vehicle tracking, thrust line, or thrust angle, in a manner which will affect the operation of an onboard vehicle safety system sensor which is aligned or calibrated relative to a selected characteristic of the vehicle.
US10338883B2
A nonlinear control system and a speaker protection system are disclosed. In particular, a control system for adapting an audio output from a speaker in the proximity of an object is disclosed. The controller is configured to accept one or more input signals, and one or more estimated states produced by the model to produce one or more control signals. A speaker protection system and a quality control system are disclosed. More particularly, a system for clamping the input to a speaker dependent upon an estimate of the proximity, acoustic volume, and/or acoustic coupling of the speaker to a nearby object is disclosed.
US10338881B2
A processor and memory comprising instructions stored therein executable by the processor to display a first media item available for playback, wherein the first media item is associated at least with a preview option, a playback option, and a queue option. A first input associated with the first media item is received. The first input is determined to correspond only to the preview option. Responsive to determining that the first input corresponds only to the preview option, causing at least a portion of the first media item to be played.
US10338870B2
Provided is an electronic device capable of effectively using a wireless tag. A second communication-control unit controls communication with a wireless tag. The second system-control unit reads management information that manages the data write area of the wireless tag via the second communication-control unit. There is empty area in the management information, the second system-control unit writes setup information that has status information indicating the setup state in the empty area.
US10338867B2
An information processing device may read, from a shared storing area, first identification information indicating K pieces of first applications that are already installed. The information processing device may display first screen on the display. The information processing device may cause an operating system to display the K pieces of first images in the first screen. Each of K pieces of link information may be associated with a corresponding one of the K pieces of first images. When any one of the K pieces of first images receives an input operation, the operating system may activate the corresponding first application indicated by the link information associated with the first image that receives the input operation.
US10338863B1
An image forming apparatus, a method and a computer readable medium for color verification of an image forming apparatus are disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes a sensing device configured to read a color chart; and a processor configured to: perform a first color verification job; perform a second color verification job after the first color verification job when the first color verification job is interrupted, the second color verification job including one or more color patches from a previous color verification job; acquire measurement data from the previous color verification job; acquire measurement data from the second color verification job; and determine whether to re-use the measurement data of the previous color verification job based on one or more differences between the measurement data of the previous color verification job and the measurement data of the second color verification job.
US10338860B2
A communication apparatus specifies a radio field intensity of a received packet, and executes processing using the radio field intensity. The apparatus receives a packet transmitted from an external apparatus, and determines a correction value of a radio field intensity of the packet based on model information of the external apparatus. Then, the radio field intensity of the packet is corrected using the determined correction value.
US10338859B2
A recording control apparatus for recording a captured image obtains an image to be recorded and analysis information based on a distance to an object in each portion of the image. When causing a recording control unit to execute recording of the image, the recording control apparatus selects, on the basis of a value of each pixel of the image and the analysis information, a dot layout pattern that is used to record each pixel of the image and that indicates a layout of recorded dots included in dots constituting the pixel.
US10338858B2
Provided are a non-transitory recording medium, a scanner profile correcting method and a printer. A printer outputs a color chart including color patches for correcting a scanner profile. A hardware processor of the printer or a device in a printing system obtains measured RGB values and measured colorimetric values of the color patches. The hardware processor calculates, for each K component value, two kinds of correlation of each of R, G and B component values with lightness component values, by using a scanner profile, and the measured RGB values and colorimetric values. The hardware processor calculates, for each K component value, a difference in each of R, G and B components between RGB values given from the first correlations and the second correlations, both correlated with each of lightness component values, and creates correction tables for R, G and B components, to be used for correcting the scanner profile.
US10338856B2
An image forming apparatus which does not reserve a print job when a user is supposedly close to the image forming apparatus so that convenience for the user can be improved. Data that is to be sent to an external apparatus and includes identification information is generated and written in a near-field wireless communication unit which the image forming apparatus has. When the image forming apparatus receives a print request, it is judged whether or not the identification information is included in the print request. When it is judged that the identification information is not included in the print request, the image forming apparatus is controlled to carry out a printing process without reserving a print job corresponding to the print request.
US10338846B2
Embodiments herein provide a method for managing a read buffer queue in a data storage system to reduce the read buffer size requirements. The method includes receiving a read command from a NVMe host to fetch data from a flash of a NVMe device. Further, the method includes placing a portion of the data fetched from a flash in a read buffer queue in the NVMe device controller. The read buffer queue includes a plurality of segments to accommodate individual portion of the data fetched from the flash. Furthermore, the method includes indicating presence of each portion of data in the plurality of segments of the read buffer queue to the NVMe host.
US10338844B2
A storage control apparatus including a memory that stores information that indicates an amount of data that have been written to a storage device, the storage device being coupled to a backup storage device for the storage device, and a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to determine an execution period of a verification process to verify a performance of the backup storage device based on the information stored in the memory and a total data capacity written to the storage device in a guarantee period of the storage device.
US10338841B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to SSD management of non-volatile memory blocks for writing multiple data streams. The SSD may include a non-volatile memory organized into a number of superblocks. Each superblock includes a number of streamblocks. In one embodiment, a method of operating the SSD includes receiving a data stream, identifying an open superblock, identifying an available streamblock from the open superblock, and assigning the data stream to the available streamblock from the open streamblock. In another embodiment, a method of operating the SSD includes receiving a first data stream and a second data stream, writing the first data stream to the first streamblock and writing the second data stream to the second streamblock, and calculating a combined XOR parity information for the first streamblock and the second streamblock.
US10338836B2
A page aligning method for a data storage device is provided. The data storage device includes a non-volatile memory and the page aligning method includes steps of: executing a system initialization on the non-volatile memory to obtain a remaining storage capacity; selecting a number from a lookup table as an initial storage capacity according to the remaining storage capacity and a lookup table; and referring the initial storage capacity as a fixed capacity in the data storage device and writing the initial storage capacity into the non-volatile memory. A lookup table generating method and the data storage device are also provided.
US10338834B1
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and processes to improve application performance in replication environments. A read command configured to cause a read operation to be performed on a unit of storage in a data volume is received. A state of a lock is determined. The state of the lock indicates whether a write operation is ongoing, and the write operation results in data being written to a storage replication log and to the data volume. The write operation is ongoing because writing the data to the storage replication log and to the data volume has not completed. In response to a determination that the write operation is not ongoing, the read operation is allowed to be performed on the unit of storage.
US10338828B1
An apparatus in one embodiment comprises a storage system having a plurality of storage devices. The storage system is configured for accessibility by a plurality of host devices over at least one network. The storage system is further configured to store a plurality of objects and to store host device state transition information for a plurality of data services each involving one or more of the objects. The storage system comprises first and additional sets of storage elements configured to store the host device state transition information for each of at least a subset of the objects. The first and additional sets of storage elements for a given one of the objects comprise a first set of storage elements for a first data service involving the given object, and one or more additional sets of storage elements for respective ones of one or more additional data services involving the given object.
US10338826B2
Systems and methods embed a random-access non-volatile memory array in a managed-NAND system to execute the boot code or other time-sensitive applications. By embedding this random-access non-volatile memory in the managed-NAND system, either on the memory controller chip or as a separate chip within the managed-NAND system package, an application may be read with fast initial access time, alleviating the slow access time limitations of NAND Flash technology. Depending on the size of the application, the system may be configured to read the whole application content or only a time-critical portion from this embedded random-access non-volatile memory array.
US10338824B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for managing memory bandwidth usage in software containers. Software container properties are received from a software container engine. In response to detecting the execution of one or more software containers by the software container engine, a monitoring layer is generated. At periodic time intervals, the generated monitoring layer monitors a memory bandwidth use value associated with each of the executed software containers. For each periodic time interval, an average memory use value is calculated, associated with each executed software container. In response to the calculated average memory use value being above a threshold associated with a monitored software container of the executed containers, the monitored software container is suspended for a suspend time duration. The suspended monitored software container is reactivated based on the suspend time duration expiring.
US10338821B2
Approaches, techniques, and mechanisms are disclosed for improving the performance of memory controllers for memory devices. A system may have a memory controller that interfaces with a memory device to store or retrieve information. When the system needs to retrieve information from the memory device, the memory controller sends an address and a command to instruct the memory device to read the information stored at the address. The memory device reads the information, and after a specific amount of time, the memory device sends the information to the memory controller. According to an embodiment, “dummy” data is sent first prior to the availability of the data read out of the memory devices, while waiting for the requested data to be accessed, and then the actual data is sent immediately following the dummy data. According to an embodiment, a geometry of a memory device has only one column of memory cells that are used to store information. The memory device with only one column in an embodiment does not require decoding of a column address. As such, the read latency of the memory device is significantly reduced.
US10338820B2
A system architecture conserves memory bandwidth by including compression utility to process data transfers from the cache into external memory. The cache decompresses transfers from external memory and transfers full format data to naive clients that lack decompression capability and directly transfers compressed data to savvy clients that include decompression capability. An improved compression algorithm includes software that computes the difference between the current data word and each of a number of prior data words. Software selects the prior data word with the smallest difference as the nearest match and encodes the bit width of the difference to this data word. Software then encodes the difference between the current stride and the closest previous stride. Software combines the stride, bit width, and difference to yield final encoded data word. Software may encode the stride of one data word as a value relative to the stride of a previous data word.
US10338812B2
In an approach for controlling a computing device without mechanical buttons the computer detects an interaction with a touch capacitive sensing surface on a computing device. The computer determines that the detected interaction includes at least three interactions including at least two different touch capacitive sensing surfaces. The computer determines a virtual control button to display based on the detected interaction. The computer displays the determined virtual control button to the user. The computer receives an interaction with the displayed virtual control button. The computer implements an action associated with the determined virtual control button based on the received interaction.
US10338811B2
Providing a user interface for three-dimensional (3D) modelling, via an apparatus with a touch surface includes displaying a 3D model of a virtual object having an elementary shape. A virtual mesh is displayed over or aside at least a portion of the virtual object. Regions of the virtual mesh are mapped onto regions located on the touch surface. Select of a type and/or a shape of a modification to be performed on the 3D model of the virtual object is detected together with a force applied by the user on a region of the touch surface. A region of the virtual mesh corresponding to the at least one region of the touch surface is determined. The elementary shape of the virtual object is modified corresponding to the region of the virtual mesh, based upon the user's selection. The modified 3D model of the virtual object is displayed.
US10338806B2
A mobile computing device and method performed by a mobile computing device are provided. The mobile computing device includes a touch screen display, a touch enabled border surface, and a processor. The processor is configured to generate image data representing a viewport of the device. The processor is configured to add a graphic representation of at least one user interface element to the image data. The processor is configured to determine a press intensity of a touch pressure applied by a user of the device to the touch screen display in a region where the graphic representation of the at least one user interface element is displayed. The processor is configured to determine a position of the hand of the user using the touch enabled border surface. The processor is configured to slide the viewport downwards based on the press intensity and the position of the hand of the user.
US10338805B2
A method is provided for displaying content to a user. The method comprises displaying content in a first position. The method further comprises detecting an operating member; and determining a distance between the member and a device. The method still further comprises displaying, if the distance between the member and the device is less than a predefined distance, the content in a second position appearing to be behind the first position, with respect to the user.
US10338804B2
A display input device including: a display panel provided for the display panel; and a control unit that recognizes user operation content, recognizes a drag operation whereby a predetermined start area in the display panel is touched and, while said touch is continued, the touch position is slid towards a predetermined end area, recognizes arrival at the touch position end area as a power supply OFF command that instructs a power supply to turn OFF, and causes processing for turning off the power supply when a power supply OFF command is recognized.
US10338800B2
Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods to generate navigational imagery to help users pilot and/or otherwise operate mobile structures. A pilot display system includes one or more logic devices configured to communicate with various sensors, such as a ranging sensor and a speed, position, and/or orientation sensor (SPOS) mounted to a mobile structure, and one or more user interfaces, which may include one or more displays. At least one user interface is in proximity to a mobile structure and/or a user of a mobile structure and is configured to receive user input and provide user feedback with respect to a mobile structure. The logic devices are configured to render a reference icon on a display substantially statically relative to the display, to receive user selection of a target icon, and to render a target dialog substantially statically relative to the selected target icon.
US10338793B2
Messaging applications are enhanced with drawn images or words that appear on a communication device screen alongside messages. Users can express themselves more creatively as well as visually reference previously sent or received messages, such as by drawing an arrow to them or circling them. Graphic inputs are also operable to alter a sent message so as to convey additional or corrective meaning. By extending the drawing field outside the individual messages, this combination of messages and graphic inputs creates a third communication functionality not present in either messaging or drawing alone.
US10338790B2
A computer-implemented method of interacting with at least one data item includes storing, in a database system, a configuration, of each of the data items as a distinct information object, in which each information object has an association with a picture and a heading and/or a link to the corresponding data item. The method additionally uses the stored configurations to make available for display a representation of each of at least two of the information objects in a uniform format, wherein the format includes a card, and, within the card, at least the picture, a set of indicators, the set of indicators having at least one member, and a set of graphically accessible functions.
US10338775B2
Systems, methods, and software can be used to populate contact information. In some aspect, a starting time and an ending time for a calendar event on a first day is determined. A calendar view for a plurality of days is displayed on an electronic device. The plurality of days comprise the first day. The calendar view comprises a first graphic user interface object representing the first day and a second graphic user interface object representing the calendar event on the first day. The second graphic user interface object indicates the starting time and the ending time of the calendar event.
US10338766B2
The invention is directed towards wearable devices and operating wearable devices in a visual mode when a display device of the wearable device is within a line-of-sight (LOS) of a user and operating the wearable device in an audible mode when the wearable device is outside the LOS of the user. The position of the display device, relative to the user's LOS, is automatically determined. The operational mode of the wearable device is automatically transitioned when a transition of position of the display device is detected. The wearable device may be a head-mounted display (HMD) device. A visual mode provides visual-based presentations of UIs, content, information, and data, via the display device. In contrast to a visual mode, an audible mode provides audio-based presentations of UIs, content, information, and data, via one or more audible speakers included in the wearable device.
US10338763B2
A mobile terminal allowing for a touch input and a control method thereof are provided. The mobile terminal includes a display unit configured to output a first home screen page among at least one home screen page, and a controller configured to output a first image corresponding to video data, as a background image of the first home screen page, wherein in response to a sensed touch input for switching the first home screen page to a second home screen page different from the first home screen page, the controller controls the display unit to play an image corresponding to the video data while the first home screen page is being switched to the second home screen page.
US10338755B2
A touch-sensitive textile device that is configured to detect the occurrence of a touch, the location of a touch, and/or the force of a touch on the touch-sensitive textile device. In some embodiments, the touch-sensitive textile device includes a first set of conductive threads oriented along a first direction, and a second set of conductive threads interwoven with the first set of conductive threads and oriented along a second direction. The device may also include a sensing circuit that is operatively coupled to the first and second set of conductive threads. The sensing circuit may be configured to apply a drive signal to the first and second set of conductive threads. The sensing circuit may also be configured to detect a touch or near touch based on a variation in an electrical measurement using the first or second set of conductive threads.
US10338750B2
A display apparatus includes a first detection section detects the position of a first indicator on the image. A second detection section detects the position of a second indicator on the image. A storage section includes a first storage region corresponding to the first indicator and a second storage region corresponding to the second indicator. The first storage control section stores a first virtual object relating to the first indicator in the first storage region. The second storage control section stores a second virtual object relating to the second indicator in the second storage region. A first pasting section pastes the first virtual object stored in the first storage region to the image according to an operation of the first indicator. A second pasting section pastes the second virtual object stored in the second storage region to the image according to an operation of the second indicator.
US10338748B1
In one embodiment, a touch sensor comprises a beamsplitter operable to reflect a first portion of light incident on the beamsplitter and transmit a second portion of light incident on the beamsplitter, a substrate, and one or more lines of conductive material disposed on the substrate, the lines of conductive material disposed between the first substrate and the beamsplitter.
US10338743B2
The present disclosure provides an accidental-touch prevention method and apparatus for a mobile terminal. The method includes: receiving by the touch screen IC layer a touch instruction from a user, and reporting a touch point on a touch track corresponding to the touch instruction to the driver layer; determining by the driver layer whether the touch point is in the chamfered-rounded-angle area; and when the touch point is in the chamfered-rounded-angle area, correcting coordinates of the touch point by the driver layer.
US10338742B2
A method includes transmitting a Continuous Wave Frequency Modulated (CWFM) signal on a first drive line of a grid based capacitive sensor and transmitting the CWFM signal with an imposed delay on a second drive line of grid based capacitive sensor simultaneously with transmission of the CWFM signal on the first drive line. Output on a receive line is correlated with the CWFM signal, Fourier transformation is performed on the correlation of the output and coordinates of an object interacting with the grid based capacitive sensor is identified based on frequency and phase information determined from the Fourier transformation.
US10338735B2
A touch display panel includes a first substrate and a drive layer on the first substrate. The drive layer includes a plurality of gate lines. The touch display panel defines at least two blocks; each block includes at least two gate lines. A driving circuit system includes a gate driver coupled to the gate lines. The touch display panel includes a plurality of drive cycles. The driving circuit system drives the blocks in sequence during each drive cycle. Each block includes at least one display scanning period Ta and a touch scanning period Tb during each drive cycle. The gate driver is configured to scan the gate lines in sequence during each Ta. For each block, the gate lines are scanned from an initial gate line to an interrupted gate line in sequence, then the Tb starts. For one block, the interrupted gate lines in different drive cycles are different.
US10338729B2
A touch controller having a display screen comprising a display screen, a touch integrated module, a control circuit and a housing. The display screen, touch integrated module and control circuit are separately fixed to the housing. The touch integrated module is connected to the control circuit, and the touch integrated module can be triggered to send an instruction to the control circuit. The display screen is connected to the control circuit, showing the operational information of the instruction after the data processing of the control circuit. The touch controller having a display screen can simultaneously control at least two drivers.
US10338726B2
The present disclosure provides a mobile device and a method of distinguishing between different touch forces. The method includes steps of: preloading an area of a maximum touch region with a maximum force, presetting a relationship among a current force, an area of a current touch region, the maximum force and the area of the maximum touch region, and presetting at least two force levels, wherein each of the at least two force levels corresponds to a respective range of a ratio of the current force to the maximum force; detecting and calculating the area of the current touch region of the touch component when touched; according to the relationship, calculating the ratio of the current force to the maximum force by using the area of the current touch region, so as to determine a corresponding one of the at least two force levels.
US10338723B2
A touchpad includes an operating plate having an operating surface on which an inputting operation is performed, an added feature part attached to a first surface of the operating plate opposite from the operating surface, a sensing unit disposed to face toward at least a portion of the first surface, the portion being at least a part of an area of the first surface other than an area to which the added feature part is attached, a holding member disposed at a predetermined distance apart from a first face of the added feature part, the first face of the added feature part being opposite from a second face thereof facing toward the operating plate, and a support member situated between, and in contact with, the added feature part and the holding member, wherein the support member has a lower Young's modulus than the added feature part and the holding member.
US10338722B2
A tactile touch sensor (TTS) system and method allowing physical augmentation of a high-resolution touch sensor array (TSA) is disclosed. Physical augmentation is accomplished using a TSA physical overlay (TPO) placed on top of the TSA. The TPO is constructed to transmit forces to the underlying TSA. Force transmission is accomplished by either using a flexible overlay or with a rigid mechanical overlay that transmits user forces exerted on the overlay to the underlying TSA. Incorporation of TPO identifiers (TPI) within the TPO permits identification of the TPO by a TPO detector (TPD) allowing operational characteristics of the TSA to be automatically reconfigured to conform to the currently applied TPO structure by a user computing device (UCD). The UCD may be configured to automatically load an appropriate application software driver (ASD) in response to a TPI read by the TPD from the currently applied TPO.
US10338717B2
The present disclosure describes a liquid crystal display device including: a substrate including first and second touch blocks adjacent to each other, the first and second touch blocks including first and second sub-pixels, respectively; a first electrode in each of the first and second sub-pixels; a second electrode in each of the first and second touch blocks, such that the second electrode of the first touch block and the second electrode of the second touch block are separated from each other; first and second data lines disposed at side portions of the first and second sub-pixels, respectively; and a field blocking line between the first and second sub-pixels, wherein the first and second sub-pixels face into each other between the first and second touch blocks.
US10338716B2
Provided is an electronic device with high portability and/or high browsability. The electronic device includes first and second support bodies, a first hinge, and a flexible display panel. The first hinge has a first rotation axis and connects the first and second support bodies to each other, and the first and second support bodies are capable of relatively rotating on the first rotation axis. The display panel includes at least first and second portions supported by the first and second support bodies, respectively; the first rotation axis and a first plane including the display surface overlapping with the first portion or a second plane including the display surface overlapping with the second portion are parallel to each other; and each of a distance between the first rotation axis and the first plane or the second plane is greater than zero.
US10338714B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate including an insulating substrate, a color filter layer located above the insulating substrate, a signal line located between the insulating substrate and the color filter layer, a metal line located above the color filter layer, a first light-shielding layer stacked on the metal line, a common electrode located above the first light-shielding layer, a pixel electrode opposed to the common electrode, a second substrate opposed to the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer held between the first substrate and the second substrate.
US10338712B2
A display device includes a display substrate in which a plurality of sub-pixel areas is defined, a light-emitting diode (“LED”) on the display substrate, a touch sensor electrode on the display substrate and including at least one touch electrode, and a bank separating the plurality of the sub-pixel areas, where each of the plurality of the sub-pixel areas may include a first area in which the LED is disposed and a second area in which the touch sensor electrode is disposed.
US10338711B2
A display device, a method of driving the same, and a driving circuit of the display device are discussed. The display device includes a display panel including a pixel array, in which touch sensors are embedded, a timing generator that determines a normal driving mode and a low-speed driving mode based on a mode control signal and generates a first touch sync signal in the low-speed driving mode, a display driver writing pixel data to the pixel array in response to the first touch sync signal only in the display periods of the data write frames in the low-speed driving mode, and a touch driver driving the touch sensors in response to the first touch sync signal in the touch periods of the data write frames and at least a portion of the data hold frame in the low-speed driving mode.
US10338691B2
Various methods and systems are provided to allow a user to perform finger gesture motions, such as making typing, swiping, tapping, or other types of finger motions to provide device input, such as typing, clicking, or selecting data into a webpage, application, operating system, or toolbar, that was normally performed by the user having to use a keyboard, mouse, stylus, microphone, touchscreen, or another input device.
US10338689B1
Content such as advertisements received into a mobile device may be more appropriately displayed on an alternative device remote from the mobile device. When ad content is received into the mobile device, the user may perform a physical gesture such as movement of the device or an associated motion sensor. The physical gesture is analyzed in the mobile device and causes the ad content to be redirected to the remote device. Additional physical gestures by the user can be interpreted in the mobile device to manipulate the content on the remote device.
US10338684B2
Mechanism to enhance user experience of mobile devices through complex inputs from external displays
A method of mapping user movements captured by a capture device external to a computing device, to inputs events on the computing device, may comprise executing an application on the computing device, using at least one processor of the computing device. The computing device may transmit video data of the application to a receiver device. The computing device may receive gesture data associated with the application, the gesture data based on movements of a user captured from a capture device communicatively coupled to the receiver device. The gesture data may be mapped to an input event on the computing device and data simulating the input event may be provided to a sensor on the computing device.
US10338676B2
A head mounted display (HMD) device operating in a real world physical environment is configured with a sensor package that enables determination of an intersection of a device user's projected gaze with a location in a virtual reality environment so that virtual objects can be placed into the environment with high precision. Surface reconstruction of the physical environment can be applied using data from the sensor package to determine the user's view position in the virtual world. A gaze ray originating from the view position is projected outward and a cursor or similar indicator is rendered on the HMD display at the ray's closest intersection with the virtual world such as a virtual object, floor/ground, etc. In response to user input, such as a gesture, voice interaction, or control manipulation, a virtual object is placed at the point of intersection between the projected gaze ray and the virtual reality environment.
