US10395532B2
The invention relates to a method for operating a vehicle, in which a control center transmits at least one piece of information to a receiving device of the vehicle, based on the geographic position of the vehicle. The control center associates the at least one piece of information with a predefined region and publishes the at least one piece of information associated with the predefined region. The vehicle receives the at least one piece of information if a control device of the vehicle has subscribed to receive information which is associated with the predefined region. The invention further relates to a vehicle.
US10395507B2
An emergency command device comprises: two safety inputs connectable to a control/evaluating unit to receive an input voltage; two safety outputs connectable to the control/evaluating unit; two electrical switching paths respectively extending between the two safety inputs and the two safety outputs; an emergency actuating unit comprising: a manually triggerable actuating element, a background element, and two switches connected to the actuating element and respectively disposed in the two electrical switching paths; a light emitting unit comprising red LEDs to backlight the actuating element and yellow LEDs to backlight the background element; a voltage detector detect an electrical output voltage at one of the two safety outputs; and a flashing circuit arrangement coupled to activate flashing of the yellow LEDs and/or the red LEDs in response to detection by the voltage detector of a drop in the output voltage below a preset or presettable threshold value.
US10395491B2
Apparatus, systems, and methods for providing transmission and localized reception of audio, visual, and tactile signaling are taught for a myriad of useful purposes, including embodiments that permit differentiation between selected groups of intended recipients to permit simultaneous use of multiple instances of this technology in close proximity, if desired.
US10395484B2
A method of using a kiosk to dispense funds, a portion of which has a value less than the value of the lowest form of currency the kiosk dispenses. The method may include receiving information at the kiosk identifying a source for the funds and transmitting a request to a host computer to verify the source for the funds. The method may include receiving at the kiosk a verification of the funds and displaying on a display screen an amount of funds available for payment. The method may include receiving at the kiosk a request from a user to remit a first portion of the amount of funds in a first form, wherein the first form is selected from a group consisting of paper currency, money order, credit to an account, and credit to a stored value card. The method may include remitting the first portion in the first form and displaying a set of options for receiving a second portion of the amount of funds, wherein the set of options is selected from a group consisting of a money order, a donation, a credit to a stored value card, and a credit to an account. The method may include receiving a request from the user to remit the second portion of the amount of funds in a second form selected from the set of options. The first form and the second form may be different, and the kiosk may be configured to dispense money orders upon receipt of a request from the user to remit the first portion as a money order.
US10395477B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for associating a player identifier with a financial account. The financial account can holds funds that are accessible through the player's use of a payment vehicle. Information associated with transactions using the payment vehicle can be used for player relationship purposes.
US10395469B2
A gaming machine including a display that has a first display area and a second display area. The first display area displays a first prize and a second prize. The first prize has a first prize threshold and the second prize has a second prize threshold. The second display area displays an overflow prize, while the game controller contributes to the first prize at least a portion of the credit balance with respect to a wagering activity, and causes the display to display an increment of the overflow prize in response to the first prize having reached the first threshold. A payout mechanism configured to, in response to determining one of the first prize and the second prize is to be awarded, cause a payout associated with the one of the first prize and the second prize to be awarded and the incremented overflow prize.
US10395468B2
A gaming machine having a game controller and a display. The game controller causes the display to display a feature wheel including a plurality of display slices. A first display slice is associated with a first prize of a plurality of prizes and has a respective variable size being dependent on the first prize and visually identifies the first prize relative to a second prize associated with a second display slice.
US10395467B2
A method and apparatus for use in gaming activities, such as in a slot machine. A first grid comprising a plurality of elements overlayed a second grid comprising a plurality of elements is presented. At least some of the elements of the first grid and the second grid are marked. Marked elements of first grid are then used to form a subportion, the subportion boundary enclosing an area and having a correspondingly marked element of the first grid at each corner. Payouts are issued for marked elements and element combinations of the second grid within the subportion. The payouts may be administered according to a pay table.
US10395465B2
In some embodiments a wagering game system comprises a personal area network device configured to render media content including results of a wagering game. The system can include a wagering game machine configured to determine and provide the wagering game results to the personal area network device. The wagering game machine can include a personal area network device transceiver configured to exchange data with the personal area network device, the data including the wagering game results, and a personal area network controller configured to detect the personal area network device, to procure an identification code for the personal area network device without player input, and to authenticate the personal area network device by use of the identification code. The system can also include a repository configured to store the identification code in association with a player identifier and to provide the identification code to the wagering game machine upon request.
US10395463B2
A data processing system defines products that a service provider may offer to customers. A completed product definition may include product definitions, price definitions, discount definitions, and commitment definitions. Each of the definitions may be employed as a re-useable component building block for establishing completed product definitions.
US10395459B2
A method for performing a lockout-tagout procedure includes reading, by a sensor of a portable device, a location tag positioned at a location or on a device that an electronic lock is associated with to acquire a location identifier; acquiring, by a communication device of the portable device, audit data from the electronic lock regarding at least one of a lock event or an unlock event of the electronic lock; and at least one of transmitting, by the communication device of the portable device, the audit data and the location identifier to a remote server configured to provide for determination of compliance with the lockout-tagout procedure using the audit data and the location identifier; or interpreting, by a processing circuit of the portable device, the audit data and the location identifier to determine at least one of the lock event or the unlock event is part of the lockout-tagout procedure.
US10395455B2
A system for remotely controlling the position of a land vehicle door includes a mobile communication device operative to produce an excitation signal in the form of a first, short-range, electromagnetic field within a first range of the mobile device and a hand-held communication device, such as a key fob, operative to produce an excitation signal in the form of a second, short-range, electromagnetic field when the hand-held device is located within the first range. Control logic is coupled to the devices. The control logic is operative to detect when a pedestrian carrying an authorized hand-held device is located within the first range and to generate a door-opening command signal when the authorized device is located within the first range.
US10395442B2
In an example, a vehicle diagnostic system is disclosed. The vehicle diagnostic system includes a first DC-DC converter having an input and an output and a second DC-DC converter having an input and an output. The output of the first DC-DC converter is connected to the input of the second DC-DC converter at a first node, and the output of the second DC-DC converter is connected to the input of the first DC-DC converter at a second node. The vehicle diagnostic system includes a battery connected to a vehicle load and the first node and a redundant power source connected to the second node. The vehicle diagnostic system includes a control module that is configured to initiate operation of the first DC-DC converter and the second DC-DC converter to cause current re-circulation between the first DC-DC converter and the second DC-DC converter.
US10395440B2
According to one embodiment, provisioning an amount of power for one or more vehicles can comprise receiving a request indicating a requirement for an amount of power for the one or more vehicles. The request can indicate the requirement for the amount of power for the one or more vehicles individually or in total. A set of management rules can be read from one or more databases. A set of service configuration information and a set of vehicle specific information for the one or more vehicles can also be read from one or more databases. One or more power sources to meet the requirement for the amount of power for the one or more vehicles can be determined based on applying the management rules and using the set of service configuration information and the set of vehicle information and an indication of the determined power sources can be provided.
US10395439B2
The present disclosure relates to health monitoring and maintenance of mobile platforms such as aircraft. In particular, onboard apparatus and methods and also ground-based apparatus and methods that cooperate in assisting with the maintenance of mobile platforms by facilitating diagnosis of events detected onboard mobile platforms while such mobile platforms are in operation (e.g., transit, flight) are disclosed. In various aspects, the present disclosure discloses apparatus and methods for handling and reporting the detection of events onboard mobile platforms, reporting predefined additional information associated with the event upon request from a ground facility, identifying one or more potential causes for the detected event and determining the occurrence probability for each potential cause identified.
US10395438B2
Embodiments of the invention include a vehicle telematics system including a telematics device and a remote server system, wherein the telematics device obtains sensor data from at least one sensor installed in a vehicle, calculates peak resultant data based on the sensor data, generates crash score data based on the peak resultant data and a set of crash curve data for the vehicle, and provides the obtained sensor data when the crash score data exceeds a crash threshold to the remote server system and the remote server system obtains vehicle sensor data and vehicle identification data from the vehicle telematics device, calculates resultant change data and absolute speed change data based on the obtained sensor data and/or the vehicle identification data, and generates crash occurred data when the resultant change data exceeds a first threshold value and when the absolute speed change data is below a second threshold value.
US10395435B2
A system configured to provide a three-dimensional representation of a physical environment. The three-dimensional representation including annotation data associated with particular objects and/or viewpoints of the three-dimensional representation. In some cases, the viewpoints may be rendered using image data associated with a photograph captured from a corresponding viewpoint within the physical environment.
US10395433B2
The disclosure includes embodiments for providing traffic situation awareness for a driver of an autonomous vehicle. In some embodiments, the autonomous vehicle is a highly autonomous vehicle (HAV). A method implemented by the HAV includes, according to some embodiments, analyzing external sensor data recorded by one or more external sensors of the HAV to identify a traffic situation. The external sensor data describes one or more measurements of a physical environment external to the HAV. The method includes generating graphical data describing visual feedback that visually depicts information describing the traffic situation. The method includes providing the graphical data to an interface device to cause the interface device to display the visual feedback. The interface device is communicatively coupled to the HAV and operable to receive the graphical data from the processor of the HAV. The visual feedback provides the traffic situation awareness to the driver of the HAV.
US10395432B2
In embodiments of the invention, a method may include displaying an array of slits using a first light-attenuating spatial light modulator, displaying a pre-filtered image using a second light-attenuating SLM by attenuating rays of light originating from a surrounding environment to synthesis a near-eye light field, where the rays of light pass through the first and second light-attenuating SLMs, and selectively blocking the rays of light originating from the surrounding environment using the array of slits to generate a virtual image in said near-eye light field.
US10395429B2
Aspects of the present invention include an apparatus comprising a recognition unit configured to recognize real object in an image. The apparatus may further comprise a determining unit configured to determine a stability indicator indicating a stability of the recognition, and a display control unit configured to modify a display of a virtual object according to the stability indicator.
US10395423B2
An apparatus and method are described for rendering adaptive mesh refinement data. For example, one embodiment of a graphics processing apparatus comprises: a tree data structure generator to transform adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) data into a multi-octree or kd-tree data structure, respectively; an interpolator to implement an interpolation scheme based on the multi-octree or kd-tree data structure to generate interpolated results, the interpolation scheme using repeated linear interpolation; and a ray tracing-based renderer to use the interpolated results to render image frames using ray tracing techniques.
US10395417B2
A method, system, and/or computer program product processes a data plot comprising a plurality of data points for inclusion of additional information content. A space of the data plot is divided into subspaces, where each subspace contains at least one data point of the data plot. An available area on a display for each subspace is computed, and then a compressed information representation for each subspace is computed based on information about at least one data point contained in each subspace and a computed available area for each subspace. An available area of each subspace is computed based on a maximum size of a shape that can fit within each subspace. The data plot is displayed, where each unit of compressed information is displayed adjacent to a corresponding group of data points from the data plot.
US10395415B2
Fast intersection in ray tracing between secondary rays and geometric objects. An ordinary GPU hardware is utilized as a means for intersecting scene geometry with a large group of rays. A reduction of computational complexity, reduction of power consumption and performance improvement are gained, making this ray tracing method suitable for battery powered devices.
US10395410B2
Systems and methods for animating a character model by deforming the character model based on poses. Embodiments may contain a modeling component in which a user may create a character model that contains a rig representing animation controls applied to the model, and geometric/graphic parameters for graphically rendering the model. The user also may create directed graphs that contain nodes representing operations that act on the character model and directional connections representing data flow between nodes. The embodiments may contain a compiling component that convert a directed graph into a sequence of instructions that perform the operations denoted at the nodes. The embodiments provide tools and methods to reduce redundancies in the sequence of instructions producing an optimized version of instruction sequence. The resulting instructions are then convertible into machine code for running on a video game device or loaded into a plug-in of a graphic rendering engine.
US10395405B2
An approach is provided for removing information from image data using markers. As used herein, the term “marker” refers to a physical object included in an image of one or more objects when the image is captured. Markers are used to identify, either directly, indirectly, or both, information to be removed from image data. The approach is applicable to any type of information, such as information that identifies one or more individuals, referred to herein as “identifying information.”
US10395402B2
An image processing device is provided to generate electronic document data representative of at least one physical document having at least one page. A unique document identifier value is determined to identify the at least one page, the unique document identifier being determined based on an end document identifier value associated with an electronic document project managed by a document management system. An annotated electronic document is generated by embedding data representing the unique document identifier within the at least one page of the electronic document data. An information file is generated and includes at least one characteristic associated with the annotated electronic document. The information file and annotated electronic document are communicated to the document management system for incorporation into an associated electronic document project stored therein.
US10395391B1
A camera principal point automatic calibration system including an image acquiring device, a controller, a first display and a second display is provided, wherein the controller controls the first and second display to display parallel first line and second line. The controller selectively rotates the first and second line according to whether a first and second image line generated by the image acquiring device corresponding to the first and second line are parallel or not, and the controller calculates the principal point from parallel first image line and second image line.
US10395390B2
Systems, methods, and devices are provided for controlling a movable object using multiple sensors. In one aspect, a method for calibrating one or more extrinsic parameters of a movable object having a plurality of sensors in an initial configuration is provided. The method can comprise: detecting that the initial configuration of the plurality of sensors has been modified; receiving inertial data from at least one inertial sensor during operation of the movable object; receiving image data from at least two image sensors during the operation of the movable object; and estimating the one or more extrinsic parameters based on the inertial data and the image data in response to detecting that the initial configuration has been modified, wherein the one or more extrinsic parameters comprise spatial relationships between the plurality of sensors in the modified configuration.
US10395387B2
A method includes a reading-in step in which at least one sensor signal is read in via an interface to a sensor disposed in the vehicle, the sensor signal representing at least one current parameter of the electronic device and/or of the driver in the vehicle. The method furthermore includes a comparing step in which the sensor signal is compared with at least one stored utilization signal that represents a utilization of the electronic device by the driver while driving the vehicle. The method further includes an outputting step in which a detection signal is outputted if a predetermined correlation exists between the sensor signal and the utilization signal, in order to indicate the detected utilization of the electronic device.
US10395385B2
In various implementations, object tracking in a video content analysis system can be augmented with an image-based object re-identification system (e.g., for person re-identification or re-identification of other objects) to improve object tracking results for objects moving in a scene. The object re-identification system can use image recognition principles, which can be enhanced by considering data provided by object trackers that can be output by an object traffic system. In a testing stage, the object re-identification system can selectively test object trackers against object models. For most input video frames, not all object trackers need be tested against all object models. Additionally, different types of object trackers can be tested differently, so that a context provided by each object tracker can be considered. In a training stage, object models can also be selectively updated.
US10395383B2
Method, device and apparatus to estimate an ego-motion of a video apparatus in a SLAM type algorithm
A method estimates an ego-motion of an apparatus between a first image and a second image of a succession of images captured by the apparatus, in a SLAM type algorithm containing a localization part including the ego-motion estimating and a mapping part. The ego-motion comprises a 3D rotation of the apparatus and a position variation of the apparatus in the 3D space, and the ego-motion estimating comprises performing a first part and performing a second part after having performed the first part, the first part including estimating the 3D rotation of the apparatus and the second part including, the 3D rotation having been estimated, estimating the position variation of the apparatus in the 3D space.
US10395378B2
A method of evaluating motion estimation between a pair of digitized images includes receiving a distance map between a source block in a source image and all the blocks in a search area in a target image, scanning each column of the distance map, and saving indices of a minimum distance value for each column, scanning each row of the distance map, and saving indices of a minimum distance value for each row, locating candidate lines that pass through at least some local minima points that correspond to locations in the distance map of the minimum distance value in each of the columns or the minimum distance value in each of the rows determining a confidence level for each candidate line that passes through at least some of the local minima points, and selecting those candidate lines whose confidence level is greater than a predetermined threshold value.
US10395375B2
A device for motion estimation in video image data is provided. The device comprises a motion estimation unit (11, 21) for estimating a current motion vector for an area of a current image by determining a set of temporal and/or spatial candidate motion vectors and selecting a best motion vector from the set of candidate motion vectors. The motion estimation unit (11, 21) is further adapted for substantially doubling one or more of the candidate motion vectors and for including the one or more substantially doubled candidate motion vectors in the set of candidate motion vectors.
US10395361B2
Disclosed are methods and apparatus for qualifying a photolithographic reticle. A reticle inspection tool is used to acquire a plurality of images at different imaging configurations from each of a plurality of pattern areas of a test reticle. A reticle near field is recovered for each of the pattern areas of the test reticle based on the acquired images from each pattern area of the test reticle. The recovered reticle near field is then used to determine whether the test reticle or another reticle will likely result in unstable wafer pattern or a defective wafer.
US10395359B2
Methods and systems for detecting defects on a wafer using adaptive local thresholding and color filtering are provided. One method includes determining local statistics of pixels in output for a wafer generated using an inspection system, determining which of the pixels are outliers based on the local statistics, and comparing the outliers to the pixels surrounding the outliers to identify the outliers that do not belong to a cluster of outliers as defect candidates. The method also includes determining a value for a difference in color between the pixels of the defect candidates and the pixels surrounding the defect candidates. The method further includes identifying the defect candidates that have a value for the difference in color greater than or equal to a predetermined value as nuisance defects and the defect candidates that have a value for the difference in color less than the predetermined value as real defects.
US10395347B2
In a case where IR data of a near-infrared light image is data in which a visible light component and a near-infrared light component coexist, a point image restoration process is performed on the IR data using a first point image restoration filter based on a first point spread function for visible light of the optical system and a second point image restoration filter based on a second point spread function for near-infrared light of the optical system. An appropriate point image restoration process is performed on the IR data that is captured in a time zone of twilight or dawn by performing weighted averaging on a point image restoration process using the first point image restoration filter and a point image restoration process using the second point image restoration filter using a first gain α and a second gain β according to a light amount ratio between visible light and near-infrared light at the time of capturing the IR data.
US10395343B2
A method and a device for filtering the aberrations of disparity or depth images using an adaptive approach are described. The method allows the local filtering of those points which are not spatially coherent in their 3D neighborhood, according to a criterion derived from a geometrical reality of the transformations carried out on the light signals. Advantageously, the noise filtering method may be applied to a dense depth image or to a dense disparity image.
US10395339B2
In a data processing system, an input data array to be downscaled is split into plural parts along its horizontal extent and the different parts of the input data array are then provided to respective scalers of the data processing system and are respectively downscaled by those scalers to provide a plurality of downscaled output parts. The plural downscaled output parts are then combined (merged) to provide the desired downscaled output data array.
US10395336B2
A computing system comprises graphics rendering logic and image processing logic. The graphics rendering logic processes graphics data to render an image using a rendering space which is sub-divided into a plurality of tiles. Cost indication logic obtains a cost indication for each of a plurality of sets of one or more tiles of the rendering space, wherein the cost indication for a set of one or more tiles is suggestive of a cost of processing rendered image values for a region of the rendered image corresponding to the set of one or more tiles. The image processing logic processes rendered image values for regions of the rendered image. The computing system causes the image processing logic to process rendered image values for regions of the rendered image in dependence on the cost indications for the corresponding sets of one or more tiles.
US10395335B2
One embodiment provides a method comprising receiving image data with a first image resolution, and determining an optimal image resolution for sampling the image data based on a learned model. The optimal image resolution is lower than the first image resolution. The method further comprises sampling the image data at the optimal image resolution, and performing image analysis on sampled image data resulting from the sampling.
US10395334B2
Provided is a signal processing device including: a determination unit configured to determine a state of software associated with image processing on an input image signal indicating an image captured by a medical apparatus; and an output control unit configured to have a first processed image signal that is the input image signal on which image processing has been performed by the software selectively outputted, on the basis of a result of determination of the state of the software.
US10395328B2
Systems and methods for providing a virtual professionals community for conducting virtual consultations with suggested professionals includes receiving, in a server, data associated with a plurality of professionals, including a specialty descriptive of one or more of the plurality of professionals. The server can receive a peer performance rating for one of the plurality of professionals generated by a second of the plurality of professionals. A client can submit, to the server, a search request that includes user-defined search criteria. The server can then search the received data based on the search criteria to select relevant professionals associated with the client's search request. The server can rank the selected relevant professionals based on peer performance ratings and the relevancy of the relevant professional to the search criteria. After ranking the selected professionals, the server can transmit a report of the relevant professionals ordered in the ranking determined by the server.
US10395327B2
Systems, methods, and devices are described related to the assignment and management of patient-specific bins. A dispensing device at a healthcare facility includes a number of bins for storage of medical supplies, with some of the bins designated as patient-specific bins allocated to be assigned to patients for storage of their medications or certain other supplies. A central server computer system, in communication with a computer of the dispensing device, may monitor and assign current and future patient-specific use of the bins for the dispensing device. The assignment and management of patient-specific bins may be performed by devices distributed through the system.
US10395321B2
Online systems, for example, social networking systems evaluate expressions based on features describing relations between entities represented in the online system. These expressions are represented using an expression language. The expression language allows features to be specified as functions of attributes from user accounts. The expressions support use of variables to represent computations, for example, sub-expressions. The expressions are dynamic, since expressions can be specified and executed at call time. The same set of expressions is used many times, e.g., to compute the same function for multiple feature sets, for example, user accounts. Expressions are preferably represented using postfix representation. However some expressions, for example, expressions using variables are represented as trees. To optimize the expressions at runtime, the expressions are cached using a representation determined to be efficient for executing the expression. The cached representation of the expression is applied to multiple feature sets, for example, user accounts.
US10395313B1
A system for processing an image including a vehicle using machine learning can include a processor in communication with a client device, and a storage medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to perform operations including: receiving an image of a vehicle from the client device; extracting one or more features from the image; based on the extracted features and using a machine learning algorithm, determining a make and a model of the vehicle; obtaining user information relating to a financing request for the vehicle; determining a real-time quote for the vehicle based on the make, the model, and the user information; and transmitting the real-time quote for display on the client device.
US10395312B2
A method and system for proactively offering financing offers to customers of e-commerce websites are provided. The method includes collecting data related to a customer associated with a customer node, upon identification that a customer logs on to an e-commerce website; generating at least one customer characteristic of the customer based on the collected data; computing an adaptive credit standing of the customer based on the at least one customer characteristic; determining whether the adaptive credit standing meets a credit standing threshold associated with at least one product of interest; and upon determining that the adaptive credit standing meets the credit standing threshold, providing at least one financing offer to the customer associated with the customer node.
US10395305B2
Systems and methods are provided for providing a platform to provide virtual storefronts to consumers. Environmental elements are associated with specific consumer services on computer server. A user in the environment takes audio or visual recordings of an environmental element and uploads the recordings to the server. The server determines the appropriate consumer service associated with the recorded environmental element and provides the user with a reference to the service. Accordingly, any space, such as a bus stop, subway or train terminal, movie theater, or airport, may be turned into a virtual store.
US10395296B2
Techniques related to presentation of consumer-specific maps are disclosed. The techniques involve accessing, with a search engine module, from at least one database, map data defining a layout of a retail facility, product data identifying products for sale at the retail facility, location data defining a location of the products, purchase data relating to products previously purchased by a specific consumer, and promotion data identifying promotions available for the products. A processor analyzes the data and correlates promotions with the products previously purchased by the specific consumer. The processor generates a map of the layout of the retail facility that is presentable on a display of a computing device. The map indicates with respect to the layout the location of the products previously purchased by the specific consumer and the promotions correlated with the products previously purchased by the specific consumer.
US10395289B2
The present disclosure is directed to an improved cookieless ecommerce platform. The proposed approach involves receiving a confirmation of an order for the purchase of an item initiated by a platform member to a platform partner. The order includes at least one of an assigned e-mail address and a social community user id. The platform scans communications to/from the platform member to the partner to determine when a communication involves a request for an order, and based on the scanning, determines when a member is entitled to a cashback or similar reward.
US10395288B2
A system and method are described that facilitate bilateral private interaction between participants who wish to initiate personal or business arrangements anonymously or without exposure except to identified trusted parties and the system and method act as an intermediary allowing the participants, typically buyers and sellers, to be matched based upon requests for and offers of goods and services, without revealing the identity or other identifying information about either the items or the participants until the participants choose to reveal that information.
US10395287B1
An improved invoice management product may include an invoice hub server and an invoice database, and may receive data including one or more invoices, transmit one or more invoice records to an invoice database, identify one or more invoice records for expedited processing, transmit a request to issue an advance payment to a supplier associated with one or more supplier identifiers associated with the one or more invoice records, and transmit a notice to a customer. An Invoice Hub server may receive data comprising one or more invoices, create one or more invoice records based on the one or more invoices, transmit the one or more invoice records to an invoice database, identify one or more invoice records for expedited processing, transmit a request to issue an advance payment to a supplier, and transmit a notice to a customer associated with the one or more invoice records.
US10395285B2
A transport arrangement system operates to receive a transport request from a user, and to make a selection of a vehicle type for the user based at least in part on a set of criteria associated with the transport request or user information. For example, the determination of whether an autonomous vehicle is to be provided can be based at least in part on the destination specified with the transport request.
US10395279B1
A method and system for in-game calendar-based item promotion for use by groups of users in the game, such as alliances. The users have a shared calendar in which dates and times are scheduled for group activities and additional relevant information may be entered. The system and method include ways of identifying scheduled dates and times and activities and promoting items which may be helpful for the scheduled activities. The users are encouraged to purchase the promoted items. In addition, certain actions may be recommended to the users based on the scheduled dates, times, and activities and associated information. Scheduling incentives may be used to encourage users to play the game at preferred dates and/or times.
US10395274B2
Techniques for advertisement placement prioritization are described. In one or more implementations, a likely line of sight of a viewer of an event to a focus point of the event is determined. Then, a relative location of one or more display devices is identified in relation to the likely line of sight of the viewer. In addition, a priority level is assigned to respective display devices based on corresponding relative locations in relation to the likely line of sight. Further, various demographics and characteristics of audience members can be obtained to determine context-sensitive media content associated with the audience members to present via relatively higher priority display devices. Also, performances of event participants can be determined based on commentary analysis and used to determine context-sensitive media content associated with the event participants to present via the higher priority ad boards.
US10395270B2
A system and method is provided for recommending a grammar for a message campaign used by a message optimization system. A user specifies parameters for a new campaign, from which a set of statistical design budgets is calculated. The user selects a grammar structure, recommended based on the statistical design budgets, for the campaign. The n-most relevant past campaigns are identified. Semantic tags, associated with each previously used value from the n-most relevant past campaigns and each of a plurality of untested values, are identified and ranked based on past performance. The previously used values are ordered by ranked tag group and then within each tag group, while the untested values are ordered by ranked tag group and then randomly within the tag group. Recommended values are selected from the ranked list of previously used values and untested values depending on the degree of exploration/conservatism indicated by the user.
US10395262B2
Sensor data analysis may include obtaining video data, detecting facial data within the video data, extracting the facial data from the video data, detecting indicator data within the video data, extracting the indicator data from the video data, transforming the extracted facial data into representative facial data, and determining a mood of the person by associating learned mood indicators derived from other detected facial data with the representative facial data. The analysis may include determining that the representative facial data is associated with a complex profile, and determining a context regarding the person within the environment by weighting and processing the determined mood, at least one subset of data representing information about the person of the complex profile, and the indicator data. The analysis may include determining a user experience for the person, and communicating the determined user experience to a device associated with the person.
US10395259B1
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for an analytics server to efficiently generate a control group dataset, including receiving, by the analytics server, a request to generate a control group dataset based on a test dataset and potential control dataset; generating, by the analytics server, an instruction to receive a first dataset based on the request; identifying, by the analytics server, data points within the first dataset corresponding to a number of users and user attributes; generating, by the analytics server, a second dataset by normalizing the user attributes; generating, by the analytics server, a third dataset comprising a space-filling curve, where each space-filling curve data point corresponds to the normalized user attributes and the number of users; determining, by the analytics server, control users by matching the space-filling curve data points with the user attribute; and generating, by the analytics server, an instruction for display on a client device.
US10395257B2
The present invention relates to a system and method for interacting with a social network. The method includes displaying a web page provided by a content provider on a user device. The web page includes at least one social network access item. The social network access item may be selected by a user of the user device, with a first type of selection causing a link to an online resource associated with a social network provider to be followed by the web browser, the online resource enabling the user to login to a social network. Receiving a second type of selection causes at least one control option to be displayed within the web page. The control option may be for saving details of the web page to a storage location remote from the user device and provided by the social network provider, or accessing the details of at least one web page previously saved by the user from the storage location.
US10395252B2
The invention provides one or more consortia of networks that identify and share information about users and/or user devices interacting with the consortia. User devices may be identified, at least in part, by a delta of time parameter between a user device used and a reference time. Other parameters may be analyzed to identify a computer user and/or device and noteworthy transactions. The invention may be used for identity-based applications such as network security, the detection of fraudulent transactions, identity theft, ratings-based communities and law enforcement. User may be permitted to register user devices in order to control access for performing transactions.
US10395250B2
A system, method, and computer-readable medium for securing a mobile financial transaction are provided. A table matches each one of a plurality of transaction risk levels to a corresponding one of a plurality of required user trust scores, correspondingly. A financial transaction risk level associated with a financial transaction is computed. A user trust score associated with the user is computed based on user identification data associated with the user. The financial transaction risk level is matched to a corresponding one of the plurality of transaction risk levels stored in the table. The one of the plurality of required trust scores that corresponds to the corresponding one of the plurality of transaction risk levels stored in the table is identified. If the user trust score is greater than or equal to the identified one of the plurality of required trust scores, then the financial transaction is authorized.
US10395249B1
An automated teller machine (ATM) may include an input component and one or more processors. The input component may be configured to detect multi-factor input associated with an account. The multi-factor input may include at least two of: a sequence of characters input via the input component, a force with which at least one character, of the sequence of characters, is input via the input component, a length of time over which at least one character, of the sequence of characters, is input via the input component, or a combination of at least two characters, of the sequence of characters, that are input concurrently via the input component. The ATM may receive the multi-factor input, validate the multi-factor input in association with the account, and selectively permit or deny access to one or more actions associated with the account based on validating the multi-factor input.
US10395247B2
The systems and methods discussed herein relate to securely transferring funds over a private network. Receiving transaction data related to a fund transfer including a tokenized financial instrument, providing to a sender financial institution the tokenized financial instrument to enable the sender financial institution to de-tokenize the tokenized financial instrument and identify an account of the sender, receiving a sender private identifier generated by the sender financial institution, providing to the sender financial institution the transfer amount of the fund transfer to enable the sender financial institution to transfer funds, providing a transaction identifier and a recipient private identifier to the recipient financial institution to enable the recipient financial institution to receive an ACH message from the sender financial institution over the ACH network, the ACH message indicating payment from the sender financial institution to the recipient financial institution to perform the fund transfer with funds over the ACH network.
US10395245B2
A computerized system conducts customer identification processing for customers who remotely open accounts with personal identification information that cannot be verified through available data sources.