US10338671B2
A power supply system for a motherboard includes a switching power source, a control circuit, and a switch circuit. The control circuit includes a photocoupler and a comparator. The photocoupler is electrically connected to the switching power source and the comparator. The switch circuit is electrically connected to the comparator and a motherboard. The switch circuit is turned off when the motherboard is in a normal state and turned on when the motherboard is in a standby state. The switching power source outputs a voltage through the control circuit when the switch circuit is turned off. When the switch circuit is turned on, the comparator outputs a first state signal to the photocoupler. The photocoupler thus outputs a first driving signal to the switching power source. The first driving signal causes the switching power source to reduce the voltage.
US10338658B2
A power supply for an information handling system includes a rectifier circuit that is coupled to a power factor correction circuit. The power factor correction circuit includes a bulk capacitor. An extended hold-up capacitor is coupled in parallel to the bulk capacitor, via an electronic switch. The electronic switch has a first terminal coupled to the bulk capacitor and a second terminal coupled to the extended hold-up capacitor. A control circuit is coupled to a third terminal of the electronic switch and controls the operation of the electronic switch. An extended hold-up circuit is coupled to the extended hold-up capacitor and an output terminal of the power factor correction circuit. A digital signal controller is coupled to the extended hold-up circuit. The digital signal controller controls the operation of the extended hold-up circuit, and a DC to DC converter is coupled to the extended hold-up circuit.
US10338656B1
A device includes a USB-C controller instantiated as a first integrated circuit that includes a first set of host terminals coupled to host controllers and a second set of terminals coupled to sets of D+/D− terminals of a type-C receptacle. A D+/D− multiplexer is to selectively couple the first set of host terminals to the second set of terminals. An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit is coupled between the D+/D− multiplexer and the second set of terminals. A charger detector circuit is coupled between a positive data system terminal and a negative data system terminal of the first set of terminals, the charger detector circuit to detect whether the second set of terminals is coupled to a USB charger through the type-C receptacle.
US10338644B2
A display device having a minimal overall thickness is achieved by receiving a camera in an accommodation space on at least one among upper and lower substrates. The optical affects caused by reflection of light off the camera or its components can be minimized by a special low reflective film provided in the accommodation space.
US10338643B2
A magnetic electronic device includes a first body and a second body. The first body includes a first case and a magnetic member inside the first case. The second body includes a second case and includes a magnetic sensor, a magnetism guiding member and a switch control component inside the second case. The second case is connected to the first body to be movable relative to the first body. The magnetic sensor is disposed on the magnetism guiding member, and the switch control component is electrically connected to the magnetic sensor. The magnetism guiding member guides the magnetic field caused by the magnetic member, and the magnetic sensor detects the magnetic flux caused by the magnetic member. When the magnetic flux is larger than a first value, the switch control component switches a component's switch.
US10338640B2
There is provided a head mounted display comprising: an interface unit configured to be connected with a cartridge; a determinator configured to determine whether the head mounted display is inside a specific area or not when the cartridge is connected to the interface unit; and at least one controller configured to execute, when the determinator determines that the head mounted display is inside the specific area, an application based on first data that is acquired from the cartridge, and to execute, when the determinator determines that the head mounted display is not inside the specific area, another application based on second data that is acquired from the cartridge.
US10338638B2
Disclosed is a wearable smart device which a user can conveniently and comfortably wear. The present application may provide a wearable smart device comprising: a flexible display unit; a first frame which supports the flexible display unit and is restorably deformed to have a first curvature to allow the wearable smart device to be worn on a user's body; and a second frame which is restorably deformed to have a second curvature larger than the first curvature and is movably coupled to the first frame to allow the second frame to move relatively with the respect to the first frame while the second frame is deformed, wherein the second frame is configured to adjust the amount of deformation of the wearable smart device.
US10338632B2
An adaptive voltage converter adapted to compensate for the exponential sensitivities of sub-threshold and near-threshold circuits. The converter can change its power/performance characteristics between different energy modes. The converter may comprise two or more voltage converters/regulators. A multiplexing circuit selects between the outputs of the several converters/regulators depending on the state of a control signal generated by a control facility. The converter is specially adapted to change the output of each converter/regulator based on a number of variables, including, for example, process corner, temperature and input voltage.
US10338630B2
System and method related to photonic computing are provided. A photonic computing system may include an optical interference region and an input waveguide configured to couple an optical input signal to the optical interference region and to create an optical interference pattern in the optical interference region. The interference pattern has an optical power distribution. The photonic computing system may further include a readout unit that is arranged in an inner area of the optical interference region. The readout unit is configured to detect an optical readout signal of the optical power distribution at a readout position of the inner area of the optical interference region. A method is also provided for performing photonic computing.
US10338620B2
In some examples, a device includes an amplifier circuit configured to receive a reference voltage signal at a first input, receive a feedback signal at a second input, and generate an output signal based on the reference voltage signal and the feedback signal. In some examples, the device also includes a feedback circuit including a soft-shaper circuit that is electrically connected to the second input of the amplifier circuit. In some examples, the feedback circuit is configured to sense a voltage step in the reference voltage signal, generate a voltage step across the soft-shaper circuit approximately equal to the voltage step in the reference voltage signal in response to sensing the voltage step in the reference voltage signal, and ramp a voltage level across the soft-shaper circuit to zero after generating the voltage step across the soft-shaper circuit.
US10338613B2
A switch controller, an isolated system incorporating an integrated circuit (IC) and a method of operating a power switch. In one embodiment, the IC includes: (1) a monolithic substrate, (2) a drive circuit supported by the monolithic substrate and configured to drive a power switch, (3) a diagnostics block supported by the monolithic substrate and configured to provide diagnostic signals indicating at least one attribute associated with the power switch and (4) a control block supported by the monolithic substrate and configured to drive the drive circuit in response to control signals developed based on the diagnostic signals.
US10338599B2
Pool cleaning system and method to automatically clean surfaces of a pool using images from a camera
A pool cleaning system for cleaning debris from a submerged surface of a swimming pool includes a self-propelled pool cleaner having rotatably-mounted supports for supporting and guiding the cleaner on the pool surface; an electric motor for enabling the rotation of the rotatably-mounted supports on the pool surface; at least one camera to capture imagery of the pool surface; a controller, in electronic communication with the at least one camera, to determine a cleanliness characteristic of the pool surface on which the cleaner has passed based on the camera imagery and generate a control signal to direct movement of the cleaner based on the cleanliness characteristic of the pool surface, and a portable electronic device configured to present a graphic on a display, the graphic depicting the submerged surface of the pool and those portions of the surface that remain uncleaned as the cleaner traverses the pool surface.
US10338592B2
A method of calibrating a structure is provided. The method includes securing a first end of a tether to a device at a fixed location on an external surface of the structure, attaching an unmanned aerial vehicle to the second end of the tether, moving the unmanned aerial vehicle in a trajectory around the structure while tethered to the fixed device, scanning the external surface of the structure over a course of the trajectory using the unmanned aerial vehicle to obtain a mapping of the external surface of the structure, determining a position of the unmanned aerial vehicle with respect to the fixed device; and calibrating the structure based on i) the determined position of the unmanned aerial vehicle with respect to the fixed device, and ii) the mapping of external surface of the structure.
US10338586B2
A method for autonomously parking or un-parking a motor vehicle includes receiving a map of a parking area having a first temporary obstruction zone, determining a starting location of the motor vehicle relative to the parking area, selecting a destination location within the parking area, setting the first temporary obstruction zone as operative or inoperative, generating a path from the starting location to the destination location, wherein the path does not enter the first temporary obstruction zone when operative, and driving the motor vehicle autonomously along the path from the starting location of the motor vehicle to the destination location.
US10338583B2
Disclosed herein is a technique for providing driving assistance for a driver in such a way as to increase the driver's degree of internal focus on driving if his or her degree of internal focus on driving is estimated to be low when deactivation of autonomous driving is predicted. Examples of such driving assistance include boosting the moving vehicle noise to be heard inside the vehicle's cabin, increasing sensitivity to a change in the vehicle's state responsive to driving operations, providing navigation to a road with features that would entertain the driver through driving, and giving guidance in exemplary driving operations.
US10338578B2
Methods, apparatuses, systems, and implementations of an HMI control system for BOP rigs are disclosed. At least some versions of the disclosed systems enable a user to configure interface settings, perform actions on a BOP stack, view diagnostics, perform testing, and observe and rectify alarms. The disclosed systems may enable a user to more efficiently navigate between different interfaces and perform HMI functions due to a control zone configuration. Additionally, the control zone configuration may reduce operator error by assigning certain control zones to particular functions and requiring the user to take affirmative steps to perform destructive functions.
US10338577B2
Systems and methods for implementing a sensor-based transit maintenance system. A plurality of sensors are located at a plurality of transit locations within a transit system. The plurality of sensors are configured to collect a plurality of sensor measurements of at least one transit location device. A transit server may receive sensor data comprising the plurality of sensor measurements. The transit server may determine, based on the sensor data, that a current or future defect exists within the transit system. The transit server may determine a transit location of the plurality of transit locations at which the defect is located. The transit server may generate maintenance instructions for addressing the defect and send the maintenance instructions either to a portable electronic device or to one of the at least one transit location device at the transit location.
US10338573B2
A method for operating a system for a multiple dynamic job sequence includes providing a packet of information in order to process different production runs. An additional packet of information is used to inquire about respective states during the manufacturing process so as to enable interventions to be made based on the jobs being not processed as originally. An additional packet of information is received, from which information regarding physical detection of a printing and processing situation is taken such that each downstream processing machine is able to identify the job and a job end. By identifying the job and the job end, an additional packet of information is forwarded to the plant controller, the plant controller detecting an actual state of the manufacturing process therefrom such that new or adapted job sequences and job ends are directly defined during the manufacturing process.
US10338567B2
A fast and economical system and methods directed to low-fidelity fabrication of three-dimensional (3D) objects using 3D printing. The invention facilitates rapid prototyping by providing a wireframe structure in the form of the underlying design structure of a 3D model, which may be useful for a variety of reasons including to provide a prototype preview that may be used for design validation of a 3D model.
US10338554B2
The system generally includes a crosspoint switch in the local data collection system having multiple inputs and multiple outputs including a first input connected to the first sensor and a second input connected to the second sensor. The multiple outputs include a first and second output configured to be switchable between a condition in which the first output is configured to switch between delivery of the first sensor signal and the second sensor signal and a condition in which there is simultaneous delivery of the first sensor signal from the first output and the second sensor signal from the second output. Each of multiple inputs is configured to be individually assigned to any of the multiple outputs. Unassigned outputs are configured to be switched off producing a high-impedance state. The local data collection system is configured to manage data collection bands. The local data collection system includes a neural net expert system using intelligent management of the data collection bands.
US10338553B2
The system generally includes a crosspoint switch in the local data collection system having multiple inputs and multiple outputs including a first input connected to the first sensor and a second input connected to the second sensor. The multiple outputs include a first output and a second output configured to be switchable between a condition in which the first output is configured to switch between delivery of the first sensor signal and the second sensor signal and a condition in which there is simultaneous delivery of the first sensor signal from the first output and the second sensor signal from the second output. Each of multiple inputs is configured to be individually assigned to any of the multiple outputs. Unassigned outputs are configured to be switched off producing a high-impedance state. The crosspoint switch includes a third input that is configured with a continuously monitored alarm having a pre-determined trigger condition when the third input is unassigned to any of the multiple outputs. The local data collection system is configured to manage data collection bands.
US10338551B2
A computer-implemented method for automatically exchanging data between a piping and instrumentation diagram (P&ID) and a control system comprises: parsing a P&ID and identifying instruments and/or groups of instruments within the P&ID, identifying one or more input tags and output tags associated with each identified instrument and/or with each identified group of instruments within the P&ID, and establishing at least one relationship among the one or more input tags and output tags, wherein the input tags and output tags for an instrument and/or a group of instruments and the at least one relationship between the corresponding input tags and output tags are derivable from a template library, and identifying a control loop for each established relationship among the input tags and the output tags, wherein said control loop is for controlling one or more instruments by the control system.
US10338541B2
A machine learning apparatus, which learns a condition associated with a filter unit for filtering an analog input signal, includes a state observer for observing a state variable that includes at least one of a noise component and noise amount of an output signal from the filter unit and a responsivity to the input signal; and a learner for learning the condition associated with the filter unit in accordance with a training data set that includes the state variable.
US10338538B2
There is disclosed a watch type terminal including a frame in which electronic components are mounted, a case configured to cover a lateral area of the frame, a display unit located in a front side of the case, a metal ring arranged in an edge area of a front side of the display unit, a window provided in a front side of the metal ring and configured to cover the display unit, a clock hand installed between the window and the display unit, a driving unit provided in a back side of the display unit, connected to one end of the clock hand through the display unit, and configured to vary the position of the clock hand, and a controller implemented to control the display unit, so that the user may see and tells the time even in case the display unit is turned off and the external design is improved. Even when the display unit is deactivated, the user may be provided with time information.
US10338536B2
An electronic timepiece includes a magnetic sensor that serves as a magnetic detection unit, a GPS reception unit that serves as a reception unit receiving positional information of a current position, a time zone setting unit that sets a time zone, a specifying unit that specifies a declination angle based on the positional information of the current position, a decision unit that decides a direction of a due north based on an output of the magnetic sensor and a declination angle, and an azimuth display unit that displays the direction of the due north decided by the decision unit.
US10338527B2
A self-winding watch includes a movement connected to a winding device of a barrel spring including an oscillating weight pivoting around an axis A, a reduction wheel train cooperating with the oscillating weight to transmit the torque to the barrel, a storage unit for electrical energy, a photovoltaic cell arranged to receive the ambient light and charge the electrical energy storage unit, a control circuit connected to the terminals of the electrical energy storage unit and a driver connected to the circuit and coupled to the oscillating weight to displace it. The electrical energy storage unit, the control circuit an d the driver are integrated to the oscillating weight.
US10338520B2
A drum cartridge includes: a drum frame to which a developing cartridge including a storage medium having an electrical contact surface is detachably attachable; a photosensitive drum; a transfer roller; and a conveying roller. The drum is rotatable about a first axis extending in a first direction and positioned at one end portion of the frame in a second direction. The transfer roller is rotatable about a second axis extending in the first direction and in contact with the drum. The conveying roller is rotatable about a third axis extending in the first direction and separated from the transfer roller in the second direction. A first opening of the frame is positioned between the transfer roller and the conveying roller in the second direction. The electrical contact surface is exposed to an outside through the first opening in a case where the developing cartridge is attached to the frame.
US10338515B2
An image forming apparatus has a main body, a belt unit configured to accommodate a belt, a belt cleaning member and an accommodating unit. The belt cleaning unit is configured to remove waste toner adhered on the belt. The accommodating unit is configured to accommodate the toner removed by the belt cleaning unit. The apparatus further includes a drum unit having a drum cleaning member, and a waste toner conveying mechanism configured to convey the waste toner to the collecting unit. The conveying mechanism has a drum-side conveying unit configured to be connected with the drum cleaning member. Communication between the drum-side conveying unit and the collecting unit is enabled in association with movement of the drum unit from the outside position to the inside position, and disabled in association with movement of the drum unit from the inside position to the outside position.
US10338513B1
The invention discloses a process cartridge detachably installed in an imaging device with a driving head along an installation direction, the process cartridge including: a housing, a driving force receiving member capable of receiving a rotation driving force of the driving head, a rotatable component rotatably supported by the housing and capable of receiving a force of the driving force receiving member to rotate, and a force receiving part arranged on the housing. When the process cartridge is installed in the imaging device and the driving force receiving member generates interference with the driving head in the installation direction, the driving force receiving member is movable and engageable with the driving head as the driving head rotates. The technical problem that the driving force receiving member in the process cartridge cannot be normally disengaged from the driving head in the imaging device in the prior art is solved.
US10338512B2
An image forming system includes: an image former that performs an image forming process on a paper sheet, the image forming process including foil pressing, and a controller that controls the image former to perform the image forming process by selectively setting one of a first test print mode and a second test print mode when a test print mode is set, an amount of foil consumption at the image former being normal in the first test print mode, an amount of foil consumption at the image former being reduced in the second test print mode.
US10338510B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a fixing device that forms a fixing nip by bringing a pressure member into pressure contact with a peripheral surface of a heating rotator and fixes an unfixed toner image; an acceptor that accepts a specified laminate processing mode for performing laminate processing by feeding a laminate; and a hardware processor that controls a heating rotator to idle for a predetermined time and then controls to perform the laminate processing, wherein a heat accumulating member provided to be capable of contacting with and separating from an outer peripheral surface of the pressure member and a pressure contact/separation mechanism are further included, and the hardware processor performs control to idle the heating rotator for a predetermined time in a state where the heat accumulating member is brought into pressure contact with the pressure member to accumulate heat in the heat accumulating member.
US10338507B2
Provided is an image forming apparatus capable of estimating lives of components more accurately than before. The image forming apparatus includes an ion conductive component, and a processor for estimating a life of the conductive component. The processor acquires an index value related to energization of the conductive component, and estimates the life of the conductive component based on the index value per unit time.
US10338490B1
A system and method for adjusting transfer parameters in electrostatic-based printers includes a sensor proximate to a paper path before a toner transfer area. A sensor comprised of opposing conductive plates determines a paper property, such as its capacitance, as it passes through an air gap between the conductive plates. A transfer roller receives an electric charge for transferring toner from an associated transfer belt to the paper with a voltage of the electric charge being adjusted based on a transfer parameter corresponding to the sensor data.
US10338486B2
An average value of a hydrogen content ratio of a surface layer made of hydrogenated amorphous carbon is set to be 0.40 or less and a maximum value of an sp2 bonding ratio in an outermost surface region of the surface layer made of the hydrogenated amorphous carbon is set to be 0.50 or less.
US10338473B2
The present disclosure concerns a method and system for providing a patterned structure (3p) on an acceptor substrate 4). The method comprises providing a donor substrate (10) arranged between a light source (5) and an acceptor substrate (4). A mask (7) is arranged between the light source (5) and the donor substrate (10). The mask (7) comprises a mask pattern (7p) for patterning light (6). The patterned light (6p) impinging the donor substrate (10) causes the donor material (3) to be released from the donor substrate (10) and transfer to the acceptor substrate (4) to form the patterned structure (3p) thereon. The patterned light (6p) is divided by the mask pattern (7p) into a plurality of separate homogeneously sized beams (6b) simultaneously impinging the donor substrate (10) for causing the donor material (3) to be released from the donor substrate (10) in the form of separate homogeneously sized droplets (3d).
US10338449B2
A display apparatus includes: a substrate; a pixel electrode above the substrate; a first low reflection layer spaced apart from the pixel electrode at a same layer as the pixel electrode and comprising a lower layer having conductivity and an upper layer above the lower layer; a pixel-defining layer above the first low reflection layer and having an opening exposing at least a part of the pixel electrode; an intermediate layer above the pixel electrode and comprising an organic emission layer; and an opposite electrode above the intermediate layer.
US10338448B1
Aspects of the present disclosure involve a transparent structure. The structure may include at least one light source, a transparent light-carrying guide layer optically coupled with the at least one light source. The structure may include refractive layers where a light absorbing feature is operably associated with the light-carrying guide layer to absorb any light not internally reflected in the light guide layer, at least adjacent the light source.
US10338440B2
The invention provides a TFT substrate and manufacturing method thereof. The TFT substrate comprises: base substrate, TFT layer, passivation layer and pixel electrode, stacked in above order; wherein the pixel electrode comprising: main electrode, and connection electrode connected to main electrode; the connection electrode connected to TFT layer through pixel electrode via; main electrode having a cross-like slit structure with branch electrode on four trunks of cross, and the connection electrode comprising a plurality of parallel stripe-shaped first branch electrodes, and a second branch electrode connected to the first branch electrodes; by disposing the first branch electrodes, the connection electrode having a shape similar to main electrode to make the main and connection electrodes having similar single slit diffraction when exposed to reduce or eliminate the photo-resist thickness difference in pixel electrode area in the 3M process to avoid display defect and improve yield rate.
US10338439B2
This application is directed to detecting touch events using a display pixel array. The display pixel array includes display pixels each of which is disposed between a display electrode and a common electrode. For touch sensing, a processing device drives the subset of common electrodes with an integration voltage that varies by a voltage variation at a predetermined slew rate. The processing device also drives a subset of display electrodes corresponding to the subset of common electrodes in a synchronous manner, thereby reducing an impact of parasitic capacitance associated with the subset of common electrodes. Each of the subset of display electrodes is driven with an adjusted display voltage that varies by the voltage variation at the predetermined slew rate. While driving the subsets of common and display electrodes, a capacitive sense signal associated with the subset of common electrodes is measured at an output of a capacitance sense circuit.
US10338436B2
Provided are a curved liquid crystal display device and a method of manufacturing thereof. The curved liquid crystal display device includes a bent first substrate, a second substrate which is disposed to opposite to the first substrate and bent, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first alignment inducing layer disposed between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer, and a second alignment inducing layer disposed between the second substrate and the liquid crystal layer. One of the first alignment inducing layer and the second alignment inducing layer includes a polymerized reactive mesogen, and the remaining alignment inducing layer includes a polyimide. Display quality of the device may be improved.
US10338435B2
An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a liquid crystal display including a first insulation substrate. A pixel electrode is disposed on the first insulation substrate. A first alignment layer is disposed on the pixel electrode. A second insulation substrate faces the first insulation substrate. A common electrode is disposed on a surface of the second insulation substrate, which the surface of the second insulation substrate faces the first insulation substrate. A second alignment layer is disposed on a surface of the common electrode, which the surface of the common electrode faces the first insulation substrate. A liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first alignment layer and the second alignment layer. The liquid crystal layer includes liquid crystal molecules. Liquid crystal molecules adjacent to at least one of the first alignment layer and the second alignment layer have a pre-tilt angle. At least one of the first alignment layer and the second alignment layer has an ion inductor.
US10338425B1
A liquid crystal display device and its display panel are provided. The display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a PDLC layer and a plurality of gridwall structures. The first substrate and the second substrate are opposite to each other. The PDLC layer and the plurality of gridwall structures are located between the first substrate and the second substrate. The plurality of gridwall structures are spaced from each other and disposed in the PDLC layer. Each gridwall structure includes a transparent gridwall and a film structure covering the surface of the transparent gridwall. The refractivity of any two adjacent film layers of the first to Nth are different, and the reflectivity of one surface of the film structure facing the transparent gridwall is higher than the reflectivity of one surface of the film structure facing away from the transparent gridwall.
US10338424B2
There is provided a curved display apparatus. The curved display apparatus with transistors of respective pixels arranged in a matrix form on a bendable display screen comprises a gate drive circuit to sequentially provide a gate signal for simultaneously turning on each of a plurality of transistors aligned in the column direction of the matrix to a plurality of gate lines and a source drive circuit to provide a pixel data signal to each of a plurality of source lines, the each pixel data signal representing a gradation of a pixel for each of a plurality of transistors aligned in the row direction of the matrix. The source drive circuit is provided on a first bendable edge of the display screen, the first bendable edge having a first curvature, and the gate drive circuit is provided on a second bendable edge of the display screen, the second bendable edge having a second curvature larger than the first curvature.
US10338419B2
A flicker of an FFS liquid crystal display device that is driven at a low refresh rate is reduced. In an FFS liquid crystal display, a pixel electrode and a first common electrode included in a liquid crystal element are formed on an element substrate side, and a second common electrode is formed on another substrate (counter substrate) side. By making the first and second common electrodes have the same potential, generation of a residual DC voltage can be suppressed in a pixel. Thus, even when a refresh rate is lowered, change in transmittance of a pixel can be suppressed in a data retention period, so that a flicker can be reduced.
US10338414B2
Provided is an optical modulator module including a waveguide substrate in which an optical waveguide and control electrodes (signal electrode, DC bias electrodes, and the like) for controlling a light wave propagating through the optical waveguide are formed, a relay substrate which is disposed in the vicinity of the waveguide substrate and in which a DC bias wiring for supplying a DC bias voltage to the control electrodes (DC bias electrodes) is formed, and a package case which stores the waveguide substrate and the relay substrate. A loop of wire standing from the relay substrate to a position higher than a top surface of the waveguide substrate is provided in a part of the DC bias wiring. The loop of wire is disposed inside the package case at a position within 10 mm from any one of locations where a solder is used.
US10338412B2
A method including receiving information indicative of a first light preference profile, receiving information indicative of a second light preference profile, determining that the first light preference profile differs from the second light preference profile, determining a first light control setting based on the first light preference profile, determining a second light control setting based on the second light preference profile, determining a periodic light source actuation directive, causing sending of the periodic light source actuation directive to the light source, determining a first shutter control directive for the first near eye apparatus, causing sending of the first shutter control directive to the first near eye apparatus, determining a second shutter control directive for the second near eye apparatus, and causing sending of the second shutter control directive to the second near eye apparatus is disclosed.
US10338411B2
An accommodating contact lens comprises a variable focus optical module, which comprises an optical chamber and one or more eyelid engaging chambers coupled to the optical chamber with one or more extensions comprising channels extending between the optical chamber and the more eyelid engaging chambers. The module may comprise a self-supporting module capable of supporting itself prior to placement in a contact lens to facilitate placement prior to encapsulation in the contact lens. The module may comprise one or more optically transmissive materials, provides improved optical correction, and can be combined with soft contact lens materials such as hydrogels. In many embodiments, the module comprises a support structure extending between an upper membrane and a lower membrane in order to provide variable optical power accurately with decreased amounts distortion and improved responsiveness to eyelid induced pressure.
US10338408B2
Described herein is a cost-effective and time-efficient method for making UV-absorbing contact lenses. In contrast to the conventional method for making UV-absorbing contact lenses which involves copolymerizing a lens forming composition including a UV-absorbing vinylic monomer, a method of the invention involves dipping a contact lens in a solution of UV-absorbing polymer comprising carboxyl-containing monomeric units, UV-absorbing monomeric units and covalently bound radical-initiating moieties to form a UV-absorbing coating on the contact lens.
US10338407B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, computer program product and system for dynamic video capture through a contact lens based on dynamic contextual identification. Initially, a set of identifying information and a video stream from a contact lens is received. A determination is made as to whether to capture the video stream, based on the received information. The determining to capture the video stream is based on, at least one of, the user interest level exceeding a threshold and detecting a contextual identifier within the received the video stream from a contact lens. Responsive to determining to capture the video stream, the video stream is classified into a category and saving based on the classification category of the video stream.
US10338395B2
A head mounted display (HMD) may comprise an adjustable crown band, a crown band circumference adjusting mechanism coupled to the adjustable crown band and configured to adjust a crown band circumference to releasably secure the crown band to the user's crown, an armature including left and right arms, each of the left and right arms mounted at a respective proximal end to corresponding left and right HMD attachment structures, a display mounted at left and right sides to respective distal ends of the left and right arms, and an eye relief distance adjustment mechanism configured to move the left and right arms in a timed manner toward and away from the crown band along a substantially linear path, to thereby adjust an eye relief distance from the display to an eye of a the user when the crown band is fitted on the crown of the user.
US10338393B2
An optical system and a magnifying device including the optical system are described. The optical system includes an exit pupil, a reflective polarizer proximate the exit pupil, a partial reflector disposed adjacent the reflective polarizer opposite the exit pupil, and a quarter wave retarder disposed between the reflective polarizer and the partial reflector. The reflective polarizer is curved about two orthogonal axes and the partial reflector is spaced apart from the reflective polarizer.
US10338387B2
A design engine for designing an article to be worn on a human body part (input canvas) in a virtual environment. A virtual model engine of the design engine is used to generate and modify a virtual model of the input canvas and a virtual model of the article based on skin-based gesture inputs detected by an input processing engine. The gesture inputs comprise contacts between an input tool and the input canvas at locations on the input canvas. The virtual model engine may implement different design modes for receiving and processing gesture inputs for designing the article, including direct manipulation, generative manipulation, and parametric manipulation modes. In all three modes, a resulting virtual model of the article is based on physical geometries of at least part of the input canvas. The resulting virtual model of the article is exportable to a fabrication device for physical fabrication of the article.
US10338382B2
Implementations of an in-vehicle display system may include: a first display device configured to irradiate a first area of a windshield of a vehicle with a first light constituting a first image and to display the first image as a virtual image of the first image in front of the first area; a second display device configured to display a second image as a real image in a second area of the windshield that is wider than the first area; and a control device configured to control the first display device and the second display device based on a travel state of the vehicle.
US10338370B2
A clock signal generator includes an optic mirror rotatable to scan an incident light beam in a first direction, a grid plate including a plurality of grid arrays arranged in a second direction different from the first direction, wherein light reflected from the optic mirror is selectively passed through when the light beam is scanned on the grid plate in the first direction, the grid array being offset in the first direction by a particular distance with respect to an adjacent grid array, a light detector configured to detect a light passing through the grid arrays, and a pixel clock generator configured to generate a clock signal based on detection signals received from the light detector.
US10338363B1
An environmentally-sealed refractive lighting optic includes a single light-emitting diode (LED) printed circuit card that includes a plurality of LED components and a single, refractive optic element retained directly to the LED printed circuit card in a self-sealing manner without mechanical fasteners. The refractive optic element is configured to environmentally seal the LED components on the LED printed circuit card. Further, the refractive optic element may include a liquid silicone rubber material or an optically-clear low-pressure molded room temperature vulcanizing (RTV) silicone material.
US10338360B2
A zoom lens system includes a positive first lens group, a negative second lens group, a positive intermediate lens group, and a negative image-side lens group. Upon zooming from the short to long focal length extremities, a distance between the first and second lens groups increases, and a distance between the second and intermediate lens groups decreases. The image-side lens group consists of two lens elements. The following conditions are satisfied: −6.0
US10338357B2
Composing, in order from an object side along the optical axis, a first lens group having positive refractive power, and at least one lens group; upon varying magnification, an interval between the first lens group and a lens group at an image side of the first lens group and adjacent thereto being varied, said first lens group comprising a focusing lens group which is moved along the optical axis for focusing and a vibration reducing lens group that is movable to include a component in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis, thereby providing a an excellent optical performance upon focusing.
US10338349B2
An imaging lens includes a first lens group and a second lens group, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens group includes a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens. The second lens group includes a fourth lens, a fifth lens having negative refractive power, and a sixth lens having positive refractive power. The first lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side and a surface thereof on the image plane side have positive curvature radii. The sixth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side and a surface thereof on the image plane side are aspheric. The sixth lens has a specific Abbe's number.
US10338347B2
An optical image capturing system includes, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens. At least one lens among the first to the fifth lenses has positive refractive force. The fifth lens can have negative refractive force, wherein both surfaces thereof are aspheric, and at least one surface thereof has an inflection point. The lenses in the optical image capturing system which have refractive power include the first to the fifth lenses. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.
US10338346B2
An optical image capturing system includes, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens. At least one lens among the first to the fifth lenses has positive refractive force. The fifth lens can have negative refractive force, wherein both surfaces thereof are aspheric, and at least one surface thereof has an inflection point. The lenses in the optical image capturing system which have refractive power include the first to the fifth lenses. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.
US10338345B2
An optical image capturing system includes, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens. At least one lens among the first to the fifth lenses has positive refractive power. The fifth lens can have negative refractive power, wherein both surfaces thereof are aspheric, and at least one surface thereof has an inflection point. The lenses in the optical image capturing system which have refractive power include the first to the fifth lenses. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.
US10338336B1
Fiber optic cables suitable for use in downhole applications, with one or more features for inhibiting flow of any fluid breaching an armor layer of the optical cable are provided. By preventing, or at least impeding, fluid flow along the cable length, any breaching fluid may be confined to a small region of the cable, which may significantly reduce the deleterious effects (e.g., hydrogen darkening) of an armor layer breach. One example optical cable generally includes one or more optical fibers, an inner tube surrounding the one or more optical fibers, an outer tube surrounding the inner tube, and one or more polymer sealing features disposed in an annulus between the outer tube and the inner tube and bonded to at least one of the inner tube or the outer tube to prevent fluid flow in the annulus along at least a portion of a length of the optical cable.
US10338326B2
Provided are a multi-channel optical subassembly structure allowing an optical unit including a light source photodetector chip to be fixed through an alignment jig after active alignment is performed on an individual or single light source photodetector chip by using the alignment jig capable of electrical coupling and one electrode pad and the other electrode pad of a thermoelectric element, which are wire-bonded, capable of performing active alignment for each light source photodetector chip, that is, for each channel, capable of replacing the optical unit and the alignment jig when a problem occurs in some or all channels, capable of improving optical coupling efficiency for each channel, and capable of addressing a time-consuming and economically expensive work in which an optical subassembly is discarded when some channels fail, and a method of packaging the structure.
US10338318B2
Aspects of the present disclosure describe planar lightwave circuit systems, methods and structures including a resonant mirror assembly having cascaded resonators that provide or otherwise facilitate the control of the transmissivity/reflectivity of a planar lightwave circuit (PLC)—or portion thereof—over a range of 0% to substantially 100%.
US10338315B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for splicing crystal fibers to silica glass fibers. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide mechanically stable bonds with negligible optical transmission loss by splicing fibers through a thermally enhanced reaction bonding process at lower temperatures than the melting point of the crystal. In an embodiment, mixing of the materials at elevated temperatures forms a stable intermediary material which enhances strength and reduces the transmission losses.
US10338306B2
The lighting device includes a cover with a receiving chamber defined between a top wall and a side wall extending downwards from the top wall; an insulation component located on an inner surface of the side wall and having a receiving groove; a light source assembly located in the receiving groove; a light guide assembly received in the receiving chamber with an end received in the receiving groove; and a metal frame fixed at a periphery of the cover.
US10338303B2
Systems and methods for increasing dynamic contrast in a liquid crystal display (LCD) may include a segmented backlight that may include one or more segments and one or more sets of light emitting diodes (LEDs). Each set of LEDs may be configured to illuminate a corresponding segment and each segment may include a notch(es) configured as a light barrier to reduce light leakage to non-adjacent segments. The notch(es) may be of variable length, depth, and width and may be three-dimensional, having a width the varies along the depth and length of the notch and a depth that varies along the width and length of the notch. In some embodiments, the notch(es) may be reflective, some degree of opaque, and/or blackened.
US10338300B2
A backlight assembly includes a light source which generates and emits light, and an optical member which is between the light source and a display panel of a display device and adjusts a path of the light emitted from the light source. The optical member includes a first base film, a second base film which faces the first base film and is closer to the display panel than the first base film, an optical pattern which is provided in plural spaced apart from each other and disposed between the first and second base films, a reflecting layer which is disposed on the optical patterns and reflects light incident to the optical member, and a wavelength conversion pattern between the first and second base films and alternately disposed with the optical patterns. The wavelength conversion pattern converts a source wavelength of the light emitted from the light source.
US10338296B2
A display apparatus includes: a light guide plate; a light source that causes light to be incident on an end surface of the light guide plate; a hiding plate that is provided on a side of an emission surface of the light guide plate, and that includes a light transmission part which transmits light emitted from the emission surface and a light shielding part which has lower light transmittance than the light transmission part; and a colored board that has light reflectance closer to light reflectance of the light shielding part than light reflectance of the light transmission part in each wavelength, and that is provided on a side of a reflection surface of the light guide plate so as to overlap the light transmission part of the hiding plate when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the emission surface of the light guide plate.
US10338290B2
A cellulose ester film contains a compound having a structural unit denoted by —NR—(C═O)— in which R represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, a surface having knoop hardness of greater than or equal to 210 N/mm2 is provided, and loss tangent tan δ at 25° C. is greater than or equal to 0.03.
US10338283B2
A composite glue coating device and a preparation method for a fancy reflective material using the same, which relates to the technical field of reflective material production. The composite glue coating device comprises a composite glue roller (1), a glue coating roller (2), a glue sink device (3) and a glue scrapping device (4). The composite glue roller (1) and the glue coating roller (2) are arranged as a clamping roller set and a bead planting film passing interval (L) is formed between the composite glue roller (1) and the glue coating roller (2). The glue scrapping device (4) is connected with a scraper of the glue coating roller (2). A plurality of glue moving grooves (5) are evenly distributed on the glue coating roller (2). The glue coating roller (2) is connected with the glue sink device (3) and is glue immersed. The glue coating roller (2) rotates to transfer the glue (9) inside the glue sink device (3) into the glue moving grooves (5) and to coat the plating layer (13) of the bead planting film (6) with the glue (9) inside the glue moving grooves (5). The composite glue coating device can realize the batch production and the production efficiency is high. The reflective material produced has high tear resistance and comfort degree, with the fancy part being reflective and the rest as non-reflective. The reflective part has the same hand feeling with the rest substrate part, without obvious uneven feeling, and the reflective points are seamlessly connected with the substrate.
US10338281B2
Described is a lighting device for detecting three-dimensional structures, in particular for a gesture recognition apparatus, as well as a gesture recognition apparatus having a lighting device. In order to be able to compactly construct the lighting device, the lighting device includes a prism through which illumination light (L) passes twice in order to illuminate a gesture.
US10338280B2
Disclosed is a varifocal lens module. A varifocal lens module according to an embodiment includes a lens formed of a flexible and transparent material and having a focal length varying according to a variable shape thereof; at least one driving part expanded or contracted in response to an electric signal; and at least one structural body configured to physically or chemically connect the lens and each driving part.
US10338272B2
A method for estimating soil properties within a field using hyperspectral remotely sensed data is provided. In an embodiment, estimating soil properties may be accomplished using a server computer system that receives, via a network, soil spectrum data records that are used to predict soil properties for a specific geo-location. Within the server computer system a soil preprocessing module receives one or more soil spectrum data records that represent a mean soil spectrum of a specific geo-location of a specified area of land. The soil preprocessing module then removes interference signals from the soil spectrum data, creating a set of one or more spectral bands. By removing interference signals, the spectral bands are not erroneously skewed from effects such as baseline drift, particle deviation, and surface heterogeneity. A soil regression module inputs the one or more soil spectral bands and predicts soil property datasets. The soil property datasets include specific soil properties relevant to determining fertility of the soil or soil property levels that may influence soil management at a specific geo-location. The soil regression module then takes the multiple soil property datasets and selects multiple specific soil property datasets that best represent the existing soil properties. Included in the soil property datasets are the multiple soil properties predicted and the spectral band data used to determine the specific soil properties. The soil regression module sends this predicted data to a soil model database.
US10338268B2
A method for determining earth formation properties including a data acquisition tool and a data acquisition processor coupled with NMR sensors and a first memory; transmitting earth formation fluid data to a data processing unit comprising a processor and a second memory. Obtaining a fully polarized state echo train (EFR) and a partially polarized state echo train burst (EPR); inverting the EPR to obtain an apparent transverse relaxation time (T2app) distribution; truncating the T2app distribution by discarding the partially polarized state echo train data; completing a forward model of the EPR to obtain an additional echo train burst (EFR_B), performing a second inversion of the data set; and determining earth formation fluid properties.
US10338267B2
A NMR logging tool is provided and disposed in a wellbore at some desired depth. Packers are provided and actuated to hydraulically isolate a section of the wellbore and form a cavity between the NMR logging tool and the wall of the isolated section of the wellbore. The cavity is evacuated until a first desired pressure within the cavity is attained. Fluid is injected into the cavity until a second desired pressure within the cavity is attained. A plurality of NMR measurements is made on the region of the formation, each of the plurality of measurements being made at different times. Formation properties are inferred using the measurements. A baseline NMR measurement may be made when a first desired pressure is attained. A time-zero NMR measurement may be made when a second desired pressure is attained. Similar measurements may be made in a laboratory on a sample.
US10338266B1
An electromagnetic energy source for emitting pulses of electromagnetic energy includes a sonde assembly having a first section axially aligned with, and spaced from, a second section. An energy storage capacitor includes an electrode mounted in each of the first section and the second section of the sonde assembly and operable to generate an electric field. A capacitive charge storage medium is mounted in each of the first section and the second section of the sonde assembly and surrounds each electrode, where the capacitive charge storage medium is a giant dielectrics and giant permeability ferrite. A fast-closing switch is located between the first and second sections of the sonde assembly.
US10338262B2
An electromagnetic (EM) receiver system for measuring EM signals. The EM receiver system includes a survey EM transmitter for generating survey EM signals within a first frequency range; a tracking EM transmitter for generating tracking signals within a second frequency range; and a receiver section including a receiver that measures both the survey EM signals and the tracking signals.
US10338260B2
Detection of contained metal contained in an article can be carried out with a high sensitivity with a simple operation in a limited space. A transmission coil 42 that generates a magnetic field for inspection from an upper surface side through a lower surface side of a placing table 21 and a plurality of magnetic sensors 43 for detecting the magnetic field are provided in a head 40 disposed on a lower surface side of the placing table 21 for placing an article which is an inspection object. When the head 40 is scanned so as to cover the entire lower surface-side region of the placing table 21, metal being contained in the article placed on the placing table 21 is detected on the basis of a change in the magnetic field being detected by the magnetic sensors 43.
US10338259B2
An adapter assembly includes an elongated body configured to couple to a handle assembly and a loading unit assembly. The adapter assembly includes an oscillator configured to output a voltage signal. A sensor determines a connection status of the loading unit assembly coupled to the adapter assembly based on a change in the voltage signal. The voltage signal includes a rectified voltage output and an induced voltage output and changes in response to the approximation of a winding disposed within a loading unit assembly to the oscillator.
US10338251B2
Methods and apparatuses for directional designature in shot domain are provided. Azimuth and take-off angles are calculated for each record in the seismic data. Directional designature is then applied to the seismic data using a source signature dependent on the azimuth and take-off angles.
US10338239B2
The disclosure relates to a system and method for evaluating and calibrating detector in a scanner, further evaluating and calibrating time information detected by at least one time-to-digital convertor.
US10338236B2
This disclosure provides a radiation detection apparatus and a method, a data processing method and a processor, which relates to the field of radiation detection technology. Wherein, the radiation detection apparatus of this disclosure comprises: a radiation detector which generates an electrical signal by interacting with X-rays; an Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) which is coupled to the radiation detector and transmits the electrical signal to a waveform data; and a data processor which receives the waveform data from the ADC, determines the number of single photon signals according to the waveform data, and determines whether an integral signal and/or a count signal of the waveform data will be used for imaging according to the number of the single photon signals.
US10338227B2
Some embodiments of the present invention derive an ionospheric phase bias and an ionospheric differential code bias (DCB) using an absolute ionosphere model, which can be estimated from data obtained from a network of reference stations or obtained from an external source such as WAAS, GAIM, IONEX or other. Fully synthetic reference station data is generated using the ionospheric phase bias and/or the differential code bias together with the phase leveled clock and ionospheric-free code bias and/or MW bias.
US10338223B1
A method for processing point clouds having variable spatial distributions of scan lines includes receiving a point cloud frame generated by a sensor configured to sense a vehicle environment. Each of the points in the frame has associated two-dimensional coordinates and an associated parameter value. The method also includes generating a normalized point cloud frame by adding interpolated points not present in the received frame, at least by, for each interpolated point, identifying one or more neighboring points having associated two-dimensional coordinates that are within a threshold distance of two-dimensional coordinates for the interpolated point, and calculating an estimated parameter value of the interpolated point using, for each of the identified neighboring points, a distance between the two-dimensional coordinates and the parameter value associated with the identified neighboring point. The method also includes generating, using the normalized point cloud frame, signals descriptive of a current state of the vehicle environment.
US10338222B2
Automated methods and systems are disclosed, including a method comprising: capturing images and three-dimensional LIDAR data of a geographic area with an image capturing device and a LIDAR system, as well as location and orientation data for each of the images corresponding to the location and orientation of the image capturing device capturing the images, the images depicting an object of interest and the three-dimensional LIDAR data including the object of interest; storing the three-dimensional LIDAR data on a non-transitory computer readable medium; analyzing the images with a computer system to determine three dimensional locations of points on the object of interest; and updating the three-dimensional LIDAR data with the three dimensional locations of points on the object of interest determined by analyzing the images to create a 3D point cloud.
US10338203B2
Classification preprocessing is provided for medical ultrasound shear wave imaging. In response to stress, the displacement at one or more locations in a patient is measured. The displacement over time is a curve representing a shift in location. One or more characteristics of the curve, such as signal-to-noise ratio and maximum displacement, are used to classify the location. The location is classified as fluid or fluid tissue, solid tissue, or non-determinative. Subsequent shear imaging may provide shear information for locations of solid tissue and not at other locations.
US10338194B2
Disclosed is method of computing a round trip delay between a pair of nodes, the method comprising transmitting at least one beacon at a known transmit time from each of the nodes; measuring the times-of-arrival of the beacons at other of the nodes; and estimating a round trip delay between the nodes from the measured times-of-arrival and the transmit times; and correcting the round trip delay for either or both of a frequency offset between the nodes and relative motion between the nodes.
US10338185B2
A method for calibrating a test instrument having an initial output voltage level and an open output relay can include programming the test instrument for a certain current level, starting a timer, and stopping the timer (responsive to the test instrument entering compliance) to determine a time interval. The method can also include determining whether the time interval is within a desired range.
US10338183B2
In a method and control device for magnetic resonance imaging, raw magnetic resonance data are acquired from one region of an examination object by a number of magnetic resonance receiving antennas of a magnetic resonance system. Calibration values are determined that represent the sensitivity of at least one of the magnetic resonance receiving antennas. An image reconstruction is performed on the basis of the raw magnetic resonance data, taking into consideration the determined calibration values. The determination of the calibration values is frequency-dependent.
US10338182B2
A receiver assembly of a magnetic resonance (MR) system for generating MR recordings of an examination object includes a plurality of reception channels for receiving and amplifying MR signals from reception coils of the MR system connected therewith. A calibration data memory for storing calibration data for the plurality of reception channels is arranged on the receiver assembly. The receiver assembly includes a data link for transmitting the calibration data to the MR system.
US10338181B2
A radio frequency (RF) coil assembly for magnetic resonance imaging includes a transmit only (Tx only) RF coil to apply an RF signal to an object, and a receive only (Rx only) RF coil to receive a magnetic resonance signal from a region of interest of the object excited by the applied RF signal. The Tx only RF coil and the Rx only RF coil are disposed such that a first center of the Tx only RF coil and a second center of the Rx only RF coil are spaced apart from each other by a distance identical to a distance between a first peak point of a first magnetic field generated by the Tx only RF coil and a second peak point of a second magnetic field generated by the Rx only RF coil.
US10338175B2
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry generates a plurality of cross-sectional images for setting a sectional position to be collected in main imaging based on a characteristic portion of a target detected in three-dimensional data. The processing circuitry lists the cross-sectional images on a display and superimposes a mark corresponding to the characteristic portion on at least one of the cross-sectional images. The processing circuitry receives a setting operation to determine the sectional position. The processing circuitry causes, when the mark is selected in the setting operation, a cross-sectional image to be emphasized a sectional position of which is defined using the characteristic portion corresponding to the mark among the listed cross-sectional images. The processing circuitry performs main imaging based on the sectional position after the setting operation.
US10338162B2
A system for magnetic anomaly detection is described. The system may include a nitrogen vacancy (NV) diamond material comprising a plurality of NV centers. A controller modulates a first code packet and controls a first magnetic field generator to apply a first time varying magnetic field at the NV diamond material based on the modulated first code packet. The controller modulates a second code packet and control a second magnetic field generator to apply a second time varying magnetic field at the NV diamond material based on the modulated second code packet, wherein the first code packet and the second code packet are binary sequences which have a low cross correlation with each other. The controller determines a magnitude and direction of the magnetic field at the NV diamond material, and determines a magnetic vector anomaly based on the determined magnitude and direction of the magnetic field.