US10395240B2
A system and device for adding electronics to materials of a wallet to form a smart wallet. A smart wallet stows and retrieves information stored or displayed on various transaction cards and other information typically carried within the wallet. Electronic and physical features of a smart wallet include devices and techniques for attaching electronics to accessories, and also for attaching accessories, to primary devices to form a smart wallet. The user can then interact with the smart wallet and its cards, information and accessories using an interface that governs that interaction while retaining the security of the information. Mechanical features include techniques for integrating electronics within materials to add electronic functionality to make any device a smart wallet. Several accessory styles and devices for attaching same to electronics are also disclosed.
US10395238B2
A two step method for transferring money from a sender to a recipient includes entering information relating to the transfer into a near field communication (NFC) enabled device of the sender. The device is then placed in contact with or close proximity to a recipient's device a first time, causing the sender's device to establish an NFC link between the two devices and to gather information relating to the recipient via the NFC link. The sender's device is then placed in contact with or close proximity to the recipient's device a second time, causing it to transmit the information relating to the transfer and the recipient to a third party service provider via another network, e.g., the Internet, thereby causing the service provider to transfer the money from an account of the sender to an account of the recipient.
US10395236B2
A mobile terminal and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. The mobile terminal includes a display unit and a controller configured to execute a specific application related to a payment, change to a payment ready state and display a payment card in a center area of the display unit when selecting the payment card among cards stored in the specific application, produce one-time payment information, a token value, and perform the payment when receiving a first input in the payment ready state, and change to a payment waiting state and control the display unit so that a display of the payment card is changed to a display of a specific indicator, when receiving a second input in the payment ready state.
US10395233B2
The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal having a lateral display unit and a control method thereof. A mobile terminal according to the present disclosure may include a body having a front surface, a lateral surface and a rear surface; a display unit having a first region disposed on the front surface and a second region extended from the first region and disposed on the lateral surface; and a controller configured to display payment related information in the second region based on signals transmitted to and received from an external payment server while the first region is in an inactive state, and execute payment while the first region is in an inactive state based on the signals transmitted to and received from the payment server and the payment related information.
US10395232B2
Methods for enabling secure online transactions using a mobile device are described. A mobile device may capture an image associated with a banking card in order to generate checkout information and to automatically populate checkout fields with the checkout information prior to completing an online transaction. In some cases, the mobile device may be used to select items to be purchased from an online merchant, access a checkout page of the online merchant for purchasing the selected items, acquire an image that encodes checkout information, acquire a personal code associated with an end user of the mobile device, generate the checkout information using the acquired image and the personal code, automatically populate one or more fields associated with the checkout page with the checkout information, delete the checkout information from the mobile device, and submit the checkout information to complete the purchase of the selected items.
US10395226B2
A memory device is interfaced to a SST; an identifier and, optionally, an invalid identifier list are received from the device. The invalid identifier list is updated to the SST when the invalid identifier list is a more recent version of a SST invalid identifier list. The identifier is invalidated when the identifier is matched in the invalid identifier list or when an expiration date associated with the identifier has expired. When the identifier is invalid, access to administrative features of the SST is denied; and when the identifier is valid access to the administrative features is granted.
US10395222B2
An information display method includes a step of inputting, by an input, a work information for identifying a maintenance work to be conducted in a plant, and a step of displaying, by a display, a set of device-state-related information generated by at least a field device associated with the maintenance work identified by the work information.
US10395221B1
In some examples, a portable electronic device may monitor a plurality of device care metrics to detect and characterize a level of care provided to an electronic device by a user. Further, the user may receive a reward for providing a level of care as specified by one or more device care thresholds. For example, the device may monitor sensor information from one or more sensors for determining whether the device has experienced a physical event, such as a fall event, an excessive moisture event, or the like. Further, the device may also monitor for system events, such as whether to update a program, whether malicious code has been installed, or the like. The occurrence of a physical event and/or the user's actions in response to a system event may determine a user's eligibility to receive a reward based on the level of device care provided.
US10395210B2
Systems, methods and computer-readable media for providing e-commerce suppliers an alternative shipping and distribution system based on real-time sales and demand being coupled with iterative machine learning processes. As an example, an e-commerce supplier can contract with a retailer to have products sold in retail locations belonging to the retailer. However, rather than the retailer providing to the e-commerce supplier a quoted price for acquiring the merchandise, the retailer can provide two prices: one for if the e-commerce supplier delivers the merchandise to a distribution center, and another if the e-commerce supplier delivers the merchandise directly to a retail location, from which the retailer will redistribute the merchandise to other retail locations.
US10395201B2
A method and system for risk measurement and modeling, which may be used to identify and mitigate information security risks for an information system, and which may improve the efficiency of risk measurement and modeling. Such a system may perform risk modeling based on threat likelihood information, the potential business impacts of particular threats, and data on the effectiveness of particular controls implemented by the operators of the information system, which may be used to calculate residual risk scores for particular risk scenarios that the information system may face.
US10395194B2
Example systems and methods for resource allocation for infrastructure engineering are described. In one implementation, a method identifies resources for infrastructure engineering with respect to an organization. The method also sorts the resources based on skills and roles associated with the infrastructure engineering, and then determines multiple teams based on the sorted resources.
US10395193B2
A relevance management system for managing relevance of a plurality of request for proposal (RFP) documents with respect to a plurality of project description (PD) documents; receiving a PD document; creating a PD-document decomposition by decomposing the PD document into PD segments; determining an RFP-document-to-PD-segment relevance for an RFP document from the plurality of RFP documents and the PD segments using document similarity processing and a metric; aggregating the RFP-document-to-PD-segment relevance by the PD-document decomposition to produce an RFP-to-PD relevance; and transmitting the RFP-to-PD relevance to an originator of the PD document.
US10395191B2
This disclosure provides for systems and methods directed to generating colleague recommendations within a social network service. The systems and methods may include identifying a sample member of a social network service and determining an organizational unit associated with the sample member. The sample member may be associated with prior member activity involving a source member and the organizational unit may represent a department within an organization. The systems and methods may also include identifying various candidate members, where the candidate members are associated with the organizational unit. The systems and methods may also include surfacing the plurality of candidate members to a computer system being operated by the source member.
US10395180B2
A system, method and computer program product for generating a classification model using original data that is sensitive or private to a data owner. The method includes: receiving, from one or more entities, a masked data set having masked data corresponding to the original sensitive data, and further including a masked feature label set for use in classifying the masked data contents; forming a shared data collection of the masked data and the masked feature label sets received; and training, by a second entity, a classification model from the shared masked data and feature label sets, wherein the classification model learned from the shared masked data and feature label sets is the same as a classification model learned from the original sensitive data. The sensitive features and labels cannot be reliably recovered even when both the masked data and the learning algorithm are known.
US10395179B2
A method for inferring venues from social messages includes: accessing a collection of venues and training a classifier that predicts whether a social message is linked to a venue in the collection of venues; receiving a new social message; for each venue in the collection of venues: identifying for the new social message corresponding meta-paths to the particular venue; encoding the corresponding meta-paths as a feature vector for the trained classifier; computing by the trained classifier a score for each venue in the collection of venues indicating whether the new social message is linked to the venue; and based on the scores, identifying at least one candidate venue as a predicted venue for the new social message and associating the predicted venue with the new social message. In some implementations, the new social message is not geotagged.
US10395175B1
Certain embodiments herein relate to dynamically displaying related information based on a current location in content. Various types of content may include characters in a story, places, events, or other objects. Relationships associated with these objects may be determined, along with a location in the content at which the relationships exist. Such information may facilitate presentation of the relationships by a reader device based on a current location in the content displayed by the reader device.
US10395171B2
A method and system are provided for providing event-processing rules in an event-processing environment. The method includes providing at least one generalised event-processing rule to a customer, receiving customer input of rule customization to produce a customized rule, and storing the customized rule in Polish notation for processing using stack-based processing. The method also includes receiving notification of an event for a customer, retrieving a customized rule relating to the customer, and processing the customized rule using stack-based processing.
US10395161B2
An all-in-one, keyless-entry, proximity system, in the form of an attractive line of adjustable and customizable, one-size fits-all finger rings, configured to wirelessly lock and unlock doors and other locks, such as home, automobile, or pad locks, upon approach. Convenient, space saving, and virtually impossible to lose, the Remote Ring would eliminate the need for consumers to carry a multitude of keys and key fobs, while making it a snap to lock and unlock doors and other locks on automobiles, lockers, and many other locking devices for which keys have traditionally been necessary.
US10395158B2
A method for making an intermediate electronic device, wherein said device is coated or is to be coated with a cover sheet or layer, the method comprising the step of forming a carrier-body comprising: a cavity provided in the carrier-body; an electric circuit comprising at least one electric interconnection area inside the cavity; an electronic module comprising at least one connection pad connecting said interconnection area and arranged in the cavity; a space or gap provided at the interface between the module and the carrier-body, substantially perpendicular to a main surface of the carrier-body, in communication with the surface of the carrier-body, and intended to be covered with a cover sheet or layer; the method is characterized in that a flexible or elastic material is arranged in the device so as to fill the space or gap between the module and the body-carrier or at least partially cover same.
US10395151B2
A system and method for locating group members. In various aspects, a set of wearable articles are grouped together. Each of the wearable articles may include a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag. An RFID positioning system within a venue receives RFID position data indicating a location for each wearable article in the set of wearable articles. Based on the RFID position data, the system and method detect that a first wearable article within the set of wearable articles is no longer within a permitted location of the venue. The system and method transmit an alert to a mobile device associated with a second wearable article within the set of wearable articles.
US10395147B2
A system for and method for improved computer vision image processing and image segmentation and recognition is disclosed. The system and method utilizes a cost function approach for improved image segmentation and recognition. In particular, a global cost function is defined and then the global cost function is minimized. This global cost function takes into account two processing pipelines of data determined by the operation of two different processing technologies upon the target input image. Constraints are utilized to ensure data consistency across the model and between the data pipelines. The system and method are useful for processing low quality images containing alphanumeric data such as floorplan images.
US10395146B2
A system trains a facial recognition modeling system using an extremely large data set of facial images, by distributing a plurality of facial recognition models across a plurality of nodes within the facial recognition modeling system. The system optimizes a facial matching accuracy of the facial recognition modeling system by increasing a facial image set variance among the plurality of facial recognition models. The system selectively matches each facial image within the extremely large data set of facial images with at least one of the plurality of facial recognition models. The system reduces the time associated with training the facial recognition modeling system by load balancing the extremely large data set of facial images across the plurality of facial recognition models while improving the facial matching accuracy associated with each of the plurality of facial recognition models.
US10395145B2
A computer-implemented method includes receiving a set of representative machine image regions for a computing environment wherein the set of representative machine image regions collectively comprise a set of representative image chunks. The method also includes generating a fingerprint for each representative image chunk within the set of representative image chunks to produce a set of representative fingerprints, generating a fingerprint for selected image chunks within a measured machine image region to produce a set of sampled fingerprints, and determining a deduplication metric for the measured machine image region based on the representative fingerprints and the sampled fingerprints. A corresponding computer program product and computer system are also disclosed herein.
US10395144B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for controlling an autonomous vehicle. A sensor fusion system with a sensor system for providing environment condition information and a convolutional neural network (CNN) is provided. The CNN includes a receiving interface configured to receive the environment condition information from the sensor system, a common convolutional layer configured to extract traffic information from the received environment condition information, and a plurality of fully connected layers configured to detect objects belonging to different object classes based on the extracted traffic information, wherein the object classes include at least one of a road feature class, a static object class, and a dynamic object class.
US10395143B2
There is provided a method of identifying objects in an image, comprising: extracting query descriptors from the image, comparing each query descriptor with training descriptors for identifying matching training descriptors, each training descriptor is associated with a reference object identifier and with relative location data (distance and direction from a center point of a reference object indicated by the reference object identifier), computing object-regions of the digital image by clustering the query descriptors having common center points defined by the matching training descriptors, each object-region approximately bounding one target object and associated with a center point and a scale relative to a reference object size, wherein the object-regions are computed independently of the identifier of the reference object associated with the object-regions, wherein members of each cluster point toward a common center point, and classifying the target object of each object-region according to the reference object identifier of the cluster.
US10395121B2
A first sequence of video fingerprints at a first image repetition rate is compared with a second sequence of video fingerprints at a second, different image repetition rate. A converted sequence of fingerprints is generated from the first or second sequence of fingerprints by forming a combination of the values of a number of neighboring fingerprints. The combination is a weighted average based on the temporal location of the respective neighboring fingerprints in the first sequence of fingerprints with respect to the fingerprint in the converted sequence. A correlation is then performed between the converted sequence of fingerprints and the other sequence of fingerprints.
US10395116B2
A system for creating and/or dynamically updating indoor positioning maps includes an augmented reality (AR) device and a computing device communicatively coupled to the AR device. The AR device has a display for displaying AR content to a user that overlaps the AR device's perspective view of an environment. The AR device also has one or more depth sensors for gathering mapping data of physical objects in the environment. The computing device has a processor that is configured by software to create a three-dimensional (3D) indoor positioning map of the environment in a building based on the mapping data gathered by the AR device, and/or dynamically update the 3D indoor positioning map of the environment in the building based on the mapping data gathered by the AR device.
US10395114B1
Automated detection of features and/or parameters within an ocean environment using image data. In an embodiment, captured image data is received from ocean-facing camera(s) that are positioned to capture a region of an ocean environment. Feature(s) are identified within the captured image data, and parameter(s) are measured based on the identified feature(s). Then, when a request for data is received from a user system, the requested data is generated based on the parameter(s) and sent to the user system.
US10395111B2
A gaze-tracking system for a head-mounted display apparatus includes a first set of illuminators for emitting light to illuminate a user's eye; at least one photo sensor for sensing reflections of the light from the user's eye; at least one actuator for moving at least one of: (i) the first set of illuminators, (ii) the at least one photo sensor; and a processor coupled with the first set of illuminators, the at least one photo sensor and the at least one actuator. The processor is configured to collect and process sensor data from the at least one photo sensor to detect a gaze direction of the user, and to control the at least one actuator to adjust, based upon the detected gaze direction, a position of the at least one of: (i) the first set of illuminators, (ii) the at least one photo sensor.
US10395103B2
An object detection method includes an image acquisition step of acquiring an image including a target object, a layer image generation step of generating a plurality of layer images by one or both of enlarging and reducing the image at a plurality of different scales, a first detection step of detecting a region of at least a part of the target object as a first detected region from each of the layer images, a selection step of selecting at least one of the layer images based on the detected first detected region and learning data learned in advance, a second detection step of detecting a region of at least a part of the target object in the selected layer image as a second detected region, and an integration step of integrating a detection result detected in the first detection step and a detection result detected in the second detection step.
US10395099B2
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, a system for processing three-dimensional face scan data is provided. A three-dimensional scanner produces an image of a face including an area of interest that includes an eyebag area. A profile of the eyebag area is determined by the system. In some embodiments, the profile is determined based on a vertical slice at the center of the eyebag area. Profiles for multiple sets of scan data may be compared to determine quantitative differences between eyebag profiles. These differences may be used for quantitatively comparing the effects of products applied to the eyebag area between scans. These differences may also be used for predictively generating three-dimensional models to illustrate predicted effects of the use of a product on a face.
US10395094B2
This application discloses a method and a terminal for detecting glasses in a face image. The method includes: obtaining a face image; determining a nose bridge region in the face image; detecting an image change in the nose bridge region to obtain an image change result of the nose bridge region; and determining whether there are glasses in the face image according to the image change result of the nose bridge region. The terminal for detecting glasses in a face image matches the method.
US10395088B2
A fan-out fingerprint sensor package includes a first connection member having a through-hole, a fingerprint sensor disposed in the through-hole, an encapsulant encapsulating at least portions of the first connection member and the fingerprint sensor, and a second connection member disposed on the first connection member and an active surface of the fingerprint sensor. The first connection member includes a distribution layer. The second connection member includes a first insulating layer disposed on the distribution layer and the active surface, a redistribution layer disposed on the first insulating layer, a first via connecting the redistribution layer to a connection pad of the fingerprint sensor, and a second via connecting the redistribution layer to the distribution layer. The first via passes through the first insulating layer and at least a portion of the encapsulant, and the second via passes through the first insulating layer.
US10395086B2
The present disclosure relates to a flat panel display embedding an optical imaging sensor such as a fingerprint image sensor. The present disclosure suggests a flat panel display embedding an image sensor comprising: a display panel including a display area and a non-display area; and a directional optical unit having a length and a width corresponding to the display panel and a thickness, and attached on a top surface of the display panel, wherein the directional optical unit provides a sensing light beam to the display area, and wherein the sensing light is collimated and directionized to a predetermined direction.
US10395085B2
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a first metal wiring layer disposed on the semiconductor substrate, an interlayer dielectric layer (ILD) disposed on the first metal wiring layer, a second metal wiring layer disposed on the interlayer dielectric layer, and a first via and a second via disposed in the interlayer dielectric layer. The second via is on the first via, and there is not any metal wiring layer in the interlayer dielectric layer.
US10395084B2
A fingerprint identification device includes a plurality of fingerprint sensing electrodes, a shielding enhancement electrode, a fingerprint detection circuit and an auxiliary enhancement signal circuit. The shield enhancement electrode corresponds to a plurality of the fingerprint sensing electrodes. The fingerprint detection circuit is powered by a first power supply and includes a capacitive stimulation signal source. The auxiliary enhancement signal circuit is powered by a second power supply and includes an auxiliary enhancement signal source. The fingerprint detection circuit transmits a capacitive stimulation signal to a selected fingerprint sensing electrode, and receives a fingerprint sensing signal. The fingerprint sensing signal is amplified to generate a capacitive elimination shielding signal. The capacitive elimination shielding signal is transmitted to the shielding enhancement electrode. The auxiliary enhancement signal circuit outputs an auxiliary enhancement signal to the shielding enhancement electrode for performing a fingerprint detection operation.
US10395078B1
A method for detecting package tampering, comprising performing scanning of a container comprising a packaged item and a plurality of packaging elements surrounding the packaged item, wherein each of the plurality of packaging elements comprises a sensing component comprising a stress sensor, determining a stress on each of the plurality of packaging elements surrounding the packaged item from the scanning, and generating an output indicating the stress on each of the plurality of packaging elements surrounding the packaged item.
US10395070B2
A peak detector circuit includes a first capacitor coupled to an inverter and a first switch in parallel with the inverter. An input of the inverter couples to second and third switches. The second switch couples to an input voltage node. The third switch couples to an output voltage node of the peak detector circuit. The peak detector circuit includes a second capacitor coupled to the third switch and a third capacitor coupled to the second capacitor by way of a fourth switch. The third capacitor couples via a fifth switch to a power supply voltage node or a ground. A periodic control signal causes the first, second, and third switches to repeatedly open and close and a second control signal causes the fourth and fifth switches to open and close to adjust an output voltage on the output voltage node towards an input voltage on the input voltage node.
US10395055B2
Certain aspects of the disclosure are directed to an apparatus including a scale and external circuitry. The scale includes a platform, and data-procurement circuitry for collecting signals indicative of the user's identity and cardio-physiological measurements. The scale includes processing circuitry to process data obtained by the data-procurement circuitry, generate cardio-related physiologic data, and send user data to the external circuitry. The external circuitry validates the user data as concerning a specific user, correlates the user data with a user profile of the user, provides a clinical indication using the user data, and controls access to the user profile by allowing access to the clinical indication and the user data to or by a physician and not allowing access to the clinical indication to the user until the user provides an input indicating interest in the clinical indication and the physician provides a prescription for the clinical indication.
US10395053B2
Representing personal information and confidential data in a way that allows a data center to authenticate a customer submitting his or her credentials, without having the exact copy of the credentials held by the customer. If the data center is compromised and the customer authentication data is exposed, the data center arms itself with another non-exact copy of the customer authentication data such that only the customer holding the un-compromised data will properly authenticate themselves. A thief, holding the now defunct data center version of the customer authentication data, will not be able to use the stolen customer authentication data to authenticate themselves as the customer.
US10395050B2
Techniques for generating syntax graphs corresponding to user-defined policy statement are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, a policy management service receives a user-defined policy statement that includes a requestor variable value, an action variable value, a resource variable value, and a location variable value. The user-defined policy statement describes an authorization policy. The policy authorization service converts the user-defined policy statement to a canonical policy statement, which involves: mapping the requestor variable value to a unique system-wide requestor identifier, and mapping the location variable value to a unique system-wide location identifier. The policy management service generates a syntax graph of the canonical policy statement. The syntax graph is traversable to determine whether the authorization policy is satisfied for a particular authorization request. The policy management service stores the syntax graph for use by an authorization service.
US10395046B2
A work process management system includes at least one work device and an individual controller that is directly or indirectly attached to a work object to control the work device. Each of the work device includes a work-device-side storage, a work-device-side communicator, a work part, and a work-device-side control part. The individual controller includes an individual-controller-side storage in which a work content of a work process performed with the work device and associated setting information are stored, an individual-controller-side communicator, and an individual-controller-side calculation controller that transmits the work content of the work process performed with the work device and the associated setting information in which a performance result is reflected to the work-device-side communicator, and additionally store the received performance result in the individual-controller-side storage.
US10395036B2
Systems and methods for continued runtime authentication of Information Handling System (IHS) applications. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, an IHS may include one or more processors and a memory coupled to the one or more processors, the memory including program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the one or more processors, cause the IHS to: receive a command to execute an application; initially verify a plurality of tokens, where a first token is provided by the application, a second token is provided by an application manager, and a third token is provided by a hardware component within the IHS; and execute the application in response the initial verification being successful.
US10395031B2
Systems and methods are provided for malware scanning and detection. In one exemplary embodiment, the method includes a hub computing device that receives, from a controller computing device, a scan request, and identifies spoke computing devices for performing the scan request. The method performed by the hub computing device also includes sending to the identified spoke computing devices, the scan request, receiving, from the spoke computing devices, results associated with the scan request, and sending, to the controller computing device, the results associated with the scan request.
US10395023B2
A system connected to an existing computer includes a unit for monitoring the screen and provides input, a storage unit that stores data that pairs screen buffer regions with authentication details, wherein the system learns new pairs via user training and presents stored authentication details when the screen buffer regions match a related stored region which is paired with a region of the screen, and a unit that determines which of stored passwords need to be presented to the system by a pattern matching of regions of screen pixels.
US10395021B2
Data is acquired across a deployed encrypted mesh network, using a digital security controlled, identification badge or tag or sensors, in a dual protocol supporting system. The communications are facilitated to the respective portable device via nodes within the deployed encrypted mesh network, supervised by a hierarchal managing system. A distributed security code is affiliated and triggers an audible or visible signal shared across the network, either as a verification signal or status signal. A counterfeit, non-connected device would not display the correct image, or cue used to validate the identification credentials, etc. and, thereby indicate to immediate personnel that the badge (and the wearer, thereof) is not authorized. Assets can such as cargo containers, pallets, security boxes, etc., with an asset tag are similarly protected. An unauthorized shipment with its counterfeit tag would fail to reflect the appropriate status pursuant to the updated security code to the attending personnel.
US10395017B2
A computer-implemented method improves a computer system's security through use of a simulated digital footprint. One or more processors retrieve a historical digital footprint of a user. The historical digital footprint is a record of past digital data about the user, and describes a pattern of activities of the user. The processor(s) generate a simulated digital footprint for the user. The simulated digital footprint conforms to the pattern of activities of the user, and describes simulated current activities of the user. The processor(s) transmit the simulated digital footprint to the public while a current real digital footprint is being created for the user, such that use of the pattern of activities of the user provides an imperceptible transition from the historical digital footprint to the simulated digital footprint, and where the simulated digital footprint prevents the public from accessing the current real digital footprint of the user.
US10395003B2
The disclosure includes a system, method and tangible memory operable to simulate a wind particle. A method may include receiving user input data describing the wind particle. The method may include generating a wind model based on the user input data. The method may include generating a simulation that includes a virtual roadway environment, a virtual wind particle that is configured by the wind model to be variable and dynamic within the virtual roadway environment, a virtual vehicle and a virtualized control software for controlling an operation of the virtual vehicle in the virtual roadway environment and modifying the operation of the virtual vehicle in response to a variable in the simulation. The simulation may be operable to test the virtualized control software and the modifying of the operation of the virtual vehicle in response to the virtual wind particle being the variable in the simulation.
US10395002B2
A method and system is provided for detecting at risk structures due to mask overlay that occur during lithography processes. The method can be implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable storage medium having programming instructions. The programming instructions are operable to obtain a simulation of a metal layer and a via, and determine a probability that an arbitrary point (x, y) on the metal layer is covered by the via by calculating a statistical coverage area metric followed by mathematical approximations of a summing function.
US10394993B2
Systems and techniques are described for discretizing gate sizes during numerical synthesis. Some embodiments can receive an optimal input capacitance value for an input of an optimizable cell, wherein the input capacitance value is determined by a numerical solver that is optimizing the circuit design. Note that the circuit design may be optimized for different objective functions, e.g., best delay, minimal area under delay constraints, etc. Next, the embodiments can identify an initial library cell in a technology library whose input capacitance value is closest to the optimal input capacitance value. The embodiments can then use the initial library cell to attempt to identify a better (in terms of the objective function that is being optimized) library cell in the technology library. The delay computations used during this process are also minimized.
US10394992B2
An approach for shifting a cut associated with a lineend of an interconnect in a manufacturing system. The approach selects one or more polygons associated with the lineend and determines whether a first cut is spanning the one or more polygons. The approach responds to the first cut does span, determines a presence of a first via on a first interconnect and determines a first distance of the first via to the first cut. The approach determines whether the first distance is greater than a first threshold and responds to the first distance is greater and determines whether the first distance is greater and determines a second distance of the first cut to a second cut. The approach determines whether the second distance is greater than a second threshold and responds to the second distance is greater and generates a shift associated with the first cut and outputs the shift.
US10394985B2
An apparatus and method for modelling a random process using reduced length least-squares autoregressive parameter estimation is herein disclosed. The apparatus includes an autocorrelation processor, configured to generate or estimate autocorrelations of length m for a stochastic process, where m is an integer; and a least-squares (LS) estimation processor connected to the autocorrelation processor and configured to model the stochastic process by estimating pth order autoregressive (AR) parameters using LS regression, where p is an integer much less than m. The method includes generating, by an autocorrelation processor, autocorrelations of length m for a stochastic process, where m is an integer; and modelling the stochastic process, by a least-squares estimation processor, by estimating pth order autoregressive (AR) parameters by least-squares (LS) regression, where p is an integer much less than m.
US10394982B2
Systems and methods for improving timing closure of new and existing IC chips by breaking at least one parameter of interest into two or more partial parameters. More specifically, a method is provided for that includes propagating at least one timing analysis run for a semiconductor product. The method further includes identifying at least one parameter of interest used in the at least one timing analysis run. The method further includes splitting the at least one parameter into two parts comprising a controlled part and an uncontrolled part. The method further includes correlating or anti-correlating the controlled part with another parameter used in the at least one timing analysis run. The method further includes projecting timing using the correlation or anti-correlation between the controlled part and the another parameter and using the uncontrolled part of the at least one parameter.
US10394977B2
A method of evaluating response of a physical structure to external stimulus includes defining a mesh of finite elements, each defined by edges, for a model of the physical structure. The method includes identifying a governing differential equation and associated complementary functions, which are each associated with a scalar multiplier. The method includes generating an energy optimization model that minimizes a difference between internal and external energies of the finite elements. The internal energy is based on strain energy in a volume defined by the edges of the finite element and resulting from deformations by the complementary functions. The external energy of each finite element is based on external work done by the external stimulus acting on the finite element as deformed by the complementary functions. The method includes solving the energy optimization model for the scalar multipliers and calculating a resulting parameter of interest of the physical structure.
US10394971B2
A simulation mechanism manages deployment of a simplified computing solution (SCS) and a corresponding simulation model that simulates a scaled multiple of the SCS to allow a deployment configuration for a large scale computing solution to be determined and tested before actually deploying the large scale computing solution.
US10394960B2
Embodiments are disclosed for transliteration decoding using a tree structure. A method according to some embodiments includes steps of: generating a tree structure for an input string in a first script system, the tree structure including nodes representing segments of the input string; identifying segmentation candidates for the input string based on paths of the tree structure, the segmentation candidates segmenting the input string into character groups; selecting a segmentation candidate based on probabilities of the segmentation candidates predicted by a probabilistic model; segmenting the input string into character groups that correspond to characters in a second script system; decoding the character groups in the first script system into the characters in the second script system, the characters forming a word or a word prefix in the second script system; and outputting the word or the word prefix in the second script system.
US10394959B2
Machine training for determining sentiments in social network communications. A text document is extracted from a web site and tokenized into tokens. The tokens are input to a word to vector conversion model to generate word vectors. A term frequency inverse document frequency (TF-IDF) algorithm converts the word vectors to sentence vectors. A randomly selected subset the sentence vectors are tagged and used to train a classifier. The classifier takes a sentence vector and predicts a sentiment associated with the sentence vector. Predicted sentiment associated with each of the sentence vectors may be combined to generate a sentiment associated with the text document.
US10394958B2
A method and system for performing semantic analysis for electronic communication using a lexicon is provided. A neural network model is trained with a plurality of annotated text strings, the annotations comprising characteristic tuples that indicate characteristics for the text strings. An unannotated text string is received that comprises a plurality of words from a user. A characteristic matrix for the received text string is generated using a lexicon. The determined characteristic matrix is input into the trained neural network. And a characteristic tuple that indicates a characteristic for the received text string is received as output from the trained neural network.
US10394954B2
Methods, apparatus, and system to parse an unstructured, natural language input of a user, infer a semantic meaning of an intent of the user, and determine a present or future user state, including a location and a time, in which the intent can be fulfilled.
US10394950B2
A grammatically diverse test set of natural language sentences for a deep question answering system is provided by analyzing a given sentence to characterize its syntactical classification, and adding the sentence to the test set if its classification is sufficiently different from other sentences already in the test set. A particular sentence may be selected for inclusion according to a desired syntactic distribution. Multiple sentences having the exact same classification may be allowed subject to a maximum number of such sentences. The test set is adapted to an element of interest by characterizing each syntactical classification relative to the element of interest. The analysis derives a parse tree, identifies a particular node of the tree corresponding to the element of interest, and extracts syntactic information by traversing the tree starting at the particular node and ending at the root node of the tree according to different traversal schemes.
US10394932B2
Systems and methods for creating a customized digital publication are disclosed. For example, one disclosed method for creating a customized digital publication comprises receiving, at an application builder executed by a processor, a digital publication application shell comprising an application programming interface (API), the digital publication application shell specifying standard functionality or appearance features for a digital publication application, and custom feature code specifying a custom feature based at least in part on a reference to the API of the digital publication shell, and producing the digital publication application based at least in part on the digital publication application shell and the custom feature code, wherein the digital publication application comprises at least some of the standard functionality or appearance features specified by the digital publication application shell and the custom feature specified by the custom feature code.
US10394931B2
Generating a data model may include receiving a raw data set and generating a first repository based on a first set of features of the raw data set, a second repository having a second set of features based on an aggregation of features of the first repository, and a third repository having a third set of features based on the first and second features sets. The data model may be generated based on a tradeoff between accuracy and provenance of the model.