US10338156B2
An ultra-sensitivity optical-fiber magneto-optic field sensor includes an input fiber passing optical power from an optical source into the sensor; a polarizer optically coupled to and downstream of the input fiber; an analyzer optically coupled to and downstream of the polarizer; an output fiber passing optical power out of the sensor to a photoreceiver; and a magneto-optic crystal element optically coupled between the polarizer and the analyzer. The ultra-sensitivity optical-fiber magneto-optic field sensor has an optical axis extending between the input and output fibers along which a beam of optical power is transmitted.
US10338138B2
A Design-for-testability method based on composition of test patterns copes with increasing test complexity and cost metric of a large system. System-level structural test patterns from test patterns of constituent subsystems, cores and design IPs are constructed without requiring their design netlists. The delivered test patterns can be utilized 100% in the testing of system. The system-level test pattern is delivered to the device under test, the subsystem test patterns can be scheduled and applied continuously without being interleaved by test deliveries until all of the subsystem test patterns are exercised. Absence of design netlist requirement allows uniform integration of external and internal IPs regardless of availability of test isolation logic or design details. Concurrent test of constituents and their mutual independence in scan operations allows implicit distribution of test protocol signals such as scan enable (SE) and the scan clocks. The method enables at-speed testing of memory shadow logic.
US10338136B2
An integrated circuit operable in a scan mode includes a scan chain formed by cascaded flip-flop cells. Each flip-flop cell includes a master latch that receives a first data signal and generates a first latch signal, a slave latch that receives the first latch signal and generates a second latch signal, and a multiplexer having first and second inputs respectively connected to the master and slave latches that receives a first input signal and the second latch signal, and generates a scan data output signal depending on an input trigger signal. The first input signal is one of the first data signal and the first latch signal. The clock signal provided to the slave latch is gated by the input trigger signal.
US10338134B2
In an interface board for testing a multichip package, the multichip package includes a first type semiconductor chip and a second type semiconductor chip, the interface board includes a first surface facing the multichip package and a second surface facing a test apparatus, the first surface includes upper terminals that are electrically connected to terminals of the multichip package, the second surface includes lower terminals that are electrically connected to the test apparatus, and the upper terminals include a first upper terminal group for testing the first type semiconductor chip and a second upper terminal group for testing whether a crack defect exists in the second type semiconductor chip.
US10338131B2
A system has a chip mounting board and a docking board. The chip mounting board can be loaded with test samples in a low voltage environment and can then be transported to a high voltage environment. The chip mounting board can be connected to the docking board and allows high voltage testing of multiple samples in parallel. The chip mounting board can then be disconnected from the docking board and transported back to a low voltage environment to unload the tested samples.
US10338129B2
A deterioration detection device for a printed circuit board includes a monitoring conductor and a voltage supply conductor for supplying voltage/current arranged on the printed circuit board with an arbitrary clearance. A voltage Vx is applied to the voltage supply conductor at a plurality of points. A voltage (0 V) lower than the voltage Vx for the voltage supply conductor is applied to the monitoring conductor through a resistor. An amplifier circuit amplifies a voltage Vy for the monitoring conductor and outputs an output voltage Vout. If the printed circuit board is deteriorated and an insulation resistance Ry between the monitoring conductor and the voltage supply conductor is reduced, the output voltage Vout increases, so that deterioration of the printed circuit board can be detected.
US10338128B2
A life estimation circuit includes a temperature detector configured to detect temperature of a power element unit, an inflection point detection unit configured to detect an inflection point of temperature variation in the power element unit based on an output signal from the temperature detector, an operation unit configured to determine an absolute value of a difference between the temperature of the power element unit at an inflection point detected this time and the temperature of the power element unit at an inflection point detected last time, a count circuit configured to count the number of times that the absolute value of the difference in temperature has reached a threshold temperature, and a signal generation unit configured to output, when a count value from the count circuit reaches a threshold number of times, an alarm signal indicating that the power element is about to reach the end of its life.
US10338127B2
The invention discloses a method for identifying full parameters of an electric element by a fault recording data, comprising steps: inputting fault recording data related to an electric element; conducting data processing on the fault recording data; identifying full parameters of the element by intercepted data and a differential equation of the full parameters of the element; and outputting an identified result. Further proposed are a system for identifying full parameters of a power generator by fault recording data and a method for locating a line fault point with fault recording data. With the implementation of the invention, a fault resistance and full parameters of an element such as an electric line and a transformer, etc. can be identified. The invention can obtain full parameters of a fault element and also a non-fault element, and the parameters precision would be increased from the current 20% to less than 1%.
US10338114B2
An apparatus and a method of determining a frequency of an AC power source that more accurately determine the frequency of the AC power source connected to a vehicle are provided. The apparatus includes a rectifier that is connected to the AC power source to rectify an AC voltage input from the AC power source, a first filter connected to an output terminal of the rectifier to filter a rectified voltage output by the rectifier and a second filter connected to the output terminal of the rectifier to filter the rectified voltage output by the rectifier. Further, a frequency determination unit configured to receive the rectified voltages that pass through the first and second filters and determine a voltage frequency of the AC power source from the rectified voltage that pass through the first filter using the rectified voltage that pass through the second filter as a frequency determination level.
US10338110B2
A source-measure unit (SMU) may be implemented with digital control loops and circuitry to digitally compensate for the impact of input bias current on current measurements. One or more buffers having well-defined characteristics with respect to certain parameters which may affect the current measurements may be used in the output signal path of the SMU where a shunt voltage developed across a current sense element is measured. For example, the buffers may conduct/develop respective input bias currents that change perceptibly and predictably with temperature. By measuring the temperature and adjusting a control voltage—which is used to develop the shunt voltage—according to the temperature measurements, the impact of the input bias current[s] on the current measurement[s] may be reduced to negligible levels and/or may be eliminated. The control voltage may be adjusted by adjusting a voltage feedback value representative of the measured shunt voltage, and/or by adjusting a current setpoint used for generating the control voltage.
US10338109B2
A power cable measurement device is provided, which may include a casing, a plurality current sensing modules and a plurality of voltage sensing modules. The casing may be used to envelope a three-phase three-wire power cable. The voltage sensing modules and the current sensing modules may be disposed on the casing and spaced at regular intervals; any two adjacent current sensing modules may be divided by one voltage sensing module. The power cable measurement device can accurately estimate the electricity information of the three-phase three-wire power cable according to a characteristic curve database constructed by pre-measurement, the induced voltages of the voltage sensing modules and the induced voltages of the current sensing modules.
US10338102B2
In a voltage detection device for a transforming apparatus, a voltage divider is constituted by providing an intermediate electrode between a central conductor and a tank of the transforming apparatus, to detect a voltage E1 of the central conductor based on a voltage E2 of the voltage divider. The voltage detection device for a transforming apparatus includes an incomplete integration circuit having a reverse characteristic to an input/output voltage amplitude ratio-frequency characteristic of a high-pass filter formed by a floating electrostatic capacitance between the central conductor and the intermediate electrode, an earth electrostatic capacitance between the intermediate electrode and the tank, and a voltage dividing resistor connected in parallel to the earth electrostatic capacitance, and a signal processing circuit that outputs a value based on an output voltage E3 of the incomplete integration circuit as the voltage E1 of the central conductor.
US10338094B2
An apparatus for pretreating a wheel speed includes a tone wheel having a plurality of teeth, a hall sensor configured to detect a measurement angle including an offset of each of the teeth, an offset correcting unit configured to correct the measurement angle with a corrective offset when disturbance is generated and a frequency estimating unit configured to estimate a frequency based on a result value calculated from the offset correcting unit.
US10338078B2
The present invention provides an apparatus having a sample separation unit, a Raman spectroscopy unit, and a mass spectrometry unit. The present invention further provides a method for specifying a biomolecule and a method for identifying the binding site of the biomolecule and the low-molecular-weight compound, comprising a combination of Raman spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. The present invention further provides a surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy method with improved sensitivity.
US10338076B2
A diagnostic reagent or device comprises at least one ligand capable of specifically complexing with, binding to, or quantitatively detecting or identifying the biomarker chloride intracellular channel protein 4 (CLIC4) or an isoform, pro-form, modified molecular form including posttranslational modification, or unique peptide fragment or nucleic acid fragment thereof. An alternative diagnostic reagent or device comprises ligand or ligands capable of specifically complexing with, binding to, or quantitatively detecting or identifying multiple tropomyosin biomarkers. Optionally, such reagent or device includes a signaling molecule and/or a substrate on which the ligand is immobilized. Other reagents and methods of diagnosing ovarian cancer include use of CLIC4 ligands and/or multiple tropomyosin ligands with an additional ovarian cancer biomarker. For example, CLIC4 combined with one or more of CLIC1 and/or one or multiple members of the tropomyosin family, e.g., TPM1, TPM2, TPM3 or TPM4, and further optionally including CTSD-30 kDa and/or PRDX-6, among other ovarian cancer biomarkers can form a characteristic diagnostic pattern or profile of expression that is diagnostic of the disease. Still other embodiments are described.
US10338075B2
Methods and compositions are provided for assessing (e.g., diagnosing), treating, and preventing diseases, especially cancer, and particular lung cancer, using lung cancer markers (LCM). Individual LCM and panels comprising multiple LCM are provided for these and other uses. Methods and compositions are also provided for determining or predicting the effectiveness of a treatment or for selecting a treatment using LCM. Methods and compositions are further provided for modulating cell function using LCM. Also provided are compositions that modulate LCM (e.g., antagonists or agonists), such as antibodies, proteins, small molecule compounds, and nucleic acid agents (e.g., RNAi and antisense agents), as well as pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Further provided are methods of screening for agents that modulate LCM, and agents identified by these screening methods.
US10338074B2
Methods are provided for identifying biomarker proteins that exhibit differential expression in subjects with a first lung condition versus healthy subjects or subjects with a second lung condition. Also provided are compositions comprising these biomarker proteins and methods of using these biomarker proteins or panels thereof to diagnose, classify, and monitor various lung conditions. The methods and compositions provided herein may be used to diagnose or classify a subject as having lung cancer or a non-cancerous condition, and to distinguish between different types of cancer (e.g., malignant versus benign, SCLC versus NSCLC).
US10338071B2
A repeatable method for detecting circulating tumor cells in vitro is provided. The method involves combining a test sample from a patient suspected of having circulating tumor cells, and a non-lytic adenoviral system, and culture media for the cells. The adenoviral system utilizes (i) a first replication-defective adenoviral particle in which an expression cassette is packaged, said expression cassette comprising an adenoviral 5′ and 3′ ITRs and a tumor-specific promoter; and (ii) a coding sequence for a reporter protein which is expressed in the presence of circulating tumor cells, and an adenoviral 3′ ITR. The test sample and the non-lytic adenoviral system are incubated for a sufficient time to permit expression of the reporter protein, and measuring reporter protein expression in the test samples, whereby presence of reporter expression indicates the presence of circulating tumor cells in the sample. Because the system is non-lytic, the testing can be repeated on the cells which remain viable in culture. Also provided is a method for enriching test samples having circulating tumor cells and a microfluidics device suitable for CTC-specification identification and enumeration.
US10338069B2
Glycan arrays that can detect and distinguish between various sub-types and strains of influenza virus are provided. Methods for using the glycan arrays with assays using nanoparticle amplification technique are disclosed. Sandwich assays using gold nanoparticles conjugated to phage particles comprising influenza virus-specific antibodies for detecting multiple serotypes using a single reaction are provided. Plurality of glycans directed to specific target HA of influenza virus comprises the array. Detector molecules comprising noble metals conjugated to (a) phage display particles expressing antibodies against hemagglutinin and (b) neuraminidase binding agents are disclosed.
US10338065B2
A method is taught for the accurate determination of the premature rupture of membranes (PROM), defined as spontaneous rupture of membranes before the onset of uterine contractions. More specifically, a lateral flow assay strip tests for at least two antigens to greatly limit or eliminate the possibility of false negatives. A built-in timer in the cassette holding the lateral flow assay further increases the accuracy of the test. A collection buffer vial with self-contained shipping and dropper caps and built-in stand is also taught.
US10338055B2
A multi-frequency inductive sensing system can be used for spectrographic material analysis of a conductive target material (such as tissue) based on electrical impedance spectroscopy. An inductive senor can be driven with an excitation current at multiple sensor excitation frequencies (ω) to project a time-varying magnetic field into a sensing area on the surface of the target material, inducing eddy currents within the target material. The inductive sensor can be characterized by a sensor impedance Z(ω) as a function of the sensor excitation frequency (ω), and the resulting induced eddy currents. Multiple sensor impedance Zs(ω) measurements, at the multiple sensor excitation frequencies (ω), can be determined, which represent electromagnetic properties of the target material (such as permittivity ε, permeability μ, and resistivity ρ), based on the induced eddy currents. The multiple sensor excitation frequencies (ω), and corresponding multiple sensor impedance Zs(ω) measurements, can be selected for particular target penetration depths.
US10338046B2
An object of the present invention is to provide an artificial olfactory sensing system capable of sniffing out various odors highly sensitively.The artificial olfactory sensing system includes: plural sensor cells on a lipid membrane of each of which olfactory receptors have developed; and plural ion-sensitive field-effect transistors (ISFETs) that correspondingly exist to the sensor cells on a one-on-one basis. A response signal showing that each of the olfactory receptors of each of the sensor cells has recognized an odor molecule is converted into an electric signal by an ISFET corresponding to each of the sensor cells.
US10338021B2
A method for measuring the concentration of at least one gas from a gas sample by a sensor system (10) which has a measuring area (12) with at least one gas sensor (14), wherein the inlet of the measuring area (12) being closed by a gas-permeable structure (13) such that the volume of the measuring area (12) is initially heated up, the heating is then switched off and the change in resistance of the at least one gas sensor (14) is measured.
US10338020B2
The present invention relates to a method for measuring metal ion permeability of a polymer film, comprising the steps of: applying a voltage to the polymer film at a temperature of 5° C. to 250° C., while one side of the polymer film is brought into contact with an electrolyte comprising metal ions, an organic solvent and an aqueous solvent; and measuring the change rate of resistance or change rate of current of the polymer film according to time, after the voltage is applied, and a device for measuring metal ion permeability of a polymer film used therefor.
US10338014B2
Methods estimating a property of a porous media include: saturating a sample of the porous media; spinning the sample in a centrifuge with a first end of the sample closer to an axis of rotation of the centrifuge than a second end of the sample; obtaining a first estimate of the first property; saturating the sample of the porous media; spinning the sample in a centrifuge with the second end of the sample closer to the axis of rotation of the centrifuge than the first end of the sample; obtaining a second estimate of the first property; and determining the second property of the porous media based at least in part on the first estimate of the first property and the second estimate of the first property. The first property can be a T2 distribution and the second property can be a T2 cutoff.
US10338006B2
A method for automated alignment of electronic components with respect to one or more inspection devices for inspecting the electronic components, each electronic component having a plurality of side surfaces. The method comprises: positioning each electronic component relative to an imaging device; determining, by the imaging device, an angular offset and a linear offset between each side surface of the electronic component and the one or more inspection devices; positioning each electronic component relative to the inspection devices; effecting alignment between each side surface and the one or more inspection devices in accordance with the respective angular and linear offsets; and inspecting each side surface after effecting alignment between the side surface and the inspection devices.
US10338003B2
An apparatus for counting textile cords in a tire reinforcement belt by cutting the reinforcement belt into a plurality of belt units and successively measuring the number of textile cords in each belt unit is provided. The apparatus includes a feed roller having wound therearound a reinforcement belt on which textile cords are arranged along a longitudinal direction of the reinforcement belt; one or more take-up rollers configured to collect the reinforcement belt from the feed roller; a plurality of guide rollers interposed between the take-up rollers and configured to support a top surface or a bottom surface of the reinforcement belt; one or more light sources, each configured to emit a line of light onto a surface of the reinforcement belt that is passing around the guide rollers; and one or more image sensors configured to capture images reflected off the surface of the reinforcement belt.
US10338002B1
Methods and systems for selecting optical modes suitable for defect inspection are disclosed. A method may include: scanning a full-stack wafer of the particular type utilizing a set of optical modes to obtain a set of full-stack wafer images; and de-processing the full-stack wafer to produce a de-processed wafer based on a location of a potential defect of interest indicated by the set of full-stack wafer images to facilitate selection of optical modes suitable for defect inspection of wafers of the particular type.
US10337976B2
According to one embodiment, a microanalysis chip includes a substrate, a flow channel in which a sample liquid is allowed to flow, the flow channel being provided on a main surface side of the substrate, a reservoir in which the sample liquid is allowed to be stored, the reservoir being provided on a main surface of the substrate, including a bank having a go-around shape and further including a liquid introduction inlet for connection to an end of the flow channel, the liquid introduction inlet being provided on the main surface of the substrate in the bank, and a filter which is provided between the liquid introduction inlet and the end of the flow channel and includes a first micropore for allowing passage of a fine particle in the sample liquid.
US10337973B2
Disclosed is a system for estimating a snow depth including: an optical disdrometer for acquiring information on diameters of snow particles and particle number concentration; a laser snow depth gauge for measuring the height of snow accumulated through a laser beam type sensor to provide an observed stop depth; an estimated snow depth equation calculator for determining an optimal index for the diameters of the snow particles provided by the optical disdrometer, substituting the optimal index for a snow depth calculation equation as a first mathematical equation to calculate a computed snow depth, obtaining correlation between the observed snow depth and the computed snow depth, and calculating a regression equation between the observed snow depth and the computed snow depth as an estimated snow depth equation; and a snow depth estimator for estimating the snow depth on the basis of the estimated snow depth equation, and the first mathematical equation.
US10337966B2
A data logging apparatus stores communications data transmitted/received between a first apparatus and a second apparatus as log data, determines whether an event occurs based on the communications data, and stores log data within predetermined time periods before and after the time point at which the event has occurred, i.e., between a log start time and a log end time as event data. The data logging apparatus can efficiently store data that is used for analyzing the cause of the event occurring in the first apparatus.
US10337965B2
An event is classified as a fault of hardware or a fault of a system or a control system. When the event is classified as the fault of the hardware, the event is expanded into lower events, physical quantities of the event and the lower events are acquired, and it is examined whether the event is expanded properly or not based on relationship between the physical quantity of the event and the physical quantities of the lower events. When the event is classified as the fault of the system or the control system, a block diagram of the system or the control system is created, and the event is expanded into the lower events based on input/output relationship in the block diagram of the system or the control system.
US10337961B2
A method of controlling a assembly includes measuring a first amplitude of a selected harmonic order of the radial force variation of the assembly, and locating a first angular location of the selected order of the radial force variation of the assembly. A second angular location of a tire is located, which indicates a phase of the selected order of a radial force variation of the tire, having a second amplitude. A third angular location of a wheel is located, which indicates a phase of the selected order of a runout value of the wheel, and has a third amplitude. A remaining force metric may be calculated using the pairs of the first amplitude and the first angular location, the second amplitude and the second angular location, and the third amplitude and the third angular location.
US10337956B2
A method of qualifying an effective bandwidth of a multimode optical fiber at a first wavelength λ1, using DMD data of the fiber measured a second wavelength λ2. Data representative of a Radial Offset Delay, a Radial Offset Bandwidth and a Relative Radial Coupled Power of the fiber are derived from the DMD data at the second wavelength λ2. A transformation is performed on the ROD data and ROB data at the second wavelength λ2 to obtain corresponding ROD data and ROB data at the first wavelength λ1. An effective bandwidth of the fiber at the second wavelength λ2 is computed using the ROD data and the ROB data at the first wavelength λ1 and the {tilde over (P)}DMD data at the second wavelength λ2.
US10337951B2
Apparatus and methods for determining flexural rigidity of a plant. The apparatus includes a base and support hingedly coupled thereto. A contact element on the support engages the stem of plant. Force and angular displacement data are collected. Flexural rigidity of the plant stem is determined.
US10337950B2
Examples herein relate to detecting a coolant leak. For example, a system includes a nanosensor coupled to an airflow channel in a server. The nanosensor provides a resistance measurement to a controller. The system includes the controller coupled to the nanosensor. The controller detects the coolant leak based on the resistance measurement from the nanosensor.
US10337948B2
An apparatus includes an enclosure designed to house electronics and a ventilation plug fastened to an exterior of the enclosure, the ventilation plug being adapted for field testing hermeticity.
US10337941B2
A pressure sensor includes a sensor assembly and an evaluation unit. The sensor assembly includes a sensor and an electrode arrangement. The sensor generates signals under the action of a pressure profile, and the electrode arrangement transmits the signals to the evaluation unit. The evaluation unit includes an electric circuit board that is connected to the electrode arrangement by material bonding.
US10337930B2
A number of variations may include a method which may include determining a temperature rise in an IGBT junction without the use of a temperature estimation or measurement device because determination may be made by first determining the power loss due to the conduction losses of the IGBT and power loss associated with switching the IGBT where these losses may be determined by utilizing the saturation voltage of the IGBT, IGBT PWM duty cycle, IGBT switching frequency, fundamental frequency along with a lookup table for the switching energies and the phase current going through the IGBT. The determined power loss may be multiplied by a measured, sensed or obtained thermal impedance from the IGBT junction. Finally, the determined temperature rise of the IGBT junction may be added to a measured, sensed or obtained temperature of the coolant in order to determine the absolute temperature of the IGBT junction.
US10337929B2
A remote cooking reminder system for reminding a user of a heating apparatus condition while the user is in another room of a building. The remote cooking reminder system preferably comprises at least one sensor configured to activate at least one relay when a heating apparatus is energized, a transmitter electrically connected to the at least one relay where the transmitter is configured to send a signal when the at least one relay is activated, and at least one remote receiver configured to receive the signal and provide a reminder. The at least one remote receiver is preferably located in at least one room separate from the heating apparatus.
US10337928B2
An autocorrelation measurement device includes a first reflection member, a second reflection member, a focusing unit, a nonlinear optical crystal, a detection unit, a filter, an aperture, a delay adjusting unit, and an analysis unit. Incident pulsed light is transmitted through the second reflection member and incident on the first reflection member. First pulsed light reflected on a first reflection surface of the first reflection member and a second reflection surface of the second reflection member and second pulsed light reflected on a second reflection surface of the first reflection member and a first reflection surface of the second reflection member are incident on the nonlinear optical crystal via the focusing unit. Second harmonic light generated in the nonlinear optical crystal is detected by the detection unit.
US10337923B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for processing spectral imaging (SI) data. A training operation estimates reconstruction matrices based on a spectral mosaic of an SI sensor, generates directionally interpolated maximum a-priori (MAP) estimations of image data based on the estimated reconstruction matrices. The training operation may determine filter coefficients for each of a number of cross-band interpolation filters based at least in part on the MAP estimations, and may determine edge classification factors based at least in part on the determined filter coefficients. The training operation may configure a cross-band interpolation circuit based at least in part on the determined filter coefficients and the determined edge classification factors. The configured cross-band interpolation circuit captures mosaic data using the SI sensor, and recovers full-resolution spectral data from the captured mosaic data.
US10337921B2
In a direct stimulus value reading type colorimetric photometer, first, second, and third colorimetric optical systems have spectral responsivities approximate to first, second, and third parts of the color matching function, respectively. A deriving unit derives a colorimetric value corresponding to a case in which the color matching function is selected as an evaluation function for colorimetry and a photometric value corresponding to a case in which the spectral luminous efficiency is selected as an evaluation function for photometry (i.e. “CASE”) from three signals. The spectral luminous efficiency is not consistent with any one of the first, second, and third parts. A fourth colorimetric optical system may have spectral responsivity approximate to the spectral luminous efficiency, and the deriving unit may derive the colorimetric value corresponding to the CASE from a fourth signal.
US10337910B2
A laboratory stand comprises a holding rod for receiving instruments or measuring devices for treating or examining media or substances or mixtures which may be contained or filled into a vessel arranged next to the holding rod in the usage position, into which vessel appropriate instruments or measuring instruments can engage from above. In order to be able to perform the metering of the substances in the vessel prior to, or during, the processing in a simple manner and/or in order to be able to quickly and reliably identify weight changes, support projections are moveably mounted and provided with, or connected or provided with an operative connection to, a weighing apparatus such that the displacement of the set-up feet, which is increased in the case of increasing weight or reduced in the case of decreasing weight, can be determined as weight change.
US10337908B2
A cast load cell comprising a load sensing portion integrally cast with a first mounting portion. The load sensing portion has a flexure portion spaced apart from the first mounting portion by a flexure gap. The load sensing portion has at least one sensor cavity above at least a portion of the flexure gap. A second mounting portion is integrally cast with the load sensing portion above the flexure gap. A load sensor is connected to the load sensor portion and positioned within the sensor cavity above a portion of the flexure gap. The first mounting portion, the load sensing portion, and the second mounting portion define an integral, low-profile, weld-free, substantially homogenous unitary cast member.
US10337898B2
A sensor unit for measuring a mass flow rate of a liquid hot-melt adhesive is disclosed. The sensor unit includes a flow channel for the hot-melt adhesive, a first temperature measurement device positioned at a first position in the flow channel, a second temperature measurement device positioned at a second position in the flow channel and a heating device assigned to the second temperature measurement device, and a control unit for controlling the heating device and for measuring the mass flow rate. The controller is configured to adjust the temperature of the heating device assigned to the second temperature measurement device to a value, to determine the heating power for heating the heating device assigned to the second temperature measurement device, and to calculate the mass flow rate in the flow channel. The first and second temperature measurement devices are arranged substantially parallel to each other in the flow channel.
US10337890B2
A single housing with a non-ferromagnetic piezo-driven flexure has primary and secondary coil forms of different diameters, one coaxially inside the other, integrated in the flexure. The cylinders defining the planes of the primary and secondaries do not spatially overlap. The secondary coil forms may be wound in opposite directions and wired to provide a transformer device. Movement of the primary relative to the secondaries in the direction of the central axis of the coils can be differentially detected with high precision.
US10337889B2
A device for inductive position determination comprises a coil, a positional element, a scanning device for determining an inductance of the coil and an evaluation device for determining a position of the positional element in relation to the coil, based on the inductance determined. In certain embodiments, the positional element comprises a ferromagnetic and electrically insulated material.
US10337888B2
A sensor circuit includes a plurality of half-bridge sensor circuits. The sensor circuit includes a sensor output value determination circuit configured to determine a sensor output value. The sensor circuit further includes an error determination circuit configured to generate an error signal based on a first half-bridge sensor signal and a second half-bridge sensor signal. The sensor circuit further includes a control circuit configured to control a selection of one of the first half-bridge sensor circuit and the second half-bridge sensor circuit for providing one of the first half-bridge sensor signal and the second half-bridge sensor signal to the sensor output value determination circuit to determine the sensor output value.
US10337879B2
Apparatus, systems, and/or methods may provide travel assistance. For example, a determination may be made that a user is to begin driving in the near future. In addition, a determination may be made of one or more predicted destinations when the user is to begin driving in the near future. Thus, travel assistance may be provided to the user based on the one or more predicted destinations when the user is to begin driving in the near future.
US10337875B2
A device can receive a request to determine a set of navigational directions, and can obtain a set of traffic objects associated with a first map layer. The set of traffic objects can include nodes to identify one or more geographic locations and one or more links to identify one or more geographic areas between the nodes. The device can determine a shortest-path tree by analyzing the set of traffic objects, the shortest-path tree being associated with a static data structure. The device can generate a dynamic data structure that includes the shortest-path tree and a set of additional traffic objects associated with a second map layer. The device can determine a shortest path by analyzing traffic objects associated with the shortest-path tree and the set of additional traffic objects. The device can provide the set of navigational directions to indicate the shortest path.
US10337870B2
System and method for generating a dynamic route map for a person trapped in an enclosed space and for enabling quick evacuation of the person is disclosed. When a request for evacuation is made by the person, the evacuation system locates the person based on the RFID person identifier tag and localizes the location of the person with respect to plurality of RFID floor tags and plurality of self-identifying RFID reader antenna tags. Further, condition of the floor is assessed by comparing the RSSI readings of the plurality of RFID floor tags and the RSSI readings of the plurality of self-identifying RFID reader antenna tags and the environmental information with pre-defined baseline RSSI readings of the plurality of RFID floor tags, RSSI readings of the plurality of self-identifying RFID reader antenna tags and an environmental threshold. A dynamic floor map is generated by collecting the RSSI readings from the plurality of RFID floor tags, self-identifying RFID reader antenna tags. Subsequently, the condition of the rest of the floors is assessed by analyzing the environmental information from plurality of environmental sensors and assessing the working condition of RFID tags deployed at each floor. Finally, generating a dynamic route map such that emergency rescue operators can reach out to the trapped person in least amount of time.
US10337861B2
An image generating device for generating a depth map is provided. The image generating device includes an image sensor including phase detection pixels, a lens driver adjusting a position of a lens to adjust a distance between the lens and an object, a phase difference calculator calculating first phase differences based on first phase signals generated when the lens is placed in a first position and calculating second phase differences based on second phase signals generated when the lens is placed in a second position being different from the first position, and a depth map generator generating first and second depth data associated with a distance between the phase detection pixels and the object based on the first and second phase differences and generating a depth map based on the first and second depth data.
US10337855B2
In a method of operating a dimensioning system with a plurality of laser scanners, a processor controls the operations of the scanners and processes the scanner signals, and further with memory for storing data delivered by the processor, the data acquired by the dimensioning system in its regular mode of operation are used to construct a three-dimensional model of surface points of the object including spatial coordinates and image intensity for each surface point. The three-dimensional model is stored in the memory. Based on the three-dimensional model, two-dimensional images from any desired viewing angle that was exposed to the scanner rays can be produced on demand to document the appearance of the object at the time the scan was taken.
US10337836B2
A guide (1) for a firearm (500) is mechanically and electrically engageable by an accessory device (900). The guide (1) includes a coupling body (2) with two rows of teeth (21, 22) and, between them, an interaction surface (25), identifying interaction modules (250) including a pair of main holes (251) and a secondary hole (252). The guide (1) includes an electronic group (3) having an electronic board (31) and electrical contacts (30) divided into main pairs of electrical contacts (301) housed in the main pairs of holes (251) and secondary pairs of electrical contacts (302) each housed in a respective secondary hole (252). The guide (1) includes a switch group (4), operationally connected to electrical contacts (301, 302) suitable for moving the contacts between an inactive position and an active position upon the action of the accessory group (900) which is thus electrically connected.
US10337835B2
An ordnance munition is included in an intelligent ordnance projectile delivery system and equipped with targeting and guidance systems that allow the ordnance munition to collaborate with other devices to intelligently select targets and/or to guide the ordnance munition to its selected target. The ordnance munition may determine its approximate current location, form a communication group with a wireless transceiver that is in close proximity, and send the approximate current location to the wireless transceiver and/or other devices in the communication group. In response, the ordnance munition may receive location information from the wireless transceiver and/or other devices that are in the communication group. The ordnance munition may determine its more precise location based on the information received from the wireless transceiver, and alter its flight path based in the updated and more precise location.
US10337831B2
A compensating mechanism includes a base, an adjusting unit, an adjusting cap and a stop unit. The adjusting unit is disposed on the base. The adjusting cap is configured to move the adjusting unit with respect to the base so as to form a first circumferential movement range. The stop unit includes a sliding element and a limiting element, wherein the limiting element includes a movement region, and the adjusting cap is configured to move the sliding element along the movement region so as to form a second circumferential movement range. A sum of a first central angle corresponding to the first circumferential movement range and a second central angle corresponding to the second circumferential movement range is a fixed value. The invention also provides a sight, wherein the sight includes a main body, an objective unit, an ocular unit, an inner lens barrel and the compensating mechanism.
US10337821B1
A stable mount is secured firmly to the bed of a vehicle and is of sufficient height to reach an opening in the roof level. The stable mount has five primary parts made of a suitable material and constructed together with welds. The mount has sufficient rigidity such that the first resonant mode of vibration of the mount is greater than the post-actuation resonance of the mounted weapon so that optimal gun bolt actuation is realized and the jamming of rounds is prevented.
US10337818B1
A modification to a trigger assembly for an AK style firearm having a trigger with sear and a disconnector pivotally coupled to the trigger, includes a secondary disconnector pivotally coupled to the trigger rearward of the disconnector and movable between a limiting position toward the disconnector and a non-limiting position away from the disconnector. A selector bar is movable between a front position, engaging the trigger to prevent rotation thereof, a middle position allowing the secondary disconnector to be biased into the limiting position engaging the disconnector, and a back position engaging the secondary disconnector and retaining the secondary disconnector in the non-limiting position against the bias and spaced from the disconnector.
US10337815B2
A firearm support for a firearm includes: a body, which is provided with at least one profile on its surface; a feeler pin, for striking against the profile and for being coupled to the firearm so as to follow the movement of said firearm; a support element, rotatable around a first axis (z-z) relative to the body. The support element is suited to be coupled to the firearm, thus allowing mutual rotation between the support element and the firearm around a second axis (x-x).
US10337813B2
A bullpup conversion kit for a firearm including a lower receiver with a topside channel that partially receives an upper receiver of the firearm and a magazine well. The firearm includes a trigger pack with a removable trigger. A trigger bar assembly including a trigger bar, a front trigger mount, and a trigger shoe is received within the topside channel. The trigger bar extends along one side of the magazine well. The front trigger mount is disposed on a forward end of the trigger bar. The trigger shoe includes upper and lower ends. The upper end of the trigger shoe is pivotally coupled to the trigger pack in place of the removable trigger. The lower end of the trigger shoe is connected to a rearward end of the trigger bar by a pin. The lower receiver hinges away from the upper receiver about a front hook during disassembly.
US10337810B2
Takedown pins for rifles have a pin movable in a direction along its length between an operating condition and a released condition. The pin has a first end portion that prevents relative movement of the upper receiver with respect to the lower receiver when the pin is in the operating condition. The first end portion has a lower end portion surface adapted to resist upward movement of the upper receiver's lug. The pin has an intermediate portion adjacent to the lower end portion surface defining a lower channel having a lower channel surface above the level of the lower end portion surface. When the pin is in the released condition, the lower channel is registered with the lug, and the lug is enabled to move upward with respect to the lower receiver by a limited distance to a disengaged position.
US10337805B2
A heat storage device (1) of the present disclosure includes: a heat storage container (10) having an inlet (2) and an outlet (3) for a heat medium; a plate-like heat storage body (4) disposed in the heat storage container (10) and having a heat storage material (4a) and an envelope (4b) containing the heat storage material (4a); a plate-like spacer (6) placed on the heat storage body (4) in the heat storage container (10) and having a plurality of contact portions (6a) that are in contact with the heat storage body (4) and a plurality of non-contact portions (6b) that are spaced from the heat storage body (4), the contact portions (6a) and the non-contact portions (6b) being alternately formed in a specific direction; and a plurality of flow paths (5) for leading the heat medium from the inlet (2) to the outlet (3), the flow paths being formed by a surface of the heat storage body (4) and the non-contact portions (6b) and extending in a direction intersecting the specific direction. Thereby, the heat transfer characteristics between the heat storage material and the heat medium are good.
US10337796B2
A double-sealing type apparatus for collecting spray freeze ice ball particles and a collecting method for the double-sealing type apparatus are provided. The double-sealing type apparatus includes a collector, a collecting trolley, a vacuum pumping device, a heating device, a first sealing pad and a second sealing pad. The collector is arranged on the collecting trolley, and is provided with a collecting port. The collecting port corresponds to a discharging port at the bottom of a freezing tower. A water inlet is further provided at the collecting port, and the water inlet is in communication with a space formed by the aligning of the collecting port and the discharging port. Good sealing performance is achieved in a double-sealing manner including the sealing pads and the ice sealing, so as to smoothly transfer ice balls in the freezing tower.
US10337788B2
This invention relates to refrigerators, and more particularly to a refrigerator in which a vacuum space is formed between an outer case and an inner case of a body thereof for enhancing a heat insulating function. The refrigerator includes a body having a storage space for storing a predetermined storage object, wherein the body includes an inner case having the storage space, an outer case having an inside surface spaced a predetermined gap from an outside surface of the inner case to house the inner case, and a vacuum space provided between the inner case and the outer case sealed to maintain a vacuum state for heat insulating between the inner case and the outer case.
US10337781B2
A chiller system includes a compressor, a condenser and an evaporator in fluid communication. A motor drives the compressor. A variable speed drive powers the motor. An oil heater and pump system circulate heated lubricating oil in the compressor. A control panel is arranged to determine whether an input parameter is greater than or equal to a threshold parameter; deactivate the VSD in response to sensing that the input parameter is less than the threshold parameter; determine at least one chiller capacity control parameter at a point when the VSD is deactivated, and maintain the at least one chiller capacity control parameter while the VSD is deactivated; determine that the input parameter has been restored; determine a motor rotation and motor rotational speed; and in response to determining that the input parameter is restored and the motor is rotating in a forward direction, reactivate the VSD.
US10337780B2
A system comprising a compressor coupled to a first coil through a first valve and a second coil through a second valve, wherein the first coil and the second coil are coupled to a third coil. The system further comprises a fan operable to blow ambient air across the first coil, a first expansion valve coupled to and positioned between the first coil and the third coil and a second expansion valve coupled to and positioned between the second coil and the third coil. The system comprises a controller operable to monitor a pressure of the refrigerant, operate the first expansion valve to reduce refrigerant flow into the first, and operate the second expansion valve to reduce refrigerant flow through the second coil.
US10337776B2
A refrigeration system having an airflow supply system having a supply duct providing cooled air from a refrigeration unit to a plurality of galley carts received in one or more cart compartments includes a plurality of valves coupled in the airflow supply system for controlling flows of the cooled air to the plurality of galley carts in the one or more cart compartments, where each valve of the plurality of valves is associated with a respective galley cart. The refrigeration system includes a plurality of primary valve control actuators each coupled to a respective valve and configured to reposition the respective valve during a first mode of operation. The refrigeration system includes a backup valve control actuator coupled to at least one of the plurality of valves and configured to reposition the at least one of the plurality of valves during a second mode of operation.
US10337773B2
A cooling system includes a refrigerant compressor and a first operating medium, which provides a mixture of refrigerant and lubrication oil. An oil separator reduces the percentage of the refrigerant in the operating medium to a value between 15% by weight and 50% by weight.
US10337769B2
When a refrigerant amount balance control is executed, in indoor units where the refrigerant supercooling degree is lower than an average refrigerant supercooling degree, the refrigerant pressure on a downstream side of indoor expansion valves decreases since the degrees of opening of the valves are decreased. On the other hand, in an indoor unit where the refrigerant supercooling degree is higher than the average refrigerant supercooling degree, although the degrees of opening of the valves are made high, the refrigerant pressure on the downstream side of the valves decreases and this decreases the refrigerant pressure on the downstream side of the indoor expansion valve, so that the difference in pressure between on the upstream side and on the downstream side of the indoor expansion valve increases and the liquid refrigerant staying at an indoor heat exchanger of the indoor unit consequently flows out into a liquid pipe.
US10337764B2
An assembly for fastening a conduit to a flashing structure that is typically secured to a shingled roof. The apparatus includes an adjustable clamp that can be secured to a cap on the flashing. A conduit is laid on top of the cap and the adjustable clamp is positioned on top of the conduit and is snapped in place along the perimeter of the cap. An adjustable bolt is threaded through the top of the clamp with a curved saddle that resides beneath the clamp and conforms to the shape of the conduit's outer surface. The bolt can then be adjusted to tighten the conduit to the cap. An exemplary use of the clamp involves securing conduit for running electrical wiring throughout a solar panel array.
US10337762B2
A heat exchanger for hot water supply (21) is comprised of: a first heat exchanging unit (21) a that heats the water, which is supplied from a second communication section x1 to the hollow portions of hollow plates P1 to P5 and reaches a first communication section y, by a combustion exhaust gas that circulates through the gaps among the hollow plates P1 to P5; and a second heat exchanging unit (21b) that heats the water, which is supplied from the first communication section y to the hollow portions of the hollow plates P6 to P8 below the hollow plates P1 to P5 and reaches a third communication section x2, by a heat medium that circulates through the gaps among the hollow plates P6 to P8.
US10337761B2
A microenvironmental cooling system is disclosed. The microenvironmental system includes a pressure box or a pressure source upstream of an evaporator. Downstream of an evaporator is a personal cooling device, which is adapted to lay adjacent or on the skin of the user. The evaporator includes an evaporator coil (having fins and a coolant tube) and a housing and walls configured to direct the airflow through the housing, in several embodiments, multiple times across the longitudinal axis fins of the coil.
US10337758B2
Supply air conduit (7) along which air is sent from outdoors to indoors by the air supply fan (9), exhaust air conduit (8) along which air is sent from indoors to outdoors by the air exhaust fan (10), and heat exchange element (6) provided at a position where supply air conduit (7) and exhaust air conduit (8) intersect, for exchanging heat between indoor air and outdoor air for ventilation are included. In addition, in exhaust air conduit (8), humidity detection unit (14) is provided at a position upstream of heat exchange element (6), and, in supply air conduit (7), temperature detection unit (13) is provided at a position upstream of heat exchange element (6). In addition, controller (11) reduces, when a temperature detected by temperature detection unit (13) and humidity detected by humidity detection unit (14) are predetermined values, speed of an air supply motor and an air exhaust motor so that air flow rates at which moisture neither condenses nor freezes are attained.
US10337749B2
According to one embodiment, an ultraviolet light system includes an ultraviolet light source configured to be coupled inside of a ventilation hood plenum, and a light power module. The light power module includes a base configured to be coupled to an outside surface of a wall of the plenum, and further includes a light connector. The light connector is configured to extend into the inside of the plenum through the wall. The ultraviolet light source further includes a light wire positionable entirely within the plenum. The light wire has a first end configured to be coupled to the ultraviolet light source, and a second end that is configured to be coupled to the light connector.
US10337740B2
The invention relates to a device for supporting and centring a fuel injector in a turbine engine combustion chamber, which includes means for centring a fuel injector along an axis, which are movable in a plane that is radial to the centring axis (52) in supporting means intended for being attached to the bottom of an annular chamber (18). According to the invention, the centring means include at least two radially external tabs (54, 56) each inserted respectively in a circumferential recess (60, 64) of the supporting means, the device including circumferential abutment means (78, 80, 74, 76, 82, 86, 84, 88) of the radial tabs (54, 56) of the centring means in the circumferential recesses (60, 64), the circumferential abutment means being configured such as to enable a greater angular displacement of a first (54, 154) one of the radial tabs in a first circumferential recess (60) relative to a second (56, 156) one of the radial tabs in a second circumferential recess (64).
US10337732B2
Combustion burners, burner panels, submerged combustion melters including the panels, and methods of using the same are disclosed. In certain embodiments, the burner includes an annular liquid cooled jacket defining a central longitudinal through passage. An inner conduit is positioned substantially concentrically within an outer conduit, the latter positioned in the through passage, each conduit comprising proximal and distal ends, the conduits configured so that the outer and inner conduits are movable axially. The inner conduit forms a primary passage and the outer conduit forms a secondary passage between the outer conduit and the inner conduit. In one embodiment the outer conduit has an exterior surface configured along at least a portion thereof with threads mating with adjacent threads on an inner surface of the annular liquid cooled jacket. Other embodiments including lock and release dogs or bolt arrangements. The burners promote burner life and melter campaign length.
US10337731B2
A bottom cup cover, a burner and a gas appliance are provided. The bottom cup cover includes a gas intake assembly defining a first gas intake channel, a second gas intake channel, and a connecting channel connecting the first gas intake channel to the second gas intake channel. The second gas intake channel is obliquely arranged relative to the first gas intake channel. The first gas intake channel has a gas inlet. The bottom cup cover defines a first primary air supplement cavity and a second primary air supplement cavity separated from the first primary air supplement cavity. The first gas intake channel is in communication with the first primary air supplement cavity, the second gas intake channel is in communication with the second primary air supplement cavity, and the connecting channel is configured to enable a gas flow to circulate between the first and second primary air supplement cavities.
US10337729B2
A combustion system such as a furnace or boiler includes a perforated reaction holder configured to hold a combustion reaction that produces very low oxides of nitrogen (NOx).
US10337725B2
The present invention intends to highly accurately control a temperature of superheated steam at a high response speed, and provides a superheated steam generator that inductively heats a heating metal body in contact with steam using an induction coil, and thereby heats the steam in contact with the heating metal body to generate superheated steam. In addition, a frequency of an AC power supply connected to the induction coil is 50 Hz or 60 Hz, and a thickness between an induction coil side surface of the heating metal body facing toward the induction coil and a steam contact surface of the heating metal body in contact with the steam is 10 mm or less.
US10337718B2
A light emitting diode (LED) lighting device and assembly method thereof. The LED lighting device includes: a base having a mounting surface; an LED element disposed on the mounting surface of the base; a lens component disposed at a side of the mounting surface of the base; a gasket disposed between the base and the lens component, such that the LED element is located within an area surrounded by the gasket; a fastener comprising a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first component is disposed at the side of the lens component opposite to the base and facing a portion of the lens component, the second portion extends from the first portion and is connected to the base, and the first portion of the fastener applies a pressure on the lens component towards the base.
US10337714B1
A luminaire includes a housing defining an interior volume. The luminaire also includes a lamp within the interior volume and configured to emit light. Additionally, the luminaire includes a wireless antenna positioned within the interior volume, configured to transmit or receive a wireless signal along a first direction, and configured to be operatively coupled to an access point. The wireless antenna can be entirely within the interior volume. The luminaire can include a first reflective surface within the interior volume and configured to redirect the wireless signal. The lamp can be configured to be electrically coupled to a power inserter that powers the access point.
US10337713B2
The invention relates to a device for the electrical connection of at least one light source to an electric power supply device. The device is specifically employed in a lighting device for a motor vehicle, and permits the arrangement of light sources remotely from the connecting element which, in turn, can be arranged remotely from an electric power supply device of the light sources. The connecting device permits a high degree of freedom in the arrangement of light sources in relation to the device, as it casts little shadow upon the light sources, whilst ensuring the effective dissipation of heat generated thereby.
US10337711B1
An artificial tree having a first tree section including a trunk and a trunk electrical connector, the trunk electrical connector including a first pair of electric terminals and a second pair of electrical terminals; and a second tree section including a trunk, a trunk electrical connector, and a light string, the trunk electrical connector in electrical connection with the light string and including a first pair of electric terminals and a second pair of electrical terminals. The first tree section is configured to electrically connect to the second tree section, such that the first pairs of electrical terminals of the first and second tree sections conduct power of a first type and the second pairs of electrical connectors of the first and second tree sections conduct power of a second type.
US10337710B2
Apparatus and associated methods relate to apparatus and methods for distributing a plurality of lighting control signals to a plurality of independently-controllable lighting elements coupled to an artificial tree. A subset of the plurality of lighting control signals are transmitted to each of the plurality of branch segments. Both operating power and these subsets of lighting control signals are transmitted to the independently-controllable lighting elements via two-conductor wires that engage each of the branch segments.
US10337695B2
A lighting component may include a light emitting diode (LED) positioned on a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA), and a reflector positioned on the PCBA over the LED. The LED may be configured to emit an effective span of light which may pass through the reflector from a rearward opening to a forward opening of the reflector. The reflector may include a first region with one or more surfaces configured to subtend a first portion of the effective span of light. The reflector may include a second region with one or more first surfaces configured to subtend a second portion of the effective span and one or more second surfaces configured to subtend exterior light entering the forward opening back through the forward opening. The reflector may include a third region with one or more surfaces configured to subtend exterior light entering the forward opening back through the forward opening.