US10394922B2
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving data that includes an association between a nickname and a primary name, determining whether the association meets a nickname association threshold, and generating at least one expanded index entry that associates the nickname with the primary name when the association meets the nickname association threshold. The data may include a log entry indicating that a search for the nickname that returned the primary name as a result was followed by a user selection of the primary name, and the method may further include incrementing a counter value associated with the nickname and the primary name. The data may include a first log entry indicating that a search for the nickname returned a result the user did not select, followed by a second log entry indicating that a search for the primary name returned the primary name, and a user selected the primary name.
US10394921B2
In various example embodiments, a system and method for career path navigation are presented. A request to identify a set of positions sequentially related to an origin position may be received. The request may be associated with a user of a social network service. Member profiles from among a plurality of member profiles of the social network service may be identified based on the origin position. A plurality of positions may be extracted from the identified member profiles. The set of positions may be determined from among the extracted plurality of positions based on a sequential relationship between the origin position and respective positions of the extracted plurality of positions. At least a portion of the set of positions may be caused to be presented to the user.
US10394913B1
Features are provided for the analysis of collections of data and automatic grouping of data having certain similarities. A collection of data regarding user interactions with item-specific content can be analyzed. The analysis can be used to identify groups of items that are of interest to groups of similar users and/or to identify groups of users with demonstrated interests in groups of similar items. Data may be analyzed in a “bottom-up” manner in which correlations within the data are discovered in an iterative manner, or in a “top-down” manner in which desired top-level groups are specified at the beginning of the process. A bottom-up process may also be distributed among multiple devices or processors to more efficiently discover groups when using large collections of data.
US10394911B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for selecting content for user devices specific to a particular user. The aspects generally relate to providing related content items to a particular user across multiple different user devices, such as mobile devices, tablet computers, desktop computers, and televisions. The selection of the content items for a particular user and the device to which the content items are to be sent are based one or more of the following factors: user history data, subject matter category duration, frequency duration adjustment, behavioral duration adjustment, and device prioritization.
US10394910B2
A system and method for enabling a user to use a user computer to search the user's personal content items hosted by an online content management service. In one aspect, the user computer is configured to obtain a search query, use the search query to identify in a local index at the user computer one or more of the user's hosted content items that satisfy the search query, and display, in a graphical user interface at the user computer, a search answer summary for each of the one or more of the user's hosted content items that satisfy the search query.
US10394893B2
A group recommendation provides end users in a social group a set of recommended destinations based on the combined personal preferences of the members of the social group. Members of a social group are identified using a combination of location based signals and social graph information in response to receiving a recommendation request. The group recommendation may be determined by combining the personal preferences associated with each member of the group into a master preference profile. Alternatively, the group recommendation may be determined by first calculating an individual recommendation list for each member of the social group and then calculating a composite score for each recommendation on the individual recommendation lists.
US10394881B2
Some implementations can include a computer-implemented method and/or system for automatic suggestions to share images containing people of importance to a user. The method can include determining, based on pixels of an image associated with a user account, one or more clusters associated with the image. The method can also include determining a share probability score for the image based on a probabilistic model and determining that the share probability score meets a threshold. The method can further include, in response to determining that the share probability score meets the threshold, providing a suggestion to a user associated with the user account to share the image.
US10394880B2
Embodiments of systems, program products, and methods to manage content and distribution of media are provided. An embodiment of a system, for example, can include a communication network for transmitting media files, a content management server having a processor and memory coupled to the processor, a database accessible to the processor of the content management server and including media files associated with metadata records, a plurality of content management developer computers to provide content management developers with online access over the communication network to the media files and associated metadata records to thereby edit the metadata records, a plurality of user computers accessible to the communication network to provide the users with access to the media files over the communication network to thereby view and edit at least portions of respective metadata records. The system also includes content management program product stored in the memory of the content management server to manage content and distribution of media.
US10394873B2
A method and system is provided for generating a group of phonetically similar masked data. The present application provides a method and system for generating a group of phonetically similar masked data; comprises preprocessing of input dataset values comprising a list of fictitious data values to be used as masked data; determining a plurality of groups of phonetically similar data values present in the dataset list; and deriving metaphone for each input data value to be masked; generating a first numeric code from derived metaphone value of input data value to be masked; selecting one group of phonetically similar data values out of the plurality of groups of phonetically similar data values based on the generated first numeric code; and generating a second numeric code from input data value for selecting a masked value from a plurality of fictitious data group.
US10394868B2
A mechanism is provided for identifying suggestions as to which log files associated with data in a data warehouse to search for particular data. Features from the contents of a plurality of log files from a set of log files are selected. The plurality of log files are grouped based on the selected features. Using extracted log event sequences, a correlation between the log event sequences and a plurality of data transaction tables from a set of data transaction tables in the data warehouse is calculated. Suggestions as to which log files in the set of log files should be searched is then identified for particular data based on a business relevance value and a utilized data ratio.
US10394863B2
In some NLP systems, queries are compared to different data sources stored in a corpus to provide an answer to the query. However, the best data sources for answering the query may not currently be contained within the corpus or the data sources in the corpus may contain stale data that provides an inaccurate answer. When receiving a query, the NLP system may evaluate the query to identify a data source that is likely to contain an answer to the query. If the data source is not currently contained within the corpus, the NLP system may ingest the data source. If the data source is already within the corpus, however, the NLP may determine a time-sensitivity value associated with at least some portion of the query. This value may then be used to determine whether the data source should be re-ingested—e.g., the information contained in the corpus is stale.
US10394856B2
The present innovation provides a method of establishing a connection between two individuals using an interpersonal spacetime interaction system, including enabling a first user to specify a spacetime event and to provide annotations for the spacetime event, maintaining a spacetime database comprising data objects, each data object corresponding to a spacetime event, querying a spacetime database, using a query that includes at least a specification of a desired spacetime event, said query being initiated by a second user, retrieving information from those data objects in the spacetime database whose corresponding spacetime events are proximate to the desired spacetime event, and providing the retrieved information to the second user.
US10394852B2
Provided is a technique for matching different user representations of a person in a plurality of computer systems may be provided. The technique includes collecting information sets about user representations from a plurality of computer systems; normalizing the information sets to a unified format; grouping the information sets in the unified format into indexing buckets based on a user name using a non-phonetic algorithm; determining a similarity score for each pair of information sets in each of the indexing buckets; classifying each information set pair into a set of classes based on the similarity scores, wherein the set of classes comprise at least matches and non-matches; and using a data structure for merging information of information set pairs classified as matches.
US10394846B2
Various embodiments for data management in a replicated storage environment, by a processor device, are provided. In one embodiment, a method comprises storing a plurality of data replicas under a plurality of heterogeneous compression algorithms, wherein one of the data replicas is optimized for a data operation.
US10394841B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating contextual search presentations. One of the methods includes obtaining selection data identifying a term selected by a user from a document displayed to the user; determining whether or not the context data and the selection data satisfy one or more criteria for presenting any of one or more types of special case contextual search presentations; in response to determining that the context data and the selection satisfy criteria for presenting a first type of special case contextual search presentation, generating a first special case contextual search presentation of the first type; in response to determining that the context data and the selection data do not satisfy the criteria, generating a default contextual search presentation; and providing the first special case contextual search presentation or the default contextual search presentation for presentation to the user.
US10394837B2
The present invention provides a digital communications system for receiving and integrating multiple service communication feeds into an overall composite deliverable by way of an enhanced and interactive user interface. The system receives peer identification and scoring communications signals from multiple services and based on known handshake configurations links peer identification data to dimensions used to generate an integrated peer identification score and list. A graphical user interface allows users to modify the dimension aggregator function to obtain customizable sets of results based on services communications feeds.
US10394836B2
An operator tag search system can generate a search page including a search box and identify an initial set of user inputs in the search box. The search system can generate operator tags in the search box, where each operator tag includes a selected search property, an operator, and an inputted value. The search system can perform a dynamic search in one or more databases to satisfy each of the operator tags. Based on the dynamic search, the search system can generate a results feature for display on the search page.
US10394835B1
A method and system for providing a rapid access data aggregation information source having a contact portal for rapidly connecting to single or multiple information resources, e.g., databases or retrieval portals, in order to provide owner approved access to various types of remotely readable, addressable, and/or interaction-capable information resources. A focal intention of the data aggregation system is to provide rapid response support through a contact point for locating and contacting a specific database, potentially among a multitude of databases, which holds specific information, located mainly by its type, characteristics, or generic category such as but not limited to medical/health coverage details, medical records, legal documents, estate details, etc.
US10394823B2
A method and system of improving the detection and utilization of attributes of a user. A query is sent to a device operated by a user. The query includes a query database having a plurality of query tags corresponding to expected attributes of a target user and a numerical value associated with each of the plurality of query tags. A plurality of attributes of the user of the device is detected. Data corresponding to the detected plurality of attributes of the user and a response from the user related to the query is received. The numerical value associated with each of the plurality of query tags that corresponds with each of the detected plurality of attributes and creating a new query tags is incremented.
US10394817B2
A system and method for implementing a database system is presented. A database system comprises a load balancer and a database partitioned into a first and second shard. Coupled to the load balancer are a first plurality of database servers and a second plurality of database servers. Each of the first plurality of database servers contains a copy of the first shard of the database. Each of the second plurality of database servers contains a copy of the second shard of the database. Each server in the first plurality of database servers arranged in a server set with a server in the second plurality of database servers. Queries sent to a database server in the first plurality of database servers are forwarded to the corresponding server in the server set of the second plurality. Other embodiments also are disclosed.
US10394816B2
Systems and methods can determine product lines product searches. One or more computing devices can receive a product query of search terms. The product query may be classified to identify a product category. A brand may be identified for the product query. The brand may be selected from a list of known brands for the product category. One or more unknown product line terms may be identified within the product query. A metric may be computed to indicate how well the unknown product line terms correspond to an actual product line within the brand. The metric may be compared to a specified threshold. The unknown product line terms may be designated as a new product line of the brand if the metric favorably compares to the specified threshold. A product search may be performed on the product query. Product search results may be returned according to the product search.
US10394814B2
A data processing method provides an improvement in speed of obtaining, in response to a computer search query from one or more computing devices, a particular compressed data chunk that may include a particular data value that is digitally stored in a large data file. The method comprises creating and digitally storing a digital data file comprising a first set of uncompressed metadata chunks; a second set of uncompressed metadata chunks; and a set of compressed data chunks; each chunk of the first and second sets of uncompressed metadata chunks comprising a set of bits; the set of compressed data chunks comprising a first compressed data chunk; the first compressed data chunk comprising a first set of values; the first set of uncompressed metadata chunks spaced evenly across the data file; the second set of uncompressed metadata chunks spaced evenly between a first metadata chunk of the first set of uncompressed metadata chunks and a second metadata chunk of the first set of uncompressed metadata chunks; the first metadata chunk comprising a first set of bits. The method further comprises setting a first subset of bits of the first set of bits to indicate a minimum value of the first set of values, setting a second subset of bits of the first set of bits to indicate a maximum value of the first set of values, and setting a third subset of bits of the first set of bits to indicate a first portion of the data file separating the first metadata chunk and the second metadata chunk. The method also comprises receiving the search query specifying the particular data value, reading the first metadata chunk, and, in response to determining that the particular data value is equal to or greater than the minimum value and equal to or less than the maximum value, sending the first compressed data chunk to the one or more computing devices.
US10394812B2
A method, a computer program product and a system are provided. A case expression is analyzed for redundant expressions, patterns equivalent to a built-in function, and specific functions to form a simplified expression, wherein the case expression is written in a language supported by a database management system. The simplified expression is optimized based on a cost benefit evaluation of no optimization, native code generation, hashing inputs, and a results caching algorithm to form an execution plan. The execution plan is utilized in the database management system for the case expression.
US10394809B1
The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computing system program products for incrementally calculating variance and/or standard deviation for Big Data or streamed data. Embodiments of the invention include incrementally calculating one or more components of a variance and/or a standard deviation for a modified computation subset based on one or more components of the variance and/or the standard deviation calculated for a previous computation subset and then calculating variance and/or standard deviation based on the incrementally calculated components. Incrementally calculating the components of a variance and/or a standard deviation 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.
US10394802B1
A data intake and query system may store raw machine data that includes location information. A client system may include a user interface for searching the data intake and query system. The user interface allows a user to define a field search query and to define one or more ad-hoc boundary regions on a map. A combined query is transmitted to the data intake and query system, the combined query including both the field search query and location search information that is based on the ad-hoc boundary regions. The data intake and query system runs the combined query and returns responsive results, which are displayed at the client user interface.
US10394795B2
The present disclosure relates generally to electronic data, and more particularly, to techniques for synchronizing the capture of change data from multiple transaction journals. In various embodiments, a technique includes writing of discrete markers in the individual journals to facilitate the determination of consistent read points across the various journals to eliminate the effects of memory or disk caching that may interfere with the proper sequential ordering of transactional data across the individual journals in a single transaction processing program.
US10394794B2
A content management system provides a mechanism for multi-file check-in features useful for content management. The content management system provides a way for users to check in multiple files in a single action. The system allows users to either select assets (e.g., files) or drag and drop multiple assets to be checked in. The assets being checked in are automatically matched with checked out assets, and once matched, unlocked.
US10394793B1
Example embodiments of the present invention relate to methods, a system, and a computer program product for performing governed replay for compliance applications. The method includes maintaining a repository and executing an audit, including a control and one or more processes, to determine compliance of a state of the cloud infrastructure environment. The method further includes storing in the repository a control metadata object including content addresses to the processes for the audit as an immutable control and process objects, respectively, storing in the repository input metadata and output metadata identifying inputs to and outputs from the control and the processes as immutable input metadata objects and output metadata objects, respectively, and storing a timestamp metadata object, including a timestamp and content addresses to the control object, the process objects, the input objects, and the output objects, as an immutable metadata object in the repository.
US10394792B1
Data are maintained in a distributed computing system that describe a directed graph representing relationships among a set of items. The directed graph models a condition having an associated problem. The directed graph has graph components having associated data fields. The relationships are analyzed to identify a solution to the problem. As part of the analysis, a new value for the data field associated with a graph component is identified responsive to an operation performed during the analysis. The new value is compared with an existing value of the data field, and the data field is modified. The modification may include inserting the new value into an overflow vector of data, and replacing the existing value in the data field with exception information identifying the location of the new value. An exception flag associated with the data field is set to indicate that the exception information is being used.
US10394785B2
Embodiments of articles, apparatuses, devices and/or systems for manipulating hierarchical sets of data are disclosed.
US10394768B2
This disclosure describes converting data from a current data schema to an updated data schema in response to an application being updated. More specifically, this disclosure describes how data stored on computing device can be converted from any previous data schema version to an updated data schema version using a single conversion operation. Additionally, any data and/or content that has already been downloaded and stored on the computing device may be salvaged and associated with the newly converted data. As such, previously downloaded content does not need to be downloaded again when a data schema associated with an application has been updated.
US10394763B2
Provided are a method and apparatus for generating a pileup file from a reference-based compression file. The method includes receiving a reference-based compression file comprising a plurality of pieces of read data that are compressed, partially decompressing the plurality of pieces of read data to acquire a differential string associated with the plurality of pieces of read data, and generating the pileup file by decoding the differential string based on a plurality of conversion rules.
US10394759B2
A method to configure a measuring device is provided. In other aspects, a server and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium are provided. The method includes receiving a configuration request that specifies configuration criteria for configuring a measuring device to perform a test, wherein the configuration criteria includes configuration instructions, analysis instructions, and visualization instructions, and configuring the measuring device to perform measurements and output measurement data in accordance with the configuration instructions. The method further includes receiving the measurement data output by the measuring device, storing the measurement data received, processing the measurement data stored based on the analysis instructions, and outputting visualization data corresponding to the processed measurement data to a display device based on the visualization instructions.
US10394756B2
A system and a processor implemented method for customizing an archive of a device driver generator tool for a user is provided. The system includes (i) a memory unit that stores a database, and a set of modules, and (ii) a processor. The template file obtaining module is configured to obtain information associated with the template files and template files. The configuration file obtaining module is configured to obtain information associated with the configuration files and configuration files. The archive configuration file verification module is configured to verify whether an archive for the configuration files and the template files is pre-existing in the database. The archive file appending module is configured to (i) append the template files and the configuration files to the archive pre-existing in the database. The archive file appending module generates the archive for template files and configuration files upon the archive not pre-existing in the database.
US10394749B2
An on-vehicle system comprises a Clock Extension Peripheral Interface (CXPI) bus and a device coupled to the CXPI bus. The device comprises a transceiver configured to: detect a baud rate clock signal and a phase difference between the baud rate clock signal and an input data signal that was generated asynchronously from the baud rate clock signal; obtain a timing from an edge of the baud rate clock signal based the phase difference; capture a value of the input data signal at the timing; and transmit the captured value as an output data signal over the CXPI bus.
US10394748B2
An integrated circuit includes a reception port an address port, and a memory with a number of memory sections for storing activation information. The number of memory sections is equal to the number, encodable by the address port, of activatable integrated circuits that are operable over a common bus. A control unit is configured to compare the address encoded by the address port with an address received at the reception port. The control unit writes a defined bit pattern to the memory section associated with the address in the event of a positive comparison, and withholds transmission of a negative acknowledgement signal in the event of a negative comparison. The integrated circuit is configured to be activated by the defined bit pattern in the memory section that corresponds to the address defined at the address port, for communicating with a microprocessor connected to the integrated circuit via the common bus.
US10394746B2
A bridge device includes: a first interface configured to receive a first set of commands from an application running on a host computer; one or more command processors, each of the one or more command processors being configured to translate the first set of commands and generate a second set of commands based on the first set of commands; a second interface configured to provide the second set of commands to a data storage device; and a computing processor configured to issue an internal command to fetch data from the data storage device and write data to the data storage device in a background mode in an agnostic manner to the host computer while running the application.
US10394740B1
An apparatus includes a transistor with a control terminal, a first current terminal, and a second current terminal. The apparatus also includes a charge pump coupled to the control terminal of the transistor via a first and second paths. The first path comprises a first resistor and the second path comprises a second resistor in series with a diode. The first resistor has a higher resistance value than the second resistor.
US10394734B1
Devices and methods of providing drivers for software and hardware systems to avoid additional polling or interrupt mechanisms are provided. An electronic device includes a processor supporting a device driver to perform a data packet receiving operation or data packet transmission operation. The device driver causes the processor to receive one or more data packets to a port of the processor according to a time-synchronization protocol. The device driver polls the DMA feature for a completion status of the storing. The device driver causes the processor to determine a timestamp of the one or more data packets and to complete the data packet receiving operation without the device driver causing the processor to perform a polling operation or an interrupt operation to retrieve the timestamp of the one or more data packets.
US10394722B1
A filter driver can be employed to manage the Alt-Mode interfaces of a USB Type-C device. The filter driver can be loaded on the device stack for the USB Type-C device to allow the filter driver to intercept and modify communications for determining which alternate modes the USB Type-C device supports. The filter driver can modify the communications based on administrative rules or policies which dictate the type of alternate modes that should be allowed within a particular user session. By modifying these communications, supported but not allowed alternate modes will not be made available.
US10394719B2
A method for replacing data on a volatile memory cache is provided. The volatile memory cache includes one or more memory banks and each of the memory banks includes a plurality of memory lines. The method includes: identifying a replacement ID for at least one of the memory lines to be replaced; identifying a refresh bank ID for one of the memory banks to be refreshed; determining whether or not a conflict exists between the replacement ID and the refresh bank ID; and selecting a new replacement ID if the conflict exists.
US10394714B2
In one embodiment, a method for predicting false sharing includes running code on a plurality of cores and determining whether there is potential false sharing between a first cache line and a second cache line, and where the first cache line is adjacent to the second cache line. The method also includes tracking the potential false sharing and reporting the potential false sharing.
US10394709B2
A function analysis method applied to a memory device includes analyzing the mapping relationship between at least one API function and at least one normal function, analyzing a calling relationship between the at least one normal function through the correspondence relationship, and developing a two-dimensional array to analyze whether there is a loop in the calling relationship or not. When one of the at least one normal function calls another normal function, whether or not the name of the called normal function is the same as the name of the normal function and names of the normal functions which call the normal function is checked.
US10394705B2
A first execution plan for a first version of a structured query language statement can be requested from a database management system. The first execution plan for the first version of the structured query language statement can be loaded into a first directed graph tree structure comprising a plurality of nodes. The first directed graph tree structure can be scanned to determine whether a full table scan for accessing requested data is represented by at least a one of the plurality of nodes of the directed graph tree structure. Responsive to determining that the full table scan for accessing the requested data is represented by the at least one of the plurality of nodes of the directed graph tree structure, a first indicator that indicates a fault condition can be output.
US10394704B2
The present disclosure relates to a method and a device for testing a software program. The method of the present disclosure simulates, in a simulation process, a predetermined scenario on a test platform in a test scenario. The test platform in this simulation process generates output values based on input stimuli, and a dynamic adaption of the test scenario takes place during the simulation process based on the current state of the simulation process.
US10394703B2
An improved technique for managing an electronic system suitable for providing users with information technology resources, such as compute, storage, and network resources, builds an object model instance of data center components to represent the data center components as a unified entity, which administrators can access as a single-point source for information about the components. In some examples, the object model instance also serves as a single-point for management control of the electronic system. The object model instance is populated with information obtained from a discovery process, where components are queried to report their actual configuration and state, as well as physical and logical relationships among them.
US10394701B2
Aspects of the present invention include a method, system and computer program product. The method includes a processor determining characteristics of one or more customer workloads to be incorporated into a customer-like test workload; determining one or more data points for environment and workload comparisons; collecting customer environment, workload, capacity and performance empirical data; developing a test workload; conducting historical and run-time workload profiling of the one or more customer workloads and the developed test workload; and determining that the developed test workload meets one or more customer workload attainment goals.
US10394700B1
A method and system generates sufficient sample data sets for efficiently and accurately testing a new calculation for preparing a portion of an electronic document for users of an electronic document preparation system. The method and system prepares the new calculation and gathers historical user data related to previously prepared electronic documents for a large number of historical users. The method and system generates a representative value for each historical user data, based on the sections of a previous version of electronic document preparation software which were executed for each historical user in preparing electronic documents for the historical users. The method and system groups the historical users based on the hash values which indicates the historical user's behavior in the software. The groups are then sampled by selecting a small number of historical users from each group.
US10394677B2
A method, apparatus, and computer program product uses a SELECT FOR UPDATE, to pick up events from a TARGET_EVENT table. Selected events are reserved for processing by a cluster node which triggers a query. PICKUP_TIME and SERVER_ID values are inserted for each of the events picked from the TARGET_EVENT table. The events are grouped by TARGET and UID while preserving a relative order in an overall event sequence. A group of events is then submitted for processing.
US10394674B2
A device hosting a universal integrated circuit card (UICC or eUICC) initiates an electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) installation flow with an SIM server. The purpose of the eSIM installation flow is to perform a profile provisioning action. The device and, for example, the eUICC preserve state information related to the eSIM installation flow. The eSIM installation flow includes generation of a one-time public key at the eUICC. In some instances, the eSIM installation flow may be interrupted by an error event before successful installation of the eSIM in the eUICC. A subsequent renewed installation attempt is locally initiated and completed without assistance of the eSIM server. In some embodiments, the recovery and subsequent successful eSIM installation make use of the state information preserved during the earlier eSIM installation flow.
US10394671B2
The invention relates to a fault-tolerant, maintainable automation system comprising two central computers, a process periphery and gateway computers, wherein the central computers and the gateway computers are fail-silent FCUs and represent autonomous exchange units, and the central computers and gateway computers exchange timed status messages via communications channels, and wherein each gateway computer establishes the link to the process periphery associated with the gateway computer and saves the current status of the process periphery associated with the gateway computer, and wherein a central computer assumes the role of an active central computer and another central computer assumes the role of a passive central computer, and wherein the active central computer exerts control over the gateway computers, and wherein the active central computer transmits a sign-of-life message to the passive central computer, preferably periodically, and wherein the passive central computer acknowledges the receipt of a sign-of-life message from the active central computer in a periodic sign-of-life message and monitors it through a time-out, and wherein the passive central computer assumes the role of the active central computer if the sign-of-life messages fail to appear after the time-out, and wherein the faulty, previously active central computer autonomously attempts to restart and, following a successful restart, monitors the communications traffic within a cluster, the cluster containing the central computer, in order to ascertain the current status of the cluster, and wherein the computer assumes the role of the passive central computer and informs the now-active central computer by means of preferably periodic sign-of-life messages that it is performing the role of the passive central computer, and wherein, if the restart is unsuccessful, the faulty central computer indicates the permanent error by means of a display means.
US10394667B2
A system and methods for backing up and restoring updates to metadata of files stored in a database are disclosed. One example embodiment of the method includes entering the updates to the metadata of the one or more files into a first database table; generating a backup file of the first database table; and restoring the updates to the metadata to the one or more files using the backup file. Restoring the updates may include creating a recovery table populated with data from the backup file; determining the one or more files to apply the updates to by searching the recovery table for an identifier of the one or more files; and adding the updates to the metadata from the recovery table to the corresponding one or more files that matches the identifier identified from the recovery table.
US10394665B2
Various systems, processes, and products may be used to manage remote data replication. In particular implementations, a system and process for managing remote data replication may include the ability to store versions of a disk at a first site, a second site, and a third site. The version of the disk at the first site may store input/output for a host system, the version at the second site may be a synchronous replication of the version at the first site, and the version at the third site may be an asynchronous replication of the version at the first site. The system and process may also include the ability to synchronize the version at the first site with the version at the third site if the second site is unavailable and synchronize the version at the second site with the version at the third site if the first site is unavailable.
US10394663B2
An implementation of the disclosure provides a system for generating low impact snapshots comprising a memory to store application data and a processing device coupled to the memory. The processing device is to identify a plurality of transactions within a cloud computing environment. Each of the transactions comprising an operation associated with a storage device of the cloud computing environment. A transaction queue that is storing identifiers of high and low priority database operations to be performed by an application on the storage device is monitored. (Currently amended) The monitoring indicates how many transactions are currently being processed. A snapshot policy that stores conditions in which a snapshot can be generated without adversely impacting performance of the storage device is evaluated based on the monitored transaction queue. In view of the evaluating, a point-in-time snapshot is generated which includes at least part of the storage device comprising state information for the application.
US10394658B1
Backup storage is configured to automatically take one or more snapshots of a protected device. After a plurality of snapshots of the protected device have been automatically taken by the backup storage, the backup storage is communicated with in order to catalog metadata associated with the plurality of snapshots.
US10394656B2
Examples perform live migration of VMs from a source host to a destination host using destructive consistency breaking operations. The disclosure makes a record of a consistency group of VMs on storage at a source host as a fail-back in the event of failure. The source VMs are live migrated to the destination host, disregarding consistency during live migration, and potentially violating the recovery point objective. After live migration of all of the source VMs, consistency is automatically restored at the destination host and the live migration is declared a success.
US10394651B2
A computing system includes an array of storage devices configured to provide access to storage data and check data corresponding to a data block length; and a storage engine, coupled to the array of storage devices, configured to: detect one more erroneous data, one more erroneous check data, or a combination thereof for representing the storage data, the check data, or a combination thereof inaccessible or failing a status check process after initial storage thereof, determine a prime shift factor for representing a smallest prime number not less than a block unit-quantity, wherein the block unit-quantity is for representing a quantity of shift units within the data block length, and iteratively generate a target recovery set based on a circular-shift mechanism utilizing the prime shift factor for recovering the one more erroneous data, the one more erroneous check data, or a combination thereof.
US10394649B2
Techniques are provided for improving the accuracy of read operations of memory cells, where the threshold voltage of a memory cell can shift depending on when the read operation occurs. A memory cell is sensed by discharging a sense node into a bit line and detecting an amount of discharge at two sense times relative to a trip voltage. A bit of data is stored in first and second latches based on the two sense times, to provide first and second pages of data. The pages are evaluated using parity check equations and one of the pages which satisfies the most equations is selected. In another option, word line voltages are grounded and then floated to prevent coupling up of the word line. A weak pulldown to ground can gradually discharge a coupled up voltage of the word lines.
US10394647B2
A memory device, a memory system, and corresponding methods are provided. The memory device includes a non-volatile random access memory. The non-volatile memory includes a suspect bit register configured to store addresses of bits that are determined to have had errors. The non-volatile memory further includes a bad bit register configured to store addresses of bits that both (i) appeared in the suspect bit register due to a first error and (ii) are determined to have had a second error. Hence, the memory device overcomes the aforementioned intrinsic write-error-rate by identifying the bad bits so they can be fused out, thus avoiding errors during use of the non-volatile random access memory.
US10394643B2
System and method for auto-calculating uncertainty of a measurement performed by a measurement device. The measurement device initiates a measurement or measurements. In response to the measurement initiation, a driver of the measurement device sends an error specification request to each of a plurality of hardware modules involved in the measurement. Each of the plurality of hardware modules determines the requested error specifications based on a current configuration of the respective hardware module. The measurement device then calculates an uncertainty associated with the measurement or measurements based on the error specifications.
US10394637B2
A system receives a source and a metadata layer that describes the source. The source may comprise source records with fields containing source data, and the metadata layer may include metadata comprising at least one of a field data type, a field data length, a field description, or a record length. The processor may further validate the metadata layer against the source and write results to a log. The processor may further be configured for transforming the source records into transformed records for a load ready file. The processor may further balance a number of records in the source against a number of transformed records in the load ready file to generate a transformation failure rate.
US10394636B2
A technique for operating a data processing system includes detecting that a processing unit within a first group of processing units in the data processing system has a hang condition. In response to detecting that the processing unit has a hang condition, a command issue rate for the first group of processing units is reduced. One or more other groups of processing units in the data processing system are notified that the first group of processing units has reduced the command issue rate for the first group of processing units. In response to the notifying, respective command issue rates of the other groups of processing units are reduced to reduce a number of commands received by the first group of processing units from the other groups of processing units.
US10394633B2
An assistance service through its local client application or agent at a user's device hardware and software environment information and monitor a health of one or more applications. Upon detecting an issue or being activated by the user, the assistance service may perform diagnostic and/or recovery actions. If predefined or dynamically determined recovery actions are inadequate to address the issue, the assistance service may engage a support service providing collected user device environment information and received server environment information to the support service. A history of attempted recovery actions and diagnostic results may also be provided. The assistance service may, through a user interface of its local, client or agent, facilitate communication with the supports service and perform recovery actions, suggested by the support service providing feedback to the support service. When needed, the assistance service may rollback a version of locally installed or server-side applications to address the issue.
US10394629B2
Techniques for managing a plug-in application recipe (“PIAR”) are disclosed. A mapping between (a) a user-selected field, selected via a PIAR creation interface, and (b) a third-party application field, exposed by an application programming interface (“API”) of a third-party application, is stored. The third-party application field is associated with a trigger or action of a PIAR. Managing the PIAR in an active state involves periodically receiving and checking data from the third-party application field against a PIAR condition. During or after managing the PIAR in the active state, information is stored to update the mapping to a different mapping. The different mapping maps the user-selected field to a different third-party application field. Without modifying the PIAR, managing the PIAR in the active state then involves periodically receiving and checking data from the different third-party application field against the PIAR condition.
US10394626B2
An event flow system connecting nodes, for which processes are defined, from an upstream side to a downstream side by an event which is generated due to a certain process and is used by another process to realize a process flow is provided. The event flow system includes: a process flow builder configured to build a process flow using a plurality of nodes, one or more events, and a reverse event that sends a predetermined request, from a downstream node to an upstream node disposed further toward an upstream side than the downstream node; and a process flow executer configured to execute a process defined for each of the plurality of nodes according to the event and the reverse event.
US10394624B2
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and software for attaching applications to a computing device based on a file type selection. In one example, a method for operating an application attaching system to dynamically make applications available to a computing device includes identifying an application attach triggering event based on a file selection of a certain file type on the computing device. The method further includes, in response to the application attach triggering event, identifying an application within an application volume based on the certain file type. The method also includes attaching the application volume to computing device, and associating the application to the certain file type on the computing device.
US10394617B2
A computer receives an application and system configuration detailing program applications, operating systems, and when and/or on which system an application may hibernate and/or operate. The computer determines a baseline power consumption of each of the applications on each of the applicable systems and operates the applications on the most energy efficient system. The computer monitors and displays the energy consumption of each application and determines whether the applications capable of hibernation have been idle for a period of time. If so, the computer hibernates the application until the application is awoken. If the application is incapable of hibernation nor idle, the computer compares the consumption to the determined baseline consumption of an alternative system and, if the consumption is greater than the baseline consumption of an alternative system and the application is capable of operation on the alternative system, moves operation of the application to the more efficient system.
US10394616B2
A computer receives an application and system configuration detailing program applications, operating systems, and when and/or on which system an application may hibernate and/or operate. The computer determines a baseline power consumption of each of the applications on each of the applicable systems and operates the applications on the most energy efficient system. The computer monitors and displays the energy consumption of each application and determines whether the applications capable of hibernation have been idle for a period of time. If so, the computer hibernates the application until the application is awoken. If the application is incapable of hibernation nor idle, the computer compares the consumption to the determined baseline consumption of an alternative system and, if the consumption is greater than the baseline consumption of an alternative system and the application is capable of operation on the alternative system, moves operation of the application to the more efficient system.
US10394611B2
A currently operating computing cluster that has multiple nodes storing cluster data may be scaled. A cluster scaling request may be received for the current cluster indicating a change in a number or type of nodes in the current cluster. In response to receiving the cluster scaling request, a new cluster may be created as indicated in the cluster scaling request, a copy of the cluster data from the current cluster to the nodes in the new cluster may be initiated, a network endpoint for the current cluster may be moved to the new cluster, and the current cluster may be disabled. The current cluster may, in some embodiments, respond to read access requests during the copy of the cluster data.
US10394607B2
Virtual machines with low active thread counts are prioritized during periods of high system load in a virtualized computing environment to improve the performance of such virtual machines.
US10394606B2
Methods and systems are presented for allocating resources based on dynamic weight accumulation performed in a bottom-up fashion in a scheduler hierarchy of a storage system. One method includes assigning weights to leaf schedulers at a bottom level of schedulers in a scheduler hierarchy comprising a plurality of levels of schedulers. Between two levels, each parent scheduler is associated with a unique plurality of children schedulers. For each leaf scheduler that is active, the method includes propagating a corresponding weight of a corresponding leaf scheduler to every higher level in the scheduler hierarchy, such that a corresponding scheduler at a corresponding level is associated with an accumulation of weights of its descendent schedulers. The method includes distributing resources assigned to the scheduler hierarchy based on accumulated weights at each level, such that the corresponding scheduler is proportioned resources based on the accumulation of weights of its descendent schedulers.
US10394597B1
Methods and apparatus for flexible batch job scheduling in virtualization environments are disclosed. A descriptor for a batch job requested by a client is received at a job scheduling service. The descriptor comprises an indication of a time range during which a job iteration may be performed. A target time for executing the iteration is determined based on an analysis of a plurality of received descriptors. An indication of the target time at which the iteration is to be scheduled is provided to a selected execution platform.
US10394594B2
One or more concurrency limits may be checked in connection with the performance of a virtual machine management operation such as a virtual machine deploy, resize or migration operation to enable the virtual machine management operation to be scheduled on a host for which no concurrency limits have been met.
US10394591B2
A method sanitizes a virtualized composite service. One or more processors provide a sanitization policy for each image within the virtualized composite service. The processor(s) analyze sanitization policies for multiple images in the virtualized composite service in order to detect inconsistencies among the sanitization policies. The processor(s), in response to finding inconsistencies between the sanitization policies, resolve the inconsistencies to produce a consistent sanitization policy, and then use the consistent sanitization policy to sanitize the virtualized composite service to create a sanitized virtualized composite service. The processor(s) receive a request for the virtualized composite service from a requester, and then respond to the request for the virtualized composite service by returning the sanitized virtualized composite service to the requester.
US10394582B2
An Application Execution Server and a method for managing a Background Process which is associated with a Rich Internet Application which is accessible via a Web Browser of an Internet Enabled User Device. The Application Execution Server comprises a Background Process Manager which is adapted to create a Background Process, in response to receiving a request for such a process from the Rich Internet Application, the Background Process being adapted to recognize a triggered event associated with said associated rich Internet application and to invoke the Rich Internet Application, irrespective of whether the Web Browser and/or the Rich Internet Application is presently running or not.
US10394581B2
A device identifies one or more functional elements, and one or more device characteristics. The device determines a selection index based on one or more device characteristics. The device determines a first functional element of the one or more functional elements that has a highest priority level. The device determines whether there is an appropriate technology layer for the first functional element based on comparing the selection index to one or more technology layer ranges corresponding to one or more technology layers associated with the first functional element.
US10394575B2
An automatic hold switch is disclosed. The automatic hold switch provides a means for automatically switching a hold feature on and off. When the hold feature is on, one or more input devices of a portable electronic device are disabled or prevented from providing input signals. When the hold feature is off, one or more input devices of a portable electronic device are enabled or allowed to provide input signals. Because the user no longer has to manually control the hold feature, the number of actions that need to be taken by the user is reduced. In one example, the automatic hold switch is embodied with light sensors that detect when the device is in a dark environment and when the device is in a light environment. A dark environment indicates to the portable electronic device that the user wishes not to input and therefore the hold feature is turned on. A lighted environment indicates to the portable electronic device that the user wishes to input and therefore the hold feature is turned off.
US10394567B2
A data processing system includes a plurality of processor cores each having a respective store-through upper level cache and a store-in banked lower level cache. Store requests of the plurality of processor cores destined for the banked lower level cache are buffered in multiple store queues including a first store queue and a second store queue. In response to determining that the multiple store queues contain store requests targeting a common bank of the banked lower level cache, store requests from the first store queue are temporarily favored for selection for issuance to the banked lower level cache over those in the second store queue.
US10394564B2
According to one embodiment, a processor includes an instruction decoder to decode instruction and a execution unit to execute instructions, the execution unit being associated with a capture logic to periodically capture operating heuristics of the execution unit, a detection logic coupled to the execution unit to evaluate the captured operating heuristics to determine whether there is a need to adjust an operating point of the execution unit, and a control logic coupled to the detection logic and the execution unit to adjust the operating point of the execution unit based on the evaluation of the operating heuristics.
US10394557B2
A data processing system supporting execution of transactions comprising one or more program instructions that execute to generate speculative updates is provided. The speculative updates are committed in normal operation if the transaction completes without a conflict. Start of execution of a transaction may be detected and execution diverted to be performed by software emulation rather than direct execution by the processing hardware. The software emulation may store data representing one or more versions of the speculative updates generated during the emulation. The software emulation may also detect conflicts with the transaction being emulated. In order to facilitate modifying the behaviour of other parts of the system interacting with a transaction under investigation, a non-standard response signal may be returned in response to a detected memory access request to a transaction being emulated. The non-standard response signal may be used to initiate the request source to follow a subsequent path of processing different from that which it would otherwise follow. Support is also provided for detecting a trigger condition which results in the halting (freezing) of a partially completed transaction and the saving the speculative updates associated with that partially completed transaction to the architectural state of the system.
US10394555B1
This disclosure is directed to reducing a computing operation time and reducing memory usage associated with determining a subset of at least two data elements, associated with a target computing operation result, from a set of data elements. This disclosure can be extended to determining larger subsets associated with a target computing operation result, from a set of data elements, as well.
US10394554B1
In embodiments, methods and systems for implementing source code extraction are provided. Source code extraction facilitates processing obfuscated byte code and extracting source code representations of original source code of applications. Source code extraction is implemented based on leveraging and monitoring an interpreter (e.g., a software interpreter running on a virtual machine) when portions of obfuscated byte code (i.e., obfuscated compiled version of source code) are loaded or executed using the interpreter. In operation, the obfuscated byte code is accessed at the interpreter. The interpreter, processing the obfuscated byte code, is monitored using a source code extraction manager that supports instrumentation instances associated with functions of the obfuscated byte code. Instruction sequences of functions that the interpreter is processing are recorded using the source code extraction manager. Source code representations are generated based on the instruction sequences that are recorded while monitoring the functions that are processed by the interpreter.
US10394543B2
Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to state awareness of a non-live object, and provide a method, system and computer program product for lifecycle model instance objectification of a non-activity object in an activity thread. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for lifecycle model instance objectification of non-activity objects in an activity thread can be provided. The method can include rendering an activity thread within an activity map for an activity-centric collaborative tool, creating an instance of a lifecycle model, and objectifying a non-activity object in the activity thread with the lifecycle model instance. Additionally, a status decorator can be displayed for the lifecycle model instance in association with the non-activity object in the activity map.
US10394541B2
The present invention is to provide a system, a method, and a program for distributing a container image that do not need to previously prepare the execution environment for individual terminals and external systems on the execution of a predetermined application on a terminal and an external system. The system for distributing a container image registers a container image that includes an application and a program group for the execution environment of the application; receives start instruction from a user to start the registered container image; receives selection of a platform that distributes the container image instructed to be started, from the user; and distributes the container image instructed to be started to the selected platform.
US10394537B2
A source code file is generated in accordance with a first coding format employed by a first user. In response to a request for the generated source code file from a second user employing a different coding format, the generated source code file is transformed to the different coding format employed by the second user, and the transformed source code file is presented to the second user in the different coding format.
US10394529B2
The present disclosure relates to a cloud or a local development platform for a developer to develop mobile native applications without the need to write program code. The development platform supports the development of cross-platform (iOS and Android) and cross-industry mobile native applications, and provides various templates to help the developer quickly design the screen interactions and business process of mobile applications. For mobile native applications developed through the development platform, no publishing is needed when updating those mobile native applications. Whenever an update is made through the development platform, all the developed mobile native applications can be updated simultaneously.
US10394517B2
A method of controlling a device located in a predetermined space includes: obtaining sleep information of a person present in a first space from a biological sensor disposed in the first space, the sleep information indicating a sleep state of the person and the first space includes a first device; determining, by a processor, a first sound volume to be set for the first device based on a first database indicating a correspondence between the sleep state and a target sound volume of a corresponding device, the target sound volume of the corresponding device being a predetermined sound volume which does not awake a sleeping person at the sleep state and still be heard by an awake person; and transmitting, to the first device, a first command for setting the first sound volume in the first device as a sound volume upper-limit value.
US10394514B2
When each of a plurality of projection devices projects an image on a screen, in order to easily determine whether or not an association between identification information of each of the plurality of projection devices and positional relationship of each of the plurality of projection devices is correct, an image for notifying of an association between a predetermined area included in a display pattern and an external projection device is projected, and a communication unit of a projection device transmits information related to the association between the predetermined area included in the display pattern and the external projection device, which is inputted by an input unit, to the external projection device.
US10394511B2
An approach is provided for selecting and displaying image(s). A user and user profile information corresponding to the user are identified. A sentiment of the user is identified by determining that user is in proximity to a digital picture frame in a room, receiving a measurement of ambient lighting of the room from a light sensor coupled to the digital picture frame, and determining an emotional state of the user based on the ambient lighting. Based on the user profile, an association is determined between the sentiment of the user and sentiment(s), which are determined to be conveyed by image(s). Based on the ambient lighting, the association between the sentiment of the user and the sentiment(s), and the image(s) conveying the sentiment(s), the image(s) are selected from multiple images. The selected image(s) are displayed on a display included in the digital picture frame.
US10394508B2
An information processing apparatus includes circuitry to execute workflow processing on data according to a workflow. The workflow defines a plurality of processes in a predetermined order. The circuitry obtains a first size of the data after a specific process of the plurality of processes is performed. The circuitry performs a subsequent process based on the first size. The subsequent process is one of a plurality of subsequent processes each of which is defined as a process subsequent to the specific process in the workflow.
US10394507B2
A selection screen for prompting a user to select a file selection method and including at least first and second display items for selecting a file selection method is displayed. If the first display item is selected, a screen for a file selection function provided by the application is displayed, and a file selected through the screen is determined as a file to be processed. If the second display item is selected, the file selection function provided by the OS is invoked, and a file selected through the file selection screen provided by the OS is determined as a file to be processed. Data based on the file is transmitted to the image processing apparatus.
US10394500B2
An information processing system includes an information processing apparatus; and an electronic device. The information processing apparatus executes a process including managing configuration information required for installing an application in the electronic device, the configuration information including a list of applications to be installed, license information required for installing the application, and status information of the configuration information, managed in association with each other, the status information indicating a status before execution of the configuration information is reserved or a status in which execution of the configuration information is reserved; and storing the application. The electronic device executes a process including acquiring, from the information processing apparatus, the configuration information for which the status information is indicating the status in which execution of the configuration information is reserved; and installing, in the electronic device, the application acquired from the information processing apparatus according to the acquired configuration information.
US10394495B2
A form document submission system processes a form document with one or more fields to be filled out, and includes a server device to register the form document, a form document identifier associated with the form document, and a form data rule applicable to the form document, so as to be associated with a user; a user accessible device to receive the form document and the form document identifier from the server device, fill out each field with a corresponding input, and send the filled out form, from the user accessible device to the server device; wherein the server device validates the filled out form document for each field, based upon the form data rule, and if an error is found in any of the fields, highlights the field with the error, and sends the highlighted form to the user accessible device, for changes to the corresponding input to comply with the form data rule, and if no error is found in any of the fields, sending the highlighted form to the user accessible device, as confirmation that no error is found.
US10394493B2
Apparatus and method for managing data in a hybrid data storage device. The device has a first non-volatile memory (NVM) of solid state memory cells arranged into a first set of garbage collection units (GCUs), and a second NVM as a rotatable data recording medium arranged into a second set of GCUs each comprising a plurality of shingled magnetic recording tracks. A control circuit combines a first group of logical block units (LBUs) stored in the first set of GCUs with a second group of LBUs stored in the second set of GCUs to form a combined group of LBUs arranged in sequential order by logical address. The control circuit streams the combined group of LBUs to a zone of shingled magnetic recording tracks in a selected one of the second set of GCUs. A combined media translation map identifies physical addresses in both the first and second NVMs.
US10394492B2
According to one embodiment, a system includes a media storage device, a processor, and logic integrated with and/or executable by the processor. The logic is configured to cause the processor to determine a write rate for the media storage device or a portion thereof based on one or more factors, the write rate ranging from zero to a maximum possible write rate for the media storage device or the portion thereof. The logic is also configured to cause the processor to receive a write request to write data to the media storage device or the portion thereof and write the data to the media storage device using the determined write rate. Other systems, methods, and computer program products for defending against ransomware attacks are presented according to more embodiments.
US10394490B2
A plurality of computing devices are communicatively coupled to each other via a network, and each of the plurality of computing devices is operably coupled to one or more of a plurality of storage devices. A plurality of failure resilient address spaces are distributed across the plurality of storage devices such that each of the plurality of failure resilient address spaces spans a plurality of the storage devices. Each computing device is operable to maintain a two-level registry that records changes in the memory. When data is read from memory, recent changes to the data may be applied according to one or more corresponding registry blocks. Thus, the two-level registry enables the plurality of computing devices to postpone and/or consolidate writes to memory (e.g., non-volatile flash drives).
US10394487B2
A memory system may include: a memory device including memory blocks each memory block including pages, each page including memory cells which are coupled to a word line for storing data; and a controller including a memory, the controller receiving a write command and a read command from a host, storing write data corresponding to the write command in the memory, transmitting and storing the write data stored in the memory to and in at least one first memory device buffer coupled to a first memory block in a page of which the write data are to be stored, reading read data corresponding to the read command from a page of a second memory block, storing the read data in at least one second memory device buffer coupled to the second memory block, and storing the read data stored in the second memory device buffer, in the memory.
US10394483B2
A method for preventing data loss in target volumes of copy service functions is disclosed. In one embodiment, such a method includes detecting a copy service function that copies data from a source volume to a target volume. The method automatically creates, in a different address space than the source volume and target volume, a shadow volume to receive data overwritten on the target volume. The method further automatically establishes a point-in-time copy relationship between the target volume and the shadow volume to preserve data on the target volume as writes are received thereto. A corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed.
US10394474B2
Devices, systems, and methods are provided for dynamically reconfiguring storage devices with applications in real-time to meet user needs, such as running different applications. The devices, systems, and methods relate to a storage device that includes memory for data storage and a controller for storing data in the memory. The controller includes a processor configured to receive an indication to reconfigure the controller with an application that is user-selected; receive the application; reconfigure the controller with the application such that the controller is enabled to run the application; receive an indication to run the application with a set of data as input; receive the set of data; run the application with the set of data as input; and generate resulting data from running the application with the set of data as input.
US10394473B2
An arbitration system and method is disclosed. The apparatus includes a first and a second memory devices, and a resistor coupled in common to the first and second memory devices, the first memory device includes a first calibration circuit configured to perform a first calibration operation responsive, at least in part, to an external calibration command, the first calibration operation being performed based on the resistor, and the second memory device includes a second calibration circuit configured to perform a second calibration operation responsive, at least in part, to the external calibration command, the second calibration operation being performed based on the resistor after the first calibration operation has finished.
US10394472B1
A system, computer program product, and computer-executable method of managing one or more tiers of memory of a host computing system, the system, computer program product, and computer-executable method including accessing a portion of raw data from a memory page associated with data stored on the one or more tiers of memory, sampling the portion of raw data to select a sample data, analyzing the sample data to determine a sample category, and classifying the portion of raw data based at least in part by considering the sample category.
US10394467B2
Virtual machines in a computer system cluster, or cloud environment, require access to their assigned storage resources connected to the virtual machines via storage area networks (SAN). Such virtual machines may be independent from associated physical servers in the computer system cluster on which they are deployed. These virtual machines may dynamically migrate among assigned physical servers while maintaining access to their connected storage resources both from the source physical server and the target physical server during the migration.
US10394461B2
Systems and methods for optimizing storage system performance are disclosed. A method includes: determining an expected lifetime of each of at least one computing instance; determining a disk data extent evaluation period for each of the at least one computing instance based on the determined expected lifetime; determining an input/output (I/O) wait time threshold for each of the at least one computing instance; determining an I/O wait time of each of the at least one computing instance using the determined disk data extent evaluation period; and in response to the determined I/O wait time of one or more of the at least one computing instance exceeding the determined I/O wait time threshold of the computing instance, moving at least one data extent associated with the one or more computing instance exceeding the determined I/O wait time threshold from hard disk drive storage to solid state drive storage.
US10394459B2
A data storage device includes a filter, a central processing unit (CPU), a first memory configured to store a page, a second memory, and a page type analyzer configured to analyze a type of the page output from the first memory and to transmit an indication signal to the CPU according to an analysis result. According to control of the CPU that operates based on the indication signal, the filter passes the page to the second memory or filters each row in the page, and transmits first filtered data to the second memory.
US10394458B2
Systems and methods can implement one or more intelligent caching algorithms that reduce wear on the SSD and/or to improve caching performance. Such algorithms can improve storage utilization and I/O efficiency by taking into account the write-wearing limitations of the SSD. Accordingly, the systems and methods can cache to the SSD while avoiding writing too frequently to the SSD to increase or attempt to increase the lifespan of the SSD. The systems and methods may, for instance, write data to the SSD once that data has been read from the hard disk or memory multiple times to avoid or attempt to avoid writing data that has been read only once. The systems and methods may also write large chunks of data to the SSD at once instead of a single unit of data at a time. Further, the systems and methods can write to the SSD in a circular fashion.
US10394455B2
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for determining tracks to release in a target volume mirroring tracks from a source volume. Tracks received from the source volume are written to the target volume to form a consistency group of tracks in the source volume at the target volume. A determination is made of tracks available to release from a volume table providing a state of the tracks in the target volume and space allocated to the determined tracks is released. A point-in-time copy of the target volume is crated and complete is returned to forming the consistency group in response to releasing the space and creating the point-in-time copy.
US10394453B1
Example embodiments of the present invention relate to methods, systems, and a computer program product for storing data compressed according to available system resources. The method includes evaluating system resources of a data storage system and selecting a compression algorithm according to the system resources. The data set then may be compressed according to the selected compression algorithm and the compressed data stored in the data storage system.
US10394442B2
Systems and methods for adjusting user interface elements based on user accuracy and content consumption are disclosed. According to an aspect, a method includes receiving user input for interacting with one or more elements presented by a user interface. The method also includes determining an estimate of user accuracy for correctly selecting the one or more elements. Further, the method includes determining a rate of consumption of content presented by the user interface. The method also includes adjusting one of a position and size of at least one of the elements based on the estimate of user accuracy and the rate of consumption of content.
US10394440B2
Inserting a formula at a location on a content surface in a user interface is provided. A user interface showing a status bar which includes one or more predetermined calculations may be displayed on a computer. The computer may receive a selection of a predetermined calculation from the status bar in the user interface. The selected predetermined calculation may then be dragged from the status bar and inserted at a drop location on the content surface in the user interface. The computer may then automatically generate a formula corresponding to the selected predetermined calculation in the user interface.
US10394437B2
Systems, methods, and computer program products to perform an operation comprising receiving input specifying a first portion of a graphical user interface (GUI) of a first application executing on a first computing device, wherein the GUI is outputted on a display device, rendering the GUI of the first application on a first virtual display of the first computing device, and not on the first display device, and generating a first widget which displays the first portion of the GUI of the first application on the display device, wherein a unique identifier of the first widget is associated with a unique identifier of the first virtual display.
US10394434B2
An interfacing apparatus may sense an input object and move at least one interface object displayed on a display toward the sensed input object.
US10394433B2
Techniques are described to implement a user interface for a display of a mobile device. In an implementation, the user interface may include a chromeless menu configured to be displayed when menu-based user input to the mobile device is available; a system tray configured to be displayed on the display when a notice containing status information affecting operability of the mobile device is available; and a task switcher module operable to cause a chromeless overlay be displayed over an active application being executed by the mobile device to allow selection of one or more applications of the mobile device.
US10394428B2
A method and an electronic device for manipulating a first user interface object are provided. The electronic device is capable of detecting a first type of touch on a touch screen of the electronic device and a second type of touch on the touch screen. The electronic device detects a first touch of the first type at the first user interface object. The electronic device sets the first user interface object to a first state in response to the detection of the first touch. Next, the electronic device detects a second touch of the first type at a second user interface object. Then, the electronic device manipulates the first or second user interface object based on properties of the first and second user interface objects in response to the detection of the second touch.
US10394424B2
The present invention provides an information display, an information display system, an information display method, a program, and a recording medium that allow information of a target item refined under a desired condition to be displayed easily.The information display of the present invention includes: an information set display unit configured to display at least one item and information corresponding to each of the items; a condition display unit configured to display, in response to selection of the item, a menu showing at least one of refining conditions of the selected item; and a refining information set display unit configured to display, in response to selection of the refining condition, at least one refining item corresponding to the selected refining condition and refining information corresponding to each of the refining items with reference to the displayed items and information corresponding to each of the items. The condition display unit and the refining information set display unit can be executed alternately. The condition display unit displays a refining condition, which has not been selected before n−1th (n is an integer of 2 or more) execution, in n-th and subsequent executions.
US10394419B2
Icons/text/images representing selections areas are placed near a machine readable image to for retrieving an information item about a product to which the machine readable image is associated. These selection areas can be visually represented by icons/text/images that inform the user what information will be retrieved or what action will be controlled if selected. A capturing device captures a machine readable image together with icons/text/images representing selections areas, displays these on the screen for the user to select one of the icons/text/images. The capturing device calculates the coordinates of the selection relative to the machine readable image using a unit of distance and perspective correction derived from the machine readable image. These coordinates are provided to an information server associated with the machine readable image which in turn provides the information associated to the coordinates to the capturing device.
US10394418B2
A display of an icon includes creating and displaying an icon that provides indicia regarding information relevant to an application to which the icon is assigned. The indicia provides information to a user and is always in the foreground of a display when the application is running regardless of whether the application is currently actively in use and being interacted with by a user or not. At least one expandable indicia is included within the icon. Input provided by clicking the expandable indicia actuates an expanded window for displaying more detailed information. Indicia is also presentable on the icon to provide real time information to a user who is actively using another application such as whether a connection to a server hosting services for the application is lost. A presence state of the user is displayable via presence indicia located on the icon as well.
US10394416B2
Disclosed is a user interface which enables mark based interaction for images. The present disclosure relates to a user interface which enables mark based interaction for images, the images comprising a volume which is a three-dimensional image and slices which are two-dimensional images, each of which represents a cross section of the volume. At least two of the images each include the same visual mark for identifying at least one common region of interest. The user interface comprises: an input unit for receiving a user input associated with the same visual mark included in one of the images; and at least one component for enabling the interaction for the images including the same visual mark associated with the user input.
US10394414B1
A system and method for facilitating automatic execution of user interaction in a virtual space are disclosed. For such facilitations, interactions initiated by users may be monitored and examined. The examination of the user interactions may be made based on various parameters that depend on user interaction levels in the virtual space. Based on results of such examinations, user interactions to be automatically executed in the virtual space while the users are not participating in the virtual space may be determined. In some examples, such determinations may be based on the user interaction levels in the virtual space and/or one or more virtual items and/or real-world currencies spent by the users for the automatic execution of the user interactions.
US10394409B2
A method and system are provided with instant probability tickets combined with gaming machines wherein the win/lose outcome of the probability game is determined by the subset selections the player makes from a superset comprising a multiplicity of possible game element spots. The gaming machines hold the purchased probability ticket in escrow in an internal region of the gaming machine such that the player cannot gain physical access to the probability ticket until he or she commits to a selection of subset game elements.
US10394408B1
Systems and methods for recommending media based on received signals indicating user interest in a plurality of recommended media items are presented. In one or more aspects, a system is provided that includes a recommendation component configured to analyze a set of videos and identify a first subset of videos to recommend to a user, wherein respective representations of the videos included in the first subset are presented to a user via a user interface displayed at a client device. The system further includes a selection component configured to receive input regarding user interest in two or more videos included in the first subset of videos. The recommendation component further identifies a first subset of the two or more videos for re-recommending to the user based on the received input.
US10394401B2
A wiring body includes: a first resin layer; an electrode layer on the first resin layer and formed by first conductor lines; a first lead wire layer on the first resin layer and formed by second conductor lines; and a boundary line interposed between the electrode layer and the first lead wire layer. The wiring body satisfies W1
US10394392B2
In certain embodiments, a method includes determining a position of an input within a touch-sensitive area of a touch sensor. The touch sensor includes a first number of electrodes having a first orientation and a second number of electrodes having a second orientation. The second orientation is different from the first orientation. The method also includes selecting a first set of the first number of electrodes and a first set of the second number of electrodes such that the determined position of the input is within an overlap of the first set of the first number of electrodes with the first set of the second number of electrodes. An area of the overlap is smaller than the touch-sensitive area.
US10394386B1
An input device associated with a sensing region is disclosed. The input device includes: a sensor electrode configured to receive a resulting signal associated with the sensing region; a current conveyor configured to generate a first replica of the resulting signal; a mixer circuit configured to generate a differential current by demodulating the first replica of the resulting signal; an interference detection circuit (IDC) configured to: generate a second replica of the resulting signal based on the first replica; determine the second replica includes an interference signal based on a reference current; and generate an interference alert signal in response to determining the second replica includes the interference signal; and an auxiliary component configured to generate an output based on the differential current and the interference alert signal.
US10394375B2
A method includes displaying information via a first display, displaying information via a second display, controlling the information displayed via the first display and the second display with a controller, and receiving a first input from a user through a user interface. The first input includes a command to change a setting of the first display or the second display and/or the information being displayed via the first display or the second display. The method also includes generating a first haptic effect to confirm receipt of the first input.
US10394373B2
A capacitive sensing array includes an array of electrodes; first conductive data lines arranged in a first direction and second conductive data lines arranged in a second direction different from the first direction; first switching elements configured to connect each electrode to a first conductive line in the first direction, and second switch elements configured to connect each electrode to a second conductive line in the second direction; and control lines connected to the first and second switching elements. Electrical connections are present between each first conductive data line in the first direction and a second conductive data line in the second direction such that each first conductive line in the first direction is connected to at least one second conductive line in the second direction. A touch panel display device includes the capacitive sensing array implemented as an active matrix touch sensor panel integrated with a display, and a controller that applies drive signals and measures capacitance during different time periods.
US10394370B2
An apparatus for recognizing a touch input includes: a touch input detector detecting a touch input signal depending on a force-based touch input on a touch pad; a vehicle movement detector sensing movement of a vehicle; and a processor configured to detect an abnormal signal generated by the movement of the vehicle in the touch input signal and to recognize the touch input by performing signal interpolation on an abnormal signal generation section in which the abnormal signal is generated.
US10394362B2
An electrode connection unit includes an electrode connection unit body and a protective layer which covers at least a portion of an edge portion of the electrode connection unit body to satisfy a specific relation of area. An occurrence of cracks in the edge portions of the electrode connection unit body may be prevented when a bending stress is applied during a manufacturing process or treating a product.
US10394360B2
A touch sensor includes sensing electrodes and a sensing line. The sensing line is coupled to the sensing electrodes. Each of the sensing electrodes includes a first region and a second region. The first region has a flat surface. The second region is disposed around a perimeter of the first region. The surface of the second region forms an inclination angle relative to the flat surface of the first region.
US10394358B2
Method, apparatus, and computer-readable media for touch and speech interface includes structure and/or function whereby at least one processor: (i) receives an input from a touch sensitive input device; (ii) establishes a touch speech time window with respect to the received touch input; (iv) receives an input from a speech input device; (v) determines whether the received speech input is present in a global dictionary; (vi) if the received speech input is present in the global dictionary, determines whether the received speech input has been received within the established touch speech time window; and (vii) if the received speech input has been received within the established touch speech time window, activate an action corresponding to both the received touch input and the received speech input.
US10394356B2
Provided is a display device including: a first base substrate having a plurality of sensing areas and a plurality of pixel areas each corresponding to a pixel; first electrodes provided in each pixel area on the first base substrate; second electrodes provided in each sensing area to cover at least a portion of the pixel areas; a second base substrate arranged opposite to the first base substrate; and a liquid crystal layer provided between the first base substrate and the second base substrate, wherein each pixel area includes a display area for displaying images and a non-display area provided on at least one side of the display area, and at least a portion of sides of the second electrodes is arranged within the display area.