US10337693B1
As lighting systems age the need for retrofits—namely where newer lighting technology is used to replace older or different technology, but where a direct replacement is not possible without some kind of modification to the rest of the lighting system—increases. The residential lighting retrofit market is well established with a one-for-one light source replacement approach that is widely embraced; for example, a table lamp with a failed incandescent bulb can be readily replaced with an LED bulb despite the disparate power requirements because of the onboard driver system, and this avoids having to modify the lamp itself, the outlet, incoming power, etc. No such solution exists for specialized lighting systems such as sports and wide area lighting systems. The present invention is directed to such a solution, and one which is cost effective, easy to implement, and customizable to meet the varying site requirements of such specialized systems.
US10337683B2
A head lamp apparatus may control a supply of power to a laser diode based on a quantity of white light outputted to an outside environment in the head lamp apparatus using the laser diode as a light source, and controls a power supply using only a quantity of pure white light excluding noise light when the supply of power to the laser diode is controlled, thus maximally preventing blue laser beams, which are harmful to human bodies, from being exposed to the outside environment, and allowing an operation of a head lamp to be precisely controlled.
US10337681B2
An electronic candle includes a housing, a lens, a light emitting device and a flame image controller. The flame image controller includes a bracket, a first permanent magnet and a second permanent magnet. A first end of the bracket connects to the light emitting device and a second of the bracket connects to the second permanent magnet. The flame controller changes a size of an image of a flame by moving the light emitting device in a horizontal direction in response to a first magnetic field applied to the first permanent magnet, and flickers the image of the flame by vibrating the light emitting device in response to a second magnetic field applied to the second permanent magnet.
US10337679B2
A luminaire includes a rail assembly including a first rail and a second rail. A light bar assembly is releasably connected to the rail assembly extending between the first rail and the second rail. The light bar assembly includes a light bar and a light emitter connected to the light bar. A control component assembly is releasably connected to the rail assembly extending between the first rail and the second rail and operatively connected to the light bar assembly. The control component assembly includes a control component housing containing at least one control component.
US10337675B2
An insect control lighting device having a connector capable of electrically connecting to a common lightbulb socket or electrical outlet. The lighting device includes one or more light sources in electrical connection with the connector. The lighting device further includes an inner module having one or more insect control materials, such an insect attractant and an adhesive. The inner module may be secured within the lighting device by a magnet or by screw threads at one or both ends of the inner module.
US10337671B2
A product may include a storage vessel that may define a first port opening into the storage vessel, and that may define a second port opening into the storage vessel. A first fill conduit may be connected to the storage vessel at the first port. A second fill conduit may be connected to the storage vessel at the second port. A control mechanism may be connected with the first and second fill conduits. A supply conduit may be connected to the control mechanism. The control mechanism may provide a flow path from the supply conduit to at least one of the first or second fill conduits to fill the storage vessel.
US10337670B2
The present invention relates to a pressure vessel, comprising a connecting element, an inner vessel and a support shell which surrounds the inner vessel, wherein the pressure vessel has the following features: the connecting element comprises a neck section in the form of a sleeve and a shoulder section; the connecting element is bonded via its outer face to an inner face of the inner vessel; the inner vessel is bonded to the support shell in such a way that the inner vessel is arranged in a sandwich-like manner at least in sections between the connecting element and the support shell; and the pressure vessel has at least one orifice delimited by the neck section of the connecting element, wherein the pressure vessel is characterized in that the outer face of the connecting element facing the inner vessel at least partly has a mean roughness of more than 50 μm.
US10337662B1
The water cooler stand is an elevated stand for a water cooler that comprises a foot-operated mechanism for operating the spigot on the water cooler. The water cooler rests on the top surface of the stand and is retained there by a cooler cradle and two handle retention springs. A foot pedal located on the bottom, front leg of the stand is mechanically linked to a pressure plate in front of the spigot. A protrusion on the center of the front pressure plate will depress the push button on the spigot when the foot pedal is depressed. Use of the water cooler stand eliminates contamination and the spread of bacteria and germs to others. The water cooler stand may also comprise a slide-out sink basin and a hinged side tray to provide additional workspace.
US10337658B2
The invention relates to an insertable plumbing element (1) that can be inserted, by means of a sleeve-shaped insertion plug (2), into an end-located insertion opening in a plumbing pipe section, which insertion plug (2) has, at least on the outer circumference, an outer layer (3) of elastic material for securing it by frictional engagement in the insertion opening. It is characteristic of the insertable element according to the invention that a reinforcing sleeve (4), which is composed of a material that is inflexible in comparison with the outer layer and which is surrounded by the outer layer (3), is provided to reinforce the outer layer (3) transversely to the plug longitudinal axis.
US10337655B2
A flexible pipe joint has a body and an annular elastomeric flexible element flexibly coupling an extension pipe to the body for pivoting of the extension pipe with respect to the body. The flexible pipe joint also has an annular flexible boot for thermally or chemically insulating the annular elastomeric flexible element from the fluid flowing through a lumen of the flexible pipe joint. The annular flexible boot encircles the lumen, and the annular flexible boot has a first annular end attached to the extension pipe and a second annular end mounted so that pivoting of the extension pipe with respect to the body causes a flexing of the annular flexible boot, and a majority of the annular flexible boot has a shape conforming to shape of neighboring components of the flexible pipe joint.
US10337650B2
Example implementations relating to a cable management system are disclosed herein that may be utilized, in whole or in part, in or with a telescoping assembly. Briefly, a cable assembly may comprise a cable body and a plurality of segments defined via one or more stoppers fixedly disposed on the cable body. The cable assembly may be routed through inner and outer sections of the telescoping assembly and may be retained via cable support members arranged within the sections such that a particular predetermined segment of the plurality of segments is bendable during telescoping movements, such as in a controlled manner.
US10337642B2
The invention provides a cable drive device (10) including a linear drive member (12), and a cable drum (14) attached to a support bracket (30, 32) adapted to be affixed to a surface. The cable drum (14) has an axle (26) supported by the support bracket (30, 32) to allow rotation of the cable drum (14). The cable drum (14) has a cable (42) affixed at either end of said linear drive member (12) and tautly wrapped around the cable drum (14). The cable drum (14) is located between the ends of the linear drive member (12) to, in use, allow the linear drive member (12) to be guided through the bracket (30, 32) to move the linear drive member (12) longitudinally when the axle (26) is rotated.
US10337636B2
The inflow of an external fluid into a mounting hole of a displacement control valve can be prevented, and accumulated gas in the mounting hole due to the permeation leakage of high-pressure gas can be discharged to the outside. A displacement control valve 1 inserted and fitted in a mounting hole 3 provided in a casing of a device controlled in displacement includes a sealing lip 46. The sealing lip 46 is fitted in a fitting section 41 at an outer peripheral portion of the displacement control valve 1 on a side close to an entrance of the mounting hole 3. The sealing lip 46 has a lip portion 46b abutting on an inner peripheral surface of the mounting hole 3.
US10337635B2
A shape-memory alloy valve device includes a shape-memory alloy wire configured to make a valve member perform an opening/closing operation and a valve actuation control unit configured to control an opening/closing operation of the valve member. The valve actuation control unit controls energization of the shape-memory alloy wire in accordance with an input valve open signal or an input valve close signal so as to make the shape-memory alloy wire contract by raising a temperature of the shape-memory alloy wire beyond an operating environmental temperature, thereby controlling valve opening/closing. A preheating unit heats the shape-memory alloy wire to a preset preheat set temperature by energizing the shape-memory alloy wire from a power circuit when the temperature of the shape-memory alloy wire which is measured by a temperature measurement unit is lower than the preheat set temperature.
US10337630B2
A pressure limiting valve (1), operationally arranged between a high pressure zone and low pressure zone (HP, LP) of a hydraulic circuit, comprises: a valve body (4) defining a passage (11) for a fluid; a closing member (8) having a stem (10) and a closing head (9) connected thereto and movably engaged with the valve body (4) so as to move along a longitudinal or axial direction (X) between positions (P1, P2) for closing and opening the passage (11), in an opening direction (OD) and closing direction (CD), respectively; a sleeve (12) which is joined to the stem (10); a spring (S1) arranged between the sleeve (12) and the valve body (4) so as to exert a force on the closing member (8) along said longitudinal or axial direction (X), in the closing direction (CD); said sleeve (12) is irreversibly locked to the stem (10) by means of a threadless mechanical connection, in a predefined longitudinal or axial position of the said stem (10), so that the spring (S1) exerts a force of predefined value on the closing member (8) arranged in the closed position (P).
US10337628B2
A check valve aspirator is provided including a venturi pipe having a converging section with a converging inlet and a converging outlet, and a diverging section with a diverging inlet and a diverging outlet. The converging outlet is in fluid communication with the diverging inlet. An outlet channel is in fluid communication with the venturi pipe and has an outlet port. A ratio of a diameter of the converging section outlet to a diameter of the outlet port is less than 0.4.
US10337626B2
In a heating medium channel switching device, a valve body whose interior is partitioned into two channels by a partition plate is axially rotated by a motor, whereby a relative position of the valve body in a valve chamber is controlled. Because of this, one of a first heating medium and second heating medium can be selected and caused to flow out in one channel, and one of a third heating medium and fourth heating medium can be selected and caused to flow in the other channel. Also, heating medium flow can be controlled by an angle of rotation of the valve body being controlled.
US10337625B2
A slide flow distributor to direct and modulate a gaseous fluid, in inlet and outlet. This regulation is carried out by means of a spool, which conveys compressed air in a determined charging direction and puts in communication the other chamber with the environment at the same time. This is a servo-actuator which can be used in the field of pneumatic systems of valve actuation. It has a specific pneumatic servo-actuating system using compressed air. This distributor uses a linear motor using a new pneumatic servo-actuator which generates a force in the same direction of the axial force of the motor, with the result that the spool is accelerated in a predetermined direction. The pneumatic servo-actuator is made of a profiled body, a plurality of balls and corresponding elastic means which press the plurality of balls on the side surface of the profiled body.
US10337624B2
Provided in some embodiments is a system that includes a split gate valve including first and second gate sections coupled together and configured to move together within a cavity of the split gate valve between an open position and a closed position. The split gate valve includes a rolling actuator to reduce friction and to convert a rotational input into a linear motion to move the first and second gate sections between the open and closed positions. In other embodiments is provided a method that includes converting a rotational input into a linear motion to activate a split gate valve via a rolling actuator. The method also includes seating first and second gate sections of the split gate valve against opposite first and second seats to provide a double seal.
US10337621B2
A non-contact seal assembly is provided. The non-contact seal assembly includes a plurality of seal shoes arranged about a centerline in an annular array, the seal shoes include a first seal shoe extending axially along the centerline between a first shoe end and a second shoe end. The non-contact seal assembly may comprise a seal base circumscribing the annular array of the seal shoes. The non-contact seal assembly may further comprise a plurality of spring elements, each of the spring elements radially between and connecting a respective one of the seal shoes with the seal base, where the plurality of seal shoes each includes a weight reduction pocket formed in a circumferential region of the seal shoe.
US10337619B2
A seal ring having a sealing surface (22) includes first and second portions (24, 26), and may be configured for mating with a mating ring. The first portion (24) may include a first surface roughness, the second portion (26) may include a second surface roughness, and the second surface roughness may be comparatively rougher than the first surface roughness. In embodiments, a seal assembly may include a seal ring including a first sealing surface (22), the sealing surface including first and second portions (24, 26); and a mating ring including a second sealing surface; wherein, the first portion (24) has a first surface roughness the second surface (26) includes a second surface roughness, and the second surface roughness being rougher than the first surface roughness.
US10337616B2
A mechanical seal assembly has two axially-spaced apart seals and including a rotary component that includes rotational members of each axially-spaced apart seal and a stationary component that includes stationary sealing members of each seal. A sleeve is located radially inwards of the rotational sealing members. An element, such as fluid ports, directs barrier or buffer fluid towards the sleeve and between the two axially-spaced apart seals. The sleeve is provided on its outer surface with means, such as recesses or protuberances, which displace barrier/buffer fluid axially towards both axially-spaced apart seals.
US10337613B2
Control systems and methods for a vehicle comprising an automatic transmission utilize a sensor configured to measure an operating parameter of an engine of the vehicle. A controller of the vehicle is configured to detect an imminent shift of the automatic transmission based on the measured operating parameter of the engine. In response to detecting the imminent shift of the automatic transmission, the controller is configured to decrease torque output of the engine by a desired amount by enleaning an air/fuel charge provided to a cylinder of the engine. After decreasing the torque output of the engine by the desired amount, the controller is configured to control the automatic transmission to perform the shift. The decreasing of the engine torque output provides for a smoother shift of the automatic transmission and increased engine fuel economy.
US10337610B2
Disclosed herein is gear actuator for dual clutch transmission, including: a driving motor having a driving shaft formed with gear part, a pair of first and second gears gear-coupled to the gear part, first and second guide cams respectively connected to the first and second gears to rotate, a first power transfer unit transferring or cutting off the power from the driving motor to the first guide cam according to rotating direction of the first gear, a second power transfer unit transferring or cutting off the power from the driving motor to the second guide cam according to rotating direction of the second gear, a first finger shaft linearly moved by rotation of the first guide cam and performing a selection operation of an odd-numbered stage, and a second finger shaft linearly moved by rotation of the second guide cam and performing a selection operation of an even-numbered stage.
US10337606B2
A shift control device for an automatic transmission is provided with an automatic shift mode and a manual shift mode instructed by a manual operation of a driver. The shift control device includes at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code that cause the shift control device to measure a following distance between an own vehicle and a front vehicle, measure an accelerator opening of an engine, judge whether the measured following distance is equal to or less than a predetermined set value if a downshift is instructed by a manual operation of the driver and the measured accelerator opening is fully closed, and determine a target shift stage based on the following distance if the following distance is equal to or less than the set value. Accordingly, the shift control device downshifts to the target shift stage.
US10337605B2
The invention relates to a hydraulic or pneumatic operating device for operating actuators in a motor vehicle transmission. At least two actuation cylinders are provided, each containing a cylinder housing. An actuation piston is guided therein along a cylinder axis in a longitudinally displaceable manner. Each actuation piston can be hydraulically or pneumatically loaded and is operatively connected to one of the actuators. The actuation cylinders are combined into a unit which can be flange-mounted on or in a transmission housing of the motor vehicle transmission. A sensor for detecting the position of a signal element arranged on each actuation piston is associated with each cylinder housing. An electrical interface, which is signal-connected to the sensors, is integrated in the unit, via which interface the sensors can be mutually contacted.
US10337552B2
A method of manufacturing a washer capable of improving a material yield is provided. The method includes: a preparation step of preparing a longitudinal member which includes an upper corrugated portion and a lower corrugated portion including crest portions formed on at least one of an upper surface and a lower surface and valley portions continuous to the crest portions in the right-left direction; and a deformation step of deforming the longitudinal member such that the upper surface and the lower surface are arcuate as viewed in the direction from the front to the rear.
US10337550B2
A cage nut fastener, capable of installation against a frame member without the aid of tools, includes a spring cage and a nut retained within a space defined by the spring cage and prevented from rotation therein. The spring cage includes a back wall with a wall aperture therethrough, a cage arm extending in a forward direction from a side of the back wall, and a lever arm disposed at a side of the back wall that is opposite the cage arm. The nut includes a nut aperture therethrough that is generally aligned with the wall aperture of the back wall. The lever arm includes an extension portion that extends in a rearward direction behind the back wall of the spring cage. Application of a compression force upon the lever arm, without the aid of tools, manipulates the spring cage to a compressed state that facilitates positioning of a distal end of each of the cage arm and the lever arm through an aperture of a frame member so that, upon release of the compression force, the spring cage and the nut are secured against the frame member.
US10337548B2
A crack-proof screw includes a thread formed around a shank. A helical notch continuously and helically extends along the shank and is indented into the shank and the thread. The helical notch is proximal to but spaced apart from a tip of the shank. The notch is trapezoidal in cross section, and has a notch bottom, an open end opening at an outer peripheral surface of the shank oppositely of the notch bottom, and two opposite notch walls extending divergingly from the notch bottom to the open end. The open end is larger in width than the notch bottom. A method of making the screw is also disclosed.
US10337543B2
An adaptor is secured to a first object. The adaptor includes an anchoring part and an adjustment part. The anchoring part includes a distally facing anchoring surface and a proximally facing first control surface. The adjustment part has a distally facing second control surface positioned to abut against the first control surface. The first control surface or the second control surface or both is/are helical. Thereby a relative z position of the adjustment part with respect to the anchoring part is defined by the relative orientation of the adjustment part with respect to the common axis while the second control surface abuts against the first control surface. This is used to adjust the z position of the adjustment part relative to the first object, in connection with the orientation of the adjustment part being defined and possibly fixed by the function of the adaptor/the adjustment part.
US10337541B2
A device for securing an element on a pipe, the device comprising: a compensating member made from elastic material, and two strands that each extend between a first end secured to the compensating member and a second free end; where the strands are able, by junction of the second ends, to form a strap provided to secure the element to the pipe. The compensating member is, on the one hand, stretchable when the device is tightened around the pipe and, on the other hand, gradually shrinkable over time to keep the strap taut when the pipe shrinks. The device may be incorporated in an assembly including an element provided to be secured to the pipe with the device. The assembly may be incorporated in an installation including a pipe. In addition, a method for implementing such a device.
US10337529B2
Methods and systems are provided for a compressor of a turbocharger of an engine. In one example, a compressor may include a flow passage and a resonance chamber surrounding the flow passage, with the flow passage fluidly coupled with the resonance chamber by a recirculation passage, a bleed passage, and a plurality of apertures positioned between the recirculation passage and the bleed passage. Flowing fluid from the resonance chamber, through the apertures, and into the flow passage may reduce a noise level of the compressor.
US10337524B2
The present invention relates to a blade row group arrangeable in a main flow path of a fluid-flow machine and including N adjacent member blade rows firmly arranged relative to one another in both the meridional direction (m) and the circumferential direction (u), with the number N of the member blade rows being greater than/equal to 2 and (i) designating the running index with values between 1 and N. Here, a front member blade row with front blades (i) having a leading edge and a trailing edge as well as a rear member blade row with rear blades (i+1) having a leading edge and a trailing edge are provided.
US10337520B2
A fluid energy machine having a rotor, with a casing that separates an interior from an exterior, having at least one shaft seal for sealing a gap between the rotor and casing. The shaft seal is a tandem dry gas seal, having an inner and outer seal. The outer seal has a first sealing gas feed, which opens into the gap axially between the outer and inner seal. The shaft seal has a primary discharge between the inner and outer seal, which extracts primary discharge fluid from the gap. The first sealing gas feed has a first control member for controlling the flow rate of the sealing gas. The primary discharge has a second control member for controlling the flow rate of a primary discharge fluid. The first and second control members are matched such that the first pressure is adjusted to a first pressure setpoint.
US10337512B2
An internal gear pump (100) comprises: a rotor/torque ring comprising an internally lobed (140) rotor (130) and a torque ring (120) extending beyond at least a first end (134) of the rotor; an externally lobed (160) idler (150) encircled by the rotor; a hollow shaft (190) supporting the idler; a pressure relief element (200) positioned to shift between a first condition and a second condition; and a spring (210) biasing the pressure relief element toward the first condition from the second condition. The torque ring has at least one pressure relief port (240A, 240B) positioned so that: in the first condition, the pressure relief element blocks a path from an interior volume (235) of the pump to the pressure relief port; and in the second condition, relative to the first condition the pressure relief element does not block the path.
US10337505B2
A wax filled actuator includes a piston in direct contact with the thermally responsive wax material. A cup containing the wax is mechanically secured to a guide that receives and controls axial movement of the piston in response to expansion and contraction of the wax. A seal between the cup and guide prevents leakage of the wax. Another seal surrounds the piston and prevents leakage of the wax around the piston. In a disclosed embodiment, the piston has a cylindrical, polished outside surface that aids in preventing adhesion of the wax to the piston. In a disclosed embodiment, the seal surrounding the piston is a radially compressed annular elastomeric member. The seal surrounding the piston may be disposed between flat, annular wipers. The seal and wipers may be axially retained between the guide and a washer trapped between the cup and guide.
US10337501B2
The invention relates to a floating platform for harnessing wind energy, comprising a tower (1) with a wind turbine (2), and two horizontal, identical cylindrical floating elements (3) parallel to the main longitudinal axis of alignment, the tower and the floating elements being interconnected by bar structures (5). The floating elements are joined to a stabilising element (4) which is situated directly beneath the floating elements (3), said stabilising element comprising two substantially rectangular first concrete slabs (4a), which are solid or more lightweight, with a ribbed structure, arranged perpendicularly to the axes of the floaters and joined to said floaters by means of auxiliary structures.
US10337497B2
The present invention relates to control of wind turbines based on predicted operational trajectories. A control system for a wind turbine is described where a main controller calculating one or more predicted operational trajectories and a safety controller validates at least one of the one or more predicted operational trajectories. The control system controls the wind turbine with the predicted control trajectory if the validation is valid, and controls the wind turbine with a safe-mode control trajectory if the validation is invalid. In an embodiment, the main controller is implemented as a receding horizon controller, e.g. in the form of a model predictive controller (MPC).
US10337496B2
The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for controlling a wind turbine during adverse wind conditions. In one embodiment, the method includes monitoring one or more wind conditions near the wind turbine. Another step includes detecting one or more adverse wind conditions near the wind turbine. In response to detecting one or more adverse wind conditions, the method also includes reducing a power output of the wind turbine by a predetermined percentage. Further, the predetermined percentage is a function of a number and a type of the detected adverse wind conditions occurring during a predetermined time period.
US10337493B2
Disclosed is a method of adaptively adjusting lift and drag on an airfoil-shaped sail. The method includes: (1) mounting at least one airfoil-shaped sail body having an airfoil-shaped cross section; (2) defining a Y-shaped air jet channel in the airfoil-shaped sail body; (3) arranging a flow regulating gate in the Y-shaped air jet channel; (4) adjusting the flow regulating gate to automatically adjust the gate opening extent and the cross section opening or closing extent in response to an oncoming flow with a varying direction and speed, to regulate the airflow within the air jet channel and accordingly change the angle of attack, so that the lift and drag on the sail body can be automatically adjusted as the wind speed changes. Further disclosed are an airfoil-shaped sail implementing the above method as well as a vertical-axis wind turbine employing the airfoil-shaped sail.
US10337489B2
System for power generation from a flow of fluid, comprising a fluid driven device connected to a tether wherein the tether is coupled with a base station to convert energy from the flow of fluid into transportable energy, wherein the fluid driven device comprises a frame provided with adjustable vanes, and wherein the vanes are adjustable for setting into a predefine position relative to the flow of fluid. The fluid driven device comprises a working mode and a retraction mode, wherein in the working mode the vanes are set in a first predetermined position to generate a lift force from the flow of fluid, and wherein in the retraction mode the vanes are set in a second predetermined position to provide a low drag level to the flow of fluid, and wherein the work performed during working mode is larger than the work supplied during retraction mode.
US10337485B2
Methods and systems are provided for reducing engine torque using spark retard. In one example, a method may include calculating a spark timing for each firing event of a plurality of firing events individually in order to achieve a desired amount of reduced torque as an average torque over the plurality of firing events. An occurrence of random misfire may be reduced by rounding the spark timing for each firing event of the plurality of firing events to a stable region or a misfire region.
US10337484B2
A starter for an internal combustion engine may include a support, an electric motor for driving a pinion in rotation, and a solenoid drive configured to axially adjust the pinion between an active position for driving a gearwheel of an internal combustion engine, and an axially offset passive position. The solenoid drive may include a ferromagnetic solenoid housing fastened to the support, a ferromagnetic plunger stop arranged one of in and at the solenoid housing, a ferromagnetic plunger axially adjustable relative to the plunger stop extending axially through a passage opening of a face side wall of the solenoid housing, and a cylindrical coil arrangement arranged in the solenoid housing surrounding a cylindrical coil interior in a circumferential direction. The plunger stop may include a cylindrical section projecting axially into the coil interior. The cylindrical section may have a face end facing towards the face side wall.