US10394352B2
A triggering method and a wireless handheld device provided in embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of electronic technologies. The touchscreen triggering method includes: detecting an input combination that is of a click frequency and/or click intensity and is received when a touchscreen is in a locked state; and when it is detected that the input combination that is of the click frequency and/or the click intensity and is received when the touchscreen is in the locked state matches a pre-stored input combination of a click frequency and/or click intensity, wherein the pre-stored input combination of the click frequency and/or the click intensity is corresponding to an operation, executing the operation corresponding to the matched pre-stored input combination of the click frequency and/or the click intensity.
US10394344B2
Character input error correction is provided by receiving from a keyboard character input by a user. The character input includes character input errors by the user, the character input errors being input of incorrect characters by the user via the keyboard. The character input errors of the character input are automatically identified and classified into character error classification(s). Each character error classification corresponds to a respective visual transformation of input characters. It is determined that a frequency of the identified and classified character input errors exceeds a predefined threshold confidence level for triggering application of keyboard corrections for user input. Based on the determining, keyboard corrections are applied for user input. The applying keyboard corrections includes applying a correction to character(s) displayed for or input by the user. The applied correction is based on at least one of the classification(s) into which the character input errors are classified.
US10394342B2
A key assembly for a keyboard may include a key cap that includes a touch sensor that is communicatively coupled to a control device. When the touch sensor senses a touch event, the touch sensor may send a touch signal to the control device, and when the touch sensor senses an absence of touch, the touch sensor may send a control signal to the control device. The key assembly may further include a switch that is communicatively coupled to the control device and that is movable between a pressed position and an un-pressed position. When the switch is in the pressed position, the switch may send a closed signal to the control device, and when the switch is in the un-pressed position, the switch may send an open signal to the control device. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
US10394333B2
A display control circuit, a display control method and a display device are provided. The display control circuit includes a gesture identifying unit and a display control unit. The gesture identifying unit includes a millimeter wave signal transceiver module and a gesture detector. The millimeter wave signal transceiver module is configured to transmit a first millimeter wave signal and receive a second millimeter wave signal that is reflected back. The gesture detector is configured to process and identify the second millimeter wave signal, to detect a gesture within a predetermined range around the display panel. The display control unit is configured to control the display panel based on the gesture.
US10394327B2
Apparatus and methods for generating virtual environment displays based on a group of sensors are provided. A computing device can receive first data about an environment from a first group of one or more sensors. The computing device can model the environment as a virtual environment based on the first data. The computing device can determine whether to obtain additional data to model the environment. After determining to obtain additional data to model the environment, the computing device can: receive second data about the environment, and model the environment as the virtual environment based on at least the second data. The computing device can generate a display of the virtual environment.
US10394313B2
Examples described herein generally relate to rendering virtual reality images on a computer device including an integrated first graphics processing unit (GPU) and a discrete second GPU. The second GPU can receive first pose information of a head mounted display (HMD) connected to a video port associated with the first GPU. The second GPU can render a virtual reality source image from an application based on the first pose information. The computer device can transfer the virtual reality source image from the second GPU to the first GPU. The first GPU can receive second updated pose information of the HMD. The first GPU can adjust the virtual reality source image based on the second updated pose information. The computer device can display the adjusted virtual reality image on the HMD via the video port. The virtual reality source image may be divided into portions for pipelining among the GPUs.
US10394311B2
An information processing apparatus includes a first processor and a second processor. The first processor is operable to perform first processing and second processing in one of a plurality of operating states. The operating states includes a normal state and a power-saving state. The power-saving state is a state in which the first processor consumes less power than the normal state. The second processor is operable to perform the second processing while consuming less power than the first processor does. The second processor detects the first processing that the second processor is not able to perform. The second processor also causes the first processor to transition from the sleep state to the power-saving state to perform the first processing when the first processor is in a sleep state in which a power supply is stopped.
US10394310B2
Sleep modes use non-volatile dual inline memory modules (NVDIMMs) to reduce electrical power and execution times. An S3 suspend-to-RAM, for example, may store a system state to NVDIMM via a high-speed memory bus. Likewise, an S4 suspend-to-disk may store a restoration file to the NVDIMM via the high-speed memory bus. When a server or other information handling system is then awakened, execution resumes in less time due to the NVDIMM.
US10394306B2
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores a cradle control program for executing steps on a CPU of a cradle apparatus. In an attachment determination step, it is determined whether or not a printer is attached to an attach/detach part. In an information acquisition step, connection identification information of the printer is acquired in the case that it is determined the printer is attached. In a connection establishing step, a communication connection with an operation terminal via the connection part is established after acquiring the connection identification information in the information acquisition step. In an information transmission step, the connection identification information acquired is transmitted to the operation terminal after establishing the communication connection in the connection establishing step.
US10394305B2
A memory system according to example embodiments of the inventive concept may include a storage device and a memory device. The storage device includes a first interface circuit configured to be connected to a processor and a second interface circuit different from the first interface circuit. The memory device includes a third interface circuit configured to be connected to the processor based on a DRAM interface, a fourth interface circuit configured to be different from the third interface circuit and configured to be connected to the second interface circuit, and a random access memory divided into a first memory area and a second memory area. The first memory area is accessed by the processor through the third interface circuit and the second memory area is accessed by the storage device through the second interface circuit and the fourth interface circuit.
US10394302B2
Provided are an energy-saving control method and device for a self-service device. The method includes: acquiring to-be-learned sample information from historical usage data of users of the self-service device, where the sample information indicates the number of users which use the self-service device in each of different sub-periods of a period of time; learning the to-be-learned sample information by using a preset Bayesian prior probability model, to obtain a learning result; updating the Bayesian prior probability model based on the learning result; predicting the number of users in each of sub-periods of a preset period of time by using the updated Bayesian prior probability model, to obtain the predicted number of users at the self-service device; and modifying a sleep interval of the self-service device in each of the sub-periods based on the predicted number of users.
US10394300B2
In an embodiment, a processor includes a core domain with a plurality of cores and a power controller having a first logic to receive a first request to increase an operating voltage of a first core of the core domain to a second voltage, to instruct a voltage regulator to increase the operating voltage to an interim voltage, and to thereafter instruct the voltage regulator to increase the operating voltage to the second voltage. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10394296B2
An apparatus includes a first interface of an accessory of a wireless device. The first interface is configured to communicate with the wireless device using a wired communication technique. The apparatus includes a second interface of the accessory. The second interface is configured to communicate with the wireless device using a wireless communication technique. The apparatus also includes a data storage device of the accessory. The apparatus further includes a controller of the accessory. The controller is coupled to the first interface, to the second interface, and to the data storage device. The controller is configured to activate the first interface in response to a message received via the second interface.
US10394291B2
An interface adapter may include a printed circuit board that includes an edge connector dimensioned to be inserted into an expansion socket of a computing device. The interface adapter may also include a plurality of modular computing components removably mounted to a top surface of the printed circuit board, where each modular computing component includes a connector dimensioned to be inserted into a socket of the printed circuit board and the connector of each modular computing component includes a pinout that is more compact than a pinout of the edge connector of the printed circuit board. In addition, the interface adapter may include one or more modular heatsinks coupled to a top surface of each modular computing component to facilitate heat dissipation from the top surface of the modular computing component. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
US10394280B2
Embodiments of wearable electronic devices, components thereof, and related systems and techniques are disclosed herein. For example, a wearable electronic device may include a wearable support structure having a first surface and a second surface; a first electrode located at the first surface, wherein, when the wearable electronic device is worn by a user on a portion of the user's body, the first electrode is arranged to contact the user's skin in the portion of the user's body; a second electrode located at the second surface, wherein, when the wearable electronic device is worn by a user on the portion of the user's body, the second electrode is arranged to not contact the user's skin in the portion of the user's body; and a resistance switch having first and second input terminals coupled to the first and second electrodes, respectively. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.
US10394277B2
Disclosed herein is an electronic device that can be cradled at various angles using a magnetic force and a stopper structure. An electronic device according to various embodiments or the present disclosure may include: a first housing having a first cover disposed in a first direction and a second cover disposed in a second direction opposite the first direction; a second housing having a third cover disposed in a third direction and a fourth cover disposed in a fourth direction opposite the third direction; at least one first magnetic body forming a portion of the first housing; at least one second magnetic body forming a portion of the second housing, and configured to apply a force for maintaining a rotatably connected state of the second housing to the first housing using a magnetic force with the first magnetic body; a first sliding member forming a portion of the first housing, and a second sliding member forming a portion of the second housing to face the first sliding member such that the second housing is configured to be obliquely cradled to the first housing by being in contact with the first sliding member.
US10394271B2
A force feedback handle device with a degree-of-freedom includes: a driving part (1), a link part (2) and a frame part (3); wherein the driving part (1) and the link part (2) are both installed on a top board (9), and a rotation axis of the link part (2) coincides with a rotation axis of the driving part (1); the driving part (1), the link part (2) and the frame part (3) are fixed and connected by bolts. A working method of the force feedback handle device includes four steps. The force feedback device of the invention has low inertia and high stiffness performance, which improves overall interaction performance of the force feedback device. The structure is simple and a manufacturing cost is low.
US10394268B2
Method and apparatus for actively managing consumption of electric power over an electric power grid
A client device manages consumption of power supplied by an electric utility to power consuming devices. Power flow to the power consuming devices is selectively enabled and disabled by one or more controllable devices controlled by the client device. The client device receives a power control message from a load management server. The power control message indicates at least one of an amount of electric power to be reduced and an identification of at least one controllable device to be instructed to disable a flow of electric power to one or more associated power consuming devices. Responsive to the power control message, the client device issues a power management command to one or more controllable devices under the client device's control. The power management command causes the one or more controllable devices to disable a flow of electric power to the one or more associated power consuming device.
US10394262B2
A voltage regulation method, a controller, and a chip are provided. In the method, a controller receives a digital first status representation value sent by a sensor; the controller determines, according to the first status representation value and at least one of a second status representation value or a first expected value, whether to regulate the supply voltage of the load, where the second status representation value represents a node voltage that is at a previous moment and that is of the detection point of the load, and the first expected value represents an expected value of a node voltage of the detection point; and when determining to regulate the supply voltage of the load, the controller sends a digital control signal to a power gating array, to control the power gating array to regulate the supply voltage.
US10394261B2
A voltage reference generator comprises a voltage reference, a variable gain amplifier connected to an output terminal of the voltage reference, a sampling capacitor connected to an output terminal of the voltage reference generator and to an output terminal of the variable gain amplifier via a sampling switch. The switch is adapted to close during a first portion of a switching period, and open during a second portion of the switching period. The voltage reference generator also comprises a ripple monitor adapted to estimate a magnitude of variation of an output voltage of the voltage reference generator resulting from charging and discharging of the sampling capacitor, and based on the estimate, perform one of control of the sampling switch to reduce a switching frequency of the sampling switch to increase a magnitude of the variation of the output voltage, and control of the sampling switch to increase the switching frequency.
US10394254B2
A multistage flow control valve system with a pressure balanced first stage connected to one or more downstream, pressure balanced, intermediate and/or outlet stages configured to accommodate very large pressure drops across the system while maintaining a desired flow rate, and avoiding potentially destructive cavitation within the valves.
US10394248B2
A charging pile, a method and device for recognizing the charging pile are provided. The charging pile may include: a pile body having a side surface; a power interface provided on the side surface of the pile body to supply power for the autonomous cleaning device; an identification structure arranged on the side surface of the pile body to enable the autonomous cleaning device to recognize a position of the power interface and comprising a plurality of identification elements, each of the plurality of identification elements comprising at least one convex and at least one concave; wherein a retroreflection coefficient of any one of the at least one convex and the at least one concave is smaller than that of the other one of the at least one convex and the at least one concave and sufficient to form a retroreflected light recognizable by the autonomous cleaning device; and wherein at least one of the plurality of identification elements comprises a convex and a concave having mismatched specifications.
US10394244B2
The present invention provides a safe path planning method including a process of using a grid map and a congestion map, and a process of planning a path of a mobile robot using a cost function.
US10394236B2
A vehicle system of a vehicle for a vehicle user having a camera, an evaluation unit which has a memory and is coupled to the camera, a communication device that is coupled to the evaluation unit, and a self-drive unit which is coupled to the evaluation unit for autonomously driving the vehicle. The camera views the face of the vehicle user and relays collected data to the evaluation unit. An artificial intelligence, in the evaluation unit, evaluates the data from the camera in relation to the attentiveness and emotion of the vehicle user. The evaluated data is stored in the memory of the evaluation unit. On the basis of a predetermined emotion or a lack of attentiveness of the vehicle user, recognized by the artificial intelligence, the vehicle user is notified of the emotion or the lack of attentiveness recognized and the self-drive unit can be activated.
US10394233B2
A ride-on vehicle is provided that has optional remote control capabilities. The ride-on vehicle comprises front and rear wheels, a steering wheel, a steering motor, a drive motor, an accelerator, a parent override switch and a main controller for controlling the drive motor and the steering motor based on input signals. A remote control is also provided to send signals to the main controller. The main controller provides for three modes of operation of the ride-on vehicle, including a child only drive mode, a partial child and partial remote drive mode, and a full remote drive mode, and wherein the main controller switches between the three modes of operation in real time based on signals received from the remote control and the parent override switch.
US10394231B2
A plant-monitoring system includes: at least three detection elements, the detection elements being at least one type of detection element for monitoring a subject being monitored; a detection network configured by disposing the at least three detection elements in a plant; a storage unit that receives detection data from each of the detection elements to record the detection data as recorded data; and a processing computing unit. The processing computing unit receives the detection data from each of the detection elements, determines presence or absence of a fault by comparing the detection data with the recorded data, and in a case where occurrence of a fault is recognized, identifies a place of occurrence of the fault based on the detection data, and transmits the result of the place of occurrence of the fault to a predetermined incident response team.
US10394226B2
A control parameter optimizing system and an operation optimizing apparatus equipped therewith are provided, the system being applicable to an existing plant without modifying the control panel or equipment of the plant, the system further being capable of optimizing the operation control of the plant in accordance with diverse operational requirements. The system includes an objective function setting section, a plant model, and a control parameter optimizing section. The control parameter optimizing section includes an optimization control parameter selecting section and an optimization control parameter adjusting section. The optimization control parameter selecting section selects as an optimization control parameter the control parameter for optimizing an objective function based on control logic information extracted from a power plant. The optimization control parameter adjusting section adjusts the value of the optimization control parameter using the plant model in such a manner as to optimize the objective function.
US10394225B2
Synchronization controller having function of solving shock generated in synchronization start block
In a synchronization operation instruction of a synchronization control of moving a slave axis at a certain ratio with respect to a master axis movement amount, a master axis movement amount before start of change of a synchronization magnification, used in an operation based on a synchronization magnification changing instruction, is determined by referring to a parameter of the synchronization operation instruction so that the operation based on the synchronization magnification changing instruction ends at a set synchronization start master axis position. With such a configuration, the synchronization control is started based on the synchronization operation instruction from the synchronization start master axis position set in the synchronization operation instruction.
US10394221B2
Systems, devices, and methods are described herein for transforming three dimensional (3D) video data into a 3D printable model. In one aspect, a method for transforming 3D video data may include receiving 3D video data indicated or selected for 3D printing. The selected portion or 3D video data, which may include a frame of the 3D video data, may be repaired or modified to generate a 3D model that define at least one enclosed volume. At least one of the enclosed volumes of the 3D video data may be re-oriented based on at least one capability of a target 3D printing device. In some aspects, the re-orienting may be performed to optimize at least one of a total print volume or print orientation of the at least one enclosed volume. In some aspects, the method may be performed in response to a single selection or action performed by a user.
US10394215B2
The invention relates to a control method for a quick change device of a work tool, comprising the steps of: receiving a command to disengage a work tool clamping device; determining whether the work tool clamping device is in an engaged state; detecting functionality of a disengagement alarm if the work tool is in the engaged state; switching to an emergency state upon the detection of failure of the disengagement alarm. The present invention further relates to a corresponding control apparatus and work machine.
US10394214B2
A numerical controller analyzes a program with a command program analysis unit, and determines a macro call or a sub program call with a macro call or sub program call determination unit. When a program stop determination unit determines that the program is to be stopped, the program stop determination unit commands a program stop requesting unit to output a program stop request to the command program analysis unit and an interpolation processing unit, thereby stopping the program.
US10394210B2
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.
US10394208B2
The present invention relates to an energy management system. The energy management system includes: a client device; and a server. The server includes: a communication unit configured to communicate with the client device; a processor configured to perform a process requested by the client device; a storage unit in which data related to control and management of the energy management system; and a controller configured to control the processor to classify a plurality of tasks included in a first process according to a predetermined criterion, create a plurality of second processes from the first process, and process the plurality of second processes by referring to the data. If a load is weighted on a second process performing a predetermined task, the controller is further configured to control the processor to additionally create another second process performing the predetermined task.
US10394205B2
Systems and methods for real time control are provided. One embodiment includes executing a first control cycle that includes retrieving an input message, where the input message includes an identifier of a network device with an input and an actuator and retrieving a context object that includes a serialized controller data structure from a previous control sample. The first control cycle may additionally include retrieving data related to the input for the network device and bundle the data related to the input with the serialized controller data structure into a run message, de-serializing the serialized controller data structure, and using the controller data structure in conjunction with the data related to the input to determine a new actuator position of the actuator. In some embodiments, the first control cycle includes updating and serializing the controller data structure and causing the actuator to be set to the new actuator position.
US10394203B2
A PLC, which is a control device includes a device memory that stores data acquired by an external sensor, a data extracting unit that periodically extracts data of predetermined types among the data stored in the device memory, a data distributing unit that stores the data extracted by the data extracting unit in an operation buffer corresponding to the data among a plurality of operation buffers provided according to the predetermined types, and a data tabulating unit that performs, when the operation buffer stores data equivalent to a predetermined period, arithmetic processing of the data stored in the operation buffer.
US10394202B2
Calibration and control of a 3D printing device is disclosed. In one aspect, sensor-based feedback may be used to iteratively determine and align line height calibration settings of the 3D printing device. In another aspect, the 3D printing device may include an instruction pre-processor to detect placeholder data in received machine instructions and to replace the placeholder data with instructions that are executable by the 3D printing device.
US10394197B2
A controller (10) corrects a predictive value in a certain predictive error variation cycle by using the predictive error in a predictive error variation cycle prior to the certain predictive error variation cycle, wherein the predictive error variation cycle is a cycle of a time change of an error, i.e., predictive error, between an actually measured value and a predictive value of the controlled quantity.
US10394196B2
A numerical control system includes a computer aided design (CAD) data storage means for storing CAD data, an input/output (I/O) assignment data storage means for storing I/O assignment data, and a relevant information storage means for recording relevant information between the I/O assignment data and mounting information included in CAD data of each of the I/O units, and displays a defect occurrence region on a shape image of a control panel.
US10394181B2
The image forming member has a frame member which forms the image forming member, the frame member including: a first support member, the first support member having a first member and a second member which is attached to the first member, a part of the second member being outside of the first member in a longitudinal direction of the first support member, a second plate member being fixed to a first plate member so that a length of the first support member in a longitudinal direction becomes a predetermined length; a second support member which is fastened to the first plate member by welding; and a third support member which is fastened to the second plate member by welding. Thereby, the image forming member can form images with high accuracy.
US10394178B2
A sheet feeding device includes a stacking unit for stacking a sheet; a feeding member for feeding the sheet stack on the stacking unit; a holding member holding the feeding member; a holder supporting portion, provided above the stacking unit, for detachably supporting the holding member; a raising and lowering unit for raising and lowering the holding member; a detection unit for detecting a topmost surface of the sheet stacked on the stacking unit, by detecting the holding member; a control unit for effecting raising and lowering operation of the holding member using the raising and lowering unit before a feeding operation of the feeding member and detect presence or absence of the holding member on the basis of a signal from the detection unit produced with the raising and lowering operation.
US10394177B2
The present disclosure provides a drive transmission apparatus including a swing gear mechanism and capable of reducing the workload during assembly and improving efficiency of the assembly operation. A first swing gear, which transmits rotation of a first input gear that is driven by a driving force, is held by a first swing member. The first swing member includes a first engagement portion engaging with a supporting portion, and swings around an axis of the first input gear. The first engagement portion is formed so as to be attached to and detached from the supporting portion if the first swing member is moved in a radial direction with respect to the axis.
US10394176B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a developing device, a toner content detecting portion, a toner supplying device, an image ratio calculating portion, a toner image density detecting portion, an adjusting portion, and a controller. The controller is configured to control an execution frequency of the adjusting portion so that execution by the adjusting portion is carried out after a number of times of image formation after occurrence of a change rate of the image ratio that is greater than a predetermined change rate reaches a first value, and execution by the adjusting portion is carried out after the number of times of image formation after occurrence of a change rate of the image ratio that is less than the predetermined change rate reaches a second value greater than the first value.
US10394173B2
The present disclosure provides a high productivity image forming apparatus in which a control unit calculates power to be used in the apparatus in a case where a throughput thereof is increased and compares the power to be used and suppliable power to the apparatus to determine whether the throughput is to be increased or not.
US10394162B2
A relation between a first thickness of a resin layer in an upstream portion of a contact nip in which the resin layer that covers a supporting member of a regulating blade makes contact with a developing roller and a second thickness of the resin layer in a downstream portion of the contact nip is set such that the second thickness is smaller than the first thickness. A potential difference having the same polarity as a toner charging polarity toward the supporting member is created between the supporting member and the developing roller.
US10394159B2
A CPU controls an image forming unit such that toner images for density detection are formed in parallel in a scanning direction of light beam under an image forming condition in which a period of time in which the light beam are emitted per unit time is changed and sets a target light amount of the light beam based on density information of the toner images for density detection formed by the image forming unit and relational data stored in a ROM.
US10394158B2
An image forming apparatus includes a groove, an exposure device and an adjustment member. In the groove, a rotation shaft of a photosensitive drum is inserted. The exposure device is configured to emit a laser light on the photosensitive drum to form an electrostatic latent image. The adjustment member is configured to shift the rotation shaft vertically in the groove to adjust a skew of the laser light.
US10394157B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a first photoconductor and a second photoconductor; an image carrier onto which a toner image formed on the first photoconductor and a toner image formed on the second photoconductor are transferred; and a controller that, when the toner image formed on the first photoconductor is transferred onto the image carrier, rotates the second photoconductor while keeping the second photoconductor spaced apart from the image carrier.
US10394154B2
This disclosure relates to an electrophotographic composition comprising toner particles dispersed in a liquid carrier. The toner particles comprise porous carrier particles infused with a fragrance.
US10394153B2
Provided in one example herein is a liquid electrophotographic ink composition. The composition comprises: a carrier fluid comprising a polymer; ink particles each comprising a non-aqueous polymeric resin and pigment particles distributed in the polymeric resin; and a charge director. The pigment particles comprise a metal oxide and have a hydrophobic surface. The hydrophobic surface comprises at least one of the following: (i) nanoparticles attached to each of the pigment particles, the nanoparticles comprising at least one of an oxide, a phosphate, and a nitrate; (ii) a coating disposed over each of the pigment particles, the coating comprising at least one of an oxide, a phosphate, and a nitrate; and (iii) a coating disposed over each of the pigment particles, the coating comprising at least one of a polymer and an oligomer.
US10394152B2
A toner includes an external additive particle that is a complex oxide containing a titanium dioxide (TiO2) and a silicon dioxide (SiO2). A detection amount of titanium (Ti) detected through an elementary analysis based on energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry is equal to or higher than about 0.590 percent by weight and equal to or lower than about 0.967 percent by weight.
US10394151B2
An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes a toner particle; a strontium titanate particle that is externally added to the toner particle and that is doped with a metal element having an electronegativity of 1.3 or less; and a silica particle that is externally added to the toner particle, in which in a case where a detected peak intensity of a metal element having an electronegativity of 1.3 or less is Me-R, a detected peak intensity of strontium is Sr—R, a detected peak intensity of silicon is Si—R, and an element proportion of strontium is Sr—P, Conditions (1) to (3) are satisfied, 0.08 kcps≤Me-R≤10 kcps, (1) 0.1%≤Sr—P≤3.0%, and (2) 0.15≤Sr—R/Si—R≤12. (3)
US10394150B2
A positively chargeable toner includes a plurality of toner particles. The toner particles each include a toner mother particle and an external additive. The toner mother particle includes a toner core containing a binder resin and a shell layer covering a surface of the toner core. The external additive includes a plurality of silica particles. The silica particles are each present on a surface of the shell layer and include a silica base having a surface treated with a surface treatment agent. The surface treatment agent includes a first treatment agent having a carboxyl group in a molecule thereof. The toner core and each of the silica particles is bonded to each other through a specific covalent bond. An amount of ring-unopened oxazoline groups included in 1 g of the positively chargeable toner as measured by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry is at least 0.10 μmol and no greater than 100 μmol.
US10394146B2
A binder resin for toner of the present invention comprising: a polyester resin (A) which contains a constitutional unit derived from isosorbide and has a softening temperature of higher than 120° C.; and a polyester resin (B) different from the polyester resin (A), wherein the binder resin for toner has a pulverizability index of 25 or more.
US10394141B2
A radiation source comprising a fuel source configured to deliver fuel to a location from which the fuel emits EUV radiation. The radiation source further comprises an immobile fuel debris receiving surface provided with a plurality of grooves. The grooves have orientations which are arranged to direct the flow of liquid fuel under the influence of gravity in one or more desired directions.
US10394139B2
A patterning apparatus for a lithographic apparatus, the patterning apparatus including a patterning device support structure configured to support a patterning device having a planar surface; a patterning device conditioning system including a first gas outlet configured to provide a first gas flow over the planar surface in use and a second gas outlet configured to provide a second gas flow over the planar surface in use, wherein the first gas outlet and the second gas outlet are arranged at different distances perpendicular to the planar surface; and a control system configured to independently control a first momentum of gas exiting the first gas outlet and a second momentum of gas exiting the second gas outlet or to independently vary the first gas flow and/or the second gas flow over the planar surface of the patterning device.
US10394126B2
One of the broader forms of the present disclosure relates to a method of making a semiconductor device. The method includes exposing a photoresist layer to a radiation source and applying a hardening agent to the photoresist layer. Therefore after applying the hardening agent a first portion of the photoresist layer has a higher glass transition temperature, higher mechanical strength, than a second portion of the photoresist layer.
US10394124B2
A resist underlayer film-forming composition for lithography process having characteristics of enabling wafer surface planarization after film formation, excellent planarization performance on substrate with level difference, and good embeddability in fine hole pattern. The resist underlayer film-forming composition including polymer having unit structure of Formula (1) and solvent, wherein each of R1 to R4 is independently hydrogen atom or methyl group, and X1 is divalent organic group having at least one arylene group optionally substituted by alkyl group, amino group, or hydroxyl group, and wherein X1 in Formula (1) is organic group of Formula (2), wherein A1 is phenylene group or naphthylene group, A2 is phenylene group, naphthylene group, or organic group of Formula (3), and dotted line is bond, and wherein each of A3 and A4 is independently phenylene group or naphthylene group, and dotted line is bond.
US10394121B2
A composition includes two types of polymers each having a different weight average molecular weight. The two types of polymers are each a styrene polymer having a group which bonds to at least one end of a main chain and which includes at least one of a hydroxy group, a carboxy group, a sulfanyl group, an epoxy group, a cyano group, a vinyl group or a carbonyl group. A difference in weight average molecular weight between the two types of polymers is no less than 2,000 and no greater than 30,000.
US10394119B2
A system for the fabrication of patterned miniature structures, such integrated circuits, includes a continuous, flexible substrate that is transported by rollers to a series of processing stations. To ensure proper alignment amongst the various stations, the substrate is provided with at least one fiducial that is raised above its top surface a height that maximizes optical contrast when viewed interferometrically. At least one processing station includes an optical device that is capable of both interferometrically identifying the fiducial for alignment purposes and subsequently illuminating the substrate with a modifiable light pattern as part of a photolithographic process. Fiducials can also be used to identify gross geometric variances in the substrate caused by external factors, such as heat and moisture. In turn, a web adjustment element can be used to apply selective heat or tension to the substrate in order to correct such geometric variances.
US10394110B2
A phosphor wheel module includes a substrate and a phosphor region disposed on a surface of the substrate. The phosphor region includes a phosphor that is disposed on at least a part of a circumference of a circle with a first radius from a rotation center of the substrate. The substrate includes a ventilation region and a heat conduction region. The ventilation region includes a plurality of openings that is located closer to the rotation center of the substrate than the phosphor region. The heat conduction region is located farther away from the rotation center of the substrate than the phosphor region.
US10394107B2
A gimbal includes an adjustment mechanism and a processor in communication with the adjustment mechanism. The processor is configured to obtain a mode selection activation condition and determine an operation mode according to the mode selection activation condition. The mode selection activation condition includes at least one of a control instruction or an attitude change parameter of the adjustment mechanism. The operation mode includes a walk operation mode or a sensitive operation mode. The adjustment mechanism is configured to change attitude in the walk operation mode at a lower responding speed than in the sensitive operation mode.
US10394103B2
Imaging apparatus on a host platform having an external surface, the external surface comprising a first surface facing a first direction and a second surface facing a second direction, the second direction being different to the first, the apparatus comprising a first and second plurality of single pixel detectors (10) distributed about said external surface such that the first plurality of single pixel detectors are distributed over the first surface and the second plurality of single pixel detectors are distributed over the second surface, each single pixel detector being configured to receive radiation reflected by an object or region of interest (18) and generate two-dimensional image data representative thereof, the apparatus further comprising an image processing module (16) for receiving said two-dimensional image data from each of a plurality of single pixel detectors (10) and reconstructing a three-dimensional image of said object or region of interest (18) using a ghost imaging algorithm.
US10394102B2
A device for the generation of supercontinuum in infrared fiber with a compact light source comprising a microchip laser is launched directly into an infrared fiber without a nonlinear element. Light from the laser is beyond the two-photon absorption of the infrared fiber. The broadband output has a bandwidth greater than the input laser bandwidth by at least 100% and an emission wavelength range from 2 to 14 micrometers.
US10394100B2
Disclosed is an array substrate, which includes: a transparent baseplate, wherein the transparent baseplate includes pixel regions on one surface thereof, and the pixel regions each include a white sub-pixel region, a first primary color sub-pixel region, a second primary color sub-pixel region and a third primary color sub-pixel region; a plurality of pixel electrodes that are arranged in the white sub-pixel region, the first primary color sub-pixel region, the second primary color sub-pixel region and the third primary color sub-pixel region respectively; and a plurality of switching elements that are arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the pixel electrodes and configured to switch the corresponding pixel electrodes, wherein the white sub-pixel region is provided with a plurality of switching elements. A colored picture displayed by a liquid crystal display screen using this array substrate or liquid crystal panel can have a low distortion degree and a high optical grade.
US10394099B2
A liquid crystal display panel and a display device are provided, and in the liquid crystal display panel, a common electrode is divided into a plurality of sub-common electrodes (01) arranged side by side in the extending direction of the gate lines; different common electrode signals are applied to the plurality sub-common electrodes (01), and their voltage magnitudes gradually increase in a transmitting direction of gate signals over the gate lines. Therefore, the inconsistency of the offsets ΔVp in the voltages of individual pixel electrodes in the entire liquid crystal display panel caused by the delay due to resistance and capacitance is compensated for by the voltages on the sub-common electrodes (01), so as to improve the picture quality of the liquid crystal display panel.