US10337483B2
The various implementations described herein include apparatuses and methods used to operate engine-based equipment using an electric starter motor. In one aspect, a method for operating an apparatus includes starting an electric starter motor. In response to starting the electric starter motor, the electric starter motor is coupled to a flywheel and the flywheel is turned. In response to turning the flywheel, an engine coupled to the flywheel via a power take-off of the engine is started. After starting the engine, the electric starter motor is decoupled from the flywheel and thus from the engine, and the engine is used to turn the flywheel, thereby enabling operation of a primary assembly coupled to the flywheel.
US10337481B2
In the cases where a reverse operation of a crankshaft is performed after fuel injection and ignition in a cylinder in a power stroke and it is determined that an engine start is failed, a starter motor is operated, and fuel injection and ignition are executed in the cylinder in the compression stroke to start an engine.
US10337480B2
Provided is a high-pressure fuel pump in which responsiveness of closing a suction valve can be maintained even when the high-pressure fuel pump is increased in pressure or capacity of the high-pressure fuel pump is increased, thereby ensuring discharge efficiency. Therefore, the high-pressure fuel pump includes the rod that urges the suction valve in the valve opening direction, the mover that drives the rod in the valve closing direction, and the solenoid that generates a magnetic attraction force for moving the mover in the valve closing direction. After the suction valve starts moving from the suction valve closing position in the valve opening direction, the rod reaches the suction valve closing position and further moves in the valve opening direction.
US10337476B2
A fuel supply device includes a cover, a base including a base main body, and a connecting portion configured to connect the cover and the base. The base main body and the connecting portion are connected by a connecting shaft comprising a shaft portion and a bulge portion, a connecting hole formed so as to continuously extend an engagement region and an insertion region, and a stopper piece capable of limiting a movable range of the shaft portion located within the engagement region towards the insertion region. A guide mechanism is provided for guiding the connecting shaft to move so that at least one part of the stopper piece is positioned between the bulge portion and the base portion when a predetermined amount of force is applied to the connecting shaft.
US10337467B2
An EGR valve includes a valve seat in a flow passage of a housing, a valve element seatable on the valve seat, a rotary shaft to open or close the valve element, a motor and a speed reducing mechanism, a return spring urging the valve element in a valve closing direction, and an opening-degree sensor to detect an opening degree of the valve element. An electronic control unit (ECU) diagnoses abnormality due to lodging of foreign matter between the valve seat and the valve element during full close. When driving the motor to urge the valve element in the valve closing direction during full close of the valve element, the ECU determines the EGR valve to be abnormal because of lodging of foreign matter if a difference between a value detected by the opening-degree sensor and a predetermined reference value is larger than a first determination value.
US10337466B2
The present disclosure provides an engine system of a vehicle including an engine having combustion chambers for generating driving torque by burning fuel; an intake line in which fresh air flowing into the combustion chambers flows; an exhaust line in which exhaust gas exhausted from the combustion chambers flows; a recirculation line connecting the exhaust line and the intake line; a turbocharger including a turbine disposed at the exhaust line and rotated by the exhaust gas from the combustion chambers, and a compressor disposed at the intake line and rotated together with the turbine and compressing fresh air; an exhaust gas recirculation valve disposed at the connection of the recirculation line and the intake line to adjust an exhaust gas recirculation gas amount supplied to the intake line through the recirculation line; and a remaining gas elimination apparatus for supplying gas remaining in the intake line to the recirculation line.
US10337458B2
A carburetor has a housing wherein a control drum is rotatably mounted. A section of an intake channel is formed in the carburetor. A subsection of this section is formed in the control drum. The control drum controls the free flow cross section of the intake channel. A fuel opening is connected to a fuel chamber via an unbranched fuel channel which opens into the subsection of the intake channel. A simple configuration of the carburetor is achieved by the carburetor including an electrically actuated valve which controls the flow of fuel through the fuel channel. For a method for operating an internal combustion engine with a carburetor, a temperature (T) is determined before or during the starting of the engine and that the flow of fuel through the fuel channel during the starting of the engine is controlled in dependence upon the temperature (T).
US10337454B2
A thrust reverser system having an asymmetric vane assembly is provided. The provided thrust reverser system generates a desired vertical thrust component that at least partially offsets a potential nose-up pitch moment. The provided thrust reverser system employs a single row asymmetric vane geometry that reduces weight and material cost.
US10337451B2
Disclosed is an internal combustion engine's piston with a piston head having first and second thinnest portions that are thinnest in thickness of the piston head. With respect to the center axis of the first and second pin holes for supporting the piston pin, the first and second thinnest portions of the piston head are respectively provided on both sides of a transverse axis that is perpendicular to the center axis of the first and second pin holes. Each of first and second rib portions that are respectively formed on inner surfaces of first and second pin boss portions extends at the piston head in a direction along the transverse axis to overlap each of the first and second thinnest portions of the piston head. This piston is capable of relaxing stress concentration at a position above the piston pin.
US10337449B2
Systems are provided for exhaust gas passages in integrated and conventional exhaust manifolds. In one example, a system may include an exhaust gas passage that has a cross section which features curved limb shapes. This passage may also feature other shapes of cross sections at other points along the passage.
US10337447B2
A fuel injection control apparatus of an internal combustion engine, which can appropriately control the amount of fuel injection from an in-cylinder injection valve so as to achieve a desired air-fuel ratio, regardless of the operating state of the internal combustion engine, is provided. The fuel injection control apparatus comprises: an additional injection means which, when determining that the operating state of the internal combustion engine is a transient state, allows the in-cylinder injection valve to inject a fuel amount conformed to a changing intake air amount; and a subtraction means for subtracting a minimum fuel amount, injectable from the in-cylinder injection valve, from a fuel amount to be injected, before injection by the additional injection means is performed.
US10337445B2
A method of operating an engine with dual fuel injection capabilities to address fuel rail over-pressure due to stagnating hot fuel is shown. The method comprises operating an engine cylinder with only port injection, and selectively activating and deactivating the second injector in response to a rail pressure increase of a fuel rail, the fuel rail coupled to the second injector, and deactivating the second injector in response to a rail pressure decrease of the fuel rail to a lower threshold determined based on engine operating conditions. In this way, degradation of the second injector may be reduced while maintaining a desired level of engine performance.
US10337440B1
Systems and methods for determining operation of a cylinder deactivating/reactivating device are disclosed. In one example, a warm engine is rotated without being supplied fuel to determine the presence or absence of valve actuator degradation. Degraded valve actuators may be determined when there is a lack of a temperature rise in the engine exhaust system.
US10337439B2
The invention relates to a control method for controlling a fuel injection system (10) of an internal combustion engine, wherein, wherein, in a fault situation of the fuel injection system (10), a camshaft angle of a camshaft (34) which drives a pump piston (32) of a high-pressure fuel pump (14) of the fuel injection system (10) is adjusted such that an injection time (tI) of injector valve (42) which injects the fuel from the fuel injection system (10) into a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine lies in a pressure trough (50) of a pressure oscillation in a high-pressure region (16).
US10337435B2
A preheating control for controlling an energization of a heater is executed so that a sensor element of an exhaust gas sensor is preheated within a temperature range in which no element crack caused by water occurs until a predetermined preheating period elapses after an engine starts. In performing the preheating control, first, an energization duty of the heater is set to a preheating promotion energization duty to promptly raise a temperature of the sensor element until it is determined that the temperature of the sensor element reaches a predetermined upper limit temperature. After it is determined that the temperature of the sensor element reaches the upper limit temperature, the energization duty of the heater is set so that the temperature of the sensor element is maintained at the upper limit temperature to sufficiently raise the temperature of the overall sensor element during the preheating control.
US10337434B2
The sensor includes a filter member including cells that trap PM in exhaust gas, electrode members arranged to face each other with the cell interposed and forming a capacitor, an electric heater that executes, when an amount of PM has accumulated in the cells, filter regeneration for combusting and removing the PM, a temperature sensor that acquires the temperature of the filter member, a storage unit that stores therein a reference temperature, which is the temperature of the filter member where the filter regeneration has been executed in a state in which PM is not flowing into the filter member, and estimation units that estimate a PM amount included in the exhaust gas based on (a) an electrostatic capacitance change amount between the electrode members during a regeneration interval and (b) a difference between the temperature acquired by the temperature sensor and the reference temperature during a filter regeneration interval.
US10337432B2
A vehicle and method for controlling a vehicle having a variable displacement engine with an auxiliary machine connected directly to the engine crankshaft and to an energy storage device includes switching from a cylinder disablement (VDE) mode to a normal mode when the torque demand and engine speed lie outside an outer range defined by a first threshold (Tout), and switching from the normal mode to the VDE mode when the torque demand and engine speed lie within an inner range, which lies within the outer range and defined by a second threshold (Tin). When operating in a band between the two thresholds, the auxiliary machine draws energy from the energy storage device and supplements the output torque from the engine if operating in the VDE mode, and derives torque from the engine crankshaft to recharge the energy storage device if operating in the normal mode.
US10337414B2
The invention includes a method for predicting the operational state of equipment with turbulent flow characterized by time series data relating to its operation. The invention further includes a system and method for predicting the onset of an impending oscillatory instability. Further, the invention includes a system and method for identifying an impending absorbing transition such as flame blowout in combustion systems. A variable representing the dynamics of operation is measured with the help of a sensor, to obtain time series data. A complex network is then derived from the measured time series data. Network properties are then calculated using the complex network to identify the state of stability relating to operation of the equipment. The stability information may include one of thermoacoustic instability, aero-elastic instability such as flutter, flow-induced vibration, magneto-hydrodynamic, aerodynamic, aeromechanical, aero-acoustic instability or onset of flame blowout of a combustor.
US10337409B2
The invention relates to an architecture of a propulsion system of a multiple-engine helicopter comprising turboshaft engines (5, 6), characterised in that it comprises: at least one hybrid turboshaft engine (5) that is capable of operating in at least one standby mode during a stable flight of the helicopter, the other turboshaft engines (6) operating alone during this stable flight; an air turbine (30) that is mechanically connected to the gas generator (17) of the hybrid turboshaft engine (5) and is suitable for rotating said gas generator (17); means for withdrawing pressurised air from the gas generator (27) of a running turboshaft engine (6); and a duct (31) for routing this withdrawn air to said air turbine (30).
US10337399B2
A customizable portable generator system and methods for assembling the same are disclosed. In one example, the generator system generally includes a universal frame including a plurality of mounting interfaces configured for detachably attaching one of a plurality of different engines and a plurality of wheel assemblies and/or support legs. Optionally, at least one handlebar assembly may be detachably mounted on the frame in at least one of two possible positions. In one example, the handlebar may be pivotably mounted to the frame. The frame components may be assembled into a kit from which a user may select various options to custom configure the generator unit. Other appurtenances and accessories may be provided which interface with the generator unit and frame. A modular generator frame and compressed gas-fueled generators are also disclosed.
US10337398B2
Disclosed is a blowby gas treatment device for an internal combustion engine with a supercharger, the blowby gas treatment device comprising: a fresh air introduction passage wherein one end of the fresh air introduction passage is connected to an upstream side of the supercharger and the other end is communicated with a crankcase of the internal combustion engine; a first blowby gas passage wherein one end of the first blowby gas passage is connected to a venturi part provided in an upstream side of the supercharger in the intake passage and the other end is communicated with the crankcase; a first check valve being interposed in the fresh air introduction passage and preventing a flow from the crankcase side to the intake passage side; and a second check valve being interposed in the blowby gas passage and preventing a flow from the intake passage side to the crankcase side.
US10337397B2
Methods and systems are provided for purging a pre-chamber. In one example, a system is provided with a combustion chamber formed by a cylinder head coupled to a cylinder block and a pre-chamber in fluidic communication with the combustion chamber. The system is also provided with a purge port coupled to the pre-chamber and structured to flow purge air into the pre-chamber, where the flow of the purge air is driven by operation a purge pump and a piston disposed within the combustion chamber.
US10337377B2
Exhaust gas systems includes an oxidation catalyst (OC) capable of receiving exhaust gas and oxidizing one or more of combustable hydrocarbons (HC) and one or more nitrogen oxide (NOx) species, a selective catalytic reduction device (SCR) disposed downstream from and in fluid communication with the OC, an upstream NOx sensor disposed upstream from the SCR, and a downstream NOx sensor disposed downstream from the SCR. Methods for controlling systems include providing exhaust gas to the OC and subsequently the SCR, measuring an upstream exhaust gas NOx concentration, measuring a downstream exhaust gas NOx concentration, determining a NOx differential by subtracting the downstream exhaust gas NOx concentration from the upstream exhaust gas NOx concentration; and comparing the NOx differential to a differential threshold to determine OC catalytic performance. The method is conducted under while OC is above a NOx to NH3 conversion yield threshold, and/or under rich conditions.
US10337374B2
Methods and systems are provided for a steam reforming catalyst. In one example, a method may include flowing exhaust gas from a first cylinder bank directly to a three-way catalyst, flowing exhaust gas from a second cylinder bank directly to a steam reforming catalyst, and flowing exhaust gas from the steam reforming catalyst to the three-way catalyst.
US10337370B2
A system includes an engine and an exhaust conduit in communication with the engine. A water separation device has exhaust gas passageways in communication with the exhaust conduit. The water separation device has a substrate and a membrane on the substrate. The substrate is monolithic and extends around the exhaust gas passageways. The membrane is between the exhaust gas passageways and the substrate and has capillary condensation pores extending from the exhaust gas passageways to the substrate.
US10337363B2
A valve opening and closing timing control apparatus includes a driving-side rotating body, a driven-side rotating body fixed to a camshaft by a bolt, a fluid pressure chamber, an intermediate lock mechanism, a lock flow passage bringing the working fluid to the intermediate lock mechanism, and an electromagnetic valve including a spool which is arranged at an inner portion of the bolt, the lock flow passage including a first flow passage which is arranged between the spool and a supply flow passage in a radial direction and which is connected to the supply flow passage, the lock flow passage including a second flow passage which is provided at the inner portion of the bolt in a penetrating manner in the radial direction and which brings the working fluid to flow between the spool and the intermediate lock mechanism.
US10337360B2
A method for setting lash on a switching rocker arm assembly includes providing a rocker arm having (i) an outer arm having a first outer side arm and a second outer side arm, the outer arm defining an opening, (ii) an inner arm disposed between the first and second outer side arms, (iii) a roller follower that selectively engages a cam, the roller follower mounted about a bearing axle that extends through the opening. A zero lash shim is inserted into a gap defined between the bearing axle and the outer arm at the opening. The rocker arm is installed into the valvetrain with the master tip cap. Lash is measured between the cam and the roller follower. The rocker arm and the master tip cap is removed. A select fit valve tip cap is installed based on the master tip cap and the measured lash.
US10337359B2
A retainer comprises an inner tubular portion fitted to a mounting body. The inner tubular portion comprises an inner circular edge having a radius R3. An annular retaining surface is connected to the tubular portion. The annular retaining surface comprises an area bounded by an outer edge and the inner circular edge. The outer edge being bounded by an arc AD comprising a first radius R1, a sector CB comprising a second radius R2, where R1>R2, a first chord DC connecting the arc AD to the sector CB, and a second chord BA connecting the arc AD to the sector CB. A rocker arm assembly comprises a rocker arm body configured to actuate a valve in a valve train. The retaining surface abuts a spring coil to retain the coil against the rocker arm body, but the retaining surface does not abut a first arm of the spring.
US10337354B2
A gas turbine engine includes a vane and a combustor housing that are supported relative to an engine static structure. A retaining assembly clamps the combustor housing and the vane to one another in an axial direction. A circumferential load transfer assembly circumferentially affixes the vane relative to the engine static structure. The retaining assembly is secured to the circumferential load transfer assembly.
US10337346B2
A blades outer air seal includes a seal arc segment that defines radially inner and outer sides. The radially outer side includes radially-extending sidewalls and a radially inner surface that joins the radially-extending sidewalls. The radially-extending sidewalls and the radially inner surface define a pocket. A manifold is disposed at least partially in the pocket. The manifold subdivides the pocket such that there is a manifold chamber bounded by the manifold and the radially inner surface. The manifold includes at least one inlet and a plurality of outlets.
US10337345B2
A sealing system for a multi-stage turbine includes multiple interstage seal segments disposed circumferentially about a turbine rotor wheel assembly and extending axially between a forward turbine stage and an aft turbine stage. Each of the interstage seal segments includes a forward end portion including an outer seal surface and an inner support face, an aft end portion, including an outer seal surface and an inner support face and a main body portion extending axially from the forward end portion to the aft end. The main body portion includes at least two support webs coupling the outer seal surfaces and the inner support faces. The outer seal surfaces are configured to be retained in a radial direction by a land support on each of a forward and aft stage turbine buckets, such that substantially all the centrifugal load from the multiple interstage seal segments is transferred to the forward and aft stage turbine buckets. A method of assembling the sealing system is disclosed.
US10337335B2
The invention refers to a method for selective laser melting additive manufacturing a three-dimensional metallic or ceramic article/component entirely or partly. The method includes successively building up said article/component layer by layer directly from a powder bed of a metallic or ceramic base material by means of remelting the layers with a high energy laser beam, moving repetitively across the areas, which are to be solidified. The movement of the laser beam is made of a superposition of a continuous linear movement and at least one superimposed oscillation with a determined frequency and amplitude. The oscillation is created by a beam deflection device and the same beam deflection device is also used for linear positioning movement.
US10337331B2
A method for the manufacture of a component having an internal cavity is described. The method comprises; defining an external geometry of the component, defining a core geometry of the component; and using an additive layer manufacturing (ALM) method, building the component from a plurality of layers laid on a first plane. The core geometry is advantageously designed to suit manufacture of the component using an ALM method which involves local melting of powder in a powder bed to form the layers, permitting easy removal of excess powder from the internal cavity.
US10337324B2
Bit holders and combination bit/bit holders with shortened quick change shanks that are selectably retainable in complementary base block bores that are likewise shortened for providing added spacing at the rear of base blocks. When a plurality of such base blocks are mounted in close proximity on a drum or endless chain, the added spacing provides ease of holder replacement and easy access at the rear of the bit holder base block bore.
US10337318B2
Sensor array noise reduction is provided. In one possible implementation a logging and control system includes a sensor array noise reduction manager configured to receive measurements from two or more sensors and apply a selected demixing vector to filter one or more noise sources from the measurements and improve a signal to noise ratio of a telemetry signal in the measurements. In another possible implementation a sensor array noise reduction manager for improving a signal to noise ratio of a signal includes a sensor interface configured to receive the signal, which includes information associated with an operating condition, from two or more sensors. The sensor array noise reduction manager also includes a noise reduction module to simultaneously remove noise associated with one or more noise sources from the received signal through use of a demixing vector.
US10337312B2
A system and method of producing fluid from a wellbore, and that separates water from the fluid. The system includes an electrical submersible pumping system with a pump having impellers and diffusers, and a separation system at a discharge end of the pump. The separation system includes a helical flow path and separation chamber downstream of the path. Directing the fluid through the helical flow path centrifugally separates the water from the fluid. Thus when the fluid flows into the separation chamber from the helical flow path, the water migrates to the outer radius of the separation chamber. The separated water flows through ports on the outer sidewall of the separation chamber, and the lower density portion of the fluid flows through a port proximate a middle portion of the separation chamber.
US10337309B2
The present invention provides a methodology and compositions for re-fracturing a wellbore. By differentiating existing perforations that have been fractured from those that are not, applying a sealing composition to seal off the identified, fractured perforations, and performing re-fracturing to perforations that are not sealed, a wellbore can be re-fractured effectively and efficiently. The present invention for re-fracturing a wellbore has broad applications in the field of hydraulic fracturing.
US10337300B2
A wellbore perforation gun includes a gun housing, a plurality of charges, a first reactive material, and a second reactive material that is reactive with the first reactive material to generate an endothermic chemical reaction to drop the potential energy (in the form of temperature or pressure) of the gun housing. The perforation gun may further include a controller and a release capsule, with the first reactive material being disposed within the release capsule and the second reactive material being disposed within a chamber of the gun housing at a first time. The controller may be communicatively coupled to the release capsule and operable to generate a signal to the release capsule at a second time that is later than the first time. The release capsule may be operable to release the first reactive material into the chamber response to receiving the signal.
US10337294B2
A method for estimating a permeability of an earth formation includes: receiving a discrete fracture network (DFN) of the earth formation; representing the DFN as one or more volume sections, each volume section having a plurality of boundaries; identifying fractures that are connected to each other and lead from a first boundary in the plurality of boundaries to a second boundary in the plurality of boundaries to provide one or more flow paths for each volume section; applying Oda's method to the connected fractures making up the one or more flow paths to estimate the permeability of the earth formation along the one or more flow paths for each volume section to provide a permeability value for each volume section; and performing an action related to the earth formation using the permeability value for each volume section and an apparatus related to the action.
US10337291B1
A platform apparatus positionable close to a surface element to allow an operator to access production tubing being withdrawn from the surface element. The platform apparatus can be positioned in close proximity to a surface element of a well to permit an operator access to production tubing and cable secured to the production tubing. The cable can be separated from the production tubing. The production tubing can be scanned with an electronic scanning device after the cable has been separated from the production tubing as the production tubing is being removed from the well. The platform apparatus can be positioned in close proximity to a surface element of a well being serviced by a pole unit to permit an operator access to production tubing. The production tubing can be scanned with an electronic scanning device as the production tubing is being removed from the well.
US10337282B2
Systems, compositions, and methods for reducing the production of water in subterranean formations having fractures or voids therein are provided. In one embodiment, the methods comprise: introducing a particulate material into a portion of a subterranean formation comprising one or more fractures or voids; and introducing a treatment fluid comprising a relative permeability modifier into the portion of the subterranean formation such that the permeability of the particulate material in the portion of the subterranean formation to water is reduced.
US10337281B2
A method of closing a fluid flow path in a wellbore is disclosed that in one non-limiting embodiment includes: supplying a flexible structure having a selected shape sufficient to seat on an opening of the fluid flow path, the flexible structure including pores of selected dimensions; determining seating of the flexible structure on the opening of the fluid flow path from a sensor measurement; and supplying a slurry containing a sealant to the flexible structure seated on the opening of the fluid flow path to plug the pores with the sealant to close the fluid flow path.
US10337278B1
An improved method and apparatus for dropping a ball, plug or dart during oil and gas well operations (e.g., cementing operations) employs a specially configured valving member with curved and flat portions that alternatively direct fluid flow through a bore or opening in the valving member via an inner channel or around the periphery of the valving member in an outer channel. In one embodiment, the ball(s), dart(s) or plug(s) are contained in a sliding sleeve that shifts position responsive to valve rotation. An optional indicator indicates to a user or operator that a ball or plug has passed a selected one of the valving members.
US10337270B2
A bailer bottom, bailer system, and method for performing bailer operations at a wellsite are disclosed. The wellsite is positioned about a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation. The bailer bottom is deployable in the wellbore. The bailer bottom includes a plurality of downhole components and a select fire unit. The plurality of downhole components includes a cement unit which includes a cement chamber and a valve. The cement chamber has a port therethrough in selective communication with the wellbore via the valve. The select fire unit includes a downhole switch electrically coupled to the plurality of downhole components. The downhole switch has a polarity for each of the plurality of downhole components. The downhole switch is triggerable to selectively move between the multiple polarities to selectively pass a signal to one of the plurality of downhole components whereby the plurality of downhole components are selectively activated.
US10337269B2
A velocity string system includes a lock mandrel. A seal bore assembly attached to the lock mandrel runnable in a production string; and a velocity string sealable in the seal mandrel and separately runnable in the production string. A method for installing a velocity string system in a production string.