US10394096B2
A display panel comprises a first substrate, a second substrate and a black matrix disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate includes a plurality of pixel areas arranged in a matrix, and each of the pixel areas has a plurality of sub-pixel areas. The second substrate is disposed on the first substrate. The black matrix comprises a plurality of row shading bars and a plurality of column shading bars. The row shading bars are disposed between the two adjacent pixel areas and extend along a first direction, and have a first thickness. The column shading bars are disposed between the two adjacent sub-pixel areas and extend along a second direction, and have a second thickness. The second thickness is different from the first thickness and the first direction is different from the second direction.
US10394092B2
The present disclosure provides a display substrate and a method of manufacturing the same, and a display device. The display substrate includes a base substrate and a sensing electrode layer located on one side of the base substrate, the sensing electrode layer comprising a sensing electrode and a dummy pattern that comprises dummy sub-patterns arranged into columns, each dummy sub-pattern having a first border defining the dummy sub-pattern in a column direction, and first borders of the dummy sub-patterns being non-periodically arranged.
US10394087B2
A display panel comprises: a first substrate (1); a second substrate (3), provided opposite to the first substrate (1); and an adsorption spacer (2), provided between the first substrate (1) and the second substrate (3), wherein, the adsorption spacer (2) is provided with an adsorption portion, the first substrate (1) and the second substrate (3) are cell-assembled together through a vacuum adsorption effect of the adsorption spacer (2).
US10394083B2
The present invention aims to provide a liquid crystal display device in which image sticking and stains are sufficiently reduced. The present invention relates to an alignment film including: a polymer, wherein the polymer is a polysiloxane or a polyvinyl and contains a silsesquioxane group. The present invention also relates to a polymer for use in the alignment film, the polymer containing a silsesquioxane group. The present invention also relates to a liquid crystal display device including: the alignment film; a pair of substrates; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the substrates, wherein the alignment film is disposed between at least one of the substrates and the liquid crystal layer.
US10394081B2
The present invention provides a display substrate and a manufacturing method thereof and a display panel. The display substrate comprises a plurality of sub-substrates, distance measuring regions are provided on a base in space regions between the sub-substrates, the distance measuring region is configured to measure a distance between a mask plate and the base before forming each layer in the sub-substrates by using an exposure process, wherein a peripheral area of the distance measuring region is provided therein with a supporting layer on the base, the peripheral area is located in the space region and around the distance measuring region. There is no large segment difference between the peripheral area of the distance measuring region and the region, where the sub-substrate is located, of the display substrate, so that remarkable stress concentration cannot occur when the display substrate is subsequently aligned and assembled with other substrate.
US10394078B2
Color film substrate, array substrate, display device, and method for controlling the display device
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a color film substrate, an array substrate, a display device, and a method for controlling the display device. The color film substrate comprises a substrate; and a red block, a green block, a blue block and a white block on the substrate, wherein the white block is provided with light-emitting particles dispersed therein or on the surface thereof, and the light-emitting particles are capable of emitting yellow light upon the excitation of incident light.
US10394073B2
The present disclosure relates to a color film substrate, a method for manufacturing the color film substrate, a display device and a method for manufacturing the display device. The color film substrate comprises: a basal substrate; a color film layer arranged on a side of the basal substrate; a conductive layer arranged on another side of the basal substrate, the conductive layer comprising a plurality of conductive regions; each conductive region comprising a driving channel and an inducing channel; a first gap between the driving channel and the inducing channel in a same conductive region, a second gap between adjacent conductive regions; the first gap and the second gap correspond to a position of a black matrix in the color film layer; the black matrix being used for absorbing light, which light comes from a side of the basal substrate provided with the conductive layer, enters from the first gaps and the second gaps, and passes through the basal substrate. With the solution according to the embodiment of the present invention, the shadow elimination effect of a substrate can be ensured without adding or removing any layer structure for the color film substrate, thereby avoiding impacts on the other performances of the color film substrate.
US10394066B1
A method of producing a display panel including substrates having an inner space therebetween surrounded by a sealing material and an outer space outside the inner space and one substrate includes an inner space structure part and an outer space structure part, the method includes a substrate deforming step of displacing a part of the outer space structure part toward another substrate to cause an end part of the inner space structure part near the part of the outer space structure part to be moved away from the other substrate, resulting in a part of the inner space structure part being warped to be away from the other substrate, a dividing step of dividing the substrates into portions configuring the inner space and the outer space, and a substrate bending step of bending the portion of the substrates configuring the inner space so that the one substrate projects outward.
US10394055B2
An apparatus for dual-frame eyeglasses is described that includes a foundation eyeglass frame that may be worn on the user's head, and a pivot eyeglass frame that is rigidly coupled to the foundation eyeglass frame via a pair of pivot mechanisms. The pivot eyeglass frame may be substantially similar in form and profile to the foundation eyeglass frame. The pivot eyeglass frame may be configured to incrementally rotate about the pivot mechanism from a first position that substantially overlaps a user's line of sight through to a second position that is angularly offset away from the user's line of sight. Additionally, the foundation eyeglass frame may include a nose bridge that separates into two elements at a coupling point on the nose bridge to facilitate each half of the foundation eyeglass frame folding into a separate, compact form.
US10394054B2
A progressive spectacle lens includes an upper viewing zone with a distance reference point providing a first refractive power, in particular a first mean refractive power, adapted to distance vision; a lower viewing zone with a near reference point providing a second refractive power, in particular the second mean refractive power, adapted to near vision, the second refractive power, in particular the second mean refractive power, representing an addition power relative to the first refractive power, in particular the first mean refractive power; a corridor between the upper viewing zone and the lower viewing zone in which the refractive power gradually changes from the first refractive power, in particular the first mean refractive power, to the second refractive power, in particular the second mean refractive power; and a left peripheral zone and a right peripheral zone, which are separated by the corridor and the lower viewing zone.
US10394048B2
A system for securing eyewear comprises an elongated flexible band having first and second ends, a first magnet encased in the first end, a second magnet encased in the second end, and a backplate comprising a third magnet or a ferrous metal plate, The first magnet is stronger than the second magnet.
US10394046B2
There are provided a reflecting module for optical image stabilization (OIS) and a camera module including the same. The reflecting module for OIS includes: a housing; a rotation holder supported by a sidewall of the housing through a rotation frame; a reflecting member provided on the rotation holder; a driving part providing driving force to the rotation holder so that the rotation holder is moved relative to the housing; and a pulling yoke provided in the housing so that the rotation holder is supported by the sidewall of the housing by attractive force between the pulling yoke and a magnet of the driving part provided on a lower surface of the rotation holder.
US10394045B2
A lens driving apparatus with a lens portion having at least one lens, a base portion on which an image sensor detecting light coming through said lens portion can be fixed, a driving portion capable of relatively moving said lens portion in a vertical direction to a light axis of said lens portion and in a parallel direction to the light axis of said lens portion with respect to said base portion, and at least three suspension wires connecting a focus portion including said lens portion and said base portion so as to allow a relative movement. The suspension wires are arranged outside a magnet of said driving portion along the vertical direction to the light axis.
US10394041B2
The disclosure provides to a birefringent polarizer assembly for spatially separating polarization states of a light beam, in particular in the spectral range below 300 nm. The assembly includes a first prism on the light input side and a further prism on the light output side, which are arranged along a principal light incidence direction. The first prism has a first light entrance surface and a first light exit surface. The further prism has a further light entrance surface, facing the first light exit surface, and a further light exit surface. The prisms in each case have an optical principal crystal axis oriented substantially perpendicularly to the principal light incidence direction. The crystal axes of two adjacent prisms are oriented perpendicularly to one another. A normal to the further light exit surface forms an angle not equal to 0° with the principal light incidence direction.
US10394034B2
An eye-tracking system is provided that includes a light source configured to emit at least infrared (IR) light and a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) scanning mirror configured to direct the IR light. The system further includes a relay including at least one prism, and the relay is configured to receive the IR light directed by the MEMS scanning mirror and redirect the IR light. The system further includes a waveguide through which the IR light redirected by the relay passes to reach an eye, and at least one sensor configured to receive the IR light after being reflected by the eye.
US10394028B2
An apparatus has a see-through configuration that guides picture lights by a light guide device and superimposes lights from the outside world and the picture lights for visual recognition. The light guide device has a light guide prevention structure (light transmission prevention structure) provided in a narrow width shape part having a narrower shape than a surrounding part, and thereby, prevents unintended reflection or the like of lights due to the lights from the outside world and suppresses light guide of the lights toward an observer side.
US10394025B2
The present disclosure relates to a head-up display device comprising a pivoting and/or tilting combiner system, a projector system capable of generating information to be viewed, a mechanical actuation and drive system, a housing including a compartment and a fixed cover. The fixed cover includes a contact and sealing edge, and the device further includes a movable cover being mounted, preferably removable, on the support. The resultant device forms a contact seal preventing the passage of dust and other foreign elements between said contact and sealing edge and the movable cover.
US10394024B2
A display device is disclosed. The display device may include a display panel, a light blocking member, a distance sensing member, and a controlling member. The display panel may include a pixel region and a transmission region. The light blocking member may be disposed on a rear surface of the display panel and have an adjustable light transmittance. The distance sensing member may sense a viewing distance between a viewer and the display device. The controlling member may calculate a proper viewing distance range, may compare the viewing distance with the proper viewing distance range to generate a comparison result, and may adjust the light transmittance of the light blocking member based on the comparison result.
US10394010B2
An optical system for shaping a wavefront of an electric field of an input light beam to be projected into a target volume including a first optical element, a spatial light modulator used to control light distribution in at least one transverse plane in the target volume. An intermediate optical element located on an optical axis, after the first optical element on a trajectory of the light beam for modulating the phase or the amplitude of the electric field of the input light beam is included. A second optical element for modulating the phase or the amplitude of the electric field of the input light beam is used to control the axial position of the transverse plane in the target volume. The second optical element is situated on the optical axis after the at least one intermediate optical element on the trajectory of the light beam.
US10394009B2
A super-resolution scanning confocal polarization contrast microscope is provided. The microscope has a laser light source (1), sample stage (10) for mounting a sample 6 and detector (8). A polarization controller (3) is used to set the polarization state of the light beam to any one of a defined set of different polarization states. A spatial light modulator (5) modulates the light beam in amplitude and/or phase to focus a sub-diffraction-limit central spot on the sample together with unwanted sidebands. A scanning confocal scheme is used with a pin hole 9 in front of the detector (8) so that only that portion of the light is detected which has comes from the central spot, while rejecting light that has been scattered by the sample from the sidebands. Polarization contrast images with sub-diffraction limit resolution can thus be acquired.
US10394005B2
A method and a device for the optical viewing of objects, the method comprising the stages of illuminating an object with ultraviolet radiation, and acquiring an image of the object thereby illuminated using a lens comprising at least a forward optical group and an aperture diaphragm exhibiting a transparent window located at a focal point of the forward optical group defined for the ultraviolet radiation.
US10394004B2
An optical system may include a lens assembly that has two or more single-sided wafer level optics (WLO) lenses arranged to propagate light. The optical system can further include an image sensor, wherein the lens assembly is arranged relative to the image sensor to propagate light received at a first surface of the lens assembly, through the two or more single-sided WLO lenses and to the image sensor. In some embodiments, the optical system further includes a camera which includes the lens assembly and the image sensor. In various embodiments, a smart phone, a tablet computer, or another mobile computing device may include such a camera. In some embodiments, the at least two single-sided wafer level optics (WLO) lenses are each separated by a gap G, wherein the gap may be different between each of the single-sided lenses, and the gap G may be zero.
US10394001B2
Present embodiments provide for a mobile device and an optical imaging lens thereof. The optical imaging lens comprises five lens elements positioned sequentially from an object side to an image side. Through controlling the convex or concave shape of the surfaces, the refracting power of the lens elements and two parameters to meet an inequality associated with the thickness of the second lens element, the optical imaging lens shows better optical characteristics and the total length of the optical imaging lens is shortened.
US10393994B2
An improved mount for, and method of mounting an, optical structure is provided. The mount has an optical structure comprising at least one mirror panel, the mirror panel comprising a reflective surface and a back surface substantially opposite the reflective surface, a protruding member extending from the back surface of the optical structure, the protruding member having a shape and the shape having an outside surface there-around, a base comprising a mounting element and an upper element extending from the mounting element, the upper element having a cavity for secured receipt therein of at least a portion of the protruding member, wherein the receiving cavity of the upper element has a shape identical to that of the shape of the protruding member, but where the shape of the protruding member is ten thousandths ( 1/10,000) of an inch smaller than the shape of the receiving cavity so that the outside surface of the protruding member is ten thousandths ( 1/10,000) of an inch away from the corresponding parts of the receiving cavity when the protruding member is secured within the cavity.
US10393990B2
An imaging apparatus includes a main lens, an image sensor, a first microlens array and a second microlens array, where the first and the second microlens arrays are disposed between the main lens and the image sensor. The first microlens array is disposed between the second microlens array and the main lens. The first microlens array is arranged in parallel with the second microlens array. The first microlens array includes M*N first microlenses. The second microlens array includes M*N second microlenses. The M*N first microlenses are in a one-to-one correspondence to the M*N second microlenses in a concave-convex manner. When a first microlens is a planoconcave lens, a second microlens is a planoconvex lens, and when the first microlens is the planoconvex lens, the second microlens is the planoconcave lens. A driving apparatus is configured to adjust a distance between the first microlens array and the second microlens array.
US10393985B2
A grommet adapted for insertion into a cable hanger includes a generally C-shaped main body formed of a polymeric material and having a longitudinal axis. Such a grommet can be securely held by a cable hanger.
US10393979B2
A fiber optic cable splice storage assembly includes a termination box including first and second curve shaped bend controls disposed in an upper half of the termination box. The first and second curve shaped bend controls face each other and are detached from one another. An exterior cable port is disposed at a lower side of the termination box and includes an opening that is dimensioned to allow a terminating end of a fiber optic cable to be fed into the termination box. A splice retention cradle frame is disposed between the first and second curve shaped bend controls in the top half of the termination box. A splice retention cradle has splice retention features that are dimensioned to accommodate a splice covering for fiber optic cable. The splice retention cradle frame is dimensioned such that the splice retention cradle may snap-in securely to the splice retention cradle frame.
US10393969B2
Optical fiber connectors configured to allow ease of change of the connector polarity by providing lockable outer housing. In an embodiment, an optical fiber connector comprises an inner housing, at least one key configured to move along the inner housing so as to change a polarity of said optical fiber connector, and an outer housing disposed around at least a portion of the inner housing and configured to slide in a longitudinal direction so as to expose at least a portion of said at least one key, wherein the outer housing includes a flexible portion configured to lock to the inner housing so as to retain the outer housing in a pulled back position relative to the inner housing.
US10393963B2
A composition for an optical waveguide is cured into a sheet to give a cured product. A difference in light transmittance with respect to light having a wavelength of 450 nm is 15% or less between this cured product and this cured product after retention in atmosphere at 175° C. for 40 hours, the light transmittance being calculated in terms of the cured product at a thickness of 50 μm.
US10393954B2
A light guiding structure, a backlight source and a display device are provided. The light guiding structure includes a light guiding plate, wherein at least one side end surface of the light guiding plate is provided with a fixing mechanism configured to fix a light bar. In the above-described light guiding structure, since the fixing mechanism provided on the side end surface of the light guiding plate is fixed to the light bar, the light guiding plate is accurately aligned with the light bar. The operation difficulty of fixing the light guiding plate to the light bar by the fixing mechanism is reduced, thus, it is easy to achieve the accurate alignment between the light guiding plate and the light bar.
US10393950B2
A backlight module having better heat dissipation, includes a backboard, a frame coupled to a peripheral area of the backboard, at least one light source, and a thermally conductive layer located on the backboard. The backboard is made of a thermally conductive material. The at least one light source is embedded in the thermally conductive layer and in direct contact with the thermally conductive layer which removes heat as it is generated by the light source.
US10393944B2
A solid-state luminaire module includes one or more light-emitting elements (LEEs) and a light guide. The light guide includes a receiving end and an opposing end, the receiving end being arranged to receive the light provided by the LEEs; a pair of opposing side surfaces, extending along a length of the light guide between the receiving end and the opposing end, to guide the received light in a forward direction; and a plurality of redirecting interfaces spaced apart from each other and distributed along a portion of the length of the light guide adjacent the opposing end. The redirecting interfaces are configured to reflect a portion of the guided light in a backward direction as return light, such that the return light can transmit through the pair of opposing side surfaces into the ambient as output light of the luminaire module, the output light to propagate in backward directions.
US10393938B2
According to a display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to prevent a quantum dot unit provided in a backlight assembly from being damaged by heat generated from a light source. The display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a display panel that displays an image, a light source that provides light from a rear side of the display panel, a light guide plate that is positioned on the rear side of the display panel and guides light emitted from the light source, and a quantum dot unit that is provided to be spaced apart from the light source and converts a wavelength of the light emitted from the light source.
US10393934B2
A multi-pane window having a low emissivity layer and a photochromic glass. The window includes at least two panes of glass. An outside pane for interaction with the outdoors and an inside pane spaced apart from the outside pane. The outside pane includes a low emissivity coating. The inside pane includes a photochromic glass. The outside pane transmits solar light wavelengths. The photochromic glass is darkened upon exposure to light transmitted by the outside pane.
US10393933B2
Tunable filters can use Fano metasurface designs having extremely narrow transmission bands. The Fano metasurface can comprise dielectric or semiconductor materials and can produce transmission bands with quality factors well in excess of 1000—at least a factor of 50 greater than typical metamaterial-based infrared resonances. Numerical simulations of these metasurfaces show that the spectral position of the passband can be changed by slightly changing the position of a small dielectric perturbation block placed within the near-field of the resonator by using simple electromechanical actuation architectures that allow for such motion. An array of independently tunable narrowband infrared filters can thereby be fabricated that only requires deep-subwavelength motions of perturbing objects in the resonator's near-field.
US10393932B2
Absorbing layers of a low-emissivity (low-E) coating are designed to cause the coating to have a reduced film side reflectance which is advantageous for aesthetic purposes. In certain embodiments, the absorbing layers are metallic or substantially metallic (e.g., NiCr or NiCrNx) and are positioned in order to reduce or prevent oxidation of the absorbing layers during optional heat treatment (e.g., thermal tempering, heat bending, and/or heat strengthening). Coated articles according to certain example embodiments of this invention may be used in the context of insulating glass (IG) window units, other types of windows, etc.
US10393929B1
The disclosed system may include (1) a light source, (2) a first diffractive optical element (DOE), optically coupled with the light source, that produces a first diffracted light pattern, (3) at least one additional DOE, optically coupled with the light source in series with the first DOE, that produces at least one additional diffracted light pattern, (4) an actuator that moves, in response to a first actuator control signal, the first DOE in a first plane perpendicular to an optical axis of the system, and (5) a lens, optically coupled with the first DOE and the at least one additional DOE, that projects structured light onto a local area based on the first diffracted light pattern and the at least one additional diffracted light pattern. Various other systems and methods are also disclosed.
US10393925B2
Provided are a spectacle lens having a tin oxide layer on a lens base material, wherein the tin oxide layer has a composition gradient in which an oxygen content rate as anatomic percentage increases from the lens base material side to the other side, and spectacles provided with the spectacle lens.
US10393915B2
The present specification discloses methods for inspecting an object. The method includes scanning an object in a two-step process. In the primary scan, a truck or cargo container (container) is completely scanned with a fan beam radiation, the transmitted radiation is measured with an array of detectors, and the transmission information and optionally the fission signatures are analyzed to determine the presence of high-density, high-Z and fissionable materials. If the container alarms in one or more areas, the areas are subjected to a secondary scan. This is done by precisely repositioning the container to the location of the suspect areas, adjusting the scanning system to focus on the suspect areas, performing a stationary irradiation of the areas, and analyzing the measured feature signatures to clear or confirm the presence of SNM.
US10393888B2
Provided is a method of manufacturing a laminated scintillator panel having a structure in which a scintillator layer and a non-scintillator layer are repeatedly laminated in a parallel direction perpendicular to incidence of radiation, characterized by including a step of joining the scintillator layer and the non-scintillator layer. The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a lattice-shaped laminated scintillator panel capable of enlarging the area and increasing the thickness with means completely different from a prior art in which a silicon wafer is used.
US10393887B2
The present invention discloses one or more compounds that oscillate between a first state and a second state due to absorption of high energy, with the oscillations facilitating prevention of solarization of a glass system for reuse while generating scintillations for determining existence of high radiation energy. The generation of scintillations have a duration that is commensurate with a duration of the irradiation of the glass system, and cease when irradiation is ceased without affecting the glass system.
US10393886B2
A mobile radiography system has a moveable transport frame configured to travel across a floor. An adjustable support structure is coupled to the moveable transport frame and an x-ray source is coupled to the adjustable support structure. A power transmitter emits wireless power signals to a digital detector to charge a battery therein. Power signal receiving circuitry in the detector receives the wireless power signals to generate recharging current for the battery.
US10393884B2
A system and a method for detecting the wearing by a patient of a foot ulcer offloading apparatus are described. The system includes an electronic geolocation device and a data processing equipment item linked to the electronic geolocation device via a communication network, the electronic geolocation device is suitable for being secured to the offloading apparatus and includes electrical power supply means, geolocation data acquisition means and means for transmitting geolocation data over the communication network to the data processing equipment item. The data transmission means is linked to the acquisition means and data processing equipment item is suitable, following the reception of geolocation data transmitted by the electronic geolocation device, for detecting a movement of the foot ulcer offloading apparatus and for deducing therefrom the wearing by the patient of said offloading apparatus.
US10393883B2
The subject matter disclosed herein relates to determining a background location of a mobile device using one or more signal metrics.
US10393877B2
Methods and systems for performing three dimensional LIDAR measurements with multiple illumination beams scanned over a three dimensional environment are described herein. In one aspect, illumination light from each LIDAR measurement channel is emitted to the surrounding environment in a different direction by a beam scanning device. The beam scanning device also directs each amount of return measurement light onto a corresponding photodetector. In some embodiments, a beam scanning device includes a scanning mirror rotated in an oscillatory manner about an axis of rotation by an actuator in accordance with command signals generated by a master controller. In some embodiments, the light source and photodetector associated with each LIDAR measurement channel are moved in two dimensions relative to beam shaping optics employed to collimate light emitted from the light source. The relative motion causes the illumination beams to sweep over a range of the three dimensional environment under measurement.
US10393872B2
A bicycle radar system including a camera is disclosed. The system may include a radar unit and a bicycle computing device that are in communication with one another. The radar unit may transmit radar signals, receive return signals (reflections), and process the returned radar signals to determine a location and velocity of one or more targets located in a sensor field behind a user's bicycle. The radar unit may also include an integrated camera to selectively provide images or video of an area behind the bicycle in the camera's field of view. The radar unit may analyze the returned radar signals and images and/or video to track the location of targets located behind the bicycle. The bicycle computing device or the radar unit may also selectively activate the camera based upon the satisfaction of particular conditions.
US10393868B2
Methods, systems, and products determine electromagnetic reflective characteristics of ambient environments. A wireless communications device sends a cellular impulse and receives reflections of the cellular impulse. The cellular impulse and the reflections of the cellular impulse may be compared to determine the electromagnetic reflective characteristics of an ambient environment.
US10393853B2
A radio signal path design tool that allows radio link propagation path profiling or path-loss measurement where the link partner antenna towers are located in a proposed fixed location on the earth's surface, but are extendable a certain distance in any direction from the fixed location. The design tool can be used to compute a radio link path profile at the proposed tower location, while still correctly representing terrain variations in a variable path extension distance on either side of the radio link. To correctly represent terrain variations across the depicted portion of the earth's surface, the tool computes and applies a modified earth-bulge factor or k-factor. The variable extension distance on either side of the radio link allows for latitudinal and/or longitudinal variations in antenna tower placement, greatly facilitating the identification of appropriate positions of antenna towers during the wireless link design phase.
US10393851B2
A sensor arrangement comprises at least a first, a second, and a third light sensor. A three-dimensional framework comprises at least a first, a second, and a third connection means which are connected to the at least first, second, and third light sensor, respectively. The first, the second, and the third connection means are configured to align the at least first, second, and third light sensor along a first, second, and third face of a polyhedron-like volume, respectively, such that the sensor arrangement encloses the polyhedron-like volume. The invention also relates to a method for operating the sensor arrangement.
US10393847B2
In a method and magnetic resonance (MR) apparatus for recording calibration data for establishing convolution kernels for GRAPPA algorithms for reconstruction of image data from measurement data recorded using echo planar imaging with simultaneous recording of a number of slices of a slice stack. A slice GRAPPA algorithm is used to reconstruct the image data of the individual slices and an inplane GRAPPA algorithm is used to reconstruct undersampled magnetic resonance data within the slices. In order to record the calibration data to be used for establishing the convolution kernels of the two GRAPPA algorithms, in a predetermined slice order for the slices of the slice stack, for one slice in each case, at least one segment of k-space to be sampled is read out in the readout direction for a completely sampled readout in the phase encoding direction, and at least one such segment extends around the center of k-space in the readout direction, and the segment width is selected so that the phase encoding bandwidth matches that of the recording of the measurement data.
US10393841B2
In a magnetic resonance coil selection method and selection computer, a range parameter of a target region (ROI) to be detected is acquired, and a detection range parameter of each available coil is acquired. A coil having a detection range that overlaps with a range of the ROI is determined and then selected. The selected coil is then used in the operation of a magnetic resonance scanner to acquire magnetic resonance data. The SNR of the magnetic resonance scanner is thereby increased, so as to improve the imaging quality.
US10393838B2
Systems and methods for correcting phase errors in chemical shift encoded data are described. The technique is self-calibrated, without the need for specialized calibration data, and therefore may enable fat and iron quantification using data from clinical and research sites that do not have specialized pulse sequences.
US10393836B2
Active resistive shim coil assemblies may be used in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems to reduce in-homogeneity of the magnetic field in the imaging volume. Disclosed embodiments may be used with continuous systems, gapped cylindrical systems, or vertically gapped systems. Disclosed embodiments may also be used with an open MRI system and can be used with an instrument placed in the gap of the MRI system. An exemplary embodiment of the active resistive shim coil assembly of the present disclosure includes active resistive shim coils each operable to be energized by separate currents through a plurality of power channels. In some embodiments, the disclosed active resistive shim coil assemblies allow for various degrees of freedom to shim out field in-homogeneity.
US10393832B2
In a method for the optimization of multiple scan protocols for at least one magnetic resonance examination is performed by a magnetic resonance apparatus, patient data for at least one patient are recorded that includes the selection of two or more different measurements, each including at least one scan protocol, which includes at least one magnetic resonance examination. An optimized sequence of the multiple scan protocols for the two or more different measurements for the at least one magnetic resonance examination is determined by a protocol optimization computer. The optimized sequence of the multiple protocols is presented at a display monitor.
US10393811B2
A quantitative evaluation method for the reliability of a Markov model switched reluctance motor system. The method comprises: solving a probability matrix P′T(t) of a switched reluctance motor system being in any survival state at any time t via a state conversion diagram of the switched reluctance motor system; calculating the sum of various elements of the probability matrix P′T(t) of the survival state, so that a reliability function R(t) is obtained; and thus calculating the average working time of the switched reluctance motor system before failure, thereby realizing the quantitative evaluation of the switched reluctance motor system and satisfying the requirements for the reliability analysis of a switched reluctance motor drive system. This disclosure has a good engineering application value.
US10393808B2
An eye pattern generator for generating an eye pattern of an input signal is provided. The eye pattern generator includes first and second comparators and a control circuit. The first comparator receives the input signal, a clock signal, and a first voltage and compares the input signal with the first voltage according to the clock signal to generate a first comparison signal. The second comparator receives the input signal, the clock signal, and a second voltage lower than the first voltage and compares the input signal with the second voltage according to the clock signal to generate a second comparison signal. The control circuit changes at least one of a level of the first voltage and a level of the second voltage according to the first and second comparison signals to form a region boundary between an open-eye region and a closed-eye region of the eye pattern.
US10393805B2
A method, apparatus and system testing a plurality of semiconductor chips in a distributed memory buffer system is provided. Embodiments of the present invention recognize improvements to testing signals through the chip substrate and motherboard. This invention overloads the shared broadcast bus by using it for test purposes rather than its normal mainline function. One of the main components of this invention is the A/C chip. In test mode, the AC chip converts JTAG commands into an internal test format and sends test data over the shared broadcast bus. Each data chip determines whether the scan data is for itself or if it should ignore it. The corresponding data chip then processes the data, and if necessary sends return data back to the address and command chip, where it is converted back into JTAG format and can be seen by the tester.
US10393801B2
The present invention provides a method and a fault isolation system for detecting errors in an integrated circuit. One feature of the present invention is using a movable second probe to scan and acquire an output signal through the vias or metal line structure of a diagnostic area along a detecting line, so as to find the fault location precisely, and another feature of the present invention is using a cutter in conjunction with the above method to narrow down the fault range. The cutter is used to electrically isolate the portion of diagnostic area step by step for approaching the fault location. This method can help to save a lot of analysis time and also makes the minor fault localization possible.
US10393792B1
An electrical outlet device includes a connection circuit having neutral, hot and ground terminals that are configured to be connected to a corresponding line of a power source. The device also includes an interface panel with a receptacle configured to receive a load. An indicator interface device is attached to the interface panel. The indicator interface device includes at least three sets of light-emitting diodes (LEDs), and at least three switching circuits that are configured to turn the LED sets on and off. At least one combination of on/off states of the first, second and third LED sets indicates a correct connection or a unique type of error in a connection between the power source and the connection circuit.
US10393791B2
A utility meter includes a meter housing that supports at least one current coil, a temperature sensor, and a processing circuit coupled to both. The current coil can be coupled to receive heat energy from a meter socket. The temperature sensor disposed generates a sensor signal based on a temperature within the meter housing. The processing circuit obtains the sensor signal and generates meter temperature information based at least in part thereon. The processing circuit also obtains a first predetermined threshold based on at least one of time of day information and date information. The processing circuit also determines whether an abnormal condition exists by comparing the meter temperature information to a value based on the first predetermined threshold, and generates an output signal to a memory, display or communication circuit responsive to determining that the abnormal condition exists.
US10393790B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for testing connectivity. The method is applied to an electronic equipment which is disposed include two test units (e.g. network interface controller, RJ-45 connector) and a network transformer. The test unit couple to the network transformer so that can send a high frequency test signal or a low frequency test signal to the network transformer respectively. When the test unit receives a low frequency response signal, it means correspond internal circuitry of the network transformer does not have a open circuit fault. When the test unit does not receive a high frequency response signal, it means correspond pins of the network transformer does not have a short circuit fault.
US10393789B2
A ground fault tester (GFT) for monitoring ground fault of DC/Battery Powered Equipment is provided. The ground fault tester (GFT) comprises a signal conditioning unit to receive a raw signal (Vs) for monitoring a ground fault and output a voltage signal (Vr), an adjustable threshold module (TH) to provide a threshold voltage (Vth) and a comparator to compare two voltages (Vr), (Vth) and output a signal indicative of the ground fault. The ground fault tester (GFT) further comprises a controller to receive a test request command and output a GFT output. The controller to control a relay device (K) for flowing a calculated test current (Itest) to a ground (GND). The controller to receive the signal indicative of the ground fault and control the adjustable threshold module (TH) to selectively vary the threshold voltage (Vth) in order to verify whether the signal conditioning unit is functional or not based on a delta output from the signal conditioning unit being proportional or not to a delta stimulus, introduced by engaging a known test resistance (Rt1) and (Rt2) in parallel with an existing ground leak resistance, to the signal conditioning unit.
US10393788B2
An apparatus and method for diagnosing the state of a power cable and measuring the remaining life thereof using VLF TD measurement data, and for determining a replacement time of a power cable using a 3D matrix exhibiting reproducibility of diagnosis of the state of the power cable. The apparatus and method for diagnosing the state of a power cable and measuring the remaining life thereof according to the present invention includes a Weibull modeling unit, a distance limiting unit, a data type classifying unit, a quantity representing unit, a normalization unit, a 3D constructing unit, a risk level calculating unit, and a remaining life measuring unit.
US10393783B2
A device for the detection of an ultra wide band signal, including a signal reception circuit, a signal divider circuit to divide the received signal into several frequency sub-bands, a circuit to determine the amplitude and duration of the received signal in each frequency sub-band, a circuit to compare the amplitude of the signal received in each frequency sub-band with an amplitude threshold, a circuit to compare the duration of the signal received in each frequency sub-band with a time threshold, and a decision circuit that determines that the received signal is of the ultra wide band type if the amplitude of the signal received in each frequency sub-band is higher than the amplitude threshold and if the duration of the signal received in each frequency sub-band is less than the time threshold.
US10393774B2
A bus bar module equipped with a current sensor includes a first bus bar, a second bus bar, a substrate, and a first magnetoelectric transducer. The first bus bar has a first notch. The second bus bar has a second notch and is placed in parallel to the first bus bar. The second notch is provided at a position different from the first notch in an extending direction of the first bus bar. The substrate is fitted to both the first notch and the second notch. Further, the substrate is sandwiched between those side surfaces of the first bus bar and the second bus bar which are opposed to each other. The first magnetoelectric transducer is placed inside the first notch and fixed to the substrate.
US10393773B2
A probe card includes a probe seat having upper and lower dies and a probe accommodating hole, a spring probe inserted through the probe accommodating hole and including a spring sleeve having upper and lower non-spring sections, and a circuit board disposed on the upper die and having a contact pad against which the spring probe is abutted. At least one of the upper and lower dies has a stopping surface partially facing the probe accommodating hole and an extended portion inserting hole in alignment with the probe accommodating hole. At least one of the upper and lower non-spring sections has a cylinder portion abutted on the stopping surface and an extended portion inserted through the extended portion inserting hole.
US10393770B2
Implementations of an accelerometer component may include: a first Z proof mass rotatable about a first axis and coupled to an anchor, the first Z proof mass including a first plurality of electrodes. Implementations may include a second Z proof mass rotatable about the first axis and coupled to the anchor, the second Z proof mass including a second plurality of electrodes. An X-axis accelerometer subcomponent may be located within a perimeter of the first Z proof mass, and a Y-axis accelerometer subcomponent may be located within a perimeter of the second Z proof mass. The first plurality of electrodes and the second plurality of electrodes may be symmetrical about each of the first axis, a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, a third axis diagonal to the first axis and second axis, and a fourth axis diagonal to the first axis and second axis.
US10393767B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for detecting a direction of rotation of a rotatable object are disclosed herein. An apparatus includes a sensor having a sensing field and being disposed so that the object is within the sensing field, the sensor being configured to detect variations in measured characteristics of the object as the object rotates, and generate a signal based on the detected variations in measured characteristics. The apparatus also includes a computing system configured to receive the signal from the sensor and to determine a direction of rotation of the object about the axis based on the signal.
US10393764B2
Disclosed herein is a method for depositing solid waste into a waste bin in an automated analyzer having a transport mechanism for transporting solid waste to a waste bin. The method includes providing a transport mechanism including a sliding mechanism, a parking position, and an opening that is proximal to the waste bin. The sliding mechanism includes a slider and an extendable ramp and the slider pushes the solid waste along the ramp into the waste bin. The method also includes placing solid waste into the parking position, contacting the solid waste with the slider, and pushing said solid waste towards the waste bin along the ramp until the solid waste moves along the extendable ramp into the waste bin.
US10393757B2
The present invention provides an agent for determining Alzheimer's disease, comprising an anti-S38AA antibody, a method of determining Alzheimer's disease in a test animal, comprising detecting an S38AA fragment in a sample collected from said animal, and a method of screening for a substance that treats or prevents Alzheimer's disease, comprising contacting a test substance with a cell permitting measurement of production of a S38AA fragment, measuring the production amount of the S38AA fragment in the cell, and comparing the production amount with that of the S38AA fragment in a control cell free of contact with the test substance, and selecting a test substance that down-regulates the production amount of the S38AA fragment as a substance capable of treating or preventing Alzheimer's disease, based on the comparison results.
US10393755B2
The present invention provides compositions and methods for identifying subjects suffering from dry eye that can be treated by topical administration of a composition comprising lacritin or a bioactive fragment thereof. The application discloses in part that a ˜90 KDa deglycanated form of syndecan-1 is abundant in tears of normal individuals but not individuals suffering from dry eye, whereas a ˜25 kDa syndecan-1 fragment is detectable in dry, but not normal tears.
US10393747B2
This invention relates to a method for gastric cancer diagnosis through the detection of glycan changes, and to a kit for gastric cancer diagnosis. More specifically, based on the fact that in gastric cancer patient-derived haptoglobin, there are changes in N-linked glycosylation of haptoglobin, which are detected through lectin and mass spectrometery, that is, an increase in fucosylation, increases or significant changes in specific glycan structures depending on the classification of antennary structures, or a remarkable decrease in a high mannose structure of the N-glycan as compared to normal persons, N-glycan structures identified using the changes in N-linked glycosylation of haptoglobin may be usefully used as a diagnosis marker in a method for gastric cancer diagnosis using lectin or mass spectrometry, and a kit for gastric cancer diagnosis.
US10393746B2
The disclosure provides methods of using biomarkers to improve diagnosis of forms of prostate. The method includes testing a biological sample from an individual for a interleukin-8 (IL-8), Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) and soluble tumor necrosis factor-α receptor 1 (sTNFR1), and may further include testing for prostate serum antigen (PSA). Use of these markers in combination provides tests that are more sensitive and specific than PSA in differentiating benign versus malignant prostate disease and/or localized CaP versus metastatic CaP and show that the specificity and sensitivity of a PSA-based CaP diagnosis can be significantly enhanced by measuring IL-8, TNF-α and sTNFR1.
US10393743B2
Provided herein are methods and compositions for single cell characterization using affinity-oligonucleotide conjugates, including tetramer-oligonucleotide conjugates (e.g., pMHC-oligonucleotide). In some aspects, such methods may comprise the steps of: forming a vessel comprising an affinity-oligonucleotide conjugate and a T cell; attaching a vessel barcoded polynucleotide or complement thereof to: (a) an oligonucleotide portion of a pMHC-oligonucleotide conjugate, and (b) a T cell receptor (TCR) polynucleotide originating from the T cell; and sequencing the oligonucleotide portion or a complement thereof and the TCR polynucleotide or a complement thereof. Additional methods provided herein include determining the binding affinity of a T cell receptor (TCR) to a pMHC-oligonucleotide. Compositions of the present invention encompass a plurality of vessels, wherein a vessel of the plurality of vessels may comprise a single T cell; and a vessel barcoded polynucleotide, wherein the vessel may further comprise a pMHC-oligonucleotide conjugate.
US10393740B2
Methods for identifying compounds that modulate the activity and/or expression of a calcium-sensing receptor, wherein said compounds can be incorporated into flavor compositions that can be used to modify the kokumi taste and/or palatability of pet food products.
US10393739B2
The present invention involves the identification of biomarkers that are predictive of impeding systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) disease flare. Methods for treating patients so identified are also provided.
US10393738B2
The present application discloses a multi-well cuvette for integrating the reaction between a sample and a reagent with the detection of a specific analyte included therein, and the multi-well cuvette comprises: a reaction chamber part having a sample and a reagent placed therein; and a detection part for detecting the reaction between the sample and the reagent, wherein the reaction chamber part comprises: an extraction member standby chamber in which a member for dividing or distributing the sample is on standby; a sample filling chamber; and a reagent filling chamber which is filled with the reagent, and in which the reaction with the sample is carried out, wherein the detection part comprises: a chromatography analysis means for a reactive product between the sample and the reagent; and a detection chamber for accommodating the same.
US10393733B2
The present invention provides methods of predicting cell sensitivity or resistance to a therapeutic agent.
US10393728B2
An apparatus that allows for separating and collecting a fraction of a sample. The apparatus, when used with a centrifuge, allows for the creation of at least three fractions in the apparatus. It also provides for a new method of extracting the buffy coat phase from a whole blood sample. A buoy system that may include a first buoy portion and a second buoy member operably interconnected may be used to form at least three fractions from a sample during a substantially single centrifugation process. Therefore, the separation of various fractions may be substantially quick and efficient.
US10393726B2
The present invention is directed to a device that comprises a biomolecular processor and one or more nanotubes. Each biomolecular processor comprises a bioreactor chamber defined by a solid substrate, a plurality of spaced support structures within said bioreactor chamber and attached to the solid substrate, and one or more capture molecules immobilized to some or all of said plurality of spaced support structures, said one or more capture molecules suitable to bind to a portion of a target nucleic acid molecule in a sample. The device also comprises one or more nanotubes defined by the solid substrate and fluidically coupled to the bioreactor chamber.
US10393710B2
A system and method are disclosed for analyzing samples, which includes a spectrometry system for detecting components of a sample; a gas chromatography column for separating the components of a sample; a first sample unit for receiving a first sample from a sample source; and a second sample unit for receiving a second sample from a sample source. Each sample loop unit allows independent processing of samples in preparation for analysis.
US10393699B2
The present invention relates to a microfluidic analysis device (1) including: a substrate (20) wherein a separation channel (10) is arranged, in which an electrolyte flows, a portion of the separation channel (10) being covered with a polarizable surface (11); two longitudinal field electrodes (8a, 8b) arranged on either side of the separation channel (10); at least one control electrode (6a, 6b) positioned in the separation channel (10), the control electrode (6a, 6b) being suitable for polarizing the polarizable surface (11) so as to control the speed of the electro-osmotic flow in the separation channel (10); the microfluidic analysis device (1) being characterised in that the polarizable surface (11) includes an insulating sub-layer (12) made of amorphous silicon carbide (SiC) and an upper polarizable layer (13) in direct contact with the electrolyte, the control electrodes (6a, 6b) being positioned between the insulating sub-layer (12) and the upper polarizable layer (13).
US10393697B2
An apparatus for analyzing ion kinetics in a dielectric probe structure includes an ion reservoir abutting the dielectric probe structure and configured to supply mobile ions to the dielectric probe structure, a capacitor structure configured to generate an electric field in the dielectric probe structure along a vertical direction, and an electrode structure configured to generate an electrophoretic force on mobile ions in the dielectric probe structure along a lateral direction. A method for analyzing ion kinetics in the dielectric probe structure of the apparatus is also provided.
US10393692B2
An integrated electronic device, for detecting for detecting changes in an environmental parameter indicative of an environment surrounding the device, includes: a first conductive element and a second conductive element; a measurement circuit including a first measurement terminal and a second measurement terminal respectively coupled to the first conductive element and the second conductive element. The measurement circuit is configured to provide an electrical potential difference between the first conductive element and the second conductive element is configured to determine a change in an impedance of an electromagnetic circuit including the first conductive element and the second conductive element and formed between the first measurement terminal and the second measurement terminal. The device determines that an increase in a presence of water within the environment has occurred in response to a decrease in a real part of the impedance of the electromagnetic circuit.
US10393687B1
A multi-directional water sensor comprises a housing having multiple conductive pads on the outer surface of the housing at locations spaced around the periphery of the housing, an electrical power source coupled to the conductive pads, and multiple electrical conductors located inside the housing and connecting multiple pairs of the contacts so that electrical current can flow between different pairs of the contacts when they are connected by water. The housing may have a generally rectangular shape, with the contacts located at the corners of the housing. The multiple electrical conductors are connected to an alarm that is energized when electrical current flows between any pair of the contacts.
US10393663B2
An SERS element includes a substrate, a fine structure portion formed on a surface of the substrate and having a plurality of pillars, and a conductor layer formed on the fine structure portion and constituting an optical functional portion that causes surface-enhanced Raman scattering. A groove is provided in an outer surface of each pillar. A plurality of gaps are formed in the conductor layer by forming the conductor layer on the outer surface of each pillar in a state in which at least a portion of an inner surface of the groove is exposed.
US10393662B2
A method for forming a surface-enhanced fluorescence spectroscopy (SEFS) apparatus may include depositing a plurality of surface-enhanced spectroscopy (SES) elements onto respective tips of a plurality of nano-fingers, wherein the nano-fingers are arranged in sufficiently close proximities to each other to enable the tips of a group of adjacent nano-fingers to come into sufficiently close proximities to each other to enable the SES elements on the tips to trap fluorescent probe molecules that are to bind with target molecules when the nano-fingers are partially collapsed.
US10393658B2
An analysis apparatus includes a gas chamber for receiving a gas to be analyzed, a source to emit radiation into the chamber. The radiation is to selectively excite molecules of the gas. The apparatus further includes a sensor to detect a physical variable which contains information about a degree of interaction between the radiation and the gas. The source includes a heatable planar radiation element to emit radiation and a housing with a first wall and a second wall which, therebetween, define and immediately delimit a radiation element receptacle chamber that is separated in a fluid-tight manner from the surroundings of the source. At least one of the first or second housing wall is transparent to the electromagnetic radiation that is emittable by the radiation element.
US10393643B2
An optical vortex coronagraph scatterometer including a light source of wavelength λ, a scattering cell in optical communication with the light source, a circular aperture having a radius R at a distance d from the scattering cell in optical communication with the light source, a pivot point between the circular aperture and the scattering cell allowing relative movement of the light source and the scattering cell with respect to the circular aperture, a first lens at a focal length f1 between the circular aperture and an optical vortex element, and a second lens at a focal length f2 between the optical vortex element and a detector; and method for determining a scattering spectra at low and zero angles is disclosed.
US10393641B2
Methods are provided for determining values of a pore cementation exponent m and/or a saturation exponent n for locations in a formation having similar petrophysical properties. Formation porosity, formation water saturation, and an apparent cementation exponent mn are obtained for the locations and their values are utilized to find the exponents. In one embodiment, the apparent cementation exponent and the formation water saturation are obtained from a dielectric logging tool.
US10393640B2
Methods and systems are provided for sensing particulate matter by a particulate matter (PM) sensor positioned upstream, or downstream, of a diesel particulate filter in an exhaust system. The PM sensor may include first and second conductive matrixes each having a three dimensional shape. The first matrix functions as a positive electrode, and the second functions as a negative electrode. Each matrix defines extensions and/or passages passing respectively through, and/or near, each other to form multiple soot capturing gaps. A first of the multiple soot capturing gaps is oriented orthogonal to a second of the multiple soot capturing gaps.
US10393632B2
The present invention contemplates use of encapsulated aqueous and non-aqueous reagents, solutions and solvents and their use in laboratory procedures. These encapsulated aqueous or non-aqueous reagents, solutions and solvents can be completely contained or encapsulated in microcapsules or nanocapsules that can be added to an aqueous or non-aqueous carrier solution or liquid required for medical and research laboratory testing of biological or non-biological specimens.
US10393619B2
A one-piece test apparatus for steel furrings and accessories for building comprises support legs, a rectangular frame on the support legs, and a first hoisting motor, a load-carrying hoisting motor, a second and a third hoisting motor sequentially arranged above the rectangular frame. The overall frame is raised by means of the cooperation of long support legs with the frame, and motors are used for hoisting a wall furring and impact sand bags, so that a tester can mount a dial indicator conveniently and does not need to perform operation and reading by lying on the floor.
US10393615B2
A horizontal high-speed testing device for a spiral seal of a cone bit bearing is provided. The device comprises a shaft, a spiral sleeve and a cone. The spiral sleeve is in threaded connection to the cone. Sealing threads are provided on an inner diameter of the spiral sleeve. Both the spiral sleeve and the cone are sheathed on the shaft. By the testing device of the present invention, a spiral seal structure for a cone bit bearing is simulated, and the cone drives the spiral sleeve to rotate; the sand draining performance of the spiral seal can be tested in two ways, i.e., by measuring the time required to drain the sand-containing liquid and by measuring the weight of drained sand, so that the smooth production and application of spiral seal products can be assured.
US10393608B2
An arithmetic processing unit included in a pressure change measuring apparatus includes a differential pressure calculation unit configured to obtain a pressure difference between an inner pressure of a cavity and a pressure to be measured based on an output signal of a differential pressure measuring cantilever. A pressure-to-be-measured calculating unit calculates the pressure to be measured based on a set inner pressure of the cavity and the differential pressure calculated by the differential pressure calculation unit. A flow rate calculating unit calculates a flowing quantity of a pressure transmission medium flowing into and out of the cavity for every unit of a predetermined time period based on the differential pressure calculated by the differential pressure calculation unit. An inner pressure updating unit calculates the inner pressure of the cavity after the predetermined time period based on the flowing quantity calculated by the flow rate calculating unit and a volume of the cavity, and updates, to the calculated inner pressure, a set value of the inner pressure of the cavity to be used by the pressure-to-be-measured calculating unit.
US10393601B2
A MEMS pressure sensor includes a resistive sensing bridge with a first sensing resistor and a second sensing resistor, each having variable resistance values in response to change in a sensed physical variable. An oscillator generates an oscillation signal with a frequency or period that is a function of an oscillator control signal. A sensor reference module generates the oscillator control signal as a function of the resistance value of a resistor coupled therewith. This sensor reference module is couplable with the first sensing resistor or second sensing resistor. A processing circuit coupled to the oscillator provides a sensor signal indicative of the frequency or period of the oscillation signal. The sensor signal has first and second values with the sensor reference module coupled with the first sensing resistor and with the second sensing resistor, respectively, the first and second values being thus jointly indicative of the physical variable sensed.
US10393595B2
Methods and systems are provided for estimating a temperature of a cabin of a vehicle and using the estimated cabin temperature. The methods and systems obtain, via at least one temperature sensor, a surface temperature of at least a first internal surface of the cabin of the vehicle. The methods and systems estimate, via a processor and using at least the obtained surface temperature, the heat transfer from the at least one surface to cabin air within the cabin. The methods and systems estimate, via a processor and using at least the estimated heat transfer, the cabin temperature of the vehicle. The methods and systems use the estimated cabin temperature of the vehicle to control at least one feature of an air conditioning module of the vehicle.
US10393593B2
A measuring arrangement comprising a first pair of thermowires wherein the two thermowires of the first pair are insulated completely from one another by an insulation, such as, for example, a material, which serves for electrical insulation between the two thermowires of the first pair.
US10393591B2
Embodiments relate generally to electromagnetic radiation detector devices, systems, and methods using a planar Golay cell. One device includes a cell body forming a cavity therein, wherein the cavity includes a wavelength selective absorber having a predetermined absorption spectral range and the cavity is filled with a gas and a pressure sensing element fluidly connected to the cavity to measure a change in pressure within the cavity. One device may include a plurality of planar Golay cells, wherein the cell bodies of the Golay cells are stacked against one another, wherein the pressure sensing elements of the Golay cells are located adjacent to the stacked sides of the cell bodies, and wherein radiation from a single light source is directed through the plurality of Golay cells.
US10393589B2
This application is directed to a method of home monitoring and control implemented by a doorbell installed at a door of a home, an application executable by a monitoring device, and a remote server. The doorbell has a button that, upon being touched, depressed or activated, wirelessly causes an audio speaker of an electronic device to sound an audible notification and/or a message to be sent to a monitoring device associated with an occupant of the home to indicate presence of a person at the door. The doorbell also has a camera that captures video data within a field of view. The remote server receives the video data from the doorbell and relays them to the monitoring device. The application receives and displays at least a portion of the video data captured by the camera.
US10393585B2
A spectral detector includes a grating panel including a first grating pattern having a first period, a second grating pattern having a second period that is different from the first period, and a light exit surface through light exits the grating panel, and an optical measurement panel arranged to face the light exit surface of the grating panel, and configured to measure a change in intensity of first light passing through the first grating pattern according to a propagation distance of the first light, and to measure a change in intensity of second light passing through the second grating pattern according to a propagation distance of the second light.
US10393574B2
Apparatus and methods for fast quantitative measurement of perturbation of optical fields transmitted, reflected and/or scattered along a length of an optical fiber can be used for point sensors as well as distributed sensors or the combination of both. In particular, this technique can be applied to distributed sensors while extending dramatically the speed and sensitivity to allow the detection of acoustic perturbations anywhere along a length of an optical fiber while achieving fine spatial resolution. Advantages of this technique include a broad range of acoustic sensing and imaging applications. Typical uses are for monitoring oil and gas wells such as for distributed flow metering and/or imaging, seismic imaging, monitoring long cables and pipelines, imaging within large vessel as well as for security applications.
US10393571B2
Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to a estimation of reverberant energy components from audio sources. A method of estimating a reverberant energy component from an active audio source (100) is disclosed. The method comprises determining a correspondence between the active audio source and a plurality of sample sources by comparing one or more spatial features of the active audio source with one or more spatial features of the plurality of sample sources, each of the sample sources being associated with an adaptive filtering model (101); obtaining an adaptive filtering model for the active audio source based on the determined correspondence (102); and estimating the reverberant energy component from the active audio source over time based on the adaptive filtering model (103). Corresponding system (800) and computer program product (900) are also disclosed.
US10393568B2
A system and method to detect and quantify integration errors in a transit time ultrasonic flow meter uses dissimilar integration methods or schemes employed simultaneously. In a preferred embodiment, a number of chordal paths are arranged in a single meter body such that at least two dissimilar chordal integration schemes can be used to determine the flow rate. At least one of the chordal paths is common to both integration schemes. The total number of chordal paths needed in any chordal measurement plane is less than the sum of the chordal paths used in each of the integration schemes (as is the sum of the planes), thereby reducing hardware requirements.
US10393565B2
A method for determining a volume or a mass of a filling material is provided, in which firstly an empty profile detection mode is assumed in the absence of a filling material, and then a volume or mass determination mode is assumed when the filling material is present. In the empty profile detection mode, an interference point profile is created from echo curves obtained by scanning a container surface. The interference point profile is then taken into account when determining the volume or the mass of the filling material in the volume or mass determination mode, such that volumes or masses of the filling material are determined with increased accuracy.
US10393564B1
The extendable measuring cup is constructed of a plurality of measuring cups that are successively arranged in size. The plurality of measuring cups vary in size from one another such that all of the measuring cups are able to nest within one another. The plurality of measuring cups is further defined with a topmost cup that includes internal threading. The topmost cup is able to connect with a threaded container via the internal threading. The topmost cup includes a disc member that is able to pivot with respect to a slot provided on the topmost cup. The disc member is able to rotate from outside of the topmost cup to inside of the topmost cup. In use, the disc member is able to enclose an interior formed with the plurality of measuring cups.
US10393563B2
A volumetric measurement system having an imaging device and a light source, where the light source is configured to illuminate the container and the sample regardless of a blockage or obstruction of the sample on at least part of the container.
US10393561B2
An improved solution for estimating the flow rate of a fluid in a line of a hydrocarbon production installation, during production. Systems and methods for producing hydrocarbons on a line of a hydrocarbon production installation can include at least two devices adapted each for providing an estimate of the flow rate of a fluid in the line based on respective data. The devices include at least one metric counter, and the data relative to the provision of an estimate of the flow rate by the metric counter include a measurement done by at least one sensor of the metric counter on the fluid. Further, data can be determined relative to the provision of an estimate of the flow rate by the devices, and a DVR process involving the determined data, the reconciliation being conditioned by at least a substantial equality between the estimates of the flow rate of the fluid.
US10393557B2
Degradation of reliability of a thermal fluid flow sensor, caused by generation of a crack in an insulating film is prevented in the thermal fluid flow sensor including a detection section and a circuit section formed on the same substrate when stress adjustment is performed by forming a deep concave portion in an interlayer insulating film in the detection section and forming the insulating film having a tensile stress thereon. As a means thereof, stair-like step is provided in a side wall of a concave portion, formed in the interlayer insulating film on a diaphragm. Accordingly, each depth of a first concave portion and a second concave portion, which form the concave portion, is reduced, and coatability of the insulating film for the stress adjustment, which covers a side wall and a bottom face of the concave portion, is improved.
US10393554B2
A security system having a magnetic displacement sensor system and an analytics system. The magnetic displacement sensor system includes a displacement sensor for detecting a magnetic field strength from a magnet. The analytics system determines a status of the magnetic displacement sensor system based on a comparison of the detected magnetic field strength and a profile for the magnetic displacement sensor system.
US10393549B2
A method for determining a position of a movable element of a linear actuator of a motor vehicle includes supplying a current to a coil of the linear actuator so as to move and/or hold the movable element by a magnetic field of the coil generated by the supplied current; modulating the current supplied to the coil with an electrical alternating variable having a predetermined frequency; determining an impedance or an admittance of the coil at the predetermined frequency by measuring a further variable at the predetermined frequency; and determining the position of the movable element as a function of the determined impedance or admittance.
US10393544B2
An electronic device and method utilizes an external sensor group to facilitate miniaturization the device and repair/replacement of external sensors. An interface connected to an external sensor package including at least one sensor. A processor that when the external sensor package is connected through the interface, determines from which group the external sensor package is included in among pre-configured groups and controls the performance of a function corresponding to the determined group.
US10393540B2
Technologies for determining a user's location include a mobile computing device (100) to determine, based on sensed inertial characteristics of the device, a walking gait of a user. The walking gait is one of a first gait indicative of the user holding the device to the user's side or a second gait indicative of the user swinging the device along the user's side. The device further detects that the user has taken a physical step based on the inertial characteristics and the determined walking gait of the user, and determines a raw directional heading of the device indicative of a direction of the physical step. The device determines an estimated location of the user based on the determined raw directional heading, an estimated step length, and the user's previous location.
US10393539B2
Provided are systems and methods for obtaining geographic location data. In one embodiment, an example method includes identifying, by the first software application running on one or more computing devices, one or more location parameters indicative of a geographic point of interest based at least in part on an application programming interface invoked by the first software application. The method includes generating, by the first software application running on the one or more computing devices, a query string including the one or more location parameters and a parameter that is indicative of the application programming interface. The method includes requesting, by the first software application, location data associated with the geographic point of interest based at least in part on the query string. The method includes providing for display, on at least one display device, the location data associated with the geographic point of interest.
US10393537B2
A system is disclosed for managing waste services by a service vehicle. The system may have a locating device configured to generate a location signal indicative of a location of the service vehicle, a sensor configured to generate a service signal indicative of a waste service being performed by the service vehicle, an input device, and a processing unit in communication with the locating device, the sensor, and the input device. The processing unit may be configured to make a determination that the service vehicle has made a plurality of service stops based on the location and service signals, and to automatically generate at least one service route including the plurality of service stops. The processing unit may also be configured to display the at least one service route and the plurality of service stops on a map in at least one graphical user interface on the input device.
US10393535B2
Disclosed is a computer-implemented method for recommending booths-to-visit to a user, comprising the following steps: accessing a user record, wherein the user record includes data indicative of booths which a user corresponding to the user record has visited in an exhibition; determining similarity level between records in a history database and the user record, the records in the history database including data indicative of the booths visited by previous visitors in the exhibition; selecting one of the records according to the determined similarity level; determining the booths in the selected record not yet visited by the user; obtaining the user's current location in the exhibition; determining a target booth, from the booths not yet visited by the user, by referring to the current location and a map database; and sending to the user a message indicative of the target booth.
US10393533B2
Methods and systems are provided for selecting a first travel route for a vehicle from a database based on particulate filter regeneration requirements and an inferred initial driver state of mind. In one example, the initial driver state of mind may be selected based on a past driver history, and during travel along the first travel route, the driver state of mind may be updated based on the driver interactions with traffic. The route selection may also be updated based on the updated driver state of mind.
US10393524B2
An electronic device includes an vibration element including an vibration body provided with an adjustment section, an electrode disposed on the vibration body, and a connection electrode electrically connected to the electrode, an IC so disposed that the IC faces the vibration element, terminals disposed on the side facing the upper surface of the IC and electrically connected to the connection electrode via a fixing member, wiring sections electrically connected to the terminals and located below the terminals, and a protective layer located above the wiring sections and disposed in a portion where the adjustment section overlaps with the wiring sections in a plan view.
US10393516B2
There is provided a flexible display capable of improving an angle-measuring accuracy using different kinds of sensors and a method of measuring an angle thereof. The flexible display includes a first sensor unit disposed in a first region and including different kinds of sensors, a second sensor unit disposed in a second region adjacent to the first region and including different kinds of sensors, and an angle-measuring unit measuring a folding angle between the first region and the second region in response to sensing signals outputted from the first sensor unit and the second sensor unit.
US10393515B2
In a three-dimensional scanner, a scanner main body calculates the position and direction of a depth sensor. The scanner main body also determines a movement candidate, which is a candidate for a position and direction to/in which the depth sensor is to be moved next. Then, the scanner main body acquires a feature within the movement candidate, which is the feature observable by the depth sensor from the movement candidate, and evaluates the stability of mapping performed from the movement candidate through use of the feature within the movement candidate. The scanner main body further presents at least any one of the moving direction or moving speed of the depth sensor to a user based on an evaluation result.
US10393508B2
A system and method for obtaining a dimension measurement that conforms to a conformance criteria is disclosed. The dimensioning system provides either (i) feedback to confirm that the measurement complies with the criteria or (ii) information on how the measurement geometry could be adjusted in order to provide a compliant measurement in a subsequent dimension measurement.
US10393507B2
An interferometer measuring device is disclosed which includes a workpiece stage (10), a laser interferometer (20) and a measuring reflector (30) mounted on the workpiece stage. The measuring reflector (30) is comprised of a plurality of planar mirrors (31) that are joined together along a horizontal direction. The laser interferometer (20) includes a first interferometer (21) and a second interferometer (22). The first interferometer (21) and the second interferometer (22) are configured such that during a horizontal movement of the workpiece stage (10) with respect to the laser interferometer (20), when light beams emanated from the first interferometer (21) and the second interferometer (22) are incident on a transition section (32) defined by corresponding adjacent two of the planar mirrors (31), the light beam emanated from the first interferometer (21) is incident on one of the adjacent two planar mirrors (31) and the light beam emanated from the second interferometer (22) is incident on the other of the adjacent two planar mirrors (31). Additionally, the first interferometer (21) and the second interferometer (22) alternately provide positional information to the workpiece stage (10). A method for controlling such an interferometer measuring device is also disclosed. The interferometer measuring device and the method enable an extended horizontal measurement range for the workpiece stage (10) by using the plurality of planar mirrors (31) that are joined together as well as by alternating zero-reference updating of the two interferometers (21, 22).