US10337263B2
A method of running tubulars includes attaching a load collar to a first tubular; landing the load collar on a load support member; connecting a second tubular to the first tubular; removing the load collar from the first tubular; and lowering the first tubular and the second tubular. In one embodiment, at least one of the first tubular and the second tubular is a screen.
US10337254B2
An earth boring bit has rotary cutters with embedded tungsten carbide inserts and milled steel teeth. The teeth and the grooves are first milled into the cutters, with the grooves extending between bases of the teeth, parallel to the crests of the teeth. Hard facing is applied to surfaces of the teeth and the grooves, and then the cutters are heat treated. Insert sockets are drilled into the teeth, centrally disposed in crests of the teeth. The tungsten carbide inserts are secured in the insert sockets, aligned for forming cutting profiles with respective ones of the milled teeth. The cutters are preferably frustoconically shaped and used for a rotary cone rock bit, and the tungsten carbide inserts configured as chisel-shaped inserts having crests which are aligned parallel to the crests of the milled steel teeth.
US10337246B1
First and second forward legs have pivot ends and free ends. First and second rearward legs have pivot ends and free ends. Four pivot brackets are provided. Two of the four pivot brackets extend rearwardly from each forward leg. In this manner the angle between the forward and rearward legs may be varied. Also provided is a top step, a middle step, and a bottom step. Each step is horizontal when in a ladder orientation. Further provided is an imperforate tongue. The imperforate tongue is pivotably secured between the rearward legs adjacent to the free ends. In this manner the rearward legs may be perpendicularly positioned when in a dolly orientation. Provided last are four wheels. Four wheels are secured to the forward legs. The four wheels extend forwardly from the forward legs for use when in a cart orientation.
US10337245B2
The present invention relates to an access control device having at least one turnstile which has at least one barrier element that forms a turnstile arm and can be moved into a blocking position in which it blocks the access and into an access position in which it opens the access, an illumination device for illuminating the barrier element being provided. According to the invention, the barrier element forms an at least approximately planar illuminating panel that is made of a transparent material at least in sections and is fastened to a turnstile post at one end section and otherwise projects out freely. In particular an on-screen display element can be integrated into the barrier element and/or can form the barrier element, wherein said on-screen display element can be made of electronic paper with an image-storing function for the changeable display of information.
US10337242B2
A daylighting device (10) including: a flexible base material (20) having light-transmitting properties; and a plurality of daylighting sections (30) on at least one of faces (20a) of the base material (20), each of the daylighting sections having light-transmitting properties and including at least two protrusion portions adjacent to each other.
US10337237B2
An acoustical seal system that utilizes a sound absorbing material-based sound seal for the gap or flanking path between a closed door and the nearby surfaces (e.g., the door jam or frame and the floor). When the door is in a closed position, the acoustical seal system may leave a small gap around the door so that the door does not have to make contact with the surrounding structural components. The small gap is an air passage between the two adjacent rooms. The acoustical seal system includes a housing with one or more cavities. The housing is mounted on the sides of the door core or body or on the surrounding components such that the cavities face the small air gap when the door is in the closed position. The cavities are filled with sound-absorbing material, such as an acoustical foam, that is exposed to the air gap.
US10337230B2
During opening and closing actions of a window glass, the presence or absence of pinching of a foreign object in a window is determined on the basis of an amount of change in the movement speed of the window glass and a threshold value stored in a storage unit, and a drive direction of a motor is reversed in order to release a foreign object if it is determined that pinching is present. A threshold value update unit updates threshold values for pinching determination on the basis of the amount of change in the movement speed of the window glass for specific ranges of an entire movement range of the window glass. In addition, a threshold value for pinching determination for a range other than the specific ranges is set to be a preset fixed value.
US10337226B2
A casement window hinge provides a shoe sliding on a track to support a sash arm. The shoe is held captive within the track against outward movement by a T-bar extending rearwardly from the shoe and retained by upwardly and downwardly extending flanges from the track.
US10337213B2
A rack to hold skateboards, longboards, scooters, motorcycle helmets, purses, umbrellas and other implements or accessories. The rack is adapted to be mounted on a wall or surface. The rack is formed of a lip extending from a rear support. The lip is formed of a series of rounded protrusions. Items to be held by the rack can be received over the protrusions. In one embodiment, each protrusion is angled at a predetermined angle from the front. This helps keep a received skateboard, scooter or other accessory at an appropriate angle such that the wheels or surface of the accessory will remain off an affixed wall to avoid damage to wall. The rack can also include a locking mechanism for locking adjacent protrusions. The rack is designed for safety by having rounded edges on all areas that protrude from the wall.
US10337212B2
A security device has a flexible strap (26) with a lock unit (28) attached at each end. The strap (26) comprises a plurality of longitudinally extending multi-filament cables or ropes (2) arranged in a substantially planar array embedded in an elastomeric material (4). The cables or ropes (2) have a coating of primer for creating a bond with the elastomeric material (4). The primer may be restricted to the external surface of the cables or ropes (2), or some of the surfaces of the filaments may be free of primer. This facilitates relative movement of the filaments during flexure or compression of the strap (26). Moreover, an extrusion process for manufacturing the strap (26) including a priming station (12) is disclosed.
US10337204B2
A tent top folding and unfolding mechanism includes a connecting seat, a sliding seat, connecting rods, an elastic member and a bolt. The connecting seat is to be pivotally connected with tent top rods, and includes a sinking seat extending downward. The sliding seat is disposed below the connecting seat and movable in an upward and downward direction with respect to the connecting seat. The sliding seat includes an accommodating seat for receiving the elastic member. The sinking seat of the connecting seat has an inner diameter greater than an outer diameter of the accommodating seat to receive the accommodating seat. Each connecting rod has one end pivotally connected to a lower portion of the sliding seat and the other end to be pivotally connected to a corresponding tent top rod. The bolt passes through the connecting seat and the elastic adjustable member, and is fastened at the lower end.
US10337193B2
A machine for distributing blowing insulation material is provided. The machine includes a chute having an inlet portion and an upper portion. The inlet portion is configured to receive a package of compressed loosefill insulation material. The upper portion extends from the inlet portion. The inlet portion and the upper portion have cross-sectional shapes and sizes that closely correspond to a cross-sectional shape and size of the package of compressed loosefill insulation material. A lower unit is configured to receive the loosefill insulation material exiting the chute. The lower unit includes a plurality of shredders and a discharge mechanism. The discharge mechanism is configured to discharge conditioned loosefill insulation material into an airstream. The cross-sectional shape and size of the inlet portion and the upper portion are configured to direct an expansive force of the compressed loosefill insulation material in a direction toward the lower unit.
US10337179B2
A flood prevention apparatus for a sanitary ware product such as a bath or the like. The flood prevention apparatus comprises a multi chamber drain and an overflow apparatus. The multi chamber drain comprises a body defining at least a first and a second chamber therein. Openings into the body define a first outlet port and a second outlet port. Each of the first and second outlet ports are vertically and horizontally displaced relative to each other. The first outlet port is in fluid communication with the first chamber and the second outlet port is in fluid communication with the second chamber. The first and second outlet ports are each connectable to associated first and second pipe sections of the overflow apparatus. The overflow apparatus comprises a first pipe section configured to attach to the first outlet port and a second pipe section configured to attach to the second outlet port. The first and second pipe sections provide substantially vertical pipe sections. The first and second pipe sections are joined in continuous fluid communication by an inverted U-shaped passage, which includes a normally open air valve at its summit. The air valve is operable to control flow of water through the apparatus in a non-siphonic state.
US10337176B2
A plumbing fitting that includes a housing having an outlet, water being conductible through the outlet from a hose connection to a jet former of the outlet with the aid of a hose. The hose being insertable into an outlet nipple of the hose connection, and the outlet nipple having a groove extending from an opening in which a seal is disposed for the purpose of sealing the housing against the outlet nipple. The groove being at least partially closed by a closing element disposed on an end face of the outlet nipple.
US10337161B2
An apparatus and a method for attenuating water pressure pulses generated during sea piling when a percussion mechanism is used, including the stage of driving at least one pile into an earth by a percussion mechanism, while along at least a part of its axial extension, the pile is surrounded by water and at least partly by a tubular outer sleeve; and at least one gas-filled space is provided between the inner periphery of the outer sleeve and the outer periphery of the pile. The apparatus includes mechanisms for providing the gas-filled space.
US10337152B2
A dual-unit paving system for covering a surface has pairs of first and second units. For each pair, the first and second unit have different respective shapes and sizes, and are configured to be matingly engageable for forming a hexagonal assembly having six, non-linear sides. The hexagonal assembly allows forming rotational tessellations. The first and second units are also shaped and configured to be matingly engageable so as to form horizontally aligned tessellations, and also vertically aligned tessellations.
US10337144B2
Described is a method for processing cellulose-containing biomass with sulfuric acid and certain additives, especially for the pretreatment of cellulose-containing biomass prior to saccharification.
US10337143B2
An automatic color mix dyeing process includes activating an automatic shaping device to shape an undyed object as a cylinder and tightening same; conveying the undyed object to a dyeing apparatus by means of spraying wherein the dyeing apparatus includes rows of spray devices, dye containers for containing dyes of different colors, each dye container being in fluid communication with the row of spray devices, a pump for moving the dyes in the dye containers to the rows of spray devices, and a control device for controlling the rows of spray devices to control a spray sequence, a spray time, and a spray quantity of dye; conveying the dyed object from the dyeing apparatus to a vapor device for color fixing wherein the dyed object is impregnated with hot vapor to obtain a finished object; cutting the tie ropes; and conveying, washing and drying the finished object.
US10337142B2
A textile printing method includes heating a cloth, and applying an ink composition onto the heated cloth by ejecting the ink composition from an ink jet head. The ink composition contains resin fine particles and has a viscosity of 4.5 mPa·s or less at 40° C. and a surface tension of 28 mN/m or less at 40° C.
US10337139B2
A combination is provided that is used as a self-healing cutting board or a storage container. Both comprise a natural fabric and a formulation. The formulation infuses the natural fabric. The formulation comprises a natural wax, which is preferably bees wax and Damar resin, and has a melting point of about 70 C to about 80 C. The cutting board can be rejuvenated by heating. Both the board and the storage containers are anti-microbial, non-skid, water resistant, re-useable and compostable.
US10337130B2
Metal alloy knit fabrics, thermal protective members formed therefrom and their methods of construction are disclosed. This unique capability to knit high temperature metal alloy wire that is drapable allows for the creation of near net-shape preforms at production level speed. Additionally, ceramic insulation can also be integrated concurrently to provide increased thermal protection. The metal alloy knit fabrics described herein overcome the limitations of current welded stainless steel mesh seal coverings by providing coverings that withstand higher operational temperatures than stainless steel, are wear and snag resistant, can be a separate seal layer or as a portion of an integrated seal construction, can accommodate tight curvature changes to achieve complex shapes without wrinkling or buckling, and can be joined in the knitting process, sewed or mechanically fastened, without the need for welding.
US10337125B2
A heating device for producing carbon fibers from a thread-shaped fiber starting material, wherein the heating device has a central tubular induction heating element through which the fiber starting material is moved. The tubular induction heating element is surrounded by thermal insulation. At least one mid- to high-frequency induction coil is provided outside the thermal insulation, and an inert gas flows through the central induction heating element, in particular, for carbonizing and/or graphitizing the fiber starting material. For energy optimization, a first and a second tube element is provided on the outer side of the thermal insulation. The elements are made of material that is transparent to the induction field of the mid- to high-frequency induction coil and are spaced apart from one another by an annular gap through which the inert gas flows.
US10337124B2
A textile graphene component thermal fiber, or filament yarn, is able to be integrated into a textile, for example performance knits, woven and non-woven garments and linens, in order to conduct absorb or emit heat in order to regulate the body temperature for a user. The textile graphene component thermal fiber is able to absorb thermal energy and optimally conduct the thermal energy for extended periods of time. The textile graphene component thermal fiber includes a quantity of polymers, a first quantity of graphene, and a second quantity of graphene The quantity of polymers and the first quantity of graphene are mixed into a polymeric sheath. The second quantity of graphene and the quantity of thermally conductive substances are mixed into a thermal-conducting core. The polymeric sheath encloses the thermal conducting core in order to form the textile bi-component thermal fiber.
US10337119B2
A method of manufacturing a silicon carbide epitaxial substrate includes: performing degassing by heating a reaction chamber of a film formation apparatus; and using a gas including silicon atoms, a gas including carbon atoms, an ammonia gas, and a hydrogen gas serving as a carrier gas and having a dew point equal to or less than −100° C., epitaxially growing a silicon carbide layer on a surface of a silicon carbide single-crystal substrate within the reaction chamber.
US10337117B2
A method of Czochralski growth of a silicon ingot includes melting a mixture of silicon material and an n-type dopant material in a crucible. The silicon ingot is extracted from the molten silicon during an extraction time period. The silicon ingot is doped with additional n-type dopant material during at least one sub-period of the extraction time period.
US10337116B2
In a film forming method, in a state where a metal solution is sealed in a first accommodation chamber of a housing with a solid electrolyte membrane and a fluid is sealed in a second accommodation chamber of a placing table with a thin film, a substrate is placed on the placing table and the placing table and the housing are moved relative to each other to cause the substrate to be interposed between the solid electrolyte membrane and the thin film, the solid electrolyte membrane and the thin film are pressed against the substrate interposed therebetween to cause the solid electrolyte membrane and the thin film to conform to a surface and a rear surface of the substrate, thereby forming a metal film.
US10337115B1
Surface treated copper foils for use in high speed circuits on the order of 100 MHz or greater contain a reverse treated layer of copper nodules on the drum side of the electrolytically deposited copper foil to form a lamination side to be laminated to a dielectric material to form a copper clad laminate. Methods of forming the surface treated copper foil, and printed circuit boards (PCB) from the copper clad laminates are also described. The surface treated copper foils, copper clad laminates and PCBs can be incorporated into various electronic devices in which high speed signals are employed, including personal computers, mobile communications, including cellular telephones and wearables, self-driving vehicles, including cars and trucks, and aviation devices, including manned and unmanned vehicles, including airplanes, drones, missiles and space equipment including satellites, spacecraft, space stations and extra-terrestrial habitats and vehicles.
US10337109B2
Provided is high purity cobalt chloride having a purity of 5N (99.999%) or higher, and a manufacturing method of the high purity cobalt chloride via electrolysis, wherein cobalt having a purity of 5N or higher is used as an anode, a diluted hydrochloric acid bath having a pH of 1.5 to 3.0 is used as an electrolytic solution, the cobalt anode and a cathode plate are partitioned with an anion exchange membrane, and electrodeposition of the cobalt onto the cathode plate is thereby inhibited. An object of this invention is to provide a manufacturing method capable of providing high purity cobalt chloride at a higher purity and at a lower production cost than conventional methods. Under circumstances where demands for cobalt chloride may increase, cobalt chloride needs to be manufactured at high volume and at low cost, and the present invention offers a technique capable of satisfying the foregoing requirements.
US10337108B2
Electrochemical systems and methods for producing hydrogen. Generally, the systems and methods involve providing an electrochemical cell that includes an anolyte compartment holding an anode in contact with an anolyte, wherein the anolyte includes an oxidizable substance having a higher standard oxidation potential than water. The cell further comprises a catholyte compartment holding a cathode in contact with a catholyte that includes a substance that reduces to form hydrogen. Additionally, the cell includes an alkali cation conductive membrane that separates the anolyte compartment from the catholyte compartment. As an electrical potential passes between the anode and cathode, the reducible substance reduces to form hydrogen and the oxidizable substance oxidizes to form an oxidized product. The pH within the catholyte compartment may be controlled and maintained to a value in the range of 6 to 8. Apparatus and methods to regenerate the oxidizable substance are disclosed.
US10337104B2
Group 4 transition metal-containing film forming compositions are disclosed comprising Group 4 transition metal precursors having the formula: wherein M is Ti, Zr, or Hf; each A is independently N, Si, B or P; each E is independently C, Si, B or P; m and n is independently 0, 1 or 2; m+n>1; each R is independently a H or a C1-C4 hydrocarbon group; each L is independently a −1 anionic ligand selected from the group consisting of NR′2, OR′, Cp, amidinate, β-diketonate, or keto-iminate, wherein R′ is a H or a C1-C4 hydrocarbon group; and L′ is NR″ or O, wherein R″ is a H or a C1-C4 hydrocarbon group. Also disclosed are methods of synthesizing and using the disclosed precursors to deposit Group 4 transition metal-containing films on one or more substrates via vapor deposition processes.
US10337102B2
Fabrication method of a graphene film including the following successive steps: placing the substrate and a solid carbon source in a reaction chamber, provided with a gas inlet; and heating the solid carbon source, by flow of a current in said source, under a gas flow, the gas being devoid of hydrocarbon, so as to convert at least a part of the solid carbon source into a graphene film on the substrate.
US10337093B2
A method of processing a non-magnetic alloy workpiece comprises heating the workpiece to a warm working temperature, open die press forging the workpiece to impart a desired strain in a central region of the workpiece, and radial forging the workpiece to impart a desired strain in a surface region of the workpiece. In a non-limiting embodiment, after the steps of open die press forging and radial forging, the strain imparted in the surface region is substantially equivalent to the strain imparted in the central region. In another non-limiting embodiment, the strain imparted in the central and surface regions are in a range from 0.3 inch/inch to 1 inch/inch, and there exists no more than a 0.5 inch/inch difference in strain of the central region compared with the strain of the surface region of the workpiece. An alloy forging processed according to methods described herein also is disclosed.
US10337089B2
The disclosure relates to a process for producing a hardened and tempered component made of specially heat-treated cast iron (e.g., AGI). According to the disclosure, a main body made of cast iron is prepared which may already be in the shape of an engine block. The main body may then be subjected to pre-machining, which may include forming one or more bores. Then, the main body may be hardened and tempered by a suitable heat treatment, such as a special heat treatment. After the disclosed heat treatment, post-processing of the component may follow, such as establishing the final dimensions.
US10337087B2
Embodiments described herein provide processes for forming and removing epitaxial films and materials from growth wafers by epitaxial lift off (ELO) processes. In some embodiments, the growth wafer has edge surfaces with an off-axis orientation which is utilized during the ELO process. The off-axis orientation of the edge surface provides an additional variable for controlling the etch rate during the ELO process and therefore the etch front may be modulated to prevent the formation of high stress points which reduces or prevents stressing and cracking the epitaxial film stack. In one embodiment, the growth wafer is rectangular and has an edge surface with an off-axis orientation rotated by an angle greater than 0° and up to 90° relative to an edge orientation of <110> at 0°.
US10337085B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a die casting aluminum alloy, including the following components in percentage by mass: 11.0% to 14.0% of silicon; 0.1% to 0.9% of manganese; 0.1% to 1.0% of magnesium; 0.3% to 1.4% of iron; less than or equal to 0.2% of copper; and aluminum and inevitable impurities. The die casting aluminum alloy has good formability, heat conductivity, and corrosion resistance, and certain mechanical properties, which can avoid problems of a low yield of die-casting fittings, burn-in caused by severe heat emission of a product, corrosion in a coastal environment, assembly difficulties caused by insufficient mechanical properties, severe deformation in a wind load condition, and the like, so as to satisfy requirements of global delivery of complex communications products.
US10337084B2
Provided is a method for transporting reductant such as coke into a metallurgical furnace containing a bottom layer containing molten metal and a top layer on top of the bottom layer containing molten metal. The method comprises a first providing step for providing reductant, a second providing step for providing metal, a forming step for forming carriers containing reductant and metal of reductant provided in the first providing step and metal provided in the second providing step, and a feeding step for feeding carriers formed in the forming step into the metallurgical furnace. Also provided is a carrier and a production method for producing carriers.
US10337078B2
Described are solid agglomerates of fine metal particles and methods for manufacturing same. A liquid oily lubricant is used in the manufacture of the solid agglomerates. The manufacturing comprises blending fine metal particles with the liquid oily lubricant and compacting the oily metallic mixture obtained to desired solid form. Advantageously, the solid agglomerates possess a desirable density, a suitable resistance to crumbling and dusting during handling, and they can resist to high temperature and to humidity. Solid agglomerated metal products, according to the invention, may be useful for different purposes such as quality charge material for steel plants, blast furnaces and foundries.
US10337077B2
A method of producing steel by charging a furnace with scrap metal and agglomerated oxy-carbon material into a workspace of a furnace, to reduce specific electricity consumption when melting. Increasing the iron output quantity by inputting electric energy, fuel, a carburizer, a flux and gaseous oxygen, using electric arc melting with decarburization of a metal bath, and releasing metal and slag from the furnace. Prior to melting, a portion of the material is loaded with a first portion of the metal charge into the central zone of the furnace, and the remaining material into the melted charge during melting 0.5-10 kg/min per 1 megavolt-ampere of electric arc transformer power. The oxy-carbon material size is between 5 and 80 millimeters.
US10337066B2
Provided are methods for amplifying a gene or RNA or sets thereof of interest using a tandem PCR process. The primers in the first PCR or set of PCR reactions are locus-specific. The primers in the second PCR or set of PCR reactions are specific for a sub-sequence of the locus-specific primers and completely consumed during the second PCR amplification. For RNA amplification, the first PCR is reverse transcription and the resulting cDNA(s) provide a template for cRNA synthesis, endpoint PCR or real time PCR. Also provided is a tandem PCR method which accepts raw, completely unpurified mouthwash, cheek swabs and ORAGENE-stabilized saliva as the sample input, the resulting amplicons serving as the substrate for complex, microarray-based genetic testing. Also provided is a method of allelotyping a gene or set thereof by amplifying the gene(s) using tandem PCR on DNA or RNA comprising the sample.
US10337065B2
In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a method for optimizing cell-type specific protein expression. In another embodiment, the present invention relates to a method for creating a tRNA profile of a cell.
US10337063B1
Aspects of the present invention include analyzing nucleic acids from single cells using methods that include using tagged polynucleotides containing multiplex identifier sequences.
US10337051B2
The present disclosure provides methods for detecting a single-stranded target RNA. The present disclosure provides methods of cleaving a precursor C2c2 guide RNA array into two or more C2c2 guide RNAs. The present disclosure provides a kit for detecting a target RNA in a sample.
US10337050B2
The invention relates to methods, compositions, devices, systems and kits as described including, without limitation, reagents and mixtures for determining the identity of nucleic acids in nucleotide sequences using, for example, sequencing by synthesis methods. In particular, the present invention contemplates the use of polyphenolic compounds, known as antioxidant additives, to improve the efficiency of Sequencing-By-Synthesis reactions. For example, gallic acid (GA) is shown herein to be one of many exemplary SBS polyphenolic additives.
US10337049B2
The present invention provides a method of determining whether cytosine residues present at a predetermined positions within a single strand of a double stranded DNA of known sequence are methylated as well as compounds for carrying out this method.
US10337047B2
A multiplex hand-held diagnostic biosensor, using two inflammatory salivary biomarkers, Human Neutrophil Elastase (HNE) and Cathepsin-G, was constructed made to potentially detect Periodontitis at an early stage is described. The use of magnetic nanoparticle biosensor method used as a device was based on the measurement of proteolytic activity using specific proteases probes. The magnetic nanoparticle biosensor device is capable of specific and quantitative detection of HNE and Cathepsin-G in solution and in spiked saliva samples with a lower detection limit of 1 pg/mL and 100 fg/mL for HNE and Cathepsin-G, respectively.
US10337046B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus for determining whether a culture in a vessel contains a plurality of microorganisms are provided. A normalization relative value is calculated for each respective measurement of a biological state of the culture between (i) the respective measurement and (ii) an initial biological state. For each fixed interval of time points, a derivative of the normalization relative values in the interval of time points is calculated, thereby forming a plurality of rate transformation values. For each set of rate transformation values in the plurality of rate transformation values, a measure of central tendency of the values in the set is computed, thereby forming a plurality of average relative transformation values. A determination whether the culture contains the microorganisms is made based on whether any calculated average relative transformation value exceeds a first threshold or whether an extent of growth exhibited by the culture exceeds a second threshold.