US10393505B2
The invention relates to a device and a method for tactile/optical measuring of geometric features and structures on a workpiece. In order to be able to precisely align the probe extension for performing precise measurements without problems, a probe is proposed comprising a probe extension (13) having a flexurally elastic design at least in segments and having a mounting segment for mounting in a receptacle (14) comprising a mounting segment (60) implemented as a rotational lock.
US10393501B2
A device for determining a 3D structure of an object having first and second laser emitters which generate laser radiation with first and second different wavelengths, respectively. A first beam splitter splits the laser radiation of each laser emitter into reference and illuminating radiation. The illuminating radiation is adapted to impinge on the object to be measured, be reflected by the object as object radiation, and interfere with the reference radiation to form interference patterns. A detector receives the interference patterns. A selection hologram deflects object radiation which impinges on it within a predefined incidence angle range and passes object radiation which impinges on it outside of the incidence angle range undiffracted. The undiffracted radiation either passes by the determination area of the detector or impinges on the determination area at an angle outside the determination angle range.
US10393493B2
The present invention discloses a waterproof lever-type indicator, comprising: a housing, a probe, a dial plate and a transmission mechanism. The probe and the dial plate are positioned at both ends of the housing respectively, the transmission mechanism is positioned inside the housing to connect the mounting shaft and the pointer on the dial plate, the end portion of the housing is provided as an enclosed structure, and the probe is in fixed connection with the mounting shaft extending beyond a side wall of the housing. When this indicator is put to practical use, compared with the open design of the end portion, the enclosed structure of the end portion of the housing can reduce possibility that foreign matters enter the indicator, promote the reliability of the indicator and prolong the instrument service life, especially in the workshop environment where foreign matters are more likely to generate.
US10393486B2
Herein we describe embodiments of a biodegradable wad having a gas sealing function, as well as methods for their use. In some embodiments, the biodegradable wad comprises at least 50% by weight of a poly(butylene succinate co-adipate) polymer. In some embodiments, the biodegradable wad comprises at least two biodegradable polymers, wherein a first biodegradable polymer comprises a polybutylene succinate adipate polymer and a second biodegradable polymer comprises a polyhydroxyalkanoate polymer. Plastic debris has a negative economic and ecological impact, and thus it is advantageous to use implements that will degrade into environmentally benign compounds. Incorporating a biodegradable wad into shotgun shells provides an effective, economical solution, provided cost is acceptable and performance is not compromised. Suitable shotgun shells utilizing biodegradable shotgun wads and methods are described herein.
US10393485B1
Provided is a mechanical broadhead for an arrow shaft includes a ferrule attachable to the arrow shaft and having a body with a longitudinal centerline that is substantially coaxial with the arrow shaft when attached. The ferrule body has a longitudinal slot and at least one blade is pivotally mounted to the ferrule, at least partially within the longitudinal slot. The blade is movable about a pivot between folded and deployed positions and extends generally in a forward direction from the pivot when in the folded position. The blade is pivotable from the folded position in a first direction and the pivot is positioned on the ferrule opposite the blade's first pivot direction at a point beyond the longitudinal centerline.
US10393477B1
A holster for accommodating a handgun having an attached, offset accessory, including walls defining a cavity for receiving the handgun and the attached accessory, a retention means that is capable of retaining a handgun and accessory in the holster, wherein the retention means includes a lever that is pivotally connected, via a pivot pin, to the first side wall approximately between a finger button end and an engagement end, wherein the engagement end includes a locking portion, formed on a second side of the engagement end, wherein the lever is pivotable between an engaged position and a disengaged position and wherein the lever is biased, via a spring means, to the engaged position, such that when the lever is in the engaged position, the locking portion may extend inside the cavity and inside the inner surface of the trigger guard of a handgun that is secured into the holster.
US10393473B2
A compact improved bug killing gun includes a compressed gas source fluidly connected to a chamber connected to a barrel. A compressed gas release mechanism is connected to the compressed gas source. A projectile storage magazine stores particulate projectiles and is located adjacent the chamber. A projectile loading mechanism moves the projectiles into the chamber from the magazine. A cocking mechanism is mechanically connected to the compressed gas source, the compressed gas release mechanism, and the projectile loading mechanism. When the gun is cocked, the projectile loading mechanism loads a quantity of the particulate projectiles into the chamber. When the compressed gas release mechanism is activated the projectiles are ejected from the chamber into the barrel and expelled from the gun. The gun optionally includes a laser sighting mechanism. The battery operated laser sighting mechanism is removably attached to the barrel or permanently attached with an integral, trigger operated switch.
US10393472B1
A shooting device (1) of a toy gun is provided. The gun body (10) has an air cylinder (11), a chamber base (12), a barrel (13), and a magazine (14). The chamber base (12) has an air chamber (120). The barrel (13) has a bullet passage (130). The magazine (14) is disposed at a side of the barrel (13). The triggering structure (20) has a slide assembly (21), a latch (22), and a trigger linkage (23). The slide assembly (21) pushes the bullets (2); the trigger (30) pushes against the trigger linkage (23) by an external force to move the next bullet back to the magazine (14) and seal the magazine (14). Therefore, the shooting device satisfying the users' requirements is provided.
US10393470B1
The crossbow includes a frame, a first limb and a second limb connected to the frame, a first cam and a second cam mounted on opposite sides of an axis of arrow travel, a string connecting the first cam and the second cam, a first cable connecting the first cam and the first limb, and a second cable connecting the second cam and the second limb. The first cam and the second cam are mounted on a holder of the first cam and a holder of the second cam. The first cam is arranged entirely between the axis of arrow travel and a loose end of the first limb. The second cam is arranged entirely between the axis of arrow travel and a loose end of the second limb. The crossbow reduces overall dimensions of an arrow throwing device while maintaining arrow speed by changing a traditional position of cams.
US10393461B2
Trigger groups for semi-automatic firearms have a hammer, a trigger element, a sear, a selector, and a disconnector assembly, the disconnector assembly operable when the selector is in a first position to retain the hammer in the cocked position in response to release of the trigger element to the rest position subsequent to discharge of the firearm by pulling the trigger element, and the disconnector assembly operable when the selector is in a second position to release the hammer to the striking position in response to release of the trigger element to the rest position subsequent to discharge of the firearm by pulling the trigger element, such that the firearm discharges once per cycle of the trigger element when the selector is in the first position, and fires once for each forward or rearward motion of the trigger element when the selector is in the second position.
US10393449B2
A heat storage member including a substrate containing a SiC sintered body as a principal ingredient and a heat storage material configured to store and radiate heat by a reversible chemical reaction with a reaction medium or a heat storage material configured to store and radiate heat by physical adsorption to a reaction medium and physical desorption from a reaction medium. The substrate has a three-dimensional network structure including a skeleton having porosity of 1% or less. A void ratio of a void formed in the three-dimensional network structure of the substrate is ranging from 30 to 95%. The heat storage material is disposed at least in a part of a surface of the void in the three-dimensional network structure of the substrate.
US10393447B2
The invention relates to a heat exchanger, comprising a hollow central body which is received in a housing and defines an inner channel for a first medium, wherein a space surrounding the central body in the housing defines at least one outer channel for a second medium, wherein the central body has on either side parts which protrude from a main plane thereof and are connected to mutually opposite parts of the housing and which bound the outer channel such that the outer channel has a meandering form substantially parallel to the main plane of the central body.The invention further relates to a method for forming such a heat exchanger, and to a method for use thereof.
US10393424B2
The present invention provides a refrigerator comprising: a cabinet having a storage chamber; an inner case that forms the exterior of the storage chamber; a first door rotatably installed on the cabinet so as to expose/cover one side of the storage chamber; a second door having a pillar that rotates such that the same can contact the first door, the second door being rotatably installed on the cabinet so as to expose/cover the other side of the storage chamber; and a transfer member provided on the inner case so as to sense the rotation of the first door and to guide the rotation of the pillar.
US10393421B2
In an ice maker according to the present disclosure, transporter configured to supply ice to a dispenser, at least a part of which is located above an ice bucket located in the middle of the main body, may transport the ice upward to help the user take the ice conveniently even with the ice bucket located in the middle of the main body. So a refrigerator including the ice maker, according to the present disclosure, includes a storeroom to store groceries with increased utilization of the storeroom.
US10393411B2
A Stirling cryocooler includes a displacer having a displacer base portion disposed on a center axis and a displacer tip portion aligned along the center axis, extending from the displacer base portion to a working-gas expansion space, and a regenerator disposed surrounding the displacer tip portion such as to guide reciprocating travel of the displacer along the center axis. The displacer tip portion includes a plurality of platelike components arranged along the center axis, with each of the plurality of platelike components being furnished with a component side surface defining a portion of the outer surface of the displacer tip portion. The plurality of platelike components form working gas layers between pairs of adjoining components, and/or are formed of a synthetic resin material.
US10393408B2
The outdoor heat exchanger includes, on each of the three or more heat exchange sections, a liquid-side header pipe, a gas-side header pipe, and a plurality of heat exchange pipes, the three or more heat exchange sections are connected in parallel to one another, a plurality of the liquid-side header pipes are connected to a liquid-side collecting pipe through an intermediation of a branch section and at least one flow control section, each of the plurality of the liquid-side header pipes includes a perforated pipe, the refrigeration circuit further includes a bypass pipe for connecting a discharge side of the compressor and the liquid-side collecting pipe, and the bypass pipe includes an on-off valve to be closed during cooling and heating, and to be opened during defrosting.
US10393406B2
An electrical water heater adapted for energy management and a method of controlling the consumption of electrical power from the power supply grid of a utility is described. The bottom resistive heating element of the water heater is a dual element resistive heating element which has a high power rated resistive heating element to heat water and a further low power rated resistive heating element. The power rating of the low power resistive heating element is calculated to be lower than the supply grid diversified mean load. A controller has a communication link with a utility which manages the power supply grid. The utility can control the resistive heating elements of the dual element in such a way, and depending on conditions of the grid, to conserve energy and regulate its frequency thereby resulting in a cost saving to the consumer and the utility. The low power rated resistive heating element is also connectable to an alternative power source.
US10393397B2
A device detects that a first wearable device has connected to a network. The device receives user preferences from the first wearable device. The device identifies a set point corresponding to a climate parameter. The device receives climate information corresponding to the climate parameter from one or more sensors. The device determines whether the climate information is within a threshold percentage of the set point, and based on the determination that the climate information is not within the threshold percentage of the set point, the device adjusts the set point.
US10393389B2
Provided is a top plate for a cooking device including a glass sheet (2) and a light-shielding film (3) formed on a lower surface (2c) of the glass sheet (2) through sputtering. The light-shielding film (3) contains an oxide, a nitride, or an oxynitride of a transition metal of Group 6 to Group 11 on the periodic table. In this manner, a color close to grey can be achieved as a color of the light-shielding film (3) while insulating properties of the light-shielding film (3) are secured.
US10393384B2
A wave rotor includes an inlet end plate, a rotor drum, and an outlet end plate. The inlet end plate is arranged to direct a flow of gasses into rotor passages formed in the rotor drum. The rotor drum is arranged to receive the gasses. The outlet end plate is arranged to direct the gasses out of the rotor drum.
US10393382B2
The present disclosure is directed to a fuel injector for a gas turbine engine. The fuel injector includes an end wall, a centerbody, an outer sleeve surrounding the centerbody from the end wall toward the downstream end of the fuel injector, and a thermal management conduit. The centerbody includes an axially extended outer wall and inner wall extended from the end wall toward a downstream end of the fuel injector. The outer wall, the inner wall, and the end wall together define a fluid conduit extended in a first direction toward the downstream end of the fuel injector and in a second direction toward an upstream end of the fuel injector. The outer sleeve and the centerbody define a premix passage radially therebetween and an outlet at the downstream end of the premix passage. The outer sleeve defines a plurality of radially oriented first air inlet ports in circumferential arrangement at a first axial portion of the outer sleeve. The outer sleeve defines a plurality of radially oriented second air inlet ports in circumferential arrangement at a second axial portion of the outer sleeve. The outer sleeve further defines a first fluid passage arranged between each first air inlet port and extended from the end wall. A fluid passage wall extends from the end wall within the first fluid passage to define a second fluid passage extended from the end wall within the first fluid passage. The outer sleeve further defines a first injection port in fluid communication with the first fluid passage and a second injection port in fluid communication with the second fluid passage. The thermal management conduit is defined by the fluid communication of the fluid conduit and the first fluid passage and the thermal communication of the second fluid passage in adjacent arrangement with the first fluid passage.
US10393380B2
Disclosed herein are examples of gas turbine engines and assemblies of combustors and turbine nozzles for such gas turbine engines. The combustor wall includes an inner wall, an outer wall, and an upstream dome. The combustor outer wall and/or inner wall may comprise of a plurality of combustor cassettes. A turbine nozzle is defined by an inner nozzle shroud and an outer nozzle shroud. An inner edge of a ring mount is coupled to both of the downstream end of the outer wall and the nozzle upstream end of the outer nozzle shroud, and an outer edge of the ring mount is coupled to the outer casing, such as, for example, by a mounting stake.
US10393368B2
A device for positioning a reciprocating saw blade within a tube stub, such that the device is inserted into the tube stub and dynamically positions the reciprocating saw blade relative to the interior surface of the tube stub so that the saw blade can make a controlled longitudinal cut into the interior of the tube stub to a precise depth.
US10393365B2
Systems and methods for providing adequate lighting and illumination for a wheelchair are disclosed. A lighting apparatus that is configured to be integrated with a wheelchair pushrim is also disclosed. The light emitting elements are configured to project light forward and to the rear, as well as to the side of the wheel. Methods of controlling light emitting elements are also disclosed.
US10393364B2
A mouse pad structure includes a pad, a light source module, a control member, and a bendable wire. The light source module is installed in the pad. The control member is disposed corresponding to the pad. One end of the bendable wire is electrically connected to the light source module, the other end of the bendable wire is electrically connected to the control member, the bendable wire is provided for adjusting a distance between the control member and the pad. Accordingly, by collapsing or unfolding the bendable wire, the control member and the pad are spaced apart by a certain distance. Therefore, movement of a mouse cord is prevented from being obstructed by the control member, so a mouse can move smoothly, and smooth operations of the mouse are ensured.
US10393358B2
A light module for a motor vehicle comprises at least one light source capable of emitting light rays, a support bearing the light source, optical deflection elements arranged so as to deflect the light rays emitted by the light source to form a light beam projected at the output of the light module, and guiding elements for guiding the optical deflection elements in rotation about an axis of rotation, in order to shift the projected light beam transversely. According to the invention, the rotation guiding elements comprise a first guiding element borne by the support and configured to cooperate with a second guiding element borne by the optical deflection elements.
US10393353B2
Described are various embodiments of a luminaire and output element coupling mechanism therefor. In one embodiment, a recessable luminaire comprises two or more luminaire modules, each one of which comprising a recessable housing having opposed side walls. The luminaire further comprises an output element securable along and between these side walls to at least partially define an output of the luminaire, and opposed inwardly biased output coupling structures extending at least partially along respective side walls and adapted to receive and resiliently secure corresponding edges of the output element therein.
US10393350B2
A light with an integral speed ring is disclosed. The light may have a cover that attaches to a support plate. The support plate has at least one metallic plate that the cover may attach to. The support plate also has a plurality of fins and slots, both of which may be used for cooling. An LED plate is located on the support plate. The LED plate has a plurality of LEDs mounted thereon. A ring is provided that may selectively rotate with respect to the support plate. The ring may have a plurality of apertures located in its outer diameter.
US10393338B2
A headlight housing assembly for mounting a projector lamp. The headlight housing eliminates the need to cut a stock headlight housing of a motor vehicle for an aftermarket adaptation to receive a projector lamp. The invention permits installation of a properly aligned projector, mounted securely to the vehicle, with no mess created. The design results in a professional looking product using stronger materials for a longer expected life.
US10393322B2
The present invention discloses an LED lamp comprising a base, a lamp body coupled to the base, a light emitting assembly arranged inside the lamp body, a positioning component fixed on the lamp body and defining a groove, a flexible component having a fixed end fixed to the lamp body and a free end, and a driver board defining a slot and electrically connected with the light emitting assembly, wherein the driver board is disposed in the groove and the free end of the flexible component is locked into the slot. A method for assembling the LED lamp is also described.
US10393317B2
A gas injection device for injecting an expulsion gas into a tank for a liquid. The gas injection device comprises an inlet pipe for receiving the gas and a distributor portion for releasing the gas through a plurality of capillary passages. The inlet pipe has a first end configured to be connected to a gas supply line and a second end located within a chamber in the distributor portion. The capillary passages respectively extend in a direction adapted to a periphery of the chamber. A tank for a liquid is provided, the tank comprising a gas injection device. A spacecraft is provided comprising such a tank.
US10393311B2
A support assembly and a method of assembling the support assembly that includes a structural member that is delimited by a first end and a second end with a first end cap configured to be arranged within the first end of the structural member and a second end configured to be arranged within the second end of the structural member to mount the structural member to a structure. The support assembly allows for forces to be applied in all directions without causing rotation or disengagement of the support assembly from a mounting structure.
US10393299B2
A quick coupling for a flexible tube has an outer annular element with a bayonet connection and a central bore which receives an annular insert having two arcuate sections and holding the flexible tube in place through barbs. The inserts are removable from the outer annular coupling by means of a detent at which point the arcuate sections may be easily removed from the flexible tube.
US10393298B2
A rotary union includes a housing, a rotating machine component supported in the housing, a rotating seal member associated with the rotating machine component, a non-rotating seal member slidably and sealably disposed within the housing adjacent the rotating seal member, an expandable seal disposed between the non-rotating seal member and the housing, and an internal clamp disposed within an end portion of the expandable seal such that the end portion of the expandable seal is compressed between the internal clamp and the bore of the housing.
US10393297B2
A pipe connection device according to the present invention includes: a connection member including a projection in which an insertion space is formed in the projection and a pipe is inserted through one side and which is bent in a circumferential direction at the other side and a separation preventing unit which is spaced apart from the projection and protrudes in the circumferential direction; and a flange member coupled to the circumference of the connection member between the projection and the separation preventing unit so as to contact the projection and having a joining hole penetrated by a joining member.
US10393280B2
A seat valve with electromagnetic actuation combines, in one device, the functions of a seat valve, of a pressure-limiting valve and optionally also of one or more check valves. Furthermore, the switching noise of the seat valve function is reduced. In a de-energized state of an electromagnet, a fluid flow from a port P to a port TNC occurs only if a pressure difference between the ports P and TNC exceeds a limit value of ΔpG, wherein the force of the specified pressure difference overcomes the force of a spring and therefore pushes a first sealing body out of a first sealing seat, and in the energized state of the electromagnet, a fluid flow from port P to port TNC occurs even in the case of a pressure difference less than ΔpG if the force of the electromagnet together with the force of the pressure difference between the ports P and TNC overcomes the force of the spring, wherein the sum of the specified forces pushes the first sealing body out of the first sealing seat. The seat valve may be used in hydraulic brake systems of vehicles, also in vehicle gear mechanisms or in hydraulic drives.
US10393277B2
A control valve is provided, comprising a valve body having an inlet port extending along an inlet axis, first and second outlet ports extending along outlet axes substantially parallel to a single reference axis and substantially perpendicular to the inlet axis, first and second sealing ports associated, respectively, with the first and second outlet ports and each disposed in a fluid path between the inlet port and its respective outlet port, and first and second sealing members configured for independently and selectively opening and closing the first and second sealing ports, respectively. Each of the sealing ports extends along a sealing axis extending transverse to a plane being parallel to its respective outlet axis and the inlet axis, and forms, between a downstream end thereof and an upstream end of the inlet axis, an obtuse angle greater than 90°.
US10393274B2
A valve for control of a fluid flow including a valve housing, fluid control means arranged inside the valve housing, shaft means having a first shaft friction surface and a second shaft friction surface arranged in a mutual shaft friction surface angle, where the fluid control means is arranged to be displaced along a rotational axis of the shaft means in accordance with a rotation of the shaft means, and collar means having a first collar friction surface and a second collar friction surface arranged in a mutual collar friction surface angle, where the collar friction surfaces are arranged to mesh with the shaft friction surfaces, and where the shaft friction surface angle and the collar friction surface angle are between 120° and 170° and the collar means are fixed inside the valve housing.
US10393273B2
An adjustment element for a divert-air valve. The adjustment element includes an actuation element which moves translatorily, and a control body which moves with the actuation element. The control body includes a first hollow body and a second hollow body. The first hollow body includes an outer surface which is circumferentially closed so as to define an interior, a first axial end, and an annular plate which extends radially inward from the first axial end. The second hollow body includes a radially outer annular plate which is sealingly fastened in an encircling manner axially to the annular plate of the first hollow body, and a radially inner region in which an outer surface extends in a direction of the actuation element in the interior of the first hollow body.
US10393270B2
A brush seal includes a bristle pack disposed between a top plate and a back plate. A sliding backing plate is disposed between the bristle pack and the back plate. The bristle pack includes a first bristle set that extends across a seal gap between a first engine component and a second engine component to prevent leakage across the seal gap and a second bristle set that exerts a force on the sliding backing plate. The sliding backing plate supports at least a portion of the first bristles and extends across the seal cavity to contact the second component. The force exerted on the sliding backing plate drives the sliding backing plate into contact with the second component.
US10393256B2
Desired is a control device for a vehicle drive apparatus capable of determining an engagement failure in an engagement device when shifting a transmission device to a neutral state and making the rotational speed of a driving force source reduced. In order to shift a transmission device from a state in which an object shift speed is established and the vehicle is traveling to a neutral state in which no shift speed is established in the transmission device (#02), when an object engagement device is disengaged while maintaining engagement of a non-object engagement device and the rotational speed of a driving force source (#04, #06) is made to be reduced, an engagement failure in the object engagement device (#02, #07) is determined based on a change in the rotational speed of an input member.
US10393255B2
A traveling control device for a vehicle includes an electronic control device. The vehicle includes a transmission constituting a part of a power transmission path between a drive power source and drive wheels. The electronic control device is configured to execute a gear shift of the transmission based on a traveling state, switch automatic driving by automatic driving control and manual driving by a driving operation from a driver, and inhibit switching between the automatic driving and the manual driving until the gear shift of the transmission is completed after the gear shift of the transmission starts.
US10393252B2
A pulley device for a tensioner roller or winding roller of a torque-transmission transmitter includes a pulley, a bearing, a spacer supporting the bearing and provided with a through bore, and a securing bolt extending into the bore in the spacer. The device further provides at least one means for captively securing the securing bolt relative to the spacer, the captive-securing means being breakable and inserted between the bolt and the spacer.
US10393249B2
A differential, a power transmission system, and a vehicle are provided. The differential includes: a first planetary carrier, a first gear ring, and a first planetary gear disposed on the first planetary carrier and meshed with the first gear ring; and a second planetary carrier, a second gear ring, and a second planetary gear disposed on the second planetary carrier and meshed with the second gear ring and the first planetary gear, in which the first gear ring and the second gear ring are configured as two power output ends of the differential, the first planetary carrier and the second planetary carrier are configured as power input ends of the differential, and a revolution radius of the first planetary gear is different from a revolution radius of the second planetary gear.
US10393244B2
This rolling device 10 includes an inner member 11 provided with a rolling element rolling groove 11a, and an outer member 21 attached to the inner member 11 to be relatively movable via a plurality of rolling elements 12. The outer member 21 includes an outer member main body portion 22 including a loaded rolling element rolling groove 25 forming a loaded rolling element rolling raceway in cooperation with the rolling element rolling groove 11a and a non-loaded rolling element rolling raceway 33 arranged to correspond to the loaded rolling element rolling groove 25, and a pair of lids 24 attached to both end surfaces of the outer member main body portion 22 in a relatively-moving direction and having at least a part of a direction changing raceway 35 connecting one end of the loaded rolling element rolling raceway to one end of the non-loaded rolling element rolling raceway 33. Each of the lids 24 is provided with a projection portion 24b including at least the part of the direction changing raceway 35. Also, the projection portion 24b is provided with a lubricant supply path 38. With this configuration, this rolling device 10 can circulate the plurality of rolling elements smoothly in an endless circulation raceway.
US10393241B2
The invention relates to a camshaft, especially for motor vehicle engines, comprising a hollow outer shaft (1) and an inner shaft (2) arranged coaxially in the outer shaft (1) and mounted in such a way that it can rotate in relation to the outer shaft (1). Said camshaft also comprises first cams (3a) arranged on the outer shaft (1) in a rotationally fixed manner, and second cams (3b) that are arranged on the outer shaft (1) and fixed to the inner shaft (2). According to the invention, a supporting element (7) is provided on at least one of the end regions of the inner shaft (2), said supporting element projecting past the outer shaft (1) in the radial direction. An outer peripheral surface (8) of the outer shaft (1) and an associated inwardly facing surface (9) of the supporting element (7) form a radial bearing.
US10393236B2
The present disclosure provides a multiple speed transmission having an input member, an output member, a plurality of planetary gearsets, a plurality of interconnecting members and a plurality of torque-transmitting mechanisms. The plurality of planetary gear sets includes first, second and ring gears. The input member is continuously interconnected with at least one member of one of the plurality of planetary gear sets, and the output member is continuously interconnected with another member of one of the plurality of planetary gear sets. At least eight forward speeds and one reverse speed are achieved by the selective engagement of the five torque-transmitting mechanisms.
US10393235B2
The present disclosure provides a multiple speed transmission having an input member, an output member, a plurality of planetary gearsets, a plurality of interconnecting members and a plurality of torque-transmitting mechanisms. The plurality of planetary gear sets includes first, second and ring gears. The input member is continuously interconnected with at least one member of one of the plurality of planetary gear sets, and the output member is continuously interconnected with another member of one of the plurality of planetary gear sets. At least eight forward speeds and one reverse speed are achieved by the selective engagement of the five torque-transmitting mechanisms.
US10393234B2
A planetary gear train includes input and output shafts, and first to fourth planetary gear sets respectively having first to third, fourth to sixth, seventh to ninth, and tenth to twelfth elements. A first shaft is connected to the third element and selectively connected to the input shaft, a second shaft is connected to the ninth element and selectively connected to the input shaft, a third shaft is connected to the eleventh element and the output shaft, a fourth shaft is connected to the first, fourth, and seventh elements, and a fifth shaft is connected to the second and tenth elements. A plurality of shafts each selectively connect a corresponding element to a transmission housing, the corresponding element being an element of the second, third, and fourth planetary gear sets that is not interconnected.
US10393233B2
Ten or more forward speeds and one or more reverse speed are achieved by a planetary gear train of an automatic transmission including four planetary gear sets. In particular, an input shaft is connected with fourth and seventh rotational elements, an output shaft is connected with a twelfth rotational element, second and fifth rotational elements are fixedly interconnected, third and eighth rotational elements are interconnected, and ninth and eleventh rotational elements are interconnected, the second, fourth, and tenth rotational elements are selectively interconnected, and eighth and twelfth rotational elements are selectively interconnected.
US10393228B2
An epicyclic reduction unit for applications with an upward output, which comprises a casing for containing at least one first epicyclic reduction stage that is interposed between an input actuation unit and an output shaft that is arranged in an upper region, the first stage being composed of a driving sun gear that rotates about a main rotation axis that is vertical and a ring gear that is integral with the casing, between which a plurality of planet gears is engaged which are supported in rotation about their own longitudinal axis and about the rotation axis by a driven planet carrier, which in turn rotates about the rotation axis, means being provided for connecting by suspension at least the planet carrier of the first stage to the output shaft, the sun gear of the first stage resting on the input actuation unit, which actuates it in rotation about the rotation axis.
US10393227B2
A relieving portion is formed between a first external tooth portion and a second external tooth portion in the external teeth of a flexible externally toothed gear of a flat strain wave gearing. The length L1 of the relieving portion in the tooth trace direction is within the range of 0.1 to 0.5 of the tooth width L of the external teeth. The maximum relieving amount t from the tooth top land of an external tooth in the relieving portion is 3.3×10−4
US10393213B2
A vibration-damping device comprising: first and second attachment members connected elastically by a main rubber elastic body; an inner bracket fixed to the first attachment member with its basal end superposed on an outside end face of the first attachment member while extending laterally relative to the first attachment member; a bag-shaped stopper rubber mounted covering the basal end of the inner bracket in a non-adhesive way; a through hole formed in the stopper rubber so that the first attachment member inserted through it and the inner bracket are mutually fixed; and an elastic contact part provided at a rim of the through hole and pressed against an outer peripheral face of the first attachment member from a distal end side of the inner bracket so that the stopper rubber is positioned relative to the inner bracket in extension direction of the inner bracket.
US10393209B2
A damping valve device includes an actuator which carries out an axial displacing movement on a sliding sleeve. The sliding sleeve, along with a fixed valve carrier, forms a slide valve which has two flow directions. The slide sleeve is impinged with damping medium on a front side and on a rear side in an incident flow direction, and the front side of the slide sleeve and rear side of the slide sleeve are impinged hydraulically in parallel by damping medium during the incident flow.
US10393204B2
A device to absorb kinetic energy caused by an exceptional load includes an outer casing configured to maintain integrity after the exceptional load. A core of the device is made of a compactable material at least partially filling the outer casing. The core material is compacted under an exceptional load and absorbs some of the kinetic energy caused by the load. At least one stiffness element is incorporated into the core. A distribution element includes each stiffness element. An aircraft, a vehicle, an item of equipment and an installation includes such a device.
US10393199B2
A pressure generator for a hydraulic power braking system. The pressure generator is designed to have a ball thread drive and a planetary gear, a spindle nut of the ball thread drive forming a planetary carrier for planetary wheels of the planetary gear. A sun wheel is non-rotatably fixed to a hollow shaft of an electric hollow shaft motor and together with the hollow shaft rotatably supported. The electric hollow shaft motor surrounds the ball thread drive and the planetary gear.
US10393197B2
A method for adjusting and adapting an operating point of a hydraulic actuator arrangement, in which a volume flow source is connected to a hydraulic cylinder via a pressure line that is filled with a hydraulic fluid. The method includes regulating a volume of the hydraulic fluid by the volume flow source, wherein an operating point of a position of the actuator arrangement corresponds, with respect to a predefined parameter, to a device which is to be actuated by the actuator arrangement. A modified volume of the hydraulic fluid which is necessary to adjust the operating point is derived from a rotational position of a volume flow source motor and/or of the volume flow source.
US10393186B2
A constant velocity joint includes: an outer joint member having a raceway groove; an inner joint member having a leg shaft; a roller that is able to roll on the raceway groove; and a needle bearing that supports an inner periphery of the roller such that the inner periphery of the roller is able to rotate with respect to the leg shaft. The leg shaft includes: a roll portion that supports the needle bearing; a contact portion that is able to contact an end face of the needle bearing, the end face facing a first side in the direction of a central axis of the needle bearing; and a recess portion formed between the roll portion and the contact portion, in a position where the recess portion is recessed from a space in which the needle bearing is disposed.
